/Pogled.info/ “United Europe was born from the resistance that millions of citizens showed to Nazism. But today we increasingly hear calls for intolerance towards people of other faiths. Neo-Nazism breeds anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. It casts doubt on the Holocaust. Today, monuments to those who defeated fascism during the Second World War are already being demolished. Today, those who participated in the genocide against Jews, Slavs, Roma are now publicly praised. Against those who were declared second-class human beings, they called them “inhumans.” This was stated by MEP Elena Yoncheva during debates in the European Parliament (EP) about the need to fight the growing hatred of Jews and Muslims.
Cases of attacks against Jews and Muslims in Europe, as well as against their religious temples or memorials, have become more frequent, especially after the attack by “Hamas” against Israel on October 7 of this year, as a result of which Israeli forces entered the Gaza Strip. For more than four months, more than 130 people have been held there, Israeli hostages of Hamas fighters.
At the same time, at the beginning of January this year In Rome, a parade of more than 150 people dressed in black marched down Via Acca Laurentia to mark the 46th anniversary of the murder of three neo-Nazis in the Italian capital. The participants in the procession used fascist, so-called “Roman” greetings. On January 18, the Supreme Court in Italy ruled that the use of this greeting is not a crime when it comes to commemorative events.
Just a week later, on January 27, 79 years since the Soviet Army freed the few survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed concern about the rise of the far right in the country. According to him, reports of neo-Nazis and their dark web are constantly increasing. In January, information emerged about a gathering of neo-Nazis near Potsdam where the mass expulsion of German citizens of foreign origin was discussed.
This is not the first time that the European Parliament has taken note of the growing danger of the rising far-right. In October 2018, the EP warned that the existence of fascism, racism and xenophobia is increasingly being accepted as normal. And he called on nation states to ban neo-fascist and neo-Nazi groups. These appeals, without pan-European reaction or action, remain without tangible effect. In Europe, especially in its eastern part, manifestations of neo-Nazism and fascism are becoming more and more open.
In June 2023, Elena Yoncheva organized a forum in Brussels, where the need for special attention to the history of the Holocaust in the educational programs of European countries was discussed.
The National Action Plan to Combat Anti-Semitism (2023-2027) was adopted by the Bulgarian government only in October of this year.
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