Discrimination and Hate Crime against Jews in EU Member States, 2012

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey on Jewish people’s experiences and perceptions of discrimination, hate crime and antisemitism collected responses from 5,847 self-identified Jewish people in eight EU Member States – Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The survey provides for the first time comparable data on the perceived extent and nature of anti-Semitism across a number of EU Member States, whether it is manifested as hate crime, hate speech, discrimination or in any other form that undermines Jewish people’s feelings of safety and security.

The survey asked respondents’ opinions about trends in anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism as a problem in everyday life, witnessing anti-Semitic incidents and worries about becoming a victim of an anti-Semitic attack (personal safety, safety of children, other family members and friends). The survey also provides data on the extent to which respondents consider anti-Semitic acts against the Jewish community, such as vandalism of Jewish sites or anti-Semitic messages in the broadcast media or on the internet, to be a problem in their countries.