Vienna – Austrian State Secretary Reinhold Lopatka on Friday called for increased vigilance against antisemitism, following a meeting with Jewish Community leaders in Vienna.
“There is no place for antisemitism in our society. The political system must not look the other way when it comes to antisemitic remarks,” Lopatka said.
He added it was the task of the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency to draw attention to “racist, xenophobic, and antisemitic tendencies” within the Union.
Meanwhile, president of the Jewish Community in Vienna Oskar Deutsch expressed concerns in his meeting with Lopatka over the anti-Semitic tendencies in Hungary.
He said he believed the Hungarian government was aware of its historical responsibility, having established the Holocaust Memorial Commission for 2014, which will mark the 70th memorial anniversary of the Nazi extermination activities committed against Hungarian Jews.
