Antisemitism can be expressed in the form of verbal and physical
attacks, threats, harassment, property damage and graffiti or other forms of
text, including on the internet. The present report relates to manifestations
of antisemitism as they are recorded by international organisations, and by
official and unofficial sources in the 28 EU Member States.
‘Official data’ are understood here as those collected by law
enforcement agencies, authorities that are part of criminal justice systems and
relevant state ministries at the national level. ‘Unofficial data’ refers to
data collected by civil society organisations.
This
annual report compiles the available evidence on antisemitic incidents
collected by international, governmental and non-governmental sources, covering
the period 1 January 2005–31 December 2015, where data are available. In
addition, it includes a section that presents evidence from international
organisations. No official data on reported antisemitic incidents in 2015 were
available for eight Member States by the time this report was compiled in
September 2016.
