Anti-Semitism and other forms of xenophobia are closely linked among Europeans, and Hungarians and Poles are the most likely to hold extreme anti-Semitic views, according to a report released March 11.
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a think tank associated with the Social Democratic Party in Germany, commissioned the report, which further evaluated a 2008 survey about 1,000 people in eight European countries: Germany, Poland, Holland, Great Britain, Italy, Hungary and Portugal.
Asked whether they agree with the statement that “Jews have too much influence in my country,” 69.2 percent of Hungarians and 49.9 percent of Poles agreed. The lowest levels were in Holland, with 4.6 percent agreeing. Germany, with 19.6 percent, was in the middle, sociologist Beate Kuepper said. — jta