Gains By Far-Right Groups In Europe 'Distressing'; Hungarian Jobbik Party Promotes Anti-Semitism in Police Union
New York, NY, June 9, 2009 � In the wake of European parliamentary elections in which far-right groups in Hungary and Austria made significant gains, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said it was "deeply distressing" that the blatantly anti-Semitic parties received so many votes, and called on European leaders to ensure that "anti-Semitism, racism and bigotry never again gain a foothold in Europe."
The right-wing ultranationalist parties Jobbik of Hungary and the Freedom Party of Austria received 15 percent and 13 percent, respectively, of the vote in their countries. Three of Hungary's 22 European Parliament seats will be held by Jobbik, whose leader recently wrote to a Hungarian Jew, "We have raised our heads and refuse to tolerate the terror of your kind. We will recapture our homeland!"
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