Reply from Ms Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission.
Article 10 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union guarantees freedom of religion. The Commission is committed to ensuring its upholding within the framework of its competences. EU rules specifically address the multiple forms and manifestations of racism and intolerance, including acts and hate speech based on religious affiliation. Within this framework, the Commission is committed to protecting Christians and members of other religious groups from persecution in the EU, making no distinction between the different groups.
The Commission does not plan a specific strategy to combat Christianophobia and does not intend to appoint a coordinator to deal with this issue. The Commission strongly condemns all forms of violence. […]
Réponse du 8 mars 2022 donnée par Mme Jourová, vice-présidente
Anti-Christian, anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic hate acts recorded by the OSCE in the EU in 2019 and 2020 and developments :
2020 :
902 anti-Christian hate acts (+96 %) – Source OSCE / Extraction xlsx.
206 anti-Muslim hate acts (-46 %) – source OSCE / Extraction xlsx.
279 anti-Semitic hate acts (+110%) – source OSCE / extraction xlsx.
2019 :
461 anti-Christian hate acts – source OSCE / extraction xlsx.
382 anti-Muslim hate acts – source OSCE / extraction xlsx.
133 anti-Semitic hate acts – source OSCE / extraction xlsx.
