WRITTEN QUESTION E-3587/03 by Koenraad Dillen (NI) to the Commission. Report on anti-Semitism by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia.
Date: 2003-12-05
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, administration of the Institutions, administrative expenditure (EU), antisemitism, censorship, disinformation, dissemination of information, report

C 78 E/600

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

27.3.2004

Beate Winkler and her monitoring centre have systematically sought to portray an image of Europeans as
racist irrespective of the fact that this image is a false one in all essentials. All Muslim communities in the
EU (cid:1) as in the rest of the world (cid:1) are witnessing flagrant breaches of the European Convention on
Human Rights. This primarily takes the form of wide-scale oppression of women with many Muslim
communities in the EU implementing Sharia law in the form of discrimination against women in the
matter of inheritance in breach of the legislation in the Member States; still worse, there are what are
known as the ‘honour killings’ of women wanting their freedom and even the killing of women who have
been the victims of rape. These grave matters have never been dealt with by the EUMC.

The EUMC has systematically portrayed a false image of who the racists are and who is infringing human
rights in the EU. Now Beate Winkler also wants to conceal the anti-Semitism of Muslims.

What action does the Commission intend to take in order to halt the one-sided politicising activity of the
EUMC and ensure truthful information about racist threats and human rights’ infringements in the EU?

(2004/C 78 E/0634)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3587/03

by Koenraad Dillen (NI) to the Commission

(5 December 2003)

Subject: Report on anti-Semitism by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia

The Financial Times and other European newspapers this week reported that the European Monitoring
Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, based in Vienna, has decided not to publish a recent report on anti-
Semitism. The European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia is made up of representatives of
Member States, the Council of Europe, the Commission and the European Parliament. The 112-page report
in question was compiled by Berlin Technical University at the request of the European Monitoring Centre
on Racism and Xenophobia. The newspapers state that, according to the report, there has been a sharp
increase in anti-Semitic statements made and crimes committed by immigrants. For reasons of ‘political
correctness’, it was therefore decided not to make the report public.

Are these newspaper reports accurate?

Was the Commission aware of the decision not to publish this report? Can the Commission state how
much this research cost?

By whom and on the basis of what discussions was it decided not to publish this report? On the basis of
what arguments was it decided to invalidate the scientific research of Berlin Technical University in this
way?

On the basis of what subsidies is the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia financed?
What are the sums involved? How many members of staff are employed at the Centre? What is the
composition of its Management Board? To what extent is this Centre sponsored by the Commission?

Can this report still be made available to MEPs?

(2004/C 78 E/0635)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3607/03

by Olivier Duhamel (PSE) to the Commission

(5 December 2003)

Subject: Vienna Observatory

Does the Commission consider it acceptable for the EUMC,
the European agency responsible for
monitoring racism and xenophobia, to censor the publication of the report requested from the Centre for
Research on Anti-Semitism at the Technical University of Berlin?