Just before the European legislative process intensified, in the upcoming elections, a member of theThe European Parliament andAustria's Freedom Party candidate Andreas Müller compares the European Union to Nazi Germany. He was quoted as saying: "In Hitler's party there were no laws, regulations and prohibitions as oppressive as those of the European Union," and that "the Reich Party was considered more liberal than the EU's approach at a conference last week." In Vienna".
The leader of the Jewish community in Austria, Oskar Deutsch, spoke out against the campaign and expressed shock on behalf of the Jews of Austria in particular and Europe in general. Deutsch said the politician may have failed to recruit supporters from the far right until he began comparing them to Nazi crimes. He added that the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Austria reported to his office had doubled in the past year, and expressed great concern about the situation of Jews across Europe, who are under increasing threat.
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Meanwhile, recent public opinion polls show that the Freedom Party is also expected to be very successful in the European Parliament elections, which will be held this May.
The forecast is in line with other right-wing parties across Europe, which have expanded among voters who are primarily concerned with the country's economic approach and immigration situation. "If we want to be represented in decisions, to be part of the democratic process in Europe and to curb anti-Semitism - we must go to the polls in May 2014 and vote," Jewish communities are calling.
