EU Parliament head denounces Lazio fans for anti-Semitism

Published October 24, 2017

The head of the European Parliament has strongly denounced Italian football hooligans who used Anne Frank's image to offend the fans of an opposing team, saying that anti-Semitism has no place in Europe today.

Lazio fans were discovered Monday to have anti-Semitic stickers and graffiti that included images of Frank, the young diarist who died in the Holocaust, wearing a jersey of the rival Roma team. It was the latest in a long line of racist or anti-Semitic incidents involving Lazio supporters.

Antonio Tajani, himself Italian, told the European Parliament on Tuesday that "using the image of Anne Frank as an insult against others is a very grave matter."

He said the EU must remain a place of religious tolerance, with anti-Semitism a phenomenon confined to the past.

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