Overview
- The FRA’s 2026 assessment finds that EU countries classify and count antisemitic incidents in incompatible ways, making cross-country comparisons unreliable.
- Only eight EU member states systematically collect official data on antisemitism, which the agency says leads to severe undercounting and distorted national pictures.
- Germany records the highest number of cases in the EU, a result the report cautions may reflect more comprehensive recording, while Spain reports very few despite surveys indicating wider problems.
- The report calls for shared guidelines, training for police to recognize antisemitic motives, and closer cooperation with civil society to reduce under-reporting and strengthen investigations.
- The findings are set against evidence of a broader rise in antisemitism documented before October 2023, including a 2023 survey in which 96% of Jewish respondents reported experiencing at least one incident.