On 20 June 2011, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released its report Anti - Semitism Summary overview of the situation in the European Union 2001 - 2010.

The report provides a comparative analysis of anti-Semitic incidents of governmental and non-governmental statistical data covering the years 2001 to 2009, and, in addition, selected incidents identified through non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and media reports.

The report concludes that there is an increase of anti-Semitic incidents in 2009, though an overall trend for 2001 - 2009 across the EU Member States can't be drawn, because of a lack of sufficient comparable data, due to various reasons.

The report reveals the following findings :

• Austria, France, Germany and Sweden collect sufficient official criminal justice data allowing for a trend analysis of recorded anti-Semitic crimes
• The number of anti-Semitic crimes increased substantially in France and Sweden, and a small increase was also recorded in Germany.
• The number of anti-Semitic crimes in Austria decreased from 2008 to 2009
• Between 2001 and 2009, the number of anti-Semitic crimes in France fluctuated from year to year
• In Germany, the overall trend indicates a fairly stable level of anti-Semitic crime
• In Sweden, after a relatively stable period from 2001 to 2008, the number of anti-Semitic crimes peaked in 2009

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