German Parliament Votes to Step Up Fight Against Antisemitism
(WorldNews Germany)

The plenary chamber of the German Bundestag. Photo: Times via Wikimedia Commons. Germany’s lower house of parliament on Thursday voted to step up efforts to combat antisemitism and called for the creation of a new government post to oversee the issue, backed by an independent panel of experts. The proposal was jointly introduced and backed by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the pro-business Free Democrats and the Greens. The far-right Alternative for Germany party also voted...