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Thread #159827   Message #3792063
Posted By: Steve Shaw
25-May-16 - 06:19 AM
Thread Name: BS: (UK) Whither the Labour Party
Subject: RE: BS: (UK) Whither the Labour Party
Well, Keith, what can I say.

Yes, there is an EUMC. But it's the European Union Military Committee. Not what you think, Keith. Nothing to do with this topic at all. The EUMC you're talking about was superseded in 2007 by the FRA, and it wasn't just a name-change either. To save anyone who has yet to slit their own throat as a result of reading this thread from having to look all over the place, here are the relevant bits gleaned from wiki. No-one says you have to trust wiki, of course. Over to you if you don't. Here goes.

The FRA was established in 2007 as the successor to the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC), which was also based in Vienna. The EUMC's mandate was narrower than that of the FRA, as it was restricted to issues of racism and xenophobia....

...Publications of the EUMC

EUMC published reports are available from the website here of the FRA, the EUMC successor agency. A selection is given below.

Report: Working Definition of Antisemitism

In 2005, the EUMC published a working definition of antisemitism, whose stated purpose was to "provide a guide for identifying incidents, collecting data and supporting the implementation and enforcement of legislation dealing with antisemitism." In November 2013 the definition was removed from the organisation's website in 'a clear-out of non-official documents'. A spokesperson stated that the document had never been viewed as a valid definition and that "We are not aware of any official definition".....

....The Report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism: Government Response 29 March 2007 noted that "from the EUMC's evidence to the Committee", the "definition is in fact a work in progress and has not been recommended to states for adoption."


In case Keith's lost his reading specs, I've put some bits in bold. I know that you can all manage without that, except Keith, so please don't feel insulted.