EU spends €30bn to protect mosques and synagogues amid rise in hate crimes

Commission vice-president says no European should tolerate fellow citizens feeling unsafe

The European Commission has promised a €30bn fund to increase security at mosques and synagogues across the continent as it condemned a recent rise in levels of antisemitism and islamaphobia as “un-European”.

Saying that tensions surrounding the Israel-Hamas war had provoked hostility “reminiscent of the darkest days of Europe’s history”, the commission called on social media companies to do more to remove hateful content.