Our monthly round-up is an overview of the most significant results of our monitoring of traditional and new media in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.
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Neo-Nazi demonstrators take to the streets of Paris, a GB News presenter retweets antisemitic imageries, and a Polish author makes claim based on an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
In May’s media monitoring, we saw a Greek news platform spread the Great Replacement narrative whilst a Flemish portal published antisemitic rhetoric on the commemoration of WWII. Far right political party NATION in Belgium spread anti-Muslim and homophobic tropes, meanwhile in the UK, a news presenter retweeted antisemitic imagery. In France, Neo-Nazi activists took to the streets of Paris to spread hateful chants and in Poland, a well-known author published an antisemitic conspiracy narrative.
Great Replacement theory spread in France, francophone Belgium and Greece, whilst anti-Muslim narratives are published in Hungary and antisemitism is shared in Poland and the UK.
In April’s media monitoring we saw the spread of the Great Replacement narrative in an article published by Belgian extreme-right political party whilst a Greek portal spread anti-Muslim tropes. In France, far right activist and former spokesperson of Generation Identity incited a reconquest against Muslims in France. In the UK, a Labour MP minimised the racism experienced by Jews, calling it prejudice, whilst in Poland, far right online TV Wrealu24 keeps spreading vile antisemitism in its channel. In a Flemish portal, an article spread anti-Muslim rhetoric and misinformation whilst a Hungarian pro-government portal published an anti-Muslim article.
Anti-Muslim narratives spread in Greece, Hungary and Poland whilst antisemitic conspiracy theories spread in France and incitement to violence is promoted in the UK
In March’s media monitoring we saw the spread of the Islamisation narrative in both Greece and Hungary whilst in the UK, GB News enabled the incitement of violence against migrants and in France a TV show spread antisemitic conspiracy narratives. In Poland, anti-Muslim rhetoric was spread uncritically whilst in Germany, we saw a positive reaction with the cancellation of a TV show appearance of a well-known antisemitic conspiracy theorist.
Anti-Muslim rhetoric in Greece, Hungary and Germany. Antisemitic narratives in Belgium, France and Poland whilst anti-migrant, and a biased article is published in the UK
In February's media monitoring we saw a Greek media outlet spread the Great Replacement narrative whilst a Flemish media outlet published five conspiratorial articles linking the Ukrainian government to Nazi ideology. In Hungary, a pro-government website spread an Islamisation narrative, anti-Muslim narratives were published in Francophone Belgium, whilst a UK tabloid published a biased article. In Germany, a YouTube video spread anti-Muslim narratives, in France, a newspaper published an article on a recent problematic, antisemitic incident, whilst in Poland, a website is being used as a front to promote an antisemitic publishing house.
Anti-Muslim rhetoric spread in Greece, France, Hungary, and Belgium. Antisemitic narratives spread in Poland and the UK and extremist right-wing ideology disseminated in Germany
In January’s media monitoring, we saw anti-Muslim narratives published in a Greek media outlet, a conservative TV channel in France spread anti-Muslim rhetoric, and a far-right online TV/YouTube channel broadcast antisemitic narratives in Poland. In Belgium, a far-right blog used the recent attacks in Spain to promote anti-Muslim sentiments whilst a Flemish portal spread Great Replacement narratives. In Hungary, a public state media disseminated two anti-Muslim stories whilst in Germany, a YouTube channel shared neo-Nazi ideology. In the UK, a news platform published an antisemitic article during Holocaust Memorial Week.
Anti-Muslim sentiments shared in Belgium, France, Germany and Poland; the Great Replacement narrative published in Greek media outlet whilst religious leaders' voices are undermined in the UK.
In December’s media monitoring, we saw the Great Replacement narrative being published by a Greek media outlet, and a politician using the Great Replacement conspiracy narrative and anti-Muslim sentiments against the political left in Poland. In Belgium, a Flemish news platform published anti-Muslim content. In France, an author spread anti-Muslim tropes alongside a German TV channel which shared discriminatory, anti-Muslim statements. In the UK, a British tabloid used Christianity as a propaganda tool to undermine voices of religious leaders.
Anti-Muslim rhetoric published in Greece, Belgium francophone and Hungary, antisemitism in France and Poland, Belgium and Germany whilst former UK politician spreads dangerous conspiracy narratives
In November’s Media Monitoring, we saw far-right National Rally put themselves forward to chair a working group fighting antisemitism in the National Assembly, a Greek author publish Islamophobic tropes, a far-right YouTube channel spread antisemitic narratives in Poland, far-right blog spreading anti-Muslim and anti-migrant narratives in francophone Belgium, an Islamophobic article published in Hungary, conspiratorial narratives spread by former UK politician alongside transhumanist conspiracy narrative spread by Austrian media outlet and three antisemitic articles published in Flemish conspiratorial media outlet.
Greek Politician, French and Hungarian Media Spread Anti-Muslim Rhetoric, Polish and Belgian Media Publish Antisemitism Whilst German and UK Media Spread Conspiracy Theories
In October’s Media Monitoring, we saw a Greek politician spread anti-Muslim rhetoric, a French, far-right website published anti-Muslim hate speech and conspiracy theories, a Polish, state-funded media outlet spread antisemitism, a Belgian media outlet spread antisemitic tropes, a Hungarian media outlet published an anti-Muslim article, Flemish media spread Islamophobic myths, German media published an Islamophobic conspiracy theory and a UK far-right outlet spread conspiracy theories.
Religious Multiculturalism Denounced by Greek and UK Media, Anti-Muslim Narratives Spread in Belgium and Hungary and Antisemitic conspiracies Published in Polish and Austrian Media
In September’s Media Monitoring, we saw anti-Muslim narratives in Belgian media, religious inclusivity denounced by Greek media, Polish media spreading antisemitic conspiracy narratives, French media using the war in Ukraine to spread racist tropes, UK media publishing sensationalist articles about religious communities, German language media spreading antisemitic videos and Hungarian media spreading Islamophobic TikTok video.
Anti-Muslim content published in Greece, Hungary, Britain, Belgium and France whilst antisemetic conspiracies published in Poland and Germany
In August’s media monitoring, we saw a Greek newspaper making Islamophobic criticism about erosion of culture, a French feminist identiarian group and a Hungarian news-site spread anti-Muslim topes, a Belgium blog advocated for the ridiculing of religion in order to counter terrorism, a Polish, state-funded media outlet and a German populist blog promoted antisemitic conspiracy narratives, a British tabloid newspaper used Salman Rushdie’s attack to spread Islamophobic tropes whilst Belgian newspapers also responded with Islamophobic content.