Government official commemorates Europe-Wide Day of victims of totalitarian regimes

“Anti-Semitism and violence by the radical left are again on the rise in Europe,” Retvari said in his address. He said “Europe’s immune system has weakened” and the community could no longer rein in anti-Semitism or illegal migration.

Rising anti-Semitism is a consequence of the conflict in the Middle East and of illegal migration, the state secretary said.

As an example for extreme leftist violence he mentioned antifa attacks committed in Hungary two years ago, adding that “a perpetrator of the people hunt” was now a member of the European Parliament.

The memorial day “warns us that such values as the family, Christian culture, and sovereignty must be firmly promoted,” Retvari said. It was initiated jointly by Hungary, Poland and Lithuania in 2011, when Hungary held the rotating EU presidency for the first time, he said.