01 September 2006
Charges that Poland is veering toward anti-Semitism were based on a “myth” created by the European media, Poland’s prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has said at his first visit to the EU institutions in Brussels. European Union lawmakers have accused Poland of not upholding European values of tolerance. A controversial resolution in the European Parliament earlier this summer warned of a “general rise in racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic and homophobic intolerance” in Poland. The comments infuriated many Poles, who felt the judgments were based on a few isolated incidents. Poland’s government includes the League of Polish Families whose members have been linked to anti-Semitic stances. The party’s leader, education minister Roman Giertych, says he opposes anti-Semitism. Jaroslaw Kaczynski is the twin brother of Poland's president Lech Kaczynski.
