During a post-meeting interview with U.S. President Trump, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz controversially attributed rising antisemitism in Germany to migrants, using the phrase 'imported antisemitism.' This statement, which came in response to alarming data from the Federal Association of Research and Information Centres on Antisemitism (RIAS), has been met with criticism. The term 'imported antisemitism' has been labeled problematic and was nominated as the 'ugliest word of the year' for 2024 by an independent German organization that highlights discriminatory language. The backlash reflects ongoing tensions around immigration and social issues in Germany.
We are prosecuting those who break the law, and frankly, we have a sort of imported antisemitism with this big number of migrants that we have within the last ten years.
The phrase 'imported antisemitism' received press coverage earlier this year when it was nominated as Germany's Unwort des Jahres -- in other words the ugliest word of the year for 2024.
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