The president of the Austrian National Council, Wolfgang Sobotka, declared yesterday in Castrillo Mota de Judíos (Burgos) that “if we are committed to democracy, we must at the same time fight against anti-Semitism”, and warned that the Liberal democracy in Europe “is in danger. » This was indicated after the act by which He was named adopted son of Castrillo Mota de Judíos, by which the city recognized Sobotka’s determined fight against anti-Semitism.
To questions from the media on the rise of the far right in Europe, Sobotka recalled that there has been a “tradition of anti-Judaism” in Europe for around 2,000 years, to which is added far-right anti-Semitism. which has also been present for about a hundred years, or left-wing anti-Semitism, although he noted that this has been going on for less time. Likewise, he also referred to the anti-Semitism that accompanies migration in Europe.
At this point, he also mentioned the terrorist organization Hamas and stressed the need to “fight all types of terrorism.” He thus recalled that in Europe there has been a fight against different terrorist organizations, such as Isis or Al-Qaeda, and indicated that in Europe “it has always been agreed that we must fight against terrorist organizations”, but he regretted that “The common front” does not exist with regard to Hamas, an organization which “clearly aims at the destruction of the State of Israel”.
The President of the Austrian National Council thus underlined the importance of “preventing Hamas from receiving more weapons and funding from Qatar and Iran”, as well as ensuring that the Palestinian people also “distance themselves from this terrorist organization,” Ical reports.
Accompanied by the Mayor of Castrillo Mota de Judíos, Lorenzo Rodríguez, the Austrian Ambassador to Spain, Enno Drofenik and the President of the Provincial Council of Burgos, Borja Suárez, the President of the National Council of Austria received this afternoon the recognition of adopted son. from the city of Burgos. “For me it is a great honor to be part of this community,” said the president, who highlighted the work carried out by the city of Burgos over the last decade and for which the Mota de Judíos Cultural Association also received the Simon Wiesenthal Prize. , in its 2023 edition, a prize which, as the President of the Austrian National Council recalled, was born with the objective of “awakening civil society”.
