10 - 11 March 2026 - Madrid: Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, paid a country visit to Spain to attend the NOA National Report Card Conference and meet with Spanish officials to discuss the country’s challenges in the face of rising antisemitism.
12 March 2026 – Brussels: European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, Katharina von Schnurbein, met with the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun.
26 February 2026: The European Commission has published a call for proposals for the Community Empowerment and Engagement Programme.
14 February 2026: European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, Katharina von Schnurbein, visited the Memorial for Refugees in Riehen, Switzerland. The private initiative in the former railway station in Riehen remembers Jewish refugees that tried to enter Switzerland across the green border. The Memorial also informs school children and the wider public about those who courageously acted in support of the refugees at the risk of their lives or careers.
23 February 2026: Pascale Falek, Policy Officer in the Office of the EC Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, delivered a lecture as part of the University Diploma on combating racism and antisemitism at University Paris 8 led by Professor Marie-Anne Mattard-Bonucci.
26 - 27 February 2026: Coordinator Katharina von Schnurbein travelled to Hamburg to speak on 27 February in a pannel on challenges for democracy and Jewish life at the Jugendkongress (Youth Congress) organised by Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle der Juden in Deutschland (ZWST) in Hamburg, Germany, that brought together 400 young Jewish persons with political and community leaders.
10 February 2026: As part of the Swiss Presidency of the OSCE, the European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, Katharina von Schnurbein, visited the Jewish Museum Hohenems and the 'Remember together cycle path' along the Rhine river.
On 26 February 2026, the European Commission presented a new agenda to prevent and counter terrorism. The new agenda sets out the way forward to reinforce Europe's collective response to evolving terrorist and violent extremist threats.
On February 2026, ESHEM launched its first Open Call for Membership. Throughout 2026, the ESHEM Steering Committee will award membership to the first 25-30 sites, reflecting geographic, historical, and typological diversity, and creating a framework for meaningful mutual learning and support.
26 February 2026: The European Commission and the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation published a 'Handbook on Online Antisemitism'. The handbook introduces contemporary expressions of antisemitic hate online and unfolds the dynamics of digital communication that accelerates it. Recurring trends, materials, and practices in expressing online antisemitism are presented, as well as approaches applied to condone it. With a focus on materials and practices connected to online cultures, the handbook turns to popular formats of online hate on the intersection of extremism and antisemitism.
27 January 2026: In the morning of 27 January, Katharina von Schnurbein met with Thomas Strobl, Deputy Minister-President and Interior Minister of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
29 January 2026: The European Commission Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, Katharina von Schnurbein, informed the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Israel on the implementation of the EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life.
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the European Commission published the results of a Special Eurobarometer 570 on the perception of antisemitism.
27 - 28 January 2026: European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner took part in commemorative events on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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18 December 2025 - In its Conclusions of 18 December, the European Council reiterates its commitment to the fight against antisemitism.
12 November 2025 - The Commission has presented the European Democracy Shield, setting out a series of concrete measures to empower, protect, and promote strong and resilient democracies across the EU. An open civic space is at the core of our democracies, and this is why the Commission has also put forward an EU Strategy for Civil Society, for stronger engagement, protection and support to civil society organisations who play essential roles in our societies.
The European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission also preliminarily found Meta, for both Instagram and Facebook, in breach of its obligations to provide users simple mechanisms to notify illegal content, as well as to allow them to effectively challenge content moderation decisions.
Strasbourg, 7 October 2025
