; Whereas in Hungary and Ukraine, 19 percent believe the Holocaust is a myth and did not happen, or say the numbers of Jews who died were greatly exaggerated ; Whereas elsewhere in Europe, survey data found that 17 percent of Russians, 15 percent of Poles, 5 percent of Germans, and 4 percent of Dutch respondents denied the Holocaust occurred; Whereas Tel Aviv University’s Antisemitism Worldwide Report for 2022 found a persistently high number of antisemitic incidents across Europe, including 1,652 incidents in the UK, 436 incidents in France, 241 incidents in Italy, 45 incidents in Hungary, 23 incidents in Spain, 14 incidents in Sweden, and nine incidents in Bulgaria; Whereas Tel Aviv University also found that the COVID–19 pandemic sparked an 18-percent rise in antisemitic hate speech, especially online; Whereas the World Jewish Congress has also warned about the proliferation of conspiracy theories blaming Jews for creating or spreading the virus; Whereas surveys by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Commission found that while almost 90 percent of Jewish respondents in Europe believe antisemitism is increasing, only 36 percent of the European general public think that it is increasing; Whereas the European Union has stepped up its efforts to combat antisemitism, but significant work remains; Whereas the European Commission appointed a Coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life in 2015, established a Working Group on combating antisemitism in 2018, and adopted the first ever European Union strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life in 2021, which found that contemporary antisemitism can be found in radical and fringe groups espousing right-wing, left-wing or Islamist extremism, it can hide behind anti-Zionism, but it can also be found in the centre of society