France Concerned about Racism Trends

Le Monde, a prominent French newspaper, published the results of the study, which was ordered by the Internal Ministry at the request of police officers last year, because of concerns about increasing anti-Semitic and racist attacks in the country. The Le Monde article cited that there were 112 racist attacks in 2003 and that the figure increased to 194 last year. Anti-Semitic attacks numbered 418 in 2003 and 711 in 2004.