Germany won’t seek EU-wide ban on swastikas
European news, posted January 29th, 2007
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Following protests by Hindu groups who say they’ve used the swastika as a religious symbol for millennia, Germany announced Monday that it has dropped plans to outlaw the sign throughout the European Union.
Germany, which currently holds the EU’s rotating presidency, still wants to make Holocaust denial illegal throughout the EU to stem racism and xenophobia.
Read full article: Deutsche Welle, 29 January 2007
