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(photo credit: REUTERS/Johanna Geron) Two French politicians have filed a bill ... “Because it is what defines antisemitism in its current form and it has been evolving for millennia.” ...

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The survey from the CESE body - which advises the French government and parliament - also said 23 percent it polled felt 'democracy was not the best political system' currently on offer.