Madonna has compared France ‘to Nazi Germany’ – saying intolerance against Jews in Europe had reached ‘an all-time high’.
The
singer denounced the rise in anti-Semitism and far right politics in
France and Europe, re-igniting the anger of France's increasingly
popular National Front party.
She told France's Europe-1 radio the situation was 'scary' and said the country had lost its tradition of welcoming foreigners.
Speaking out: Madonna told a French radio station that intolerance against Jews in Europe had reached ‘an all-time high’
The
56-year-old said: ‘It was a country that embraced everyone and
encouraged freedom in every way, shape or form artistic expression of
freedom,’ she said. ‘Now that's completely gone.’
On rise: Madonna hit out at the
'fascist' National Front Party. Party leader Marine Le Pen threatened to
sue her over a video featuring Le Pen with a Swastika on her head
Madonna
added: ‘France was once a country that accepted people of colour, and
was a place artists escaped to, whether it was Josephine Baker or
Charlie Parker.’
In 2012 Madonna risked prosecution in France after infamously displaying Nazi swastikas at one of her concerts.
She
told the radio that ‘anti-Semitism is at an all-time high’ in France,
and everywhere else in Europe and attacked the far-right National Front
today, calling them 'fascist'.
Party
leader Marine Le Pen had threatened to sue Madonna over a video
featuring an image of Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead. The
offending Nazi symbol, which had been displayed at a Madonna concert in
Israel, was removed in France so as to avoid court action.
Madonna
said:’What I said two years ago is valid today. It's not just happening
in France, it's all over Europe. But particularly in France. The level
of intolerance is so enormous, it's scary.’
Her comments follow a wave of anti-Semitic incidents in Europe including the terror attacks in Paris and Copenhagen.
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