Italy's parliament has issued an eye-popping study on the level antisemitism in the country.
According to the report: "Some 44 per cent of the Italian population harbour some prejudice or have a hostile attitude towards Jews."
Italian MP Fiamma Nirenstein, chair of the Committee for the Inquiry into Antisemitism, said that the results were "very disturbing" and that it was a "shock for everybody how much antisemitism is present in Italy".
The study, which took place over two and a half years, divided those who are hostile or prejudiced towards Jews into four sub-groups. It said that the first group - 10 per cent - employ the "traditional" anti-Jewish stereotypes, such as "'Jews are not fully Italian.'"
