Tony Blair’s new job: fighting religious and political extremism in Europe
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has a new job campaigning against religious and political extremism in Europe.
A week after he stepped down as Middle East envoy of the Quartet—the United States, United Nations, European Union, and Russia—Blair announced he is the new chairman of the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation.
The organization describes itself as “an opinion-making and advisory body.” It campaigns for all European countries to adopt laws that criminalize Holocaust denial, to create clearer definitions of what constitutes racism and anti-Semitism, and to oblige governments to pay for security at synagogues and Jewish schools.
