A new poll from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows a marked decline in antisemitic attitudes in major European countries.

According to the survey, the most pronounced fall in Jew-hate was in France, where the number of people expressing antisemitic attitudes plummeted from 37 per cent in 2014 to 17 per cent in 2015.

Germany experienced a decline from 27 to 16 per cent, and Belgium from 27 to 21 per cent.

Abraham Foxman, ADL national director, said: "After the recent murders of Jews in Belgium and France and attacks on synagogues in Germany, we decided to look at the impact on antisemitic attitudes.

"The results indicate that heightened awareness of violence against Jews fosters a sense of solidarity with the Jewish community and that strong condemnation by political and civic leaders makes expressing antisemitism less acceptable."

ADL polled 10,000 adults on their attitudes and opinions toward Jews in 19 countries, including nine countries in Western Europe and six countries in Eastern Europe.