In one incident, bake sales organised for the Irish Red Cross were allegedly criticised as being “antisemitic”.

Von Schnurbein allegedly lobbied against EU sanctions on Israel and warned against new forms of antisemitism, which she described as “ambient antisemitism”.

Following the publication of von Schnurbein’s comments in the EU Observer, a public letter was signed by 26 members of the European Parliament calling for her immediate dismissal.

The letter, signed by three Irish MEPs — Fianna Fáil’s Barry Andrews, and Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan and Kathleen Funchion — states that her actions “go far beyond the mandate” of her office and “undermine” the fight against actual antisemitism.