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An important new provision in the constitution is the prohibition on dis##nating Nazi and fascist propaganda in any form, as well as racial intolerance national chauvinism. Previously, the law only prohibited and punished persons publicly incited racial violence. The new constitution makes any demonstration anti-Semitism a criminal offense.
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