Animal-rights groups have been very active on this issue, so the poll doesn't indicate anti-Semitism ( even if such laws were motivated by anti-Semitism in the past).

It's not just about kosher meat in Europe, anyway, halal is affected, too. In Germany, for exemple, kosher slaughter was legal all along (provided the animal is unconcious), but halal slaughter was banned in 1985. That ban was overturned on constitutional grounds because our version of the Supreme Court felt that this was a dicrimination of Muslims:

In January, Jewish and Muslim groups in Germany applauded the reversal of a law that banned Islamic ritual slaughter in Germany. And, during this same time period, the Swiss attempt to permit kosher slaughter was defeated.

German animal rights groups, the German Animal Protection League and the Union Against Abuse of Animals, maligned the ruling permitting halal slaughter and said that they would continue their quest for a European ban on all forms of ritual slaughter which they consider cruel to animals. They vowed to take their campaign across Europe and to the European Union.

At present, shechita is legal throughout Europe (including Germany) except in Switzerland and Sweden. Aside from the exception for kosher slaughter, Germany requires that an animal be rendered unconscious before slaughter.

In Germany, butchers are required to stun an animal, usually with a bolt fired into the brain, so that it is unconscious before slaughter. An exception was granted for the kosher form of slaughter, because a kosher butcher requires training and a license and is presumed to take precautions against an animal’s suffering.

In 1995, Germany declared halal slaughter illegal, with the hope that Muslim butchers would produce halal meat under the existing German law. The Swiss government launched a campaign to end a century-old law barring Jewish ritual slaughter. Economics Minister Pasqual Couchepin started the campaign which created a strong backlash against any change in the law. The original law went into effect in 1893. It was drafted because of anti-Semitism, not to protect animals.

In March, Switzerland decided not to ease a ban on kosher slaughter. But the government did promise Swiss Jewish leaders that the import of kosher meat will be guaranteed by law. The government promised to use all its influence to turn down a referendum submitted by an animal rights group that wants to ban the import of kosher meat altogether".

(Emphasises all are mine)

Btw, banning halal while kosher meat is legal makes little difference as far as Muslims and their consumption of meat from ritual slaughter is concerned:

"Question: Is it allowed for Muslims to use Kosher meat? ...

Answer: Kosher meat is Halal as it fulfils the requirements of Islam which are basically two:

1. Allah’s name should be taken on the slaughtered animal
2. It should be slaughtered through the jugular vein so that all the blood is poured out.

http://www.renaissance.com.pk/aprq72y1.html

OT, but I would appreciate any help anyone could give for this cause. School supplies for the Iraqi school children.

http://www.iraqischools.com/letters.asp?ltr=1

As a strict vegetarian I am against the conditions in which animals are kept and in which they are slaughtered. In the case of Halal and Kosher meat my negative feelings are increased. To have an animal conscious when it is killed is a sadistic way of slaughter and no amount of religious arguments could ever change that. Why kill something in a sadistic way for the sake of a man made idea and not consider what the animal is going through, which we at least know to be real?