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EUROPEAN UNION, JUL 29 – The European Commission's proposal to cut Israel from €200 million in Horizon Europe funds failed due to opposition from key member states, including Germany and Italy.
- On Tuesday, EU ambassadors in Brussels failed to reach the qualified majority needed to deny Israel partial access to 95 billion euros, EU sources said.
- The European Commission's motion stems from an EU report, which EU says found Israel had breached human rights obligations in the EU-Israel Association Agreement and failed to implement the July 10 deal for Gaza aid.
- The Commission’s proposal would bar Israeli start-ups from participating in disruptive innovations and emerging technologies, and Israel would lose access to €200 millions' worth of Horizon’s European Investment Council grants.
- Member states remain divided as Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechia opposed action while The Netherlands, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Portugal, Malta and Spain backed the measures, and Germany and Italy requested more time in the coming weeks.
- Meanwhile, humanitarian agencies report over 60,000 deaths in Gaza as the war worsens, and over 130 people, including 88 children and infants, die from hunger, according to Hamas-run Gaza Health ministry.
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EU fails to agree Israeli suspension from research fund over Gaza
EU member states could not rally the support necessary to suspend Israel from the Horizon Europe fund in response to the war in Gaza. The proposal needed a qualified majority of member states to pass it. But two of the largest countries - Germany and Italy - said they need more time to examine it.
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A European Commission proposal to deny Israel partial access to the EU's €95 billion Horizon Europe research fundfailed to garner the necessary qualified majority support when EU ambassadors met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the issue.
The proposal to partially suspend Israel's participation in the EU's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, submitted by the European Commission due to Israeli violations...
Ten countries support Israel's partial suspension from the Horizon program • A group of other countries, led by Germany, is delaying the idea • Despite the failure of the blitz, danger still hangs over Israel • The move may succeed, as long as images of famine emerge from Gaza and as long as the EU does not see that enough humanitarian aid is entering the Strip
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