US EditionExclusive: EU visa rule change set to target Israeli citizens
- On June 20, 2025, the European Parliament and Council came to a political consensus to reform the EU's mechanism for suspending visa-free short-stay travel within the Schengen area.
- This reform responded to growing concerns over countries violating international law, notably Israel’s recent actions in Gaza, with the EU recalibrating its visa policy to include human rights breaches as grounds for suspension.
- The new rules lower the threshold for suspending visa-free travel, broaden grounds to include violations of the UN Charter and international court rulings, and empower the European Commission to impose one-year suspensions subject to member states’ approval.
- Slovenian MEP Matjaž Nemec emphasized that this mechanism supports upholding the fundamental principles that unite the EU, while insiders indicated that Israel is among the countries most vulnerable to losing visa-free travel rights under the new rules.
- If put into effect, this action would represent just the second instance in EU history where visa-free access has been suspended, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of Israeli travelers and indicating a significant turning point in EU-Israel relations with wide-ranging diplomatic and economic consequences.
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EU moves to strip Israeli citizens of visa-free travel
For Israelis, losing this access would mark a significant diplomatic and practical blow, affecting hundreds of thousands who travel to Europe annually. By Jewish Breaking News European lawmakers have agreed to overhaul the EU’s visa suspension mechanism in a move that could see Israeli citizens lose their right to travel freely across Europe without visas. Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional agreement Tuesday to expand groun…
In future, human rights violations can lead to the suspension of visa freedom in the EU. According to a report, Israel could be the first country to be affected.
Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Czech Republic, Denmark and Twenty One Countries in European Union Threatening to Suspend Israel Schengen Visa Free Travel, New Update for You - Travel And Tour World
Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Czech Republic, Denmark, and twenty-one other countries in the European Union are now making headlines—and not for their usual reasons. Together, they are threatening to suspend Israel’s Schengen visa-free travel access.
(SeaPRwire) – Brussels has introduced new rules that could impose restrictions on countries found to have violated the UN Charter or international humanitarian law Israel could be at risk of having its visa-free access to the EU’s Schengen zone suspended after European lawmakers approved new rules, Euronews reported on Wednesday. The move comes shortly after Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran that sparked retaliatory attacks. The ne…
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