Call for EU laws to ban trade with Israeli settlements
Ahead of a key address, over 100 MEPs press the European Commission to enact laws banning EU trade with Israel's illegal settlements, citing humanitarian and legal concerns.
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A group of more than 100 MEPs wrote a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, to address an urgent appeal for a Commission legislative proposal...
A total of 114 MEPs from all political groups in the European Parliament, except those on the far right...
Human Rights Watch
Amnesty InternationalVon der Leyen’s Failures on Israel Must End, Starting with a Settlement Trade Ban
Last year’s “State of the European Union” speech made headlines when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen finally proposed suspending the trade part of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and sanctioning Israeli ministers and settlers. One year on, almost none of those measures have been adopted, and as more and more EU countries and allies adopt bans on trade with Israel’s illegal settlements, von der Leyen’s Europe is lagging beh…
If you do not read this message correctly, click here "I have signed, together with over 100 MEPs and MEPs from different political groups including one of the promoters Cecilia Strada, the letter to President Von der Leyen to ask the European Commission to ban EU trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Not [...] Article Corrado (PD): "Europe bans trade with illegal settlements comes from Agenparl.
The BE and PCP Euro MPs are among the more than 100 who today called, in a letter sent to the European Commission, for a ban on EU trade with Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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