Is Borrell’s proposal to suspend political dialogue with Israel a flop? | Radio Schuman
EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called to suspend political dialogue with Israel over the country’s alleged violations of human rights and international law in the Gaza Strip.
At the Foreign Affairs Council, EU member states showed little support for Josep Borrell’s proposal to suspend political dialogue with Israel.
Borrell aimed to force a clear stance on Israel’s actions and suggested banning imports from illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. However, suspending dialogue requires unanimous approval, highlighting existing divisions over the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani dismissed the idea as nonsensical, while his Czech counterpart argued it would be ineffective. Meanwhile, countries like France focused on additional sanctions, either against Hamas or violent Jewish settlers.
Why did Borrell make this proposal, and what is the status of EU sanctions against Israel?
Today Radio Schuman answer these questions with Maria Luisa Frantappie, who heads the Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa program at the Italian think tank Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).
On the agenda today, we have a potentially tense discussion among EU ministers over Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressing the European Parliament in Brussels, and a European court case in Luxembourg against Hungarian anti-LGBTQ+ law.
Finally, Radio Schuman examines which European countries use plastic grocery bags the most.
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