110 former MEPs call on the EU to urgently suspend the trade agreement with Israel.
A letter signed by Josep Borrell and Ernest Maragall, among others, denounces the hunger in Gaza as a "war crime" and calls on the EU not to be an "accomplice."
Barcelona"The current collective hunger imposed on the inhabitants of Gaza "The Israeli government's actions against Israel are nothing less than a war crime. This violates the fundamental human rights on which all EU Association Agreements with third countries are based, thanks to the European Parliament's efforts over decades." This is how the letter sent this Monday by 110 former MEPs to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the High Representative begins. They "urgently" demand the total suspension of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Israel. complicity in this war crime".
The signatories include names such as former EU High Representative Josep Borrell and former MEP Ernest Maragall, and former members of the European Parliament of almost all political stripes, from the Socialists and Greens to the liberals of ALDE, the PP or Rene." 28 July to propose suspending Israel's participation in the EU's Horizon research programme, but consider this step to be "too little, too late." "The same Commission review, carried out in June, clearly showed Israel's non-compliance with Article 2 of the Agreement," they emphasize. ~BK_SLT_L border crossing in Gaza that allows unhindered humanitarian access by the UN and partner NGOs, we, as 110 former Members of the European Parliament, insist that the Commission urgently request that Member States agree to fully suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. Failure to do so risks violating Article 265 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on grounds of culpable inaction. Member States' failure to accept such a proposal would expose their complicity in this war crime," the letter adds.
