At her annual State of the Union address in Strasbourg, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen proposed “a partial suspension” of the EU-Israel Association Agreement over Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, said in an interview with the European Newsroom on September 8, that she expects the EU to act proactively on the many hot button issues affecting the bloc.
The commission has justified the measures by saying that Israel’s actions in Gaza and the resulting humanitarian catastrophe violate human rights and international humanitarian law.
What are the different challenges journalists encounter in the EU and the US? On September 9, a group of journalists from the United States discussed this and many other topics with members of the European Newsroom (enr) in Brussels.
With public anger mounting across Europe over the war in Gaza, the struggle to agree on the wording condemning Israel’s military actions is testing the EU’s ability to speak with one voice.