A ‘review’ of Article 2 of the EU’s Association Agreement with Israel? Meddling with the EU’s own legal obligations

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Abstract

On 20 May 2025, at a Foreign Affairs council meeting, High Representative Kaja Kallas declared that a strong majority of EU member states are in “favour of (the) review of Article 2 of (the EU’s) Association Agreement with Israel” as the latter’s war continues to devastate the occupied Gaza Strip.
Although this may appear as a sudden paradigm shift (at least) in the language of European officials, it is important to emphasize that the EU has – legally speaking – been obliged to carry out such a review (at least) since the year 2000 with the coming into force of its Association Agreement (AA) with Israel.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Publikationsdato28 maj 2025
UdgivelsesstedUnited Kingdom
UdgiverMiddle East Monitor (MEMO)
StatusUdgivet - 28 maj 2025

Emneord

  • EU-Israel Association Agreement
  • Gaza Strip
  • Human rights
  • Values
  • Violations of human rights
  • Legal obligations
  • EU member States
  • SHAPEDEM-EU: SHAPEDEM-EU Horizon Europe: EU Democracy Support in its Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods

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