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EU Ministers Split Over Gaza Response at Copenhagen Talks

Proposals to restrict Israeli access to EU research and start-up funding still lack the support required.

A Palestinian woman bakes bread as children sit next to her, while Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger and soaring malnutrition, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip January 24, 2024. REUTERS/Arafat Barbakh/File Photo
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European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Overview

  • EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she was not optimistic about agreement and warned the bloc lacks a unified voice on Gaza.
  • The European Commission’s plan to curb Israeli access to Horizon Europe funds and suspend backing for Israeli start-ups has not secured the qualified majority needed.
  • Host Denmark’s Lars Løkke Rasmussen said his country is ready to suspend the trade chapter of the EU–Israel agreement and support sanctions on the Netanyahu government.
  • Germany said it has suspended delivery of weapons that could be used in Gaza and questioned limiting civilian research ties, while Ireland, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands pressed for tougher trade measures that Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic reject.
  • Calls for action intensified after a UN-linked hunger monitor determined there is famine in Gaza, a finding Israel disputes, as ministers also discussed Ukraine and the future of about €210 billion in frozen Russian assets.