Overview
- On July 28, the European Commission recommended partially suspending Israel’s participation in Horizon Europe over alleged human rights violations in Gaza.
- The sanctions proposal requires approval by at least 15 of the EU’s 27 member states representing 65 percent of the bloc’s population.
- At a July 30 COREPER meeting in Brussels, Germany and several other states refused to endorse the plan without further legal and technical analysis.
- A majority of EU delegations have expressed support for the sanctions as leverage to pressure Israel into improving humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
- The EU Council’s working group has been tasked with clarifying procedural details and assessing the qualified-majority voting rules before any final decision.