Could the EU’s alliance with Israel soon change?

A citizens' petition demanding a review of the EU-Israel trade pact has crossed the threshold, forcing the European Commission to formally respond. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Could the EU’s alliance with Israel soon change?

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The European Commission is now legally obligated to formally address a citizens' petition demanding a review of the bloc's foundational trade and political agreement with Israel, after the initiative gathered over one million signatures. The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), titled "Stop the EU-Israel Association Agreement," successfully passed the verification threshold in multiple member states, compelling EU executives to meet with organizers and issue a detailed public response within the coming months. This procedural milestone marks a significant escalation in public pressure on Brussels to reconsider its economic and diplomatic ties with Israel. The petition specifically calls for the suspension and review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, a pivotal 2000 accord that forms the legal bedrock of bilateral relations. This agreement governs far more than simple trade; it establishes a framework for political dialogue, promotes cooperation across sectors like research and culture, and explicitly binds the partnership to the mutual respect for human rights and democratic principles. The petitioners argue that Israel's policies, particularly in the occupied Palestinian territories, constitute a systematic violation of these fundamental clauses, thereby nullifying the agreement's ethical and legal foundation. This successful petition represents an unprecedented use of a direct democracy tool within the EU framework to challenge the foreign policy of a major partner. While the European Citizens' Initiative mechanism has been used on various internal issues, from animal welfare to plastic waste, its application to a high-stakes international relations matter is rare. It channels growing public discontent, visible in widespread pro-Palestinian demonstrations across European capitals, into a formal institutional process that cannot be ignored. The campaign's success reflects a deepening divide between segments of the European populace and their governments' traditionally cautious, state-centric approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The immediate legal consequence is procedural: the Commission must organize a hearing for the campaign organizers in the...

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