EU-Israel Council reopens after 10 years – Muricas News

On the assembly of the Council for International Affairs of the European Union in Brussels, it was determined to renew the convening of the EU-Israel Affiliation Council after a 10-year break.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid: “The truth that the 27 International Ministers of the European Union voted unanimously to strengthen financial and political ties with Israel is proof of Israel’s political energy and the federal government’s potential to create new alternatives for the worldwide neighborhood.”

The EU-Israel Affiliation Council is the best political physique accountable for selling relations between Israel and the European Union on the political, financial and technological ranges.

The press service of the Prime Minister’s Workplace recollects that a few yr in the past, Yair Lapid attended a gathering of EU overseas ministers and recognized the convening of the Affiliation Council as a key purpose in relations between Israel and the EU.

Final yr noticed a big enchancment in relations between Israel and the EU, mirrored within the signing of the Horizon Europe settlement on cooperation in R&D and visits by high-ranking EU officers, together with European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola.