European Parliament

British PM reportedly ready to announce Israeli settlement trade ban in coming weeks

British sanctions on Israel trade could, however, cause a split inside the Labor Party, where a third of the party has signed a letter to the new PM calling for sharp measures against settlements.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Britain's Defence Secretary Wes Streeting walks following the first cabinet meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, July 21, 2026.
Members of the Guardia Civil USECIC guard migrants on Tarajal beach after crossing the border between Spain and Morocco on July 31, 2026 in Ceuta, Spain.

Spanish MEP appeals to Netanyahu to back Spain's sovereignty amid Ceuta border crisis

Tens of thousands crossed into a city of 84,000 in a matter of days, leaving at least 83 dead and raising questions about Morocco’s role, Spain’s sovereignty, and Israel’s response.

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
Rubaha, 8, watches from the entrance of her home as a buffalo is held down for sacrificial slaughter in celebration of Eid al-Adha in the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan, June 8, 2025.

European Parliament demands Pakistan free 13-year-old Christian girl in forced marriage, conversion

Shahbaz was married to her abductor in March, despite most provinces requiring a person to be at least 18 to marry.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Member of Parliament Abtisam Mohamed looks on on the day Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a ministerial statement on Hamas' October 7 attack anniversary and the Middle East at the House of Commons, in London, Britain, October 7, 2024.

British lawmakers press government for immediate ban on Israeli West Bank settlement imports

“If settlements are illegal, why have we not made an outright ban on trade? What exactly is it that we’re waiting for?” said Abtisam Mohamed, a Labour politician.

|ByKELLY HARTOG/JTA

Vilimsky to 'Post': 'Israel represents a bulwark against Islamism and political Islam'

Austrian far-right MEP Harald Vilimsky changes antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric after Oct. 7.

AUGUST 7, 2024ByELDAD BECK
HARALD VILIMSKY celebrates the Austrian Freedom Party’s success in the European elections at an election night party in Vienna in June.

When the far-right rises in Europe, where is there room for Israel? - opinion

European countries will stay divided and Israel’s only chance of garnering enough support is through careful engagement on a bilateral level. 

JULY 23, 2024ByFLEUR HASSAN NAHOUM , OLGA DEUTSCH
FRENCH FAR-RIGHT National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen (center) and its president, Jordan Bardella (right), arrive at a tribute to the 42 French citizens killed and all the victims of the Hamas assault on October 7, in the courtyard of the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, in February.

France votes, with far right seeking power

If the nationalist, National Rally party secure a majority, it would usher in France's first far-right government since World War Two and send shockwaves through the European Union.

JULY 7, 2024ByREUTERS
Jordan Bardella, President of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party, reacts as he attends a press conference to present policy priorities as part of the campaign for the upcoming French parliamentary elections, in Paris, France, June 24, 2024.

France saw rise in antisemitism, Islamophobia in 2023, report says

Reports of antisemitic and anti-Muslim acts in France increased by 284% and 29% respectively, France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, said in an annual report published on Thursday.

JUNE 27, 2024ByREUTERS
People attend a gathering, organized by CRIF Jewish organisation, in memory of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor stabbed and burnt in her Paris apartment in what authorities suspect could be an anti-Semitic murder, in Marseille, France March 28, 2018.

EP election results indicate a European awakening - opinion

The EP electorate’s surge in support for right-wing parties indicates that patience has run out, and immigration laws need changing. 

JUNE 22, 2024ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
Workers adjust a European flag outside the EU Parliament ahead of the EU elections in Brussels

Surprisingly high scores: Israel-positive results seen in balloting abroad

Political Affairs: Results are coming in from elections for politicians indicating that Israel’s position in the world might not be as bad as the impression gleaned from social media and on campuses

JUNE 21, 2024ByHERB KEINON
PARTIES ON the Right and far Right that are supportive of Israel gained seats in the recent European parliamentary elections, but that could prove to be a mixed blessing. Here, Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla react to results in Berlin.

Anti-Israel, pro-Iranian Irish activist Clare Daly loses seat in European Parliament

Irish leftwing pro-Palestinian Clare Daly lost her MEP seat. Known for criticizing Western militarism and Israel, she gained social media fame and appeared in Chinese and Russian media

JUNE 12, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MEP Clare Daly taken on September 28, 2023.

Europe's wake-up call: The end of global warming debates and the return to national pride - opinion

The European left is dead. It is disconnected. The Conservative government in England will fall, and the right to the right of the Conservatives will grow stronger.

JUNE 10, 2024BySRULIK EINHORN
THE WRITER (front row, fourth from left) is among the members of the task force appearing at a European Parliament hearing.

Far-right advances in EU election, France calls snap national vote

An exit poll for state broadcaster RAI said Brothers of Italy won between 26-30% of the vote, with the center-left opposition Democratic Party (PD) coming second with 21-25%

JUNE 10, 2024ByREUTERS
lection officials open a ballot box to count the votes, at a polling station for the European Parliamentary election, in Rome, Italy, June 9, 2024.

'Another blow to Iran': EU votes in favor of resolution against Islamic Republic

On Thursday, the EU parliament voted to condemn Iran, showing its support for Israel and acknowledging the role Iran plays in destabilizing the region.

APRIL 25, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF Josep Borrell arrives to attend an EU-Israel Association Council in Brussels in 2022. ‘We really want to see Europe standing up and recognizing the right of Israel to protect itself,’ Szijjarto says.