Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly

Tabled by Rima Hassan, Anthony Smith, Emma Fourreau, Manon Aubry, Hanna Gedin, Rudi Kennes, Lynn Boylan, Ilaria Salis, Estrella Galán, Marc Botenga, Damien Carême, Leila Chaibi, Irene Montero

Added: Pa. whereas on 13 April 2026, a European Citizens’ Initiative calling on the Commission to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement1a has reached one million signatures; whereas, in a letter published on 15 April 2026, more than 350 former European ministers, ambassadors and senior officials, including former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, called for the suspension of this agreement; whereas on 16 April 2026, more than 60 human rights and humanitarian organisations and trade unions also called for the suspension of the agreement and urged the EU to adopt concrete measures, including banning trade with illegal settlements and suspending arms transfers to Israel; whereas several Member States and 20 UN experts also called for the suspension of the agreement; ______________ 1a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part (OJ L 147, 21.6.2000, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2000/384/oj).

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.214