Kallas puts pressure on her own colleagues over Israel trade sanctions | Euractiv

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The chief EU diplomat - who is herself a commisioner - said many member states asked for the measures at a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg.
41% : However, that slimmer majority has proven elusive so far when it comes to suspending the trade parts of Israel and the EU's association agreement.
40% : Kallas said she will ask the European Commission to propose restrictive measures on trade - again The European Commission should present legal options for banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements, Kaja Kallas, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs, said on Monday.
40% : Several commissioners pushed back on her call for such measures at a meeting in May, telling Kallas to focus on garnering consensus for stalled sanctions against Israel that have already been proposed.
22% : The former Estonian PM has maintained a silence after Euractiv's reporting that she broke with the official EU foreign policy line when comparing Israel's treatment of Palestinians to South African apartheid.

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