The Foreign Ministers of 15 Member States (Ireland, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden) called on the European Commission on Friday 8 April to release EU aid funds to Palestine for 2021, expressing concern about the continued delay in its payment due to the Commission’s proposals to make funding conditional on education sector reform (see EUROPE B12921A22).
“As you know, the Palestinian Authority...