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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8529

28 August 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/middle east
Adding Hamas to EU list of terrorist groups to be discussed on 5 and 6 September

Brussels, 27/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - European diplomatic sources indicate there is unlikely to be any decision about whether to include Hamas in the EU list of terrorist organisations before Gymnich. Following the announcement by the United States on Friday that it is freezing the assets of six Hamas leaders and five organisations (three of which are based in the EU) accused of funding Hamas, the EU has come under increased pressure from the US, Israel, the UK and the Netherlands. The...

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