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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9893

1 May 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/middle east
EU is asked to “lower the tone” and be “discreet”

Brussels, 30/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - Israeli diplomatic circles call on the EU to “lower the tone” and not to hope to be “part of the dialogue” envisaged with Palestinians if it continues with its criticism. This was reported by Haaretz and taken up by the Spanish agency EFE. Rafi Barak, who is vice-director for Europe at the Israeli Ministry for Foreign Affairs, is said to have told EU ambassadors of this in Tel Aviv. At the root of the problem are the recent declarations by...

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