EU foreign affairs chief promises
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EU foreign affairs chief promises sanctions proposal against Israel

EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas promises to urge the European Commission to impose further trade sanctions on Israel.

Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) is unhappy that the Commission has so far been unwilling to act on a Swedish-French push for expanded trade sanctions against Israeli settlements.

"I am a little surprised and irritated by the discussion that is going on, where it is claimed that the middle path chosen by France and Sweden would entail a requirement for unanimity - because it does not," she says in connection with Monday's EU foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg.

Sweden could consider forcing a proposal, with the help of a simple majority of EU countries.

After Monday's meeting, however, EU Foreign Affairs Chief Kaja Kallas promises to make the demand and ask the Commission to come up with "different options."

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