Published by All Israel News on June 20, 2024.
The European Coalition for Israel (ECI) believes the newly-elected European Union (EU) Parliament will adopt a friendlier stance toward the Jewish state following the recent EU elections held earlier in June.
In an interview with Belgian journalist Yossi Lempkowicz, ECI’s Founding Director Tomas Sandell noted that “the election result indicates that the new European Parliament has the potential of becoming more pro-Israel.”
Sandell’s assessment is based on ECI’s Israel Ranking 2024, released in April, about two months before the EU elections. The report evaluates the support for Israel among EU member states and political parties based on their voting records from 2019 to 2024.
The ranking revealed that the parties that gained more seats – European Conservatives and Reformists (+7), Identity & Democracy (+9) and European People’s Party (+14) – are also the most Israel-friendly in the European Parliament.
Conversely, the Greens and the Liberals, typically more anti-Israel, suffered losses (Greens -19 and Liberal Renew -22 seats).
The Spanish opposition party, Vox, topped the ECI vote for the most support for Israel, based on voting records over the last five years among the 196 national parties represented in the European Parliament. The left-wing parties from Spain, Belgium and Ireland were found to be the most critical of Israel.
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