Capitals set to clash on settlement trade: EU Foreign Ministers are in town today with a range of issues, from Ukraine to the Middle East, on their agenda. They will also discuss the Commission’s proposal – scooped by Euronews last week – to further restrict or fully ban EU trade with Israeli settlements, which the bloc deems illegal.
But here’s the catch: the Commission has suggested any measures should be treated as a foreign policy tool and therefore require the unanimous blessing of all EU member states — a threshold unlikely to be reached.
