The European Parliament’s block on the transfer of some 18.7 million euro to the Middle East Process budget was lifted on Wednesday. After a forceful address by external relations Commissioner, Chris Patten, both the parliament’s foreign affairs and budgetary committees unanimously voted to release the money.
In a short debate heard by a largely sympathetic audience, Patten refuted the allegations made by Ariel Sharon’s Israeli government at the beginning of May that EU money was being ...
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