EC Midday press briefing of 14/07/2026

14 juillet 2026

European Commission Commission européenne

00:00 - 00:57
Intervenant 2
Hello, Angela Scutchins here from Euronews.  I have a question about comments made by the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Twitter, sorry, X last night.  It came off the back of the discussion at the Foreign Affairs Council regarding the options paper on cracking down on EU trade with illegal Israeli settlements.  In this statement, he said there was no majority at all and Kallas decided to continue her obsessive campaign against Israel and transfer the discussion to the forum of senior ambassadors in order to try to continue the campaign against Israel and find a new way to circumvent the rules.  Israel-Europe relations should be based on dialogue and fairness. 

Tricks of this kind do not help realize the common interests.  I was wondering if you have a statement that you could provide to us regarding a right of reply.  Is Kaja Kallas obsessed?  Is this a campaign and are these tricks?  Thanks. 
00:57 - 02:16
Intervenant 4
Thank you, thank you Angie for your question.  I'll happily reiterate our position in a very calm way, as calm as we have addressed this issue in the past.  The HRVP has been consistently and consistently clear about the importance of dialogue and engagement with Israel.  And she remains committed to a constructive, constructive relationship with Israel.  Now, in terms of the matter at hand that you have referred to, in terms of the discussions of yesterday at the Foreign Affairs Council. 

As the High Representative said it herself, the options that were discussed yesterday following the presentation of the paper of the Commission to the table of the ministers are not options against Israel.  These are options against the illegal settlements that undermine the two-state solution.  And that ministers tasked ambassadors to take the work forward.  Full stop in terms of the facts of what happened yesterday and Olof is also ready to complement in case you have anything further to ask. 

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