By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union said on Monday it would appeal against an EU court ruling that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should be ******* from the bloc's terrorist list. The move was criticized by Hamas but welcomed by Israel, which had condemned last month's decision by the bloc's second-highest tribunal that the executive had failed to make its case for blacklisting the movement that controls the Gaza Strip. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini **ted in a statement that the General Court made its ruling on procedural grounds. As a result of the appeal, Hamas will remain on the EU's terrorism list and its assets will remain frozen pending a judgment by the Court of Justice, the highest legal authority.
01-20-2015, 02:03 PM
EU to appeal ruling that Hamas should be off terror list
By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union said on Monday it would appeal against an EU court ruling that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should be ******* from the bloc's terrorist list. The move was criticized by Hamas but welcomed by Israel, which had condemned last month's decision by the bloc's second-highest tribunal that the executive had failed to make its case for blacklisting the movement that controls the Gaza Strip. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini **ted in a statement that the General Court made its ruling on procedural grounds. As a result of the appeal, Hamas will remain on the EU's terrorism list and its assets will remain frozen pending a judgment by the Court of Justice, the highest legal authority.
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