The European Union will appeal a December court decision ordering the removal of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from the EU terrorism blacklist, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday. Mogherini said foreign ministers from the 28 member states decided at a meeting on Monday to appeal the decision taken by the General Court of the European Union on December 17. Last month's ruling by the EU's second highest court had said that the blacklisting of Hamas in 2001 was based **t on sound legal judgements but on conclusions derived from the media and the Internet. Hamas, which has been in power in the Palestinian territory of Gaza since 2007, had appealed against its inclusion on the blacklist on several grounds.
01-20-2015, 02:03 PM
EU to appeal removal of Hamas from terror blacklist
The European Union will appeal a December court decision ordering the removal of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from the EU terrorism blacklist, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday. Mogherini said foreign ministers from the 28 member states decided at a meeting on Monday to appeal the decision taken by the General Court of the European Union on December 17. Last month's ruling by the EU's second highest court had said that the blacklisting of Hamas in 2001 was based **t on sound legal judgements but on conclusions derived from the media and the Internet. Hamas, which has been in power in the Palestinian territory of Gaza since 2007, had appealed against its inclusion on the blacklist on several grounds.
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