Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001739/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Séverine Werbrouck (PfE), Christophe Bay (PfE), Pierre Pimpie (PfE), Aleksandar Nikolic (PfE), Rody Tolassy (PfE), Tomáš Kubín (PfE), Marie Dauchy (PfE), Tiago Moreira de Sá (PfE), Nikola Bartůšek (PfE), Céline Imart (PPE), Jorge Martín Frías (PfE), Mathilde Androuët (PfE), Sebastian Tynkkynen (ECR), António Tânger Corrêa (PfE), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (PfE)
On 15 April 2025, the Commission announced a EUR 1.6 billion aid programme to support the Palestinian Authority and finance projects. It includes EUR 620 million in direct budget support for the Palestinian Authority, EUR 576 million for development projects, EUR 82 million annually for UNRWA, and up to EUR 400 million in low-interest loans for the private sector.
While the Commission’s stated objective is to foster stability and prosperity in the region, concerns remain about the capacity of the Palestinian Authority to ensure that the funds are managed transparently and effectively, among other reasons, because the authority’s governance and efforts to tackle corruption have been criticised repeatedly.
- 1.Can the Commission ensure that the EUR 1.6 billion will not in any way benefit entities linked to Hamas or any terrorist organisation designated as such by the EU?
- 2.What specific checks and monitoring mechanisms have been established to ensure that the funds are allocated in a rigorous, transparent and humanitarian manner?
- 3.Does the Commission intend to make EU aid conditional on clear commitments from beneficiaries on honouring the values of peace, tolerance and non-financing of terrorism?
Supporters[1]
Submitted: 30.4.2025
- [1] This question is supported by Members other than the authors: Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain (PfE), Julien Leonardelli (PfE)