The EU will review its development aid to the Palestinians following a Hamas attack on Israel, the European Commission announced Monday night, without citing a suspension announced by one of its commissioners, to the frustration of some of the 27 member states. AFP.

The European Commission announced that it was launching an “urgent review of EU aid to Palestine” after hours earlier one of its commissioners, Oliver Varghey, announced the suspension of all payments under this development aid.

“All payments suspended immediately, all projects reviewed, all project budgets including 2023 postponed until further notice, re-evaluation of the entire program,” Hungary’s Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement said in a message on X (formerly Twitter). .

“The scale of terror and brutality against Israel and its people marks a turning point. It is impossible to continue as if nothing happened,” said the commissioner on the eve of an extraordinary emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers called after the Hamas attack on Israel.

On Monday, Spain’s left-wing government expressed “discomfort” and “disagreement” with the European Commission’s decision to suspend EU aid to the Palestinians after the Hamas attack, AFP reported.

The head of Spanish diplomacy “José Manuel Albarez had a telephone conversation with the commissioner (European Oliver Varhely) to express his disagreement with this decision”, asking to include it on the agenda of the meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid.

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