03:10Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, suggested imposing sanctions on some Israeli ministers for 'hate messages against Palestinians', while speaking with reporters ahead of the foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels on Thursday.
"I initiated the procedures in order to ask the member states if they want and consider it appropriate to include in our list of sanctions some Israeli ministers who have been launching hate messages," he told them. "Unacceptable hate messages against the Palestinians and proposing things that go clearly against international law and inciting more crimes."
The diplomat has previously condemned posts made by Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, although did not refer to them directly in his latest comments.
Regarding the recent presidential elections in Venezuela, he claimed that "[Nicolas] Maduro cannot be recognised as a legitimate winner of this presidential election" and made allegations that opposition figures had been 'arrested and disappeared'.
Maduro was confirmed winner by his country's electoral council and supreme court, and has hit out at opposition figures for not respecting the result, accusing them of trying to instigate a 'colour revolution' with support from the United States.
Borrell also spoke of moving the foreign ministers' meeting from Budapest to Brussels. Usually such meetings take place in the country holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU, but the top diplomat previously clashed with Prime Minister Viktor Orban over visits to Kiev and Moscow - and pushing for his own 'peace plan' with Russia.
"I thought it was much more appropriate to do that in Brussels because some of the positions expressed by the Hungarian government goes directly against the common foreign policy. It was much better to do it at home," Borrell concluded.
Borrell urges EU to sanction Israeli ministers over 'hate messages,' says 'Maduro can't be recognised' as Venezuelan pres
Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, suggested imposing sanctions on some Israeli ministers for 'hate messages against Palestinians', while speaking with reporters ahead of the foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels on Thursday.
"I initiated the procedures in order to ask the member states if they want and consider it appropriate to include in our list of sanctions some Israeli ministers who have been launching hate messages," he told them. "Unacceptable hate messages against the Palestinians and proposing things that go clearly against international law and inciting more crimes."
The diplomat has previously condemned posts made by Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, although did not refer to them directly in his latest comments.
Regarding the recent presidential elections in Venezuela, he claimed that "[Nicolas] Maduro cannot be recognised as a legitimate winner of this presidential election" and made allegations that opposition figures had been 'arrested and disappeared'.
Maduro was confirmed winner by his country's electoral council and supreme court, and has hit out at opposition figures for not respecting the result, accusing them of trying to instigate a 'colour revolution' with support from the United States.
Borrell also spoke of moving the foreign ministers' meeting from Budapest to Brussels. Usually such meetings take place in the country holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU, but the top diplomat previously clashed with Prime Minister Viktor Orban over visits to Kiev and Moscow - and pushing for his own 'peace plan' with Russia.
"I thought it was much more appropriate to do that in Brussels because some of the positions expressed by the Hungarian government goes directly against the common foreign policy. It was much better to do it at home," Borrell concluded.
Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, suggested imposing sanctions on some Israeli ministers for 'hate messages against Palestinians', while speaking with reporters ahead of the foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels on Thursday.
"I initiated the procedures in order to ask the member states if they want and consider it appropriate to include in our list of sanctions some Israeli ministers who have been launching hate messages," he told them. "Unacceptable hate messages against the Palestinians and proposing things that go clearly against international law and inciting more crimes."
The diplomat has previously condemned posts made by Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, although did not refer to them directly in his latest comments.
Regarding the recent presidential elections in Venezuela, he claimed that "[Nicolas] Maduro cannot be recognised as a legitimate winner of this presidential election" and made allegations that opposition figures had been 'arrested and disappeared'.
Maduro was confirmed winner by his country's electoral council and supreme court, and has hit out at opposition figures for not respecting the result, accusing them of trying to instigate a 'colour revolution' with support from the United States.
Borrell also spoke of moving the foreign ministers' meeting from Budapest to Brussels. Usually such meetings take place in the country holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU, but the top diplomat previously clashed with Prime Minister Viktor Orban over visits to Kiev and Moscow - and pushing for his own 'peace plan' with Russia.
"I thought it was much more appropriate to do that in Brussels because some of the positions expressed by the Hungarian government goes directly against the common foreign policy. It was much better to do it at home," Borrell concluded.