Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Professor Panos Koutrakos:

Yes. The wording of Article 347 of the TFEU, which refers to obligations on member states for the maintenance of security and so on, copies or mirrors the wording used in the context of the UN. There is a thread which brings these developments together.