Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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I will be very brief. I was disappointed that the Commission is only looking for a partial suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement, especially as it is in response to a breach. Does that not lend a lack of confidence in human rights clauses and environmental clauses if we decide to only half respond politically to those breaches? Specifically on Horizon, I know the Commissioner is bringing proposals on qualified majority voting for it, but on the next Horizon programme, is the Commission looking at the non-inclusion of Israel rather than a sanction or suspension in the next round of Horizon funding, given that we are entering the next round with an awareness of the human rights situation?