Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

Productive peace negotiations can only take place when both sides are ready and able to make the necessary concessions. Hamas has long been on the EU's list of terrorist organisations and it has done nothing to justify changing European policy towards this organisation. Hamas is currently unwilling to meet the very basic conditions of the Quartet, namely, an end to violence, recognition of Israel's right to exist and recognition of the agreements already signed by the Palestinian Authority.