Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000966/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Jaume Asens Llodrà (Verts/ALE)
The International Court of Justice has confirmed that states and other economic actors must do everything possible to prevent and not participate in the colonisation of the occupied Palestinian territories. The UN Human Rights Council already has a database listing a limited number of companies profiting from the occupation and colonisation of the occupied Palestinian territories.
Despite being warned about their unlawful actions, some of these companies – such as CAF, Booking, Carrefour, and eDreams – argue that there are no national laws explicitly prohibiting them from conducting business and profiting from activities that support colonisation in violation of international law.
- 1.Given that the Commission considers occupation and colonisation by force illegal and has imposed sanctions on states and companies benefiting from such activities in various parts of the world, does it, in the case of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, allow and become complicit in the occupation and colonisation of Palestine and the Syrian Golan Heights by failing to enact EU regulations prohibiting economic activities in territories occupied by Israel?
- 2.Does the Commission believe that it is up to the Member States to legislate or enforce existing laws to prevent violations of international law in this matter?
Submitted: 6.3.2025