Influential members of the European Parliament said they would support a U.S. effort to persuade the EU to ban Hezbollah as a terrorist group
Influential members of the European Parliament said Wednesday that they would support a U.S. effort to persuade the EU to ban Hezbollah as a terrorist group, a day after the organization solidified a major role in Lebanon's newly formed government.
David McAllister, the German MEP who chairs the foreign affairs committee, and Michael Gahler, another prominent German on the committee, told POLITICO after the meeting that they would support a resolution calling on the EU to ban Hezbollah, but they stressed that it would be up to the Parliament's main political groups to bring forward a resolution.
In December, the German parliament approved a resolution calling on the government to ban all of Hezbollah from operating in the country. Germany and several other EU nations distinguish between the group's political and military wings, and currently only ban the military wing of the Iranian-backed group.
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