Palestine and Europe: the weight of the past and contemporary dynamics« conference (speech by Aude Signoles)

Thursday 13 and Friday 14 November 2025 | Centre arabe de recherches et d'études politiques de Paris (Carep)

Intervention byAude Signoles Thursday 13 November:

17.00 Panel 4: Towards uniform European foreign policies?

Moderated by : Aude Signoles, Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence

This panel looks at the way in which diplomacy is articulated at EU and bilateral levels. It examines the impact of the EU's supranational structures on the national trajectories of the various European countries and vice versa. The aim is to contribute to the debate on the standardisation of European foreign policy.

Speakers:

• Sinem Akgül Açikmeşe, Kadir Has University: DInternal divisions and regional fragmentation: EU policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• Omran Shroufi, Vrije Universiteit Brussel: The evolution of extreme right-wing pro-Israeli parties between 1979 and 2024.
• Isaías Barreñada Bajo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid / Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales : Between unconditional support for Israel and recognition of the Palestinian State: European divisions and their impact on EU decision-making.

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Conference broadcast live and recorded.

For further information: https://carep-paris.org/prochain-evenement/la-palestine-et-leurope-poids-du-passe-et-dynamiques-contemporaines/