- “Threats against Israel need to be taken seriously by the EU”

Jerusalem 9 May 2007 – Parliamentarians and diplomats from several European countries were among the specially invited guests when the European Coalition for Israel hosted their third annual Europe day reception at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Tuesday night.

Prague 17 April 2007 – The president of the Czech senate, Dr Premysl Sobotka, took a firm stand against Holocaust denial when he spook at the Holocaust Remembrance Day event in the garden of the Czech senate in the old town of Prague on Sunday. In his speech Dr Sobotka quoted a recent resolution from the Czech parliament which calls for all democracies to join forces in condemning the Holocaust denial conference in Iran which was called together to “study the historical validity of the Holocaust”.“-We can never bow down to hatred but need to speak up when anti-Semitism once more is threatening our societies”, he said.The Czech parliament was the first to publicly file a protest against the event but was shortly joined by other parliaments in Europe.

- Portugal to nominate EU-envoy to the Middle East

Lisbon 2 March 2007 – The Portuguese EU-presidency, which beginns on July 1, will nominate an EU-ambassador to the Middle East in an attempt to revive the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.

- " This move is part of a plan to give more attention to troubled areas in the world", says Isabel Pedrosa from the Portuguese Foreign Ministry in Lisbon. On Wednesday a small delegation from the ECI met with Pedrosa to raise issues of concern for Israel during the upcoming six month Portuguese EU-presidency.