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'''Benita Ferrero-Waldner''' has been since 2005 the EU commissioner for external relations. Previously she was was the Austrian foreign minister.  While foreign minister, Adam Primor, in Ha'aretz, wrote of her:  
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'''Benita Ferrero-Waldner''' has been appointed the EU commissioner for external relations (2004–2009). Previously she was was the Austrian Foreign Minister; and about this appointment, Adar Primor, in [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=537305 Ha'aretz], wrote:  
During her term as foreign minister, they said in Jerusalem, she positioned Austria as one of the most pro-Israel countries in the EU, pressing over and over again for improving the uneasy relations between Europe and Israel.</blockquote>
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: During her term as foreign minister, they said in Jerusalem, she positioned Austria as one of the most pro-Israel countries in the EU, pressing over and over again for improving the uneasy relations between Europe and Israel.<ref>Adar Primor, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=537305 Europe won't just sign the checks], Ha'aretz, 8 February 2005.</ref>
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==Affiliations==
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*[[European Friends of Israel]] - supporter; attends EFI events
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==Notes==
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[[Category:Austria|Ferrero-Waldner, Benita]]
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[[Category: Israel Lobby]]

Latest revision as of 20:44, 10 October 2012

Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Benita Ferrero-Waldner has been appointed the EU commissioner for external relations (2004–2009). Previously she was was the Austrian Foreign Minister; and about this appointment, Adar Primor, in Ha'aretz, wrote:

During her term as foreign minister, they said in Jerusalem, she positioned Austria as one of the most pro-Israel countries in the EU, pressing over and over again for improving the uneasy relations between Europe and Israel.[1]

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Adar Primor, Europe won't just sign the checks, Ha'aretz, 8 February 2005.