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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: | '''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: | ||
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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], Ha'aretz</ref></blockquote> | + | 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></blockquote> |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== |
Revision as of 17:36, 19 October 2010
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
- European Friends of Israel - supporter; attends EFI events
Notes
- ↑ Adar Primor, Europe won't just sign the checks, Ha'aretz, 8 February 2005.