The EU makes ugly that the judicial reform in Israel weakens the power of the Supreme Court and calls for a compromise acceptable to all

BRUSSELS, 25 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The European Union pointed out this Tuesday that the judicial reform underway in Israel limits the capacity of the Supreme Court and weakens its power and has asked the Government for a compromise agreement that is acceptable to all Israeli citizens and parties.

After the approval of the first law of the controversial judicial reform, European diplomacy has expressed its concern that this rule “limits the ability of the Israeli Supreme Court to carry out judicial reviews of government decisions and thus weakens its role and its judicial supervision”.

Speaking to Europa Press, the Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Nabila Massrali, indicated that the European bloc takes note of the vote held in the Knesset, but hopes that “it is still possible to reach a compromise that all Israeli citizens and political parties can accept.”

“EU-Israel relations are based on shared values, such as democracy, the rule of law, including an independent judiciary, and Human Rights, which are essential elements of our partnership. It is important that these values ​​are preserved,” he concluded.

The judicial reform project presented by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has received a new wave of mobilizations at the national level, something that for the EU is a “signal” that a “considerable” part of Israeli society is concerned about the reform and that Israel is a “vibrant democracy”.

Critics of the reform argue that it is an attack on Israel’s balance of powers, fundamentally on the foundations on which democracy is based, since it gives Parliament unusual influence to limit judicial powers.

For its part, the United States has criticized that the first clause voted in the Israeli Parliament has been approved by the minimum and has remarked that the “important changes of a democracy” must “have the greatest possible consensus.” In this sense, it has supported the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, in “his attempt to build a broader consensus through political dialogue.”