Alberto CotticaIf you are a European Union citizen, there is a concrete way you can support a peaceful resolution in Iran and Gaza: you can demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s violations of human rights.
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This treaty is the legal cornerstone of cooperation between the two parties. Its suspension would be a big deal for Israel: the EU is by far its main trading partner, and its universities rely on the Horizon Europe programme for research funding.
Early this year, a group of people launched a European Citizen Initiative (ECI) to demand its suspension:
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2025/000005_en
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*_jߍyrope@Alberto Cottica Facebook andf LinkedIn as social media contact points for this initiative are about as outdated as it can get. If you'd like to reach clever people, then thinkm outside of commercial social media.
Another BIG problem is, that the only way to sign this, is an electronic ID, that especially most older people do not have, or do not know, how to use it. Digital exclusivity again, really? This campaign won't manage to really speak to people, unless i do support this. But i am not going to hold my ID card in front of my camera withotu knowing, where that data foes exactly, and how it's going to be used or processed.
Sorry, it's a fail.
Another BIG problem is, that the only way to sign this, is an electronic ID, that especially most older people do not have, or do not know, how to use it. Digital exclusivity again, really? This campaign won't manage to really speak to people, unless i do support this. But i am not going to hold my ID card in front of my camera withotu knowing, where that data foes exactly, and how it's going to be used or processed.
Sorry, it's a fail.
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@jrp hello, worrying about data privacy is a legitimate concern. That said, an explanation of how the data are treated in various scenarios (eg. sign with eID vs. no eID but online vs. paper forms) is here: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/how-it-works/data-protection_en
