French parliament votes for recognition of Palestinian state
PARIS (Reuters) French lawmakers on Tuesday urged their government to recognise Palestine, a symbolic move that will not immediately affect France diplomatic stance but demonstrates growing European impatience with a stalled cheap canada goose uk peace process. position that an independent Palestinian state should emerge from negotiations with Israel.
The motion received the backing of 339 lawmakers with 151 against.
It canada goose uk black friday comes after Sweden became the biggest Western European country to recognise Palestine, and parliaments in Spain, Britain and Ireland held votes in which they backed Canada Goose sale non binding resolutions in favour of recognition.
The text, proposed by the ruling Socialists and backed by canada goose factory sale left wing parties and some conservatives, asked the government to the recognition of a Palestinian state with the aim of resolving the conflict definitively
Neither Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius nor Prime Minister Manuel Valls attended the vote in parliament. The government has said it will not be bound uk canada goose by the canada goose store result.
don want a symbolic recognition that will only lead to a virtual state, Europe Minister Harlem canadian goose jacket Desir told lawmakers in reaction to Canada Goose Outlet the vote. want a Palestinian state that is real so we want to give a chance to negotiations.
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decisions only toughen the Palestinian positions and send a wrong canada goose clearance sale message to the leaders and peoples of the region.
Fabius said on Nov. 28 the status quo was unacceptable and France canada goose uk outlet would recognise an independent Palestine without a negotiated settlement if a final diplomatic push failed.
He backed a two year timeframe to relaunch and conclude negotiations canada goose uk shop and said Paris was working with Britain and buy canada goose jacket Germany on a text that could be accelerated if a separate resolution drafted by Palestinians is put forward.
The vote in Paris has raised domestic canada goose clearance political pressure Canada Goose Jackets on France to be more active on the issue. A Canada Goose Parka recent poll showed more than 60 percent of French people supported a Palestinian state.
France has the uk canada goose outlet largest Jewish and Muslim populations in Europe and flare ups in the Middle East tend to aggravate tensions between the two cheap Canada Goose communities.
Right wing lawmakers criticised the Socialist majority for canada goose backing Palestine recognition to win back support from Muslim voters who were dismayed by a gay marriage law passed last year and President Francois Hollande apparent support for canada goose black friday sale Israel intervention in Gaza.
will add fuel to the fire in a region that doesn need that at all, said Christian Jacob, leader of the conservative UMP party in parliament.
Head of the Palestinian Mission in France, our web page black friday canada goose https://www.canadagoosejacketsalesca.co.uk Hael Al Fahoum attends a debate on Palestine status Canada Goose online at the National Assembly in Paris November 28, 2014. REUTERS/Charles canada goose coats on sale Platiau.
