The European Union is the biggest donor of external assistance to the Palestinians. Its support is based on a joint partnership, founded upon the Interim Association Agreement on Trade and Cooperation. It was signed in 1997 between the European Community and the PLO on behalf of the Palestinian Authority. The EU-Palestine Action Plan was approved in May 2013 setting the agenda for economic and political cooperation with the EU and remains in place until 2020.
يلتزم الاتحاد الأوروبي التزامًا طويل الأمد حيال رؤية قيام دولة فلسطينية مستقلة وذات سيادة، تحيا في سلام وأمان جنبًا إلى جنب مع إسرائيل. في إطار ذلك يتمتع الاتحاد الأوروبي والسلطة الفلسطينية بشراكة قوية تسترشد بمبادئ المسائلة المتبادلة والشفافية والديمقراطية العميقة التي لا غنى عنها لإقامة دولة فلسطينية ديمقراطية في المستقبل.
The EU offers jobs to citizens in different ways, it also offers public contracts and provides funding in the form of grants to support projects and organisations.
Since the creation of the so-called Schengen Zone travel between EU countries has become much easier. Quality, diversity, and opportunity are among the many benefits of European higher education institutions.
The EU’s external policies, strategies, instruments and missions to support stability, promote human rights and democracy, seek to spread prosperity and support the enforcement of the rule of law and good governance.
