"Fifty politicians -- including former French prime minister and foreign minister Dominique de Villepin,
former German foreign minister and vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, Britain's former foreign
secretary Jack Straw and Ireland's former president Mary Robinson -- signed the letter."

Former EU Leaders Accuse Israel of Apartheid (Feb. 2020)

Anti-Israel (and pro-Iran) European Union Leaders

Austria

Benita Ferrero-Waldner (former foreign minister)
John Gudenus (former member, Federal Council of Austria)
Johann Gudenus (Austrian Freedom Party)
Michael Spindelegger (former foreign minister and vice-chancellor)

Belgium

Willy Claes (former foreign minister and Nato secretary general)
Elio Di Rupo (Chamber of Representatives member)
Laurent Louis (former member, Chamber of Representatives)
Marc Otte (former EU special representative to the Middle East peace process)
Roeland Raes (former Senator)
Pascal Smet (Secretary of State, Brussels-Capital Region)
Dries Van Langenhove (former Chamber of Representatives member)
Frank Vandenbroucke (former foreign minister)

Croatia

Vesna Pusic (former foreign minister and deputy prime minister)

Czech Republic

Karel Schwarzenberg (former foreign minister and deputy prime minister)

Denmark

Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (former foreign minister and president of the European Liberals)
Martin Liedegaard (former foreign minister)
Mogens Lykketoft (former foreign minister and UN general assembly president)
Per Stig Moller (former foreign minister)
Holger K. Nielsen (former foreign minister)

France

Jean-Paul Lecoq (MP)
Jean-Luc Mélenchon (former member, National Assembly)
Ersilia Soudais (MP)
Dominique de Villepin (former foreign minister and prime minister)
Hubert Vedrine (former foreign minister)

Estonia

Sven Mikser (former foreign minister)

Finland

Anna Kontula (MP)
Erkki Tuomioja (former foreign minister)

France

Jean-Marie Le Pen (National Front party; former President)
Marine Le Pen (National Front party)
Ersilia Soudais (MP)

Germany

Niels Annen (MP, Social Democratic Party)
Christine Buchholz (MP, The Left Party)
Daniel Cohn-Bendit (former co-president, Greens-European Free Alliance group, EU parliament)
Hans-Gert Pottering (former president of the European parliament)
Sigmar Gabriel (former foreign minister and vice-chancellor)
Omid Nouripour (MP, Green Party)
Aydan Ozoguz (MP, Social Democratic Party)

Greece
Ilias Kasidiaris (former member of Parliament, Golden Dawn)
Nikolaos Michaloliakos (founder, Golden Dawn)
Thanos Plevris (member of Parliament)

Ireland

John Bruton (former prime minister)
Joe Costello (former minister of state for trade and development)
Reada Cronin (MP)
Clare Daly (MP)
Tom Kitt (former minister of state for overseas development and human rights)
Mary Robinson (former president; former UN high commissioner for human rights)

Italy

Massimo d’Alema (former foreign minister and prime minister)
Elly Schlein (member, Chamber of Deputies; former MEP)

Lithuania

Valdas Rakutis (member of Seimas)

Luxembourg

Jacques Poos (former foreign minister)
Jacques Santer (former prime minister and president of the European commission)

Netherlands

Bert Koenders (former foreign minister)
Robert Serry (former UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process)
Jozias van Aartsen (former foreign minister)

Norway

Espen Barth Eide (former foreign minister)
Gro Harlem Brundtland (former prime minister)
Bjornar Moxnes (Parliament member)

Poland

Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz (former foreign minister and prime minister)
Janusz Korwin-Mikke (MP)
Andrzej Olechowski (former foreign minister)

Portugal

Teresa Patricio de Gouveia (former foreign minister)
Mohammed Taheri (former Iranian Ambassador to Portugal)

Scotland

Neale Hanvey (MP)
James McGovern (former MP)

Slovenia

Ivo Vajgl (former foreign minister)

Spain

Trinidad Jimenez (former foreign minister)
Manu Pineda (MP)
Javier Solana (former foreign minister, Nato secretary general)
Pablo Iglesias Turrion (2nd Deputy Minister)
Sonia Vivas (MP)

Sweden

Ingvar Carlsson (former prime minister)
Jan Eliasson (former foreign minister and UN general assembly president)
Carina Herrstedt (Parliament member)
Lena Hjelm-Wallen (former foreign minister and deputy prime minister)
Bjorn Soder (Parliament member)
Margot Wallstrom (former Foreign Minister)

Switzerland

Micheline Calmy-Rey (former foreign minister and president)
Ruth Dreifuss (former foreign minister and president)

UK

Dianne Abbott (MP)
Douglas Alexander (former minister of state for Europe)
Mike Amesbury (MP)
Ben Bradshaw (former minister of state for the Middle East)
Richard Burgon (MP)
Dawn Butler (MP)
Mike Cahill (MP)
Jeremy Corbyn (MP; former opposition Leader)
Clare Daly (MP)
Alan Duncan (former minister of state for Europe and the Americas)
George Galloway (former MP)
Nick Griffin (former MP)
Peter Hain (former minister of state for the Middle East)
Kim Johnson (MP)
Gerald Kaufman (former MP)
Ken Livingstone (former MP; former mayor of London)
Rebecca Long-Bailey (former MP)
John McDonnell (MP)
Ali Milani (MP)
Chris Patten (former vice-president of the European commission)
Aysha Raza (London Borough Council member)
Steve Reed (MP)
Naz Shah (MP)
Jack Straw (former foreign secretary)
Zarah Sultana (MP)
Gareth Thomas (former minister of state for international development)
Jenny Tonge (MP)
David Ward (former MP)
Sayeeda Warsi (former cabinet minister)
Chris Williamson (former MP)

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