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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/b156b6dcf4080a38 https://verfassungsblog.de/suspension-of-eu-association-agreements-does-not-require-unanimity/ Suspension of EU Association Agreements Does Not Require Unanimity Chamon, Merijn eng 2025-07-19 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Association Agreement EU European Union Israel Israel Unanimity EU Israel Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In its meeting on 15 July 2025, the Council of the EU failed to adopt concrete measures vis-à-vis Israel, limiting itself to an “exchange of views on an inventory of possible follow-up measures”. This hesitant approach stands in contrast to clear indications that Israel is in breach of its human rights obligations under Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement (AA), and to the EU’s own obligation to work towards consolidating human rights and the principles of public international law pursuant to Article 21 TEU. While a suspension of the entire AA was never really foreseeable, an important question relates to the voting threshold within the Council that would apply to such a decision relating to the AA.