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European Knight
01-19-2015, 09:37 PM
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Federica Mogherini - Photo EU Council

(BRUSSELS) - The EU will appeal a controversial court decision ordering the removal of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from the bloc's terrorism blacklist, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday. Foreign ministers from the 28 European Union member states decided to appeal the decision at a meeting in Brussels focused on the Islamist threat after the Paris attacks this month, she said.

Hamas will remain on the EU's terrorism register pending the result of the appeal by Brussels against the December 17 ruling by the bloc's second highest court, a spokeswoman added. Hamas, which was first blacklisted in 2001, said the decision to appeal was "immoral".

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