EU wants a seat on Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace, Commissioner for the Mediterranean says

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EU wants a seat on Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace, Commissioner for the Mediterranean says  The EU should be represented on US President Donald Trump’s transitional body for Gaza, Dubravka Šuica, the EU’s Commissioner for the Mediterranean, has told Euronews.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/18/eu-wants-a-seat-on-trumps-gaza-board-of-peace-commissioner-for-the-mediterranean-says  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The European Union wants a seat on U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial Board of Peace for Gaza.

00:08The EU's commissioner for the Mediterranean has told Euronews.

00:11If we talk about fair play, then we should have a seat in this peace board for sure.

00:18Because, as I said, we are the biggest, not only donors, but the biggest payers.

00:22And we are the ones who are involved.

00:26And they are our neighbours. We are the closest neighbours.

00:28So I think that we should have a place in this board.

00:33The peace board, pitched in Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza, would be chaired by the U.S. President

00:39and would oversee Gaza's reconstruction and economic recovery.

00:43But there are concerns it could grant the U.S. President outsized influence over the Strip's future

00:49and sideline other regional powers.

00:52An official said the EU is in talks with the U.S. to secure European representation on the board.

00:58Later this week, Commissioner Switzer will chair a donor meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Mustafa

01:05as the EU aims to further strengthen the Palestinian Authority,

01:09the governing body that oversees parts of the occupied West Bank.

01:13So we will be trying to show that Palestine Authority can at one point, or could at one point,

01:22take over some of the services in the country, not only in West Bank, but also later in Gaza.

01:28The EU is the biggest donor of aid to Palestinians, but most of its disbursements to the Palestinian Authority

01:35are contingent on progress on key economic and governance reforms.

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