Legal basis for suspension under Horizon Europe

Question for written answer E-001178/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Marc Botenga (The Left), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Anthony Smith (The Left), João Oliveira (The Left), Mimmo Lucano (The Left), Dario Tamburrano (The Left), Per Clausen (The Left), Giorgos Georgiou (The Left), Lynn Boylan (The Left), Irene Montero (The Left), Estrella Galán (The Left), Rima Hassan (The Left), Nikos Pappas (The Left), Danilo Della Valle (The Left), Emma Fourreau (The Left), Konstantinos Arvanitis (The Left), Pasquale Tridico (The Left) Subject: Legal basis for suspension under Horizon Europe In Written Question E-001930/2024, we asked the Commission if it would consider excluding Israeli participants from the Horizon Europe programme in the light of the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court decisions highlighting Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in Palestine. The Commission replied that excluding participants from Horizon Europe projects on the sole grounds of their nationality would amount to discrimination1. However, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Commission decided to suspend cooperation with Russian entities in research, science and innovation, as well as all payments to Russian entities under existing contracts because the Russian invasion constituted a violation of international law2. 1. On what legal basis were Russian entities suspended from receiving EU funding? 2. In the light of the...