Question 20853 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Sébastien Nadot draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the participation, in recent years, of four French companies, including two with public capital, in the construction of the Jerusalem tramway. The establishment of this tram violates international law by connecting the Israeli part of the city, West Jerusalem, to Israeli settlements illegally installed in the Palestinian part of the city, East Jerusalem. Used by the Israeli government to implement its policy of annexation of East Jerusalem, its very existence goes against international law. The report published in June 2018 by eight civil society organizations and collectives, “Jerusalem Tramway: French companies contribute to the Israeli colonization of the occupied Palestinian territory” precisely established the participation of two engineering companies with very majority public capital. The third company was a major player in the first phase of tram construction and was, at the time of publication of the report, in the process of renewing its participation by responding to calls for tenders for the second phase. The fourth has also participated, since 2017, in one of the consortia responding to these calls for tenders. Since the publication of the report, two companies involved announced their withdrawal from this project, on the grounds that it was contrary to international law. A third no longer appears under the consortium which submitted an offer on May 13, 2019. He asks it if it intends to take measures so that no company in the country can no longer register in the construction of the Jerusalem tram, an essential tool of Israeli colonization.

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