France’s President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that recognition of a Palestinian state was not a “taboo subject” but that it should take place at a “useful moment”.
“There is no taboo for France and I am completely ready to recognise a Palestinian state, but… I think that this recognition should happen at a useful moment,” he said at a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“I won’t do a recognition of emotion,” he added.
The decisions by Spain, Norway and Ireland to formally recognise a Palestinian state have sparked a debate over the issue.
Within the 27-nation European Union, there is disagreement over the move.
For decades, formal recognition of a Palestinian state has been seen as the endgame of a negotiated peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Washington and most Western European nations have said they are willing to eventually recognise Palestinian statehood, but not before agreement on thorny issues like the status of Jerusalem and final border demarcations.
