11 days ago · Israel
European President taking 'extremely seriously' allegations French-Palestinian MEP overturned Israeli and EU flags
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. Middle East Eye is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Israel. The first report grouped here was at 6 Oct 2026, 11:25 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “European President taking 'extremely seriously' allegations French-Palestinian MEP overturned Israeli and EU flags”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, stated on Tuesday that she was taking "extremely seriously" the accusations that MEP Rima Hassan of the La France Insoumise (LFI) party had overturned Israeli and European flags the previous day at an exhibition commemorating the 7 October attacks in Israel.
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