A European Union official announved Monday that the EU will appeal against a court ruling that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should be removed from the bloc's terrorist list, reports Reuters.
"(The EU) Council has decided to appeal the judgement regarding Hamas remaining on the EU terrorist list," EU spokeswoman Susanne Kiefer said on Twitter.
In December 2014 the General Court of the European Union, the second-highest court in the bloc, found that the inclusion of the group was not based on a "concrete examination" of Hamas's acts but on "imputations derived from the media and the Internet".
The court acknowledged that Hamas contested its inclusion on the list since the group was formed in 2001.
Regularly reviewed, the list allows the bloc to freeze funds going towards those named, and acts as "a regulation to combat terrorism", the court said.
