# Metsola to act after MEP Rima Hassan removes Israeli flag

https://mins.news/en/video/88638

- euronews, 2026-10-06 20:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc8IY88ac8g

> French pro-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan removed the Israeli and EU flags from an exhibition commemorating victims of Hamas’s 7 October terrorist attack. The move sparked outrage among fellow lawmakers, and Hassan could face a suspension of her daily allowance, Metsola said.

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