After months of consultations and deliberate consideration, the European Union decided to designate Hezbollah's military wing as a "terror entity." As predicted in Al-Monitor in February 2013, the Europeans adopted the British approach to the organization, wherein a distinction is made between its military and political bodies to allow for future contacts with the Lebanese group's political leaders — despite Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah declaring on May 25 that there is no military wing and no political wing, only one Hezbollah.
In a statement, Hezbollah expressed “its firm rejection to the EU's decision to set [the] 'military wing' on the list of terrorism,” adding that it regards the move as an “aggressive and unjust decision that has no justification and is not based on any proof.”
