A new country classifies Hezbollah as a “terrorist organization”

Europe continues to tighten the screws of Lebanese Hezbollah, accused of being involved in terrorist activities around the world, after several countries banned their militias and imposed strict restrictions on them.

On Tuesday, Slovenia designated the Lebanese Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, with its military and political wings, as a statement issued by the Slovenian government made it clear that it would treat the party as a criminal and terrorist organization that poses a threat to peace and safety.

Along the same lines, the State Department welcomed Latvia’s decision to include “Hezbollah” in the list of terrorist organizations.

The Netherlands is the first European country to ban Hezbollah. In 2004, Amsterdam announced a total ban on Hezbollah activities on its territory, becoming the first European country to make this decision.

And last January, the British Treasury designated Hezbollah with all its wings as a terrorist group and decided to freeze its assets.

Britain was not alone in the line of confrontation with Hezbollah networks in Europe, as the German Interior made the decision last April to ban the party with its military and political wings.

The German government gave the public prosecutor the green light to investigate all Hezbollah activities within the country and launched a massive campaign of raids.

Hezbollah received a new coup from Austria last May, after the Austrian parliament issued a decision designating it as a terrorist organization, both political and military.

Lithuania joined forces in August, designated the party as a terrorist organization, and prohibited everyone associated with the organization from entering its territory for a period of ten years.

In turn, last October, the Estonian government imposed sanctions on Hezbollah for its terrorist activities, considering it a major threat to international security.

That same month, the Czech Parliament voted in favor of designating Lebanese Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, and the Czech government asked the countries of the European Union to do the same.

Despite the steps taken by European countries in the face of Hezbollah’s destabilizing activities in matters of international security, the European Union still distinguishes between the political and military wing of the party, since it classifies the latter as a terrorist and prohibits it, but does not describes the first wing with the same description, a position that puts Brussels in the crosshairs of international critics. And uninterrupted pressure, amid continuous calls to completely ban the party.