NNA - The European Union will increase its financial support for the Palestinian Authority with a three-year package worth around 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion), the European Commissioner responsible for the Middle East tells Reuters in an interview.

Dubravka Suica, the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, says the financial support would go hand in hand with reforms of the Palestinian Authority, which has been accused by critics of corruption and bad governance.--Reuters 

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