The UK will have a second go at persuading sceptics to blacklist Hezbollah at a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday (19 June).
Britain in May filed a proposal for the EU to designate the military wing of the Lebanese group as a terrorist entity.
France, Germany and the Netherlands back the idea, even though The Hague would prefer to list Hezbollah's political bureau as well.
Several other countries - including Bulgaria, Estonia and Hungary - are willing to "go with the flow" if...
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