An-Najah News - According to an EU press release the European Union provided a contribution of €10 million to help the Palestinian Authority pay the salaries of its civil servants mostly working in the health and education sectors .

due to the deep and deteriorating fiscal crisis the PA facing right now this contribution will help the Palestinian Authority in covering part of its commitments.

The statment said "Over the years, the EU has invested in building the institutions of the future independent Palestinian state. This has always been an important financial and political investment, with the clear objective to help to establish a viable, democratic and sovereign Palestinian state” .

EU Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff said "the European Union, as Palestine’s most important and reliable partner and donor, will continue to firmly support the two-state solution under the internationally agreed parameters and to fully respect its pledges towards the Palestinian people"