• July 22, 2013: The European Union listed the Hezbollah Military Wing as a terrorist organization. 
• May 14, 2021: Austria banned Hezbollah in its entirety.

The European Union decided to ban Hezbollah’s military wing in July of 2013 in response to concerns over the group’s military involvement in the Syrian Civil War, and its suspected responsibility for a bombing of a civilian bus in Burgas, Bulgaria in 2012. The E.U. has resisted calls to proscribe the whole of the group, presumably for the same reasons as France, which holds considerable sway in the E.U.’s decision-making on the matter.

On May 14, 2021, Austria decided to ban Hezbollah in its entirety. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said, “This step reflects reality. The group itself makes no distinction between the military and the political arm.” Schallenberg said Hezbollah “poses a serious threat to the stability in the region and to the security of Israel. Israel’s right to exist must not be called into question.”