 In 2008, during the French presidency of the Council, the European Union strived to increase co-operation with the US on Middle-Eastern issues, "inter alia" with a view to coordinating common pressures on Israel.In late 2009 and 2010, a Swedish-drafted EU paper called for Jerusalem to be divided and become the joint capital of Israel and a Palestinian state, and criticized Israel's building in East Jerusalem.The draft was met with Israeli opposition and was eventually not adopted.