When the history books are written about events in the Middle East today, what will they say about Europe? Its (especially Brussels-friendly) leaders are all over the place on ongoing conflicts, especially in comparison to Donald Trump’s pro-Israel administration.
They have affirmed that “Israel has a right to defend itself,” but only after being strongarmed into doing so by Washington, having actually wanted a joint G7 statement to be softer on Iran and to ask more of Israel.
The European Commission’s official acceptance that “Iran is the principal source of regional instability”—which is remarkably contested by a not-insignificant number of MEPs—is also somewhat undone by its simultaneous call for restraint from Israel.
And while Germany’s Friedrich Merz praises Israel for doing the “dirty work” for “all of us,” Emmanuel Macron of France warns that “regime change in Iran through military means” would lead to “chaos.”
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