President acted without member states’ mandate to express unqualified backing for Israel
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen: her approach has caused deepening unease within European institutions and in national capitals as Israel undertakes what the Taoiseach has described as “collective punishment” against the people of Gaza, cutting off water, food and electricity. Photograph: EPA
In public posts she declared that the European Union stands with Israel “today and in the days to come” and “in the next weeks”, an apparent signal not just of the bloc’s sympathy over the attacks but also its sanction for Israel’s retaliation. She then shook hands with prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu. “This is the frontline of civilisation and barbarism,” he told her.
Von der Leyen appears to be repeating the precedent of expressing overt solidarity with Ukraine after its invasion last year. However this time there’s a key difference. This is a conflict that divides rather than unites the member states. The Ukraine invasion happened on the day the EU’s national leaders were meeting together in Brussels, and they expressed a clear common position from the outset.
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