On Thursday, the heads of state and government of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and Japan issued a joint statement in which they pledged to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

The promise made by EU foreign ministers on Monday not to take part in the war against Iran (“This is not our war”) lasted just three days. On Thursday, the heads of state and government of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and Japan issued a joint statement in which they pledged to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

The statement makes no mention whatsoever of the US and Israel, which attacked Iran 20 days ago in violation of international law and have been bombing it non-stop ever since. Instead, it blames the victim for the war and accuses Iran of breaking international law.

    • MudMan@fedia.io
      11·
      3 days ago

      And despite not naming the US and Israel (because diplomatic statements are weird), it does include a explicit call for “all sides” to respect international law and a moratorium on striking energy and civilian infrastructure, which encompasses their actions, too.

      Not that the wording isn’t explicitly created to be served to Trump as appeasement, but it’s also absolutely not what the headline or the article says it is.

    • Vinylraupe@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      They’ll probably help to reopen the strait tho. France even has agreements that say so.

      • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        They’ll probably help to reopen the strait tho.

        But only after the war has ended and a diplomatic solution has been found And this context isn’t provided here.

        France and others are currently protecting the island of Cyprus which lies between Greece & Türkiye in the Mediterranean Sea ( it’s like 2.200 km on the other side)

  • collectif_imaginaire@piefed.socialEnglish
    118·
    3 days ago

    I didn’t read : I am tired of Europe. As a french citizen, I once was very proud of belonging to the European Union. Now it just feels like a sad burden. Our leaders (with the notable exception of Spain) are constantly running after trump or netanyahu most of the time on their knees. No backspine, no concern for anything but their own effing business. Macron, mertz, vanderlayen, they’re just servants of the capitalism. They’ll join that the war if they can make profit out of it.