BRUSSELS: Following days of confusing and sometimes contradictory messaging about the EU's stance on the developing Israel-Hamas conflict, leaders of ...
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen holds a press conference during the Berlin Process Summit in Tirana on October 16, 2023. AFPPIX: Following days of confusing and sometimes contradictory messaging about the EU's stance on the developing Israel-Hamas conflict, leaders of the bloc's countries on Tuesday are to try to rally around a clear statement.
Von der Leyen, who has cultivated a profile as the “face” of the European Union, last Friday flew to Israel to tell its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Europe backed Israel’s right to defend itself. “Foreign affairs is a matter for member states, it is a matter for the Council,“ an EU official said.
After a disconcerted pause, the commission corrected that to say that it will see if payments for development projects in Palestinian territories “need to be adjusted” but that humanitarian aid was not affected.Von der Leyen, too, after running into flak for her declarations in Israel announced after her return that the commission would triple its humanitarian aid to Palestinians to 75 million euros .
“I don’t understand what the commission president has to do with EU foreign policy, which she is not in charge of,“ said French MEP Nathalie Loiseau. Both the statement and the meeting are an attempt “to bring things back on track so that the EU is speaking about the situation, and not speaking about the EU speaking about the situation,“ the diplomat said.
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