Borrell: EU faces 'difficult' choice between support to rule of law or support to Israel

 "We will have to choose between our support to the international institutions and the rule of law, or our support to Israel, and both things is (sic) going to be quite difficult to make compatible," he added.

Euronews 24 maj 2024 17:51

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/05/24/eu-faces-difficult-choice-between-support-to-rule-of-law-or-support-to-israel-borrell


The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has issued a dramatic ruling, ordering Israel to "immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah".

BBC 24 maj 2024

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2024/05/den-internationella-rattsordningen.html


Ursula von der Leyen expressed solidarity with the victims of the Hamas attacks, but ...

This elicited a public rebuke from Josep Borrell, who has the grand title of High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. 

“The official position of the European Union with any foreign policy [issue] is being fixed … by the guidelines,” Borrell told journalists tetchily in Beijing. EU foreign policy was decided by the leaders of the 27 member states and by their foreign ministers in meetings “chaired by me.”

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2023/10/ursula-von-der-leyen-expressed.html


Joseph Borell Commission Vice-President in charge of coordinating the external action of the European Union.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2023/08/sager-nabila-massrali-talesperson-for.html


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