"In fact, the #EU has already demonstrated its selective approach to the international legality when it failed to condemn its violations in #Gaza half as vociferously as it did in #Ukraine, shredding #Europe’s credibility in the Global South and among many European citizens as well.
Instead, the EU's response to President #Trump’s attack on #Venezuela was a masterpiece of evasion."
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/europe-venezuela/
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"While the #EU’s elites seem to be going out of their way not to anger #Trump, there is also a growing rejection of this form of vassalage, on both political right and left.
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In stark contrast M. €LePen and J. #Bardella, the leaders of the right-wing National Rally, have stood up robustly for the principle of sovereignty and international law, condemning the operation as a dangerous overreach — as did the left-wing France Unbowed."
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/europe-venezuela/
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"The #EU now stands at a precipice. Going forward, it can continue down the path of 'selective principles,' further consolidating into an entity whose word carries little weight beyond its echo chamber. Or, it can seize this moment to move from vassalage to leadership, which sometimes implies an ability to say 'no' to a powerful ally. The precedents set out by the reactions to the attack on #Caracas are not at all encouraging."
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/europe-venezuela/
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