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Europe’s voice of moral sense speaks Spanish (euobserver.com)
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Sanchez’s message broke with EU appeasement, offering a fresh contrast to leaders from countries such as Germany, who have insisted that “this is not the time to lecture our partners and allies” over potential breaches of international law.

Of course, one could argue that it was politically convenient for the Spanish PM to redirect attention, given the domestic backlash over scandals involving his wife, brother, and close members of his socialist party. But the Arab world will remember for years to come both Spain’s stand on Gaza and Europe’s double standards.

For decades, Europe has been portraying itself as a defender of international law. An image that, at least in the Middle East, is already trashed following the Gaza war, and more globally again lies visibly cracked.

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[–] dominic.borcea@piefed.social 7 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

But the 27-nation bloc isn’t capable of speaking with one voice, because the war in Ukraine (and Hungary and Slovakia’s lack of support) once again weighs in, alongside Brussels’ dependency on the US across a range of sectors, from energy and defence, to tech and finance.

The author seems to forget another crucial matter. Its not just that Europe relies heavily on American weapons/military both for its defence and for the war in Ukraine, it is also that the Islamic occupiers of Iran have directly and explicitly involved their military industrial complex in an European war on the side of the aggressor.

They have built an entire drone industry inside Russia and for years they have directly helped Russia in its imperialist quest of conquering Ukraine with the thousands upon thousands of drones that have struck hospitals, schools, residential areas, energy infrastructure, military infrastructure, etc.

The Islamic occupiers are directly invested and benefit directly from Russia's war of aggression.

And that's another matter that I argue weighs heavily on the European choice of silence.

[–] NorskSud@lemmy.pt 3 points 8 hours ago

100%

Sanchez on the other hand depends on support from far-left parties to keep in power and that's his main motivation. His words in any case appease those parties without any other consequence in the conflict.. it's a bit like not participating in Eurovision, but at the same time discreetly keep trade with Israel. Symbols to appease puppets.

[–] GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca -3 points 6 hours ago

What silence? Aside from Spain, you all vocally support the war. You whined when America threatened to invade Greenland, but you've snapped back to your master's heel now that they've started their own war of aggression in the middle east.

Also, I just noticed rule 4: "We follow German law; don’t question the statehood of Israel.". You euros (Spain and Ireland excluded) are really something else. Truly, nothing ever changes.