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Brussels has shifted into crisis mode, with emergency meetings piling up Saturday and Sunday.

As European leaders raced to respond to the rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran, the crisis exposed fault lines inside Europe — and across the Atlantic.

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Brussels moved quickly to strike a cautious tone. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned on X that the situation was “perilous,” while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed it was “of the utmost importance” to prevent further escalation. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola also urged restraint.

At the national level, however, Europe’s message was less unified.

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 hours ago

Every US/Israeli lie is still true, just some concern trolling over head of state assassinations and school bombings. "Urging restraint" while saying US/Israel is right on all points, not condemning them, is full moral support for the warmongering/demonism and any moral/legal opposition to their own future assassinations.

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago

I'm not suprised. Germany, for example, has a right wing party at the helm. And even if that were not the case, all the old politicians still have the mindset of vassal states deeply ingrained.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 73 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

With them saying the bombing was a result of a breakdown in negotiations, it's hard not to see the rest of the article as complete propaganda. This was not a breakdown in negotiations.

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[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 33 points 19 hours ago (33 children)

The only thing Europe is scrambling to figure out is how to reaffirm their servitude to the US. They are just so pathetic.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If you are american, and haven't risen up in arms to topple the tyrant (despite that being one of the excuses for the 2nd) you have not earned the right to call Europe/Europeans anything. Let me remind you that in Europe, every so often, a president/premier is toppled by the people, through massive, constant movilization, general strikes, etc. Get your house in order. and then comment on others, if you wish.

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Funny, that despite all that popular action, Europe is still so servile the United States. I was just criticizing the leadership in Europe, but if things are really as democratic over there as you’re claiming, perhaps that derision should be directed to the European people.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 hours ago

Nowhere did I claim anything democratic (even though I could). I claim that when a head of government really fucks up, Europeans sometimes rise up to the challenge. Brave Americans seem to have lost that capacity since the 1700's. Also, that which you call servility, can be interpreted as "let the chest pounding gorilla pay for most of the expenses of our protection". Trump wasn't all that wrong about having European countries pay a bigger share, although for the US it was cost efficient to foot a larger part of the bill, to keep the first line of defense an ocean away.

But yeah, remove Turd. Then you will have earned the right to talk about others.

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 15 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Yep, it is embarrassing to see how much they want to polish that pedorapists knob instead of standing for the values the EU is supposed to mean.

Venezuela was already a deep low, but that shit now is even worse.

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