An implicit unanimity runs through the EU since late on Monday was known. Both among the four largest countries in the block, by population and economy – Germany, France, Italy and Spain -, as in the three major European institutions (commission, council and parliament) the proposal has been “welcome”, a shared expression among the leaders of the EU.
There is some nuance, without a doubt: Madrid emphasizes the solution of the two states – Israelí and Palestine – and Berlin chooses to underline that it is “the best opportunity to end the war began on October 7, 2023 ″. But the feeling of hope seems generalized among those who have pronounced so far. Also, from outside the EU, by the Labor Government of the United Kingdom.
Washington’s proposal – and, probably, with relief (Trump came to play with the idea of turning Gaza into a tourist complex that the Gazati would be expelled) -, Europe goes on to claim “and the cessation of hostilities and the liberation of all hostages [por parte de Hamás]”, Both the president of the European Council, António Costa, point out and the president of the commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Both also underline that” the solution of the two states remains the only viable path towards a fair and lasting peace. ”
I welcome President ’s plan to end the war in Gaza and I am encouraged by Prime Minister ’s positive response.
All parties must seize this moment to give peace a genuine chance.
The situation in Gaza is intolerable. Hostilities must end, and all…
– António Costa (@eucopresident)
The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, has also considered that Trump’s plan for Gaza “is an opportunity to achieve lasting peace” and has assured that “the EU is willing to contribute to its success.” “It offers the best immediate opportunity to end war,” he said, and has urged Hamas to “accept it without delay, beginning with the immediate liberation of hostages.”
The commitment to the creation of a Palestinian State that lives with the Israeli has also been remembered by the Spanish President, Pedro Sánchez, and by the French head of state, Emmanuel Macron. “Two states, Israel and Palestine, living together with another in peace and security, it is the only possible solution,” said Sánchez. Macron recalled that this is the commitment of 142 countries in the United Nations, highlighting the UN statement declaration supported last week in New York and promoted by France and Saudi Arabia.
Also from Rome, Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has defended this exit, that of the two states. Only Germany has not dared to take that step. The medium -term commitment to the two states is the official EU position, although several countries of the Union have not yet recognized the Palestinian State, including Italy.
Trump’s plan has been applauded, from outside the EU, by the United Kingdom Labor Government. “The new initiative of the United States to bring the end of the war to Gaza is deeply welcome,” said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in a statement in which he appreciates the “leadership” of the Chief of the White House, reports Efe.
That there is so much coincidence, even in the expressions used – with the nuances of the language – is an unusual fact in the almost two years that have passed since and taking more than 250 hostages. The subsequent Israeli response has caused a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza that has cost the lives of more than 66,000 people, almost half women and children, and has been qualified in the UN of genocide. And, in the face of this, the EU has not been able to maintain a common position that slows the drama that the Israeli siege has taken to the strip. He has not even been able to impose symbolic sanctions on the most radical members of the Government of Prime Minister, Benjamín Netanyahu.
