Of course, #Merz isn't the only one.
The US and Israel’s violation of international law has been recognised by European leaders of all political stripes, including far-right Giorgia Meloni in Italy, liberals such as Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk in France and Poland, Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz in Germany, and the centre-left UK prime minister Keir Starmer. Yet none of them – nor the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen – have followed with condemnation.
Some have been blunt about disregarding international law. #Meloni, while admitting to the Italian parliament that the war violates international law, declared that she neither condemned nor condoned the action. Merz claimed that international law was not a useful framework and that this was not the time to preach to friends and allies. Von der Leyen added the cherry on the cake when she stated that debating whether the war is one of choice – that is, illegal – or of necessity – legal – “partly misses the point” and that Europe must accept the world as it is.
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#Merz of #Germany really is a clown. Not the insane sociopath that #Trump is, but clownish enough to be in the US Congress.politico.eu/article/germany-me…
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