Failure of the European Union to take a common position on the crisis of the Gaza war

 Josep Borrell, the head of the European Union's foreign policy, made it clear on Friday evening in a press conference at the end of the council meeting that: 'We have failed to reach a common and inclusive position on the events in Gaza.' ; However, Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, has tried to hide the internal errors of the European Union regarding Palestine by referring to the common positions of the European countries on the solution of "two states". and also to condemn the crimes of the Israeli Settlers in the West Bank of the Jordan River. He has claimed that the purpose of the meeting of this round of negotiations was not about the final report on the events in Gaza, and that the council's position on the matter was announced in the report of the previous round. This is in a situation where Michel in a letter to European leaders before the meeting said that the events in the Middle East would be one of the important topics on the agenda of the meeting. He said, they would demand the release of all prisoners and that the terrible humanitarian situation in Gaza be addressed. This is in a situation where, the council's final statement, indicated in just a short sentence the general situation of the region by saying: 'The council has discussed in detail the strategic issues regarding the Middle East.'

Flags of EU member states The different positions of the European leaders regarding the Gaza war are based on the different views of the member states of the European Union on the Palestinian issue. Some countries such as Spain, Ireland and Belgium want to recognize the Palestinian state and have condemned the crimes of the Zionist regime in the Gaza war. This is in a situation where US allies in Europe such as Germany and Austria and Eastern European countries such as the Czech Republic support Israel and want to continue the military operations of the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip. As witnessed in the voting of the recent resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations regarding the cessation of war in Gaza, Austria and the Czech Republic as well as the United States voted against the resolution. Of course, France has taken a middle position and in support of Israel's right to defend itself, and its actions in the Gaza Strip, in some of its positions, it has called for an end to the killing of Palestinian citizens. As an important European country that is not a member of the European Union, the United Kingdom, along with the United States, the leaders of Germany and France, has opposed a ceasefire in Gaza until the Palestinian Islamic Movement Hamas is destroyed. The differences in positions between European countries have led the European Council to fail to take a common position on the Gaza war, especially the request for a ceasefire in its recent sessions.

Leo Varadkar Prime Minister of Ireland The issue has caused a lot of criticism in Europe. Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has accused the European Union of failing to take a firm and united position on the Gaza war, and said the Union has lost its credibility in the world. In his speech before the meeting of the Council of Europe, Varadkar said that the position of European countries on the Gaza conflict has changed over the past two months and has come closer to Ireland's long-standing position in support of Palestine and said: ' I will emphasize to the European leaders that the union has lost credibility due to its lack of a stable position in relation to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. We have also lost animals because of what seems to be the politics of duplicity, which is not an idle claim. The Irish Prime Minister added: 'We need to have one voice in the final statement, so that in addition to condemning terrorism, we have one call for an end to the war for humanity (in Gaza) and for justice regarding the Palestinians under the shadow of a two-state solution.' However, the final statement of the European Council meeting shows that the acceptance of the Irish Prime Minister's request by the European leaders is impossible and that comes from the close positions of some European countries and Washington and on the other hand there are lobbies with the power of the Zionists in the land. Basically, it is a far-fetched thing to change positions and take central politics due to the duplicitous policies of some countries in relation to the issue of the Zionist administration and the Palestinians.