Leo Varadkar claims EU has lost credibility globally for stance on Gaza

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told reporters as he was going into an EU summit: “I think the EU has lost credibility because of our inability to take a stronger and more united position on Israel and Palestine.

The EU has lost credibility in most of the world for not taking a stronger stance on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will tell his EU counterparts in Brussels today.

He says Ireland will be pushing “for strong wording on Gaza coming out of the summit; certainly stronger wording than was in place in October” when leaders argued for many hours over the wording of humanitarian pauses or singular pause to allow aid into the besieged population.