Irish Examiner view: Europe must show unity and cohesion in the face of this global crisis

Amid the fallout of the US-Israel-Iran conflict, European unity has never been more important

Flames and smoke rising from an oil storage facility in Teheran struck amid the US–Israeli air strikes on Iran's capital late on Saturday. Picture: Arileza Sotakbar/ISNA/AP

At a time of global crisis, with accepted diplomatic and political norms having been cast aside in favour of blunderbuss bullying and incoherent messaging coming from the White House, it has never been more important for Europe to show unity and cohesion.

We are not, however, seeing anything like that as uncertainty, individual national priorities, and fears of a global inflation shock caused by the Iran war, courses through the veins of Europe’s political classes, provoking division and rancour among those who should be standing up for the rule of international law.