EU must have a stronger response over Gaza, says bloc’s former chief diplomat

Josep Borrell says Europe has a duty to intervene and ‘can no longer afford to linger at the margins’

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The EU must come up with a more assertive response to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the violations of international law, the bloc’s former chief diplomat has said.

In a strongly worded article, Josep Borrell said the EU had a “duty” to intervene and must come up with its own concerted plan to end the war instead of relying on the US.