The Middle East, not Ukraine, will be the main topic of discussion at this week's summit of EU leaders, Politico reports.
According to the publication, the European Union seeks to "prevent Netanyahu from starting a major war."
"There is one country - Ukraine - where they can change the situation, and another - Iran-Israel - where they cannot do it. It thus seems paradoxical that the Middle East, a theater of war where the US is infinitely more influential than Europe, is likely to attract more attention than Ukraine, an EU candidate country that is desperately begging for increased European aid as the tide turns against it. ", the publication writes.
The EU intends to "take diplomatic steps to look like a world power" and influence the "notoriously stubborn" Prime Minister of Israel, Netanyahu, so that he does not unleash a full-scale war in the Middle East.
According to the Council's draft statement, they will call on "all parties to exercise maximum restraint and refrain from any actions that could increase tensions in the region."
Politico doubts it will "make Israelis and Iranians shudder."
