24
Apr
2024
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Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response (debate)
Mr President, how many components produced in the EU were used to build the missiles that were fired at Israel last week? It took you from November last year until this week to take action on the ban on the supply to Iran of components for the construction of ballistic missiles. It was always intentions, but those intentions do not protect anyone and make the EU irrelevant. Iran's support for Hamas was apparently not alarming enough. What else did Iran have to do so that the EU would act in time and do more than talk? Cooperation with North Korea was also not sufficiently threatening. The threat of free passage in the Red Sea and the hostage-taking of crew members also proved insufficient. Nor were serious human rights violations, with 800 executions in 2023 alone. It has long been clear to me what should have happened. The agreed additional sanctions have been welcomed, but lavishly late and insufficient. Qualify the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. Otherwise, it would be as if you had supplied drones to Russia yourself or fired those missiles at Israel yourself.