The mood is dark. The situation in the Middle East and Ukraine has overshadowed the start of an EU summit planned in Brussels on economic issues.
How can a major war in the Mideast be prevented? And what is the problem with support for Ukraine? At an EU summit, the main focus will once again be on foreign policy. Israel has long been calling for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to be classified as a terrorist organization. A legal review of the issue is currently underway in the EU. The EU had always emphasized that a terror listing of the Guards was currently not legally possible because it would require a national court decision or a ban order from an administrative authority. Belgium and the Czech Republic also came to the top meeting with new demands for sanctions against Moscow - in view of possible Russian infiltration of the upcoming European elections. "We cannot allow Russia to get away with such a blatant attack on our democratic institutions and principles," the leaders of both countries wrote in a letter to the European Council of Ministers. The summit should also reaffirm the EU's willingness to impose further sanctions against Iran, particularly in connection with drones and missiles, Scholz said in an interview with DPA on Monday. He also said he also sees a possible approach to classifying the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as an aterrorist organization, as demanded by Israel.