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Europe, however faltering it may be, must be of some use. At its Strasbourg session, the European Parliament debated with unprecedented intensity in an attempt to achieve this. It adopted a resolution that goes beyond mere good intentions, vigorously condemning indiscriminate suicide attacks and calling for an embargo on arms supplies to both Israel and Palestine, for a United Nations international peacekeeping force to be sent, for the convocation of the EU-Israel Association Council to be convened and the possibility of suspending the EU-Israel Euro-Mediterranean Agreement to be examined.
Europe is weak: it has no common foreign policy and no military capacity. However, Europe is growing and starting to understand that it must speak with a single voice and try to influence the various players, beginning with the most powerful, the United States.
It is too early to say whether President Bush will choose double-dealing or inconsistency. What we can say, however, is that he has chosen, in the end, to distance himself from Mr Sharon. According to the
of 5 April, this is because he has bowed to pressure from Europe, the Arab world and most of the media. In
of 9 April, Patrick Jarreau adds that each of the three protagonists has, in effect, played a decisive role."@en1
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