EU failing to use geopolitical power on Gaza due to divisions among members: Foreign policy chief

EU failing to use geopolitical power on Gaza due to divisions among members: Foreign policy chief

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza is 'fundamental test' of Europe’s resolve to defend its values internationally, says Kaja Kallas - Anadolu Ajansı

No conflict over shared values

By Ramona Wadi | MEMO | September 4, 2025 EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas has partly blamed the US for the bloc’s losing political leverage in Gaza. “If America is supporting everything that the Israeli government is doing, then the leverage they have is there; the leverage we have is in another place,” Kallas said at the annual EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) conference on Wednesday this week. Yet Kallas’s focus on the “humanitari…