US EditionMP Says Trump's Venezuela Invasion Has “Weakened International Rules-Based Order”
European leaders debate the impact of the US's capture of Nicolás Maduro on global norms amid selective adherence by major powers, with over 80% of Venezuelans in poverty, experts say.
- The United States carried out an operation in Venezuela on Saturday, which led to Maduro's transfer to New York, where he is scheduled to appear in court on Monday for `narco-terrorism` charges.
- Observers note a long-standing pattern among great powers, which comply with norms and rules-based international order only when it suits their interests, as power ultimately governs world affairs.
- The United Kingdom said it had not been informed about the raid and deferred legality to international courts, while some European politicians said the US action weakened the rules-based order and Oliver Ryan, Labour MP for Burnley, said he was `unequivocally glad` Maduro was gone.
- Supporters say the operation will improve stability in the region, arguing it serves United States interests including countering drug networks and accessing oil reserves amid Venezuela's severe humanitarian crisis.
- Analysts say Europe must reassess faith in a rules-based order it largely embraced rhetorically, noting only the United Kingdom and France among permanent members of the UN Security Council respect it consistently, while Russia's war in Ukraine and China's South China Sea conduct challenge the order.
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In his first speech following the United States military intervention in Venezuela on the 3rd, the King has punctuated a crisis that has removed the foundations of the international order built after the Second World War and opened an era of uncertainty. In passing, he referred to the “commitment [of Spain] to international security, multilateralism and, ultimately, to the global order based on rules” in his traditional message to the Armed Forc…
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Europe must stop pretending there is a rules-based international order
The US seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is not troubling because international law has once again been sidelined, but because Europeans continue to react as if this were unexpected, Danish MEP Henrik Dahl writes in an opinion article for Euronews.
The erosion of international law has become US policy. Europe must not submit to this new world order, says André Nollkaemper.
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