Costa And Von Der Leyen Diverge Sharply On Iran War

By Eddy Wax

(EurActiv) -- The leaders of the European Union’s two most powerful institutions are publicly clashing over the legitimacy of the US and Israeli war in Iran, and how the bloc should respond.

“It is in our interest to ensure that the world remains rules-based and cooperative,” said Council President António Costa in a speech to the EU’s 145 ambassadors on Tuesday, in a rebuke of remarks delivered a day earlier by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the same conference.