Escalation fears, 'underwhelming' Borrell, why the EU has been slow to act on the Red Sea
The UK acts alongside the US while the EU talks.
This piece was first published on UnHerd.
On Monday, the US and UK once again used airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, citing the ‘intolerable’ attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea. The strikes were supported by Bahrain, Australia, Canada and just one European country — the Netherlands.
Achieving consensus among the EU 27 has always been …
