the great caution of Paris, Berlin and London

Simple warnings, almost lip service, but no condemnation of the Israeli-American offensive against Iran. If they fear the prospect of a regime change imposed from outside by force, the main European allies of the United States and the Jewish state – France, Germany and the United Kingdom – showed great caution on Saturday February 28, after the launch of strikes against officials of the Iranian regime and the country’s nuclear and ballistic installations, not without firmly denouncing the response orchestrated in the region by Tehran.

In a joint statement released on Saturday afternoon, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reaffirmed their “commitment to regional stability and the protection of civilian lives”without any other form of comment, or call for restraint, with regard to the offensive launched on Saturday morning by the United States and Israel.

“We did not participate in these strikes and are in close contact with our international partners, including the United States, Israel and partners in the region”observe in this text of a few lines the leaders of the three countries (France, United Kingdom and Germany, the E3) signatories in 2015, with China, Russia and the United States, of the agreement supposed to regulate Iran’s nuclear activitiesunilaterally denounced three years later by Donald Trump.

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