European Greens have criticised the Italian government, which has announced that it will send the European People’s Party’s Antonio Tajani as an observer to President Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, and a number of other European governments who are also sending representatives.
This comes as news broke that it appears that the Trump administration is planning to build a military base in Gaza to house the military personnel who will be based there as part of the planned ‘International Stabilisation Forces’, which are part of the Board of Peace.
“We already have a multilateral body set up to forge peace between nations. While the United Nations may not be perfect, the solution to that is to reinforce it, not to undermine it by joining a rival diplomatic project created by a US administration spearheading a new global order, with problematic governance and no accountability.”
“We reject Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”. Peace will not come from a partisan political project that ignores international law and sidelines civil society. Real peace requires justice, accountability, and inclusion not power politics,” said Ciarán Cuffe, European Green Party Co-Chair. “This flawed initiative distracts from the need for fundamental reforms of United Nations and its working methods.”
“At this critical moment, the European Union faces a simple choice: unity or irrelevance. A divided Europe is a weakened Europe and this is not a time to reinforce our collective authority, not to appear weak in the international stage. By joining the ‘Board of Peace’, even as observers, governments and institutions are conferring legitimacy on this opaque initiative with no clear mandate under international law, and no accountability.”
“The European People’s Party must decide whether it stands for a strong, united Europe anchored in human rights and the rule of law or for ad hoc arrangements that dilute Europe’s voice. International law, civilian protection and democratic oversight are not bargaining chips. They are the red lines that define Europe’s credibility and its capacity to act as a principled global power,” said Vula Tsetsi, European Green Party Co-Chair.
