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Brussels has a \u201csoft spot\u201d for Hamas, a former Brexit Party MEP has claimed, adding that when it came to foreign policy the EU was \u201csimply always wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ben Habib was speaking at a time when the EU is riven by divisions in the wake of Saturday\u2019s attack by Hamas terrorists on Israel, in which at least 700 people were killed.<\/p>\n
Specifically, uncertainty remains over whether the EU will pull the plug on almost \u00a3600million (\u20ac691million) in funding for the Palestinian territories, with Oliver Varhelyi, the commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, initially saying it would, only for the Commission itself to counter his statement hours later<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For Mr Habib, the confusion at the heart of the bloc came as no surprise.<\/p>\n He told Express.co.uk: \u201cWhen I was a member of the EU\u2019s Parliament, it was never on the correct side of foreign policy. It still is not.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong> EU row erupts after bloc chief’s ‘disgusting’ move to blindside VDL[INSIGHT] <\/strong><\/p>\n He went on: \u201cBack in 2019, the EU was busy trying to undermine the US when it came to policies on Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump had rightly cancelled the nuclear non-proliferation treaty with the country, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving promised to disarm, Iran had gone on secretly developing weapons-grade uranium.<\/p>\n \u201cInstead of backing the US, the EU made enormously complex plans to step around sanctions and continue to trade with Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cIt emboldened the Islamist regime, rather than controlling it.\u201d<\/p>\n Fast-forward four years and the Iranian regime was responsible for \u201cfunding and inciting\u201d the attacks on Israel, Mr Habib argued.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cThe EU now does not know how to react.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has a soft spot for the Iranian regime and indeed Hamas.<\/p>\n We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong> \u201cThis is the same EU that ignored warnings from the USA and UK not to build Nordstream 2 and become reliant on Russian fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2018 MEPs \u201claughed at\u201d Mr Trump\u2019s warnings on the subject, Mr Habib pointed out.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cThe result, Germany ignored the call for sanctions against Russia at the outset of the Ukrainian war.<\/p>\n \u201cIt continued to buy Russian oil and gas, pouring over \u20ac50 billion into Russian coffers before it began to get off its self-created addition to their fossil fuels. How many more Ukrainian lives must have been lost because of German money going into Russia?\u201d<\/p>\n In terms of the latest crisis, Mr Habib, a vehement opponent of the concept of a European army, said: \u201cThe EU is now more than embarrassed by the conflagration in the Middle East. It should be.<\/p>\n \u201cThe EU, as ever was part of the problem, not the solution. It would therefore be a huge folly if we were to join the EU\u2019s Defence Union or its alternative to NATO, Permanent Structured Cooperation or PESCO.<\/p>\n \u201cThere must be no allowance made for EU foreign policy aims when it comes to the Anglosphere.<\/p>\n \u201cThe EU is simply always wrong!\u201d<\/p>\nForeign Secretary James Cleverly says Hamas have made life for Palestinian people much worse<\/h3>\n
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