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‘Very clear majority but not unanimity’ in EU for Gaza ceasefire – Varadkar

Source: PA Wire

Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said there is a “very clear majority” but not unanimity in the EU for a ceasefire in Gaza, a day after saying the bloc had “lost credibility” on the issue.

He said the 27 nations had decided against wording on the Israel-Palestine conflict that “nobody would have been happy with”.

He was speaking at the end of a two-day EU summit that saw an agreement to begin accession talks with and Moldova, and

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