Merkel slams Spain for rushing to side with US in Syria crisis
“It doesn’t seem right that four nations agree to a position without knowing where the other 23 stand"
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday criticized Spain, France, Italy and Britain for signing a joint resolution at last week’s G20 Summit “supporting efforts undertaken by the United States” to reinforce the ban on chemical weapons.
Merkel said the four nations should have waited to hear what the rest of the European Union had to say at Saturday’s foreign ministers meeting in Vilnius. “To me, it doesn’t seem right that four large nations [who were at the G20 Summit] agree to a position without knowing where the other 23, who could not be there, stand,” she said during a campaign swing.
Germany signed the statement Saturday after the ministerial meeting. After the opposition in her country attacked her for not siding with Washington, Merkel issued a statement saying she was waiting for a common EU front.
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