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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley

EU reveals weak hand as Trump raids Venezuela and threatens Greenland

Trump arms raised, maybe dancing, in front of flags as he addresses house Republicans in Washington
Europe’s leaders are in a bind in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s Venezuela operation. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

On Sunday morning, a little more than 24 hours after US bombers, fighter jets and helicopters attacked Caracas and special forces seized Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, the European Commission posted on social media.

The EU’s executive said nothing about an operation that multiple national leaders outside Europe, opposition politicians inside it and pretty much every available legal expert had denounced as a gross violation of international law.

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