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Source: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=229961
EU Statement on Middle East Reflects Lowest Common Denominator
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - At their meeting in Brussels on Monday, the 27 EU foreign ministers issued a brief and rather anemic statement on the Middle East "peace process" that bore witness to divisions inside Europe regarding the process. While EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, according to Israeli sources, would be happy just with the Obama 1967 lines comments, others - the Germans, Czechs, Danes, Dutch, Italians, Romanians and Poles - want to see language that is also amenable to Israel, language addressing the Jewish state and security issues. Ashton's position is, according to Israeli sources, supported by Spain, Portugal, Britain, Ireland, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria and Luxembourg, with France leaning in that direction. Similar divisions exist on the Palestinian state issue at the UN, with a vote in the General Assembly on the matter likely to result in some EU countries voting for Israel, more voting for the Palestinians, and the majority abstaining.