In a statement issued after talks in Brussels, EU leaders condemned the attack and said they were committed to Israel's security, but called on all sides to show the utmost restraint.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it was important that Israel"does not respond with a massive attack of its own". The bloc's top diplomat said that could only happen if a national authority in the EU found that the group had been involved in terrorist activity. "It reflects our current key need - the need for air defence," he said, according to an EU official, repeating his calls for speedier deliveries of the weapons and ammunition previously promised to Ukraine.Today, on the second day of their summit, the leaders will focus on deepening the European Single Market in order to meet the challenges raised in recent years by the Covid-19 pandemic, the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine.
Mr Letta, who was tasked with assessing the shortfalls of the single market, warned leaders that they cannot consign the 147-page report to a drawer and hope for the best.The report says the rise of geopolitical tensions and protectionism threaten EU economic security and undermine its push into technologies from artificial intelligence to clean technology.
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