Politics
Trump’s Back Door to Building Anti-Iran Front Inflames EU Divide
- Poland is the setting for international summit planned by U.S.
- EU, led by France, Germany, U.K., has vowed to salvage accord
Pedestrians walk by a mural in Tehran.
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The choice of Warsaw as a staging ground for U.S. efforts to build an alliance against Iran has done little to rally European Union nations, long at odds with Poland over the erosion of democratic norms and media freedoms.
Few have answered the call before an unprecedented international summit planned in Poland next month. Given the existing divide over the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, it’s instead fed controversy and underscored the challenge of building a consensus with America’s allies on Iran. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, a staunch supporter of the 2015 deal, has said she won’t attend.