EU’s Kallas and von der Leyen on ‘collision course’ – Politico

The two officials are reportedly engaged in a tacit turf war while failing to coordinate a response to the Middle East escalation

The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have exposed a deepening rift at the top of the EU, as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, find themselves on a “collision course” in a backroom power struggle, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

The EU was widely lambasted over the weekend for its failure to meet nor issue a unified statement for 48 hours following the unprovoked US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Von der Leyen and Kallas did not speak to each other directly over the…

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