I wonder what “Irish American Zionist” Joe Biden thinks of this?

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    9 hours ago

    Germany keeps on sucking Netanyahu’s dick and will always block any concerted action at the EU level.

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      8 hours ago

      I’m not familiar with how the EU actually works, does each country get a veto for things like sanctions? Because Germany might just get outvoted if Israel keeps going down this line.

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        8 hours ago

        In some things there is veto power and in some a majority vote (by states and by population) suffices.

        Whilst I do not know for certain in which category Sanctions fall, I would expect that given the implications at a geostrategical and trade level of them there’s a veto power there. Also I vaguelly remember Hungary blocking sanctions against Russia coordinates at the EU level and countries having to go around it and organising their own sanctions, which would mean it’s a vote were there is a veto.

        Even beyond that, German is certain to lobby and even bully (were it can) other EU countries so that they don’t sanction Israel.