On Wednesday 6 July, the European Parliament gave its support to strengthening the Union’s contribution to rules-based multilateralism (see EUROPE B12660A6).
“The best strategy to defend multilateralism is to rebuild it by making it more relevant, resilient and effective”, say MEPs in the report by Javi López (S&D, Spain), which they adopted (454 votes in favour, 73 against and 112 abstentions).
In their view, the EU needs to be firmer in defending its interests and promoting the...