While the ministers of foreign affairs were divided, on Monday 23 October, over whether to call for a humanitarian ceasefire or a humanitarian pause in Gaza, the European leaders could, on Thursday 26 October, support UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ call “for a humanitarian pause in order to allow for safe humanitarian access and aid to reach those in need”, according to draft European Council conclusions dated 22 October.
At the end of the ‘Foreign Affairs’ Council in...