Madrid (Spain), 24 April (LaPresse) – Yesterday, in front of other European leaders, “I defended” the suspension of the EU-Israel agreement, “because the double standards that Europe is applying in Ukraine and the Middle East are undermining our legitimacy not only externally but also internally within our own societies. Article 2 of the agreement refers to respecting international and humanitarian law, and clearly Israel is not respecting it in Lebanon, the West Bank or Gaza." This was stated by the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, upon arriving at the informal summit of EU leaders in Nicosia, Cyprus. “It cannot be that we are united, as we ought to be,” “on Ukraine and in the Middle East, no,” he continued. “Unfortunately, some governments are in favour and others against; there is no unity, and the result is the weakening of the EU’s position in terms of our political legitimacy and our credibility when it comes to defending just causes such as that of Ukraine,” he concluded.