Inside the Secret Rifts and Rows Consuming EU's Top Corridors
- Mixed messages stop the bloc from presenting a united front
- Critics say Ursula von der Leyen overstepped with Israel
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A series of flubs is laying bare the European Union’s inner tensions and casting a shadow over its geopolitical ambitions.
Last week the bloc’s two most senior figures traveled all the way to the White House to put on a show of unity with President Joe Biden and returned with little more than a souvenir photo, after squabbling between the pair diverted much of the attention.