France and Italy are two faces of European hypocrisy in Syria: Marwan Bishara

France and Italy are two faces of European hypocrisy in Syria: Marwan Bishara

Saturday, Jan 11, 2025  
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara highlights the contrasting approaches of European nations toward normalizing relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He emphasizes that while countries like France and Germany hesitated, Italy took a proactive stance, aligning itself with Hungary and the Czech Republic in re-establishing ties with Assad's regime. Bishara suggests that the rhetoric of the Italian foreign minister on dictatorship and human rights underscores the broader hypocrisy of European positions regarding the rights of those living across the Mediterranean.