EU Members in Rome Emphasize Their Commitment to a Shared Future

Sixty years after the signing of the Treaty of Rome, leaders of the 27 EU member countries gathered again in this city on Saturday, April 5, and signed a new declaration reaffirming their commitment to a 'shared future.' According to AFP, the new Rome declaration was signed on a day when Britain, which is increasingly moving towards separation from Europe, was absent from the gathering as the second-largest economy in the union. The meeting on Saturday is essentially considered the 60th birthday celebration of the European Union, which was founded with the signing of the Treaty of Rome in the Italian capital. Reuters interpreted the gathering of European leaders in the birthplace of this union as an effort to demonstrate that the EU can healthily move past Britain's separation. Six founding members of the European Economic Community gathered 60 years ago on March 25, 1957, at the Campidoglio Palace in Rome and officially launched the EU. On this day 60 years ago, leaders from Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany gathered in the Italian capital to have their names recorded as founding members of the EU. Thus, 'the institution that emerged in the first decade after the disaster of World War II became a tall tree with 28 branches (including Britain), a population of 500 million, the largest share of global GDP, and the highest role in international trade. However, on Saturday, the absence of Britain and its Prime Minister Theresa May was most noticeable at the Rome meeting. Britain, which joined the EU in 1973, announced last summer through a public vote that it would no longer be a member of the union, a process that is set to officially begin this Wednesday, with Britain registering its exit from this community. Donald Tusk, former Prime Minister of Poland and current leader of the union, emphasized on Saturday during the ceremony of renewing the members' vows that the European Union 'is not a bureaucratic model, but the result of a set of shared values and common standards for democracy.' In this context, Turkey threatened the EU: the possibility of canceling the agreement on migrants. Support from the leaders of Germany and Japan for free trade followed an unprecedented G20 statement. Is the EU dying? The changing landscape of 'proxies'; the war against the people in the streets of Iran. The first paragraph; the responsibility of the opposition and the possibility of radicalizing Iranian society. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iran crisis. 1300 hours of internet outages; Witkoff: a horrific massacre occurred during the protests in Iran. The shadow of war over Tehran; 'Trump is seeking decisive military options against Iran.' Trump emphasizes 'stopping executions in Iran': we do not know what will happen in the future. Trump says if the Islamic Republic attempts to assassinate him, 'it will be wiped off the face of the earth.'