EU’s staggering hypocrisy over human rights

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has every right to condition the EU’s relations with any other country or bloc on respect for human rights. That, of course, would hold true if she genuinely cared about such values herself. In response to last week’s signing of the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran — intended to bring an end to a destructive war — Von der Leyen declared that the EU does not intend to lift its sanctions on Tehran. Speaking ahead of the G7 Summit, she firmly conditioned any diplomatic thawing on domestic changes within the Islamic Republic.