We can shit on Prévot all day long but he has been consistent in supporting Palestine since forming a government.
He's a centrist with no teeth who aligned instantly with the Right to access the gov, so it has taken a while to get done, but I can respect he did not let it go when the Right did not want to recognize Palestine at all.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Keep in mind that they aren't actually going to recognize Palestine; they've deliberately placed conditions on recognition (which is fucked up to start with) that are not going to be fulfilled:

Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said the recognition would happen only after Hamas releases all Israeli hostages and no longer manages Palestine

[–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes I know. I did not expect them to do anything but continue to support Israel anyway, so any kind of gesture is better than nothing.
I would have preferred a real recognition and a real push to do anything to stop it. But like I said they have no teeth so I'm surprised he bites this "hard"

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is it better than nothing though? Or is it just trying to placate the domestic outcry?

[–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It certainly is better than signing new armament deals with them. It may be a facade for their voters, but I'll take a symbolic gesture where the issue is talked about instead of criminalizing things like "Palestinian Action" (as they do in the UK) any day.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

That's true; doing too little is definitely better than actively doing more harm like some countries (such as the UK) are doing.