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00:00 Well there's a debate about whether they should put anything about the Middle East in the
00:02 conclusions at all.
00:04 There are four countries, Belgium, Ireland, Spain and Malta, who are pushing for this
00:10 council conclusions to call for a ceasefire.
00:15 Something in line with maybe what the US has suggested, but that looks unlikely to pass
00:19 because there are certain countries that are dead set opposed to any language that could
00:24 even come close to a ceasefire, notably Germany and Austria.
00:28 So this is going to be a big debate today.
00:30 The Irish leader, Leo Varadkar, came in here just a little while ago calling again for
00:37 a ceasefire to be called for.
00:38 Those four countries also want settlers who have been accused of violence in the West
00:42 Bank to be barred entry to the EU.
00:44 He said he is going to push extremely hard for them to call for a ceasefire at the summit.