{"id":509856,"date":"2026-04-03T00:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509856\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T00:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:37:11","slug":"europe-up-for-policing-hormuz-but-only-if-the-fighting-stops-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/509856\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe up for policing Hormuz \u2014 but only if the fighting stops \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The virtual meeting came days after the U.S. president called for NATO countries to \u201ctake the lead\u201d and send warships into the Strait, whose retaliatory blockage by Iran has set off a global energy crisis. Trump doubled down Wednesday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2026\/04\/02\/bondi-on-the-brink-00855170?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=d7932855-aa2b-4b58-8e1a-f91c1b6ab86c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">telling POLITICO<\/a>: \u201cThey gotta get guts and go in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A readout of the meeting, provided by the U.K. side, said participants agreed to turn up international heat \u201cincluding through the UN, to send clear and co-ordinated messages to Iran to permit unimpeded transit passage through the Strait of Hormuz and to comprehensively reject the imposition of tolls on vessels which seek to pass through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It promised to explore \u201cco-ordinated economic and political measures, such as sanctions\u201d to increase the pressure on Tehran if the Strait stays closed.<\/p>\n<p>And there was talk of \u201carrangements to support greater market and operational confidence,\u201d including boosting informational sharing \u201cwith shipping operators and industry bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the 90-minute call also showed the reluctance among those on Trump\u2019s wishlist to deploy military force in the Strait while the war continues.<\/p>\n<p>British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, who led the call, promised to convene military planners \u201cto look at how we marshal our collective defensive military capabilities,&#8221; including through de-mining missions. But she made clear this would only come into play \u201conce the conflict eases.&#8221; Work on post-conflict military planning hasn\u2019t started yet, although an initial meeting along those lines is due on Tuesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The virtual meeting came days after the U.S. president called for NATO countries to \u201ctake the lead\u201d and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8627,626,5704,459,141,418,1344,156576,819,145,4626,49,555,585,2797,467,151,152,35826,50,154,155,1351,1675,11998,51,47,52,48,426,5387,54,158,636,20765],"class_list":{"0":"post-509856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-bahrain","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-conflict","11":"tag-crisis","12":"tag-donald-trump","13":"tag-emmanuel-macron","14":"tag-energy","15":"tag-energy-crisis","16":"tag-france","17":"tag-germany","18":"tag-global-economy","19":"tag-headlines","20":"tag-industry","21":"tag-iran","22":"tag-macron","23":"tag-markets","24":"tag-military","25":"tag-missiles","26":"tag-missions","27":"tag-news","28":"tag-russia","29":"tag-sanctions","30":"tag-security","31":"tag-shipping","32":"tag-south-korea","33":"tag-top-news","34":"tag-top-stories","35":"tag-topnews","36":"tag-topstories","37":"tag-trade","38":"tag-united-arab-emirates","39":"tag-united-kingdom","40":"tag-united-states","41":"tag-war","42":"tag-yvette-cooper"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}