a war that he clearly doesn t want that he s made clear he doesn t want and that he takes unilateral measures to deescalate as he did recently when he called off the air strike on iran in response to activities in the persian gulf it s a thin reed on which to end one s hopes but it may be the best we have here. with the project on middle east democracy joining us tonight from washington into we appreciate your insights tonight thank you. but it would be fair to ask how can the european union make the impossible possible with iran when it cannot even make a decision on who should be in charge france and germany had reached an agreement on who should be the next european commission president but other e.u. members appear opposed to that now after a marathon 20 hour summit with no results talks were called all things and we understand they will resume tomorrow here s french president emanuel microland on