{"id":450781,"date":"2026-04-17T19:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/04\/17\/hormuz-riaperto-da-parigi-i-volenterosi-pronti-a-missione-pacifica\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:07:55","slug":"the-strait-of-hormuz-has-reopened-the-willing-from-paris-ready-for-a-peace-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/04\/17\/the-strait-of-hormuz-has-reopened-the-willing-from-paris-ready-for-a-peace-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strait of Hormuz has reopened; the willing from Paris ready for a peace mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – “Together with more than fifty countries, we are leading an initiative to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” writes on X<\/a> French President Emmanuel Macron<\/strong>, following <\/span>the “Summit of the Willing”, the meeting organised by the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, today (17 April). Also at the table were the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni<\/strong>, and the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz<\/strong>. The other participants, from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and even Latin America, took part via videoconference, as did the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>, and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas<\/strong>. Sources at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace clarified that this involved \u201caround fifty countries and international organisations, including over thirty at the level of heads of state and government.\u201d The United States was absent. \u201cWe all call for the full, immediate, and unconditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz by all parties. We call for the restoration of free passage and full respect for the law of the sea. We all oppose any attempt to privatise the Strait and the introduction of a toll system,\u201d commented Macron. For Meloni, today\u2019s meeting in Paris \u201cdemonstrates that Europe is ready to play its part in the context of international security, alongside its partners.\u201d <\/p>\n

“Restoring full and permanent freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is an urgent and shared priority<\/strong>,” von der Leyen states. “During the video conference convened by Macron and Starmer, I emphasised the EU\u2019s role” in “sharing satellite data via the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), strengthening Operation Aspides, and working closely with partners in the Middle East and the Gulf to reinforce our partnerships. This includes connectivity, which can ease the pressure on the Strait,” she explains. Meanwhile, <\/span>Kallas highlights via X<\/a> states that, “under international law, transit through waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and free<\/strong>” and that this “is what the leaders made clear in their call for the reopening of the Strait today.” For the former Estonian prime minister, \u201cany payment scheme for passage will set a dangerous precedent for global shipping routes\u201d and \u201cIran must abandon any plans to impose transit fees.\u201d In this context, \u201cEurope will play its part in restoring the free flow of energy and trade once a ceasefire comes into force.\u201d Meanwhile, \u201cthe EU\u2019s Aspides naval mission is already operating in the Red Sea and can be rapidly reinforced to protect shipping throughout the region. This could be the quickest way to provide support,\u201d notes Kallas. <\/p>\n

At the end of the meeting<\/a>, Starmer highlighted that next week, the mission led by Paris and London to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz will take shape. “Next week there will be a new meeting in London, and at that meeting we will define the composition of the mission<\/strong>,” he said, specifying that “some countries have already made their assets available” and that “it will be a defensive and peaceful mission.” Berlin remains cautious for now, with Chancellor Merz stating that Germany is willing to participate in the France-UK-led mission to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, but only if there is \u201ca strong legal basis,\u201d such as the go-ahead from the German Parliament or a UN Security Council resolution. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Meloni has stated that “an international naval presence in Hormuz can only be launched once hostilities have ceased, in coordination with all regional and international actors, and with an exclusively defensive posture.” <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, news has come in that the Strait of Hormuz has reopened<\/strong>, with US President Donald Trump<\/strong> thanking Tehran for this move.<\/span> “Iran has just announced that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open and ready for transit. Thank you!” he wrote on Truth<\/a>. The news was welcomed by the coalition of the willing. Starmer welcomed the announcement \u201cwith approval.\u201d \u201cWe must ensure that the reopening is lasting and workable<\/strong>,\u201d he emphasised. As for Macron, following Tehran\u2019s announcement, the mission \u201cis even more legitimate because it is what will make it possible to consolidate these announcements in the short term and, above all, give them the chance to endure in the long term.\u201d Meanwhile, Meloni described the reopening of Hormuz as \u201cpart of any serious negotiation plan for the crisis in the Middle East,\u201d \u201cbut clearly not the only one: we know that the issue of Iran abandoning its nuclear programme, as well as building a security framework in which no nation is threatened in the future, will be the other fundamental elements, but it is the reason why we are here today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the summit organised by the leaders of France and the United Kingdom, the news of the reopening of the Strait was welcomed. Starmer: \u201cWe must ensure that this is a lasting solution.\u201d Macron: \u201cThe European mission is even more legitimate because it will make it possible to consolidate these announcements\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7874,"featured_media":450767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809,25716,25707],"tags":[33338,30205,33809,28848,33467,25921],"class_list":["post-450781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","category-miscellaneous","category-world-politics","tag-hormuz","tag-iscalleda2","tag-navigazione","tag-paris-en","tag-stretto","tag-von-der-leyen-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450782,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450781\/revisions\/450782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}