German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a bilateral meeting during a European Union leaders summit meeting in Brussels, Belgium October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders on Thursday reaffirmed their full commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, hoping that the U.S. Congress would not let it collapse despite relentless criticism by President Donald Trump.
But the bloc, reluctant to isolate itself completely from Washington, is also stepping up criticism of Iran's ballistic missile programme and its role in what the West sees as fomenting instability in the Middle East.
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