Brussels, April 17 -- The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz sent shockwaves far beyond Wall Street on Friday, triggering an immediate and coordinated response from the world's most powerful democratic leaders,- who gathered to deliver a unified message: the strait must remain open, free, and permanent, and the tools to enforce that demand are already being assembled.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was unequivocal. The freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz was not a favour extended by any nation, it was a fundamental principle of international law, and one that applied universally. "This is a fundamental principle of international law," Meloni said, "applicable also to every other strait or shipping channel." No country,...