The US persecuted Assange, not the EU. The rest was pure politics, because no country would cause a diplomatic incident over Assange.

So the EU obeys the US which is authoritarian?

What are you talking about? There is a constant coverage on Gaza even with updates of the kids killed by Israel.

https://lemmy.ml/c/ManufacturingConsent

Pray tell if you believe Hamas raped anyone on October 7 by the way.