Reacting to the news that Western Governments have started to expel top Syrian diplomats from their countries today in reaction to the horrific massacre in the Syrian town of Houla. 

Guy Verhofstadt stated "This is a step long overdue to isolate the Assad regime; the diplomatic toolbox is now almost empty. The EU High Representative, Catherine Ashton needs to show EU leadership by expelling the Syrian representative to the European Union and insisting that all EU countries follow suit and send Syrian diplomats home. Mrs Ashton must unite EU Members States to end Western impotence in the face of the horrific crimes against humanity being perpetrated in Syria. I repeat, there is only one way to stop this insanity. We need an international intervention in Syria right now."