PANews reported on April 15th that, according to Jinshi, European countries are developing a plan to form a broad international coalition to assist in restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, including measures such as deploying minesweepers and other military vessels. However, the plan will only be implemented after the war and may specifically exclude one country: the United States. The Wall Street Journal reported that French President Macron stated on Tuesday that the plan aims to form an international defensive mission that will not include the “belligerent” parties, namely the United States, Israel, and Iran. European diplomats familiar with the plan said that European ships will not be under US command. The goal of this European plan is to give shipping companies confidence to use the strait after the war ends. Officials indicated that the end of the war may still be some time away. According to a senior German official, the European plan is likely to include Germany. Berlin's involvement means that the scale of the mission may be larger than previously anticipated. The plan has three main objectives: First, to implement logistical arrangements to ensure the departure of the hundreds of ships currently trapped in the strait. Second, to conduct a large-scale minesweeping operation to clear obstacles for a much larger number of ships to use the wider waters of the strait. The ultimate goal is to reassure shipping companies that safe passage through the strait is guaranteed by providing routine military escort and surveillance by frigates and destroyers.