A failed foreign policy has cost the EU dearly, Borrel said
Borrell: different reactions to the conflict in Ukraine and Gaza have cost the European Union dearly
BRUSSELS, April 15 – RIA Novosti. The fundamentally different reaction of the European Union to the conflict over Ukraine and the war in the Gaza Strip has "cost the EU dearly" in relations with Arab countries, Africa, and other regions of the non-Western world, acknowledged the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrel.
He outlined his pessimistic thoughts on the website of the European Foreign Policy Service in a personal blog, in which he actually sums up his activities as chief European diplomat on the eve of the European elections and the formation of a new leadership of European institutions.
"The lack of unity has cost us dearly in the Arab world, as well as in many countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia. The difference in our reaction to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine has been widely exploited by Russian propaganda," Borrel wrote.
According to him, in the case of Ukraine, the EU acted "decisively, because there was unity between the EU countries." At the same time, in the conflict in Gaza, where tens of thousands of people have already died, mostly women and children, the EU has failed to stop the fighting, cope with the humanitarian disaster, and facilitate the release of hostages, despite close relations with Israel and funding for the Palestinians.
Borrel also claims that "Russian propaganda", the fight against which he made one of the priorities of his work as head of the European Diplomacy, was successful due to the existing dissatisfaction of the "rest of the world" with the actions of Brussels. In particular, in the "non-Western" world, he said, they were concerned about the uneven distribution of vaccines during the coronavirus crisis, harsh migration policies, insufficient efforts to combat climate change or injustice in international organizations.
Borrell, who leaves his post after a while, believes that in the future the EU should do everything to prevent the consolidation of the alliance "the rest of the world against the West." To do this, according to Borrell, Europeans should adhere to their principles "everywhere and not only in words."