Josep Borrell

Afghanistan’s important lesson for Europe

Afghanistan’s important lesson for Europe

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who visited Slovenia in a statement welcomed by Germany, said: "Developments in Afghanistan have shown the need to create a common army and defense force of European countries." These positions, which can be considered a sign of Europe's disappointment with the United States and NATO, have been raised while since 1945, the end of World War II, the United States has ruled Europe under the NATO military umbrella and Marshall Plan. Now, given the Taliban developments in Afghanistan and the flight of the United States and NATO from this…
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U.S. Capitol siege a ‘wake-up call’ for democracies

U.S. Capitol siege a ‘wake-up call’ for democracies

PEJOURNAL - The European Union’s top diplomat said on Sunday that last week’s siege of the U.S. Capitol exposed the dangers of allowing the degradation of democratic values to go unchecked and disinformation to spread on social media. “What we saw on Wednesday was only the climax of very worrying developments happening globally in recent years. It must be a wake-up call for all democracy advocates,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a blog post. “Everybody needs to understand that if we accept setbacks after setbacks, even if they seem minor, democracy and its values and institutions can…
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