She has been one of the EU's strongest supporters of the Israel Defense Forces operations in Gaza clashing behind the scenes with EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Josep Borrell over policy...
But some in the Commission led by Foreign Affairs High Representative Josep Borrell have raised concerns about human rights abuses by Sisi's regime...
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Others including EU High Representative on Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell point to human rights abuses in Egypt...
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In September both EU foreign affairs high representative Josep Borrell and European Council President Charles Michel complained that normal procedures had not been followed in drawing up the Memorandum of Understanding with Tunisia (AC Vol 64 No 16 Bang to rights)...
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Schinas and southern Neighbourhood Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi who is officially responsible for leading negotiations are singing a very different tune from the bloc's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell...
Vol 64 No 20 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Despite condemnation from the United States Department of State (DOS) France's foreign ministry and the European Union's High Representative on Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell following evidence presented in June by a UN Security Council-mandated investigation team which shed light on Rwanda's support for M23 there has been little impact on Kigali's calculus...
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Vol 64 No 20 |
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- FRANCE
On the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York the EU's High Representative on Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell reiterated that the bloc would 'reassess' its Sahel strategy...
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A decade in which the EU had spent €600 million on civilian and military missions in the Sahel trained 30 000 members of the security forces in Mali and Niger and 18 000 other military personnel 'did not serve to consolidate armed forces which support the democratic government' but instead forces 'which overthrow them' the EU's Commissioner on Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell told the European Parliament on 12 September (AC Vol 64 No 2 Grand ambitions little money)...
A post-election statement by the EU High Representative Josep Borrell was less strongly worded than the EOM's release but also critical of the election...
After Saïed's migrant remarks High Representative on Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell commented only that Tunisia was 'a very close neighbour… going through a delicate time'...