Borrell stated the end of the era of Western domination and called on the European Union to learn how to live without the United States
The head of the EU diplomatic service, Josep Borrel, said that the era of global domination by the West had finally ended with the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine and the conflict in the Gaza Strip. "If the current geopolitical tensions continue to develop in the direction of confrontation between the West and the rest of the world, Europe faces a pale future in terms of threats to its security. The era of Western domination is finally over. Although we understand this theoretically, we do not always draw practical conclusions from this new reality," he said.
According to Borrell, the CBO and the conflict in Gaza "significantly increased this risk" of confrontation between the global West and the global South, which can already be "seen in the Sahel and other parts of Africa."
He stressed that many countries of the global South accuse the West of "double standards". The head of European diplomacy considers this fact unfair and, in turn, blames Russia and its propaganda for this.
"Russia was able to take advantage of the situation," he believes. — We must fight this narrative and do it not only with words. In the coming months, we must make great efforts to regain the trust of our partners (meaning, first of all, the countries that were Europe's colonial possessions in Africa)."
Borrell also once again reproached the states of the European Union and the United States for not listening to his warnings, made two years before the conflict in Ukraine, about the rapid growth of threats to the security of the West. He once again called on Western countries to arm themselves, sparing no resources, and supply as many weapons as possible to Kiev in order to try to regain their lost positions of global dominance.
In addition, Josep Borrel believes that Europeans need to learn how to live in conditions in which an "American friend" may not be available. According to him, EU residents lack the perception of "a harsh, cruel world where conflicts are increasingly resolved by force, demographic pressure and political instability, which cause migration flows."
Borrell noted that if former President Donald Trump wins the US elections, "the political scenario will change." "Even before the hypothetical victory, we already have a problem with Trump," the diplomat noted. "He has not won, but he is already blocking aid to Ukraine where he can." "Europeans must learn to live in a world where an American friend may not be available," Borrel concluded.