Thorn in Borrell’s side
The recent insulting and naive remarks by Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, criticizing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s participation in the non-formal summit of Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Shusha, Azerbaijan, have underscored a significant rift in European diplomacy. Borrell’s assertion that Orbán lacked a mandate from the EU to represent the bloc at the summit has reignited debates over the autonomy of member states within the EU’s foreign policy framework.
