EU chief's 'jungle' comments say more about Europe than the rest of the world

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Last week, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, speaking at the inauguration of the new European Diplomatic Academy in Bruges, Belgium, referred to Europe as a garden and the rest of the world as a jungle. He went on to say that the garden needs protection from the jungle. While such abhorrent statements, thanks to the revival of "us vs them" narratives and polarization are not out of the norm in popular media in 2022, those words from the chief of foreign policy for the EU are a whole different phenomenon. His words cannot be taken at face value,…

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