As High Representative Josep Borrell prepares to hand over to former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, POLITICO took a look at some of his many statements over the last year deploring various global political outrages.
In a speech at a summit of French-speaking leaders, President Emmanuel Macron called for diplomacy that 'defends the sovereignty and territorial integrity everywhere,' citing conflicts from Ukraine to the Middle East.
The French president went on to speak of Lebanon, a former colony of France which was "shaken in its sovereignty and peace" by the escalating conflict between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah group.