The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, denounced, on the evening of Monday 3 August, the postponement of the Hong Kong Legislative Council elections.
In a statement on behalf of the EU, he called on the authorities to reconsider the decision, as well as the one to disqualify 12 pro-democracy candidates.
Voting, originally scheduled for 6 September, was postponed for one year on 31 July, officially due to an increase in the number of...