Humiliation, serious mistake, trap, failure, ill-prepared trip. These were the words used by several MEPs to describe the trip to Moscow last week by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, during a debate in plenary session on Tuesday 9 February.
“You have fallen into the trap prepared [by Russia].(...) By undertaking this trip, you have strengthened the regime before the parliamentary election and removed the slightest hint of hope...