> The High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, has outraged the independence movement by praising the courage of the President of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski, of whom he has said that “he is not the type of leader who runs away hidden in a car”. The socialist was referring to the way in which the former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont allegedly fled from Catalonia after declaring the independence of Catalonia. Puigdemont has always considered that theory ridiculous and has maintained that he always left Spain by car in the direction of Belgium and that he did not hide in a trunk on the way to Marseille to take a plane and fly to Brussels.
> Puigdemont himself, through Twitter, has responded to Borrell in a long message. “In these tragic times, the last thing that is needed is for the European Union to have such irresponsible representatives,” he said. The former president has again rejected the idea of the trunk-“Borrell knows it”-and has added that Borrell is angry with him because he asked him why there are “44% Spaniards in his management team.” “It is a much higher figure than the number of nationals that other commissioners have,” he said. In his response, moreover, Puigdemont considers that “it seems that someone regrets that in Barcelona [during the referendum of October 1, 2017] there was not a bloodbath.”
> Elsa Artadi, spokesperson for Junts per Catalunya, called this Monday for the role of the high representative to be “reviewed” when the current war situation in Ukraine ends due to his “frivolity” and “lack of leadership”. The Minister of Economy and Finance of the Catalan Government, Jaume Giró, has assured that Borrell must retract or resign due to his statements.
Whenever I watch a statement of Borrell I get the feeling that he is a nice guy with whom I’d like to drink a beer but he seems a but stupid and incompetent on the diplomatic stage.
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The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, Spaniard Josep Borrell, just criticized Puigdemont for not being as brave as Zelenski.
[Borrell outraged Catalan pro-independence by comparing Puigdemont to Zelenski](https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2022-02-28/borrell-indigna-al-independentismo-al-comparar-a-puigdemont-con-zelenski.html)
Puigdemont has criticized this “irresponsible” comparison, on such a difficult time for Ukraine. He also asks Borrell if he wanted a war in Catalonia: https://twitter.com/KRLS/status/1498370883764822019
> The High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, has outraged the independence movement by praising the courage of the President of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski, of whom he has said that “he is not the type of leader who runs away hidden in a car”. The socialist was referring to the way in which the former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont allegedly fled from Catalonia after declaring the independence of Catalonia. Puigdemont has always considered that theory ridiculous and has maintained that he always left Spain by car in the direction of Belgium and that he did not hide in a trunk on the way to Marseille to take a plane and fly to Brussels.
> Puigdemont himself, through Twitter, has responded to Borrell in a long message. “In these tragic times, the last thing that is needed is for the European Union to have such irresponsible representatives,” he said. The former president has again rejected the idea of the trunk-“Borrell knows it”-and has added that Borrell is angry with him because he asked him why there are “44% Spaniards in his management team.” “It is a much higher figure than the number of nationals that other commissioners have,” he said. In his response, moreover, Puigdemont considers that “it seems that someone regrets that in Barcelona [during the referendum of October 1, 2017] there was not a bloodbath.”
> Elsa Artadi, spokesperson for Junts per Catalunya, called this Monday for the role of the high representative to be “reviewed” when the current war situation in Ukraine ends due to his “frivolity” and “lack of leadership”. The Minister of Economy and Finance of the Catalan Government, Jaume Giró, has assured that Borrell must retract or resign due to his statements.
Whenever I watch a statement of Borrell I get the feeling that he is a nice guy with whom I’d like to drink a beer but he seems a but stupid and incompetent on the diplomatic stage.
[List of members of the European parlament who voted against providing financial assistance to Ukraine 1 week ago](https://twitter.com/hermansjoost/status/1498001123977969664)
Paraphrasing Puigdemont himself:
>In these tragic times, the last thing that is needed is for the European Union to have such irresponsible representatives
Borrell is a Catalan himself, right? Is he pro-independence?