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Josep Borrell
Josep Borrell Fontelles is a Spanish politician who served as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served as President of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007 and as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation…
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politics · Spanish politician (born 1947) · politician · economist · trade unionist · aerospace engineer · diplomat · foreign minister · university teacher · also Josep Borrell, José Borrell Fontelles, Josep Borrel Fontelles, José Borrell, Josep Borrell i Fontelles, Josep Borrell Fontelles
Born 24 April 1947 · Q312901
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2026· 12 entries
“Europe is a garden and the rest of the world is a jungle.”
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“RT by @ JosepBorrellF : It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Dr Klaus Hänsch, former President of the European Parliament (1994-1997) and of the Association of Former Members of the European Parliament (2022-2026). “The election of Klaus Hänsch as President of the European Parliament in the years following German reunification symbolised not only a personal achievement, but also an important moment in the history of a Europe striving towards greater unity in diversity and”
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“1. After thousands of migrants crossed into Ceuta from Morocco this week, Italy threatened to “suspend Schengen with Spain.” It just can’t. Under EU law, no Member State can unilaterally suspend another’s participation in Schengen. --- https:// nitter.net/JosepBorrellF/statu s/2083118059309473999#m”
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“R to @ JosepBorrellF : 3. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni followed, saying Rome was ready for “extraordinary measures” to defend its borders. Spain’s foreign ministry, treating the statements as a diplomatic incident rather than a policy proposal, summoned the Italian ambassador. --- https:// nitter.net/JosepBorrellF/statu s/2083118063482786230#m”
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“R to @ JosepBorrellF : 4. This is worth unpacking as it is quite revealing of how EU governments are learning to understand, talk, use and abuse the EU’s legal order in manifest breach of the principle of loyal cooperation that binds them. --- https:// nitter.net/JosepBorrellF/statu s/2083118065512743251#m”
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“En Oriente Medio no estuvimos a la altura y seguimos sin estarlo. En esta entrevista con @iemed explico por qué creo que Europa debe asumir sus responsabilidades si quiere ser un actor internacional creíble: https://www. iemed.org/publication/borrell- en-oriente-medio-no-estuvimos-a-la-altura-y-seguimos-sin-estarlo/ En Oriente Medio no estuvimos a la altura y seguimos sin estarlo. En esta entrevista con @iemed explico por qué creo que Europa debe asumir sus responsabilidades si quiere ser un act”
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“Some institutional failures don't arrive with scandal, but with procedure. That's what's happening to ICC prosecutor Karim Khan right now — and it's exactly what Washington and Tel Aviv have spent months hoping for: https://www. project-syndicate.org/commenta ry/khan-case-us-israel-seeking-to-dismantle-icc-by-josep-borrell-2026-07 A thread. 🧵 Some institutional failures don't arrive with scandal, but with procedure. That's what's happening to ICC prosecutor Karim Khan right now — and it's exact”
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“R to @ JosepBorrellF : 4/5 The FT reported Trump proposed to Xi Jinping that the US, China and Russia join forces against the Court — two powers that aren't even ICC members, one led by a man under its own arrest warrant. You don't need a conspiracy theory to see whose interests align here. --- https:// nitter.net/JosepBorrellF/statu s/2079616394522468479#m”
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“R to @ JosepBorrellF : 5/5 Trump wants a Court that can't touch soldiers or allies. Netanyahu wants a Court that can't touch him. Neither needs to destroy the ICC from outside if member states hollow it out from within. Khan deserves due process — and the Court's independence deserves defending. --- https:// nitter.net/JosepBorrellF/statu s/2079616396514771126#m”
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“RT by @ JosepBorrellF : On 17 September, CIDOB will present a renewed edition of the CIDOB International Yearbook, which explores in depth the defining challenge of 2027: Democracy under siege. The presentation will feature a conversation with @M_Ignatieff. Join us! ✍ https:// bit.ly/CIDOBInternationalYearb ook2027_Presentation --- https:// nitter.net/CidobBarcelona/stat us/2075523794240704612#m”
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“2/ Lástima que se denegara a su esposa el pasaporte para acompañarle a Ankara. Este tipo de actuaciones llaman poderosamente la atención y erosionan la confianza ciudadana en la justicia. --- https:// nitter.net/JosepBorrellF/statu s/2075220473110036895#m”
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2025· 2 entries
Arutz Sheva: Ex-EU top diplomat Josep Borrell claims Israel committing 'genocide' in Gaza
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Career landmark: Academic of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (2025).
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2024· 6 entries
jpost.com: Kaja Kallas replaces Josep Borrell as EU Foreign Minister
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Voice of America: Josep Borrell wraps up tumultuous time as EU's top diplomat
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Euronews: EU's Josep Borrell visits Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of bloc's support
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Awarded Order of Honour (2024).
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The Stanford Daily: EU leader Josep Borrell calls for collective global action in Gaza and Ukraine
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“s depriving food from Palestinians was a serious violation of international humanitarian law, and described the Flour massacre as”
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2023· 2 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “The EU's Josep Borrell said 'Napoleon and Hitler need to be avenged'” Misleading.
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“in a gradual way, step-by-step”
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Merit, 1st class (2022).
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2021· 4 entries
Claimed: “"The EU's Emergency Trust Fund for Africa does not fund the country's detention centers. However, through its partners, the Commission does provide lifesaving support to detained migrants.” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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“now has human rights dialogues with all Gulf States and we launched such a dialogue with Saudi Arabia this week. This is an area where there is much to gain for both sides from closer cooperation.”
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“deep geopolitical roots. ... the price of gas, the scarcity, is something that has to be looked at from a geopolitical perspective.”
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“s relations with Turkey has significantly improved and he called his relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan”
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2020· 1 entry
Foreign Policy: Josep Borrell
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2019· 5 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (2019).
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Career landmark: European Commissioner for A Stronger Europe in the World (2019–2024).
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Career landmark: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (2019–2024).
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Career landmark: vice-president of the European Commission (2019–2024).
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Acquired Argentine citizenship through descent, stating that he wished to honour the memory of his father, who grew up in Mendoza, Argentina
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2018· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (2018–2019).
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2017· 1 entry
Due to the latter's insider trading in the sale of stocks of Abengoa (whose board of directors Borrell was a member of) in November 2015, sanctioning him with a fine of 30,000€
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2012· 2 entries
The University of Lleida appointed Borrell to a professorship of competition and regional development sponsored by energy company Repsol
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Was forced to resign after failing to disclose a financial relationship with Abengoa, which paid him €300,000 yearly as a board member for the company
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2011· 2 entries
Won medal of the Order of Constitutional Merit (2011).
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Was awarded Spain's medal of the Order of Constitutional Merit in recognition of his participation in this convention, which drafted the European Constitution that eventually led to the Treaty of Lisbon
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2009· 1 entry
Served as chairman of the Committee on Development
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (2007).
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Order of Queen Jelena (2006).
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2004· 3 entries
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009).
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Career landmark: President of the European Parliament (2004–2007).
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The prime minister and PSOE's leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero proposed Borrell to lead the Socialist Ticket in the 2004 European elections
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2001· 1 entry
Borrell was also appointed the Spanish parliament's representative on the Convention on the Future of Europe
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2000).
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Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (2000–2004).
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1999· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairman of the joint commission for the European Union (1999–2004).
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1998· 2 entries
And became Leader of the Opposition and the designated prime ministerial candidate of the party until he resigned in 1999
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Borrell decided to run against the PSOE's then party leader Joaquín Almunia in the first national primary election ever held in the PSOE since the Second Republic, intended to determine who the party would nominate as it
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1996· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of Wissam El Alaoui (1996).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (1996).
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Remaining as an MP for Barcelona in the Spanish Congress
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Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1996–2000).
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1993· 3 entries
Borrell threatened nonetheless the European Commission with blocking the liberalization unless the concession of a moratory Spain was given, as Borrell deemed imperative to achieve first the universalization of service b
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Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1993–1996).
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Career landmark: Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Environment of Spain (1993–1996).
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1991· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of Spain (1991–1993).
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Joined the Council of Ministers as Minister of Public Works and Transport
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1989–1993).
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1987· 1 entry
“Russia is a great country, it is a great nation, it is used to fighting to the end, and it is used to almost losing and then recovering. It did it with Napoleon, it did it with Hitler. It would be absurd to think that Russia has lost the war or that its military is incompetent.”
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1986· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1986–1989).
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1984· 1 entry
Career landmark: Secretary of State for the Treasury (1984–1991).
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1982· 1 entry
Was appointed associate professor of Business Mathematics at the University of Valladolid
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1979· 2 entries
Career landmark: Majadahonda municipal councillor (1979–1983).
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Career landmark: provincial deputy of Madrid (1979–1983).
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1976· 1 entry
Studied at Complutense University of Madrid, doctorate (1976).
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1975· 2 entries
And started his political activity during Spain's transition to democracy in the Socialist Grouping of Madrid along with Luis Solana and Luis Carlos Croissier
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Studied at Stanford University, master's degree (1974–1975).
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1972· 2 entries
Studied at French Institute of Petroleum, master's degree (1971–1972).
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Studied at Complutense University of Madrid, Bachelor in Economics (1967–1972).
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1969· 1 entry
Studied at Technical University of Madrid (1964–1969).
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1964· 1 entry
Moved to Barcelona to study industrial engineering, but left after a year in 1965 to study aeronautical engineering at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), graduating in 1969
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1947· 1 entry
Born 1947-04-24.
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