In his October speech, Borrell noted that in order to prevent "the jungle from invading the garden", the gardener "needs to go out into the jungle."

MEP Wallace on his Twitter urged the EU leadership to stop interfering in the affairs of other countries and "stay at home in Europe and try to solve the problems of their citizens."

In another message, he emphasized that it was time to end colonialism because "Europe has already done enough harm."

In October, Josep Borrell apologized for his comparison of the world with the "jungle" that surrounds the "garden" in Europe.

At the same time, he rejected claims that this metaphor can be interpreted as a manifestation of "colonial Eurocentrism."

As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov previously pointed out, the “rules-based order” imposed by the West involves a racist division of the world into exceptional and non-exclusive.

In his opinion, the "other" countries are obligated to "follow in the wake of the golden billion and serve its interests."