>similar fears were expressed by Josep Borrell, the EU foreign affairs chief, who said the 27-member bloc would not bear witness to another genocide.
Morbidly interesting that while this statement was surely intended as a warning or call to action, it can also be interpreted to mean the EU will just turn a blind eye to the situation, more or less as it had done before. You don’t bear witness to what you refuse to see.
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>similar fears were expressed by Josep Borrell, the EU foreign affairs chief, who said the 27-member bloc would not bear witness to another genocide.
Morbidly interesting that while this statement was surely intended as a warning or call to action, it can also be interpreted to mean the EU will just turn a blind eye to the situation, more or less as it had done before. You don’t bear witness to what you refuse to see.