'Life is life': EU's Borrell shrugs off German absence at Asia summit
The European Union's top diplomat downplayed French and German foreign ministers' absence from a meeting in Brussels on Friday between representatives of the EU and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). "Does it mean the European Union is presenting less interest this year than last year because Germany and France is not being represented at the level of the minister? Certainly not," Josep Borrell said in a press conference. With the EU's political agenda dominated by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, Borrell hoped the meeting would reassure ASEAN ministers that the EU is not becomi...