We have to understand these different positions if we want to look for a common ground. We live in a permanent ‘battle of narratives’ about the issues that determine our future. Some things are definitely true and others false, but we have to deal with different positions on almost all subjects. I do not agree with the relativism of 19th-century Spanish philosopher de Campoamor claiming in a famous poem that nothing is true or false and that everything depends on “the colour of your glasses”. As any observer, I am influenced by my own perspective. The post of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission (HR/VP) offers a wide-open window on the world. In European foreign policy, we are permanently confronted with conflicts in our neighbourhood, growing competition between rival powers, challenges to the multilateral system and our values, disputes over the terms of trade and who sets the rules on technologies, and the global effects of climate change – to name just a few issues we deal with every day.
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