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Josep Borrell

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, 2019 to 2024

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A Spanish Socialist and former European Parliament president who led EU foreign policy through the war in Ukraine and the Gaza crisis.

Josep Borrell sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, strongly globalist on nation and leaning nature-first on environment. The profile is close to the middle on liberty and authority.

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Where Josep Borrell sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Josep Borrell

François Hollande President of France, 2012 to 201799%Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany, 2021 to 202599%Jens Stoltenberg Prime Minister of Norway and NATO Secretary General99%Felipe González Prime Minister of Spain, 1982 to 199699%Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister of Norway, 2021 to present99%Bob Hawke Prime Minister of Australia, 1983 to 199199%François Mitterrand President of France, 1981 to 199599%Fareed Zakaria Indian-American journalist98%

People furthest from Josep Borrell

Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 20228%Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 199511%Abelardo de la Espriella President of Colombia, 2026 to present11%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present11%

Political views closest to Josep Borrell

European federalismWants Europe's states to pool sovereignty into a shared democratic federation.98%Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.98%FabianismPursues socialism gradually through research, education and reform rather than revolution.98%Nordic modelPairs open markets and high trust with high taxes, strong unions and generous public…97%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Unión Europea en Perú from Lima, Perú, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.