Borrell's in-tray

Ian Bond and Luigi Scazzieri at the Centre for European Reform advise the EU's incoming top diplomat, Josep Borrell, to ready his sharp elbows to fight off institutional rivalries over how to handle's the bloc's foreign policy: “If Borrell can see off attacks on his position and reinforce the institutional role of the HRVP, he can then turn to the difficult foreign policy dossiers that he will inherit. His two top, and interlinked, priorities should be the EU’s relations with the US and with China.”