European Commissioner-designate for a Stronger Europe in the World Josep Borrell Fontelles of Spain gestures during his hearing before the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union must learn to speak with one voice on the international stage and also develop a "military capacity to act" or slide into irrelevance, eclipsed by Washington and Beijing, its incoming foreign policy chief said on Monday.
The EU, with a total population of more than 500 million, accounts for more than 20% of global economic output and is the world's biggest aid donor, wielding considerable "soft power".
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