Journalsit Ramon Shak in his an article for the Berliner Zeitung newspaper said that the expansion of the BRICS was a personal defeat for the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
He specified that the expansion became known after the BRICS summit, which was previously held in Johannesburg .
“Almost half of the world's population may soon be in this global union. Including some of the fastest growing economies. All this symbolizes the personal defeat of Josep Borrell and Ursula von der Leyen, – Schuck noted.
According to him, Borrell now needs to «realize the limitations of the power of the European Union.»