The importance of language tools --- I am not a diplomat, hence not very acquainted with EU politicians. Joseph Borrell lost control, because he did not manage to reply to the interviewer as he simply went to the interview to say what he wanted to say and not to reply to the questions of the interviewer. However, he did not managed to use the question to convey his ideas. It is not true that “he was not allowed to talk about the current situation”, it is that he was not able to make a speech where he would be able to convey the message he wanted to say. He could have use framing arguments, metaphors and other devices to deviate the conversation to the story he wanted to tell . Instead, he kept requesting “ to be asked the RIGHT questions…”

Source author: Blanca Jimenez bjimenez@sre.gob.mx