MADRID - (Xinhua) European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell admitted recently that the European Union has applied double standards to the Ukraine crisis, given its handling of the situation in the Gaza Strip .

"We are often criticized for double standards. But international politics is very much about applying double standards. We don't use the same standards," Borrell, the bloc's top representative for foreign affairs and security policy, told the Spanish-language El Pais newspaper in a recent interview. for all problems.

Borrell said that the Ukrainian crisis directly affects Europe.

On the other hand, he described Gaza, which has no electricity or drinking water, as an "open prison", saying that the solution to the conflict in the Middle East "is not in the hands of the European Union".

When commenting on Borrell's remarks on the application of double standards in international politics, Jose Luis Centilla, head of the Communist Party of Spain, told Xinhua on Monday that "it shows a cynical model of colonial mentality."

He called on the international community to actively promote reform of the global governance system to make it more just, supportive and effective in solving problems and challenges facing humanity today.