“Most of the rest of the world is a jungle, and the jungle could invade the garden,” he added, calling the young European diplomats “gardeners” who “have to go to the jungle. Europeans have to be much more engaged with the rest of the world. Otherwise, the rest of the world will invade us, by different ways and means.” The comments were scripted, and it wasn’t the first time he made them. He had employed the jungle metaphor in more limited remarks in August. On Monday Mr. Borrell stood by his comments, insisting that he had been misunderstood. He said...