MEDVEDEV On the image of Europe in current conditions in connection with the protesters who burned down a school in France, Medvedev recalled that not long ago Europe saw itself as a "flowering garden": a school where people were set on fire in Lyon. I remember a certain Borel from the European Union called Europe a 'flowering garden'. "Would you like to visit such a garden? In October 2022, Borrell, then serving as the EU's top diplomat, compared Europe to a garden and the rest of the world to a jungle.