The European Union is viewed as a business partner and rival as of 2019. The European Union’s foreign policy administration said in a paper prepared for the summit of the bloc leaders this week that China should now be seen as a competitor working for a “alternative to the current world order”.
At a time when the German government’s ruling coalition is considering whether to allow the Chinese business to purchase a stake in a platform in Hamburg Port, the campaign arises to precisely define the relationship.
The government’s willingness to harden its posture toward its main trading partner, which is currently divided on the issue, is a criterion.
Olaf Schultz, the German counsellor, did not address the media before to the Friday session, but the twenty-seven member states were in agreement with the leaders of the European Union who did.
“I believe it is the same with China and Russia. Both the Chinese and the Russians have a vested interest in being split apart. Being unified is in our best interests “According to Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaya Callas, reporters.
The European Union diplomats fear that Chinese President Xi Jinping, who gave an important political speech last Sunday, is China for an increasingly authoritarian approach, and they are uncomfortable with the Chinese partnership with Russia.
On the eve of the start of Russian military operations against Ukraine, she and Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a friendship “Without Borders” between their two nations.
In order to be “on the right side of history” with regard to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it is crucial for the European Union to communicate with China.
The greatest time to negotiate with China, according to him, is when we are 27 instead of when we are 1.
Sana Marin, his Finnish counterpart, emphasized that the European Union should avoid creating future debt and instead try to strengthen relations between democratic nations.
On delicate subjects like technology, she remarked, “We shouldn’t be dependent on totalitarian regimes.”
Charles Michel, president of the European Council, stated that although the European Union does not believe in acting “naively” toward China, he wants to avoid “the logic of the systematic confrontation” with Beijing.
After a session in Brussels when the leaders and governments of the European Union spent three hours discussing relations with China, Michel said, “We feel that we must adhere to more reciprocity and a balance between China and the European Union.”
The view of European leaders regarding relying on China is being unified.
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