The President of Russia paid a two-day working visit to Astana to participate in a meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit. Insight EU Monitoring has collected the Kremlin’ minutes covering these meetings.
The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service VLA has published a report highlighting the risks posed to Europeans by the Chinese technology flooding our market, including electric cars and robot vacuum cleaners that use Lidar systems to scan their surroundings. Here, the EU Commission answer related questions by an MEP.
China’s new ‘Coast Guard Regulation’ which entered into force on 15 June has added to tensions, rather than reducing them. This new Regulation mandates the detention of foreign persons and vessels throughout the entire area claimed by China, further negating the findings of the 2016 arbitral tribunal, and undermining core principles of UNCLOS.
Executive Vice-President Šefčovič will co-chair the Fifth EU-China High-Level Environment and Climate Dialogue (HECD) in Brussels, with the participation of Commissioners Sinkevičius and Hoekstra. The HECD is a key platform to enhance bilateral cooperation between the EU and China on domestic and international policies.
The EU reiterated its concerns over the restrictions on fundamental freedoms, labour rights and the use of forced labour, limits on due process rights and the lack of judicial independence in China. The EU also raised the issues on the freedom of expression, the freedom of assembly, the freedom of religion or belief as well as the right to equality and freedom from discrimination, including women’s and LGBTI rights.
As part of a three-year EU-funded Horizon project on understanding China, under the name of China Horizons, Bruegel has developed a dashboard to display the most relevant macroeconomic data for China and EU-China relations.
“China’s relations with the US and the EU are likely to worsen, because of both its aid for Russia and its economic strategy”, writes Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.
“We need to protect this election process and the European public debate from malign foreign actors, who want Europe to fail” – EU HR/VP Josep Borrell.
The Swedish Government recognises the need for both broader and deeper China expertise to manage both challenges and opportunities emanating from China’s growing influence.
“China faces significant fiscal challenges, especially for local governments. Sustained fiscal consolidation over the medium term is needed to stabilize debt, while restructuring the unsustainable debt of local government financing vehicles can help reduce fiscal strains” – IMF staff report.
EU HR Borrell returned from California with three main takeaways: “First, to keep innovation in Europe, we need to significantly increase investment in the high-tech sector. Second, the EU’s human-centric approach to tech regulation is viewed positively by Californian decision-makers. And third, Europe needs to avoid becoming the adjustment variable for Chinese excess capacity.”
Critical raw materials are resources that are considered important for the whole European economy and face a high risk of supply disruption. The European Critical Raw Materials Act contains a list of critical raw materials and codifies the methodology used for the assessment in law, which will be used to update the critical raw materials list periodically.
Hybrid Rapid Response Teams are one of the key instruments to support EU member states and partner countries in countering hybrid threats as part of the EU Hybrid Toolbox.
At his inauguration, Taiwanese President Lai delivered his address titled “Building a democratic, peaceful, and prosperous new Taiwan.”
On the morning of May 16, President Xi Jinping held a restrictive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was in China on a state visit. Here is how both sides commented on the outcome of the visit.
The EU Commission report takes stock of progress and achievements in five key areas: protecting the EU’s physical and digital infrastructure; fighting terrorism and radicalisation; fighting organised crime; strengthening law enforcement and judicial cooperation; and cooperation with international partners.
China and Sweden have a long history of economic and trade exchanges. At present, more than 10,000 Swedish enterprises are conducting trade with China and more than 600 Swedish enterprises are operating in China.
Xi said China highly valued Hungary’s “firm commitment to the One China policy”, and he pledged to provide China’s steady support for Hungary’s economic development.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán pointed out that there is a great opportunity to expand the cooperation between Hungary and China to the entire spectrum of the nuclear industry.
The EU Commission has launched a series of actions to raise awareness of the risks of disinformation, information manipulation and foreign interference, in the run-up to the European elections.
“China has delivered to Ukraine many shipments of humanitarian aids, and sent its special representative many times to mediate among the countries concerned. The longer the Ukraine crisis drags on, the greater harm it will do to Europe and the world. China hopes that peace and stability will return to Europe at an early date. We stand ready to work with France and the whole international community to find a
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