The Global South is becoming more important demographically, economically and militarily. If it doesn’t feel the need to choose between the US and China at this stage, that will soon change.
Analysis based оn the new ECFR global poll by Mark Leonard for the media outlet Dnevnik
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had a sorting effect in Europe when it comes to China
The Foreign Ministry usually already has a good feeling for the fact that business and geopolitics are becoming increasingly intertwined
I think it’s clear to many where China is standing here. And it’s not with the West.
China’s inflexibility on its domestic goals was much more about China’s internal preferences than about the relationship to the U.S., EU or U.K
We have done many surveys in the region and have seen a very clear shift in opinion towards China
We should no longer let Beijing dictate economic relations. Germany and Europe should rely on their sovereignty.
Janka Oertel talks in the tv programme about the conditions for 5G roll-out in Germany and Europe
What we lack is a European conversation about what kind of player Europe in the future would like to be in these kind of scenarios
Janka Oertel comments on China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour both at home and abroad, especially towards Taiwan
There has not yet been sufficient progress on the Chinese side in the area of market access
Janka Oertel discusses the issue of economic cooperation between the EU and China in an interview
Even if concluded, it would only be a small part of a broader set of measures needed to create actual reciprocity. The prospect for a more ambitious free trade agreement is unlikely for now.
Janka Oertel comments on the investment agreement, which EU and China started to negotiate in 2013 and hoped to conclude by this year
