A plurality of those surveyed felt that the European Union is engaged in the cold war with China
A 2021 poll conducted by the ECFR in 12 EU member states suggests that von der Leyen is carrying out a disconnected foreign policy
A plurality of those surveyed felt that the European Union is engaged in the cold war with China
A 2021 poll conducted by the ECFR in 12 EU member states suggests that von der Leyen is carrying out a disconnected foreign policy
A year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine it turns out that expectations of a split were misguided
Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard explain that Putin and Xi’s hopes of driving a wedge between Europe and the US have not been realised
Xi’s primary objective is to maintain the CCP’s dominance and legitimacy, which for many decades has been based on the party’s ability to achieve rapid economic growth
A potential escalation in the Taiwan Strait would likely translate into a reduction in American involvement in NATO’s eastern flank, which would be highly detrimental to the security of CEE countries
I don’t expect the [US] to react extremely strongly to this if they feel that the rest of Europe is not supportive of Macron’s views
We have the biggest players, such as Germany and France, and the business circles in these two countries, which have very vast, really, really vast interests in terms of returning to business as usual
And this was visible in von der Leyen’s speech — Europe is not about decoupling, this American-style decoupling
Now it is largely a matter of damage control … but Macron’s visit has had deep consequences and there is no clarity yet about what kind balance will ultimately emerge
With Macron, this business delegation, it’s definitely a signal towards Beijing that economic cooperation is still very high on the agenda in Paris, but also at the level of the EU as a whole
One benefit of those deals may be to mollify some of the anger at home