On Tuesday 3 October, the European Parliament urged the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to further strengthen their economic and political relations, underlining the political value of close trade and investment relations between the two partners.
In the report by Reinhard Bütikofer (Greens/EFA, Germany) on EU political relations with ASEAN, which was adopted by 543 votes to 66, with 46 abstentions, MEPs reiterate their recommendation that relations...