MEPs recommended to the EU High Representative and the EU Council, on Thursday 16 September, to develop a “stronger, more comprehensive and coherent EU-China strategy, uniting all Member States and shaping relations with China in the interest of the Union as a whole”, in a report by Hilde Vautmans which they adopted by 570 votes to 61 with 40 abstentions.
“China is a cooperation and negotiating partner for the EU, but is also an economic competitor and a systemic rival in an increasing...