MEPs adopted, by 474 votes to 60 with 80 abstentions, an own-initiative report by David McAllister (EPP, Germany) on security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, on Tuesday 7 June.
In this report, the MEPs stress the opportunity and need to build close ties with democratic countries that share the EU’s values in the Indo-Pacific region. For them, these countries include: Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Cooperation with these countries should focus on “capacity...