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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8916

25 March 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/china
Arms embargo against China divides Europeans - Germany and France stick to position in defence of lifting embargo

Brussels, 24/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - As we pointed out in Europe No 8915, the question of lifting the embargo on arms exports to China was not discussed by the European Council, “either officially, or unofficially”, EU's High Representative for CFSP, Javier Solana, said. However, in Solana's view, “it is still too early” to say whether the decision on lifting the embargo will be taken by the end of June, as foreseen by the European Council in December 2004. While the United Kingdom...

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