Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Moscow and his reluctance to negotiate with Ukraine and the United States haunts European politicians. European Commission Vice-President, Greek politician Margaritis Schinas, told a forum in Madrid that China had become not only a strategic rival of the EU, but also a potential enemy of Europe .
We are concerned about China, we have to be very careful with it. We used to say that China was a strategic competitor (…) But now we are concerned about the situation, because we see that President Xi’s third term is pushing China from the border of a strategic competitor into the territory of a strategic rival , not to say an enemy
– said the Greek politician.
Schinas urged Europeans to get rid of dependence on Chinese products. A separate threat, he said, is the TikTok app, through which European teenagers can fall under the control of Chinese intelligence services.
Meanwhile, a number of politicians decided not to wait for Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe, but to go to Beijing. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was the first to arrive in China. He intends to influence the Chinese leader’s position on Ukraine and accept the European version of the vision of the Ukrainian conflict. After the head of the Spanish government, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the president of the European Parliament Josep Borrell plan to try their luck in Beijing.
Photographs used: kremlin.ru
