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Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Charlie Weimers
Political group: ECR
Country: Luxembourg
Language: EN

Mr President, ‘gullible’ is defined as someone who is deceived or tricked and too willing to believe everything that other people say. I’m afraid no word better describes the EU’s relationship with China over the last few decades. China fooled the world on trade, the origins of COVID—19, and now they’re trying to fool us on their support for Russia. Last year, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reiterated that Sino—Russian strategic cooperation has no end limits, no forbidden areas and no upper bound – a.k.a. the ‘No Limits’ Partnership. High Representative, perhaps it is time the EU made clear that for every euro China supports Putin’s and Russia’s war effort, we will then invest two in the defensive capacities of Taiwan. Perhaps it’s time this House asked the EU and the Member States that their relationship with Taiwan have no end limits, no forbidden areas, and no upper bound!
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Mr President, High Representative, in the Brussels bubble, as ‘masters of constructive ambiguity’, we characterise China simultaneously as a cooperation partner, an economic competitor and a systemic rival, and finding the balance in this often contradictory mix can be extremely challenging. Clearly, China cannot be labelled as a cooperation partner when it imposes sanctions on Members of this House. And dealing with China as an economic competitor requires the use of many tools, old and new, to deal with unfair practices with economic coercion, like the trade war against Lithuania. In the case of Putin’s unconscionable war in Ukraine, the EU has taken a very clear stance to support Ukraine, to stand up for our principles and values, and to impose very strong sanctions against Russia. China, meanwhile, continues to sit on the fence, to put it mildly. So, whilst China decides whether it is to act as a cooperation partner or a systemic rival when it comes to the war in Ukraine, the EU has to make its own decisions. Dialogue leading to diplomatic solutions is on the top of everybody’s wish list, but the EU must make it crystal clear to China that if it decides to act as a systemic rival towards the EU in the case of Ukraine, then secondary sanctions will be imposed on China. Anything less than that simply undermines the unity, the credibility and the strength of our Union.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Raphaël Glucksmann
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Haut représentant, chers collègues, nous n’avons pas obtenu le moindre soutien de Pékin contre l’invasion de l’Ukraine. Mais comment en aurait-il pu être autrement? Pourquoi donc un régime qui parque les Ouïghours dans des camps, entend vassaliser ses voisins et nous considère comme des adversaires stratégiques nous aiderait-il à stopper un régime qui massacre les Ukrainiens, entend vassaliser ses voisins et nous considère comme des adversaires stratégiques? Les idées comptent, et la nature des systèmes politiques aussi. Alors, il est temps d’assumer les rapports de force qui nous sont imposés: de ne plus dépendre de l’énergie russe, donc, mais aussi de ne plus dépendre autant de l’appareil productif chinois; temps de ne plus se laisser déstabiliser, attaquer ou acheter sans réagir; temps de rappeler à nos élites le devoir de loyauté minimal qu’elles doivent à nos pays et à nos institutions; temps d’alerter nos anciens dirigeants qui sont partis servir Huawei qu’ils connaîtront tôt ou tard l’opprobre de ceux qui sont partis servir Gazprom. Face à Poutine ou Xi Jinping, nos principes et nos intérêts stratégiques se rejoignent, ils ne s’opposent pas. Et la meilleure des manières de dissuader la Chine d’envahir un jour Taïwan, eh bien, c’est de faire perdre Poutine en Ukraine.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Svenja Hahn
Political group: Renew
Country: Finland
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Autokratie versus Demokratie – das ist der Konflikt unserer Zeit. Jedem Versuch, unsere internationale Ordnung durch das Recht des Stärkeren zu ersetzen, müssen wir uns entschlossen entgegenstellen. Denn diese brutale Fratze dieses Konflikts sehen wir gerade in der Ukraine. Russlands Krieg macht die Ukraine zum Schlachtfeld für Demokratie und Freiheit. Die Autokraten dieser Welt fürchten und verachten diese Werte. Und sie stehen einander bei. Denn ein Autokrat pickt dem anderen kein Auge aus. Auch deshalb muss die EU endlich geschlossen gegen China zusammenstehen und entgegentreten. Es ist untragbar, dass schon wieder ein EU-China-Gipfel substanzlos endet. Dabei brennt diese Beziehung an allen Ecken und Enden. Massive Menschenrechtsverletzungen, Hongkong, Taiwan, Druck auf EU-Länder, unfairer Wettbewerb – die Liste ist schier endlos. Ich will eine EU, die Werte nicht nur als Monstranz vor sich herträgt, sondern sie tatsächlich zum Fundament all ihres Handelns macht.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Vincenzo Sofo
Political group: ECR
Country: Poland
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, il summit tra UE e Cina è stato un flop, che ricalca i fallimenti della strategia di questi anni nei confronti di Pechino. Le abbiamo consentito di invadere i nostri mercati, distruggere le nostre economie locali e far shopping dei nostri  Non contenti, per seguire le favole di Greta Thunberg, abbiamo deciso di rendere l'Europa dipendente proprio da quelle risorse su cui la Cina ha ormai quasi il monopolio. Cina che ora si lecca i baffi di fronte alla crisi ucraina, opportunità per mettersi in tasca Mosca, per stringere a sé l'India e prepararsi così a uno scontro con l'Occidente di cui non sappiamo il vincitore, ma che avrà di certo uno sconfitto: l'Europa. Pensare dunque che l'UE oggi abbia la forza di allineare Pechino ai suoi voleri è pura illusione; finché non reindustrializzeremo e proteggeremo le nostre economie, finché non recupereremo l'influenza nel Mediterraneo, finché non sapremo essere protagonisti dei processi di pace e stabilizzazione dell'estero vicino, beh, allora dovremo rassegnarci ad avere un ruolo nel mondo, non già di potenza geopolitica con cui negoziare, ma di continente da conquistare.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Jörgen Warborn
Political group: PPE
Country: Slovakia
Language: SV

Herr talman! I en tid av instabilitet och förändrad global ordning så var toppmötet mellan EU och Kina en nyttig påminnelse om att det finns ytterligare en opålitlig stormakt.  Medan EU och västvärlden visar solidaritet genom att fördöma Rysslands illegala invasion av Ukraina så har Kina uttryckt kritik mot västerländska sanktioner mot Ryssland. EU måste ha en tydlig och stark röst om Kina aktivt hjälper Ryssland att undvika sanktioner.  Vi kan heller inte glömma Pekings ihållande militära hot mot Taiwan, medan Litauen straffas ekonomiskt på grund av dess relation med det demokratiska Taiwan. Kina har mycket kvar att bevisa.  Kommunistregimen i Peking och kriget i Ukraina understryker vikten av att fördjupa samarbetet med stabila, trovärdiga och demokratiska allierade. Vi måste stärka relationen till USA för att på ett konstruktivt sätt hantera Kina. EU bör undersöka vilka möjligheter som nu finns för ett frihandelsavtal med USA. EU bör emellertid inte sträva efter att isolera Kina ekonomiskt, eftersom varken Kinas grannar eller EU blir säkrare av det. Vi ska samarbeta där det är möjligt, vi ska konkurrera där det behövs och vi ska konfrontera där det är nödvändigt.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: René Repasi
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, meine Damen, meine Herren! Ein neues Wort hat Eingang gefunden in die politische Sprache, ein deutsches Wort, das unübersetzt zum Ausdruck bringt, dass alles auf dem politischen Prüfstand steht: Zeitenwende. Eine Zeitenwende steht auch im Verhältnis zwischen der EU und China an. China vermeidet weiterhin die uneingeschränkte Verurteilung der russischen Kriegsverbrechen und relativiert den völkerrechtswidrigen Angriffskrieg. China öffnet seine Absatzmärkte für russische Unternehmen und wird so zu einem Kriegsprofiteur. Die EU darf der chinesischen Doppelstrategie, rechts zu blinken und links abzubiegen, nicht auf den Leim gehen. Wir müssen deshalb die Abhängigkeit von Chinas Technologien verringern und das Chip-Gesetz schneller annehmen und umsetzen. Wir müssen Menschenrechtsverletzungen und Umweltschädigungen in den Lieferketten hart anpacken. Wir müssen der chinesischen Strategie, die Führung bei der globalen Standardsetzung übernehmen zu wollen, das Wasser abgraben mit einer eigenen, effektiven wie demokratisch legitimierten Standardisierungsstrategie. Zeitenwende bedeutet, dass wir strategisch autonom werden müssen von autoritären Staaten in unseren Lieferketten, die unsere Werte mit Füßen treten.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Ilhan Kyuchyuk
Political group: Renew
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

Mr President, dear High Representative, dear colleagues, I am convinced that we all in this room want China to be our partner and to continue a dialogue on key areas, including deepening our trade and investment relationship, especially in this severely aggravated atmosphere of war on the European continent. Unfortunately, the reality is different. There are many concerns, which require us to be vocal on what is happening in a country which is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and at least supposed to play a constructive role in Putin’s war in Ukraine. But no. Forging closer ties with Moscow and adopting an ambiguous position in its war is particularly worrying. Together with enduring human rights situations, the brutal crackdown against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, unjustified trade measures against Lithuania, sanctions against Members of the European Parliament and direct interference in our society force EU to take a different approach towards China. We cannot turn a blind eye anymore.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Carlo Fidanza
Political group: ECR
Country: Greece
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, signor Alto rappresentante, onorevoli colleghi, questo vertice non è purtroppo stato un successo per l'Unione europea. Pesano le troppe ambiguità di Pechino e pesano i troppi errori del passato: le eccessive delocalizzazioni, l'assenza di reciprocità, l'aver lasciato ai cinesi il controllo di numerose infrastrutture e aziende strategiche europee. Nel 2021 abbiamo importato merci dalla Cina per un valore doppio rispetto a quello che abbiamo esportato. Per raggiungere gli obiettivi del Green Deal penalizzeremo le nostre imprese e arricchiremo ancor di più la Cina. Con la guerra in Ucraina la Cina aumenterà l'influenza sulla Russia e trarrà giovamento anche dalle nostre giuste sanzioni, nascondendosi dietro un'equidistanza di facciata e aiutando Mosca ad aggirarle. Rischiamo una nuova guerra fredda e un nuovo ordine mondiale, in cui Europa e Occidente rischiano di essere i soggetti deboli. Dobbiamo quindi usare tutto il nostro peso per far capire alla Cina che vogliamo riportare a casa le nostre industrie, vogliamo accorciare le catene di valore, vogliamo contrastare la nuova Via della Seta con investimenti strategici dentro e fuori l'Europa. Insomma, che non siamo disposti ad arrenderci a questa prospettiva.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Miriam Lexmann
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Mr President, more than three decades since the end of the Cold War, the free world once again faces a struggle: a struggle between freedom and democracy on the one hand and oppression and authoritarianism on the other. As I stated multiple times in this Chamber, it is time to stop closing our eyes and falsely believe that dialogue and economic interdependence will help us to transform non—democratic regimes. Today, from Ukraine to Xinjiang, we see the true cost of this. As the EU—China Dialogue showed, the Chinese side is unwilling to be a responsible global actor and use its leverage to stop Putin’s aggression. It cannot, and will not, because of its own crimes and oppression across mainland China and Hong Kong; because of its coercive behaviour against third countries; or because of its design against the free people of Taiwan.  It’s time to spell out to the Chinese Communist Party the consequences of these actions. Particularly today, we need to speak about the costs for the complicity in Putin’s aggression, including any future steps China might take to help Russia avoid sanctions or lessen their impact. How we respond today will determine the world in which we will live tomorrow. Russia and China claim that their friendship knows ‘no limits’. We should not underestimate this, but we should make it clear to both that our determination to defend freedom and democracy knows no limits too.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Brando Benifei
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, "vedere ciò che è giusto e non farlo è mancanza di coraggio", diceva Confucio. Oggi la Cina di XI Jinping non può ignorare questa massima del suo più grande filosofo, a cui anche altri colleghi hanno fatto riferimento. A più di un mese dalla drammatica invasione dell'Ucraina da parte della Russia, Pechino non ha ancora condannato chiaramente l'operato di Putin, attuando invece una politica attendista e un'ambigua equidistanza. Se non vogliamo assistere a un dialogo fra sordi, l'Unione deve insistere affinché la Cina giochi un ruolo attivo nel fermare il conflitto, perché questo conflitto non conviene a nessuno. Non solo: l'Europa deve essere chiara nel dire che ci saranno contromisure se la Cina finisse per aiutare Putin in questo massacro, compresi gli ultimi terribili atti che abbiamo visto. Una cosa è certa: di fronte al rispetto del diritto internazionale e delle libertà fondamentali, l'Europa deve continuare a mostrare determinazione. È lo spirito che ha ispirato il lavoro dei colleghi europarlamentari ancora oggi sotto le sanzioni del governo cinese. Auspichiamo dunque una cooperazione vera per fermare la guerra: ma deve essere Pechino a dimostrare se vuole stare dalla parte della pace e quindi contro questa aggressione ingiusta.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Salima Yenbou
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Haut Représentant, le sommet UE-Chine a malheureusement été un véritable dialogue de sourds. Pékin refuse la main tendue de Bruxelles pour travailler ensemble à une solution et faire pression sur Poutine pour que cesse cette barbarie.  L’Europe est venue avec ses questions et la Chine avec ses réponses, cette Chine qui se targue pourtant si souvent d’être un État pacifique et d’avoir une culture stratégique défensive plutôt qu’agressive. Elle devra un jour répondre aux futures générations chinoises de son soutien à Poutine. Quant à nous, Union européenne, devant les images insoutenables de Boutcha, nous devons mesurer l’étendue de nos erreurs passées. Ces dernières années, nous avons manqué de fermeté envers la Russie. C’est pour ça qu’il est si important aujourd’hui de faire preuve de fermeté face à la Chine et à son agressivité vis-à-vis de Taïwan, ainsi qu’aux violations des droits humains à Hong Kong et au Tibet et aux monstruosités envers les Ouïghours. Face à cette nouvelle barbarie de Boutcha, j’attends de nos représentants de l’UE qu’ils maintiennent la pression sur Pékin pour cesser de soutenir la guerre de Poutine et enfin laisser Taïwan en paix.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Isabel Wiseler-Lima
Political group: PPE
Country: Czechia
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, la guerre que la Russie mène contre l’Ukraine devait nécessairement être au cœur du sommet tenu par l’Union européenne et la Chine. L’horreur de ce qui se passe sur le territoire ukrainien l’exige. Si la Chine concède du bout des lèvres que cette guerre menace la sécurité et l’économie mondiales, pour nous, cette guerre est une menace qui met en péril tout ce en quoi nous croyons et notre sécurité immédiate. Au vu des mensonges proférés par la Russie, nos dirigeants sont durement confrontés à la réalité que les régimes autoritaires doivent être mesurés à l’aune de leurs actions et non à celle de leurs paroles. Cela vaut pour la Russie comme cela vaut pour la Chine. Vu l’attitude compréhensive de la Chine à l’égard de la Russie, je ne puis m’empêcher de m’interroger sur les échanges russo-chinois d’avant l’invasion russe et l’entente affichée lors des Jeux olympiques de Pékin, notamment l’assurance – je cite – d’une amitié sans limites de la Chine envers la Russie. Comment interpréter la signification d’une amitié sans limites, quand ces paroles ont été prononcées avant l’invasion imminente de la Russie en Ukraine? Ce que nous devons en tout cas constater, c’est qu’aucune condamnation de la Russie n’a eu lieu par les autorités chinoises. Espérons qu’au moins les ambitions de conquête économique de la Chine la pousseront à privilégier des actions qui iront dans le sens d’une stabilité économique mondiale. Avoir la certitude que l’Ukraine luttera jusqu’à ce que son territoire soit libéré de l’occupant russe et que l’Union européenne soutiendra l’Ukraine jusqu’au bout est donc vital.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Isabel Santos
Political group: S-D
Country: Hungary
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, o diálogo e a procura de entendimento entre a União Europeia e a China são importantes na construção de respostas aos desafios globais? Sim, mas, infelizmente, em relação à cimeira da semana passada, no que concerne às sanções na sequência da invasão da Ucrânia pela Rússia, matéria crucial, apenas tivemos uma espécie de monólogo a duas vozes. Até hoje, não obtivemos mais do que uma declaração a favor da paz por parte da China. Ficamos esclarecidos. Contudo, dessa cimeira saiu o anúncio do relançamento do diálogo em matéria de direitos humanos. Assim sendo, espero que a União Europeia seja clara e firme em relação à violação de direitos humanos pela China, à perseguição dos ativistas exilados, ao Tibete, a Xinjiang, a Hong Kong, a Macau, à quebra com o princípio de “um país, dois sistemas” e em relação a Taiwan. E gostaria de ouvir o Senhor Alto Representante sobre o que se espera desse diálogo.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Tonino Picula
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, the EU-China Summit happened last week, and that’s probably the only good news. Members of this House are still sanctioned for speaking out the truth about the evident human rights violations. However, it’s essential to talk, open up difficult questions and stand firm in defending our stances. Russian aggression in Ukraine is a medium to test our challenging – and in many ways problematic – relations with China. Supporting Russia or any form of resistance to the aggression should have clear economic and political consequences.  Having said that, we cannot let this decision overshadow a long list of open disputes we have with China. As we work on energy independence, we should at the same time work on our industry redeployment and industrial independence.  Moreover, we have to finally end the selling of forced labour products on our market. We can discuss with China the global challenges and negotiate the rules on how we trade with goods, but we should never trade with our values.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Stanislav Polčák
Political group: PPE
Country: Czechia
Language: CS

Pane předsedající, já bych chtěl vyjádřit také své zklamání z výsledku tohoto summitu. Tváří tvář tomuto krvavému konfliktu na Ukrajině jsme možná od Číny čekali víc. V té druhé klíčové prioritě, která se týkala našich environmentálních společných závazků, tak tam jsem byl skeptický už dříve. Je třeba říci, že nevidíme příliš velký posun v čínských postojích a je to velká škoda. Ale to, co vidíme, je výrazný tlak, který Čína projevuje vůči evropským zemím, které vyslovují určitá znepokojení nad stavem lidských práv v Číně nebo spolupracují např. s Tchaj-wanem. A to, jakému tlaku nyní čelí Litva, jakému tlaku čelila i Česká republika díky cestě předsedy Senátu na Tchaj-wan, to je naprosto nepřijatelné. Myslím si, že to bychom si měli stanovit jako jednoznačnou červenou linii, kdy tlaku Číny nepodlehneme. Potřebujeme jasnou strategii pro spolupráci, ale také dát najevo své hodnoty a červené linie, které jsou pro nás nepřekročitelné.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Billy Kelleher
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, I’m very disappointed with the outcome of the EU—China summit. I think it highlighted the fact that we can no longer trust China as an honest, independent broker in terms of being a partner in trade or in diplomacy. The fact that in the discussions around Ukraine and how it exposed itself to be a supporter of an illegal invasion where there are catastrophic, humanitarian challenges now in the Ukraine, war crimes being committed, and yet China fails to condemn the Putin war machine. So, I am very disappointed but I am not surprised, Mr Borrell. But I do welcome the fact that you did engage, even though I’ve criticised you previously when you travelled to Moscow that time knowing full well that Moscow was only going to use it as a propaganda stunt. But I welcome the fact that at least engagement was made. But we have to put on the record the appalling abuse of the Uyghur people, the human rights abuses in Hong Kong, the dismantling of the free press of a democracy. They are many instances of China’s bully tactics, and we have to now accept that it is no longer an honest player in international affairs. It is a pariah, unfortunately.
Debate: Outcome of the EU-China Summit
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, the Chinese President made four proposals on the Ukraine crisis during the summit. He insists on promoting peace talks, on measures to prevent a wider humanitarian crisis, that we must build lasting peace in Europe and Eurasia, and we must prevent regional conflicts from spreading. Before the meeting, China’s Foreign Minister’s spokesperson said ‘China disapproves of solving problems through sanctions and we are even more opposed to unilateral sanctions and long-arms jurisdiction that have no basis in international law. Beijing would not be forced to choose a side or adopt a simplistic friend or foe approach. We should in particular,’ he says, ‘resist Cold War thinking and block confrontation.’ Now, China hasn’t given arms to either side and is well placed to be a peace broker. I would appeal to them to be a peace broker. I appeal to France and Germany to step up efforts to stop this terrible war and work for peace. And for the life of me, I don’t understand why the UN Secretary-General isn’t shuttling between Minsk and Moscow to bring about mediation. Please, he should start.