PhototakenonJuly11,2022showsascenefromthewelcomeceremonyforthe10,000thtripmadebyChina-EuropefreighttrainsoperatedbytheChina-EuropeRailwayExpress(Chongqing)inDuisburg,Germany.(Xinhua/RenPengfei)
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SomemembersoftheEuropeanParliament(MEPs)onTuesdaycalledontheEuropeanUnion(EU)memberstatestodevelopanautonomouspolicytowardChinaindependentfromtheUnitedStatesandseekcooperationratherthanconfrontationwithBeijing.
BRUSSELS,April18(Xinhua)--SomemembersoftheEuropeanParliament(MEPs)onTuesdaycalledontheEuropeanUnion(EU)memberstatestodevelopanautonomouspolicytowardChinaindependentfromtheUnitedStatesandseekcooperationratherthanconfrontationwithBeijing.
TheEuropeanParliamentonTuesdayheldaplenarysessioninStrasbourgon"theneedforacoherentstrategyforEU-Chinarelations,"whichcameaftersomeEuropeanleaders,includingSpanishPrimeMinisterPedroSanchez,FrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacronandEuropeanCommissionPresidentUrsulavonderLeyenvisitedChinainrecentweeks.
"AftervisitingChina,FrenchPresidentMacrondeclaredthatEuropeneedsmorestrategicautonomyandshouldnotbeavassaloftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Idon"ttendtoagreewithEmmanuelMacron,butthistimeIthinkhewasrightbecausethecurrentEuropeanpolicymakesnosenseandisdestroyingEurope,"saidnon-attachedSlovakMEPMilanUhrikatthedebate.
UhrikreferredtoMacron"swordswhenhewasinterviewedbytheU.S.-basedPoliticonewsserviceandtheFrenchnewspaperLesEchosonhisplanebackfromathree-daystatevisittoChinathatEuropehadincreaseditsdependencyontheUnitedStatesforweaponsandenergyandmustnowfocusonboostingitsowndefenseindustries.TheFrenchheadofstatesaidthatEuropemustreduceitsdependencyontheUnitedStatesandstrategicautonomymustbethefightofEurope.
VisitorstasteFrenchwinesatthethirdChinaInternationalConsumerProductsExpo(CICPE)inHaikou,southChina"sHainanProvince,April13,2023.(Xinhua/WangZecong)
WhenitcomestotheEU"sChinapolicy,Uhriksaid,"SomeofyouarepushingusintoaconfrontationwithChinabecausetheU.S.seesChinaasathreattoitsworlddominance."
"InsteadofEuropeseizingtheopportunitiesofferedbydevelopingAsia,wearelookingforathreatoranenemyineveryone.Soonwewillhavesanctionsagainstthewholeworldandthewholeworldwillbeisolated...Wewillendupisolated.Itishightime,reallyhightime,toputanendtothisconfrontationalpolicy,"Uhriksaid.
"ThedebateontheEuropeanUnion"srelationswithChinaplacesusbeforethedilemmaofhavinganautonomousinternationalpolicybasedonourinterestsorcontinuingtosubletourinternationalpolicytoorganizationsandstructuresthatmaketheirdecisionsbasedontheinterestsofothers,whennotcontrarytoours,"saidMEPManuPinedafromSpain(TheLeft)duringthedebate.
PinedasaidtheEUmustbeanindependentactorinthedevelopmentofanopenandmultipolarinternationalorder,andinthiscommitmenttotheautonomyoftheEUinitsinternationalpoliciesitisnecessarytorecovernormalityinitsrelationswithChina.
"NoonecandenythatimprovingrelationswithChinabenefitstheEUanditspeople.Letusnotfallintothetrapsetforusbythosewhofeeltheirprivilegesofworldhegemonyarethreatened.Let"snotdotheirdirtywork.LetusdefendtheinterestsofEuropefromourautonomy,"Pinedasaid.
MEPJanZahradil,CzechmemberoftheEuropeanConservativesandReformists(ECR)Group,saidthatEU-Chinarelationsarenotgoodrightnow,buttheycouldandshouldbebetter.
PeopletasteChinesesnacksatafaircelebratingtheChineseNewYearinNamur,Belgium,Jan.28,2023.(Xinhua/PanGeping)
"IthinkthatweneedtofindanewequilibriumwithChinabecause,likeitornot,Chinaishereasaglobalplayer,anditwillremainso.Wehavetoadjustourselvestothatnewmultipolarsituation,"hesaid.
ZahradilcalledforcohabitationratherthanconfrontationbetweentheEUandChinaandarguedthattheEUneedstode-escalatetensionsoverTaiwan,notescalatethemfurther.
"ThereisaWashington-ledcampaigntocounterChina"seconomicinfluenceintheworld,soweseeU.S.talkingpointsaboutinternalrepressionandassertivebehaviorabroadbeingparrotedbyEUrepresentatives,whiletheU.S.hasnoproblemgrowingitstradeandinvestmentwithChinayearonyear,"saidMEPMickWallace(TheLeft)fromIreland.
WallacesaidtheU.S.financialcapitalwantstomakeprofitsinChinaandinEurope,anddrivingawedgebetweentheEUandChinaisagoodwayofgoingaboutitforthem.
"And,verysadly,therearepeopleinBrusselswhoappeartobehelpingthemtodoit,"headded.■
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