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2023-04-19 18:10:37来源:新华社

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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