Tag: European Parliament

Chinese State Media Alone Claim France, Germany Support Unfreezing EU-China Investment Deal

July 8, 2021
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a video summit on July 5 with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emanuel Macron. In their coverage of the event, Chinese official media claimed that both French and German leaders expressed support for unfreezing the EU-China Investment Agreement as soon as possible. However, there is no mention of…

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EU Trade Chief: Efforts to Ratify China Deal ‘Suspended’

May 4, 2021
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The European Commission has parked efforts to ratify a controversial investment deal with China, after tit-for-tat sanctions imposed over human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, the EU’s top trade official said on May 4. “We now in a sense have suspended … political outreach activities from the European Commission side,” Valdis Dombrovskis, EU trade…

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Major Opposition Parties Call on German Government to Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics

April 21, 2021
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Major opposition parties in the German government—the Bundestag are urging the parliament to boycott the Beijing Olympic Winter Games in 2022, due to the Chinese regime’s human rights abuses; meanwhile, a former EU parliament vice-president is calling on politicians around the world to boycott the Olympics. On April 18, in regard to the persecution of…

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Beijing’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy May Doom EU-China Trade Deal

March 28, 2021
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A major European Union-China investment deal has been thrown into question after China resorted to aggressive diplomacy in response to EU sanctions. The European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada on March 22 unveiled coordinated sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) oppressive policy in the far-western Xinjiang…

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EU-China Trade Deal on Brink Over Beijing ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy After Xinjiang Sanctions

March 28, 2021
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A major EU-China investment deal has been thrown into question after China resorted to aggressive diplomacy in response to EU sanctions. The European Union, the United States, the UK, and Canada on March 22 unveiled coordinated sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) oppressive policy in China’s far-western Xinjiang region. The…

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Beijing’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy Puts EU-China Trade Deal on the Brink

March 28, 2021
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A major EU-China investment deal has been thrown into question after China resorted to aggressive diplomacy in response to EU sanctions. The European Union, the United States, the UK, and Canada on March 22 unveiled coordinated sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) oppressive policy in China’s far-western Xinjiang region. The…

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Hong Kong Activists Urge EU Not to Sign China Investment Deal

March 11, 2021
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Twenty-four Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have written to European Union leaders and lawmakers urging them to block the EU-China investment deal unless the Chinese regime repeals its National Security Law for the former British colony. Thirteen of the co-signatories of the letter are now living in exile as a result of Beijing’s increasingly brutal crackdown…

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EU Lawmakers Lift the Immunity of 3 Catalan Separatists

March 9, 2021
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BRUSSELS—The European Parliament on Tuesday lifted the immunity of the former president of Spain’s Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, and two of his associates, a move that could pave the way for their extradition and reopen the scars of separatism in Spain. The Spanish government immediately welcome the decision by the European Union’s legislature as a…

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EU States No Longer Recognize Guaido as Venezuela’s Interim President

January 25, 2021
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BRUSSELS—Venezuela’s Juan Guaido is a “privileged interlocutor” but no longer considered interim president, European Union states said in a statement on Monday, sticking by their decision to downgrade his status. The EU’s 27 states had said on Jan. 6 they could no longer legally recognize Guaido as interim president after he lost his position as…

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EU Parliament Says China Deal Threatens EU Credibility on Human Rights

January 22, 2021
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The European Parliament has criticized the EU executive for rushing to reach an investment agreement with the Chinese regime despite ongoing repression in Hong Kong and other parts of China. The European Commission, the European Union’s executive body, said on Dec. 30 that it had agreed with Beijing “in principle” on the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement…

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