Reinhard Bütikofer on the Increasing Coherence of Europe’s China Policy

Reinhard Bütikofer is a German politician who has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. After engaging in radical politics as a student at Heidelberg University, he joined the German Green Party in 1984, going on to become its co-president from 2002–2008. Now in his third term as an MEP, Bütikofer serves as a member of the parliament’s foreign relations committee and chair of its China delegation. Reinhard Bütikofer.Illustration by Lauren Crow Q: In your role as

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