Is the EU really as disunited on China as it seems?
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping take part in a Franco-Chinese business council meeting in Beijing, April 6, 2023. Credit: Ludovic Marin via AP Newsroom
Emmanuel Macron’s controversial remarks in an interview at the end of his recent visit to China have shaken the sense of unity around the European Union’s approach towards Beijing. This is unfortunate, given the French President’s apparent intention to project the exact opposite, by inviting the EU Commission’s president Ursula von der Leyen to join him on his visit — and given the opportunity he missed to support the agenda of de-risking relations with China that she had proposed just
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