Von der Leyen didn't listen to the Chinese side, so he changed his face when he went abroad and used the list of Chinese companies to "ask for guilt".
The China-EU summit kicked off as scheduled, and according to *** news, Chinese leaders had a dialogue with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. The talks underscored the importance of maintaining a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the EU, and called on the two sides to take a more strategic view of each other and resolve differences through constructive dialogue. The Chinese side made it clear that institutional differences, competition and disagreements should not be the reason for China and the EU to confront each other and reduce cooperation.
This news discloses China's strategic orientation on China-EU relations, stresses the need to strengthen cooperation and refrain from taking opposite positions, and urges the EU side to review China-EU relations from a strategic perspective to avoid external interference. Michel and von der Leyen responded positively, saying that the EU attaches great importance to its relationship with China, expects to further deepen cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, and digital, and is willing to engage in dialogue on issues such as climate change and artificial intelligence, and stressed that it is unwilling to decouple from China.
However, after von der Leyen left the state guesthouse, she clearly displayed the characteristics of an "American spokesperson" and seemed indifferent to China's statements. At a press conference after the EU-China summit, von der Leyen made it clear that China has the right to decide its own position in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but the EU made it clear as early as the outbreak of war that China-EU relations will depend on China's attitude. She also mentioned that the European side has told China that it needs to refrain from providing lethal military assistance to Russia and stop any attempt to circumvent sanctions against Russia.
On the issue of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, von der Leyen has always advocated that China put pressure on Russia to force Russia to compromise and meet the strategic needs of the United States, even ignoring the overall interests of the European Union. This may explain why von der Leyen once again mentioned Russia and Ukraine in the context of the main discussion of China-EU relations, and her remarks made the atmosphere of the EU-China summit tense, as if EU leaders had come to "ask the Chinese for their crimes".
Von der Leyen also noted that China** has received a list of companies linked to China for "assistance in circumventing sanctions." This shows that the main purpose of von der Leyen's summit is not to discuss the development of China-EU relations, but to bring the "list of companies aiding Russia" to question the Chinese side. It is expected that von der Leyen's unreasonable accusation of China on the issue of the Russia-Ukraine conflict may not achieve the desired results. Perhaps in the coming weeks, the EU will introduce new sanctions on the grounds that certain Chinese companies are "suspected of helping to evade sanctions".
An in-depth analysis of the reasons for this shows that although the EU attaches importance to China-EU relations, it attaches less importance to it than to China. There is a lack of solidarity within Europe to coordinate a position on China, so there will always be people who will use things that have nothing to do with China-EU relations to coerce China to do what it wants. Furthermore, the EU may lack independent strategic thinking and is deeply influenced by the US policy towards China, which is one of the reasons why the EU-China summit failed to achieve substantive results.
However, despite this, the two sides were able to eliminate some distractions and engage in bilateral high-level dialogue, which is still of positive significance. The fact that China and the EU have big differences on the Russia-Ukraine conflict does not mean that they cannot reach consensus on other issues. Economic and trade cooperation remains a topic of negotiation between the two sides. At the very least, von der Leyen's admission that there is no way to decouple from China shows that China and the EU still have something in common in the economic and trade spheres. The resolution of specific contradictions and differences will depend on the outcome of the game between the two sides.
The EU must understand that there are no geopolitical contradictions between China and the EU, and win-win cooperation is the only right choice. As the leader of the EU, von der Leyen should proceed from the interests of the EU, consider China-EU relations, get rid of the influence of the United States, and truly realize strategic autonomy. This is not only in the EU's own interests, but also conducive to the development of relations with China, which has always been China's expectation.
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