According to the Observer Network on January 28, citing British media 27**, an EU informed ** revealed that in view of the recent announcement of the closure of production by a number of European photovoltaic companies, after nearly four months, the EU is once again brewing to "attack" Chinese enterprises. I have to say that the EU was once again exposed to "sword-pointing" Chinese photovoltaic companies, which once again made the outside world feel that the EU's ** disease has been committed again. You know, as early as 2013, in the face of Chinese photovoltaic enterprises with high-quality and low-cost products, the EU saw that its own enterprises could not sell products due to the loss of competitive advantage, and did not find the reason for the slow iteration and upgrading of their own products, so they had to pour dirty water on Chinese enterprises, so they opened the first round of anti-dumping and countervailing measures against Chinese photovoltaic enterprises, which involved solar panels, wafers and cells, in this case, photovoltaic cells and modules from Chinese enterprises need to endure an average of 47 before being sold in Europe6. Up to 679, which was not suspended until 2018.
It is worth mentioning that in October last year, in order to further protect their own enterprises, the European Union had the ambition to start with Chinese photovoltaic products, and finally due to the inability to unify internal decision-making, the new plan was temporarily shelved, and now there are signs of "rising", because there are many enterprises that shut down or plan to shut down the production line of photovoltaic products, and the Swiss photovoltaic module manufacturer Meyer Burger even put forward the condition that either the first money to keep themselves, or their factories in Germany will also be shut down, turning to the United States, which can provide high subsidies. Obviously, if the EU's own companies are "sucked away" by US subsidies, then its idea of promoting renewable energy investment will also encounter many challenges, and in this context, the EU is sorting out all the measures to protect it. Of course, if the relevant measures can be collectively approved by the EU, Chinese enterprises will inevitably face "anti-dumping investigations" and "punitive tariffs" again.
However, there are still differences within Europe about this frequent barrier policy, after all, there are still many sober people, such as Heme Senberg, CEO of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, who proposed to come up with a real solution, rather than the relevant ** barrier measures. At the same time, senior EU industry executives have warned that the actions of the past will once again create a "lose-lose situation". This is true in the past, between 2013 and 2018, the export of photovoltaic products by Chinese enterprises to Europe was strongly suppressed, resulting in the difficulty of ensuring the stability of photovoltaic products in Europe**, the installation process of solar panels was seriously hindered, and the lack of China's ** chain, the EU's target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels will also face a severe test.
At a time when there are disagreements within Europe, European Council President Michel suddenly changed 180 degrees, which surprised the outside world, and perhaps in the eyes of many people, this move is aimed at China, wanting to eliminate internal differences and suppress Chinese enterprises. So is this really the case? What about Michelle's big change? It is worth noting that as early as three weeks ago, Michel announced his candidacy for the European Parliament elections in June, so that if he successfully won a seat in the European Parliament, then he would have to bid farewell to the presidency of the European Council in advance, and the reversal appeared recently. Michel said on January 26 that he would give up his candidacy in the European Parliament elections to focus on his current role as president of the European Council, according to Globo on January 27. As for the reason for concentrating on his duties, on the one hand, there are many voices criticizing him for "dereliction of duty", and even the relevant reactions are "personal attacks", on the other hand, as Michel said, he does not want to be abused in any way that will lead to the European Council, and believes that the European Council must make unremitting efforts for European unity.
In the final analysis, not only him, but also many other politicians in the EU are mainly worried about a bad situation, because Hungary will assume the rotating presidency of the EU in July, in the case that Michel's successor is not elected in time, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban will be temporary"** and he has been working against EU policymakers for a long time, and previously refused to agree to the total 50 billion euros aid plan to Ukraine. Of course, we do not rule out that Michel's move is to prevent Hungary, which is known as the "hardcore of China", and in order to ensure that the above-mentioned China policy is not interfered with, Michel made such a choice.
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