Alona Lebedieva noted, “India has long been considered by both Europe and the USA as a geopolitical counterweight and a future substitute for China in the new model of world economic…
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FEATUREDSECURITY & DEFENCE
“Authoritarian countries, such as Russia and China, are trying to divide and weaken the EU,” says Andreas Schieder MEP
The report – approved by a large majority – gives the Parliament and its members clear guidelines on transparency and on how to protect the European Parliament from foreign influence.…
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FEATUREDPOLITICS
European Parliament: MEPs call for urgent protection of 2024 European elections from foreign influence
The European Parliament has called for a coordinated strategy to increase the EU’s resilience to foreign interference and information manipulation and to protect the 2024 European elections . Foreign interference,…
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FEATUREDPOLITICS
EU political elites “advancing” Gazprom’s agenda and Hungary’s “susceptibility” to Russian intelligence activities
EU political elites “advancing” Gazprom’s agenda and Hungary’s “susceptibility” to Russian intelligence activities are among several examples named in a new report which has been drafted by MEPs. The EU…
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FEATUREDOPINIONSECURITY & DEFENCE
Former British MEP Lord Richard Balfe says he fears the world is “drifting” towards another war.
The gloomy assessment by Richard Balfe, now a life peer in the UK, comes amid mounting tensions in various parts of the world. As well as the ongoing war in Ukraine,…
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FEATUREDPOLITICS
Reinhard Bütikofer says that China supplying weapons to Moscow “would be a slap in Europe’s face.”
The two leaders sent a message of unity – even as China is said by some to seek to exploit potential cracks in Europe’s alliances. The French president and the…
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A man identified only by his surname Gu was this week sentenced to prison after court in Hengyang county of central China’s Hunan province found him guilty of scaring to…
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FEATUREDSECURITY & DEFENCE
NATO Foreign Ministers focus on China and support to Ukraine in Brussels summit
NATO foreign ministers wrapped up two days of discussions in Brussels on Wednesday with a meeting with Indo-Pacific partners – Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea –…
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Ursula von der Leyen: EU is concerned by “Increasing politicisation” of Chinese economy
The business community has voiced concern at the “increasing politicisation of China’s economy.” This was the reaction to European commission head Ursula von der Leyen (pictured) saying the EU is…
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POLITICS
China’s new man in Brussels admits his country faces a “dilemma” over ongoing bitter war in Ukraine
He gave a keynote speech to a group of businessmen and women in Brussels but did not shy away from speaking about the Ukraine conflict. The ambassador admitted China faces…