Chinese president Xi Jinping, EU Council president Charles Michel, German chancellor Angela Merkel and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (from top left to bottom right) spoke by videoconference (Photo: Council of the European Union)

EU tells China to prove investment deal is worthwhile

EU & the World

Green Economy

by Eszter Zalan, Brussels,

Monday's (14 September) EU-China summit would have been the highlight of the German EU presidency's foreign affairs efforts.

Originally it was planned to take place in Leipzig, where German chancellor Angela Merkel would have brought together the 27 EU leaders and Chinese president Xi Jinping for the first time. Traditionally, only the Chinese prime minister participates in the EU-China summits, and with top EU officials.

But the pandemic changed plans.

In the videoconfer...

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Author Bio

Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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