At the EU=European Union summit meeting, future relations with China were discussed, and it was agreed that it was necessary to break away from dependence on China in areas such as resource procurement.
At the EU summit held in Brussels, Belgium on the 21st, the future relationship with China was discussed.
At the conference, the leaders of each country agreed on the need to break away from economic dependence on China.
At a press conference after the meeting, EU Chairman von der Leyen said, "Looking at the Communist Party Congress in China, it is clear that President Xi Jinping will continue to strengthen his policy of pushing China's claims to the forefront." In addition, he expressed the recognition that China's strengthening of relations with Russia, which continues its military invasion of Ukraine, will also affect relations between the EU and China.
On top of that, based on the lessons learned from the past dependence on Russia for energy supply and the need to respond now, we will change the current state of dependence on China in fields such as resource procurement, and strengthen efforts to diversify our procurement sources. showed an idea.