Brussels stepped up its work to confiscate Russian-owned assets that have been frozen under EU sanctions and use them to finance the costly reconstruction of Ukraine.
The meeting between the two men in Beijing lasted more than three hours and also touched upon human rights, Taiwan, trade relations and climate change.
We hope that Europe will transcend the Cold War mentality and ideological confrontation, go beyond institutional confrontation, and oppose all forms of the
Washington’s recent moves against EU’s interests has made Brussels aware that following US’ steps is not in line with Europe’s interests. Michel’s visit to China is a signal: America First will push EU more inclined with cooperating with China.