We must protect the real European interests

After the European Union’s efforts to break dependence on Russian energy, dependence on Chinese technology comes next. The second and final day of the EU summit was dominated by a drawn-out debate about how the EU should relate to China.

– The Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, said after the Brussels meeting that naivety in dealing with China is now over.

The EU’s relationship with China – and the dangers of over-reliance on Chinese technology – occupied a large part of the second and final day of the EU summit.

– Many Russia’s energy dependent countries have learned that dependencies are dangerous when they run counter to geopolitical interests and outright hostility, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (centre) said on his way out of the summit on Friday afternoon.

According to Christerson, many people in the EU now see problems in the fact that much of the living technology is being developed on the American West Coast and China’s East Coast — and that Europe is lagging behind.

– He said quite clearly that there are some risks there.

According to Christerson, today’s “strategic discussion” was very general without going into any further detail – but one thing was clear:

There is now an end to naivety towards China. He continued: No one believes that China is generally developing in a direction that is not problematic for Europe, and I think this is a good thing.

At the same time, this does not mean that you should also cooperate closely in areas where you already have good conditions, according to Christerson.

– But we must protect real European interests, for example technology, he said.