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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Commissioner has rightly described China as a strategic partner, but let us be frank: this relationship is a one-way street!
Europe is strategic for China, meaning that China has a clear and very aggressive attitude toward us; it knows what it wants from Europe and it gets what it wants: China makes up the rules to suit itself.
We are, in fact, subject to its will. We have chosen not to make a choice, not to lay down genuine and far-sighted conditions with regard to the economy, trade and even less in terms of human rights. We draw a merciful veil over the human rights issues, lest we have to face up to the facts of Tibet, the world record for capital punishment and the human rights record in general. Even if we timidly lay down certain conditions, we then let China systematically trample all over them.
I would like to close by saying – the Commissioner put it much better than me by asking a fundamental question – what do we want from China? What does Europe want from China? Maybe it is time to seriously ask ourselves this question!"@en1
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