A delegation from the European Parliament, led by IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee) chair Anna Katrin Gavazzini (Green Party), has been visiting China March 31-April 2. Despite the nagging agenda of the MEPs, the visit is a break with years of non-dialogue between the EP and the National People’s Congress. Their last meeting goes back to 2018.
“The resumption of exchanges between legislative bodies indicates that the European Parliament—an institution often seen as having a strong ideological orientation—is now taking a more pragmatic approach in exploring solutions to various China-EU issues,” Dong Yifan, an associate researcher at the Institute of Country and Regional Studies at Beijing Language and Culture University, told the Global Times.
In the past years, the “Ursula-majority” dominated European Parliament has distinguished itself by its intensity of Russophobia and Sinophobia.
