Security & Geopolitics#8
Internal security: organised crime, drugs & terrorism
Cocaine ports, gang violence and terror alerts move up the ballot.
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Europe's public debates
The Agenda
62 issues shaping Europe's politics.
From Ukraine to pensions — the debates every European government and party is answering.
62 topics9 themes27 countries
1 topic
China
Partner, competitor and systemic rival — all at once.
In short
China is a key trading partner and the dominant supplier of many critical inputs, but EU anti-subsidy duties on electric vehicles, export controls on rare earths and concerns about security and economic coercion have hardened EU policy. The EU line is "de-risking, not decoupling."
Why it matters now
Chinese competition in cars, batteries, solar and steel is hitting European factories while EU industry still depends on Chinese materials.
The divide
Hawks
screen and restrict more
Trade-dependent economies and car exporters
avoid escalation
Some governments (e.g. Hungary, at times Spain)
court Chinese investment.