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For the Chancellor on Beijing ‘we need a European policy’
(ANSA) – BERLIN, 25 MAR – “We have common basic values with the US, this is indisputable”, but in Europe “we also have our interests”. Angela Merkel told the press in Berlin after the European Council, answering a question about Joe Biden’s utterances on China. “The question with China is how to keep values and interests together,” he added. For the Chancellor, “there must be a European policy on China for this”. “With the US there are many things in common, but there is no identity of views”, he concluded. (HANDLE).