French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are working towards an agreement on European Union (EU) electricity market reform by the end of the month. The EU is rethinking energy state aid to break the deadlock between France and Germany on this issue. Meanwhile, China has expressed its readiness to work with the EU to enhance mutual trust and expand cooperation, as the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, visits China. Borrell has urged China to take the EU more seriously and not view its relationship through the lens of its rivalry with the United States. The EU energy chief has also called on China to commit to renewables targets and a methane pledge.
EU energy chief urges China to commit to renewables target, methane pledge https://t.co/WFnwhoHnvH https://t.co/8mDy9rPlIs
China needs to take EU more seriously, bloc’s foreign policy chief says https://t.co/0Sv3uXIQ28
🔴 FRANCE'S FINANCE MIN. LE MAIRE: FRANCE BELIEVES IT CAN REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH GERMANY ON THE EUROPEAN ENERGY MARKET IN THE COMING DAYS.
The EU's top diplomat is finally visiting China when the differences between Brussels and Beijing look larger than ever https://t.co/qDPMoRjmSD
Borrell is on a trip to China to convince them to "take Europe more seriously" and stop China from thinking it is a puppet of the US: https://t.co/a5KrqKP5uf Would be a whole lot more convincing if the EU didn't systematically follow the US on all its initiatives to contain… https://t.co/yfxrWhk9IG
Borrell said China should stop viewing its relationship with Europe through the lens of its rivalry with the United States, adding that the bloc’s more sober judgments on Beijing are made entirely independently https://t.co/Y3Vea9Nebq
EU rethinks energy state aid to break France-Germany deadlock https://t.co/wwXUtgtolQ https://t.co/tHHW5Gbogm
China says it is ready to work with EU to enhance mutual trust https://t.co/ZNuttVOVYu https://t.co/pw8CJbEtK3
🔴 CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, ON EU'S BORRELL VISITING: CHINA IS READY TO WORK WITH THE EU TO ENHANCE MUTUAL TRUST, EXPAND COOPERATION AND OVERCOME INTERFERENCE.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will seek an agreement on European Union electricity market reform before the end of the month. https://t.co/UXpcKeFVrk
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will seek an agreement on European Union electricity market reform before the end of the month. https://t.co/T5UW1rSX9f