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Report (2025/2117(INI))

Recommendation on EU-China political relations

A-10-2026-0237-AM-067-070

30.9.2026 A10-0237/67

Amendment 67

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0237/2026

Hilde Vautmans

(2025/2117(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
oa) insist that access to the European single market and to European public procurement be conditional on genuine reciprocity in market access, investment conditions and public procurement; call for proportionate restrictions on Chinese companies where European companies are denied equivalent access to the Chinese market or are subject to discriminatory treatment;

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30.9.2026 A10-0237/68

Amendment 68

Stanislav Stoyanov, Petar Volgin

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0237/2026

Hilde Vautmans

Recommendation on EU-China political relations

(2025/2117(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
va) make strategic use of all available instruments and financing under the current and next EU multiannual financial frameworks to create logistics gateways via the Black Sea and Central Asia that will enable European companies to better compete internationally and increase trade flows throughout the Middle Corridor; provide conditions to increase the competitiveness of European businesses and industry, which could decrease trade imbalances with China in strategic sectors;

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30.9.2026 A10-0237/69

Amendment 69

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0237/2026

Hilde Vautmans

Recommendation on EU-China political relations

(2025/2117(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
ya) ensure that no EU-funded infrastructure or investment projects contribute, directly or indirectly, to strategic dependency on Chinese companies, technologies, financing or supply chains;

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30.9.2026 A10-0237/70

Amendment 70

Zsuzsanna Borvendég, Petar Volgin

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0237/2026

Hilde Vautmans

Recommendation on EU-China political relations

(2025/2117(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 – point ay

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
ay) increase public diplomacy efforts in China to provide authentic information about the EU’s policies and actions, and work to strengthen knowledge of China in all EU institutions; emphasise, while exchanges between European and Chinese universities are in place, the importance of clear guidance for engagement between EU universities and Chinese entities; strengthen the coordination and coherence of policies across EU Member States and institutions in order to develop a common and coherent strategy towards China; ensure that such a strategy includes enhanced coordination among Member States on their main political leaders’ visits to China and the main messages addressed to the Chinese leadership so as to avoid political fragmentation; adopt a unitary and coordinated strategy to diplomatically engage with China, firmly protect the EU geopolitical and economic interests, improve bilateral relations and pursue mutually beneficial cooperation;ay) increase public diplomacy efforts in China to provide authentic information about the EU’s policies and actions, and work to strengthen knowledge of China in all EU institutions; emphasise, while exchanges between European and Chinese universities are in place, the importance of clear guidance for engagement between EU universities and Chinese entities; underline that relations with China must respect the competences, national interests and sovereign foreign policy choices of the Member States; stress that coordination at EU level should complement, rather than replace, bilateral diplomacy conducted by Member States; reject attempts to impose a uniform foreign policy approach, given that Member States have differing legitimate economic, diplomatic and strategic interests;

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