중국 뒤로 밀려나: EU, 중동 위기 우선으로 중국 전략 논의 연기
China sidelined: EU shelves rare strategy debate as Middle East crisis takes priority
South China Morning Post
Finbarr Bermingham
EN
2026-04-09 13:00
Translated
오랫동안 기다려온 EU의 중국 관련 논의가 중동 위기 대응을 우선시하면서 연기됐다. 이는 경제적 압박이 커지고 있음에도 불구하고 유럽이 중국을 전략적 우선순위로 취급하는 데 어려움을 겪고 있음을 드러낸다.
유럽연합 집행위원회의 보안 칼리지는 이번 주 월요일 베이징이 제기하는 과제에 대해 논의하기로 예정되어 있었으며, 내부적으로는 '중국 주간'이라고 불리는 계획의 일환이었다.
이는 대통령 하에서 27개 회원국 집행위원들 간의 첫 전략 논의가 될 예정이었다...
Delay risks entrenching a policy vacuum as member states diverge and Brussels struggles to evolve its approach
The European Commission’s security college was set to meet this coming Monday to debate the challenges posed by Beijing, as part of what officials were referring to internally as “China week”.
It would have been the first strategic discussion among the bloc’s 27 commissioners under President Ursula von der Leyen’s second term, which began in 2024, and the first-ever China debate under the nascent “security college” format.
The college debate was to be combined with a call between the commission’s top trade official, Sabine Weyand, and Ling Ji, the Chinese commerce vice-minister who deals with Europe, on Monday, as well as a debate on China between trade diplomats next Thursday. Those meetings were expected to go ahead, sources said.
The cumulative purpose was to thrash out a strategic “all-of-government” response to what officials see as a generational, multifaceted challenge posed by China.
The European Commission’s security college was set to meet this coming Monday to debate the challenges posed by Beijing, as part of what officials were referring to internally as “China week”.
It would have been the first strategic discussion among the bloc’s 27 commissioners under President Ursula von der Leyen’s second term, which began in 2024, and the first-ever China debate under the nascent “security college” format.
The college debate was to be combined with a call between the commission’s top trade official, Sabine Weyand, and Ling Ji, the Chinese commerce vice-minister who deals with Europe, on Monday, as well as a debate on China between trade diplomats next Thursday. Those meetings were expected to go ahead, sources said.
The cumulative purpose was to thrash out a strategic “all-of-government” response to what officials see as a generational, multifaceted challenge posed by China.