On his first European tour in five years, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited European leaders in France, Serbia and Hungary. While relations with Belgrade and Budapest are blossoming, Paris – and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen – failed to persuade the Chinese leader to soothe the EU’s concerns over global trade and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
In the latest concession to European farmers, the 27 EU member states have decided to impose stricter tariff rules on imported Ukrainian agricultural products. European farmers, who protested in Brussels again this week, were angry about unfair competition resulting from cheap imports.
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During the weekend of 23-25 February, the European Newsroom (enr) accompanied European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on another visit to Ukraine. On Saturday, February 24, it had been exactly two years since the Russian invasion in February 2022.
February 24 marks the two-year anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s troops invading Ukraine. It comes as Ukrainian forces are losing ground and the future of support from their key ally USA remains in doubt. The EU agreed on the 13th round of sanctions, also aiming at presenting its framework for EU accession talks with Ukraine by the “beginning of summer”.