“For Beijing, this fragmentation presents both an opportunity and a challenge. A less unified Europe may struggle to sustain a common position on China, potentially creating greater room for China to divide and conquer.
However, some Chinese scholars caution that a Europe divided by the far right is not necessarily more China-friendly as populist parties’ diverse and often contradictory approaches to Beijing could make EU policy difficult to anticipate and engage with or, worse still, align Brussels firmly with President Donald Trump’s United States.”
Eleonora Longhi Gelati and Leonardo Bruni are the authors of the issue of the ChinaMed Observer “The Chinese Expert Debate on Southern Europe’s Rising Far Right”.
