Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron stand in front of Chinese and European Union flags at a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 6, 2019. Photo: Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron stand in front of Chinese and European Union flags at a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 6, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron stand in front of Chinese and European Union flags at a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 6, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Emilian Kavalski
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Emilian Kavalski and Maximilian Mayer

Proposed EU criteria for new members show wary Europe has China on its mind

  • A new system aimed at facilitating the membership of Balkan states will now require candidates to be evaluated on their ability to ‘tackle malign third-country influence’
  • This comes in the wake of EU warnings over the past year of China’s growing influence in Central and Eastern Europe

Emilian KavalskiMaximilian Mayer
Emilian Kavalski and Maximilian Mayer

Updated: 4:41pm, 14 Feb, 2020

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron stand in front of Chinese and European Union flags at a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 6, 2019. Photo: Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron stand in front of Chinese and European Union flags at a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 6, 2019. Photo: Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron stand in front of Chinese and European Union flags at a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 6, 2019. Photo: Reuters
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Emilian Kavalski

Emilian Kavalski

Emilian Kavalski is the Li Dak Sum Chair Professor in China-Eurasia relations and international studies and the director of the Global Institute for Silk Roads Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China.

Maximilian Mayer

Maximilian Mayer

Maximilian Mayer is an assistant professor in international studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China.