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Motion led by #IPAC 🇩🇪 member @GydeJ MdB calls for Germany and the EU to respond to China's repression in Hong Kong by offering refuge to fleeing Hong Kongers and renegotiating the EU-China #CAI deal to take into account forced labour and human rights concerns. twitter.com/GydeJ/status/1…
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“It is our moral obligation to narrow the gap between our economic aspirations and our values. Otherwise we will become morally co-responsible for the CCP’s abuses.”
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex MEP EU-China #CAI investment deal human rights concerns.
hk.appledaily.com/news/20210218/…
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Block EU-China #CAI
🇪🇺 European Union cannot make a deal with a regime that is responsible for #genocide
Hold China accountable, do the right thing twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
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Hong Kongers & human rights activists are rightly concerned about the EU signing an investment treaty with China. We have put together a short explainer/thread outlining some of the key problems we have found with the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment. #CAI
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 co-chair Sen. @LucioMalan questioned Carlo Pettinato, Head of Investment Policy at the European Commission DG Trade, on the EU-China #CAI investment deal.
Malan questioned the access given to state censored Chinese media to the EU, with much EU media blocked in China.
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EU-China #CAI deal on 'life support' after China sanctions EU parliamentarians, including four #IPAC 🇪🇺 members.
politico.eu/article/china-…
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"How can we sign an agreement with China, when it has blatantly violated the Sino-British Joint Declaration guaranteeing the preservation of Hong Kong's rights and freedoms?"
#IPAC 🇮🇹 Co-Chair @LucioMalan writes on the EU-China #CAI investment deal.
formiche.net/2021/04/lucio-…
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BREAKING: EU suspends efforts to ratify China investment deal.
#IPAC 🇪🇺 members have made key contributions in highlighting human rights concerns in the #CAI agreement [THREAD]
hongkongfp.com/2021/05/04/bre…
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The Chinese government issued sanctions on prominent #IPAC 🇪🇺 members @bueti @MiriamMLex @SamuelCogolati and @DSakaliene for playing their role in highlighting the abuse of Uyghurs, a move seen as pivotal in the EU's decision to suspend #CAI ratification.
reuters.com/article/us-eu-…
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Clarification: while the political outreach process has been suspended, the technical process to ratify #CAI continues.
Full explainer here 👇
twitter.com/StuartKLau/sta…
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EU puts China agreement on hold | Deutsche Welle
Interview with #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti on the impact of Chinese government sanctions against EU parliamentarians on the EU-China #CAI investment deal.
dw.com/de/eu-legt-chi…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 Co-Chair @bueti:
EU-China #CAI investment deal requirement for European NGOs operating in China to be managed exclusively by Chinese citizens a "scandal".
tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/…
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European Parliament to vote on freezing China deal | Politico
The EP is expected to pass a motion pushing to formally freeze the EU-China #CAI investment deal, after Beijing's sanctions on #IPAC members and EU lawmakers for speaking out on Uyghur abuses.
politico.eu/article/europe…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti: European Parliament not informed of plans to agree new rules for European NGOs operating in China.
#CAI would allow Beijing to gain "comprehensive control" over EU NGOs, with requirements that Chinese nationals hold key posts.
handelsblatt.com/politik/intern…
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BREAKING: Belgian Parliament declares Uyghurs at serious risk of Genocide.
The motion led by #IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati calls on the Belgian government to terminate its extradition agreement with China and to block ratification of the EU-China #CAI investment deal. twitter.com/SamuelCogolati…
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Last week MEPs had the chance to make ratification of #CAI dependent on China recommitting to the Joint Declaration + respecting HK's autonomy. Instead, some in the EU hold out hope China lifts sanctions so #CAI is adopted in the fall @SamGoodman22 latest. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Last week MEPs had the chance to make ratification of #CAI dependent on China recommitting to the Joint Declaration + respecting HK's autonomy. Instead, some in the EU hold out hope China lifts sanctions so #CAI is adopted in the fall @SamGoodman22 latest. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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We welcome the adoption by @EP_ForeignAff of a new EU-China Strategy which includes making ratification of #CAI dependent on China recommitting to #HK's autonomy under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. This is something we will continue to campaign for. europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…
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MEPs this evening will debate and vote on a new EU-China Strategy which includes ensuring ratification of #CAI is dependent on #China recommitting to its obligations under the Sino-British #JointDeclaration. We hope MEPs will tonight back this new EU-China Strategy.