What do you say, Josep Borrell Fontelles? China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show. Should we talk a little more with China? Should we hope they will change course? Or should we take this seriously? reuters.com/world/china-ha…

🚨 The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the cases of Andy Li and Joseph John, urging for #Article23 in Hong Kong to be repealed; Chief Executive John Lee and other officials to be sanctioned; and the suspension of extradition treaties with the PRC and HK.

IPAC 🇪🇺

Funny. Not funny. Pretty funny. #Krah

Catching up on last night's HK debate in EP.

Chair calls for order as MEPs give Reinhard Buetikofer rapturous applause after his last address to parliament before retiring.

Reinhard Bütikofer: 'I find it fitting my last debate in this parliament concerns human rights & China policy'

We hear singing 'Grandola, Vila Morena' in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, commemorating the Portuguese revolution 50 years ago! President Metsola reminds everybody of the date, too. #CarnationRevolution

My final speaking time in the #EuropeanParliament . About human rights, China & EU-China relations. These topics will continue to be of central relevancy also in the future. My focus yesterday:
Freedom for Andy Li, Joseph John, Jimmy Lai and all #HongKong democrats!

#Celebrating the 20th #anniversary of 2004 EU #enlargement in the EP in Strasbourg. What you do not see on the photo: The extreme right demonstrated their distance to the European project by mostly remaining seated while the European anthem was sung.

Mein Deutsche-Welle Interview zum Fall #Krah , den Gefahren chinesischer #Spionage und zur deutschen #China - Politik
deutschlandfunk.de/int-reinhard-b…

#Tiktok ban about to be signed into U.S. law. theguardian.com/technology/202…

Mein Phoenix-Interview: 'Ein totalitäres #China ist eine Bedrohung.' presseportal.de/pm/6511/5765195

Der #Krah - #AfD - #Russland - #China Skandal wächst sich aus. Der Sumpf stinkt gewaltig. Aber Krah soll dem Vernehmen nach AfD-Spitzenkandidat für Europa bleiben. Welche #Volksverachtung ! rnd.de/politik/genera…

All the votes on Greens/EFA amendmens to a report on 'Simplification of certain CAP rules' are rejected; none gets more than 183 votes. Final result: 425+, 130-, 33 abstentions. Another step towards 'de-greening' the EU.

My contribution to EP debate on #Iran ’s unprecedented attack against #Israel . My call to Josep Borrell Fontelles: ACT!
Put IRGC on the terrorist list.
Not sanctioning is a policy.

Mysterious EU announcement on its foreign subsidies regulation.

Commission doing an 'unannounced inspection' under FSR into a company 'active in the production and sale of security equipment in the EU'

Very little info, but understand this may be yet another Chinese company

I wonder whether Josep Borrell Fontelles worries about the praise he got today in the EP debate about Iran's unprecedented attack against Israel for his stance on the Middle East conflicts. It came from interesting speakers: an antisemitic MEP from M5S & an antisemitic leftwing Irish MEP.