EU Parliament adopts recommendation on EU‑China relations

Decision

The European Parliament adopted a draft recommendation on EU‑China relations that was tabled as report A9-0375/2023 by the Committee on Foreign Affairs with Hilde Vautmans as rapporteur. The text was adopted as P9_TA(2023)0469 under procedure 2023/2127(INI) by a majority of the votes cast at the Strasbourg sitting on 13 December 2023.

What Changes

The adopted document is a formal recommendation addressed to the Council and to the Vice‑President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, setting out Parliament's positions on EU‑China relations. As a recommendation it presents Parliament’s policy preferences for consideration by those institutions.

Who Is Affected

The recommendation concerns relations between the European Union and China and is directed at the named EU institutions, notably the Council and the Vice‑President/High Representative.