EU Rapporteur Calls for Action Against China’s Interference in European Union

Chinese leader Xi Jinping listens during a press conference with the French president after their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on March 25, 2019. Yoan Valat/AFP via Getty Images

An EU rapporteur is raising concerns about foreign interference in the European Union, in particular, that coming from the communist regime in China.

“We cannot accept that there is still no task force monitoring interference coming from China,” stated Sandra Kalniete, a Latvian member of the European Parliament, in her draft report (pdf) released last month. She said China’s foreign interference actions were committed to “undermining democratic functioning in order to gain influence.”