The Chinese premier, Xi Jinping, met the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, for talks in Paris. Xi said the world had entered a period of ‘turbulence and change’ adding: ‘As two important forces in the world, China and Europe should adhere to their partnership positioning … and healthy development of China-Europe relations.’
Macron and Von der Leyen echoed Xi in their statements. Macron said: ‘The international situation, very clearly, requires this Euro-Chinese dialogue more than ever and, I expressed it again recently in my speech about our Europe, we are at a turning point in our history’