Zepp-LaRouche Appears on CGTN To Discuss Europe-China Cooperation

July 5—CGTN’s “The World Today” radio July 4 spoke with Schiller Institute chairwoman Helga Zepp-LaRouche to get her assessment on China-Europe cooperation in light of the talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in Berlin.

Zepp-LaRouche: “I think it’s very promising, because both sides have expressed a willingness to increase cooperation. However, given the extraordinary tensions, like in the Middle East, where in the recent period international law has de facto broken down, I think something more would be needed, like an initiative to reinstall international law in international relations. And I think that between Europe and China, such discussions could occur, but it would require that Europe change its attitude. They should just stop the idea of ‘de-risking,’ and I also think the qualification of China as a ‘systemic revival’ is not timely anymore, because it came from an awareness in Europe that Europe is stagnating while China is rising, and therefore there was an unfounded fear about China. But I think this is a time for initiatives to bring the relationship between China and Europe to a completely new level.”

Asked how economic cooperation could change the political landscape, she replied: “Well the problem is that Europe right now is on a very dangerous course towards militarization. The official policy of the EU is ‘Rearm Europe.’ Germany also is investing enormous sums of money into armament, which can only end in a very bad catastrophe. I think it would be a good moment to change the policy. If China were to propose joint ventures in the development of third countries, or even third continents, like Africa, I think Europe and China could work together in the electrification of Africa, the industrialization of Africa, and thus help to eliminate the root causes of the refugee crisis. This would be very much to the benefit of Europe, which is now in a very deep economic crisis. I think it’s the moment for bold initiatives to completely change the geometry.”