‘Xi wants the Kremlin to win&#8217 • Table.Briefings

Alexander Goerlach is a professor at the Gallatin School of New York University.

EU Commission President von der Leyen and French President Macron had hoped to pit President Xi Jinping against Putin with their visit to China. It was a bold strategy: Macron flattered Xi, the EU Commission President was critical. Journalist and geopolitical expert Alexander Goerlach considers the strategy a failure.

Emmanuel Macron visited Beijing with 60 business leaders in tow, clearly playing the good cop. Ursula von der Leyen appeared more as a bad cop. Has the strategy of the French President and the President of the European Commission paid off?

‘Xi wants the Kremlin to win’

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