EU representatives have criticized security cooperation with China, particularly in Hungary. There are reports of „a number of secret Chinese police stations in Europe“, said Mathieu Michel, representing the Belgian EU Council Presidency, during a debate in the European Parliament on Wednesday evening. „The countries concerned must maintain internal security on their own territory“, emphasized Michel, without naming Hungary directly. EU Commission Vice-President Margaritas Schinas described the practice as unacceptable. Schinas emphasized that the EU member states were „responsible for maintaining law and order and safeguarding internal security on their own soil„.