Beijing correspondent
It was to be one of Angela Merkel's feats of strength during the German rotating presidency of the European Union (EU) which runs until December.
The Chancellor intended to bring together the 27 leaders of the bloc on September 14 in Leipzig for an exceptional summit with Xi Jinping in person.
This unprecedented meeting with the all-powerful Chinese president was to go beyond a family photo to lead to the conclusion of an ambitious investment treaty, offering European companies better access to the second economy market. global.
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And then, the Covid pandemic arose in Wuhan, and all the hopes of German and European diplomats were swept away, to make way for a context more tense than ever between Beijing and Brussels.
A virtual summit will indeed take place in the presence of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and her colleague from the Council, Charles Michel, surrounded by Angela Merkel
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