European Council Meeting Outcomes
EU's strategy to address economic woes seems off course. Leaders focus on outside threats,missing what's inside. At latest European Council talks,spotlight was on new tools to counter China rather than root issues this rivalry reveals.
Ursula von der Leyen,leading European Commission,has been tasked with managing "global macroeconomic imbalances." But this skirts deeper introspection. Europe busy finding ways to challenge Beijing,not diagnosing its own economic troubles .
Seeing competitiveness as trade disputes,viewing regulatory hurdles as external pressures—this misses core issues . Each proposal feels like a band-aid,promising to counter China but ignoring Europe's own weaknesses. The search for a "China solution" risks becoming an excuse to avoid hard truths about EU's vulnerabilities.
With persistent trade deficit and stubborn dependencies,EU needs shift in focus. From merely seeking new economic tools to examining its own strengths and limits. Only by tackling these internal issues can Europe hope to handle global competition…
