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EU: China EV Tariff Vote Highlights Deep Divisions At EU Core

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The vote on whether to impose swingeing tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, which passed earlier this morning (see 'CHINA-EU: Permanent Tariffs On EVs Pass 10 Votes To 5, 12 Abstentions', 1010BST) has exposed some notable faultlines between EU member states that could cloud relations. 

  • The confirmations of which way each country voted are coming out sporadically, but Jorge Liboreiro at Euronews reports the following split:
    • In Favour: Italy, France, Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Denmark, Bulgaria, Ireland
    • Abstaining: Belgium, Czechia, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Finland
    • Against: Germany, Hungary, Malta, Slovenia, Slovakia
  • Comments from the EU Commission hitting wires: Negotiations with China are ongoing...We continue to negotiate with China because we are open to finding a solution.
  • The divergence between France and Germany on such a high-profile issue will add further credence to the view that Berlin and Paris will continue to pull in very different directions when it comes to how the EU should operate when it comes to trade, industry, and competitiveness.
  • As Politico notes, "...despite all the leaders’ rhetoric about having Europe’s best interests at heart, both Scholz and Macron have their eyes firmly on domestic concerns. “We just don’t have the same interests,” said French Senator Ronan Le Gleut, president of the Franco-German Senate friendship group. “We don’t have the same priorities, France’s automobile industry doesn’t export in China, or very little … whereas things like the crisis at Volkswagen worry everyone in Germany.”
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The vote on whether to impose swingeing tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, which passed earlier this morning (see 'CHINA-EU: Permanent Tariffs On EVs Pass 10 Votes To 5, 12 Abstentions', 1010BST) has exposed some notable faultlines between EU member states that could cloud relations. 

  • The confirmations of which way each country voted are coming out sporadically, but Jorge Liboreiro at Euronews reports the following split:
    • In Favour: Italy, France, Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Denmark, Bulgaria, Ireland
    • Abstaining: Belgium, Czechia, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Finland
    • Against: Germany, Hungary, Malta, Slovenia, Slovakia
  • Comments from the EU Commission hitting wires: Negotiations with China are ongoing...We continue to negotiate with China because we are open to finding a solution.
  • The divergence between France and Germany on such a high-profile issue will add further credence to the view that Berlin and Paris will continue to pull in very different directions when it comes to how the EU should operate when it comes to trade, industry, and competitiveness.
  • As Politico notes, "...despite all the leaders’ rhetoric about having Europe’s best interests at heart, both Scholz and Macron have their eyes firmly on domestic concerns. “We just don’t have the same interests,” said French Senator Ronan Le Gleut, president of the Franco-German Senate friendship group. “We don’t have the same priorities, France’s automobile industry doesn’t export in China, or very little … whereas things like the crisis at Volkswagen worry everyone in Germany.”