‘We can never stop migration by building walls’: EU Commissioner Urpilainen • FRANCE 24 English [Video]

The EU believes it has an offer than can effectively counter China worldwide – its Global Gateway Investment Strategy. Jutta Urpilainen, the outgoing European Commissioner for International Partnerships, is adamant that this strategy offers long-term human development and avoids the debt traps that Chinese investment in Africa has come with. “We don’t want to create new dependencies,” she tells Talking Europe. We discuss the impact that Global Gateway has had since its inception in 2021, as well as the EU’s apparent shift in focus towards migration and border security, and what that means for its international partnerships.

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