Model European Parliament - Bratislava 2008

Romanian delegation
Adriana Giurca - Head of delegation

Group A

Committee on Foreign Affairs (II)

The question of the relations between the European Union, China and India in the light of their increased influence in the world.
It is very important to talk about China and India as two different entities, rather than refer to them as the Far East or South- Eastern Asia. While analysing their relationship with the E.U. it is essential to take into consideration their socio-economic background, their former relations with E.U. members and their current position towards international foreign policies.
Both China and India are known for their emerging and prosperous economies, as well as for their significant demographic resource. China has a population of 1.3 billion people while India has a population of 1.1 billion people. However statistics show that in the next few years India will surpass China considering its population. When talking about population we should take into account China’s one child policy and India’s policy towards diminishing its population.
Another important matter is the political system in both countries. While India is a democracy, China has a communist system but with a capitalist economy. We also need to emphasize the cultural diversity present in the two countries and the significant differences between the E.U. members and China and India.
In the light of these issues we believe that the social, cultural, political and economical aspects of the relationship between the E.U. and China and India should be taken into account and discussed upon.

Economical aspects
• Establishing standards in the production of different categories of goods, which must be respected by both parties in order to guarantee protection for consumers on both sides, in the case of purchasing imported goods.

• Establishing protocols to ensure that workers’ rights are respected and also in order to prohibit children’s labour being used (especially for the imported and exported products, if not for the other ranges as well).

Cultural aspects
• Establishing collaborations between European (E.U.) universities and Chinese and Indian universities for creating and developing a strong relationship between students as well as for exchanging teaching and learning techniques.
• Collaboration in the domain of research (research in medicine, biology, chemistry etc.) for achieving ``joint`` technological development.
• Promoting in both parties (the E.U. on one side and China and India on the other) the culture of the other in order to encourage tourism and travelling and through these the mutual understanding of these diverse and spectacular cultures and civilisations.

Social aspects
• Establishing a complex protocol between the E.U. and China and India in order to ensure that the rights of the emigrants to these regions (and from these regions) are respected in all the fields of activity, work and social life.

Political aspects
• Collaboration between the leading authorities of the E.U. and of China and India in order to introduce the above mentioned solutions and to create an appropriate infrastructure for these solutions to become viable and respected.
• Analysing these possible solutions in the light of each individual country’s development (India and China).
• Analysing the problem of defence.

All these above mentioned solutions need developing and debating upon.