Now the Eurocrats are starting to worry? Now?*
From Politico.eu, May 9:
Chinese firms own stakes in about 30 European ports, and that’s raising security concerns.
....MUCH MOREEurope is getting twitchy about who owns its ports, with mounting anxiety driven by the outsized footprint of Chinese firms across the bloc’s maritime gateways.
Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas on Thursday told industry leaders that Europe’s ports must “reconsider security … and examine foreign presence more carefully.” It was one of the clearest signals yet from Brussels that what once was seen as a benign investment is now starting to look like a security liability.
The Commission’s recent defense white paper echoed that concern by floating the idea of stricter controls on foreign ownership of “critical transport infrastructure.”....
*March 1, 2018 - "Sizing up Chinese Investments in Europe"