BRUSSELS — China is just as dangerous to European energy security as Russia, NATO Deputy Secretary-General Radmila Šekerinska warned a closed gathering of EU energy ministers this week.
EU member countries are increasingly worried about the resilience of the bloc’s energy infrastructure against physical and digital attacks from adversaries like Russia. But China is seen as a more subtle threat, with national capitals nervous about the EU’s reliance on its wind turbines and solar panels, and other critical renewables technologies.
Šekerinska pointed out the dominant role played by China in Europe in supplying materials and technologies on which European military logistics chains depend heavily, according to two EU officials briefed on closed-door talks held Monday.
The intervention is a sign NATO officials are increasingly scrutinizing the green transition, just weeks after the EU urged the transatlantic alliance to do just that in an internal memo obtained by POLITICO.
