It is “the largest economic in the history of Croatia” was announced: The “16+1″summit. Eleven East and Southeast European EU and five non-EU member States expect major investments from China.
The Pelješac bridge is a bridge for the Bay of Mali Ston, and thus two parts of Croatia to connect, by a few kilometers of Bosnia and Herzegovina country area are separated. This challenging bridge will be 2.4 kilometres long and 55 meters high. You should cost an estimated 420 million euros, of which 85% from EU funds.
The contract for the project is not interesting to receive such a competitor from the EU, but the Chinese state company “China Road and Bridge Corporation”. Apart from the cheap price CRBC promised, moreover, to make the Mega-construction six months faster than required by the tender.
Croatia: cooperation with Huawei
In addition to this bridge project, China can hope for more lucrative deals. According to the EU-China summit in Brussels the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang travelled to Croatia, where from the 10. to 12. April 8. Summit of the “16+1” takes place.
After the tough negotiations with the EU leadership, he has much more pleasant appointments. In Zagreb, he has signed with the Croatian government ten bilateral agreements, including a Memorandum of understanding with the national digital authority of Croatia, with Huawei to cooperate.
On the investing Tour of China Premier Li Keqiang on the 9th. April in Brussels
To take in tow of the Prime Minister: nearly 400 Chinese entrepreneurs and bankers, who, in the Croatian part of the Adriatic pearl of Dubrovnik hundreds of European entrepreneurs.
This according to the Croatian media “major economic policy Meeting in the history of Croatia” is an Initiative that was founded in 2012 to promote business and investment relations between China and 16 countries of Central, Eastern and South – Eastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, and Northern Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia).
Great Theme: The Silk Road
For the above-mentioned European countries, it may be a with positive expectations-Laden event. In those countries, however, eleven EU members, this is regarded in Berlin and Brussels, but only as a further attempt by the Chinese to drive a wedge in the European Union.
One of these in the EU, controversial projects that will be discussed at the summit in Croatia, is the Chinese silk road Initiative. This project means an investment of at least $ 900 billion, so the announcement that China roads, railway tracks, Pipelines, power plants, telecommunications networks, ports and airports of Asia continues to Europe and Africa.
Is considered to be the largest infrastructure project in Croatia – construction of the 2.5 kilometre-long pelješac bridge
Portugal, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and the three Baltic States have already agreed the corresponding investment agreement with Beijing, which is seen in Brussels skeptical. Recently also Italy, as the first member of the most important industrial Nations, the G7, the silk road Initiative.
Chinese workers on European sites?
Brussels tells her especially that China could provide its companies on state AIDS competitive advantages. Experts explain that China can make the calls also therefore low offers, because it brings a lot of resources, both material and human, from China. As a result, China will get rid of its Overproduction of steel and concrete.
The Pelješac bridge will be built largely by Chinese and not by Croatian workers.