Sweden takes over EU presidency

Reporter Yu Yu wave intern Li "to deal with the economic crisis, climate change and promote EU reform, will become the EU in the second half of this year's three major priorities," July 8, Swedish ambassador to China Lin held a press conference in Beijing, briefed the Chinese and foreign media on the EU's recent major work focus.　　Sweden replaced the Czech Republic as the new EU Presidency on July 1. "During the six-month term, Sweden will continue to focus on crisis management and reach new regional agreements to strengthen bank regulation," Ambassador Lin said. Want to set up a regulatory body at the EU level to strengthen financial regulation of cross-border banks. Ambassador Lin said that two other priorities for the Swedish Presidency will be climate change issues and the challenges posed by the major changes in the EU institutions. EU ambassador to China, Serge, attended the day's news conference and said that there had been some positive signs of economic recovery within the EU, but the overall situation was still in crisis. However, the EU has started to develop a long-term strategy to deal with the large growth in the budget deficit.