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Noel Celis/Getty Images A leading member of the European Parliament has raised significant concerns about the EU's landmark investment deal with China over its alleged human rights abuses and fears that it could harm relations with the new Biden administration. The EU-China investment deal aims to liberalize trade between Beijing and Brussels and was struck in the last days of December after last-minute concessions from Chinese premier Xi Jinping. But there is mounting concern in the European Parliament, which still needs to approve the deal, about the deal given...

The rehearsal was postponed from Sunday to Monday, Politico reported. Security agencies have ramped up operations after last week's Capitol riot.

The referendum comes amid an increasing national debate in Switzerland about the rights of individuals.

"The right to freedom of opinion is of fundamental importance," Merkel's chief spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said on Monday.

However, the geopolitical landscape is vastly different now that it has been finalized some seven years later. With China cracking down on democracy in Hong Kong, building suspected detainment camps for Uighur Muslims, and facing an international investigation into its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the agreement is much more controversial and risks driving a wedge between Europe and the incoming Biden administration. Team Biden, which has resolved to take a tough line on China, has already made it clear its opposition to the comprehensive investment agreement, which aims to liberalise ...