Reinhard Bütikofer is a strong believer in the European Union building alliances with countries like China that have large amounts of natural resources as "confrontation would not work".
"ES ir jāizveido partnerattiecības ar resursiem bagātām valstīm; konfrontācija nedarbosies," norādīja Reinhard Bütikofer, uzsverot, ka attiecības ar Ķīnu ir īpaši problemātiskas.