China is behind and making progress, but still hasn’t hit key milestone the US hit decades ago. The EU isn’t even close.

> Both China and EU have pretty much the same capabilities for space exploration.

China maybe soon, but the EU is not close.

Ariane 6 is in no way comparable to either SLS or Starship or New Glenn. It does 10t to low-earth orbit, 4t to lunar-transfer orbit.