
Recent comments from France President Emmanuel Macron sparked a wave of concern over Europe’s place in the rising tensions between the U.S. and China over Taiwan’s sovereignty.
In a speech given in The Netherlands on Tuesday, the French president emphasized a stance he had already teased in an interview late last week, when he said Europe must limit its dependency on the U.S. and prevent itself from getting dragged into a fight between China and the U.S. over Taiwan.