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France 24
Politics
Natasha LI

France seeks to reassure Taiwan over Macron’s controversial remarks

File photo of soldiers lowering the national flag at a daily flag ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan on July 30, 2022. © Chiang Ying-ying, AP

The French parliament is set to send two delegations to visit Taiwan this month after President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial remarks on China and Taiwan sparked criticism at home and abroad after his trip to State Visit to Beijing.  

On the flight returning from China, where he received a warm welcome, Macron said in an interview published last Sunday by French newspaper Les Echos that Europe should set its own policy on Taiwan to avoid being “followers” of Washington’s “agenda” on the subject of the ongoing dispute between Beijing and Taipei. 

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