The French President, Emmanuel Macronsaid in comments published on Sunday that Europe had no interest in an acceleration of the crisis over Taiwan and that it should pursue a strategy independent of both Washington and Beijing.
Macron has just returned from a three-day state visit to Chinawhere he received a warm welcome from the president Xi Jinping. China launched moves around Taiwan on Saturday in anger over President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday.
China considers taiwan as part of its territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island of democratic government under its control. The Taiwanese government strongly opposes the Chinese claims.
Macron said that Europe should not accelerate the conflict, but rather take the necessary time to build its position as the third pole between China and the United States, in statements to the French daily. The echoes already Political made during his visit to China.
“The worst thing would be to think that we Europeans should become followers on this issue and adapt to the American pace or a Chinese overreaction,” he was quoted as saying. Political.
Europe must better finance its defense industry, develop nuclear power and renewable energy and reduce dependence on the US dollar to limit its dependence on the United States, both media quoted him as saying.
The joint interview took place on a flight between Beijing and the city of Guangzhou on Friday.
On Friday, a Macron adviser told reporters in Guangzhou that Xi and Macron had a “dense and frank” discussion on the issue of taiwan during their meetings.
“The feeling of the president is that we must be careful that there is not an accident or an escalation of tensions (that could lead) to the Chinese going on the offensive,” said the Elysée adviser.
Macron traveled to China with a delegation of 50 businessmen, including Airbus and the nuclear energy producer EDF, who signed agreements during the visit.
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