a “provocation” for Jean-Luc Mélenchon

The visit of the elected American Nancy Pelosi is also causing a stir in France. Jean-Luc Mélenchon described this trip as “provocation”, on his blog, Wednesday, August 3. He “there is only one China”he wrote. “Taiwan is an integral part of China”he added, using a term defended by the Beijing regime but rejected by the Taipei authorities.

The Chinese Embassy in France thanked Jean-Luc Mélenchon “for his consistent support of the one-China policy”Thursday evening.

Thanks @JLMelenchon for his constant support of the one China policy#PelosiVisit #Taiwan #OneChinaPolicy pic.twitter.com/hE13obj8vQ

— Chinese Embassy in France (@AmbassadeChine) August 4, 2022

Within the New Popular Ecological and Social Union, the position of the rebellious ex-candidate for the presidential election divides. LFI deputy Manuel Bompard is on the same line, believing that Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan had “thrown oil on the fire” vis-à-vis China.

Olivier Faure, leader of the PS, has distanced himself. He finds this displacement “questionable” but defend “the will of the Taiwanese to live in a democracy”. Julien Bayou, national secretary of EELV, criticized Jean-Luc Mélenchon more frontally on Friday, saying that for the rebellious leader “a democratic country is necessarily a “provocation” for a dictatorship”.

Mélenchon spoke of “provocation” when democratic Ukraine defended itself in Donbass against authoritarian Russia.
And speaks of “provocation” of #Taiwan when… this country acts freely against China.
A democratic country is necessarily a “provocation” for a dictatorship.

— Julien Bayou (@julienbayou) August 5, 2022

“We have the allies we deserve”quipped the Renaissance MEP Nathalie Loiseau on Twitter. “After his support for the authoritarian regime of Maduro in Venezuela, Jean-Luc Mélenchon now improvises as ambassador of the Republic of China”commented the deputy LR Eric Ciotti on the same social network.