You Si-kun reacts Wednesday on franceinfo, to the remarks made by Emmanuel Macron who called on the European Union not to “be a follower” of the United States and China, in the conflict between Taiwan and China.
“President Emmanuel Macron disappoints me”reacted Wednesday April 12 on franceinfo You Si-kun, the president of the Taiwanese Parliament, after the remarks made by the French president who called on the European Union not to “be a follower” of the United States and China, in the conflict between Taiwan and China. These remarks, which the French president says “to assume”, caused misunderstanding in Taiwan. According to You Si-kun, “President Macron finally sides with the Chinese leader”.
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franceinfo: Why are you disappointed by the comments made by Emmanuel Macron?
You Si-kun: Why this time am I disappointed with President Emmanuel Macron? Because when the whole world, Europe, the United States, Taiwan and Japan, all stand with Ukraine against Russia and China supports Russia, President Macron finally sides with the leader Chinese. He is now asking Europe not to get involved in the Taiwan Strait War. It is obvious that he supports Xi Jinping.
“Xi Jinping is the head of a dictatorship. And if Emmanuel Macron supports Xi Jinping, that amounts to being on Putin’s side.”
You Si-kun, Speaker of the Taiwanese Parliamenton franceinfo
China is committing genocide against the Uyghurs. It is the number one country in terms of surveillance of its citizens. A country that has no freedom of association, no freedom of expression. All this is contrary to the founding principles of France, namely freedom, equality and fraternity. This is why President Macron disappoints me.
In the Taiwanese case, Emmanuel Macron wants to propose a third way, and he pleads for a strategic autonomy of the European Union. What do you think ?
If he wants to follow a third way, I see no objection because France has its own interests. Whatever path he wants to take, I hope from the bottom of my heart that President Macron will return to the founding spirit of France. Now that China has grown, Taiwan is not the only one in danger.
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What allows you to say that?
The Chinese president does not just want to annex Taiwan. He had promised Barack Obama that he had no intention of militarizing the South China Sea. In the end, he did. Then he built the new Silk Roads, he got his hands on the South Pacific. The problem of the Taiwan Strait is not only a Taiwanese problem: it is also the problem of America and Europe. The Chinese president wants to dominate the whole world. Taiwan is on its way. It is a stone which prevents him from advancing.