The blunder too many: Macron delivers Taiwan to the Chinese ogre and breaks the Western front
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Souleymane Loum | 9 minutes ago April 10, 2023
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, who still had stars in his head on the plane bringing him back from China, allowed himself to reflect (no doubt the basis of his “very pragmatic”
thought which we have already experienced in Ukraine) on Taiwan which will not please the American ally at all. While President
Joe Biden does what he can to prevent the Chinese ogre from swallowing his “little” neighbor Macron delivers him on a plate… or almost.
We do not know what Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised his French counterpart, but obviously the man at the head of the second economic and military power in the world caught his eye. On the subject of Taiwan, which China has sworn to take back by force if necessary, Macron suggests to his European peers not to “
follow American policy, by a sort of panic reflex ”…
In the name of the
“ strategic autonomy ” that France defended – without notable success – when it occupied the presidency of the Council of the European Union Macron points out “
the great risk ” for Europeans “
of finding themselves drawn into crises which are not ours, which would prevent us from building our strategic autonomy ,” he said in an interview with Les Echos and Politico dated April 8.
“
The question posed to us Europeans is the following […] Do we have an interest in speeding up the subject of Taiwan? No. The worst thing would be to think that we Europeans should be followers on this subject and adapt to the American rhythm and a Chinese overreaction ”, hammered the French president…
And “
overreaction ” there was since China, while Macron was still on its soil, sent its warships and dozens of fighter planes to
terrorize once again these Taiwanese that Beijing no longer supports, especially their democratic model and their insolent economic success.
While Europeans and Americans continue to see China as “
the main danger ” Paris is beginning to turn its tail to oppose the “
block to block logic ”. The new Macron doctrine has deeply irritated his allies and in the Western press the outraged reactions are mounting in intensity. American elected officials are indignant and demand explanations...
Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's former 2016 challenger in the Republican Party and Florida senator, released a video asking Europeans if Macron was speaking on their behalf. He laughed at the spectacular reversal of the French president after "
six hours of visit ".
“
We need to know if Macron speaks for Macron, or if he speaks for Europe. We need to find out quickly, because China is very enthusiastic about what he said , ”said the elected American, while underlining the strong relations between Washington and Brussels.
In Europe, Estonian MP Marko Mihkelson, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, also protested: “
Why, President Macron? Europe should stand with the United States to balance China's power .” Garry Kasparov, opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin and refugee in New York, did not take the glove with the French president…
“
Pathetic from Macron, as usual (…) when he has just met the Chinese dictator (…). Europe is at war today precisely because it tried to avoid getting involved in a crisis, when Vladimir Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2014, ” the former champion added. chess world.
Specialists are less scathing about the form but the argument is the same. Antoine Bondaz, an expert on Chinese foreign policy, said: “
On returning from a state visit to China, Macron finds nothing better than to criticize the United States. This reinforces the strong doubts of our partners of an equidistance from Paris between Washington and Beijing , ”indicates the researcher on Twitter.
He denounces a posture in "
total contradiction " with "
French official documents " and "
multilateral positions " recorded by the G7 for example, he says. “
Under the pretext of realism (…) Macron only brings inconsistency and ambiguity to his foreign policy, thus weakening cooperation with our affinity partners ”, asserts Antoine Bondaz. He evokes an incident which "
will leave traces " with the allies.
MEP Raphaël Glucksmann agrees: he points to a speech that will have a “
lasting impact (…) on the credibility of France in Europe ”…
Le président français, Emmanuel Macron, qui avait encore des étoiles dans les têtes dans l'avion qui le ramenait de Chine, s'est laissé aller à des
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