Taiwan unhappy with France’s refusal to help it against China

The rhetoric of French President Emmanuel Macron, who said after a visit to China that the Europeans are not interested “in speeding up the solution of the issue with Taiwan”, caused a sharp reaction from the authorities of the island state. Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said in an interview with CNN that Taipei is trying to get clarification on exactly what Macron meant. “We are still trying to find out through the French government what he is talking about. [Макрон] said and what it means,” Wu said, adding that “the French government is showing support for Taiwan.” At the same time, he, in an interview with Bloomberg, said that members of the French parliament were going to visit the island in the near future. According to the agency’s sources, a group of parliamentarians will leave for Taiwan on April 16. In addition, the agency, citing a spokesman for the French Senate, writes that five senators will visit Taiwan at the end of April, where they will meet with officials. It is known that the topic of semiconductor production is on their agenda. The last time a French delegation visited Taiwan was in September 2022.