French President Emmanuel Macron claimed that the European Union should not join hands with the United States to fight against China, even if the EU is closer to the United States in terms of values. It is said that his stance is different from the past, as he is “aware of the present but not the past.
U.S. media “Politico” reported that Macron said in a seminar organized by a U.S. think tank that the EU and the U.S. joining forces against the Chinese Communist Party would most likely lead to “the highest possible conflictuality”, which he believed would be “counterproductive”.
Macron argued that the establishment of a “common front” between Europe and the United States could prompt a reduction in their cooperation with the Chinese Communist regime on issues such as climate change, and feared that hard-line policies would “exacerbate” Chinese provocations in Asia, including the South China Sea.
Macron also said that China is a “partner” on climate change, but that it is also a competitor in trade and industry. He stressed that he also disagrees with the CCP’s behavior in the “Indo-Pacific region” and its approach to values and human rights, but he did not suggest any other suitable and feasible approach.
On the issue of 5G construction technology, Macron said he would not rely 100% on China, but also would not rely entirely on the United States.
Despite growing criticism of the EU-China investment agreement, growing evidence of human rights violations by the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang, and critics of the agreement’s weak labor rights provisions, Macron still high-profile defense of the EU-China investment agreement.
Macron said: “For the first Time, China has accepted a commitment to participate in (International Labor Organization) regulations and is clearly committed to labor issues as part of our human rights basket program.
The reaction to Macron’s comments was generally negative. Theresa Fallon, director of the Center for Russian, European and Asian Studies (CREAS) and an expert on China, noted in her tweet, “While Biden vowed to reset U.S. foreign policy, France’s Macron and Germany‘s Merkel vowed not to join the United States in a balanced alliance with China. Analysts ask: Does President Biden have a European problem? The answer is yes. Veteran media personality Noah Barkin also noted in his tweet: “Macron has urged Trump at least twice in the past to work with Europe to deal with the Chinese Communist Party. I think he changed his mind after Biden took office.
According to Bloomberg, Macron called on China to increase transparency in scientific research on its coronavirus (a Chinese Communist virus) vaccine.
Macron said it is unclear whether Chinese vaccine developers are using universal standards because there is less detailed information about vaccinations in China compared to Western drugmakers.
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