Germany will hold parliamentary elections at the end of September. The Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) held its national party congress on the 16th, and some of its members proposed to delete the “One China Policy” language from the original election campaign, arguing that it would be easy to misunderstand and give the Chinese Communist Party leaders an excuse to suppress opponents in Hong Kong, commit genocide against ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, and send troops to occupy Taiwan. It was voted on and passed. For this year’s national legislative elections, according to the latest polls, Germany’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has a 12 percent support rating and a chance to govern after the election.
According to a Central News Agency report today, Germany will hold general elections in September, and the opposition FDP has decided to remove the one-China policy from its election campaign platform and support the people of Taiwan to decide their own future in light of China’s threat of force against Taiwan and its oppression of Hong Kong and the Uighur people. In its election manifesto, the LDP also affirms Taiwan’s democracy and freedom, sees Taiwan as an alternative to the Chinese dictatorship, supports Taiwan’s participation in international organizations without being recognized as a state, and suggests that Germany and the European Union expand their engagement with Taiwan.
The LDP also condemns the Chinese Communist Party’s military threat to Taiwan and plans to work with European allies and democratic countries such as Australia, Japan, India and the United States to develop a strategy to prevent blockade, arguing that China and Taiwan can only be reunited on the basis of a peaceful consensus. According to the LDP, the long-term goal is to promote consensus between China and Taiwan through peaceful dialogue, allowing the people of Taiwan to freely decide their own political future.
According to the report, the German Liberal Democratic Party has been quite friendly to Taiwan in recent years, proposing support for Taiwan’s participation in international organizations in the parliament, and its think tank Friedrich K. Naumann Foundation (Friedrich K. Naumann Foundation). Naumann Foundation (Friedrich Naumann Foundation) and planning to set up a base in Taipei this year.
Germany is about to hold parliamentary elections at the end of September. According to the latest polls, the FDP has a 12% support rating and has a chance to govern after the election.
In an interview with the Central News Agency, Representative to Germany Hsieh expressed his affirmation and relief that the LDP passed a resolution in support of Taiwan and supported the people of Taiwan to decide their own future. He said that the one-China policy, which is used by international organizations as an excuse to exclude Taiwan, has long been out of fashion.
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