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The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
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Date: 2019/01/15
By: TNL Daily News
EU group backs Taiwan, slams Xi
The European Parliament-Taiwan Friendship Group called the “one country, two systems” formula proposed for Taiwan by Chinese President Xi Jinping a failure yesterday in a letter authored to Federica Mogherini, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security.
The letter expressed grave concern over Xi’s Jan. 2 speech calling for unification with Taiwan, saying it posed a danger to regional peace, according to the Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium.
The letter was signed by group chairman Werner Langen, vice chairman Andrey Kovatchev and former vice chairs Hans van Baalen and Laima Andrikiene. All are current EU parliamentarians except for Andrikiene, who is a former member of the European parliament.
It comes amid a wave of international support for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文)’s rebuke of Xi’s “one country, two systems” offer and her refusal to recognize the so-called “1992 Consensus.” [FULL STORY]
