French President Emmanuel Macron defended controversial comments he made during his trip to China last week regarding Europe's relationship with the U.S. amid escalating tensions with Beijing over Taiwan.
after he was quoted from a Friday interview as having said,"The question we need to answer, as Europeans, is the following: Is it in our interest to accelerate [a crisis] on Taiwan? No."
The Biden administration has remained quiet in response to the French president’s comments during his trip to China – a nation listed as the U.S.’s top adversary and chief threat across the spectrum. Chinas President Xi Jinping shakes hands with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in Beijing on April 6, 2023."France does not support provocations, does not engage in fantasy politics and considers the status quo, respect and clarity are the best allies of European strategic autonomy," Macron said, according to DW. also took to Twitter and blamed President Biden for the controversial comments in a tweet Wednesday, calling them"stunning.
Macron has repeatedly found himself in the hot seat in recent weeks, not only when it comes to geopolitics, but with issues closer to home.
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