US and European Parliament show support for Taiwan
US and European Parliament show support for Taiwan
2022-09-16
It’s been a week of support for Taiwan both in the U.S. and in Europe. The European Parliament earlier this week passed a nonbinding resolution calling for closer ties with Taiwan. The text calls for deeper exchanges in areas like trade and investment. Over in the U.S., the State Department said the Biden administration would continue to deepen its partnership with Taiwan. The statement comes after the Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee passed the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022, which contains a wealth of pro-Taiwan provisions.
Mao Ning
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
The bill seriously breaches the U.S.’ commitment to China on the Taiwan question.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022, which was recently approved by the U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. Among many provisions, the bill calls for Taiwan to be treated as a major non-NATO ally, offers US$6.5 billion in military aid to Taiwan over five years and proposes renaming Taiwan’s representative offices in the U.S. The bill also threatens sanctions against Beijing officials and military leaders should they take hostile actions against Taiwan.
Su Tseng-chang
Premier
We are very grateful that they want to offer even more support for Taiwan. That’s the only way to prevent that totalitarian country from doing something reckless and foolish.
The State Department thanked lawmakers for their bipartisan support for Taiwan. It added that the Biden administration would continue to deepen its partnership with Taiwan through diplomatic, economic and military support. During a routine briefing State Department spokesperson Ned Price was asked whether the department was concerned that the Taiwan Policy Act would further damage U.S.-China relations. He said that the administration would continue to communicate directly and privately with the people involved.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, the European Parliament passed a nonbinding pro-Taiwan resolution on the situation in the Taiwan Strait, in a vote of 424 to 14. The text condemns China’s escalation of its military intimidation against Taiwan, and asks China to respect the median line on the Taiwan Strait, and stop all actions and intrusions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. The text also firmly rejects Beijing’s economic coercion against Taiwan, calling for further exchanges between Taiwan and the European Parliament.
Nicola Beer
European Parliament vice president
Europe will not allow China to change the status quo, to keep threatening Taiwan’s democracy, to keep pushing the line. Taiwan is our democratic ally, our democratic friend.
Charlie Weimers
Member of the European Parliament
To counter Chinese belligerence against Taiwan or others in the Indo-Pacific. To decouple form China and secure stability in the Indo-Pacific. To strengthen our and Taiwan’s economies by enacting new mutually beneficial trade and investment agreements.
Calls for deeper relations with Taiwan are intensifying, both in the U.S. and in Europe.
歐洲議會通過"台海情勢決議" 加強雙邊關係
2022-09-16
美國參議院外委會通過台灣政策法，歐洲議會也同時通過台海情勢決議文，都以壓倒性贊成票數，展現了對台灣的支持，像是歐洲議會成員，就認為歐洲應該在能源方面跟中國脫鉤，加強跟台灣的經濟往來。
[[中國外交部發言人 毛寧]]
“有關法案嚴重違背美方在台灣問題上，對中方所作承諾。”
中國外交部，重砲抨擊美國參議院外委會，通過的2022台灣政策法案，內容包括，建議讓台灣享有主要非北約盟友待遇、五年"65億美元"無償軍援，建議駐美代表處更名台灣代表處等等，若中國武力犯台，將制裁北京高官、軍事將領。
[[行政院長 蘇貞昌]]
“要給台灣更大的支持，我們非常感謝，才更不會讓專制極權國家妄動、蠢動。”
美國國務院今天感謝國會跨黨派大力挺台，指拜登政府會持續深化台美關係，給予台灣外交、經濟與軍事支持。美國國務院發言人普萊斯在例行簡報會上，被問到法案是否可能進一步損害美中關係。他未直接回應，但表示拜登政府未來會持續就「台灣政策法案」與議員及他們幕僚直接與私下溝通。
歐洲議會也在同一時間，以壓倒性的424票同意，14票反對，通過台海情勢決議文，強烈譴責中國圍台軍演，反對片面改變台海現狀，要求中國完全尊重台海中線，立刻停止侵擾台灣防空識別區，並強力反對中國對台灣經濟脅迫，持續強化台歐議會交流。
[[歐洲議會副議長 妮可畢爾]]
“歐洲不能放任中國改變現況，繼續威脅台灣的民主，進逼底線。台灣是我們的民主同盟，也是我們的民主夥伴。”
[[歐洲議會議員 魏莫斯]]
“因應中共對台灣或是印太其它地區的戰狼行為，應該與中共脫鉤，確保印太地區的穩定，制定新的、互利的貿易，和投資協議，來加強我們和台灣的經濟。”
曾訪台的歐洲議會成員，大力挺台，美歐同時展現了，對台灣的支持。
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