Macron stands by Taiwan comments after backlash as Germany's

Macron stands by Taiwan comments after backlash as Germany's top diplomat embarks on ‘damage control’ in China trip

 

The French leader also said he shared a vision of an “open Indo-Pacific region” with President Joe Biden, even if they each had their own approach on China.

 

President Emmanuel Macron said France’s position on Taiwan had not changed and that he favored the current “status quo” in respect of the island, after he was asked to clarify comments that prompted a backlash in the United States and Europe.

Germany’s foreign minister, meanwhile, begins a visit to China on Thursday aiming to reassert a common European Union policy toward Beijing days after Macron's remarks suggested disarray in the continent’s approach to the rising superpower.