Debate on the new report of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation. Opening statement by Charlie WEIMERS (ECR, SE), rapporteur and by by Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, HR/VP of European Union. Parliament is set to call for closer relations with Taiwan, while issuing a warning about the continued tensions across the Taiwan Strait. In a new report, Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs stress the urgent need for the EU to begin an “impact assessment, public consultation and scoping exercise” on an EU-Taiwan Bilateral Investment Agreement.

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

EU - China (T)

VESTAGER, Margrethe (DK, CE)

WEIMERS, Charlie (ECR, SE)

foreign affairs and security policy (T)

EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation: opening statement by Charlie WEIMERS (ECR, SE), rapporteur and by opening statement by by Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission (for the HR/VP of European Union)

SOUNDBITE (English), Charlie WEIMERS (ECR, SE), -

SOUNDBITE (English), VESTAGER Margrethe, Executive vice-resident of the European Commission, -