Debate on the new report of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation. 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. Closing statements by Margrethe VESTAGER, vice-president of the European Commission (for the HR/VP) and by Charlie WEIMERS (ECR, SE), rapporteur.

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: closing statements by Margrethe VESTAGER, vice-president of the European Commission (for the HR/VP) and by Charlie WEIMERS (ECR, SE), rapporteur

SOUNDBITE (Original), VESTAGER Margrethe, vice president of the European Commission, -

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