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. First part of the debate.

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

EU - China (T)

GAHLER, Michael (EPP, DE)

FOTYGA, Anna (ECR, PL)

CASTALDO, Fabio Massimo (Renew, IT)

KOVATCHEV, Andrey (EPP, BG)

GEBHARDT, Evelyne (S&D, DE)

AUŠTREVIČIUS, Petras (Renew, LT)

BÜTIKOFER, Reinhard (Greens/EFA, DE)

MAUREL, Emmanuel (The Left, FR)

MEUTHEN, Jörg (NI, DE)

CSEH, Katalin (Renew, HU)

WASZCZYKOWSKI, Witold Jan (ECR, PL)

JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Rasa (EPP, LT)

GREGOROVÁ, Markéta (Greens/EFA, CZ)

MIKSER, Sven (S&D, EE)

GUETTA, Bernard (Renew, FR)

MARIANI, Thierry (ID, FR)

KANKO, Assita (ECR, BE)

SANTOS, Isabel (S&D, PT)

BONFRISCO, Anna (ID, IT)

COMÍN I OLIVERES, Antoni (NI, ES)

foreign affairs and security policy (T)

EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation: MEPs debate (part 1/2)

SOUNDBITE (Original), Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sven MIKSER (S&amp;D, EE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Katalin CSEH (Renew, HU), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Reinhard B&#220;TIKOFER (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Anna FOTYGA (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Emmanuel MAUREL (The Left, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (NI, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Rasa JUKNEVI&#268;IEN&#278; (EPP, LT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Evelyne GEBHARDT (S&amp;D, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Petras AU&#352;TREVI&#268;IUS (Renew, LT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Mark&#233;ta GREGOROV&#193; (Greens/EFA, CZ), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Anna BONFRISCO (ID, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Assita KANKO (ECR, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Antoni COM&#205;N I OLIVERES (NI, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Andrey KOVATCHEV (EPP, BG), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Isabel SANTOS (S&amp;D, PT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Dita CHARANZOV&#193; (Renew, CZ), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), J&#246;rg MEUTHEN (ID, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI (ECR, PL), -