French President Emmanuel Macron is not backtracking on comments in China urging the European Union to reduce dependency on the United States, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday.
The French diplomat, who requested anonymity, told reporters that the substance of what Macron said, which focused on his pet project of European strategic autonomy, was clear, and his position on Taiwan and China has not changed.However, the Politico headline "Europe must resist pressure to become 'America's followers'" was "sensationalist" and did not reflect nuances of Macron's views, the diplomat added.
China has never renounced the use of force to bring the democratically governed island under its control.
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