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"Mr President, it is stating the obvious to say that the potential of the trade relations between the European Union and Taiwan is underexploited. The Taiwanese economy is continuing to do amazingly well and has been able to cope with the financial crisis well.
I am, of course, also disappointed by the Commission’s particularly vague statement in this House. If we wish to hold a debate about our trade relations with Taiwan, with the aim of reinforcing those relations, then it is necessary to first define and strengthen our political relations with Taiwan. We must recognise Taiwan as a sovereign state, as a democratic country that has not always had things easy in trying to keep that democracy in tact under the threat posed by the Communist Chinese mainland.
It is thus very important that the European Union should make it clear that the threats relating to the commencement of diplomatic relations with Taiwan are unacceptable and anachronistic. As a first step, the European Union and the Member States must support Taiwan in its application for membership of all kinds of international organisations – I am thinking, first of all, of its membership of the World Health Organisation."@en1
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