China’s attitude ‘unacceptable’: MEPEUROPEAN DELEGATION: President William Lai said that the European Parliament’s staunch support for Taiwan sent the message ‘that the virtuous never stand alone’Staff writer, with CNAThe military exercises China staged around Taiwan last week were provocative and revealed Beijing’s “unacceptable attitude” that threatens “peaceful coexistence across the Taiwan Strait,” Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Michael Gahler said yesterday. Against this backdrop, Gahler, who chairs the European Taiwan Friendship Group, underlined the importance of the European Parliament and democracies worldwide speaking out about maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait, a condition Gahler said China has attempted to alter. President William Lai, right, shakes hands with Member of the European Parliament Michael Gahler at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday. “This is such a provocation and an unacceptable attitude that endangers the peaceful coexistence across the Strait,” he said. In addition to Gahler, the delegation includes MEPs Sven Simon, Wouter Beke, Christophe Gomart, Marion Walsmann, Iuliu Winkler, Michal Szczerba and Jan Farsky.

Source: Taipei Times January 06, 2026 17:35 UTC