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Taiwan's democracy is "a treasure" to be protected, the head of a visiting European Parliament delegation said on Thursday, promising to stand with the island as tensions between Beijing and Taipei spiral to their highest level in years. China lays claim to Taiwan and has intensified efforts in recent years to isolate it on the international stage, bristling at any attempt to treat the self-ruled island as an independent state. 

A European Parliament delegation, headed by French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann, on its first official visit to Taiwan said that it’s “high time” for the European Union to step up cooperation with the self…

Taiwan’s democracy is “a treasure” to be protected, the head of a visiting European Parliament delegation said on Thursday, promising to stand with the island as tensions between Beijing and Taipei spiral to their highest level in years

Taiwan would be a perfect partner for the EU as the bloc considers building a hub to combat disinformation campaigns by authoritarian regimes, the head of a visiting European Parliament delegation said yesterday ahead of their return to Brussels. “We can benefit a lot as Europeans from a closer cooperation with Taiwan in the fight against disinformation,” EU lawmaker Raphael Glucksmann told a news conference at the conclusion of the three-day trip to Taiwan. The EU is considering building a hub to combat disinformation, and the whole delegation agreed that “it should be Taiwan,” he sai...

‘CLOSER TIES NEEDED’: Taiwan sets an example for Europe with the way it counters an authoritarian regime trying to weaken its democracy, one official saidBy Chien Hui-ju and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA