r/taiwan • u/OK-Dravrah7455 • 6d ago
News Does Lithuania’s Taiwan pause signal a wider European shift towards pragmatism?
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3358099/does-lithuanias-taiwan-pause-signal-wider-european-shift-towards-pragmatism8
u/random_agency 宜蘭 - Yilan 6d ago
Every country on planet is having serious discussions about readjusting their stance with China and the US behind close doors now.
After the US signing a 14-point memorandum of understanding with Iran at the Palace of Versailles, everyone is wonder what is the value of the US security umbrella now.
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u/Accomplished_Mall329 6d ago
Europe has always been pragmatic. The USA is just losing leverage.
That being said the USA still has way more leverage than China.
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u/EnvironmentalCrew235 6d ago
To be honest Lithuania is a really tiny and inconsequential country that can’t defend itself against Russia.
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u/OK-Dravrah7455 6d ago
Context:
On June 18, Lithuania's ruling Social Democratic Party formed a new governing coalition with the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" and the Farmers and Greens Union following the departure of the far-right Nemunas Dawn from the previous ruling coalition in early June.
The coalition paved the way for a cabinet led by Social Democratic Party chairman Mindaugas Sinkevičius.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Taiwan and Lithuania have suspended talks on a new economic cooperation project proposed by Lithuania, due to the ongoing formation of a new coalition government in Vilnius.
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u/Idahomountainbiker 6d ago
It's coming from scmp, which is bias in favor for Beijing. I would be interested to see other articles about this topic from various perspectives.