Polish PM blasts ‘short-sighted’ European opening to China after Macron visit
- ‘You cannot protect Ukraine today and tomorrow by saying Taiwan is not your business,’ Morawiecki said, paraphrasing the French president’s remarks
- The PM warned against countries becoming more dependent on China, repeating the same ‘dramatic mistake’ as Europe had made with Russia
Poland’s prime minister on Thursday accused Europeans of making a potentially historic mistake by seeking greater ties with China, in a clear reference to French President Emmanuel Macron, as he warned of consequences for Ukraine.
“Shortsightedly they look to China to be able to sell more EU products there at huge geopolitical costs, making us more dependent on China and not less,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on a visit to Washington.
“Some European countries are trying to make with China the same mistake which was made with Russia – this dramatic mistake,” he said at the Atlantic Council think tank.
Paraphrasing Macron’s remarks without naming him, Morawiecki said, “You cannot protect Ukraine today and tomorrow by saying Taiwan is not your business.”
“I think that, God forbid, if Ukraine falls, if Ukraine gets conquered, the next day China may attack – can attack – Taiwan,” he said.