— French Leftist Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon stated that, if he were elected president, France would not participate in a war alongside the United States against China over Taiwan, considering that "Taiwan is part of China."


> He added that France should negotiate with Beijing, judging that otherwise, it would risk being "crushed."
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> If I am President of the French Republic, we will not go to war alongside the Americans against the Chinese over Taiwan, because Taiwan is part of China.
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> We will negotiate with the Chinese because if we don't, we will be crushed.