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Luke de Pulford, right, poses for a photo with former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, left, former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss and former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at an Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China symposium in Tokyo in February. © Reuters
ANDREW SHARP, Nikkei Asia politics and economics editor
TOKYO -- When Emmanuel Macron this month made comments urging Europe to protect its own interests by staying out of a potential Taiwan crisis, an international group of lawmakers swiftly accused the French president of making "efforts to appease authoritarians."