The Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium (TRO) co-held the “2024 Taiwan Election and Its Implications for the Defence of Democracy” conference at the European Parliament, January 31.
The event was jointly organised with the Vice-Chair of the European Parliament-Taiwan Friendship Group, MEP Andrey Kovatchev; former Lithuanian Prime Minister and MEP, Andrius Kubilius; and former Estonian Prime Minister and MEP, Andrus Ansip.
Ambassador Roy Lee opened the conference by first delivering a briefing on the results of Taiwan’s 2024 presidential and legislative elections. Throughout the event, experts and scholars, including J. Michael Cole, Gray Sergeant, Valérie Niquet, Russell Hsiao, and Theresa Fallon, discussed a range of issues related to the elections.
Among the topics touched upon were the PRC’s election interference, the implications of the votes for the wider region, the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait for European security, changing public opinion and elites’ views on the US-Taiwan relationship, and the potential for a transatlantic approach to cross-Strait relations.
