European politicians vow to press on with Taiwan visits, but Brussels tries to stay out of row

European parliamentarians have vowed to go ahead with planned visits to Taiwan as the EU tries to avoid getting sucked into the row between the US and China over Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island last week.

Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, a French member of the European Parliament, said plans for the trade committee to visit Taiwan in December would not be affected by the storm over the US House speaker’s visit.