German parliament launches Taiwan friendship group

By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source The Berlin House of Representatives yesterday launched a parliamentary Taiwan friendship group, in a first for Germany’s state parliaments.The Christian Democratic Party (CDC), Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens formally established the group, nearly four years after its informal founding in 2022.The SPD’s Tamara Luedke and Jian Omar of the Greens are to co-chair the group of 18 state parliament members. Taiwan’s Representative to Germany Gu Ruey-sheng, seventh left, poses with members of a parliamentary Taiwan friendship group in Berlin on Thursday. Photo courtesy of the Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany via CNA Speaking at the Berlin House of Representatives, Luedke said that the