SENDING A MESSAGE: The measure called on EU member states and institutions to make it known that there would be significant costs to unilaterally altering the ‘status quo’ Staff writer, with CNA The European Parliament this week passed a resolution calling for closer cooperation with partners in East Asia, which mentioned Taiwan 44 times and pledged to reject “any coercive unilateral change of the status quo” in the Taiwan Strait, a Taiwanese diplomat said yesterday.The “Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region,” passed on Tuesday with 542 votes in favor, 37 against and 79 abstentions.The measure described Taiwan as a “reliable key democratic partner” that shares “common values” with the E