Chairman of the French Constitutional Council, Fabius: The world today needs great powers like France and China
2024-01-30
In 1964, the governments of China and France issued a joint communiqu é deciding to establish diplomatic relations. That year, Laurent Fabius was 18 years old and still a student. His feeling at the time was: "Under the leadership of General Charles de Gaulle, France was the first Western power to formally establish diplomatic relations with New China. This decision was extremely bold and positive." He would not have imagined that for the next 60 years, his fate would be closely linked to the development of China and France. As a famous French politician, Fabius served as a member of parliament, minister, prime minister, foreign minister, and president of the National Assembly... In 2016, he became the chairman of the Constitutional Committee. The Constitutional Council is the highest constitutional authority in France, whose mission is to make constitutional rulings on the constitutionality of bills after they are voted on by parliament and before the president signs them into formal law. "I have been actively promoting the development of Franco China relations," Fabius said. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, Fabius recently gave an exclusive interview to Xinhua News Agency reporters in the office of the Chairman of the Constitutional Commission located in Paris. He humorously said, "I am known as the 'old friend' of the Chinese people. In terms of age, I do not consider myself 'old', but I am indeed a 'friend'." Fabius opened his memory box, Memories say: My first visit to China was in the mid-1970s, when I was not yet a government official. However, at that time, I was already fascinated by China, which had a cultural atmosphere different from France. Later, I joined the government and accompanied President Mitterrand on his visit to China. During my tenure as Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Speaker of the National Assembly, I had the privilege of visiting China multiple times and also received many visiting Chinese friends. As a climate change expert in Paris in 2015 The President of the conference promoted the achievement of the famous "Paris Agreement", which is the result of our joint efforts with China and other parties On December 12, 2023, Fabius gave an exclusive interview to Xinhua News Agency reporters in the office of the Chairman of the Constitutional Commission located in Paris, France. During an interview, Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Jing recalled his "encounter" with the journalist 14 years ago. In the summer of 2010, as an important event of the "Normandy Impressionist Festival", thousands of people held up colored boards in front of the cathedral in the northwestern French city of Rouen, and pieced together a huge masterpiece by French painter Monet called "Rouen Cathedral - The Effect of Daylight". The reporter coincidentally met Fabius, the organizer of the event and then the chairman of the Normandy region. He wore a straw hat and a T-shirt, and was interviewed by reporters in the crowd. At that time, he excitedly introduced the cooperation between the Normandy region of France and Tianjin, China to the reporter, saying, "I really like Tianjin.". 14 years later, Fabius once again talked about his romantic relationship with Tianjin and Nankai University. "When I was still a local councilor, I attached great importance to our relationship with China." "The best way is for both sides to come together, exchange ideas, and allow students to collaborate in cultural, economic, and environmental fields." Fabius has been actively promoting exchanges between French and Chinese universities, and he himself has been appointed as the Chief Professor of International Relations and Global Governance at Nankai University, Before the COVID-19, he insisted on giving lectures to students in Nankai University almost every year. He believes that "friendship between laws is not abstract, but rather..."
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