Emmanuel Macron’s interview on the Taiwan conflict caused a considerable stir over the weekend. With his stance on China and the United States, Macron is dividing Europe and leading the continent into geopolitical isolation, outraged CDU foreign policy expert Norbert Röttgen on Twitter. Macron is also acting against the spirit of Ursula von der Leyen’s recent policy speech, Finn Mayer-Kuckuck analyzes, showing how gratefully Macron’s interview is being received in China.