Paris, Aug. 4 -- The French National Assembly's Taiwan Friendship Group on Friday issued a strong rebuttal to a controversial report on Europe-China relations authored by French legislator Sophia Chikirou of the La France Insoumise (LFI) party, denouncing it for echoing Beijing's propaganda and misrepresenting UN Resolution 2758, Taipei Times reported.

According to Le Monde, the 153-page report, which was approved for publication on June 17 by the National Assembly's European Affairs Committee after a brief debate involving only eight members, including four from LFI, has sparked political outrage and academic criticism.

The report's overtly pro-China stance was said to clash with the official position of the French government, Taipei T...