Jürgen Braun (born 25 August 1961) is a German politician. Born in

Bergneustadt Bergneustadt () is a municipality in the eastern part of the Oberbergischer Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. It is part of the Berg region. History In 1301, the drost Rutger of Alten ...

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, he represents

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (, AfD, ) is a Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present), far-right,Far-right: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and National conservatism, national-conservative p ...

(AfD). Jürgen Braunhas served as a member of the

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from the state of

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since 2017.

Life

He became member of the Bundestag after the

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. He is a member of the

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Political Position

Position on China

Braun, the AfD's spokesman on human rights, confessed this contradiction to Eat News, a Taiwanese media, "If you are dealing with the economy or the external economy, you want to have a good trade relationship with China, and Communist China is an important trading partner. So you don’t criticize China too much. But that’s where our party conflicts with what I personally believe. We believe that specific rules of international public law also bind China. China has signed treaties and has ratified them, but conditions of these treaties have not been followed. So, something terrible has happened in China. The United Nations is getting involved."

Position on Taiwan

On the issue of Taiwan, Braun pledged to join the friendship and cooperation with Taiwan, even though AfD has not yet taken an official position on Taiwan. Braun stressed that he is very sympathetic to the current situation in Taiwan and admires the development of Taiwan and the promotion of more freedom and human rights. When asked whether he thought Taiwan should join international organizations under the name of Taiwan, the Republic of China or Chinese Taipei, Braun argued that many people have different names for Taiwan. Personally, however, he is very sympathetic to the Republic of China as a national name. But he is against China leading the discussion on this issue and dictating how the country should be named". Braun concluded by emphasizing that he fully expects Taiwan to become a member of the

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* * 1961 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub