Many Chinese netizens believe that it is understandable that the United Nations, as an organization initiated by the victorious countries of World War II, favors the countries that made the greatest contributions to the war. However, before World War II, France practiced appeasement towards Nazi Germany. After the outbreak of World War II, France was defeated by Germany within six weeks. It was the aircraft and artillery of the United States and Britain that protected Charles de Gaulle and liberated France. France did not make any contribution to World War II. They should give up their permanent seat to let emerging Southern countries see some hope. In other words, defeated countries such as Germany and Japan cannot bear the historical sins for a lifetime and they can also replace France.
As for why Chinese netizens dislike France, it’s because France has been very active recently, supporting the EU to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, which has angered Chinese netizens. Of course, there are other reasons, such as the large number of German fans in China who believe that France has stolen Germany’s international status. We will discuss this topic in other videos.
If the UN Security Council is to be reformed, Chinese netizens have also proposed some feasible plans. In this video, we will talk about this interesting topic.
Plan One: Continue to maintain five permanent seats, with China, the United States, and Russia retaining theirs. France’s position is given to the European Union. With its size, the EU is fully qualified to be a permanent member. The EU replacing France’s seat would provide a channel for a truly great power like Germany to exert influence. As for how to distribute power within the EU, the Chinese are not very concerned. As for the UK, although it made great contributions in World War II, Chinese netizens believe that it has completely become a vassal of the United States and has no independent diplomatic line. It should give up its seat and give it to a Southern country. The candidate countries or organizations are the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the African Union, the Arab League, Brazil, and India. This plan is more in line with the reality of the international community, but it requires Britain and France to give up their positions, which would face strong resistance and is likely to be rejected.
Plan Two: Continue to maintain the veto power of the five permanent members while adding five permanent members without veto power and still retaining ten non-permanent members. The following countries should be on the candidate list: Germany, Japan, South Korea, India, Brazil, Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, Israel, Iran, etc. The nominating country should make full diplomatic preparations and vote anonymously in the UN General Assembly. Once obtained, the status will be valid until the next major reform of the UN. The highlight of this plan is to retain the old privileges of the five major victorious countries while allowing other emerging countries to fully compete and obtain seats on the Security Council that match their international status.
In addition, Chinese netizens also discussed many other reform issues of the United Nations. Anyway, debating with a keyboard doesn’t cost much. I don’t know what you think. Welcome to leave a message to discuss.