A member of French Parliament Buon Tan has maintained “extensive links” to the Chinese Communist Party’s influence agencies, a recent report by Czech-based think tank Sinopsis detailed. The report found that Tan, who is a member of the ruling La République en Marche (LREM) party, has links to six organizations managed by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “United Front” system, a body charged with overseeing the regime’s overseas influence efforts. The report also found that Tan has consistently acted in Beijing’s interest, saying that the politician has “the closest relationship to the CCP of any French MP [Member of Parliament].” Tan is a prominent figure in French politics, whose many roles include acting as the current president of the France-China friendship commission in the National Assembly, French Parliament’s lower house, as well as secretary of the Foreign Affairs Commission. His position in the commission gives him oversight of matters related …