The French government put tight restrictions on where Wu was allowed to travel and the rank of those accompanying her, yet in spite of these concessions to Beijing, the PRC authorities still bombarded members of the European Parliament with messages of protest and sent officials to monitor the proceedings from start to finish.
法國政府並且嚴格限制吳淑珍的行動區域與隨行人員層級。儘管法國對中共如此讓步，典禮期間中共官方仍不斷致電歐洲議員表達抗議，並派員前往會場全程觀察。