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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov block tougher European sanctions against Turkey. This was reported by the publication “Euroactive”, cited by BGNES.
Spain, Italy, Malta and Hungary are said to have also spoken out against the severe sanctions. Austria has backed the sanctions and France, which initially wanted a firm response from the European Union, has softened its rhetoric against Ankara.
For its part, the French newspaper Le Monde writes that Hungary and Bulgaria have expressed the strongest position against the sanctions. The reason for this, according to the publication, is that they do not want to jeopardize their good business relations with Ankara.
The EU has extended sanctions against Turkey, but has not banned the deals.
The “black list” also includes Turkish citizens
At the summit concluded, European leaders expanded the list of people sanctioned and agreed to prepare for March next year. report on the state of relations between Turkey and the EU in the fields of trade policy. Brussels has also announced that it will coordinate its actions towards Ankara with the new US administration.
For his part, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan thanked member states for helping to ease sanctions.
Reasonable EU Member States have prevented the game against Turkeyhe said.
Regarding the expected new discussion of the issue at the next summit in March, he said that Turkey should make it clear that no decision against it can be taken at the next summit in Brussels.
Erdogan: Regardless of the sanctions imposed on us by the EU, they will not do much harm to Turkey
So far, only two people have been sanctioned …
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