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Trust in Greece to protect its external borders and not back down under pressure from the Turkish president, reiterated Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz, standing firm in his line on the importance of protecting Europe’s external borders and repeated criticism of the position on his part. from Ankara.
“In order not to repeat 2015, we must support Greece in the best possible way in protecting the external borders,” the Austrian Chancellor said during a debate on the Kronen Zeitung television station, the largest Austrian newspaper, on the occasion of the culmination of five years. since the beginning of the refugee crisis.
“If we give in to pressure (from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan) Erdogan and Turkey, then good night Europe,” the Austrian foreign minister warned, reiterating that in the face of chaos on the Turkish-Greek border. that he is blackmailed by the Turkish president “who exploits those who are fleeing, using them as a weapon”.
It is characteristic that the head of the Austrian coalition government of his People’s Party and the Greens, was the first European leader who, immediately then, had openly and harshly criticized the Turkish president for his “unprecedented and provocative” announcement about the opening of the border. with Greece.
He himself had directly accused Tayyip Erdogan of “consciously organizing this refugee attack, which, as he had pointed out, was” completely directed “only at the Greek border and not at Bulgaria, and
“Erdogan is using the people as weapons, as weapons, as a means to pressure the EU, which is indecent and must be strongly condemned, and at the same time requires the best possible support for Greece and unity within the EU”.
“The most important thing now is to support Greece in the best possible way and as the European Union to send a clear message that we will not allow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to blackmail us,” he said.
In his remarks on the events that followed on the Greek-Turkish border, the Austrian Chancellor had clearly stated that “the current situation is not a coincidence, but a conscious and organized attack from the Turkish side.”
In other statements, Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz had also complained that Erdogan was consciously exploiting the plight of these people to pressure the EU, which must therefore show more unity than ever and support a common view that it is clear that no one can come to Central Europe illegally. That is why the EU must support Greece and not kneel before Erdogan
