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Paris and Ankara face a head-on confrontation as the Turkish president continues inflammatory rhetoric, to the detriment of both the French president and Europe at large.
Paris, without hesitation, through its Commerce Minister, Frank Rister, openly asked the European Union on Tuesday to act against Ankara at the next Summit.
“France is united and Europe is united.” At the next European Council, Europe must make decisions that allow it to strengthen its balance of power with Turkey, in order to better defend its European interests and values, “Rister said.
On Macron’s side are European leaders one after another, including some of those who in the recent past have been “accused” of a tolerant, if not friendly, attitude towards Ankara.
A recent example is that of the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who in front of many journalists directed harsh language at Recep Tayyip Edogan, calling the lawsuit brought by the Turkish president against the Dutch far-right leader Herts Viltern “unacceptable. of the Turkish leader.
“I have a message for President Erdogan and it is very simple: in the Netherlands, we consider freedom of expression as the greatest good and that includes sketches, including sketches of politicians,” he said.
“Exceed any limit”
“A lawsuit against a Dutch politician, which could even lead to a restriction on freedom of expression, is unacceptable,” he said, adding that his views were transmitted to the Turkish authorities “through normal diplomatic channels.”
The lawsuit against Wilders “exceeds all limits,” concluded Mr. Rutte.
At the European “institutional” level, a representative of the European Commission said that Tayyip Erdogan’s call for a boycott of French products was “contrary to the spirit” of the diplomatic and trade agreements signed by Turkey with Brussels and “pushes Ankara even further from the EU
The Turkish Parliament is united
However, the Turkish political scene is also heading towards conflict, with the Turkish National Assembly, in a rare moment of unity, condemning the statements of French President Emanuel Macron, on the sketches of the Prophet Muhammad.
In fact, his comments were described as “sick rhetoric that could cause a global rift.”
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Good Party (Iyi), released a joint statement in which it read the comments of Macron could cause “catastrophic conflicts” between people of different faiths.
“With his reckless actions, under the pretext of ‘supporting freedom of expression’, (Macron) triggers a conflict, a rupture, the global effects of which can profoundly and negatively affect people of all religions,” the four parties said. , in their joint return.
It should be noted that the Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) was the only one that did not jointly sign the joint statement.
