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In response to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call to boycott French products, the European Commission said Tuesday that the boycott “will further alienate Turkey from the European Union.” The Commission stressed that “the agreements of the European Union with Turkey provide for the free exchange of goods. The bilateral obligations that Turkey undertook to fulfill under these agreements must be fully respected.”
A spokesman for the European Commission announced on Tuesday that the boycott call French products The directive of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “is inconsistent with the spirit” of the diplomatic and trade agreements signed by Turkey with Brussels and will “further exclude” it from the European Union.
The spokesman noted that “the European Union’s agreements with Turkey provide for the free exchange of goods. The bilateral obligations that Turkey has undertaken to fulfill under these agreements must be fully respected.” He added: “Calls to boycott the products of each member state are inconsistent with the spirit of these obligations and will further exclude Turkey from the European Union.”
According to the European Commission, in 2019 Turkey was the fifth trading partner of the European Union and “by a big difference” the first partner of Ankara. The European Union and Turkey are linked by a customs union, which entered into force on December 31, 1995.
On Monday, Erdogan called for a boycott of French products, ahead of Islamic countries that have expressed growing anger towards them. Macron.
Escalating tension between Turkey and France resulted in Paris summoning its ambassador to Ankara on Saturday for consultations.
The recent crisis erupted after Macron confirmed his country’s adherence to the principle of freedom in the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, during a ceremony held for teacher Samuel Patti, who was beheaded on October 16 by a Russian Chechen Islamist militant. that he massacred a history teacher because he showed these pictures to his students at school. During a class on freedom of expression.
Erdogan questioned Macron’s “mental health” and accused him on Monday of “leading a hate campaign” against Muslims.
Faced with an avalanche of Turkish criticism, the French president was met with supportive reactions in Europe. but in Islamic worldHis statements provoked angry demonstrations.
France 24 / AFP
