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And when this call – I repeat, absolutely official – is made by the leader of Turkey, a NATO member country, against an allied state, France, then we are faced with a huge problem that, as we pointed out a few days ago, is not just about the bilateral relationship between the two countries, but questions the seriousness and credibility of the entire Alliance and its ability to resolve conflict situations, however serious, before they erupt and generate a tsunami. It is not yet known how wide it will be, how many beaches it will sweep in its path, and how much strategic infrastructure it may affect.
“SUBWAYI addressed my people. Do not credit any French brand products, do not buy them!“- said Erdogan, calling for a fight on a Muslim issue, raising that flag that can ignite instant passions not only in Turkey or in such important Turkish communities in Western European countries. He calculated his movement very well, relying on the administrative chaos in him. context of this second wave of the pandemic, with the institutions in Brussels speaking as usual of big dreams to make one forget the inability to manage the information coming from the WHO on the need to support a unitary system of preventive measures … with a a situation that now degenerates into street battles involving neo-anarchists, opponents of all ideological mothers, which is exactly a climate of insecurity to which an additional element such as a market crisis can always cling. determined, for example, by the lack of orders to stop abruptly in the Arab countries, and the results of professional and ultra-fast in social networks it’s from calls #BoycottFrenchProducts Y #NeverTheProphet“.
Will massive action follow?
For now, from the images transmitted by the news agencies, the beginning looks like this:
For now, at first, a colleague from Beirut told me, it only targets the big brands of perfumery and cosmetics, household appliances, dairy products. In Qatar, broadcast images show that La Vache qui rit, Baybel, Kiri products have been recalled. off the shelves, but it looks like something else is in the works. Here are the companies being asked to boycott, that is, almost everything:
He is very serious and here Erdogan, with some support from friends who have allowed him to remake the map of the Middle East, can impress not only his own national audience, but also mobilize the political reaction of his entire area. of interest. The call for a joint response against France by very influential leaders is very serious Islamic cooperation organizations who “regretted the content of the position adopted by some of the French leaders likely to damage Franco-Muslim relations.”
The shock wave was immediately transmitted to large companies operating in the area, such as the approximately 430 travel agencies in Kuwait, which immediately suspended flight bookings to France, as explained to AFP Mohamad al-Motairi, head of the Federation of Kuwait travel agencies. . Political parties also came into play, such as the Jordanian Islamic Action Front, which called for a total boycott of French products.
But obviously the call of the members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is worrying because the organization itself can – and has done – give a very high international visibility to Erdogan’s threats and insults, assimilating them to a common position of Islam in rebellion. remember that the organization groups 51 Gulf states, Africa and Asia, including all countries where there is a strong Islamic minority), is headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and its Secretary General is Saudi. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has already reacted to Macron’s accusation of attacking Islam, and the Moroccan foreign minister has also said he condemns the country.most vigorously the continuation of the publication of insulting cartoons of Islam and the Prophet“We also have the position of the Taliban that they condemn in a press release.”the personal decisions of the ignorant and Islamophobic French president“.
Macron says that he is not resigning at all from his post and that he is using his diplomatic channels to try to achieve a common front marked by a declaration of European solidarity force.
Freedom, we appreciate it; equality, we guarantee it; brotherhood, we live it with intensity. Nothing will turn us back, ever.
– Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) October 25, 2020
The question is whether this position is conceived as that of the EU against Erdogan and his excesses. If so, declaratively, a very correctly expressed common position of European leaders could one day be obtained on the occasion of a European Council where there will be foreign policy-related items on the agenda.
But, in principle, there could be a NATO statement that tells the citizens of the member countries how the wise men of the Alliance see this mess as a shop door, disqualifying and dangerous. Will they? Difficult. Uncertain. Why would it intervene?
Finally (but honestly, I don’t see how it could be) there is the third option, well known to us, the handkerchief on the drum at least until the result of the American elections is confirmed and we see what will happen in Washington and in the territory.
But in the meantime, what if Erdogan pushes the game forward? It is a logical question because, from his current position, he can say as justifiably as Macron “” we, no one will make us back down! “
And so, in the most tragic perspective, we can wake up, in European territory and, in any case, on our eastern borders, with the kindling of the conflict fueled between religions.
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