BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Parliament urged the EU on Thursday to impose sanctions on Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan this month paid a visit to the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Cyprus.
With 631 votes in favour, three against and 59 abstentions, the parliament agreed a non-binding resolution in support of EU member Cyprus urging EU leaders to “take action and impose tough sanctions in response to Turkey’s illegal actions”.
The resolution is likely to bolster support for France’s push for EU sanctions on Turkey next month, following through on a threat made by the bloc in October over a dispute between Ankara and EU members Greece and Cyprus over natural gas rights.
The parliament resolution called Turkey’s gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean “illegal”, a charge Ankara rejects.
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Update #1: France leads push for EU sanctions on Turkey (Al Jazeera)
WNU Editor: Bottom line. Turkey does not have any allies in Europe. I also do not expect U.S. - Turkey relations to improve under a Biden Administration .... Past friction between Biden and Erdoğan foreshadows future tensions (Axios).
The Axios is a hit piece. Hard to prove without some digging.
ReplyDeleteJust remember all the stories about Incirlik and the worry? Also like the Brits during the colonial period, where the empire was ran on a shoestring. The US presence is Syria is ran on a shoe string before during or after Trump. 5,000 to 10,000 troops in Syria could make an Anabasis, if Turkey struck.
Obama did not really want to be in Syria and it showed. McCain wanted to be in Syria and he had photo ops with fundamentalist Sharia loving Sunnis. He slunk off after it was pointed out. Who really cared other than McCain's sidekick?
Congress spends more time with any particular earmark than they do thinking about Syria.
Well except for Pelosi. She noshed with Assad back in 2007.