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Did Turkey (already) lose Europe ?

10 December 20206 January 2021 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Conseil européen, Turquie 3 min read

(B2) With its childish quarrels, warlike attitudes, and insults to European leaders or peoples, Ankara has angered and worn Europeans out. Simply stupidly… Helsinki and the Turkish enthusiasm It seems a long way from

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Is Fayez el Sarraj, the head of the Libyan government (Tripoli), still credible?

9 December 20199 December 2019 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde Aguila Salah Issa, exclusive economic zone, Fayez el-Sarraj, Greece, Libya, Turkey 2 min read

(B2) This is the question that Europeans will probably ask themselves on Monday (9 December) at the meeting of EU foreign ministers. But the answer already seems to be in advance to listen to

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Mike Pompeo gets blown off in Brussels. The Europeans resist US lobbying. But for how long ?

15 May 20193 February 2020 Nicolas Gros-Verheyde EU defence, EU-NATO, EU-USA, European Defence Fund, Iranian nuclear energy, Mike Pompeo, PESCO, Protectionism 4 min read

(B2) The obvious pressure that Americans have put on Europeans in recent days has failed on two key issues: the Iran nuclear deal and the European defense. The Europeans refused to bend. Mike Pompeo