Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday that the French military presence was going to be reinforced in the Mediterranean after new Turkish maneuvers, aimed at exploring gas fields in the Aegean Sea, in areas close to Greece. The French President also called on Greece and Turkey to coordinate more to ease tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.
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"I think he must go further", reacted Nadine Morano Thursday morning at the microphone of Europe 1. "I call for firmness in the face of permanent provocations from Turkish President Erdogan. We have seen it for example with the choice of transforming the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, the fact of letting migrants arrive en masse on European territory, "continued the MEP from the Republicans. At the beginning of July, the most famous monument of Istanbul, became again a mosque, on a decision of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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"We must have a strong gesture, beyond the videoconference with the foreign ministers of the European Union which is to be held on Friday. This is not enough. We need an emergency European Council. The duty Emmanuel Macron is stepping up to the plate. Greece is in the European Union. I expect him to have a stronger speech on the subject, "continued Nadine Morano. The MEP also recalled her very strong opposition to Turkey's accession to the EU. "I am waiting for there to be a strong message from the EU to say that the accession process is finally stopped. All the chapters that have been opened must be closed," she concluded.