Macron welcomed the show of "firmness" with Ankara

Europe and America intend to impose sanctions on Turkey

Macron is angry at the Turkish foreign policy in Syria and Libya.

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The day before yesterday, the leaders of the European Union agreed to prepare limited sanctions against individuals from Turkey due to a conflict with Greece and Cyprus over energy exploration, and to postpone any tougher steps until March. “Towards Turkey, after he decided to impose sanctions on it, while America prepares sanctions against Turkey.

European Union leaders declined to implement the threat, issued in October, to consider broader economic measures, and instead agreed to a summit statement paving the way to punish individuals accused of planning or participating in what the bloc says is unauthorized drilling off Cyprus.

These steps did not go as far as Greece wanted, as its envoys said that Athens was disappointed by the reluctance of the European Union to target the Turkish economy, due to the oil and gas conflict, as Germany, Italy and Spain pushed towards giving diplomacy more time.

France, angered by Turkish foreign policy in Syria and Libya, sought to push the European Union to consider imposing sanctions on sectors of the Turkish economy, but it did not gain broad support.

In the same context, the United States intends to impose sanctions on Turkey, due to its purchase of Russian S-400 missiles, after years of crisis that began with the decision of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to purchase the air defense system from Russia in 2017. President Donald signed Trump approved a package of measures recommended by Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, according to two sources familiar with the matter, but they did not disclose what the sanctions would include.

Sanctions will be imposed under the Anti-America Adversaries Act, through Sanctions (CATSA).

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Imposing sanctions on Turkey comes under the Anti-America's Adversaries Act.

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