Von der Leyen’s Statements and EU–Turkey Relations

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis explains how the statement Ursula von der Leyen made during an event for the Die Zeit newspaper in Hamburg highlights the contradictions in the European approach to Turkey. As he notes, putting Turkey in the same category as Russia and China can be interpreted either as recognition of its growing geopolitical influence, or as an indication that the EU views it as a competing power, reflecting the complexity of EU–Turkey relations.

Click to read the article (in Greek).