EU Parliament Rapporteur for Türkiye, Nacho Sanchez Amor, on Tuesday criticized recent remarks by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, saying it was “geopolitically flawed” to portray Türkiye alongside Russia and China as influencing Europe.
“In a recent speech, Commission President von der Leyen portrayed Türkiye as influencing Europe along with Russia and China. It’s totally inconsistent with recurrent signals for stronger cooperation on security and defense and it is a geopolitically flawed analysis,” he said on US social media company X.
Speaking at an event marking the 80th anniversary of the newspaper Die Zeit in Hamburg on Monday, von der Leyen emphasized her support for EU enlargement and said: “We must succeed in completing the European continent so that it is not influenced by Russia, Türkiye, or China.”