Visit to Turkey on 6 April 2021

Question for written answer  E-001879/2021/rev.1
to the Council
Rule 138
Filip De Man (ID)

On 6 April 2021, the European Council President, accompanied by the Commission President, visited Turkish President Erdoğan.

• 1.Why does the Council consider it appropriate to honour Erdoğan with a visit, given that he has repeatedly blackmailed and humiliated the European Union and repeatedly authorised operations which have violated Greece’s borders and therefore the external border of the EU?
• 2.Does the Council intend at long last to impose sanctions on the rogue state of Turkey?