Tuesday, November 17, 2009

France, Turkey and Sarkozy's Strategic Vision

"France, Turkey and Sarkozy's Strategic Vision
Judah Grunstein | Bio | 17 Nov 2009

Yesterday, I half-jokingly noted the long trail of mediations necessary to get the Israeli-Syrian peace track back in gear. What I forgot to mention regarding a French role in that process is that before France can mediate between Israel and Turkey, someone's got to mediate between France and Turkey. That's because of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's vocal opposition to Turkey's EU accession."

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