Tensions Rise Between EU & Turkey Over Drilling, Election
May 7, 2019 CAIN BURDEAU FacebookTwitterEmail
(CN) — Relations between the European Union and Turkey are becoming more bitter after Turkey sent a ship to drill for natural gas and oil in disputed waters off the island of Cyprus, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared that the election for mayor of Istanbul, which his party lost, needs to be done over.
The moves by Turkey further eroded relations with the EU.
In 2005, Turkey and the EU began formal talks about Turkey’s entry into the EU bloc, but those talks have broken down and are on hold.
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