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"Madam President, the Arab Spring shifted the geostrategic balances in the Eastern Mediterranean, causing volatility and instability. The European Union has every reason to safeguard stability and to prevent any escalation of tension in this rapidly changing region. Unfortunately, Turkey, a candidate country for accession to the European Union, has opted for a slippery slope, by contesting the sovereign rights of Member States enshrined in international law and defiantly threatening to use military violence, deploying its gunboats in international waters and taking openly hostile action.
The traditional balance in the region appears to have been overturned and the path which Mr Erdoğan has chosen, in basically ignoring Europe, is causing a great deal of concern right across the continent of Europe and in the United States. Clearly, anyone who invests in tension for internal consumption and in order to become a regional leader is playing a very dangerous game. Turkey’s words and deeds are putting peace and stability in the area in danger. We call on Turkey to assume its responsibilities honestly at this very critical time."@en1
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