One month in Turkey from the EU for de-escalation

What sanctions are being considered
The European Union has given Turkey a month to comply and stop arbitrary actions and violations of international law, otherwise European leaders will turn to the whip of sanctions.

The extraordinary Summit that will take place on September 24 and 25 has as its object the EU relations. with Turkey and so if by then there has been no de-escalation in the region and the conditions have not been created for a dialogue with the neighboring country, a series of severe sanctions will be on the table.

The High Representative of the EU on foreign policy Joseph Borrell was clear in his statements yesterday after the completion of the work of the informal Foreign Affairs Council in Berlin. He stressed that in the near future he wants both he and the chair of the European Council, Germany, to try to create "a space for negotiations on all issues of the complicated and difficult relationship with Turkey." At the same time, however, it presented a very extensive and substantial list of sanctions that will be imposed on Ankara if it insists on its illegal activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The list of possible sanctions presented on Friday by the High Representative is scalable and includes from the expansion of the list of persons who have suffered legal consequences, to the possibility of imposing sectoral sanctions in sectors in which the Turkish economy is narrower connected to the European economy. Note that this is the first time it has been raised by the EU. issue of sectoral sanctions in Turkey.

In fact, Mr. Borel noted that there is a "political consensus" and the relevant services will be instructed to add to the list of sanctions names proposed by the Republic of Cyprus and related to illegal drilling in the Cyprus EEZ. In addition, he added, the sanctions could include assets such as "ships", as well as a ban on access to European infrastructure, capital and technology.

The list of sanctions includes the following:

1. Restrictive measures in case of continuation of illegal drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean.

2. Registration of ships involved in illegal research activities in Turkey.

3. Sectoral sanctions (sales, procurement, export of material related to energy research, transfer of technology and products)

4. Ban on lending to Turkish banks and industries by EU state-owned banks

5. Possibility of reduction of European funds in Turkey.

6. In case of non-compliance by Turkey by September, possibility of considering a travel ban on specific persons (travel ban)

7. Further strengthen the registrations for actions of Turkey in the maritime zones of KD and Greece under the existing sanctions regime against Turkey.

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