Hungary Circumvents Ukraine To Safeguard Energy Supply
Viktor Orbán hosted leaders from the Middle East and Central Asia on the sidelines of the World Athletics Championship to guarantee future energy supplies.
Viktor Orbán hosted leaders from the Middle East and Central Asia on the sidelines of the World Athletics Championship to guarantee future energy supplies.
Closed-door negotiations between NATO and Ankara have irritated MEPs who rebuffed the likelihood of Turkish EU membership anytime soon in a report from the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee this week.
Swedish prosecutors investigating the son of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over corruption allegations could further inflame tensions between the countries as Sweden looks to enter the NATO alliance.
Turkish President Erdoğan called the new Swedish anti-terrorism law, that came into force on June 1st, “meaningless” as long as the country allows pro-PKK demonstrations.
The opposition’s democratization plans might be postponed, but analysts say that since President Erdoğan only won by a narrow margin, he may end up adopting some of the liberal reforms himself.
With 5% of the votes in the first round, Sinan Oğan is the one to potentially break the tie in Turkey’s presidential race. And although it broke his alliance, the ‘kingmaker’ chose to help Erdoğan secure another turn.
Support for Erdoğan was unusually strong in Belgium where 85,000 residents participated in the first round of voting.
The incumbent forces clearly won in the parliament, but there’s still a chance the opposition can snatch the presidential seat in the upcoming run-ups. But if left to the kingmaker, chances are they won’t.
Erdoğan’s election defeat would likely be celebrated in Europe, even if it means the end of the EU-Turkey refugee deal, after which new ways will have to be found to keep migration in check.
In spite of his rising unpopularity, will forcing a disunited opposition to an early election be enough to allow Erdoğan to return to office?
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