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🇬🇷🇪🇺The Aegean constitutes an external maritime border of the European Union, established and regulated by binding treaties, international law, and consistent state practice. Public discussions of the Aegean Sea in relation to Turkey are often framed as a technical maritime dispute between two neighboring states. ⚠️This framing is misleading. It suggests legal ambiguity where none exists and obscures the real issue: not competing claims under international law, but repeated attempts by Turkey to manufacture such claims through pressure, assertion, and the explicit threat of force. ❌The main problem in the Aegean is not unresolved law, but Turkey’s refusal to accept the territorial and maritime boundaries established by binding treaties and long-standing international practice. 🇪🇺🌊The Aegean is not a shared open body of water separating two continental coastlines. It is a densely inhabited archipelago composed of thousands of Greek islands, whose sovereignty is internationally recognised and consistently reflected in treaties, official maps, and decades of uncontested state practice. This is not a matter of interpretation or negotiation. It is a settled legal reality. From the northern Aegean to the Dodecanese, Greek islands form a continuous maritime space that functions as a living region. People commute by sea. Fishing, tourism, and trade rely on predictable and peaceful maritime conditions. ‼️Rather than acknowledging settled sovereignty and clearly defined maritime entitlements, Turkey has pursued a strategy of gradual erosion: Refusing to accept Greek sovereign rights, constructing narratives of “grey zones,” issuing unilateral claims without legal basis, and normalizing constant pressure through airspace violations, naval harassment, and the standing threat of war should Greece exercise its lawful rights under international law. ⚠️What is being challenged in the Aegean is not a bilateral issue between two neighbouring states, but the integrity of Europe’s southeastern external border. Ignoring Turkish revisionism does not preserve stability; the absence of a firm and consistent EU response has allowed pressure tactics to escalate, transforming legal certainty into a growing security risk. 🇪🇺How Europe responds in the Aegean will determine whether its borders are upheld by law - or gradually destabilised through coercion. In that sense, the Aegean is a frontline test of the credibility of the European legal order itself.

While some countries spin narratives questioning Türkiye’s NATO membership, the Alliance doubles down on Ankara as it prepares to hold it’s most extensive Defense Industry Forum as part of the NATO Summit on July 7-8 in the Turkish capital. With new products being announced weekly, the capacity, capability and technology of the Turkish Defense Industry make it an indispensable part of Transatlantic security.

Bugün ve yarın Kıbrıs’ta cereyan eden AB zirvesinde 27 AB ülkesi (Macaristan hariç) devlet ve hükümet başkanı düzeyinde bir araya geliyor. Bunlara ilaveten yarınki toplantıda Mısır, Ürdün, Lübnan, Suriye ve Körfez ülkeleri de temsil edilecek. Acaba kimsenin kabul etmediği iki devlete dayalı Kıbrıs politikamızı gözden geçirme zamanı gelmedi mi? Yoksa kafamızı duvarlara çarpmaya devam etmek mi tercih edilecek? Bence ikincisi ama en azından kar ve zarar hesabı yapılabilir.

Today in Cyprus, at the crossroads of continents and cultures, we are reaffirming our firm solidarity with our Middle East partners. Times like these call for stronger partnerships. We will deepen our ties across the board, from defence and security to investments.

Δύο Ρουμάνες που τοποθέτησαν τη χώρα στην αληθινή της διάσταση. Προτού σάς πιάσει μερικούς το πατριωτικό (και επίσης το σεξιστικό), σκεφτείτε πρώτα την πραγματικότητα.

Άλλο ευρωπαϊκό δίκαιο, άλλο κηδεμονία. Έλεγχος κονδυλίων ναι, πολιτικό κουμάντο όχι. Η Ελλάδα δεν είναι προτεκτοράτο. Τα ζήσαμε στο πετσί μας αρκετά. Περάσαμε κηδεμονία σε βαθμό θανάτου. Κάποιοι Ευρωπαίοι ξεπεράσατε τα όρια. Φτάνει. ΤΕΛΟΣ