European Heads of State or Government decided, on the night of Thursday 10 to Friday 11 December, to take a tougher stance against Turkey, warning that the EU was “determined to defend its interests and those of its Member States and to preserve regional stability”.
Whereas in October (see EUROPE B12572A1), Europeans had played the diplomacy card by giving Turkey time to return to a more constructive attitude towards them, “Turkey has engaged in unilateral actions and provocations...