The third country that represents a challenge for the EU is Turkey.
As long ago as the European Council of 23-24 October 2014 – six years ago – the Conclusions expressed ‘serious concern about the renewed tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean and urged Turkey to show restraint and to respect Cyprus’ sovereignty over its territorial sea and Cyprus’ sovereign rights in its exclusive economic zone’. The next warning came on 22 March 2018: ‘the European Council strongly condemns...