Director @EurasiaGroup. EU foreign policy matters, Turkey, etc. Recovering journalist, previously with @WSJ & @business. Views my own, repost ≠ endorsements.
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Emre Peker retweeted
Le Pen always at her highest between elections. When she has to come out of hiding & say how she will run the country, she always deflates. More significant finding here may be the resilient popularity of Edouard Philippe @EPhilippe_LH 1/
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Sweden's national interests are being threatened , says Prime Minister Kristersson, by those people and entities determined to burn holy books.
The government wants to restrict the right to do this in the interest of national security without limiting freedom of speech.
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Finally the governor herself!
Turkey's new central bank governor Erkan @hafizegayeerkan -- the 1st woman to lead the institution in its 93-year-long history --made her public debut. 1st @berilakman's story ⤵️ and then some observations:
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @economics
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Bugünkü TCMB raporunun iki kazananı var:
1) Piyasa ekonomistleri: Tekrar konuşmaya değer bir raporları oldu
2) TCMB çalışanları: Düzgün tahmin ve analiz yapmanın hazzını kısmen de olsa tekrar yaşadılar.
Sabit gelirliler ise uzun süreli yüksek enflasyon haberiyle yine kaybetti.
Emre Peker retweeted
Admitting Ukraine into the EU will be Europe's biggest, most important geopolitical contribution to the war
My latest piece for @POLITICOEurope looks at the emerging debate in Bxl & EU capitals over “how” best to do it
politico.eu/article/admit-uk…
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The road to EU strategic autonomy will be long, winding & full of wrong-turns. The “Fiona Scott Morton affair” is the perfect example. For all its achievements & ambitions, the EU remains uncertain & divided on what it means to become an econ superpower to rival the US & China 1/
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MEP @bueti says a BIA won't happen "this year and probably not next year".
"EU-Taiwan relations should not be hostage to EU-PRC relations, nor should we address these relations to poke China in the eye".
But he says "we can't ignore the political context".
Emre Peker retweeted
This point has been made before.
In March, Benedikt Wiedenhofer, an advisor at Business Europe, says the group does not support "negotiating a headline grabbing agreement" with Taiwan
However, European Parliament remains a strong proponent of BIA
xitter.cf/fbermingham/status/163…
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At EU Parliament hearing on Taiwan, BusinessEurope, which says it reps 20 million EU firms, comes out again against an EU-Taiwan bilateral investment deal.
Senior adviser Elena Suarez: We need to ask what we want to do, is it deepen economic ties or make a political statement?
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Paris had been trying for several weeks to upend the appointment, well before it was publicly announced. The French knew this was coming and the Commission the risks it was taking..
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It may well have lost an opportunity. She seems excellent. But no way has the @EU_Commission avoided a mistake. Should have secured Paris quiet nod in first place and then read tea-leaves when controversy later stirred. Total debacle. Though one likely forgotten in 2 months.
Emre Peker retweeted
This is the only way the problem could be resolved. The @EU_Commission was never going to back down publicly. Did she jump or was she pushed? We may never know. Has the EU avoided a mistake or lost an opportunity? We will never know that either
Professor Fiona Scott Morton has informed me of her decision to not take up the post as Chief Competition Economist. I accept this with regret and hope that she will continue to use her extraordinary skill-set to push for strong competition enforcement europa.eu/!yGpNwK
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After twice postponing trips to #China this year – first because he caught Covid and then due to Foreign Minister Qin’s sudden unavailability - #EU’s chief diplo @JosepBorrellF tentatively eyes October for a visit, according to a senior EU diplomat.
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Egypt's Minister of Military Production met with the Chargé d'Affaires of the Turkish Embassy in Cairo, discussed joint cooperation in military industries, extended an invitation to the Turkish defense industry companies to participate for the first time in #EDEX2023.
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BREAKING — Turkey signs a massive drone deal with Saudi Arabia
• Baykar CEO says the biggest defense export deal of Turkey’s history signed with Saudi Arabia, involving Akinci medium altitude endurance UAVs
• A production line in Jeddah possible
middleeasteye.net/news/saudi…
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Had a marathon of meetings at the margins of #G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ summit in #Gandhinagar, #Gujarat, #India.
One of the productive meetings was with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States Janet Yellen. The U.S.-Türkiye friendship dates back to 1831.
We are committed to further improving the relationship between our two countries.
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Turkish prosecutor demanded a prison sentence of up to two years and four months and a political ban in the lawsuit against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu for “publicly insulting” Istanbul’s Tuzla district mayor in an opening ceremony in 2022.
duvarenglish.com/in-a-new-la…
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This was viewed as 1st battle of #EUelections2024 campaign.
The centre-right teamed with hard-right & far-right to try to kill the law. But defectors in the centre-right thwarted their efforts.
Expect ‘overreach’ of the nature restoration law to become a campaign talking point
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At a showdown vote today in Strasbourg, the centre-right @EPPGroup’s attempt to kill a nature restoration law opposed by many farmers was defeated.
The vote was very close, with 312 voting to reject the law, 324 supporting it, and 12 abstaining. euractiv.com/section/energy-…
