EU Top Diplomat Drives Homes Threat of More Sanctions on Turkey

  • Josep Borrell signals EU leaders to weigh penalties next month
  • Warning comes in wake of heightened Cypriot-Turkish tensions
Josep Borrell speaks during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, on Nov. 24.Photographer: Oliver Matthys/AFP via Getty Images
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European Union foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell highlighted the possibility of tougher EU sanctions against Turkey over its activities in the eastern Mediterranean, saying the bloc’s leaders will tackle the matter at a Dec. 10-11 meeting.

“Certainly we are in a critical moment with our relationship with Turkey,” Borrell told the European Parliament on Tuesday in Brussels. “The leaders will have to take a decision” if there will be more sanctions, he said.