New intervention did the Dimitris Avramopoulos, Leaving Greece’s absence from the Mediterranean decision table and warning the danger of the country that the country will remain in decisions concerning it, due to the phobic foreign policy towards Turkey.
In his article in Kreport, the ND MP, a former Minister and former EU commissioner, refers to the trilateral in Constantinople between him Recep Tayyip Erdogan, her Georgia and the head of the western Libyan government Abdulhamid al-Dimbaba The main issue is immigration. “While the three sides seek to build partnerships with strategic perspective, Greece was absent once again, confirming the risk of remaining viewer in decisions that concern it immediately,” he says.
According to Mr. Avramopoulos, who had recently disagreed with the shipment of warships to Libya to stop the migratory flows, Greece’s blockade has its roots in two main causes. The first is’ the obsession with a perception of the role of Turkey, where the sense of threat and fear is dominated. It is true that Turkish policy is a permanent issue of security for Greece, but not a threat that justifies the cultivation of fear. ”
“The second reason is found in the option from 2019 to support a controversial and illegal warrior of his East Libya, the Haftar. This option has put our country inexplicably and against Europe’s political line, from the beginning on the wrong side, with the result that it is excluded from all major international forums for Libya, from Berlin to the present, “he notes.
Former Commissioner argues that the Turkey It has reinforced its prestige in the defense industry, and there is a “broader European recognition that without Turkey there can be no effective strategy in the Mediterranean, either for security, for immigration, or for energy”. On the contrary, “Greece remains a spectator, absent from the critical processes that determine the future of the region.”
Speaking of “inertia policy and obsessions that lead to isolation”, Mr. Avramopoulos is seeking a new strategy in the Foreign policy. “The country (…) Instead of being trapped in fear, it has to chart a new strategy based on realism, extroversion and participation in initiatives that determine balances in the Mediterranean. Otherwise, we will remain mere spectators while our neighbors and partners rearrange the map of the area, ”he concludes.
In detail the article by Dimitris Avramopoulos:
The recent meeting in Istanbul between the Turkish president, the Italian prime minister and the head of the western Libyan government, highlighted the migrant as a top issue for the Mediterranean. While the three sides seek to build partnerships with a strategic perspective, Greece was absent once again, confirming the risk of remaining viewer in decisions directly concerned.
The exclusion of Greece is not accidental. It has its roots in two main causes.
The first is the obsession with a perception of the role of Turkey, dominated by the sense of threat and fear. It is true that Turkish policy is a permanent issue of security for Greece, but not a threat that justifies the cultivation of fear. Our insistence on seeing Turkey solely as a threat has already burdened not only the international position of the country but also the psychology of Greek citizens.
The sense of fear that dominates our political system has deprived Athens of the opportunity to shape more complex manipulations, which could open ways of cooperation in areas where there are common interests, such as European strategic security and the management of migratory flows and not controversy. Greece, trapped in its bilateral differences, is self -limiting and letting others determine developments.
The second reason lies in the option of supporting a controversial and illegal East Libyan warlord in 2019 in 2019. This choice has put our country inexplicably and against Europe’s political line, from the beginning on the wrong side, with the result that it is excluded from all major international forums for Libya, from Berlin to the present.
Italy with Georgia Melon at the steering wheel gives a priority to the interests of her country, seeking partnerships that offer tangible results. Turkey, utilizing its military and geopolitical power, is emerging as an interlocutor for Europe and the Arab world. Greece, on the other hand, remains trapped in phobic syndromes and fragmentary movements, thus monitoring the margin.
After all, it has not been time for 2021, when then Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi called Erdogan “dictator”, causing a diplomatic crisis. It was the moment of Italy -Turkey competition for Libya. Today, as Italian analyst Marco Ansaldo notes, European countries who have turned their backs on Ankara for years, are working with her.
Turkey, the second largest military force of NATO after the United States, has reinforced its prestige through the production of unmanned aircraft, while emerging as a reference point for weapons exports.
This shift is not just about the defense industry; it reflects a broader European recognition that without Turkey there can be no effective strategy in the Mediterranean, either for security, for immigration, or for energy.
And while Ankara capitalizes this new reality, Greece remains a spectator, absent from the critical processes that determine the future of the region. Our country cannot continue to march with inertia policy and obsessions that lead to isolation. Instead of being trapped in fear, he has to draw a new strategy based on realism, extroversion and participation in initiatives that determine the balances in the Mediterranean. Otherwise, we will remain simple spectators, while our neighbors and partners rearrange the map of the area.