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...As Marc Pierini and Francesco Siccardi write for Carnegie Europe, there could also be a calming of tensions between Turkey and the west — but not in all areas. Take Cyprus....
...Other experts such as Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Ankara, emphasise the role of domestic politics in shaping Erdoğan’s foreign policy....
...The Libya deal “is presented in a hostile way to Greece and Cyprus”, said Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Europe think-tank....
...“Some people might say he’s not the right man in the right place,” said Marc Pierini, a former EU diplomat and now a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe....
...Mr Trump is “the main issue”, Mr Pierini added. “In his abrupt turnround, he has taken everyone by surprise and everyone is trying to adjust.”...
...“This [migration deal] has worked remarkably well from the standpoint of the EU agencies involved . . . and from the standpoint of the Turkish agencies,” said Marc Pierini, visiting scholar at the Carnegie...
...“You have a leadership which is bent on power, on staying in control whatever the price to the rule of law is,” Mr Pierini said....
...The problem is in operational terms,” Mr Pierini says....
...“The notion of a political alliance is now in deep coma”, says Marc Pierini, former EU ambassador to Ankara now at the Carnegie Foundation in Brussels....
The president’s choice of Yildirim for prime minister will not check his aims, writes Marc Pierini
...However, Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey, warned in an article for Carnegie Europe that Mr Erdogan may see the stand-off as a win-win situation....
...“It complicates [refugee policy] enormously,” said Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey and Syria now with the Carnegie Europe think-tank. “There is no magic wand to stop all this....
...Writing in the FT, Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey, scolds Germany for giving Mr Erdogan tacit blessing on his path to absolutism....
...Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey, said that, if Ankara meets the criteria, Europe would be trapped....
...We went to him on our knees,” says Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey, “and now he is playing us.”...
...“You cannot make progress on accession because the political conditions are not met any more,” said Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey....
...“As a foreigner I have learnt to be careful with analysis that is more wishful thinking than hard political reality,” said Mr Pierini....
...The regional fallout would be unpredictable, said Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey....
...“Given the very tense and violent campaign, this result is remarkable,” said Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey....
...“In principle, a security zone within Syria could relieve the pressure of more refugees coming to Turkey to add to the 1.5m in the country already,” said Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey now...
...“If Gul remains in the game you can assume there will be an effort to restore rule of law and international credibility,” said Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey, referring to the international...
...“The commission has clearly made a choice not to rub in all the problems but also to talk about some of the positive things,” said Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey now at Carnegie Europe....
...“You can always paint the market as a conspiracy, but it is there, it is not going to go away, and you can’t take it to court,” said Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey, in a reference to Mr Erdogan...
...Marc Pierini, EU ambassador to Turkey until 2011 and now at the Carnegie Endowment in Brussels, says the latter “are the 50 per cent who understood what EU values are about and want to apply them in Turkey...
...Marc Pierini, Mr Ripert’s predecessor, is worried Mr Erdogan’s government may have decided for religious and ideological reasons that it does not want to be too close to Europe....
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