Similarly, France holds Turkey responsible for the failure of its plans in Libya. France always prefers to boost defense cooperation among “European” countries, excluding both the United States and Turkey. It seems that France and Macron will continue to exploit and to instrumentalize Turkey for its ultra-European policy and for its regional perspective. France has been trying to declare Turkey as the main "other" of Europe, but this perspective is not shared by the continent's other countries. France can play its game only when the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany hesitate to follow a proactive policy in the region.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 08, 2020 21:00 UTC