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The Athens administration has taken action to prevent Ankara from being included in the 150 billion euro European armament fund.<\/p>\n

According to a report<\/a><\/span> in Kathimerini<\/em>, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed its ambassadors in EU capitals to formally raise the issue with the relevant authorities \u2013 namely the foreign and defense ministries.<\/p>\n

The instruction emphasized that Greece “has already shown its flexibility and its concerns must be taken into account.”<\/p>\n

The issue is also time-sensitive because the Polish EU presidency aims for the new SAFE (Security Action for Europe) regulation to ideally be adopted at the General Affairs Council meeting on May 27th.<\/p>\n

Greek diplomats were instructed to emphasize that Athens is seeking a viable solution to avoid a potential deadlock at this meeting.<\/p>\n

So far, negotiations regarding the SAFE regulation have focused on the European Commission’s proposal, which would allow decisions on the participation of third countries in the EU defense industry to be made by a qualified majority vote.<\/p>\n

If this proposal is accepted, Greece will lose its right to veto bilateral or multilateral EU agreements involving companies linked to candidate countries, including T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n

According to Kathimerini<\/em>, the discussion is particularly urgent because T\u00fcrkiye cannot currently sign a security and defense partnership agreement with the EU. Such agreements require alignment with the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), and T\u00fcrkiye has only met 6% of these conditions. In contrast, Serbia meets approximately 60% of these conditions.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, such partnerships require good neighborly relations with all EU member states, which is impossible in T\u00fcrkiye’s case due to the unresolved Cyprus issue.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Athens has very few concrete options under these circumstances. The Greek administration insists that unanimity should be maintained even in joint ventures involving companies with ultimate ownership outside the EU, such as Piaggio Aerospace or Baykar.<\/p>\n

The strictest condition Athens wants to implement, as publicly hinted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his recent meeting in Berlin with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, is that such collaborations can only proceed with countries that fully align with EU values. In other words, the criteria for a “like-minded” state must be clearly and precisely defined.<\/p>\n

Negotiations with the United Kingdom concluded recently, and a working formula was agreed upon. An official announcement may be made soon. However, discussions concerning T\u00fcrkiye are expected to take longer.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Greece has aligned with France on reducing the participation share of third countries in EU defense consortia from the current 35% to 15%, to ensure EU resources remain within Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Athens administration has taken action to prevent Ankara from being included in the 150 billion euro European armament fund. According to a report in Kathimerini, the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed its ambassadors in EU capitals to formally raise the issue with the relevant authorities \u2013 namely the foreign and defense ministries. 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