Germany’s policy of ‘equal distances’ between Greece and Turkey
With Turkey escalating its provocations against Greece in the Aegean, we saw Germany once again – at least initially – call on “both sides” to reduce tensions. Following a reaction in Athens at this perceived neutrality, Germany’s government firmed up its stance and called Turkey’s overflights above Greek islands unacceptable.
Xenia Kounalaki, a journalist and the foreign editor at Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to look at Berlin’s long-standing policy of “equal distances” between Greece and Turkey, and explore whether Germany’s latest call on Turkey to refrain from provoking Greece marks a more substantive shift in this policy.