The geopolitical tension is rising between Paris and Ankara over Greece and Cyprus. While Emmanuel Macron has hinted several times in recent months that the French nuclear umbrella could be extended to certain European partners, Greece sees it as a promise and a guarantee. “We will be there for you if your sovereignty is threatened,” the French president hammered on April 25 during a visit to Athens. The two countries have renewed their strategic partnership in defense and security, signed in 2021.
“Macron threatens Turkey with nuclear weapons!” exclaimed a famous editorialist from the Islamist-nationalist newspaper Yeni Safak. Turkey and Greece have complicated relations due to a conflicted history and disagreements over the delimitation of their territorial waters in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. They have threatened to escalate into a confrontation between the two NATO members. “France has lost its geopolitical influence, whether in Africa or the Middle East,” asserts Yeni Safak, which calls for responding by conquering Western Thrace and the Greek islands off the coast of Turkey.
Above all, the prospect of signing an agreement between Cyprus and France in June
