Alessandro Bernacchi

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

@e_amyna Turkey says that it has the right to keep troops in Cyprus, Syria and Iraq and illegally occupy their land but Greece doesn't have the right to keep troops in...Greece.

Seriously.

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

1. The island of Limnos was never "delivered" from Italy to Greece.
2. There was nothing "illegal" in the way other Aegean islands were transferred from Italy to Greece in 1947.
3. Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

[F. Galton @f_galton]

@GreekPere @AtillaEng Greek Islands?? I am from Limnos which did not consider itself Greek until the Italians delivered the islands (in an illegal manner) to the Greeks. Read about it.

[Daniel Kral @DanielKral1]

The ongoing public debt reductions in Greece and Cyprus are the largest in living memory.

Greek public debt to GDP ratio may be below Italy's by year end. At end-2020, it was 55pts higher.

Portugal's will be below Eurozone average. It was 38ppts higher at end-2020.

🇬🇷🇨🇾🇵🇹🚀

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

@sinanulgen1 A country which illegally occupies parts of three neighbors (EU member Cyprus, Syria, Iraq), has issued a casus belli against EU member Greece, refuses to impose sanctions on Russia, shelters Hamas, violates human rights, imprisons political opponents..can be considered European?

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

Well, 🇹🇷 insists on a 2-state "solution" for 🇨🇾, illegally occupies 1/3 of 🇨🇾 , has illegally drilled inside the EEZ of 🇨🇾, officially threatens 🇬🇷 with war through a @TBMMresmi declaration, violates 🇬🇷 airspace,
violates human rights, refuses to impose sanctions on Russia...🤷

[Ziya Meral @Ziya_Meral]

Amazing.. though why EU can still not do the same with Turkiye.. upgrade outdated customs union agreement with it.. when it is right on its border and directly vital for all of its regional security and defence concerns.. still blows my mind as a case of strategic myopia..

[OilPrice.com @OilandEnergy]

Turkey’s energy calculus hasn’t shifted: Russian crude still supplies ~47% of imports, even as new EU caps and shadow-fleet crackdowns raise costs. Ankara’s balancing act—cheap Urals vs. compliance risk—keeps Moscow central to its energy mix. #Energy #OOTT #Turkey

https://t.co/QzLHTDG8KB

[Bloomberg @business]

Squeezed by high food prices, some Turks are making hours-long trips to Greece to buy groceries https://t.co/oo61lBcASR

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

Well, the main average "stereotypes" Greeks have about Turks is that they are responsible for numerous genocides, they illegally occupy parts of three neighbors (Cyprus, Syria, Iraq) and that they are ruled by an authoritarian regime. But they are reality-based stereotypes. No?

[Suat KINIKLIOGLU 🇹🇷 🇺🇦 @kinikli88_ENG]

The average Greek stereotype about Turks is shattered when the Turkish women’s volleyball team plays the World Cup final or when our men’s basketball team demolishes their team. Our Greek friends need to understand that reality is more complicated than their stereotypes. #Ελλάδα

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

@IAIonline @HakanFidan @NathalieTocci Well, @NathalieTocci is a well-known apologist of Turkey's authoritarian government. So, this conversation will certainly prove useful.

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

@robin_j_brooks I am amazed. A eurozone debt crisis exists only in the minds of clickonomists with a personal agenda. And the gold rally has nothing to do with that (imaginary) crisis. @elerianm has many times explained the structural reasons behind it. Please.

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

@robin_j_brooks Greek debt as a percentage of GDP has fallen dramatically during the last years as a result of high growth (compared to the rest of the eurozone) and a budget surplus. Greece repays its bailout loans 10 years earlier than scheduled.

Facts 🥰.

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

No, Erdogan will not stop simply because Europeans ask him to do so on X. Suspend the customs union with Turkey. Only then Erdogan will listen.

[European Democrats @democrats_eu]

Erdoğan has to STOP!
In Turkey, this man is waging a silent war on democracy. The arbitrary arrests of opposition mayors — most from the CHP — under vague accusations and without solid evidence are not justice, but political purges. Removing elected voices does not weaken democracy’s defenders — it strengthens their cause. The will of the people cannot be erased. Sooner or later, democracy will prevail.

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

@robin_j_brooks What on earth is a "cash deficit"? What matters is deficit as a percentage of GDP. But I guess that number doesn't fit your narrative....

[Alessandro Bernacchi @almosthuman79]

So, maybe the #EUCO should also suspend the customs union with Turkey? I mean, human rights violations in Turkey are rampant. Nah. Spain's socialist-leftist government loves to do business with Erdogan. Talking about "double standards"....

[Jorge Liboreiro @JorgeLiboreiro]

Pedro Sánchez at #EUCO: "It makes no sense that we have imposed 17 rounds of sanctions on Russia (...) yet Europe, applying double standards, is unable to even suspend an association agreement when Israel is flagrantly violating Article 2 on respect for human rights."

[Douglas A. Boneparth @dougboneparth]

After this week, I think everyone could use a little time away from this app. I’m going to hang out with my family. See you all in 15 minutes.

[Nicholas Danforth @NicholasDanfort]

Of course those officials and analysts, unlike the Atlantic Council, probably weren’t getting paid by Erdogan…

https://t.co/VpumDWHfOs

[Mark Lowen @marklowen]

📣 Some news about me:
Yesterday (Wednesday) I was detained by police in Istanbul, held for 17 hours and then deported from Turkey to the UK. Told I was “a threat to public order”. In the country I lived in - and love.
Journalism is not a crime.
Here’s the BBC’s statement:

[Bloomberg @business]

Turkey under Erdogan is an abject tale of what happens when populists get their way, with no constraints left but those imposed by financial markets, writes @MarcChampion1 https://t.co/1m8XgtZoHN via @opinion

[Marc Pierini @MarcPierini1]

Today, #EuropeanCouncil discusses funding for its defense policy.

Can #EU blind trust #Turkey where

- opponents are jailed
- up to a million citizens protest
the president’s autocratic rule
- most of the energy supplies are controlled by #Russia
- Russian missiles are present

[Piotr Zalewski @p_zalewski]

And Russia a very close second.