Turkey gaffe sparks fresh clash between old rivals von der Leyen and Charles Michel – POLITICO
Von der Leyen’s remarks generated headlines in Turkey, a longtime EU candidate nation and key NATO ally. A Commission spokesperson later told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency that the Commission president had meant to acknowledge the nation’s “geopolitical clout, size and ambition.” That clarification didn’t go muster with Michel, who on Wednesday took to X to…