“Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s victory nullified the European Union’s slightest claim to the role of a global superpower,” he said.
The journalist recalled that until recently the EU tried to convince Turkey to join a political union, but Erdogan’s re-election is unlikely to convince Ankara to establish closer cooperation with Europe.
Erdogan’s re-election is a serious challenge for Brussels and undermines the role of its soft power, which it sees as equivalent to that of the American or Chinese, Coughlin concluded.
Let us remember that on May 28, the second round of the presidential elections was held in Turkey. The victory was won by the current head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who obtained more than 52 percent of the vote.
