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'Sofagate' scandal: Two European presidents, not enough chairs

FRANCE24, 08 Apr 2021
#Turkey has blamed the #EU for an incident dubbed #Sofagate in which European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen was left without a chair during a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. FRANCE 24’s Brussels correspondent Dave Keating says the incident was unfortunate given the meetings had intended to soothe the bloc’s ties with Turkey.

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