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*** 29-Jun-16 World View -- Bombing of Turkey's airport affects a swirl of diplomatic actions

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  • Mutual UK-EU loathing at the European Parliament in Brussels
  • Bombing of Turkey's airport affects a swirl of diplomatic actions

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**** Mutual UK-EU loathing at the European Parliament in Brussels
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[Image: g160628b.jpg]
Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon in Brussels on Tuesday

While not threatening an immediate spiral into a global crisis, The
Brexit situation continues every day to cause a great deal of
geopolitical deterioration and damage of a kind that's likely to lead
to a serious crisis in time.

Britain's government melted down further on Tuesday, as far-left Labor
Party chief Jeremy Corbyn was given a big vote of no-confidence, with
172 Labor MPs voting no confidence, while only 40 supported him.
However, he was elected leader last year by a wide margin among Labor
MPs, and he says he won't step down. This leaves both British parties
without effective leadership.

The real action on Tuesday occurred at the meeting of the European
Parliament in Brussels. Nigel Farage, who is the head of Britain's
anti-immigrant anti-Europe Ukip party, is also an MEP (member of
European parliament). In Brussels on Tuesday, he stood to speak and
he used the time to gloat:

[indent]<QUOTE>"Funny, isn't it. You know, when I came here 17 years
ago, and I said that I wanted to lead a campaign to get Britain to
leave the European Union, you all laughed at me. Well I have to
say, you're not laughing now are you?"<END QUOTE>
[/indent]

He also accused all the other 700 MEPs of never having done a
hard day's work in their lives, or of ever creating a job.

Parliament president Jean-Claude Jüncker accused Farage of lying
repeatedly during the Brexit campaign, and said "You were fighting for
the exit, the British people voted in favor of the exit - why are you
here?"

EU officials are described as sad and angry, and they're especially
angry at David Cameron for even allowing the referendum in the first
place. Jüncker said clearly that Brexit was "a fact," and there would
be no going back. He also ordered all the MEPs not to conduct any
negotiations with British officials, until Britain's government
invokes "Article 50," which launches the two-year negotiation process.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that there would be no "cherry
picking," meaning that Britain would not be permitted to pick and
choose which EU regulations it obeys if it wants to be part
of EU's Single Market.

The UK government is still in chaos, and still lost in the wilderness,
and has no idea what to do next. Both Scotland and Northern Ireland
are demanding that a way be found to keep them in the EU. The
Scottish MEP Alyn Smith reminded the Brussels Parliament that Scotland
voted overwhelmingly against Brexit: "We will need cool heads and warm
hearts but please remember this - Scotland did not let you down. I beg
you: do not let Scotland down now."

Jüncker and other EU officials seem resigned that Britain will not
invoke Article 50 at least until September 9, when David Cameron will
be replaced by a new Prime Minister. Jüncker's nightmare scenario is
that the UK will keep stalling indefinitely, without invoking Article
50, leaving the EU in unending limbo. On Wednesday, there will be a
meeting of the leaders of 27 EU members and, for the first time in 40
years, the UK will be excluded.

There is a real feeling of mutual disgust and loathing between EU and
UK officials now, and that the negotiations will be harsh and bitter.

On the other hand, in view of the chaos and bitterness, fears of other
EU countries trying to conduct their own exit referendums seem
diminished now. Nobody else wants to go through the same thing.
BBC and Guardian (London) and BBC

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**** Bombing of Turkey's airport affects a swirl of diplomatic actions
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At least 36 people were killed on Monday by three coordinated suicide
bombings in Ataturk National Airport on the European side of Istanbul,
Turkey. No one has claimed responsibility, but Turkish officials say
that the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) was
responsible.

The Ataturk airport is a major international airport. Not only is it
the biggest commercial hub in Turkey, it's one of the largest airports
in the world, and a major international traffic hub.

The bombing comes just one day after Turkey's president Recep Tayyip
Erdogan completed two diplomatic initiatives. First, the reconciliation with Israel
was
announced after Erdogan softened his demand that Israel end its
blockade of Gaza, and agreed to a compromise, as we described on
Sunday.

Second, it was revealed that Erdogan finally apologized to Russia for
shooting down the Russian warplane last year. Russia's president
Vladimir Putin has demanded that Erdogan apologize and provide
compensation to the families of the victims. Whether it was an
accident or on purpose that both diplomatic announcements occurred on
the same day, it certainly appears that Erdogan is changing some of
his hardline attitudes.

There's a third major diplomatic issue reaching a potential crisis
this week. June 30 is the deadline set by Turkey for the European
Union to lift visa restrictions on Turkey, so that any of Turkey's 72
million citizens can travel freely around Europe's Schengen zone.
This is Turkey's requirement in exchange for the EU-Turkey migrant
deal. This deal has been extremely successful, in that it's reduced
the flow of migrants entering Greece from Turkey to dozens per day,
down from hundreds or thousands per day.

EU officials have said they won't lift the visa restrictions unless
Turkey improves its human rights record, particularly by not using
anti-terrorism laws to jail journalists. Turkish officials have said
repeatedly that if the visa restrictions aren't lifted, then Turkey
will renege on the migrant deal, and allow an unrestricted flow of
migrants to cross the Aegean Sea again to Greece.

Turkey has refused in the past to weaken the anti-terrorism laws, and
Tuesday's airport attack can only redouble that resolve.

There have been no recent statements from Turkey about reneging on the
migrant deal, so right now it looks like Thursday is going to come and
go with no change in the status quo. If so, it will be the
third time this week that Erdogan will have backed down
diplomatically. Hurriyet (Ankara) and Daily Sabah (Ankara) and Observer


KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Britain, European Union, Jeremy Corbyn,
Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, Ukip, David Cameron,
Jean-Claude Jüncker, Angela Merkel, Alyn Smith,
Turkey, Istanbul, Ataturk National Airport, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Gaza, Russia, Vladimir Putin

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