France weighs up resetting Turkey ties as Europe's security landscape shifts

France weighs up resetting Turkey ties as Europe's security landscape shifts Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Fri, 07/03/2026 - 15:30 A possible thaw between Paris and Ankara is being shaped by Russia, Ukraine and defence cooperation, but several longstanding issues remain unresolved France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) shakes hands with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting on the sidelines of the Nato summit in The Hague on 25 June 2025 (Christian Hartmann/AFP) Off When US President Donald Trump lined up regional and European leaders behind him for a press conference on the Gaza peace deal in Cairo in October, two leaders were conspicuously missing. Rather than become a trinket in a display window behind Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron proposed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that they sit at a table in the audience. Erdogan, 72, liked the idea.