(Radio France) French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Turkey could interfere in France’s elections. The comments come as the two countries appear to be trying to ease tensions that have built up over the last several months.
“Clearly there will be attempts at interference in the next election,” Macron said in the interview broadcast Tuesday evening in a documentary on French public television. “It’s written, and the threats are not veiled.”
He did not say if he was referring to regional elections this June or presidential polls next year, or both. And he did not explain how it would be done, only saying that Turkey would be “playing on public opinion.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was accused of meddling in Germany’s 2017 election when he called on Turkish Germans to vote against Angela Merkel’s party.
