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France Summons Turkish Envoy Over Erdogan jab at Macron

Associated Press

   PARIS - The French government summoned the Turkish ambassador Friday to
   seek explanations after his president described French President
   Emmanuel Macron as "brain dead."

   Ahead of a NATO summit next week that both men will attend, tensions
   have mounted around Turkey's military operation in Syria, and its role
   within the trans-Atlantic defense alliance, which is also a member of
   the fight against so-called Islamic State.

   Macron, complaining of a U.S. leadership vacuum, recently lamented the
   "brain death" of NATO and says the allies need "a wake-up call." And on
   Thursday, he reiterated criticism of Turkey's operation in northeast
   Syria against Kurdish fighters who were crucial in the international
   fight against IS extremists.

   "I respect the security interests of our Turkish ally ... but one can't
   say that we are allies and demand solidarity, and on the other hand,
   present allies with a fait accompli by a military intervention which
   jeopardizes the action of the coalition against IS," Macron said at a
   meeting with the NATO chief, Jens Stoltenberg.
   

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