Berlin sees Turkey’s claims in waters off Cyprus and Crete as equally groundless and, according to reliable sources, it has made clear to Ankara that there can be no dialogue on the broader issues of EU-Turkish relations if Ankara does not stop its transgressions in the East Med and call off its plans to drill off the Greek continental shelf.

Berlin will seek to balance these demands against the need for Turkey to manage refugee flows into Europe. However if Ankara insists on its drilling plans, high-ranking German sources say, fresh EU sanctions are likely. 

Kathimerini