Sofagate: Von der Leyen ‘shocked’ after embarrassingly left with out at chair at EU summit with Turkish president

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The spokesperson for the European Fee president mentioned the EU chief was shocked to be left and not using a chair throughout a gathering with the Turkish president, and hoped the incident wouldn’t be repeated.

Talking on Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen’s spokesperson, Eric Mamer, mentioned his boss ought to have been handled equally to European Council President Charles Michel throughout a gathering which noticed the European Fee president left sitting alone on a settee throughout their assembly with the Turkish chief. The incident has already been dubbed ‘Sofagate’ on-line, and has undoubtedly led to a stern ticking off for the EU’s protocol workforce. 

“The president of the Fee was clearly shocked and that’s one thing you possibly can see from the video,” von der Leyen’s spokesperson famous, including that protocol suggests the European Fee chief ought to be handled in precisely the identical approach because the European Council president.

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However Mamer mentioned von der Leyen determined towards making “a difficulty out of it,” and he or she didn’t point out the diplomatic gaffe within the post-meeting press convention.

Excessive on the agenda for the assembly was girls’s rights, after the Turkish chief not too long ago withdrew from the now mockingly named ‘Istanbul Conference’, a global treaty on the prevention of violence towards girls and home abuse. 

Footage which emerged on Tuesday after the 2 EU leaders met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan exhibits von der Leyen trying visibly perplexed by the absence of a 3rd chair on the flag-flanked prime desk. 

The EC president may be heard muttering “Ehm” and gesturing on the two males seating themselves on the head of the room. In a later shot, von der Leyen may be seen seated on a close-by couch. 

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