PM notes steps taken amid Macron turn

The European Summit postponed substantive decisions that Greece expected regarding Turkey for March, opting instead for limited sanctions on Turkish individuals over Ankara's transgressions in the Eastern Mediterranean, against Cyprus in particular. 

Nonetheless, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said EU leaders sent a strict warning to Turkey over its drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.

"Sanctions [against Turkey] are not an end in itself," Mitsotakis said, adding, however, that the EU will respond with penalties "if Turkey insists on continuing with this provocative behavior."

"Turkey is expected to change its ways and it has been understood that Europe is moving, if at its own pace," he said, noting that bloc is is united and "supports Greece and Cyprus, it is present."

Although the final text of the European Council's conclusions...