Nathalie Loiseau

Britain should not exert its political crisis in Europe, said Nathalie Loiseau, head of the President Emmanuel Macron's election campaign "La République En Marche!", Reuters reported.

"We respect the British. We ask them to allow us to go forward on our own path, and in the meantime we ask Britain not to export its political crisis over to the European Union," Loiseau told RTL radio.

France has worked very closely and trustfully with the Romanian authorities during the preparations for the takeover of the EU Presidency, and holding the helm of the Council of the European Union means being at the center of Europeans' attention, French European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau said in an interview with AGERPRES.

Recent statements by Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos in response to a spike in tension between Athens and Turkey are "foolhardy," Turkish Minister of European Affairs Omer Celik said on Thursday.

Turkey has sufficient grounds for self-defense since the country faced attacks, Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra said on Jan. 23.