Sanctions against Turkey on EU table over Greece tensions – French foreign minister

France says sanctions against Turkey are on the table during an upcoming meeting of the European Council as tensions with Greece deepen. Ankara’s escalating conflict with Athens and Nicosia over hydrocarbon resources in the eastern Mediterranean will be the main subject at this month’s European Council meeting, when the bloc will consider sanctions against Turkey, France said on Sunday. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his counterparts in other EU countries have already discussed “the range of reprisals we could take with regards to Turkey,”AFP cited Le Drian as saying. Greece and Turkey have long disagreed on overlapping claims on hydrocarbon…