ANKARA - Jean Francois Bernardin, chairman of the Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce & Industry (AFCCI), and an accompanying delegation met Tuesday Rifat Hisarciklioglu, chairman of the Union of Chambers & Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) in Ankara.
"The European Union has been experiencing serious problems and there is a weakness in overcoming these problems," Hisarcikoglu said during his speech.
"The biggest of these problems is the lack of leadership. But we hope that the leadership will be reinstated after the French presidential elections," he added.
AFCCI Chairman Bernardin said on his behalf that problems faced in relations between Turkey and France originated from a mutual misunderstanding.
"When you got elected as the president you shoulder the responsibility of an entire nation and you see that people do change," Bernardin said in response to a question regarding the presidential candidacy of French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy, who opposes Turkey`s adhesion to the EU.
"I am sure Sarkozy will change his mind about Turkey if he got elected as the president," he added.