On 20 October, the Cercle de l’Institut du Bosphore convened at Gide’s premises in Paris, bringing together policymakers, business leaders and representatives of leading think tanks to discuss Europe’s competitiveness challenges, strategic autonomy and opportunities for strengthening the France–Türkiye partnership.

Following the welcome note by Arpat Şenocak, Partner at Gide and Institut du Bosphore Board Member, the meeting opened with a fireside chat between Bertrand Buchwalter, Continental Europe–Türkiye Adviser to the French Presidency, and Bahadır Kaleağası, President of Institut du Bosphore.

This was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Michel Derdevet, President of Confrontations Europe, Board member of Institut du Bosphore, with the participation of François Chimits, Head of Europe Program, Institut Montaigne, Merve Dede, Strategy and Business Development Manager, Koç Holding, Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Director of the Center for Energy & Climate, IFRI, Marc Poulain, Trade Negotiations Director, AFEP.

The discussions focused particularly on the forthcoming Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), the implications of the “Made in Europe” approach for Türkiye, and the importance of preserving deeply integrated European–Turkish industrial value chains while advancing Europe’s economic security, decarbonization and strategic autonomy objectives.

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