As the President of the European Council Charles Michel and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen were to meet the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the 7 April 2021, there were only two chairs prepared for the three of them in the room they were received.[1] Charles Michel then seated himself in the chair beside Erdoğan, leaving Von der Leyen seemingly surprised.[9][3] She was then offered to take a seat on a sofa in the same room, across the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.[4] Representatives of the EU sent to inspect the location ahead of the meeting were not given access to it as the room was deemed too close to the President’s office.[10] The EU team was able to achieve an adjustment in the seating arrangement in the dining room in order that all three mandatories were sitting in chairs of the same height.[10] Charles Michel also suggested that von der Leyen should be included in the official photo of the meeting which initially was not planned to be the case.[10]