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00:00COP 29 President Mukhtar Babaev says progress is underway in reaching the climate finance

00:06goals at COP 29.

00:11A Slovakian law that limits the use of minority languages is raising fears among the country's

00:16Hungarian speakers.

00:20Demonstrators break into the presidential office in Abkhazia in protest over a controversial

00:25agreement that would have allowed Russians to buy property in the breakaway region.

00:30The European Commission has hailed a gradual rebound in economic activity but warns the

00:36EU is vulnerable to rising protectionism.

00:44Today COP 29 hosted a high-level panel on climate and peace, although the debate around

00:49the need for a reform of the COP process has very much taken centre stage here in Baku.

00:54In an open letter published on Friday, more than 20 experts, including former leaders

00:59and scientists, said that despite its achievements, the COP process needs an overhaul.

01:04And as COP week one draws to a close, we asked the COP 29 president-designate what's at stake

01:09so far.

01:10Yeah, I think it is really a very good start for COP 29, not only 6.4 but also agenda adopted

01:18on the first day and we start to work.

01:226.4 give us additional motivation to fulfill all other obligations or discussions items.

01:31But we are focused for NCQG, you know, it's a main topic for COP 29 and all the countries

01:38are we provide all necessity conditions to the parties to discuss it, to talk.

01:44We have a lot of ministerials, a lot of meetings here and it is really very hot temperature

01:49of discussions now.

01:51Meanwhile, progress on the agreement for the new climate finance goal is underway.

01:56We have already positive signal from the MDBs, International Financial Institutes, they upgrade

02:03their contributions for the next years and I think it's a good signal and we continue

02:12to talk with the parties, with the donors and a lot of discussions between the parties

02:17are continuing.

02:18I understand how it is important to give this positive message to the parties that all the

02:27forces are consolidated to have this conclusion in Baku but it is really complicated and we

02:34still trying to talk to the parties to navigate this process and we provide all conditions

02:42to the parties to discuss, to debate and to negotiate this very important issues.

02:49All eyes are set on the coming days.

02:51Next week in fact will be crucial to determine how much this COP will achieve and the level

02:56of commitment from all parties in meeting the Paris Agreement's goals.

03:00Giorgia Orlandi for Euronews at COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

03:09In an exclusive interview with Euronews, former U.S. Vice President and founder of the Climate

03:14Reality Project, Al Gore, said a reform of the UN Climate Summit is necessary in order

03:20to speed up climate action.

03:22The phase-out of fossil fuels is essential for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees,

03:27but it is paradoxically the second year in a row that the conference is held in a fossil

03:32fuel-dependent country.

03:33I think the process should be reformed.

03:36I think it's absurd to have, for example, what we had last year with the CEO of one

03:45of the dirtiest oil companies on the planet serving as the president of the COP.

03:51It's a direct conflict of interest.

03:55And while the president of this COP is not the head of the oil industry, he is very much

04:01in sync with this country's reliance on fossil fuels.

04:07Al Gore noticed that while people are growing increasingly concerned over the climate crisis,

04:13he says the fossil fuel industry continues to promote falsehoods about it.

04:18People are growing more concerned, but at the same time, the fossil fuel industry, which

04:28has an interest in suppressing concern about the climate crisis because they don't want

04:35to reduce the amount of fossil fuel they're burning, they've been very active in trying

04:42to hold back the measures that have to be taken in order to solve this.

04:50But the former U.S. vice president said that the fossil fuel industry is losing some of

04:55its major markets, such as through the advancement of renewable energy generation and the rising

05:00popularity of electric vehicles.

05:03Al Gore also believes the younger generation come in with much stronger opinions about

05:07solving the climate crisis.

05:10Scientists have been telling us for a long time, the fact that they were right in what

05:15they said years ago should make all of us pay more attention to what they're saying

05:20now.

05:21This could destroy the future of humanity if we don't take bold action.

05:27Al Gore is hopeful and said he believes in humanity's ability to rise to the challenge,

05:32but that action is urgently needed.

05:37The EU could see inflation rates fall by over 50 percent next year amid a modest economic

05:43rebound and record low unemployment.

05:47This is according to a European Commission 2025 forecast published on Friday.

05:52The report, however, warned the bloc is especially vulnerable to rising protectionism.

05:57A possible protectionist turn in U.S. trade policy would be extremely harmful for both

06:05economies.

06:07And the Commission will work with the incoming U.S. administration to advance a strong transatlantic

06:13agenda and ensure that international trade channels remain open while making them more

06:20secure.

06:21According to the report, EU households are still prudently saving rather than spending

06:26amid recent shocks.

06:28With fears the Trump presidency may impose tariffs of 10 percent on imports from places

06:33such as the EU, officials in Brussels say the potential for further flare-ups in global

06:38trade is still worrying.

06:47Protesters gathered in a suburb north of Paris on Thursday, just two kilometers away from

06:52the stadium where the controversial France vs. Israel football match was held.

06:58Many protesters were angry French President Emmanuel Macron and other prominent politicians

07:03were present at the game.

07:04We cry every day, every day, every night.

07:05I walk around with Palestinian songs in my ears and I cry for all these people who are

07:06massacred.

07:07And what does our president do?

07:08He comes in support, in support of the Israeli team.

07:09But it's still terrible.

07:10The rally was held the same day a special UN committee likened Israel to a terrorist

07:17group.

07:18The rally was held on the same day a special UN committee likened Israel to a terrorist

07:27group.

07:28The rally was held the same day a special UN committee likened Israel's methods of warfare

07:42in Gaza to genocide.

07:53Heavy police presence, including drones and helicopters, prevented any major protests

07:58or fights close to the stadium.

08:01France did not want to take any chances after violent clashes erupted between Israeli football

08:05fans and pro-Palestinian supporters in Amsterdam last week.

08:13Thousands of protesters opposing the measure that would have allowed Russians to buy property

08:18in Abkhazia, a Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia, stormed into the region's parliament

08:23building and presidential office on Friday.

08:26The protests in the regional capital of Sukhumi on the Black Sea left at least eight people

08:31injured.

08:32Opponents of the property agreement say it would drive up prices of apartments and boost

08:37Moscow's dominance in the region.

08:39Amid the unrest, the authorities have already withdrawn the draft law on ratifying the

09:09the investment agreement with Russia in an attempt to resolve the situation."

09:21A Slovakian law that limits the use of minority languages is raising fears among the country's

09:26Hungarian speakers, after a new draft bill was leaked that may tighten the law even further.

09:32The amendment would supposedly ban the use of minority languages, including Hungarian,

09:36on public transport and in places such as post offices.

09:40On Thursday, the two countries' foreign ministers said the Slovakian government is not aiming

09:45to further tighten the current law, which has already produced some strange situations.

09:50The memorial plaque for the foundation of the Izsa Museum is four-language, but it has

09:57one sentence, which is only in Hungarian.

09:59The authorities denied this, so the Hungarian government decided to put the word, God bless

10:05Hungary, in Slovak.

10:09The reason for uncertainty is the possibility the amendment will be tabled by the Slovak

10:13National Party, the smallest coalition partner.

10:16The SNS is a party with traditions that has always been in favour of strengthening the

10:25Slovak state language, and has always been in favour of limiting the use of minority

10:30languages.

10:32So the promise that there are currently attempts by the leading parties of the Slovak government

10:38coalition, SMER and LASZ, to not direct such a right-wing intention to limit the use of

10:45minority languages, is purely a political stance.

10:51Komárno, in southern Slovakia, is one of the most important cities of the Hungarian

10:55minority.

10:57Many people there conduct their affairs in Hungarian, and want to keep it that way.

11:15Some people in Komárno have trust in the good relationship between the two countries'

11:19leaders.

11:20Viktor Orbán actively campaigned for Robert Fico before the Slovakian election, and has

11:25since seen him as a close ally.

11:27However, if the SNS insists on the reform, Robert Fico may have to choose between the

11:32relationship with the Hungarian government, and keeping his own coalition together.

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