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"Europe Today": reunião da NATO, qualidade do emprego na Europa, Macron na China e Festival Eurovisão da Canção
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00:00Acesse o nosso canal
00:30it is ready to do what it takes
00:31to protect Europe. This in response
00:34to Vladimir Putin's comments that
00:36Russia did not want it, but
00:38would be ready for war with Europe.
00:40Euro News' correspondent Shona Murray
00:41has spent most of the week over at the NATO
00:44headquarters outside Brussels and joins me
00:46now on set for an update. Good morning Shona.
00:48Great to have you with us.
00:49Look, what was said over at NATO? Well I think that
00:51is a very important point that we heard there from
00:53Vladimir Putin saying he would have war with
00:56Europe, but Secretary General of NATO
00:58Mark Rutte said, NATO is a
00:59defensive alliance, there's no interest in war with
01:01Russia of course, but
01:04it will support Ukraine for all
01:06its needs. It's also really atop the agenda
01:08was the last few days, was
01:10of course these talks with the US
01:11and Ukraine and Russia.
01:14Not a huge amount of optimism from
01:16member states of NATO saying really that
01:18they don't believe that Russia is willing to come to the table
01:20but they are also saying it's crunch
01:22time and really the consensus in NATO was the
01:23two most important things are territory
01:25and security guarantees and we're nowhere near
01:28at that point yet. So all that hope of the
01:30last two weeks is gone? Well yeah, I mean
01:31there wasn't a huge amount of hope anyway, but
01:33they're saying there's crunch time because at least
01:34there is some movement, but yeah
01:36there isn't a huge amount of hope yet.
01:37And meanwhile the European Commission said
01:39yesterday they will move ahead with that
01:41loan for Ukraine using
01:43frozen Russian assets, but
01:45they don't have Belgium on board yet. No, they
01:47don't. They announced yesterday a legal work
01:49around that would help indemnify Belgium
01:51against potential risks, major risks
01:53that exist for Belgium because 180
01:55billion euro of those Russian frozen assets are here in Belgium.
01:59But the Belgiums are saying this isn't good enough and there are still major risks ahead for them.
02:03So I asked Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte yesterday what he thought should be done with these assets.
02:09We look at Ukraine for next year
02:12if the reparations loans
02:15slash
02:16defreezing the assets
02:19or making the assets
02:21mobilized, whatever the exact phrase is
02:23we are using.
02:24If that is not happening, then it is
02:27absolutely clear that we need to get
02:29the money in another way.
02:31And I felt a commitment in the room first
02:33to see how far we can get. But again
02:35that's on the EU side of town.
02:36first of all, to get this done.
02:39But there was also a clear understanding that
02:41if somehow this is not working out
02:43Ukraine cannot be left alone.
02:45Now the issue of course of frozen assets doesn't normally
02:47come up at NATO, but this is very important because
02:49the US previously in the 28th point plan
02:51for Ukraine has said that it might want to
02:53use those assets, which is another reason
02:55why the EU has come out and said, well look
02:57we really need to ensure that they stay in Europe
02:59and that's why they have these legal guarantees.
03:01So it's a major, major issue for Europe.
03:03This will be on the table I imagine for the next few weeks?
03:05It's going to be huge, particularly at the next European Council
03:07meeting in a couple of weeks' time. There's going to be
03:09a showdown, as one source said to me.
03:11A showdown. So stay tuned to your news
03:13and to Shona Murray's reporting for that. Thank you so much
03:15for being with us here live on Europe Today,
03:17Shona Murray.
03:18But now, coming up, we'll be joined by
03:21Roxana Minsatu, the Executive
03:23Vice President of the European
03:25Commission. The Romanian socialist
03:27politician spent years as Minister
03:29for European Funds back home and also
03:31had a stint as a member of the European Parliament.
03:33And now her wide portfolio includes
03:35social rights, skills,
03:38quality jobs and preparedness
03:39where she's trying to keep the social
03:41agenda alive. Commissioner Minsatu, welcome
03:43to Europe Today. Great to have you with us.
03:45Pleasure to be here. Good morning.
03:46And you're here, of course, because you have a busy
03:47day. You're presenting your plan for
03:49quality jobs in Europe.
03:51And unemployment is down here, but of course
03:52quality jobs are scarce.
03:54How will you fix this problem?
03:56Yeah, we present Europe's strategy
03:57for quality employment.
03:59We're looking at three directions.
04:01First, how do we keep jobs
04:03in Europe in key industries
04:04and how we create new jobs, looking
04:06at the green transition, at the digital
04:08transition. Second, how we modernise
04:11employment, algorithmic management,
04:13AI in the workplace. We really need
04:15to do something about that.
04:16And third, of course, we need to consider
04:18the fairness of jobs, wages,
04:21health and safety in the
04:23workplace, just to name a few dimensions.
04:25And with factory closures and people
04:26having to rescale and upscale, how can you
04:28help them with this transition, which is
04:30difficult? We presented even
04:32in the spring, this our union
04:34of skills, our skills
04:35strategy in Europe, where we propose
04:38the skills guarantee for workers.
04:40And now we are starting to pilot it.
04:43It's dedicated to the automotive
04:44sector and the supply chain,
04:46because we see there a lot of
04:47restructuring and a lot of shifts
04:49due to several, of course, challenges
04:51that the industry is facing.
04:53And we are testing different models.
04:55Let's see what the best scenarios will be.
04:57supporting workers through, of course,
04:59skilling, upskilling, reskilling,
05:01subsidising the employer
05:03in the context in which
05:05we might see the worker moving from a
05:07certain industry like automotive
05:08to another one or from a company
05:10to another company or from a branch
05:12to another branch.
05:13Mentoring and all these elements
05:15together should be a package that
05:16would ensure for automotive
05:18skilled workers a smooth transition
05:19to a better job or to a similar
05:21industry.
05:22And what about AI?
05:23How will that radically transform
05:24the workplace here in the EU?
05:25AI is clearly affecting jobs
05:28across the world.
05:30Some jobs, for sure, will be
05:31transformed or will disappear.
05:33And some will be functioning
05:34with AI assistance.
05:36Our concern is that where we will
05:38have AI as a boss, not only as
05:41an assistant, we need to create
05:43trustworthy environments and trust
05:45for SMEs or for corporations and
05:47for workers to use and work with
05:49these systems.
05:51And so we are looking to discuss
05:53whether we need more regulatory,
05:56minimum regulatory frameworks in
05:57Europe.
05:58We launched today the first phase
06:00consultation for a Quality Jobs Act
06:02that will look also at the need.
06:05We will ask social partners, of course,
06:07do we need these minimum frameworks
06:09to see AI in the workplace as a
06:12trustworthy resource in the relation
06:14between employer and employee?
06:15But how are you pushing your social
06:17agenda and the regulation that you want
06:19in a commission which, of course, is
06:21focused on competitiveness?
06:22The EPP, of course, won the
06:23elections.
06:24They're setting the agenda, not the
06:25socialists.
06:25Absolutely, and we work together
06:26very closely.
06:27I work together with Hena Virkunen,
06:29our vice president for technology,
06:31very closely, because competitiveness
06:34is absolutely essential for us to be
06:36able to deliver quality jobs.
06:38But we cannot, as Europe, I think,
06:40achieve competitiveness if we forego
06:42or if we lower the standards on
06:44employment.
06:45So we need to do this together,
06:46balancing the two, and with my
06:50colleague, of course, on digital and
06:51on AI, we're working twofold.
06:53First, to increase the skills of
06:56workers across ages, regions, sectors
06:58in AI, and this is quite important.
07:01And second, without creating burden,
07:03without creating overlaps, because we
07:05have the AI Act, we have the GDPR, we
07:07don't want to affect the agility of
07:10European industry.
07:11But where we have gaps, we need to see
07:13if we need regulations that create
07:15minimum protections for workers.
07:17And is Social Europe dead?
07:19No, Social Europe is not dead.
07:21Social Europe is the backbone of the
07:22European Union.
07:23Without the social fibre, without
07:26social cohesion, the EU would have, I
07:29think, enormous challenges politically
07:31to go ahead.
07:32So it is not only responsible, it is
07:34quite existential to continue to invest
07:37in how we adapt our social model and how
07:40we strengthen it in front of all these
07:41changes.
07:42And what about the credibility of the
07:43EU institutions?
07:44If you look at this week, a corruption
07:46scandal allegedly hitting the EAS, the
07:49Foreign Chief Service.
07:50I know you're a former minister in
07:52charge of public procurement and
07:54funding.
07:54What is your view on all this?
07:56I cannot say that other than I was
07:58shocked because I had met Federica
08:02Mogherini a while back.
08:04Of course, I cannot comment on the
08:06investigation, but it is important that
08:08these investigations will be followed up
08:11thoroughly because it's EU money, it's
08:13taxpayers' money.
08:14And again, it's the trust in European
08:16institutions that needs to be defended.
08:19But absolutely, I was absolutely shocked
08:22by the news when it broke out.
08:25Okay, Commissioner Minsatu, thank you so
08:26much for coming in to us this morning on
08:28Europe Today.
08:29You have, of course, a very busy day, so
08:30best of luck with that.
08:32And another politician having an intense
08:34day is France's President Macron, who's
08:36currently on his fourth trip to China
08:38amid tensions over Ukraine.
08:40The French President is spending three
08:42days discussing trade, geopolitics and
08:45Ukraine.
08:46For more on his visit, we can now actually
08:48cross over to Paris and bring in our
08:50correspondent, Sophia Katschenkova.
08:52Good morning, Sophia.
08:54Great to have you with us this morning on
08:55Europe Today.
08:56Just tell us, why is President Macron in
08:59China and what exactly is at stake?
09:00Well, the stakes are high on two fronts,
09:06Maeve.
09:07First, Ukraine and second, trade.
09:10On Ukraine, Macron wants China to use
09:13its leverage over its closest major
09:15partner, Russia, to try and convince
09:18Russian President Vladimir Putin towards
09:21a ceasefire in Ukraine.
09:24And this comes just days after Ukrainian
09:26President Volodymyr Zelensky was in
09:29Paris. But the two sides remain far apart on
09:33what an end to this conflict should look
09:35like, with, for example, Beijing still
09:38supplying major drone components to
09:41Russia.
09:42And then when it comes to trade, well,
09:43France wants to attract more Chinese
09:45investment to Paris, but also to the EU.
09:50And one of the major issues with trade is
09:52the trade imbalance.
09:54As a reminder, Europe runs a 300 billion
09:57euro trade deficit with China, driven by
10:00ultra-competitive Chinese electric vehicles,
10:03as well as low-cost imports from
10:06platforms like Xi'in, Timu and Alibaba.
10:09And at the press conference this Thursday
10:11morning, Macron summed up some of these
10:14major trade challenges.
10:16The EU and China have a role to play in
10:22laying the foundations for a fair and
10:24robust economic governance based on the
10:26rules rather than the law of the
10:28strongest. These imbalances are
10:31unsustainable and pose the risk of
10:33financial crisis. They jeopardize our
10:35ability to grow together. We have
10:37everything to gain from a better
10:39coordination.
10:40So despite these tensions, Macron and Xi'inping
10:49still signed 12 cooperation agreements on
10:52bilateral investment, nuclear energy, and
10:55even panda conservation. Back to you,
10:58Brussels.
10:59So what does this mean then for France and of
11:00course the EU because he's representing as
11:02well, Sophia, the European Union there?
11:04Yes, Maeve, as you said. So for France and the
11:09EU, this visit is about balancing a
11:11relationship with both a country that they
11:13view as a partner but also a competitor.
11:17It's a more, you know, balanced global
11:19economy with China consuming more and
11:22exporting less with the EU still maintaining
11:26access to the world's second largest
11:28economy. And from Macron, it's also important
11:31to shape a coordinated European approach ahead
11:35of France hosting the G7 summit next year
11:39in Evian. And more broadly, this trip also
11:42reflects France's and the EU's attempt to
11:44present a united but not too confrontational
11:48front with China. Back to you, Maeve.
11:50Okay, Sophia Kaskankova, thank you so much for
11:52that live update from Paris. We'll of course
11:55keep you up to speed on Macron's visit and
11:58any business deals that he clinched. Keep an eye,
12:01of course, on euronews.com. But now it is time to
12:04talk about the Eurovision Song Contest. The
12:06famous festival is hanging on a threat after
12:09the boycott of several countries, including
12:11Spain, one of the five largest contributors to
12:13the Eurovision. They argue that Israel should
12:16get the same treatment as Russia, which was
12:18excluded in 2022 after Ukraine's invasion.
12:21Jakob Yanis reports.
12:22Oh, the Eurovision. One would say it's a celebration of
12:29music that unites the whole Europe and for some
12:32reason, Australia too. But your daily reporter has a
12:36different take. To him, it's all about the game of bingo
12:40that you play every May with your loved ones. And us at
12:44Euronews, we are one big family. So why don't we cast some
12:49bets?
12:53This year's Eurovision is facing a historic meltdown with some
12:58countries threatening to boycott the party. Why, you ask? You see,
13:03there are two reasons. Allegations of Israel topping last
13:08year public vote is one. And there is also war in Gaza, which
13:13Spain argues crosses a red line. So here is the grid. If
13:18Israel is not excluded, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland and the
13:23Netherlands are out. But if Israel is excluded, reports say
13:29Germany and Austria would be out then. And as for our
13:33friends from Australia, they haven't commented on that yet. And I
13:37mean the country down under, not the host country.
13:45Sounds a bit complex, doesn't it? The voting happens today and
13:49tomorrow in Geneva, where Eurovision bosses will decide the
13:52new rules to solve the crisis. So go on, take your bingo cards
13:58and guess who will be singing this year.
14:03Jacob Janes reporting there for us. Well, this brings this
14:08Thursday's edition of Europe Today to an end. Thank you so
14:11much for tuning in. For more news in depth, visit euronews.com. And
14:15we'll be back again tomorrow morning, where we'll be joined by the
14:17EU Commissioner responsible for housing and energy, Dan Jorgensen. So
14:21don't miss that. See you tomorrow on Euro News.
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