La Presidencia danesa ha reforzado la defensa y la competitividad europeas, según la ministra

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La Presidencia danesa ha reforzado la defensa y la competitividad europeas, según la ministra  Mientras Dinamarca se prepara para pasar el testigo de la presidencia de la UE a Chipre, su ministra de Asuntos Europeos afirma a 'Euronews' que su país ha logrado avances significativos en aspectos prioritarios, desde la simplificación a la migración.  MÁS INFORMACIÓN : http://es.euronews.com/2025/12/23/la-presidencia-danesa-ha-reforzado-la-defensa-y-la-competitividad-europeas-segun-la-minist  ¡Suscríbete a nuestro canal! Euronews está disponible en 12 idiomas

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00:00¡Gracias!

00:30You said very clearly back in the summer, the beginning of this presidency, that advancing

00:34Ukraine's application to join the European Union would be a big priority for you.

00:40Are you satisfied that progress has been made?

00:43Well, absolutely.

00:45As this advancing EU enlargement process with Ukraine has been and is one of our top priorities

00:51because we live in uncertain times.

00:54We need a stronger Europe, a Europe that is more secure, that can defend itself.

00:58And enlargement is a part of that priority.

01:02And that is why it has been so essential for us to move on the enlargement agenda, especially

01:06with Ukraine, but also with Moldova and the countries in the West Balkan.

01:10This is about security.

01:12We need the candidate countries to be closer with the EU, to be more secure, more stability

01:17for Europe.

01:18We don't want any of the candidate countries to turn their eyes to Russia.

01:21It has been particularly difficult with Ukraine because, as I guess almost everyone knows,

01:27Hungary is blocking for formal process with Ukraine.

01:32Recently, I know in Lviv that you managed to find a solution for that, which is a workaround

01:36that the technical work can continue, the Ukraine can continue on this path.

01:41But are you disappointed that you were not able to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

01:47to give his green light and that you had to find this quite creative workaround to that?

01:52No, I have to say I am extremely satisfied and proud that we actually managed to find a new approach

01:59where the enlargement procedure is not at a standstill, but is in fact very much alive,

02:05that we are moving with Ukraine and also Moldova, because we are now taking this new approach.

02:10And that approach will be continued during the next presidency, the Cyprus presidency.

02:15So even though that Hungary is blocking, we have moved on the enlargement agenda,

02:19because we knew before we took over the presidency that it would be a problem with Hungary.

02:23They were also blocking during the police presidency, and they are still blocking.

02:28Couldn't this risk, though, entrenching Viktor Orbán's opposition even more?

02:33Because at some point, if the rules stay as they are, he will have to lift his veto

02:38if Ukraine is to become a European Union member.

02:40Well, the enlargement procedure requires unanimity and eventually becoming a member country.

02:47We need all countries on board.

02:49But I think that when Ukraine is delivering and increasingly are making the reforms,

02:54are getting closer to EU day by day, that also increases the pressure on Hungary.

02:59They can't keep blocking, because Ukraine is getting so much closer to EU

03:04in terms of reforming and transforming the country.

03:07And Ukraine in EU will be a huge benefit, not just for Ukraine, but also for EU.

03:13For instance, when it comes to our defense and security,

03:16having an integrated defense with Ukraine would really boost our security.

03:21So I think as long as Ukraine is moving that way,

03:25we are also able to increase the pressure on Hungary.

03:28Now, you've always said that EU membership should be merit-based.

03:33That is, countries have to meet milestones, implement reforms,

03:36and be ready to join the European Union before they join.

03:40But now Ukraine and also the US seems to have a different timeline in mind.

03:45And they're saying that Ukraine, as part of security guarantees,

03:48should become a European Union member as soon as January 2027.

03:53Do you fear you're being outsmarted by the US here?

03:56Well, I hear all of those rumors.

03:59And to be frank, we hear a lot of things from over the seas.

04:04We have never put a timeline on neither Ukraine nor Moldova

04:09or on the countries in West Balkan,

04:11because it is a merit-based approach, and we stand with that.

04:16Ukraine has to deliver.

04:18Of course, we would like to see them sooner than later in the EU,

04:21but they have to deliver and they have to reform.

04:24We're not going to lower the bar.

04:25We will help them reach the bar.

04:27So no peace agreement can demand quicker access

04:31or establish a timeline for the enlargement process?

04:35I think it is fair that it is a part of the talks

04:39when we're talking about peace with Ukraine,

04:42because the EU membership is undoubtedly a part

04:45of the long-term security and stability for Ukraine,

04:49having a more stable country.

04:51But when we talk security guarantees,

04:54the EU membership is not enough.

04:56Moving on to a slightly different topic,

04:59you've also vowed at the beginning of the presidency

05:02to tackle bureaucracy and over-regulation.

05:05And in recent months, we've seen various initiatives,

05:08so-called simplification packages,

05:11stripping back EU laws in many different areas

05:13in order to restore its competitive edge.

05:17Are you satisfied with these measures

05:19or are you still concerned that Europe could become a desert

05:23for tech champions and emerging companies?

05:26Well, I'm very happy that you're bringing up this topic,

05:29because that's also really one of the areas

05:31that I'm just super proud of the Danish presidency.

05:34We said from the beginning that we wanted a stronger Europe

05:38in terms of security and defense and also competitiveness.

05:41That was the second theme.

05:43And we really managed also to deliver results here,

05:46taking the omnibus packages.

05:48The council now have reached a general approach

05:51on six of the omnibus packages,

05:52and we have been able to, during our presidency,

05:56to make agreement on three of the omnibus packages

05:58with the European Parliament.

06:00Especially, I am very satisfied that we made agreement

06:03on the omnibus one,

06:05on sustainability requirements for companies.

06:07This will ease the burdens on our companies very much,

06:11and that is very good.

06:12And it is a good first step for moving on

06:16and making it easier to do business in Europe.

06:18And that is really something we need

06:20if we want to have a better competitiveness in Europe.

06:24But does this simplification agenda come with a price?

06:29Does it come with a price for the climate, for example?

06:32I don't see it that way.

06:34Actually, on the contrary,

06:36if we don't strengthen our competitiveness,

06:39we will not be able to solve

06:41the climate challenges we are faced with.

06:44Because in order to find solutions for that,

06:49we need to have a strong economy

06:51where we do not depend on fossil fuel.

06:54Therefore, we need new green technologies.

06:57And those new green technologies,

06:59they cannot thrive

07:00if we don't have a good economic environment

07:02and where it is easy for businesses to scale

07:06and to grow, to find investment.

07:07Digital rules have also been simplified.

07:10Are you concerned that this is partly a bow to the U.S.,

07:15which is making it very clear

07:17that it's unhappy with the degree of regulation

07:20affecting digital tech companies

07:22coming from the European Union?

07:24I think it is quite a strange argument to make.

07:28Europe has to have better competitiveness.

07:30And we needed to have that

07:32whether we had Trump or we did not have Trump,

07:35whether the U.S. is saying what they do or not.

07:37That was evident by the Mario Draghi report last year

07:41before there was the presidency election in the U.S.

07:44We have problems with our competitiveness.

07:46And Mario Draghi, in fact,

07:47was also pointing to that we are over-regulating in EU.

07:51So this has nothing to do with Trump or the U.S.

07:54This has something to do with EU, with Europe,

07:57that we want Europe to be stronger.

07:58And in order for us to be a global actor,

08:01we need to make it easier to do business.

08:03And therefore, we need to ease the burdens.

08:05I'd like to touch as well, Minister, if I can,

08:09on the migration files,

08:10because you have been overseeing as the Danish presidency

08:12many important developments when it comes to migration policy,

08:17including steps that could allow EU countries

08:21to send asylum seekers to third countries deemed safe.

08:27Some of these countries may have absolutely no connection

08:31to these asylum seekers.

08:33Is this a fair and humane way for the EU

08:36to treat potential refugees?

08:39This has also been part of our presidency priorities.

08:43And it is a part of making Europe more secure.

08:47We need to have better control of migrants going to Europe.

08:51And we need to be better at sending irregular migrants back.

08:56It is also about the number.

08:58There is a limitation of how many irregular migrants we can receive.

09:03That will destabilize our countries.

09:05If we receive too many,

09:07we cannot send back irregular migrants.

09:10Now we have reached an agreement in the Council

09:12on the safe third country,

09:15making it easier to send irregular migrants back.

09:18And would you say that the EU is now embracing

09:20the quite harsh or hard line on migration

09:24that Denmark has been embracing for quite a long time

09:27and often criticized for that?

09:29Well, to be honest, not enough.

09:31I mean, it's very good that we made these agreements,

09:34but we still have a lot of problems.

09:37We still have conventions saying

09:40that we have to protect the criminal immigrants

09:43better than our own citizens.

09:44In Denmark, we are struggling a lot.

09:46Are you referring to the Human Rights Convention?

09:48The Human Rights Convention, yes.

09:50Criminal immigrants that we cannot send back

09:53because of the conventions.

09:55So this has nothing to do with the EU policy,

09:57but the conventions.

09:58And that is a problem.

10:00And we are, to say it out straight,

10:02we are protecting criminal immigrants

10:05better than we are protecting our own citizens.

10:07So this is something that we are also working with.

10:10We did that before our presidency,

10:12during our presidency,

10:12and we will keep working with that.

10:14And I just acknowledge that we are now

10:17many member countries, also non-EU countries,

10:20that are now working to have this change.

10:23And you support changing the way

10:24that convention is interpreted, is that right?

10:27Yes.

10:27We made a letter together with now,

10:30I believe it's 27 countries,

10:32some of them EU countries.

10:33It is also about trust and trust in our democracy.

10:39If it is convention and judges that are making our laws

10:42instead of elected politicians,

10:45we will lose trust in our democracy.

10:48So this is something we have to take serious.

10:51And that's what we do from Denmark.

10:52And I can see that more and more countries agree

10:56with our approach in Denmark about this.

10:59Finally, Minister, to close off,

11:01what would you say to your Cypriot counterparts?

11:04What should they really be prioritizing

11:06over the next six months?

11:07Well, I hope they will continue

11:09on the same track as we did.

11:12And we followed up on the police presidency,

11:15especially when it comes to security and defense.

11:18That was also what the police presidency was about.

11:20We have built on that, also on competitiveness.

11:23And this is really key issues for Europe.

11:26Now we have a roadmap from the commission

11:29guiding us how to be able to defend ourselves in 2030.

11:34I hope that the Cyprus presidency will continue this work

11:37and also on competitiveness.

11:40We just talked about Omnibus 1,

11:42and now we have eight packages,

11:44but much more will come from the commission.

11:45And we need to reach agreements on that

11:47in the council and with the European Parliament.

11:49So I really hope that the Cyprus presidency

11:51will do their best on this.

11:52I'm sure they will.

11:54Minister, thank you so much.

11:56Thank you.

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