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00:00Dzień dobry, to jest Wednesday 14 Januari.
00:18I'm Maeve McMahon, and this is Europe Today.
00:21Your daily dose of European news and analysis live on Euronews.
00:27Coming up today, the US president has said Iran will, quote, pay a huge price.
00:32He's encouraging Iranians to topple the regime and take to the streets.
00:36In just days, thousands have been arrested.
00:38Some face execution and hundreds are reported dead.
00:42Meanwhile, the European Union is preparing further sanctions on Iran
00:45following this ongoing brutal crackdown,
00:47and EU officials have also summoned Iran's ambassador to Brussels.
00:51For more on this story, I'm joined here now in the studio by our EU news editor, Maria Tadeo.
00:56Good morning. Just fill us in. What is the latest?
00:58Well, Maeve, the eyes of the world clearly are on Iran protests
01:02that have been going on for two weeks.
01:04And as you say, the fear now is that these protests are turning into a bloodshed.
01:10And to that extent, the president of the United States put out a message yesterday
01:14in which he said, help, it's on its way.
01:17Let me just read it for a second for you.
01:19This is President Trump.
01:21Patriots, keep on protesting.
01:22Take over your institutions.
01:24Save the names of the killers and the abusers.
01:26They will pay a big price.
01:28He also says he's canceled any contact and meetings with Iranian officials
01:33until the senseless killings continue.
01:35And then he says, as I mentioned, help.
01:37It's on its way.
01:38Make Iran great again.
01:40Now, Maeve, we should remind our viewers that the international community set a very clear red line,
01:46and that is the protests should not turn into a killing machine.
01:49The issue now, and of course, it's very difficult to independently verify what's going on
01:53on the streets of Iran because of the connectivity issues we've talked about
01:57when it comes to, well, the communications, the telephone lines, and the Internet.
02:01But the concern is that the protests may have now resulted in the killings of 500 was the initial number reported
02:07at the start of the week.
02:08That number could now go all the way to 2,500 people killed.
02:12And, of course, there's very serious concerns that the regime can start now to execute people in public.
02:20Of course, that means that in a matter of days, a court, quote-unquote,
02:23has now decided that they are responsible and guilty for presumably terrorism.
02:28But, of course, that is something that is very hard to believe that you can get to that assumption
02:32in a matter of days.
02:33President Trump was asked, what does that help or help is on its way mean?
02:36And he said the following one.
02:37Let's take a look.
02:39You think it went wrong this morning that help is on the way for protesters.
02:43What did you mean by that?
02:44What kind of help?
02:44You're going to have to figure that one out.
02:46I'm sorry.
02:47Too many people have been killed in Iran.
02:51Nobody's been able to give me an accurate number.
02:53I have heard numbers from everything's a lot.
02:56One is a lot.
02:57But I've heard numbers much lower, and I've heard numbers much higher.
03:00We'll be knowing.
03:01We're probably going to find out over the next 20 minutes.
03:04I think it's a lot.
03:06It's too many, whatever.
03:08Well, President Trump is saying it's already too many.
03:11We're going to figure out in 48 hours, presumably by the end of today.
03:15Potentially.
03:16We should also note that the Trump administration has had contacts with the exiled Crown President
03:21of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, who is insisting the protests need to go on.
03:25And this is a time for the Iranian people to take over these institutions.
03:29It's a fluid situation, but of course, Syria is at this stage, very serious.
03:32Indeed, and the U.S. seems to be taking a lead.
03:34What about the Europeans?
03:35What are they doing?
03:35Well, to that extent, we know there's been a call for more sanctions.
03:38We also know that Iranian officials have been banned from entering the premises of the European
03:41Parliament.
03:42But there is a call for more action.
03:44And yesterday, to that extent, I spoke with the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metzela.
03:49She's been very outspoken on this issue.
03:51Let's have a listen to that interview.
03:53President, thank you very much for joining us.
03:56You've had some very severe condemnation to the Iranian regime and words of support for
04:00the people of Iran.
04:02The difference is important.
04:04How concerned are you about the situation on the ground?
04:06Well, ever since I became president of this parliament, I have made it my mission to make
04:11sure that we stand with fights for freedoms around the world.
04:15And this is why we are appalled by what's happening in Iran.
04:19And we could not stand idly by when we see that a regime is using violence, it's using
04:26repression, it's using regression and abuse in order to clamp down on what we believe to
04:30be fundamental freedoms.
04:32In fact, these are universal freedoms.
04:34And that is why we took the step to ban Iranian diplomats and staff representing the
04:40regime from entering these premises.
04:42This has brought political support inside this house because we stand for the very opposite
04:48of what the regime stands for.
04:49And, President, the international community set a very clear red line, and that is the
04:53protest should not turn into a bloodshed.
04:56Unfortunately, it seems that is the way it's going.
04:58What can the European Union do at this point?
05:00Well, we've stood with the protesters ever since we've started to see people gather in
05:06the around on the streets.
05:07We've also condemned the fact that communications have been blacked out.
05:13We've seen four whole days of blackouts.
05:14We're now starting to see a little bit more of messaging coming through.
05:17We welcome any attempt to help them technologically because we need to see what is happening.
05:22And as you said, these are not just protests that are being accepted and being respected.
05:30They are being clamped down upon.
05:31We've seen violence.
05:32We've seen assassinations.
05:33This is not something we will tolerate.
05:36And the Iranian community, the Iranian protesters, have asked us for solidarity, for help, for
05:41messages, but not only for us to go a step further, to increase sanctions, to put the IRGC
05:47on the list of terrorists.
05:48They should be considered now as a terrorist organization.
05:50We've been in a position of the European Parliament for many years now.
05:53Ever since, we've seen those brave women on the streets of Iran calling out for their
05:59life and their liberty and their rights and their dignity.
06:02This is why we have said that this theocracy, autocracy, should no longer be in power.
06:09We are calling for the Iranians to be able to see how this regime could come to an end.
06:14And we fully support them in that.
06:15I think the European Union has a golden moment in order for it to show its firmness, its strength
06:21and also its clarity.
06:23We support freedom.
06:25This is a fundamental pillar of everything we've built our union on.
06:30So there's no need to wait for President Trump.
06:32The EU should go from now.
06:34Our appeal is to go now.
06:36We think that 2026 should be the year when dictatorships are over.
06:41And this is a golden moment for the European Union, for Europe, for member states, governments
06:46to say this regime, as the German Chancellor said, is on its last legs.
06:50We fully agree with it and we should go further.
06:52And that is my final question.
06:53Do you believe now this is 2026?
06:56This is the ending of this regime?
06:58It comes to an end in 2026?
07:00If not now, when?
07:01The people of Iran are calling for this to happen.
07:05We believe in them.
07:06We believe in all their efforts in order to see that there is a change.
07:10There is a fall of the regime.
07:13How that happens, that's not for us to say.
07:14It's for the Iranian people to determine.
07:17But we support them.
07:18Well, President, thank you very much for joining us on Iran News.
07:20Thank you.
07:23And that was, of course, Roberta Metzola, the President of the European Parliament.
07:27They're speaking to our Maria Tadeo.
07:28But now moving on to another story keeping EU leaders up at night,
07:32and that is Greenland.
07:33The US Vice President, J.D. Vance, and other US officials
07:37are set to meet with Danish and Greenlandish counterparts
07:40in Washington later today.
07:41The talks come amid ongoing fears that President Donald Trump
07:44is insisting the US must acquire the territory.
07:48For more on this, we can actually cross over now
07:49to the NATO headquarters here in Brussels,
07:52where our correspondent, Shona Murray, is standing by for us.
07:55Good morning, Shona.
07:56Just tell us, what is the mood there among NATO officials?
07:58Well, as you can imagine, Maeve, Mark Rutte,
08:02the NATO Secretary General, has refused to be drawn
08:05into the impact on this alliance
08:07if one NATO country, the United States,
08:09were to forcibly acquire the land,
08:11the territory of another NATO country, Denmark, and Greenland.
08:15So it's a real concern here.
08:17And today here at NATO, there will be a meeting
08:18of the North Atlantic Council,
08:20which is NATO's principal decision-making body,
08:22where the issue will indeed loom large,
08:24if not formally on the table,
08:25given those important meetings in Washington, D.C.
08:28later this afternoon.
08:30But really, I've spoken to some sources
08:31who said that they are in despair of the situation
08:34and the impact this might have on the alliance.
08:36In fact, one told me that Putin himself,
08:38in his wildest dreams, couldn't imagine
08:40to impose this level of division and disjointedness
08:44within the NATO alliance.
08:45So we'll have to see if any decisions
08:47around NATO allies like Germany and the UK,
08:51saying that they will improve conditions,
08:54security conditions within the High North
08:55and the Arctic regions,
08:57will assuage what Donald Trump says
08:59he wants to do in Greenland.
09:01Maeve?
09:02And Shona, do NATO allies actually believe
09:03Trump is serious here,
09:05and that a takeover of Greenland is imminent?
09:09Well, they have to take him very, very seriously.
09:11We know that Donald Trump has been talking about this
09:13since his first administration back in 2017.
09:16He's talked about it for the past year.
09:18He's obviously emboldened by what he would see
09:20as a very much a success in Venezuela.
09:23The Americans say it's important for their security,
09:25which is why NATO allies are trying to say to them,
09:28well, look, let's all work together
09:29to protect the High North and the Arctic region
09:31from the influence of China and Russia.
09:34Many don't see this as something
09:35that the Americans need to do alone.
09:37It should be done within the alliance.
09:38But what's interesting is what we saw yesterday
09:40is this sort of united front being put
09:43with the Greenlandish government,
09:45the prime minister there, Jens Frederik Nielsen,
09:48and the prime minister of Denmark,
09:50Mette Frederiksen,
09:51where the Greenlanders are saying
09:53if there's a choice between America acquiring them forcibly
09:56or remaining within the EU and NATO,
09:59even though they do have a strong independence movement,
10:01they choose Europe.
10:02One thing must be clear to everyone.
10:07Greenland doesn't want to be owned by the United States.
10:10Greenland doesn't want to be governed by the United States.
10:13Greenland doesn't want to be part of the United States.
10:16We choose Greenland as we know it now,
10:18and that's part of the community of the Kingdom of Denmark.
10:21Jens, Friedrich Nielsen there,
10:24and of course our Shona Murray reporting live from NATO.
10:26Thank you so much for that update.
10:28And for more on Greenland,
10:29do keep an eye on yournews.com.
10:31But now, coming up,
10:32we'll be joined by Pascal Lamy,
10:34the former head of the World Trade Organization,
10:37and a former EU Trade Commissioner,
10:38one of Europe's most influential voices
10:40on global trade and multilateralism.
10:42Today, he's still very active in public life
10:45as Vice President of the Paris Peace Forum,
10:48as well as Vice President of the Jacques Delors
10:50Friends of Europe Foundation.
10:51Good morning.
10:52Good morning.
10:53Great to have you with us here on Europe Today.
10:55First, the big news this week in Brussels.
10:56On Saturday, President von der Leyen will travel to Paraguay,
10:59should be signing the Mercosur EU trade deal.
11:02You seem to be the only French man who supports it.
11:05Is it good for Europeans, do you think?
11:07Yes, I definitely believe,
11:10and as you just said,
11:13I'm reasonably informed about trade issues.
11:16Yes.
11:16That this is a good deal,
11:19like all the bilateral trade agreements
11:23which the EU has signed, adopted
11:27for the last 10 or 15 years.
11:29And it means multilateralism works again, don't it?
11:31I can understand some worries on the green side
11:35because of deforestation in the Amazon.
11:38I can understand some worries on the farming side
11:42because there will be a bit,
11:43a bit more imports of beef or poultry.
11:47But I think so far,
11:50and notably in the French case,
11:54these worries have been totally overblown.
11:56And what I hope,
11:59what I know,
12:02and I was the first Mercosur negotiator.
12:05Indeed, because it's been going on for decades.
12:07But let's move on.
12:0825 years ago,
12:09what I know is that
12:10if I had had on the table
12:12the deal of today,
12:15I would have signed this 25 years ago.
12:18There you go.
12:18What I believe and hope
12:20is that the debate,
12:22which is now going to the European Parliament,
12:24I mean, the Senate Council has already cleared it.
12:28It now has to go to the European Parliament.
12:30Indeed.
12:31And the French want to block it there.
12:32That's going to be tough.
12:32But Pascal Lamy,
12:33let's move on
12:34because of course,
12:35many in the Parliament now
12:36want the EU-US trade deal to be frozen
12:38because of the tensions over Greenland.
12:40What is your view here?
12:41My view here is that
12:43we have to swallow this pill,
12:50which is very sour.
12:52And the reason for that
12:54is that we need the US on board on Ukraine.
12:57Was it foolish though?
12:58That's the real background.
13:01It's a trade-off.
13:02I do recognize that
13:03there is no guarantee from Trump
13:06that he will keep supporting Ukraine
13:08the way we do it against Russia.
13:11So was it a mistake
13:11to sign up to this deal in July?
13:13No, it was not a mistake
13:15because not doing it
13:17or counter-reacting,
13:20which was a possibility,
13:22would probably have antagonized this guy.
13:24And, you know,
13:25we know how transactional he is.
13:27He can wake up in the morning
13:29and say,
13:29if the Europeans start flying into my feathers,
13:33I'm going to leave Ukraine.
13:34So this is something which is very serious.
13:39And by the way,
13:40and by the way,
13:41when you look at the numbers,
13:43we've lost a little bit of market share
13:46in the US,
13:47not much,
13:49because in reality,
13:50the impact of tariff is not what...
13:52So just briefly,
13:53any advice on dealing,
13:54on negotiating with the Americans,
13:56just briefly?
13:57Depends very much
13:58on how dependent we are
14:00from their strategic orbit.
14:03given that we have a war in Ukraine,
14:07that this is a European war
14:09and that we need the US on board,
14:12we have to be careful.
14:13The reality is that we are
14:16way too dependent
14:17from the US
14:18strategy-wise.
14:21This is not new.
14:21That is a big challenge.
14:22That's the big challenge.
14:23We know that we have to become
14:25more autonomous.
14:25It will take time.
14:27Thank you so much,
14:28Pascal Lamy.
14:28We'll have to leave it there.
14:29Thanks for being our guest
14:30and thank you so much
14:31for watching.
14:32This brings this edition
14:33of Europe Today to an end,
14:34but we will,
14:34of course,
14:35be back tomorrow.
14:35See you then.
14:53We'll see you then.
15:02We'll see you then.
15:02Bye.
15:02Bye.
15:02Bye.
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