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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:38Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
01:11Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
01:14Following the story, your news has correspondents all across the globe.
01:19For the view, though, this morning from Qatar, we can cross first over to Doha and get the
01:24latest from our correspondent, Adele Khalim.
01:27Good morning, Adele.
01:28Look, the longer the war goes on, the worse it seems to be getting.
01:31What is the situation across the Middle East this morning?
01:35Maeve, there's been significant developments in the last 24 hours.
01:38Just this morning, Qatar's Ministry of Interior announced that authorities are evacuating residents
01:43from the vicinity of the U.S. Embassy here in Doha, just six kilometers from where I'm standing.
01:49Now, this comes, obviously, after recent attacks on U.S. embassies and consulates across the region
01:53in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
01:56Also, the Qatar News Agency announced that Qatar's Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdurrahman bin Jassim al-Fani,
02:03received a phone call from Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Aragshi, just yesterday.
02:07And now, this is significant because this is the first time the two leaders have spoken
02:11since the start of this war.
02:13Now, during that call, Qatar's Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed, categorically rejected Iran's
02:18claims that it was not attacking Qatar and just U.S. interests alone.
02:23Sheikh Mohammed reportedly pointed to recent strike attempts at Doha's airport, as well as
02:27the two LNG production facilities, and called for an immediate halt to the attacks.
02:35So, while this doesn't sound like the leaders had a lot of agreement, they didn't see eye
02:40to eye on a lot, it's significant that they're having this conversation at all.
02:44Just 24 hours previously, Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said there were no open lines
02:49of communication between the two countries.
02:51May?
02:51And Adele, what about travelers stranded in the airports there?
02:54What is the latest on that front?
02:56That's a very complicated situation as well.
02:59Some flights are operating in the U.S. State Department.
03:01Since 17,500 Americans have now returned back to U.S. soil.
03:05Have left the Middle East.
03:06In fact, nearly half of them, 8,500, touched down just on Tuesday alone.
03:12Now, both Qatar and the UA have said they will cover hotel and food costs for all stranded
03:16passengers.
03:17But here in Qatar, the airspace remains closed.
03:19And there are 8,000 stranded passengers here.
03:22I spoke to one, a reality TV star, who says that he was returning home from India to a touchdown
03:30in Doha and then going back to Texas.
03:32When the plane was diverted and you turned back to Doha, it was at this moment that Oliver
03:38Sims noticed something was wrong and started to feel scared.
03:41Let's hear from him himself.
03:43I would say that this is definitely a scary situation because, you know, being here right
03:46now, I'm very concerned still.
03:51What, like, should I leave the country?
03:53Should I go to Saudi Arabia and fly out of there?
03:56Should I go to Oman and fly out of there?
03:57But, you know, a lot of Qatari citizens have told me they were like, you know what, just
04:02stay put.
04:03It's fine because Doha and Qatar are pretty safe, which I do believe as well.
04:08But it is just nice and reassuring having a local say that.
04:13Reality TV star Oliver Sims there speaking to our correspondent, Adele Khalim.
04:17Now, European governments are getting worried about the impact the Middle East crisis is
04:21having on them.
04:22Energy, gas, food prices have all spiked.
04:24And capitals are also jittery about citizens stranded in the region.
04:28For The View from Belgium, Euronews' Lauren Walker spoke exclusively to Belgium's Defence
04:32Minister, Theo Franken.
04:34Minister, thank you for joining us.
04:36Firstly, what is your reaction to this war?
04:39And in your eyes, is it legal?
04:42It's a big discussion, of course.
04:44And I think that when you see international law and the interpretation of the last few
04:49decades, that it can be problematic.
04:52But it's a righteous cause to try to decapitate the Ayatollah regime.
04:59That's something totally, it's rightful.
05:01So I think that there's a lot of discussion about it.
05:05I fully understand this.
05:08But I cannot support the Ayatollah regime, not for a second.
05:12It is the most cruel regime of the world.
05:16And they're supporting Hamas.
05:18They're supporting and financing Hezbollah and Houthi and all those terrorist actors in
05:24the Middle East, but also in Europe.
05:25Also here in Brussels, also in Belgium.
05:28So I think that this may be problematic concerning international law, but I think that it can be
05:39defended as well, that they try to take out all those dictators and mullahs and Ayatollahs.
05:46So you think the means justify the end here?
05:50For me, I think it is, yeah.
05:51I think that also the same thing has been said by our Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday
05:56in the Parliament.
05:57So yes, we are totally on the same line.
05:59And yesterday you said that Belgium is preparing to provide military support should this be requested
06:05in the region.
06:06What could this support look like?
06:08And if Belgium does provide support, does this mean Belgium is at war as well?
06:14No, so it will be defensive actions.
06:17So for example, a country like Jordan asking for aid, then we can help them to protect their
06:26territory.
06:27It's not to start a war or to continue or to participate with Israel and the United States.
06:35It's more to help people and countries in the Middle East.
06:40And obviously, as we've just said, Belgium is providing support.
06:44Do you think the EU as a whole should also be doing more to support allies in the region?
06:50Yeah, of course.
06:51But like military decisions, it is the sovereignty of every and each country.
06:55So that's not easy.
06:56I think that Europe needs to really to be very clear on the support for Cyprus.
07:02But on the Middle East, it's more like bilateral.
07:06And lastly, Belgium recently seized a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker.
07:11What will happen with this tanker now?
07:14And does this signify a ramping up of the targeting of Moscow's fleet of vessels?
07:19Yes, we need to really increase pressure on the Putin regime to really get peace negotiations
07:27who are true and who are well-meant.
07:31We don't have that for the moment.
07:34And I think that the only way we can increase pressure is to work on their income,
07:40to work on their oil and gas revenues.
07:43And that means that we need to also tackle on the logistic lines.
07:46And that means that we need to tackle the shadow fleet.
07:48So, yes, we will continue on that pathway.
07:52And do you think that now this conflict in the Middle East,
07:55that it threatens taking the attention away from what is happening in Russia and Ukraine,
08:00which was obviously until about two, three weeks ago the main topic on the EU agenda?
08:06No, I think that the east part of our continent keeps on being number one priority.
08:12Thank you, Minister.
08:17Euro News' Lauren Walker there speaking to the Belgian Minister for Defence, Theo Franken.
08:21And now, the Spanish government has doubled down on President Donald Trump's threat
08:25to cut trade-off with Spain.
08:28Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez insists his country will not be complicit
08:32in the conflict in the Middle East,
08:34saying it was like playing, quote, Russian roulette with the destiny of millions.
08:38Our Jacob Janos takes a closer look at this diplomatic dispute.
08:43It all started with a geopolitical earthquake.
08:46Following the US and Israeli strikes on Iran,
08:50Israel's foreign minister called out Europe's deep divisions.
08:54The Spanish government, which is standing with all the tyrants of the world,
08:58like it stood with Venezuela, they are standing now with Iran.
09:03And Madrid fired back.
09:05Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared a firm no to war
09:09and blocked the US from using Spanish soil for its Iran operations.
09:14And in response, Donald Trump threatened to cut off all trade with Spain.
09:19So let's break down what is at stake.
09:22First, the military footprint.
09:25Spain vetoed US access to its Rota and Morón military bases.
09:29And these two strategically vital hubs for Washington in Europe
09:33sit near the Strait of Gibraltar,
09:35acting as a primary gateway for projecting American power into the Middle East.
09:41And without them, US logistics gets significantly more complicated.
09:46And second, there is the economic fallout.
09:49Because as one of Spain's largest non-EU trading partners,
09:54the US accounts for tens of billions of euros in annual trade.
09:58And if Washington pulls the plug,
10:01it could devastate Spanish exporters,
10:03hitting everything from heavy machinery and pharmaceuticals
10:06to wine and olive oil.
10:09However, Madrid insists it is standing on the side of international law.
10:13And pointing to the Iraq war that took place around 20 years ago,
10:17Sanchez warned against repeating the same mistakes of the past.
10:21And he argued that Spain, backing US military action back then,
10:26only unleashed massive insecurity across Europe.
10:29But with Washington using trade as a weapon against yet another NATO ally,
10:35only one question remains.
10:37Who will blink first this time?
10:43And to hear how Spaniards feel about the stance of their prime minister,
10:46Euronews Madrid correspondents David Artiles and Asidro Montero
10:50took to the streets of the Spanish capital to ask them.
10:55I think military bases can't be used to whatever Trump feels like.
10:59So Sanchez took that decision.
11:01It's true that we hope it doesn't have consequences
11:04because it is how Trump operates.
11:06But I think the decision Sanchez has made is very good.
11:11Trump is illegal in his actions and in his very being.
11:17What he does is illegal.
11:19He is a pseudo-dictator, an undesirable character for me.
11:26Of course, Sanchez's response has been that he doesn't want war.
11:29And that's normal.
11:30We don't want war.
11:32We want them to stop now.
11:34Sanchez has done the right thing
11:35because the more they avoid this, the better.
11:38And for more on this, we're joined here on set
11:40by Euronews' EU editor, Maria Tadeo,
11:42who covered Spanish politics for years.
11:44Maria, what does this fight mean now for the US government?
11:47Who's going to blink first?
11:48Well, Pedro Sanchez is certainly not going to blink at this point
11:52because, yes, this is a story with many ramifications.
11:54The politics, but also the security aspect of it.
11:58Both, of course, are NATO countries.
11:59There's the intelligence share
12:01and then, of course, the business ties between Spain and the US.
12:05But at this stage, and yesterday,
12:06I reported extensively on Euronews about this.
12:09I was on the phone really trying to get a sense
12:11of the thinking of the Spanish president
12:13and the Spanish prime minister at this stage.
12:15And the idea is that he has a strategy that is twofold.
12:18One, he believes and detects
12:20that a big part of the Spanish population
12:22is against this war and does not want a war.
12:27He also detects that President Trump
12:28is someone who's incredibly polarizing for Spanish voters.
12:31So he needs to activate his own base back in Spain.
12:34And that means progressive voters.
12:37It means, of course, militant voters.
12:39It means, of course, left-leaning voters.
12:41So he wants to really mobilize his core,
12:44of course, as an election in Spain in 2027.
12:46And then the other part of this
12:47is that they really want to replicate
12:50this sort of Dominique de Villepin moment.
12:52Of course, if we go back to 2003,
12:54remember, that was a US intervention
12:56in Iran, or Iraq, I should note.
12:59At the time, Dominique de Villepin
13:00said that the war would lead
13:01to disastrous consequences.
13:03The Spanish prime minister
13:04is essentially replicating now that speech,
13:06believing that it can also propel
13:09his international image.
13:10And just finally, the Spanish government
13:12is preparing to put together,
13:14according to sources,
13:15that spoke to Euronews,
13:16a big gathering of progressive voices
13:18in Barcelona in April.
13:19That was confirmed yesterday
13:20by the Brazilian president,
13:22who says he will attend.
13:23And we can read more about that,
13:24of course, on Euronews.com.
13:25But were you just on another register?
13:27Yesterday, you were in Luxembourg
13:28at the European Investment Bank talks,
13:30and you had the opportunity
13:31to speak to an actor
13:32that we all know and love.
13:33Indeed.
13:34So Nikolaj Kosterwald, of course,
13:36he's part of this group
13:37of Scandinavian actors
13:38that have really managed
13:39to be successful in Hollywood.
13:40Of course, we all remember him
13:42as Jamie Lannister
13:43in Game of Thrones.
13:44But he also is an ambassador
13:46for the United Nations,
13:47the development program of the UN too.
13:49And I was struck really, A,
13:50about how willingly open he is
13:53to talk about politics,
13:54but, two, how much he defended the UN,
13:56obviously in the context
13:57of a very contentious Board of Peace
14:00led by President Trump.
14:01Let's take a look.
14:03Nikolaj Kosterwalder,
14:04thank you so much for joining us.
14:05Of course, you've had a very successful
14:07television and film career.
14:09You don't need an introduction.
14:10But there's another side of you,
14:11which is the many years
14:13that you've dedicated
14:14to humanitarian causes
14:15and also climate.
14:16and the obvious question
14:18certainly to me is, why?
14:21Well, because I think it's important,
14:23because it's something
14:24that's always,
14:25I've had an interest in this.
14:27I think it affects all of us.
14:29And that's why when,
14:30I was asked by the UNDP
14:32if I wanted to be
14:32a goodwill ambassador in 2016.
14:34I instantly said,
14:35yes, because I believe in the UN.
14:37I believe in the international,
14:40you know, coming together.
14:41But the thing is,
14:42I wasn't quite sure about the DP.
14:44And the United Nations Development Programme
14:46is the biggest aid agency
14:48in the world.
14:49And I didn't know enough about them.
14:51So I had to also educate myself.
14:52I'm happy you mentioned,
14:53you said, yes, immediately.
14:54You've been doing this work
14:55for now almost 10 years.
14:56Yes.
14:56But you said,
14:57I believe in the work
14:58that the UN does.
14:59Yes.
15:00Why?
15:01And there's a political reality behind this.
15:02I don't want to get too quick
15:03into the politics,
15:04but you know for a year now,
15:05the Trump administration
15:06has been very vocal saying,
15:08we consider that this is basically
15:09now woke club.
15:11The Secretary General
15:12is not doing a good job.
15:13Isn't that how you can call it a woke club?
15:14It was built on the ruins
15:15of the Second World War.
15:17And it's the whole idea behind it.
15:19Look at the charter of the UN.
15:20It's about let's come together.
15:22Let's not fight.
15:24Let's talk it out.
15:25Let's use diplomacy.
15:26And of course,
15:27is the UN perfect?
15:29No.
15:29Does it need reform?
15:31Absolutely.
15:31Is it a good idea
15:32to have a security council
15:33with five members that are just stuck there
15:36and can always veto?
15:37No.
15:38It's a terrible idea.
15:39But the alternative
15:40where we just go out
15:41and all try to fight for ourselves,
15:44we've done that before,
15:45before the UN.
15:47It's not a good idea.
15:48And I think we have to insist
15:49on communication.
15:51So you feel very strongly about this.
15:52That's what I'm picking up from you.
15:54You're going deeply into it.
15:56You don't believe in the UN?
15:57But the question may be bad.
15:59No, no, no, no.
15:59I can ask you a question.
16:00Because just before we start,
16:02you asked me something
16:02which I thought was really interesting.
16:03I think that could be it.
16:05Because you said at the Berlinale
16:06there was artists being asked these questions
16:08and some of them struggled to answer.
16:09And you were like,
16:10how can they not answer this?
16:13But you do this for a living
16:15and you don't want to answer this.
16:17You don't believe in the UN?
16:18In a way,
16:18I have to stay impartial,
16:19but I can say there is a big debate
16:21about the UN.
16:22There's a board of peace now
16:23that has come up.
16:24It seems the world is split
16:25as to what is the functionality.
16:27But in your experience...
16:28Do you think there's a...
16:30That he's been...
16:31What do you call that thing
16:31when people make fun on the internet?
16:34When they're trolling?
16:35Do you think...
16:35Yes, they're trolling.
16:36The choice of words
16:37to call it the board of peace,
16:38do you think that's trolling?
16:41Just hear it out loud.
16:42Board of peace.
16:43We're done with peace.
16:44We just want to get rich quick.
16:47Is that it?
16:48So is a world now
16:50where you look at it
16:51it is about money now?
16:52Well, I guess if you're cynical
16:54you say it's always been
16:55about money somehow, right?
16:57The power grab.
16:58But that's also why we say
16:59let's get together.
17:00We have to find a way
17:02where it's not just
17:03the strongest and the biggest
17:04that control the world
17:05where we actually all
17:06we all have a seat at the table.
17:08And that's why the UN is important.
17:09And in your experience
17:11would you go
17:11it's been a force for good
17:13in specific cases
17:14that you've seen yourself
17:15that you can go back and say
17:17I saw a difference
17:18specifically with my own eyes
17:19in multiple occasions.
17:21Yes, of course.
17:22If you look at recent history
17:24like the Paris Agreement
17:25the Paris Agreement
17:25the whole world coming together
17:26to say listen
17:27we have to deal with climate change
17:29we have to do something about this.
17:30Now, yes
17:31the U.S. have left
17:32and have rejoined
17:33and then they left again
17:34but the whole world
17:35is moving in this direction
17:36and standing up
17:38and I think that is very positive.
17:39In 2019
17:40there was a big green wave
17:41every politician
17:43was jumping off
17:46it sort of has disappeared
17:47nobody talks about a green planet
17:49it's a green industry.
17:50I can ask you that
17:51without you being
17:51There's been huge social pushback
17:53of course
17:53connected to what people perceive
17:55as a sort of
17:55very expensive energy
17:57the world has changed
17:58because of the war in Ukraine.
18:00But I just think
18:00if you speak to young people today
18:02I think a lot of young people
18:03are very concerned about
18:05but for some reason
18:06it stopped being discussed
18:08in news outlets.
18:11So then the media
18:12also lost interest.
18:13Well, I think
18:15there's a lot of
18:16financial incentives
18:17involved with this.
18:18I think when the US go out
18:20as aggressive as they have
18:21and say listen
18:22you cannot use the word
18:23climate change anymore
18:24in any official documents
18:25in the US
18:26if you have these SDGs
18:29in your companies
18:29we will not do business with you.
18:31Yeah, that is going to have
18:32huge effects on
18:33also the media companies
18:35and we've seen that in the US
18:36but also in Europe.
18:37And then now
18:38it's a final question of course
18:39you travel the world
18:40and when you look at Europe
18:41how do you see
18:42Europe evolving
18:43and it was a very difficult question
18:45but I've got to ask you
18:45Listen, it's funny this thing
18:47because we were talking about
18:50I think that discussion
18:51is very important.
18:52I think that it's a beautiful thing.
18:54Europe is so many countries.
18:57There's going to
18:57it's not like
18:58we can't just go
18:59like they do in the US
19:00where one guy says
19:01well this is how we're going to do it
19:02now we're going to do this.
19:03No, we have to talk it out
19:04we have to discuss
19:05then we find a way.
19:07But I think
19:08that that is a quality
19:09that is
19:10the insisting on democracy
19:12insisting on discussion
19:14and I think that
19:15if you look at
19:15the numbers
19:16of people
19:17living in the EU
19:18in Europe
19:19if you look at
19:20the economics
19:21we are incredibly powerful.
19:26Well that brings
19:27this edition of Europe Today
19:28to an end.
19:29Tune in again tomorrow
19:30we'll have a very special focus
19:31on Women's Day
19:32with the EU Commissioner
19:33for Women's Rights
19:34Hadja Labib
19:34right here in the studio.
19:36Take care
19:36and see you soon
19:37on Euronews.
19:40We'll be right back.
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