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02:56So the question is, is this the harbinger for Trump?
02:59And I know, Shona, you spend quite some time at the NATO HQ here in Brussels.
03:04What are you hearing there about the reaction,
03:07how are they feeling about these threats coming from the White House?
03:10Well, a few people have said this is just typical Trump NATO bashing.
03:13The other point, Nana, we heard this at the Arctic last week
03:16when I spoke to the German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius,
03:18they're very annoyed that Donald Trump has removed the oil sanctions against Russia,
03:22which means that Russia now has more money to spend on the war in Ukraine
03:26and more money to attack NATO allies.
03:28They're obviously not going to respond publicly in relation to this,
03:31but also there's a consensus that maybe he's not talking about NATO,
03:33maybe he's just talking about European allies.
03:36But other people have said to me that they're quite annoyed with Mark Rutte
03:39because he gave fulsome, full-throated support for this war.
03:43He went on Fox News on the 2nd of March saying that all European allies
03:47were fully behind Donald Trump.
03:49And perhaps Donald Trump then expected Europeans to get behind him.
03:53And in fact, they did the opposite. They rejected it.
03:55But other things that Europeans are saying to me is,
03:57look, we can't afford to get into a mission like this.
04:00It's drawing down assets from the Baltics, from the Arctic.
04:03If we do, it's very expensive.
04:05What can we do? In fact, let's be realistic.
04:08And at the time when Donald Trump was calling for this support from the US,
04:11he wasn't sending any US Marines.
04:12And now he is.
04:13So the Europeans are kind of standing back saying there's not much we can do.
04:17And very, very briefly, Shona,
04:18this will come up when EU leaders gather here in Brussels tomorrow.
04:21That's right. Big European Council meeting.
04:22Tomorrow wasn't expected to be on the table,
04:24but the main part of this discussion will also be the economic impact,
04:27the price of oil and so on of this war in Europe.
04:30OK, and we will, of course, be following those discussions here in Brussels tomorrow.
04:35But now moving on.
04:37Civilians in the Middle East are being caught in the crossfire of the US and Israel's war against Iran,
04:42with strikes hitting homes, hospitals and schools.
04:45The UN says that the shockwaves of the war, including airspace closures and disruptions to trade and energy routes,
04:52are affecting its ability to respond.
04:55Euronews' Maeve McMahon sat down with United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Chief Tom Fletcher.
05:00She started by asking him whether the UN is being increasingly sidelined
05:04in a world where international law is in retreat.
05:08This is a time of impunity and division and polarisation.
05:12And a lot of people are attacking the UN.
05:14But every time you hear someone attack the UN, ask yourself what they gain by making us weaker.
05:19Because actually, impunity, brutality, polarisation, war, we were built for times like this.
05:25This is why we were invented.
05:27And look, in the last week, I've lost four colleagues on the front lines
05:31who've given their lives to go out there and save lives because of the mess the world is in right
05:36now.
05:36So is the UN perfect?
05:38No way.
05:39But, you know, I'm not going to accept the attacks that come our way.
05:42Will the UN still exist in 10 years?
05:44Yeah, absolutely.
05:45Because we represent the imperfections of the world.
05:49It's a complicated, messy world.
05:51We wish we could do more, actually, to end these conflicts,
05:54to send out our peacekeepers and our peacemakers.
05:56We can only do that where we get a mandate from the world, from the member states.
06:01And right now, the member states are in this kind of transactional, muscular, geopolitical moment
06:07where they're pulling apart rather than pulling together.
06:10And we've got to be a force for coexistence and solidarity.
06:13And just before the war began, President Trump inaugurated his so-called Board of Peace.
06:19Did he get Board of Peace very soon?
06:22Well, I mean, we look forward to hearing more from the Board of Peace
06:24about how they're ending a number of conflicts.
06:26Apparently, around the world right now, I'm dealing with the consequences of so many of those conflicts,
06:31whether it's in Sudan or South Sudan or the DRC or Gaza or, as I say, Lebanon.
06:36At this moment, the White House, when I talk to them, are very clear that the Board of Peace
06:42is not an alternative to the UN.
06:44And certainly, the other countries that have joined it have been absolutely categoric
06:48that this is not meant to replace the UN.
06:51We're still here.
06:52You don't feel threatened by it?
06:53I don't feel threatened by it.
06:55You know, we're a member state organization of over 190 members.
06:58Of course, different groups of countries come together to try and talk about peace or other issues.
07:03There's enough conflict in the world right now.
07:05If people want to bring some peace, I'm completely relaxed about that.
07:09How many people are internally displaced in Iran?
07:12Hundreds of thousands, we estimate.
07:14What's interesting at the moment is that they're not crossing the borders at the scale that we expected.
07:18So you've got a lot of instability in those countries of the region.
07:22And of course, the economic crisis is driving up that movement of people.
07:26But we're not seeing the large numbers of Iranians cross the borders at this stage.
07:31And what we're understanding from the local authorities is that local communities are responding
07:35and taking people into their homes.
07:37But that's a situation we're watching very closely.
07:40And of course, what about potential spillover of refugees coming to Europe, potentially, even though you're not seeing that now
07:45yet?
07:46I think we will.
07:48I think we will.
07:48Because this crisis can't be put neatly back into a box.
07:53Wars don't just end at frontiers.
07:55And actions have consequences.
07:57And we're in a period globally right now of reckless adventurism in so many places.
08:04And of course, civilians will be displaced by that.
08:08Civilians will also be displaced by the next wave over the coming years of climate change.
08:13For every degree of climate increase, temperature increase, a billion people will be on the move from areas that we've
08:20lived in for millennia.
08:21And just on that point of people on the move, we've seen thousands internally displaced in Lebanon.
08:27What is the situation like there?
08:29Really grim.
08:30And my boss, the Secretary General, was in Lebanon at the end of last week.
08:34And I spent all weekend on the phone to our humanitarian team there.
08:37We were trying to get a convoy of support down to the south of Lebanon, which was taking a real
08:41smashing up at the moment.
08:43And we had to turn back because of the danger levels.
08:45We lost a colleague in Lebanon last week as well.
08:50So it's getting more and more dangerous for us to operate.
08:53And the needs are going up.
08:55We've got tens of thousands displaced, many of them people who were displaced already by previous conflicts.
09:01Do you fear that Lebanon could be the next Gaza?
09:05I do fear that.
09:06And in fact, I fear that because that's what we're hearing from some Israeli ministers right now who are speaking
09:11in increasingly belligerent language about what they plan to do to Lebanon.
09:16It's a country I know well.
09:18I was ambassador there for four years.
09:21It's an extraordinary country.
09:22One really interesting development in the last couple of weeks is that for the first time, the Lebanese government themselves
09:28are calling for direct negotiations with Israel, which hasn't happened in the past.
09:34And so there's potential here to reset the relationship in the region.
09:39But the path for that is through dialogue and diplomacy and not through more brutal violence.
09:45And just a final reflection, perhaps.
09:47Do you have any hope for the Middle East?
09:49I'm an optimist about humans.
09:51I think we have these two competing instincts, one to fight for resource.
09:54And we're doing a lot of that right now.
09:56And those people are shouting pretty loudly.
09:57But another more important one, which is to work together as communities for that resource.
10:02And I believe ultimately that is the most the more powerful instinct that we have.
10:06And as long as I believe that, then I'll have hope.
10:12The UN's Humanitarian Affairs Chief Tom Fletcher speaking to Maeve McMahon there.
10:17Moving on now, as we heard earlier from Shona, President Donald Trump's demand for global allies to help him unblock
10:23the Strait of Hormuz has been met with resistance.
10:26The EU has also rejected the prospect of expanding the mandate of its naval mission, ASPIDES, to the Strait.
10:33Jakob Yanis takes a closer look at why.
10:37Donald Trump is demanding European allies step up in the Strait of Hormuz.
10:43And if they refuse, he will answer NATO or faces a very bad future.
10:46Do you have any minesweepers?
10:49Well, we'd rather not get involved, sir.
10:52I said, for you mean, for 40 years we're protecting you and you don't want to get involved in something
10:57that is very minor.
10:59And the EU is pushing back.
11:01Let's investigate.
11:03EU Foreign Policy Chief Kayakalas was eyeing a shift in the bloc's naval mandates for the ASPIDES operation.
11:10But after meeting the EU's 27 foreign ministers, her message was blunt.
11:15There is simply no appetite among member states to join the war.
11:19Quick recap.
11:21ASPIDES was originally launched in February 2024.
11:24It is a purely defense EU naval mission in the Red Sea, with a primary goal of protecting commercial ships
11:30from Iran-aligned Houthi drone and missile attacks.
11:33So the EU as a bloc is hitting the brakes.
11:36But it doesn't mean individual member states are walking away.
11:40Looking ahead, French President Emmanuel Macron wants to lead a fully defensive mission to reopen it once the war cools
11:47down.
11:48While Italy strongly supports expanding the defensive ASPIDES patrol.
11:52But Trump wants more than that, demanding the bloc secures its own energy supply.
11:59But here is a thought.
12:00Perhaps Europe's involvement should be treated as a trading card.
12:04Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Waltonen hints Europe and Ukraine now hold strong leverage.
12:10Ukraine has four years of expertise intercepting the exact Iranian Shachet drones that are causing chaos in the Gulf.
12:17And as the EU's naval mission, ASPIDES, literally translates to shields in Greek.
12:23Perhaps this leverage is exactly the shield Europe needs against Trump's games.
12:33Moving on now.
12:35A dispute between Hungary and Ukraine over disruption to the flow of Russian oil via the Drushba pipeline continues.
12:44The pipeline was damaged in Ukraine in late January in what Kyiv said was a Russian drone attack.
12:49Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has blamed Ukraine, saying he will block the approval of a €90 billion loan to
12:58the war-torn country until the pipeline is repaired and Russian crude is flowing again.
13:04EU leaders will attempt to convince Orban to drop his veto when they gather for a summit here in Brussels
13:10tomorrow.
13:11Now, for the latest on this very fast-moving story, I must say, I'm joined by our Ukraine correspondent, Sasha
13:17Vakulina.
13:18Good morning, Sasha.
13:19So, we're now hearing the Commission here in Brussels saying that Kyiv has accepted its request to send European inspectors
13:28to examine the damage on this pipeline.
13:30How soon can we expect this to happen?
13:33I think we should expect it as soon as possible.
13:36This is clearly something that Brussels and Ukraine would want to see, given that the timeline of unblocking that loan
13:42is rather urgent for Kyiv.
13:45Now, according to some Euronews sources, some of the inspectors might already be on the ground in Ukraine.
13:50I have to say this is the information that the office of Zelensky has not confirmed when asked about it.
13:55But in a joint statement, the president of the European Council and the president of the European Commission said the
14:02EU has offered Ukraine technical support and funding.
14:05This is key here, Emirate.
14:07The Ukrainians have welcomed and accepted this offer.
14:09European experts are available immediately.
14:13Now, Vladimir Zelensky did not hide previously the fact that him personally, he does not see this as a right
14:18thing.
14:18He says that this is still Russian oil, which is still financing Moscow's war against Ukraine now, currently in its
14:27fifth year.
14:27But he did say that the repair work is currently ongoing.
14:31Preliminary technical assessment indicated the damaged oil tank cannot be restored.
14:35Ukraine is therefore considering constructing underground storage infrastructure as a longer term and more sustainable solution.
14:43Now, underground storage would, of course, then better protect any infrastructure from any Russian attack.
14:50He also said that despite repeated massive strikes targeting oil pipeline infrastructure,
14:55Ukraine remains capable to offer alternative routes for the transit of non-Russian crude oil to the countries of Central
15:01and Eastern Europe.
15:03Now, this is the option that, of course, both Hungary and Slovakia have repeatedly rejected.
15:07Of course, and as you say, some movements then.
15:11But again, there is really no way forward, clearly, before tomorrow on this loan that Orban says he will still
15:18continue to veto until Russian crude is flowing again.
15:22And clearly, that's not going to happen anytime soon.
15:24Well, that's certainly not going to happen tomorrow as the summit will be here and will be taking place here
15:29in Brussels.
15:30Now, according to Ukraine, it will still take some time.
15:33And this is the tricky part.
15:34But Orban said the loan might be unblocked, but not so fast.
15:40And that's the critical point here.
15:42OK, Sasha.
15:43Last week, the Ukrainians refused to receive our experts, even though we send them there.
15:48It seems to me that they are using the entire oil blockade to intervene in the Hungarian elections in support
15:54of the TISA party.
15:55That is why the situation is extremely simple.
15:57If there is no oil, there is no money.
16:00In terms of the timeline, now, Ukraine expects the repairment works to be over somewhere by the end of April,
16:07which is, of course, way past tomorrow's summit and also post-Hungarian elections on the 12th of April.
16:13Yes, indeed, Sasha.
16:14We will be back, I'm sure, tomorrow with more on that story.
16:18Thank you so much for joining us again this morning.
16:20Now, the Euronews Health Summit took place in Brussels yesterday.
16:25Health may no longer be at the top of the EU political agenda, but the EU's health chief, Oliver Varheeli,
16:32said yesterday that health care systems in Europe are facing multiple pressing challenges and shouldn't be taken for granted.
16:39Let's take a listen.
16:40We must face the reality, therefore, that the system is under pressure and we just cannot take it for granted
16:48that it will stay with us tomorrow as well.
16:52Our population is aging and facing continuously growing burden of chronic diseases.
17:00There are less and less people financing our health care system while we need to provide for more and more
17:08patients.
17:09Moreover, our health care system is facing a competitiveness challenge, both in the field of innovation capacities and safe supply
17:18of medicines and medical devices.
17:21Also at the Health Summit, members of the European Parliament, Tilly Metz of the Greens and Stinbos of the Liberal
17:28Renew Europe Group had a heated live discussion over who should pay for health and pharma research in Europe.
17:35Should it be the patients, the taxpayers or the pharma companies?
17:39Let's listen to what the MEPs had to say.
17:42There's a lot of public funding, indeed, going in research, but there's also the patient that is paying.
17:49So you could even say that the patient right now is paying twice.
17:52He is paying first with taxes, which go down to funds, and then he pays again a price at the
18:00pharmacy.
18:01So what we need for sure is at the EU level, but also at national level, more public investment.
18:07If we say to ourselves that there's an 80% difference between the countries of the accessibility to medicines, of
18:15course that cannot be so.
18:16So we have a huge issue at our hands to level this out between countries and to protect our universal
18:24health care.
18:25But that is only protected if we have earnings.
18:28Earnings makes taxes.
18:30Taxes makes the money to actually finance health care.
18:34And you can catch more of that debate on the latest episode of The Ring, Euronews' weekly debate show.
18:40But that brings this edition of Europe Today to an end.
18:43Thank you for tuning in.
18:44We'll be back tomorrow morning.
18:46We'll also have a special live broadcast for you tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. Brussels time
18:51as the EU's 27 leaders gather here for a summit with that 90 billion loan for Ukraine hanging in the
18:57balance.
18:58Make sure you don't miss it.
18:59Thanks again for watching Europe Today here on Euronews.
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