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00:14Good morning, it is Wednesday the 25th of March. I'm Maeve McMahon and you're watching
00:20Europe Today, your daily dose of European news and analysis live here on Euronews.
00:25Coming up, Iran has fired a new wave of missiles towards Israel and Israel has been responding
00:31in a sharp escalation of the Middle East conflict. This comes just hours after President Donald
00:37Trump said US-Iran talks were on the table. He sent a 15-point plan. With Lebanon descending
00:43further into chaos, we'll be speaking to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. And the
00:47Commission has called on Budapest to clarify reports suggesting Foreign Minister Peter
00:52Certo was in close contact with his Russian counterpart before and after EU summit meetings.
00:57But first, Denmark, the EU member state known for Lego, Higge and its opt-out from the Euro
01:03held snap elections just yesterday. Incumbent centre-left Prime Minister Meza Friedrichsen
01:09is set to hold on to the reins. But her social democratic party had a bruising night and failed
01:15to secure a majority. Meza Friedrichsen called the vote earlier than expected due to her surge
01:21in popularity over her handling of the US President's threat to annex Greenland, an autonomous Danish
01:27territory. But Denmark now faces weeks of coalition talks on elections that, as I said, saw voters
01:33called earlier to the polls. For the latest, we can bring in Benny Engelbrecht, Danish politician
01:37and a member of the Prime Minister's Social Democratic Party. Good morning, Benny. Thank you so much
01:42for joining us. Let's just first together take a look at the actual results of that election. We saw
01:49the Socialists coming out with 21.9%, the Green left with 11.6% and the Liberals at 10.1%.
01:57So we see
01:58the Socialists there. You're holding on to power just about, but this was not the outcome that you
02:02wanted. No, definitely not. Everyone, of course, would like to see a better result than we got. On the
02:10other hand, the three parties in the broad-based coalition, a government that has been ruling for
02:15the past three and a half years, well, all suffered. So I think this is a general concept that you
02:23see
02:23all across, especially in Europe at these times, that the parties that take responsibility in government
02:31also lose a bit of a vote on voting days. And well, in Denmark, we have almost a Netherlands type
02:42of
02:42parliament now with 12 parties and only the Social Democratic Party as a broad-based party with more than 20%.
02:52So it will be really difficult for... And I can see that written all over your face this
02:58morning. Do you expect now months of tough talks? When could a coalition be formed?
03:05Well, the broad-based coalition that has ruled up until now took six weeks to set in place. That was
03:10a
03:11record-setting negotiation for the past government. And I expect that we'll see probably something
03:19similar to that, probably not before or after Easter. We'll see actual talks. So it's a bit
03:27difficult. And setting the test that there's a war in the Middle East and Donald Trump still wants
03:35Greenland, it will, well, of course, there will, we will need to sort this out quite soon.
03:42But voters, of course, had bread and butter issues on their minds, not really Greenland. Did you
03:45underestimate that? No, I think the domestic discussions are, has, has been, of course,
03:54the majority of the discussions, but it has been more to do with clean water, for example.
04:02Okay, Benny and Vibret, thank you so much for joining us here this morning, live on Europe Today,
04:07here on Euronews. We'll keep a very close eye on the next couple of weeks there. But moving on,
04:11from one crucial election to another, Hungarians will be heading to the polls on the 12th of April.
04:18But ahead of the key votes, a major scandal has hit the Hungarian government regarding alleged leaks
04:23of private information to Russia. Jakub Janis takes a look.
04:28A political bomb exploded in Brussels.
04:32The reports regarding the Hungarian
04:35foreign minister allegedly disclosing to his Russian counterpart, the closed-door ministerial-level
04:42discussion in the council are greatly concerning. And we expect the Hungarian government to provide
04:48the clarifications.
04:49So what's going on here?
04:52A Washington Post investigation claims Hungarian foreign minister, Peter Siarto,
04:57spent years stepping out of confidential EU meetings to directly phone Russian officials.
05:03And one security official stated that Moscow has basically been behind the table of every EU
05:10meeting for years. The European Commission wants answers, but others are not so shocked.
05:16Polish prime minister Donald Tusk admitted long-standing suspicions, revealing he strictly
05:22limits what he says out loud during these talks. And Budapest is not hiding their connections.
05:28Syarto has visited Moscow 16 times since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
05:35Meanwhile, Hungary is actively blocking a 90 billion EU loan for Kyiv.
05:40In an unexpected burst of honesty, Syarto admitted calling Russian officials before and after key EU
05:47meetings. He claims he also speaks to American, Turkish and Israeli officials, arguing this is just diplomacy.
05:55However, this is the same minister who was awarded Russia's order of friendship a year
06:00before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And the Americans, Turks and Israelis have not handed him any
06:07similar medal. Perhaps the only thing left to add here is a quote from a movie, Naked Gun.
06:19It's quite funny, but it's just a pity. All of that is about the future of European security,
06:24especially since over 70% of Europeans are now highly worried about nearby conflicts,
06:31according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. So who's laughing now?
06:40And for more on this story, we're joined here on set by Euronews' EU editor, Maria Tadeo. Good morning, Maria.
06:45So just fill us in. What is the latest now?
06:47Well, look, Maeve, this is a scandal that continues. And of course, at the core of it is allegations,
06:53very serious allegations that Hungary shared private EU information with Russia. But we need to get the
07:00timeline right because, of course, over the weekend, this all started with a newspaper report,
07:04the Washington Post, which cited a European security source that suggested that the Hungarian
07:09foreign minister in particular would share information almost in real time with his Russian
07:15counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. This report also said that in some situations, he even spoke to him
07:20during breaks of meetings. So as I say, the allegations are extremely serious. Now, initially,
07:26the Hungarian foreign minister, Ciarto, said that this was all fake. He said it is fake news and that
07:31this was not true. Then, of course, on the Monday, a transcript of a call allegedly between the
07:37Hungarian foreign minister and the Russian foreign minister began to do the rounds. And then Ciarto
07:42changed the tune to say, well, this is normal because we speak to many countries and that is a part
07:50of diplomacy. Yesterday in comments to Euronews, which I want to read out to you and hopefully we can put
07:56up on the board. The Hungarian foreign ministry said that they talked to Russia, the Americans, the
08:01Turks, Serbia, and therefore it is completely normal that we consult with these countries if necessary
08:07before and after the meetings. So now he is talking about before and after EU meetings, about the
08:12consequences of those decisions. So you see how the timeline has now changed from his total fake news
08:17to this is part of normal diplomacy. Having said that, we should know that Russia is not just
08:22any country for the EU. Russia is heavily sanctioned by the EU because of the invasion
08:28of Ukraine. Increasingly, a number of EU countries consider it a hostile country to the EU, certainly
08:34a security risk for the European Union. And none of the countries represented across the board
08:40in EU meetings have given their consent so that private information, which is supposed to be
08:45confidential under the principle of sincere cooperation, be shared with Russia. So this is far from normal.
08:51If anything, the position of the Hungarians is a total anomaly. And that's why we've seen Prime
08:56Minister Donald Tusk of Poland. He's furious, right? Well, the Polish are really pushing into this
09:01line. Yesterday, the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the behavior of the Hungarian foreign minister is
09:07quote, a disgrace. He also repeated a line that he said over the weekend. He is the first and at
09:12this
09:12point, only EU leader to have commented on this. But he did say over the weekend that for many years,
09:17they suspected this. And therefore, that's why Poland is very cautious about the information it
09:22shares and also introduced a new element that goes beyond the EU to now focus on NATO, saying that
09:28there were concerns going all the way back to 2019 that Hungary is also providing information related
09:34to NATO. And this is delegate because, of course, you're talking about core security. Let's take a look.
09:42As early as 2019, as I recall correctly, Lithuania requested that the Hungarian delegation should be
09:49excluded from meetings at NATO. They informed that they suspect the Hungarian delegation to pass
09:55highly confidential information to Moscow.
10:01So that is, of course, the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who said, again, the behavior from
10:07Hungary is quote, a disgrace NATO matters, because here you're talking about core security capabilities,
10:13incredibly sensitive. I should also note just very briefly, the Polish government is also using this
10:18to tackle the Polish President Nawrowski, who went to Hungary this week to celebrate the Polish-Hungarian
10:25friendship. What the Polish government says, of course, is that this shows poor judgment on behalf
10:30of the Polish President, who yesterday is getting a lot of heat on this, repeated that nothing has
10:35changed. The position of Poland remains that Vladimir Putin is quote, a war criminal.
10:40And meanwhile, what can Brussels do? What can Commission do?
10:42Well, that's a very good question. It's a question that I put to sources yesterday. Some of them told me,
10:47look, this is a scandal. It's outrageous. It's unacceptable, but also said, color me shocked, color me surprised.
10:54There's been concerns for years now that when you talk to the Hungarians, you're not just talking
10:58to the Hungarian authorities. A diplomat told me, this is why we've switched the way that we work.
11:03Increasingly, there's a coalition of the winnings, so countries that get together that do not include
11:08Hungary to talk about security. There's also now a question about, should the format of meetings be
11:14changed? Sometimes phones do get taken in. There is restrictive format, but this is not always applied
11:19into every meeting. And we've seen that the head of the European diplomacy, Kaya Kailas,
11:24is now demanding an answer from the Hungarians saying, did you share or not information, whether
11:29it was before or after. The point we need to stress is that none of the EU 26 countries around
11:34the table
11:35consented to this information being shared with Russia in any way, shape or form. And this is certainly
11:41going to now prompt a conversation around how do you deal with a country like Hungary? And is there a
11:46different way in which sensitive information should be shared across the EU institutions?
11:51As I said, it doesn't come as a surprise, but it now highlights what many member states have now
11:55said has become a core problem, which is the use and the sharing of confidential information related
12:01to EU fundamental matters like foreign policy and security.
12:05Okay, Marisa, thank you so much for that very comprehensive update. We'll keep an eye on
12:09yournews.com for your reporting. But now moving on, the war in Iran is still escalating,
12:14despite claims from President Trump that peace talks were imminent. On the one hand,
12:19the Pentagon has ordered about 2000 soldiers to be deployed to the Middle East. But on the other
12:23hand, the US has sent Iran a 15 point plan to end the war in the region. Meanwhile, Pakistan has
12:29offered to host talks between the US, Israel and Iran to try to end the war. For more, we can
12:34cross
12:35now to Dubai, where our regional correspondent Jane Witherspoon is standing by for us this morning.
12:40Jane, any hope of diplomacy here? We heard Iran says the US only wants to talk on its terms.
12:47Well, yes, President Trump has said that those talks are happening, that the US are talking to
12:53the right people. He's also alluded very cryptically to a very big president present in the way of oil and
13:01gas being gifted from Tehran. Now, as you mentioned, several media agencies are reporting on that 15 point
13:07plan that has apparently been given to Iran from the US via Pakistan. However, Iranian officials are
13:15still denying that these talks are even taking place. Now, in Doha yesterday, there was a Ministry
13:21of Foreign Affairs briefing, where the authorities said they will not be mediating these talks as
13:26they're too busy protecting and defending their country. They did say, however, Iran has been here
13:32for millennia. Countries need to live and work together. And it's now really up to Iran to
13:38reinforce that trust across the region.
13:41And meanwhile, Jade, what is the general mood there? Is still daily life very much disrupted?
13:47Well, yes, I must say that the attacks are still continuing. However, they have dropped a little
13:53bit. It feels a little bit calmer. However, overnight, we are having the military jets patrolling through
13:59the night. It feels like every five minutes. Now, across the wider region, of course, Lebanon is
14:11OK. Apologies to our viewers there for that technical difficulty. But as you heard there,
14:16Jane Witherspoon reporting for us there from Dubai, alluding to the atrocities in Lebanon. Well,
14:21on that point of Lebanon coming up, we'll be joined by Barham Salli, the UN High Commissioner
14:26for refugees. A refugee himself who fled as a young Kurd from repression in Iraq. He spent years and
14:34years in exile, but then one day actually became the president of Iraq back in 2018, a position he
14:41held until 2022. Welcome, sir. Pleasure to have you here with us.
14:45Thank you for having me.
14:46So just describe the situation on the ground in Lebanon.
14:50It's a very dire situation. More than a million people have already been displaced. And it's in very,
14:56very harsh conditions. Our teams are working to deliver assistance. And in that regard, I have to
15:01say, EU has been generous to providing two jets of supplies, also the government of Italy, as well
15:10as Irish aid. But we need more. Indeed, the European Union has been sending millions in aid. But whereas
15:15the European Union has no say here in how this war will play out, how bad will the situation get
15:20in
15:20Lebanon, in your view? I hope this thing will be put behind us before long, because we need peace.
15:27This conflict has gone on already for far too long. It's highly destabilizing. It is escalating.
15:33And I have to say also, human lives are at stake. The impact on civilians across the region is
15:40phenomenal, is profound. We already, as I said, about a million people have been internally displaced
15:46in Lebanon. Nearly 600,000 to a million households in Iran have been displaced. Of course, there has
15:54been significant population movements in the Gulf. Not to mention Iraq that has been subject to
16:01terrible attacks, including yesterday in the Kurdistan region. And the civilians across the region,
16:07in Israel, in Lebanon, in the Gulf, in Iran, are being affected in a profound way. And in that context
16:15also, this conflict is spilling beyond the immediate region. We are seeing a lot of Afghan refugees in
16:22Iran and in Pakistan are being forced to go back under adverse conditions to Afghanistan. All of this
16:29combined is really presenting us with a terrible humanitarian challenge. Pakistan have offered to
16:36mediate here. Any hope in those? Let's hope that this will lead to some useful, tangible peace
16:42arrangement. This region needs peace. This conflict cannot go on like this, destabilizing and impacting
16:50human lives across the region. And I hope that we need a durable and just peace that will not
16:55put us in a place where six months from now, over a year from now, we will have another recurrence
17:01of
17:01this type of things. This region cannot afford these cycles of violence.
17:04And you describe so many people on the move in the region. Should Europe prepare for potential waves
17:08coming here? At the moment, most of the displacement is within the countries. Our teams at UNSCR are
17:14already monitoring the situation very closely. There is no significant movements across the borders.
17:20Beyond that, what I spoke about in Afghanistan, that people from Iran, Afghan refugees in Iran
17:25and Pakistan to a degree are being sent back or encouraged to go back or push back. But across the
17:32borders, we do not see that. We are also seeing, in order to put things in proper context, a large
17:39number, nearly 130,000 Syrian refugees who were resident in Lebanon have gone back into Syria. I
17:45would not call that voluntary returns per se. They are returning under adverse conditions. But in order
17:51to put the picture complete, our teams are looking at that situation. And I hope the world as a whole,
17:57we will be paying enough attention to bring this situation under control, to lead to a peace that
18:03will be lasting and basically rooted in the protection of interests of the peoples of the
18:08region, respectful of the dignity and the rights of the peoples across South region. This region has
18:14seen too many wars and too many cycles of conflict. So what would your message then be to President
18:18Trump, who doesn't really seem to have a plan here? Well, message is peace. Message is de-escalation
18:24and dialogue. That's, that's, we have to be emphatic about this. And what about his Board of
18:28Peace? The Board of Peace has already been very active in Gaza. And thank God the active conflict
18:36in Gaza has been brought to an end at least for a while. And let's hope that it will deliver
18:41something
18:41tangible for the people of Gaza and the region as a whole. Okay, Barham Salih. Thank you so much,
18:47UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Thank you so much for coming in to us here on Euronews.
18:50And thank you so much for watching. That brings this edition of Europe Today to an end. Stay with
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