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05:38For European drivers, the pain at the pump is very real, with some countries seeing price spikes of over 30%.
05:45So if you are curious how European governments are stepping in to help, let's look at different strategies together.
05:55Spain went big, rolling out a 5 billion euro package and slashing VAT on motor fuels from 21% down
06:03to 10.
06:03And Madrid claims this will reduce petrol prices by around 30 euro cents per litre.
06:08And Poland followed with fuel VAT dropping from 23% to just 8, saving drivers roughly the equivalent of 30
06:17euro cents.
06:18Crucially, Warsaw is also introducing price controls.
06:22Hungary also opted for strict price controls, capping fuel prices.
06:27But there is a catch. It only applies to vehicles with Hungarian number plates to stop cross-border fuel tourism.
06:34And Germany and Austria are taking a regulatory route.
06:38Berlin is pushing a rule allowing petrol stations to rise prices only once a day at noon,
06:44while Vienna limits hikes to three times a week.
06:47And in France, the state has avoided massive tax cuts,
06:51relying instead on corporate giants like Total Energies to voluntary cap prices.
06:56So who would actually benefit?
06:59Well, European citizens could, providing oil companies do not simply absorb the tax differences.
07:05And Italy, for instance, is already threatening to sanction companies trying to inflate margins.
07:11And you see, for European politicians, spending public money is an expensive move.
07:16But there is almost no public appetite to join the US and Israel in active conflict.
07:21And your reporter saw this pushback at the recent G7 summit.
07:25Despite Washington's pressure to immediately secure the Strait of Hormuz,
07:29Europe offered a firm reality check.
07:32They will help protect the critical waterway, but only after the war in Iran ends.
07:38So until then, perhaps consider using a bike.
07:41Huh, like Mark Rutter.
07:48Now moving on, the European Union has condemned a decision by Israel's parliament
07:52to pass a law making the death penalty by hanging a reality for all Palestinians convicted in military courts.
07:59In a draft statement exclusively seen by Euronews this morning, the EU says, quote,
08:03capital punishment is a violation to the right to life.
08:07This, as Israel continues, their attacks on southern Lebanon in what now has been called an invasion.
08:13For the view from Beirut, Euronews's editor, Mourinho Tseo, spoke exclusively to the Lebanese Justice Minister, Adel Nazar.
08:19We condemn, obviously, all the attacks and, in particular, also, all the ground attacks and the occupation of our territory.
08:30And one has to understand that occupying a territory will never solve the problems.
08:36The only way to solve the problems when two countries are in a situation of conflict is to go into
08:44negotiation.
08:45The occupation of territory is obviously condemned, and we cannot accept this statement.
08:52And, Minister, on that note, going back to the Israeli Prime Minister,
08:56yesterday he said that Israel had managed to almost eradicate Hezbollah, but residues of it still exist.
09:02And the situation in the north of Israel has to fundamentally change.
09:07You talk about occupation. What do you think Israel has in mind?
09:12I cannot speculate on what Israel has in mind.
09:16It's obvious that Israel had a past of attacks against Lebanon,
09:22and Lebanon is suffering from such attacks.
09:26And there was huge destructions, a lot of killed persons, injured and displaced persons.
09:34Now we are facing a displacement of more than one million inhabitants.
09:39So the situation is dramatic in terms of human rights, in terms of humanitarian situation.
09:46And the government, with little resources, very limited resources, is facing a dramatic situation.
09:54This being said, we are also fully aware that we have an internal problem,
10:02and we don't like and we refuse to make it as a problem that is being raised by Israel.
10:08But it is a problem that we are raising ourselves, which is the fact that Hezbollah is keeping a military
10:15infrastructure.
10:16And this is against the Lebanese government's will.
10:19It is against the law.
10:21And the position of the government is to take all the steps required to put an end to this military,
10:30infrastructure, that is being used, if we make a small analysis,
10:36one will see that this is being used as if Lebanon was a military base in favor of Iran.
10:44And we refuse this also.
10:46And to that extent, I spoke with your prime minister two months ago,
10:50who said that he would not allow Hezbollah to drag Lebanon into a war directly with Israel.
10:55Nonetheless, you talk about occupation.
10:57Obviously, you also know there is now concerns that this is heading for an invasion of Lebanon.
11:03So how do you get out of this?
11:04What can you do internally, but also externally?
11:08We are fully aware that our position is very difficult,
11:12because in one hand, there are the Israeli attacks.
11:16And on the other hand, there is Hezbollah undermining the state.
11:20We are aware that practically, in order to be able to conduct efficient negotiations,
11:29we have to hold the decision of war and peace and not to have a parallel organization undermining the state.
11:40On the other hand, it is also obvious that we cannot accept that our territory be used as a target
11:48by Israel the way Lebanon is being targeted.
11:52So we understand that we have these two difficult issues on the table.
11:57Iran is making a direct interference in Lebanon's internal policy and is contributing to undermine the state.
12:07We have taken clear decisions in this respect in the government, irrevocable decisions.
12:14The first one concerns the monopoly of the force.
12:22The second is to declare the weapons of Hezbollah as being against the law.
12:28And courts are starting to apply this to any person holding weapons, including fighters from Hezbollah.
12:37So this is on the internal aspect.
12:40And on the external aspect, the president of the republic has launched the idea of negotiations,
12:48to have negotiations being conducted under a format to be agreed upon
12:54in order to stop the war that Israel launched against Lebanon.
13:02And meanwhile, the strikes continue between Israel and Iran,
13:06with reports of explosions and blackouts last night in Tehran and fears of an oil spill.
13:11For the latest, we can cross now to Euronews Leon and bring in the head of our Persian news desk.
13:16That's Babak Kamiar.
13:17Good morning, Babak.
13:18So with now over one month of war, from the information that you can and your team can verify coming
13:23out of Iran,
13:24how are people doing there and what is the situation on the ground?
13:31Listen, Maeve, despite more than a month of war with significant casualties and damage,
13:36daily life has not completely collapsed.
13:39Internet access has been largely cut off since the beginning of the war.
13:42In most cases, people are effectively disconnected from the outside world.
13:48There are no major food shortages so far, but financial pressure is intense.
13:54Many people have lost their income and prices have surged.
13:59For now, life continues.
14:01You still see people in restaurants exercising and children playing,
14:05but always under the shadow of war.
14:08For many Iranians, explosions, drones and fighter jets overhead has become part of everyday life.
14:16Some residents have chosen not to leave cities like Tehran,
14:20not only because few places feel truly safe, but also due to fears of looting,
14:26especially as attacks on police stations have weakened local security in some areas.
14:31In the past two days, electricity cuts have been reported in several parts of the countries.
14:37In most cases, power was restored after a short time.
14:41However, it remains unclear how the situation would evolve
14:45if major energy infrastructure or power plants were directly targeted.
14:51What is certain is that any large-scale damage to these facilities
14:55would be costly and time-consuming to repair,
14:59which potentially serious consequences for daily life.
15:03And Babak, it looks like there's no end in sight to this war
15:06and no chance now for diplomacy.
15:08What is the Iranian regime saying?
15:12Well, it is still unclear how much of the current rhetoric reflects real intent
15:18and how much is a strategic bluffing.
15:21What is clear, however, is that Iranian officials are publicly maintaining a firm position
15:27and continue to warn of retaliation.
15:31Iran faces a significant military imbalance compared to the United States and Israel.
15:37However, analysts note that its geography, especially around the Strait of Hormuz,
15:43gives Tehran room to respond through asymmetric means,
15:48potentially targeting shipping routes or regional assets.
15:52Senior officials have reinforced this message.
15:55parliament speaker dismissed report of progress in Prague as visual thinking,
16:00saying Tehran was waiting for arrival of American troops on the ground.
16:06Yeah, yeah.
16:07This is the...
16:07They are going to punish their regional partners forever.
16:11Okay.
16:11Babak Kamilar, thank you so much for that update there from Leon.
16:15Now, moving on with the Iran war showing, as you heard, no signs of slowing down.
16:20The US is now allegedly considering redirecting some of Ukraine's military aid towards the Middle East.
16:26This after President Zelensky concludes a trip to the Gulf in search of financial support.
16:31Meanwhile, EU foreign ministers are gathering in Kyiv today
16:35to mark the grim anniversary of the Buta massacre
16:38when hundreds of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war were murdered by Russian forces.
16:43For more on this, we're joined here on set by our Ukraine correspondent, Sasha Vakilina.
16:47Good morning, Sasha.
16:48Just tell us, what are the expectations for this meeting today in Kyiv?
16:51The European Union foreign ministers are in Ukraine's capital to show their support
16:56on this very emotional day for Ukraine.
16:58The 31st of March marks four exact years since the liberation of Bucha.
17:03This is, of course, Kyiv's neighbourhood that was among the first ones to be occupied,
17:07but also the first ones to be liberated, showing for the first time
17:10the proof of the atrocities of the Russian army.
17:13Now, unfortunately, the EU ministers can show the support, but cannot really prove it,
17:19because all the Ukraine decisions remain blocked.
17:22This is the 90 billion euros loan.
17:24This is the new sanctions against Russia and all the steps of the EU accession for Ukraine.
17:30Announcing the meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine's foreign minister Andriy Sibiha said that indeed,
17:38he will be welcome to glad Kaya Kalas and the EU foreign ministers in Kyiv.
17:42We also discuss the EU's support for Ukraine, pressure on Russia and efforts to achieve peace
17:49and protect long-term stability in Europe.
17:51The key word here, Maeve, is discuss and not decide.
17:55And meanwhile, Sasha, we're seeing the Europeans facing a brand new energy crisis,
17:59whereas, you know, Moscow's benefiting from higher crude oil prices and also sanctions relief.
18:04Fill us in.
18:05Yeah, indeed.
18:06But at the same time, there have been several Ukrainian drone attacks against Russia's oil
18:11and energy infrastructure.
18:13Kyiv is continuing its campaign, attacking Russia's money-making machine, of course,
18:19something that is financing Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
18:22Vladimir Zelensky, speaking to the reporters in the WhatsApp chat on Monday,
18:25confirmed that even some of Ukraine partners approached Kyiv, asking to slow down.
18:31And this is when he said, first of all, we are not simply carrying out strikes.
18:35I want to remind everyone we are responding if Ukraine, if Russia is ready not to strike
18:39Ukraine's energy infrastructure, we will not respond against this.
18:44Russia knocked out Ukraine's civilian infrastructure during the winter,
18:49leaving millions of Ukrainians without water, heating and electricity for weeks, Maeve.
18:53OK, Sasha, Vakilina, thank you so much for that update.
18:56And of course, for more on that meeting, you can visit euronews.com throughout the day.
19:00But that does bring this edition of Europe Today to an end.
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