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00:30Hungary's Peter Maillard has promised to mend ties with Brussels and unlock 19 billion in frozen funds.
00:37We'll look at what's at stake and the hurdles he'll have to jump.
00:41And seven weeks into the US-Israel war on Iran, after talks broke down in Pakistan,
00:46the US has imposed a military blockade of Iranian ports on the Strait of Hormuz,
00:51wheelcross live, to the Gulf state of Qatar.
00:53And despite the soaring energy and fuel crisis across Europe,
00:57the European Commission says the conditions for granting member states budgetary flexibility
01:02to mitigate the impact have not been met for now.
01:05EU leaders are due to meet in Cyprus next week to address the crisis.
01:10But first, in a lengthy press conference, Hungarian election winner Peter Maillard
01:14teased the main political lines of his government.
01:17While vowing to unfreeze billions of euros in EU funding and mend ties with Brussels,
01:22he also indicated a tough line on migration and no fast track for Ukraine.
01:27EU News' Europe editor, Maria Tadeo, was at his very first press conference since his victory
01:32and joins me now here for an update.
01:34Good morning, welcome back from Budapest.
01:36So look, this press conference that we saw yesterday,
01:38tell us more about it and what a Maillard government would look like
01:41and how it would compare really to Viktor Orbán's.
01:44Really, yeah, and this is one of the key questions, of course.
01:46And look, on the Sunday, it was a day of celebration in Budapest.
01:51We were on site.
01:53Really, it was this electrifying atmosphere on the streets of Budapest.
01:57But on Monday, it was the work now that is ahead.
02:00It was a task.
02:01And you could see almost the mood shifted to now the weight,
02:05obviously, of the responsibility of a new government
02:08that says it wants to fundamentally change major parts of the Hungarian economy,
02:15certainly to begin with.
02:16Peter Magyar acknowledged in that press conference yesterday
02:19that the situation, the economic situation of the country is a difficult one.
02:23He obviously repeated that he wants, and this is the big priority of his government,
02:28which he said wants to be in place in less than 30 days.
02:33So that means that by May, they want to be working and they want to get to work.
02:36He wants to use that time now to begin negotiations,
02:39to unlock European money that has been blocked,
02:42mostly because of rule of law issues when it comes to the European Union.
02:46There is now a real tight deadline to salvage before the end of the summer
02:51about 10 billion euros for Hungary or lose that money.
02:55So he said he immediately wants to get into that as a sign of goodwill.
02:58He also repeated yesterday that he intends to place Hungary
03:01within the European public prosecutor's office.
03:04Remember, Orban had decided to opt out.
03:06He says he now will consider joining,
03:08and that is the goal, to enter this institution.
03:11And then also gave red lines in terms of areas where he doesn't see changes are necessary.
03:17And of course, when you look at Ukraine, not a lot seemed to be changing.
03:21You know, he talked about this loan for Ukraine.
03:23He said Hungary had negotiated an opt-out, and that will continue.
03:27When you look at Russian energy, you know,
03:28a very difficult question for the Hungarian economy,
03:31which is running on Russian energy.
03:32He said ultimately the goal for this country is to have supply that is sustainable but also cheap.
03:38And then when you look at other societal parts,
03:42we didn't get an indication the major societal changes are coming.
03:46So overall, when you look at this press conference,
03:48it was sort of this idea of a country that is staying in
03:50within the national politics and this conservative view.
03:53Things could change, but not quickly or immediately.
03:56That is not the priority.
03:57The priorities are externally to reset the foreign policy, the economy,
04:01no corruption, no Orban, no Putin.
04:03That's basically how we could put it.
04:05And on corruption, he said he really wants to crack down on that.
04:07How will he, though?
04:08Well, yes.
04:09I mean, he talked about the idea that they will join the European public prosecutor's office.
04:12He also said this is not a change in government, but it's almost a change of regime.
04:16He suggested that civil servants, high-ranking civil servants connected to Orban,
04:21including the president of Hungary, will have to go.
04:24And then he also said, and this was an extraordinary moment in this press conference
04:29at some point, that he had information, and he interrupted the press conference.
04:32He was given a piece of paper.
04:33And he said, I have information from an insider that the Hungarian foreign minister,
04:39that is the outgoing Hungarian foreign minister, Petr Ciarto,
04:41who's been caught up in this political scandal for two weeks because of the tapes
04:46in conversation with the Russian foreign minister that leaked,
04:49he is at the ministry destroying evidence.
04:52So he suggested that there will be scrutiny, that it will be the police, the judiciary.
04:57He also suggested it could change, and there could be changes to put forward
05:01more independent justice.
05:02But all of this signalling a man who is really in a rush and wants to at least
05:06the perception of corruption tackle it.
05:08Okay.
05:09Maria Tadeo, our editor, thank you so much for all those insights.
05:13Now, moving on.
05:14EU member states must coordinate on energy prices themselves,
05:17the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said, but she stopped short of announcing
05:23fresh measures.
05:24This comes as Ireland comes out of a six-day fuel protest that brought the country to a
05:29standstill.
05:30Meanwhile, President Trump has said he will eliminate any Iranian ships that breach the
05:35US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
05:38For more on the moving situation, we can cross now to the Gulf State of Qatar and bring in
05:42our correspondent, Adele Khalim.
05:44Good morning, Adele.
05:45Great to see us there.
05:47Great to see you there.
05:47Can you just tell us what we know so far about this very blockade?
05:54So this is a major escalation, mate.
05:56Even if we're not seeing direct fighting right now, the US has rolled out a large naval operation,
06:01more than 15 warships, including an aircraft carrier and destroyers, to enforce a blockade
06:06on Iranian ports.
06:07So far, we haven't seen any real movement, no major new transits, and no direct confrontation
06:12with Iran just yet.
06:14US President Donald Trump says this is all about forcing Iran back to the negotiating
06:17table.
06:18He's also warning any Iranian ship approaching could be targeted.
06:21At the same time, this is also becoming more complex.
06:24China says it has its own arrangement with Iran and is warning the US to, quote, not meddle
06:29in our affairs.
06:30We've already seen at least two China-bound tankers turn around after the blockade began,
06:35so this could turn into a standoff very quickly.
06:38And from Europe, a firm message.
06:40The right of freedom of navigation through the Hormuz is non-negotiable, and several countries
06:47have begun distancing themselves from the blockade.
06:51So right now, it's a very tense situation, a holding pattern, heavy military presence, fragile
06:56diplomacy, and a real risk of escalation.
06:58And meanwhile, we're seeing social unrest here in some EU countries.
07:02This is all having a major impact on fuel prices, Adan.
07:07That's right.
07:08How about a half a billion euros a day, Maeve?
07:11That's roughly what European Union top officials say.
07:14This crisis is now costing in higher energy bills.
07:17Ursula von der Leyen says the EU fossil fuel import costs have jumped by more than $22 billion
07:23in just over six weeks since this war began.
07:26And remember, about 20% of the world's oil normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
07:32She's also warning the impact won't disappear overnight, even if the fighting stops.
07:36And let's hear from the EU Commission president.
07:40Our bill for fossil fuel imports has increased by over 22 billion euros.
07:4644 days, 22 billion euros.
07:49Not a single molecule of energy in addition.
07:54And this shows the enormous impact this crisis has on our economy, even if the hostility
08:01ceased immediately and the disruption of energy supplies from the Gulf will persist for some
08:07time to come.
08:08European Commission president there, Ursula von der Leyen.
08:10And before that, of course, our Adele Khaleen.
08:12Thank you so much for that live update.
08:14Now, all eyes, of course, on the U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon talks as well taking place today
08:19in Washington.
08:20But now, as a response to the conflict, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
08:25has launched a conflict response package to neighbouring countries.
08:28They're also monitoring the impact the war is having on the global economy.
08:31For more, your news is Marek Gwynne-Jones spoke to the president of the EBRD, Ali Renaud-Basso.
08:37So, there is an impact which is directly related to energy prices, and we see that across all
08:46our countries of operation.
08:47So, the increase of energy prices being oil and gas, but you also have countries which
08:53are very close to the area of the conflict, which are impacted by a drop of tourism.
09:01A big important element also is an increase of energy price.
09:06We feel inflation, and this also has an impact on interest rates, because the risk appetite
09:15in market has been dropping, and interest rates has been increasing all over the economies.
09:23And this has a big impact for countries which have a high debt level, deficit issues, and
09:29so forth.
09:30And I know that you've recently introduced a 5 billion euro package to aid these countries.
09:36How soon can that money flow?
09:38Because I'm thinking of places like Lebanon, where there's still a real risk of escalation,
09:42still an active war.
09:43Can you support these countries and their economies while the situation is so volatile?
09:50So, indeed, when we talk about this 5 billion level of investment, we are talking about,
09:55we are focusing on countries which are very close to the conflict.
09:57So, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Armenia, and the idea is to continue to support them in
10:08investment.
10:08So, when you have private sector banks which are withdrawing or reducing their exposure,
10:15reducing their investment in these countries, we are stepping in, in a way, as a counter-cyclical
10:19bank, which is there to continue to support investment.
10:24Yet, as we speak, President, talks between Iran and the US have stalled completely.
10:30We've heard President Trump saying he doesn't care about that.
10:34He's also threatening to block access to Iranian ports.
10:37The situation is very volatile.
10:39Are we on the cusp of a major global economic shock if this ends up to be a very drawn
10:47-out war?
10:49What happened in the last few weeks was already a very big economic shock.
10:53You've seen that the energy international urgency said it was the widest, biggest energy shock
10:59in the decades, in the last decades.
11:03So, it was a very significant shock.
11:05The longer it lasts, and if it becomes more serious with the escalations that we see very,
11:13I mean, this morning and in the last few hours, the risk is that it's become, the impact is
11:17becoming deeper.
11:19The assessment, our assessment, for example, with a barrel, oil barrel at $100 per barrel
11:26for a long period of time, the impact on the growth on our countries of operation is minus 0.4.
11:32So, a drop of growth of 0.4% and an increase of inflation of around 1.5%.
11:38We're hearing some comparisons with the 1970s oil crisis.
11:42Is it that serious?
11:44Is President Trump here pushing us really to the precipice?
11:48Do you share these kind of grave concerns?
11:52I mean, it's a very significant shock.
11:54When we compare to the 70s oil shock, the big difference is that the economies are less
12:03dependent on fossil fuel than they used to be.
12:05So, we have very significantly improved the energy efficiency.
12:10And so, the impact of oil prices per se, of fossil fuel prices per se, is more limited
12:16than it was in the 70s.
12:20But if the situation aggravates and stays there for long, then the economic impact is likely
12:29to be much more serious.
12:31To close briefly, President, I know that you don't invest in all European economies as an
12:38institution.
12:38But what could be the knock-on effect on an Europe which is increasingly investing in defence,
12:44where borrowing costs and the cost of servicing debt is really spiralling?
12:49For Europe, the challenge will be increase of inflation.
12:54We'll have an impact on the dynamics of the economy.
12:58The increase of energy prices also will have a dampening impact on growth.
13:01And growth in Europe was already not extremely dynamic.
13:05And so, this will be a challenge in a context where the fiscal space for countries to, for
13:15example, provide some support for households or businesses in London to counterweight the
13:21increase of energy price is much more limited than it was in 2022, for example, or just after
13:28Covid.
13:31And now, coming up, MEPs here in Brussels are still digesting the results of the Hungarian
13:36elections that took place last Sunday.
13:38One of them is Darius Jansky, a Polish MEP from the European People's Party, who spent his weekend
13:43in Budapest following those elections.
13:46And now he joins us here in the studio to debrief.
13:48Welcome.
13:49Welcome.
13:49Good morning.
13:50So, how was your week going and what is your response to the outcome?
13:54Oh, it was absolutely amazing.
13:56Absolutely amazing.
13:56Today, I was invited by a Polish minority in Hungary.
14:01So, we spent two days, about 48 hours, amazing election night in Hungary.
14:11And everybody's finger crossed for change, for big change.
14:14But no one expected that it's possible.
14:17But now you describe it as amazing.
14:19So, the big high is there, of course, for the voters of TISA.
14:22But now the hard work comes.
14:23How will Peter Mayer actually reform the country in order to unlock the billions that he wants?
14:28Oh, they have to start.
14:29They have to start to prepare these reforms.
14:32Yesterday, Ursula von der Leyen said that she's ready to unblock the European Union fund, about 60 billion euro for
14:40Hungary.
14:42But they have to start.
14:43They have to start the reform.
14:45I mean, justice reform, the public medium reform.
14:48After 60 years of Orbán, it was a democratic country.
14:54They have prepared everything.
14:56So, it will be not easy, but step by step, I think they are ready to do it.
15:00And he wants to crack down on corruptions.
15:01Any advice for him there?
15:03Yeah, it was a huge corruption.
15:07Even in the election day, we talk with people how it is election and how they do it in Hungary.
15:18They paid a lot of money to just vote for the Orbán's party.
15:23So, corruption was everywhere.
15:27And what about the foreign minister, Tiarto?
15:29We understand that he's been shredding up sensitive documents.
15:33That's according to Peter Mayer.
15:34Is that true?
15:35Is there proof?
15:36I think it's true.
15:37I think it's true.
15:38So, they have cleaned everything and they have fired all of these people from the Orbán's.
15:44And I think they have to build a new country right now.
15:47Justice, rule of law.
15:49It will be not very easy because the corruption is everywhere.
15:54But I keep finger crossed for the new government.
15:57So, I think they are ready to do it.
16:00You think they're ready?
16:00And will this mean a new chapter now in EU-Hungarian relations?
16:03I think it will be a very strong relation between the new government and Brussels.
16:09I mean, the Hungarian decided to Europe.
16:13I saw on the election night that a lot of people handed the flags of European Union and Hungary.
16:20It looks like Hungary joined the EU once more.
16:24So, everybody was smiling.
16:25It was an absolutely happy day.
16:27And after 16 years, they are absolutely free and democratic right now.
16:32OK.
16:33Gary Sonsky, thank you so much for coming into us here and sharing your insights.
16:37Now, moving on.
16:37The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgio Maloney, has called Donald Trump's remarks about Pope Leo, quote, unacceptable.
16:43The US President accused the pontiff of being, quote, weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy.
16:49He told reporters he was, quote, not a big fan.
16:52The Pope has responded with ease and calmness, as Jacopinus reports.
16:57When you hear Donald Trump is going after the Pope, you know he's not planning to turn the other cheek.
17:04I'm not a big fan of Pope Leo.
17:06He's a very liberal person and he's a man that doesn't believe in stopping crime.
17:11But hold on.
17:12How did relations between Washington and the Holy See went down so rapidly?
17:17When the Chicago-born pontiff was chosen last year, Donald Trump praised the historic choice as a great honor.
17:24Capturing a solid majority of the US Catholic vote, conservatives hoped they had found a natural ally.
17:30However, the honeymoon was brief.
17:33And tensions appeared when the Pope challenged Washington mass deportation programs, condemning the harsh treatment of migrants.
17:40But the ultimate breaking point has been the escalating war in Iran.
17:44And after the US President threatened to destroy the whole Iranian civilization,
17:49the Pope openly condemned this military rhetoric as unacceptable.
17:54But Trump instantly reminded Pope Leo that if he wasn't in the White House, he wouldn't be in the Vatican.
18:01And the Pope responded calmly yesterday.
18:04I do not look at my role as a big political politician.
18:09I don't want to get into a debate with him.
18:11And I will continue to speak out loudness against war, looking to promote peace,
18:16promoting dialogue, and too many innocent people are refilled.
18:19And I think someone has to stand up and say there's a better way.
18:23But one could ask, how can the Catholic Church effectively question a leader who is now sharing AI-generated images
18:30of himself as Jesus Christ?
18:33Which, by the way, is an act considered highly blasphemous under church dogma.
18:38But hey, the US President is none other than the former host of The Apprentice TV show,
18:44where he used to fire people on the spot.
18:46And now he's telling the Pope to get his act together and focus on being a great Pope,
18:53rather than catering to the radical left.
18:56Otherwise, it seems Trump will go after him, and then probably after the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
19:03too.
19:04Especially considering that Jesus was a Middle Eastern refugee.
19:13Jakob Iannis reporting for us there.
19:15Well, that does bring this edition of Europe Today to an end.
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