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00:30President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that the Druzhba oil pipeline has been repaired and can resume operation.
00:37It comes just in time for a gathering of EU ambassadors today in Brussels,
00:42where Hungary could drop its veto on the EU's 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine.
00:49Also, we'll have an exclusive interview with Luxembourg's Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.
00:55He reacts to yesterday's ruling from the EU's top court, which found Viktor Orbán's anti-LGBTQ laws in Hungary
01:04in breach of the EU's values of equality and minority rights.
01:09And US President Donald Trump says he has extended the ceasefire with Iran until negotiations between both sides conclude.
01:17It came as the White House put Vice President J.D. Vance's trip to Pakistan for a second round of
01:23talks on hold.
01:24Amid the energy crisis, the EU says it could import jet fuel from alternative suppliers,
01:30such as the US, to avoid potential shortages.
01:34But first, to our top story this morning,
01:37because Kyiv says that the Druzhba pipeline, which was damaged in Ukraine three months ago,
01:43can now resume operation.
01:45It's set to end months of standoff, pitting Hungary and Slovakia against Ukraine.
01:52Our correspondent, Shandor Shiroš, is with me in the studio to discuss the details.
01:57Shandor, good morning.
01:59This announcement from Zelensky yesterday that the Druzhba pipeline
02:03can now, in principle, return to operation, could prove to be quite significant.
02:08Yes, I completely agree.
02:10So this is the pipeline that brings cheap Russian oil through Ukraine to Hungary and to Slovakia.
02:17And it has been shut down at the end of January by a Russian strike
02:21and has not been repaired ever since until yesterday.
02:25But yesterday, Zelensky announced the repair in a tweet.
02:28He said that Ukraine has completed repair work on the sections of the Druzhba oil pipeline
02:34that was damaged by a Russian strike.
02:36The pipeline can resume operation.
02:39Now, this step could end tensions between Hungary, Slovakia and Ukraine.
02:45And also, this issue caused huge tensions in the European Union
02:49because Hungary blocked the EU's 90 billion aid package to Ukraine because of the Druzhba issue.
02:56Now, everything can be fixed, hopefully.
02:58When the oil will start to flow, Hungary will lift its veto.
03:02It could happen today at the EU's ambassadors' meeting in Brussels.
03:07And right after, the Commission could send the money to Ukraine
03:10because they said that they did their paperwork already.
03:15We've been doing all the technical work on our side to make sure that once all the steps are in
03:22place,
03:23we will be losing no time.
03:26And Sándor, this obviously has caused a big political earthquake.
03:31When it comes to the politics behind this,
03:34how do you interpret this move now from Zelensky to unblock this?
03:38Well, we can only guess for the moment what we know so far that Hungary and Slovakia
03:43from the beginning accused Ukraine of using the Druzhba issue for political blackmailing
03:48and to cut Russian oil flows to Europe.
03:52On the other hand, Ukraine also said that it's technically a very difficult issue
03:56to repair this pipeline and it could take months.
04:00But for the record, Zelensky said that he would not repair the pipeline in March,
04:05he said, because he's financing Russia's war.
04:08And it's also true that, you know, Ukraine never accepted independent European experts
04:14on the ground to check the situation.
04:16But the timing is very interesting and very important.
04:20We are 10 days after the Hungarian elections.
04:22Viktor Orbán, who has been absolutely hostile towards Ukraine,
04:27has been removed from the power.
04:29And Peter Magyar, who could be more flexible, will get the new government.
04:34So this could be a signal also from Ukraine to, you know, in a way, settle this situation.
04:40I would like to have one final sentence on Orbán,
04:44because it's very interesting what Orbán is doing by lifting the veto.
04:48He's keeping his word and he's also removing obstacles
04:52from the future government of Peter Magyar.
04:55OK, Sándor, thank you so much for that.
04:58And we will be keeping an eye out, of course,
04:59for the outcome of that meeting of EU ambassadors later today.
05:03But now, moving on, EU foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg yesterday
05:08in what was the first major EU meeting since Viktor Orbán's electoral defeat.
05:14The outgoing foreign minister, Peter Siarto, skipped the talks.
05:18Orbán is also expected to skip a gathering of EU leaders in Cyprus on Friday.
05:23During yesterday's meeting of foreign ministers,
05:26they failed to agree on proposals by Ireland, Spain and Slovenia
05:30to suspend the EU-Israel Association agreement
05:32over the deteriorating situation in Gaza
05:35and ongoing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
05:39Back from Luxembourg and joining me in the studio this morning
05:42is our correspondent, Shauna Murray.
05:44Shauna, briefly bring us up to speed on that meeting yesterday
05:47and tell us about your interview with the Luxembourgish foreign minister.
05:50That's right. So, EU foreign affairs ministers,
05:53the numbers weren't there to pass this proposal
05:56to suspend the Israel-EU Association agreement
05:59in relation to alleged war crimes in Lebanon, also across Palestine.
06:03But there will be a proposal from Sweden and France
06:05to potentially ban goods from settlement areas.
06:09That will be looked at by Mara Seftikovic, the EU Trade Commissioner.
06:12But I also caught up with Xavier Patel,
06:14who is Luxembourg's foreign affairs minister.
06:16And at the time when we were chatting,
06:18the European Court of Justice emerged with this ruling,
06:21which said that Viktor Orban's anti-LGBT law in Hungary back in 2021
06:27was actually deemed a breach of EU law.
06:29And I asked Xavier Patel about this
06:31because he was former prime minister of Luxembourg
06:33and he once addressed this issue with Viktor Orban directly.
06:39It's not the fact that I'm gay that I just fight for gay rights,
06:42but it's the fact that I fight for minorities
06:44and it's always easier to fight against the smallest group in some countries.
06:52And for me, European Union is a peace project,
06:54but it's also a rule of law and the rights of minorities.
06:59And I don't like to teach other continents.
07:01If on my own continent, in my own family,
07:04I have people blaming me for being gay.
07:07And as I told to Viktor Orban at that moment,
07:10it was not my choice.
07:10And the most difficult part of that was to accept myself
07:13and then to get blamed because I'm different for him.
07:18And, you know, as I said, you know, being gay is not a choice,
07:21but being homophobic is a choice.
07:22And to do politics by blaming someone reminds me seriously
07:28that how it starts also with Jewish people
07:30and then with gypsies and etc.
07:33So I want to be intolerant to intolerance.
07:37That's the only intolerance I accept.
07:39And I will fight for that.
07:41And I remember I told also in the meeting,
07:43and I shouldn't speak about the meetings,
07:44but I told to Viktor at that moment
07:46when he wants also a ban in Hungary to speak
07:52even about LGBTI questions that I didn't become gay because I watch TV.
07:57What was Viktor Orban's response to you?
08:00Because you were equals, you were both prime ministers of your country.
08:03You know, it was a very clear answer from Viktor
08:07because usually he always answered and he did not answer.
08:10He didn't say anything.
08:12And in the meeting room there was a silence when I took the floor to...
08:16It was not in the agenda.
08:18And I took the floor, I asked Charles to be able to raise the topic
08:21and I raised it.
08:23But I'm not, you know, I'm not the gay prime minister.
08:26I'm prime minister and I was prime minister and I am gay.
08:29And it's just the fact that I wanted to tell him
08:31how I feel the situation for, in fact,
08:34the people who have no opportunity to tell it to him.
08:36That's the people living in his own country
08:38and being considered as not normal.
08:41But this is a momentous Foreign Affairs Council
08:43because the last one back in February was just a torrid affair
08:48because Peter Giarto, the Hungarian foreign minister
08:51who's not actually showing up here today,
08:53was blocking the 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine,
08:56blocking access to the European peace facility,
08:59blocking the sanctions, blocking progress
09:01on Ukrainian membership of the European Union.
09:03I'm very honest.
09:04As you know, maybe the boss of diplomacy,
09:07but not the most diplomatic.
09:08But I'm always honest.
09:09I said to Peter that they moved in a direction
09:12where most of us are counting the days
09:14till the elections in Hungary are going to happen.
09:17And this was, this is not good.
09:19You said that to Peter Giarto at the last Foreign Affairs Council.
09:22And what did he say to you?
09:24No answer.
09:25But I meant it that they moved in that direction.
09:28So they made it for most of us counting the days.
09:33And this is not, this is never good
09:34when you just hope that there will be a change of government
09:37to be able to move on.
09:39And so that's the reason why I really promote
09:41for a lot of topics in foreign policies
09:44to be able to have a majority vote and not unanimity.
09:47This is not good when one country can look on foreign policy.
09:50We have today also later in the day discussions
09:53about the Middle East.
09:54I hope we will be able to have an agreement,
09:57but usually we are not even able to sanction settlers.
10:00And when we see what's happening in Palestine
10:04and in Israel and in the West Bank,
10:06it's a shame when we see what's happening in Lebanon.
10:09And this is where sometimes it's very frustrating.
10:13Just finally, on the Strait of Ormos,
10:15I mean, it sort of changes every hour.
10:17But from an EU NATO perspective,
10:20what do you think can actually be done?
10:22But the fact is, you know, to say NATO,
10:24NATO is a defensive, it's not an offensive union.
10:28It's a defensive union.
10:29If one country is attacked, that the other will help it.
10:32Article 5.
10:32For the moment, there is no attack against the NATO countries.
10:37It was an attack from NATO countries
10:39and also from Israel against Iran.
10:42That's the reality.
10:42We can't change the history.
10:44And we have not been consulted before
10:46to know if we would love to join or not to join.
10:48So I think we should not be part of the war.
10:52But if we can be part of the solution,
10:54that'd be something for the boats.
10:57But don't forget, we speak,
10:59a lot of countries are now just interested in petrol.
11:02But we should not forget that there is even humanitarian aid,
11:05which is not able to go up.
11:07So there will be millions of people
11:09who won't get food because of it.
11:11So, and we cannot say to the,
11:12we cannot let the Iranians decide
11:14of millions of people who need humanitarian support.
11:20Moving on now,
11:22US President Donald Trump has said overnight
11:24he will extend the ceasefire in the war on Iran
11:27until negotiations progress
11:29and Tehran puts forward a proposal.
11:31For more, we can bring in Euronews' Laila Humaira,
11:35who's in Doha for us this morning.
11:37Good morning, Laila.
11:38Great to have you on the show.
11:39Bring us up to speed,
11:41if you can, on what happened overnight.
11:46That's right, Maret.
11:47Good morning to you guys in Brussels as well.
11:49And we were watching very closely
11:50what was going to happen with these negotiation talks.
11:53And with the ceasefire deadline looming,
11:56as you said, President Donald Trump
11:59late on Tuesday, our time posted to Truth Social.
12:02And here was what he had to say.
12:04We have been, and I quote,
12:05we have been asked to hold our attack
12:08on the country of Iran.
12:09I have therefore directed our military
12:11to continue the blockade and remain ready
12:14and will therefore extend the ceasefire
12:16until such time as their proposal is submitted
12:20and discussions are concluded
12:22one way or the other, end quote.
12:25Now that puts the ball back in Tehran's turf.
12:27There have been no official response from Iran as of yet,
12:31but that's where we stand,
12:32an extension to the ceasefire
12:34until Iran puts forward a proposal.
12:37And Laila, despite this truce now,
12:40the situation in the Strait of Hormuz remains very volatile.
12:46Yes, absolutely.
12:48And since Saturday, ships, tankers, and vessels
12:51have essentially found themselves back to square one,
12:55idling in the waters of the Persian Gulf
12:57and the Gulf of Oman.
12:59We had the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi
13:01saying the U.S. blockade is an act of war.
13:04Meanwhile, U.S. naval forces have said
13:07that it's directed 28 vessels to turn around
13:11under this Iranian port blockade.
13:14They have also seized at least one Iranian-linked vessel
13:17in the Gulf waters
13:19and another in the Indo-Pacific region.
13:21But there's also been a development in the waters as well.
13:23In the last hour or so,
13:25the U.K. maritime trade operations
13:27reported an incident northeast of Oman.
13:30And after that, the Iranian state media reported
13:33that it had enforced what it called maritime law
13:36on a container ship that had been ignoring repeated warnings.
13:40Okay, Laila Humaira there for us in Doha.
13:43Thank you so much for that update.
13:45But now, Sana Marin became Finland's youngest Prime Minister
13:49at the age of just 34.
13:51During her tenure, she oversaw major shifts
13:54in Finland's foreign policy,
13:56including its accession to NATO
13:58in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
14:01Our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo,
14:03sat down with Sana Marin yesterday
14:05and started by asking her
14:07about Peter Maggia's victory over Orbán in Hungary
14:10and what it could mean
14:11both for Hungary and the European Union.
14:14I think it gives hope to Europe.
14:16And I know that I am.
14:18And I know that many in Hungary
14:19and many in Europe
14:20are relieved with this outcome
14:23of the election of the Hungarian parliamentary elections
14:26because it also gives now
14:28much more space of solutions
14:31about Ukraine.
14:32We all know that Orbán has
14:34have Ukraine under his pressure
14:37on many occasions and many situations.
14:39So, of course, we hope that now
14:41things will flow forward.
14:43And also, I think it's hope for Hungarian people.
14:46And, of course, you were prime minister of Finland.
14:50You sat at the European Council.
14:51You also sat with Viktor Orbán.
14:53Over the past few weeks,
14:55we've seen tapes that leaked
14:56of alleged conversations
14:58and some of them caught on tape
14:59very openly
15:00between the Hungarians and the Russians.
15:02Is that something that you suspected?
15:04And is it just a red line
15:06has been crossed already?
15:08The idea that this communication
15:09was certainly happened
15:10before and after meetings.
15:11Of course, I have worked together
15:14with Viktor Orbán in the European Council.
15:17And we have had many difficult situations
15:20and discussions, for example,
15:22concerning Finland's
15:23and Sweden's NATO membership.
15:24Hungary was a second
15:28of the last countries
15:29that ratified our NATO membership.
15:33And there have been many situations.
15:36And we know that Orbán
15:39has a very different view
15:40on the war in Ukraine.
15:43And also, for example,
15:44rule of law,
15:45applying rule of law in Europe.
15:47Ukraine cannot win it.
15:48You said objectively,
15:49Ukraine cannot win it.
15:50You've said Ukraine can win it.
15:52Ukraine must win it.
15:54I would say Ukraine must win it.
15:55If Ukraine doesn't win the war
15:58or have,
15:59and this I mean,
16:01have an outcome
16:02on a peace negotiations
16:03that will be sustainable,
16:06that would be fair
16:06for the Ukrainian citizens.
16:08And that will provide security
16:11to Europe and to Ukraine
16:13in the future.
16:13If we won't have that,
16:15we as Europe,
16:16we are under jeopardy
16:18because Russia is,
16:20as we speak,
16:21they are preparing themselves.
16:23They're modernizing their army
16:24and they're preparing themselves
16:26to much wider fight.
16:29So they're preparing
16:29for war with Europe?
16:31The rest of the continent?
16:32I wouldn't rule that out.
16:33And we also need to prepare.
16:35And for that,
16:36we need strong Ukraine
16:37because Ukraine has the largest,
16:40most functional
16:40and modern army
16:42with modern warfare experience.
16:44And without Ukraine,
16:45we are vulnerable.
16:46We need their lessons learned.
16:48We need their help.
16:49And we need to understand
16:50that we are as dependent
16:51on Ukraine
16:52and Ukrainian capabilities
16:54that Ukraine
16:55is dependent on our help.
16:56And you mentioned NATO.
16:58There's been a lot of friction
16:59over the past few weeks.
17:00Certainly the president of the US
17:01made it very clear
17:02that he believes
17:03the Europeans have done
17:04very little in Iran
17:05and also said that
17:06NATO without the US
17:07is a paper tiger.
17:09When I hear these words,
17:10this is exactly what Russia
17:11would like to hear.
17:12NATO is a paper tiger
17:14and the US may consider
17:15reassessing their relationship.
17:17How concerned are you
17:18because a country like yours
17:19certainly needs a strong NATO?
17:22I'm very glad
17:24and I still support
17:25our decision joining NATO.
17:27I think it was the right one.
17:28At the same time,
17:29we have to understand
17:30and realize that NATO
17:31is a different organization
17:33now than it was
17:34when we and Sweden joined.
17:36Because Trump is a president.
17:38Because of the changing relationship
17:40between US and Europe,
17:42it has already changed
17:43and it is changing
17:44and this is a fact
17:45that we cannot escape.
17:47And it means
17:47that we need to focus
17:48on our own game.
17:49We cannot anymore
17:50only rely on the US presence
17:53and US capabilities.
17:54We have to build our own.
17:56And now we are speaking
17:57European defense capabilities
17:59and European unity,
18:01European military forces.
18:03And I think this is
18:04extremely necessary discussion
18:06and we should also discuss
18:07more about the European
18:10nuclear deterrence.
18:12This is a discussion
18:13that I see happening already
18:15and the necessity to have it.
18:19And you can watch
18:21the full interview
18:21with Sána Marin tonight
18:22at 5.45 on our program
18:2512 Minutes With.
18:26Now, since Monday,
18:27tens of thousands of migrants
18:29have applied for legal status
18:30in Spain
18:31as part of the government's program
18:32to regularize
18:34half a million
18:35undocumented migrants.
18:37Jacobianes explains.
18:40The queues formed early
18:41on Monday morning.
18:43Almost 43,000
18:45undocumented migrants
18:46have registered
18:47in just the first three days
18:48of Spain's
18:49new regularization scheme.
18:51Starting a program
18:52that the government says
18:53could eventually
18:54grant legal status
18:55to a half a million people.
18:57And the public debate
18:58has been polarized.
19:00Supporters cite economic necessity
19:02and social justice
19:03while critics worry
19:05about public services
19:06and national identity.
19:08However,
19:08let's set aside
19:09the emotions for now
19:10and look at the facts.
19:15Spain is already home
19:16to 10 million people born abroad.
19:19That is one in five residents.
19:21And many of those
19:23applying for legal status
19:24come from Colombia,
19:25Venezuela or Morocco.
19:27They are a key part
19:28of the workforce,
19:30filling essential roles
19:31in agriculture,
19:32tourism
19:32and domestic care
19:34and domestic care
19:34for the elderly.
19:35And regularization
19:36turns that shadow workforce
19:37into a formal contribution
19:39to the state
19:39but also grants them access
19:41to public health care
19:42or legal labor protections.
19:44And this is the breakthrough.
19:46Usually,
19:47to get papers
19:47through a process
19:48called Arraigo,
19:49undocumented migrants
19:50must prove
19:51they have been in Spain
19:52for two or three years.
19:53This scheme
19:54slashes that requirement
19:55to just five consecutive months.
19:58However,
19:59and that's important,
20:00we are talking about
20:01one-year renewable residence permit,
20:03not full citizenship.
20:05It does not grant
20:07the right to vote
20:07in general elections
20:09or provide
20:10an immediate path
20:11to nationality
20:12and individuals
20:13with criminal records
20:14will not qualify.
20:16And the plan
20:17has already caused
20:18major friction in Brussels.
20:20Spanish residency permit
20:21is effectively
20:22a Schengen pass
20:23allowing free travel
20:24across Europe
20:25for 90 days
20:26in any 180-day period.
20:29EU officials worry
20:30that this could act
20:31as a poor factor,
20:33undermining the bloc's
20:34new,
20:35stricter crackdown
20:35on irregular migration.
20:37However,
20:38one thing is certain.
20:40Spain will either
20:41become a laboratory
20:42for a shrinking continent
20:43or break European solidarity
20:45in this most divisive issue
20:47in the EU.
20:54Jakob Yanis there
20:55and that's all
20:56we have time for today.
20:58Thank you so much
20:59for tuning in.
21:00We'll be back
21:01with more news,
21:02more analysis,
21:03same time,
21:04same place tomorrow.
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