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00:00Dzień dobry, it's Tuesday, 28 April.
00:18I'm Marit Gwyn and this is Europe Today,
00:21your daily dose of news and analysis
00:24broadcast live here from Brussels.
00:26Coming up on today's show, Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
00:31if the U.S. lifts its blockade of Iranian ports, according to officials.
00:37U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rejected the offer as unacceptable.
00:42Meanwhile, the German Chancellor Friedrich Meertz has said
00:45the U.S. is being humiliated in talks with Iran.
00:49We'll bring you the latest.
00:50And with the U.S. and Iran locked in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz,
00:55the European Union is facing a deepening energy shock
00:59with potentially far-reaching economic consequences.
01:02We look at whether the political response has matched the scale of the crisis.
01:08And China has publicly criticized EU plans to shield homegrown European industries
01:14with a so-called European preference in public procurement,
01:19saying it's discriminatory and vowing countermeasures.
01:22We ask what it could mean for the relationship between Beijing and Brussels.
01:28But first, this morning, against a backdrop of rising energy prices
01:33and warnings of stagflation,
01:36French President Emmanuel Macron has renewed calls for euro bonds,
01:40which is joint European debt issued by all 27 EU member states.
01:45But in Brussels, the proposal is being met with skepticism.
01:48For more, we can turn now to our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo,
01:51who joins me in the studio.
01:53Good morning, Maria.
01:53Tell us first, why is the French president proposing this now?
01:57Well, Maria, this is something that it's not necessarily new coming from Emmanuel Macron,
02:02because he's always argued for this idea of a strategic autonomy for Europe.
02:06So this is a European Union that is able to operate independently in a global scenario,
02:11of course, in which you're seeing deep competition coming both from China,
02:14but increasingly the United States of America.
02:17He's always argued that in order to finance this autonomy,
02:21you will need joint debt.
02:23No single country in the European Union can do it alone.
02:26And obviously, we're talking about billions in investments.
02:30So it does make sense,
02:31and it matches his thinking that he's now put forward for many years.
02:35Nonetheless, the timing now,
02:37this is all looking into the June summit,
02:40in which European leaders will gather in Brussels.
02:42Emmanuel Macron has already said for months that decisions,
02:45fundamental decisions when it comes to the European economy will have to be made.
02:50So they are trying to revamp the idea, looking into this gathering.
02:54At the same time, you're seeing,
02:55and you just alluded to this at the start of the show,
02:57this is a very complex geopolitical,
03:00but also macroeconomic scenario for the EU.
03:03The financing costs,
03:04obviously, when you look at interest rates,
03:05which are going up,
03:07the cost of energy related to the situation in the Middle East,
03:10This adds a sense of urgency when it comes to the French,
03:13but not just because a growing number of countries,
03:15including Greece, by the way,
03:17but also the Spanish,
03:18they have all argued when it comes to not just new debt,
03:20but also the repayment of debt that was previously issued,
03:23especially at the time of the pandemic,
03:25these payments should be delayed beyond 2026,
03:28because the urgency now means that the focus should not be on paying off debt,
03:32but actually investing in the future of Europe.
03:34What we should note, however,
03:36is that the German line,
03:37and that is crucial,
03:38has not really changed.
03:39They continue to say they're not in favor of more debt.
03:42The German chancellor insists that the problem in Europe
03:44is really about productivity when it comes to its companies,
03:48but it's beginning now to lay out the scene
03:50for deep fundamental economic matters,
03:53which are also going to include, of course,
03:55the European budget
03:56and another round, potentially, of simplification,
03:59so meaning cutting off more red tape.
04:01I spoke with the economic commissioner last week,
04:04and he said expect more measures in that sense.
04:06And Brussels is also a warning, Maria,
04:08that even if there's a peace in Iran tomorrow,
04:12there will be potentially very deep economic consequences.
04:15What has the response really been like from them?
04:17Yeah, you're seeing now a growing number of European leaders,
04:20including the German chancellor,
04:21repeat that there is no exit plan from the U.S.
04:24It's not clear how this war is going to end.
04:26And at this stage,
04:27you have the Strait of Hormuz
04:29with the many ramifications that it has
04:31for the global energy market,
04:33which has been completely rattled by this war.
04:36It's under the grip of an Iranian regime
04:38that is totally volatile.
04:40We don't know who's actually leading those negotiations.
04:42And we're also seeing that the talks
04:44are not really making progress.
04:45So for the Europeans,
04:47the language has not really changed
04:48from it's a shock
04:49to now you are dealing with a crisis.
04:51Last week, the European Commission put forward measures,
04:54but it did not move the needle.
04:56There is a pressure still from the capitals
04:58that the commission needs to do more.
05:00There's also criticism that some of the big measures,
05:03which could include,
05:04well, counting out some of the energy costs
05:06from fiscal deficits and debt
05:09that should be tweaked at those parameters.
05:11There's also been now calls
05:12about suspending some of the green rules and legislations.
05:16There's been calls also about state aid
05:18that can work for some countries,
05:19but not others,
05:20which do not have the financial capacity to pay for it.
05:23So you're still increasingly seeing
05:24capitals are asking for more.
05:26I was at an economic forum over the weekend.
05:28The response that I got from the industry
05:30is that this is much more severe
05:32than the language that you hear from the institutions
05:34and that they do want to see more measures,
05:37which for the time being have not come.
05:39Okay, Maria, Tadeo, thank you so much
05:41for that analysis for us.
05:43Now, moving on,
05:44EU lawmakers are gathering in Strasbourg this week
05:46with a raft of issues on their agenda.
05:49For more, we can cross over now
05:51to the European Parliament in Strasbourg
05:53and to our correspondent,
05:55Vincenzo Genovese, who's there for us.
05:56Good morning, Vincenzo. Great to see you.
05:59Give us a sense.
06:00What can we expect from the Parliament today?
06:04Good morning, Maria.
06:06Good morning from Strasbourg.
06:07The European Parliament is voting today at noon
06:10on a report about rape legislation in the EU.
06:13The resolution calls on the European Commission
06:15to establish a common definition of rape,
06:18which is valid, which should be valid
06:20across all the 27 member states,
06:22and essentially says that any form of sex
06:25without consent should be considered as rape,
06:29which is not the case today all across the EU.
06:32So why is this important?
06:33I'll put that question to Abir Al-Salani,
06:36a Swedish MEP, who has worked on the file.
06:39Good morning and welcome.
06:40What's the key point of this vote?
06:42Well, it comes as a result of a failure
06:46from the previous mandate
06:47when we discussed the gender-based violence directive
06:50and where we fail actually
06:53in delivering this kind of legislation to women.
06:56And it comes with a very important timing,
06:59not only because of the backlash
07:04on gender equality issues globally,
07:06but also specifically in Europe,
07:08but also because of all these scandals
07:11that have been surrounding this topic,
07:13from the case of Madame Pellicot in France
07:16to the rape, so-called rape academy,
07:20where you drug women,
07:22where the partners drug women,
07:24they raped them and they streamed it online.
07:26So the violence has evolved against women.
07:29Sexual violence in Europe has evolved.
07:31Because nowadays the definition of rape
07:34in some member states is linked to violence.
07:37Exactly, and many of these,
07:40let me just focus a little bit on the member states
07:43where they actually were the ones pressuring us
07:45the previous mandate not to go through
07:47with the consent-based legislation.
07:49And finally they are waking up
07:52and now it is actually on them
07:54to also push the commission
07:55so we can have this legislative proposal.
07:58Because when you do this,
08:00when you do not choose the side of women
08:03and the victims,
08:05then you're choosing actually the side of the rapist.
08:07you're already chosen a side,
08:09you're not neutral.
08:10What's about the parliament?
08:11All the political groups agree on this resolution?
08:15Because I see that some criticism
08:16from the far-right parties.
08:18Well, unfortunately not.
08:20Can you imagine in 2026,
08:23they are saying,
08:25this far-right party,
08:26the Patriots and the ESN,
08:29they are still saying that
08:31are women properly dressed?
08:34Was she too drunk?
08:36What did she do to provoke a rape?
08:38Still they are blaming the woman,
08:41the victim for the rape.
08:42And I think that they should be utterly ashamed
08:45when they cannot even in this very volatile situation,
08:50they cannot choose the side of the victim.
08:53Let's turn to another topic
08:54because tomorrow there is a key debate
08:56on the Middle East crisis.
08:57What should be done on this crisis?
08:59Well, it's not a crisis.
09:01It's a war ongoing
09:02where actual people,
09:04real people,
09:05humans like you and me are dying.
09:07And they are paying a price
09:08for us watching the global order
09:12being renegotiated in real time.
09:15And what we should have done
09:17is we should have been much more clear,
09:19much more early in our reactions.
09:21We should have brought the Iranian opposition
09:24to facilitate their democratic shift.
09:27But killing people
09:28and calling it a war for democracy,
09:31that is just ugly.
09:32But are you in favor of a direct involvement
09:34of the European countries
09:35as suggested by President Trump?
09:37Never, never in a war
09:39that is a crime against international law.
09:42We are better than that.
09:43Europeans, EU, we are better than this.
09:45If we don't protect the international law,
09:49then nobody will.
09:50OK, thank you very much.
09:52And we will cover,
09:53we will follow, of course,
09:55this debate and all the votes
09:56here in the European Parliament
09:58in Strasbourg
09:59on Euronews and Euronews.com.
10:01Maren.
10:02OK, Vincenzo, thank you so much.
10:04And thank you to your guest there,
10:05MEP Abir al-Salani.
10:07Now, we're continuing now
10:09with the Middle East,
10:09where uncertainty, of course,
10:11still hangs over the future
10:13of talks between the US and Iran.
10:15For more, we can now cross over to Doha
10:17and to our correspondent,
10:19Laila Humaira,
10:20who's standing by for us.
10:21Laila, great to see you again.
10:23Tell us, the Iranian Foreign Minister
10:24Abbas Arachi met President Putin
10:27in Moscow yesterday.
10:28What was the outcome?
10:31A very good morning to you as well, Mare.
10:33Well, yeah, it seems like
10:34Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi
10:36was very pleased with his visit to Russia
10:38and his meeting with the Russian President
10:40Vladimir Putin,
10:42calling it,
10:42hailing the strategic partnership
10:44between Tehran and the Kremlin.
10:46Now, after these talks,
10:48Arachi also said
10:49that the US had offered
10:50a new round of talks
10:52and negotiations.
10:53But on the US side, though,
10:55latest reports from several
10:57US media outlets
10:58are saying that Trump is again
11:00unhappy with the peace proposal
11:02that Iran had put forth
11:03after reviewing it
11:04with his security team,
11:06which begs the question,
11:07what is going to happen next?
11:09Now, Washington has been very clear
11:11that its red lines remain,
11:13that Iran cannot be enriching uranium
11:16and it cannot possess
11:17any capabilities
11:19to develop a nuclear weapons program.
11:21Now, we've had reaction
11:22from Europe as well
11:23with the German Chancellor
11:24Friedrich Mertz
11:25saying that the US
11:27is being humiliated
11:29by Iranian leadership
11:30simply because
11:31it doesn't have
11:32a clear exit strategy
11:33for the war.
11:34So that's where we stand, Mare.
11:35It seems like one step forward,
11:37but maybe, possibly,
11:39two steps back as well.
11:40And, Laila, briefly,
11:42both sides still are
11:43committed to standoff
11:44over the Strait of Hormuz
11:45and it's still having
11:47quite a deep impact
11:48on the markets.
11:51That's right.
11:51Now, the Strait of Hormuz
11:52situation has escalated
11:54into the top rooms
11:55of the United Nations
11:57with the UN Security Council
11:59calling for an urgent
12:00and unconditional reopening
12:02of the Strait of Hormuz.
12:04Of course, the disruptions
12:05and hostilities
12:06in the critical
12:07maritime shipping trade
12:08has sent shockwaves
12:10to energy markets
12:11and supply chains as well
12:12with oil prices trading
12:14at a three-week high
12:15with Brent crude prices
12:16at a critical $108 barrel,
12:20a dollars a barrel level.
12:24Now, there's also been
12:25latest inflation
12:26and consumer confidence data
12:27coming out from across Europe,
12:29which indicates worries
12:30and concerns
12:31that weaker or slower consumption
12:34is ahead of us
12:34and possibly also a weaker
12:36or slowing GDP growth
12:38in the coming months
12:39and that's also
12:40in the summer months
12:41concerns of lower
12:42or shortage of jet fuel
12:44and that would be a concern
12:46for flights to be grounded
12:47and the tourism also
12:49bracing for impact as well.
12:52Okay, Laila Humaira
12:53in Doha for us.
12:54Thank you so much
12:55for that update.
12:56Now, we're moving on now.
12:58The European Commission
12:59has defended
13:00its made-in-Europe push
13:02by stating the bloc
13:03is one of the most
13:04open markets in the world.
13:05It came after China
13:07slammed the EU's attempt
13:09to supercharge local industry.
13:12For more, we're joined
13:13by our EU correspondent,
13:14Angela Scugins.
13:16Good morning, Angela.
13:16Great to have you.
13:17Tell us first about this clash
13:19that's played out quite publicly
13:20between Brussels and Beijing.
13:22Good morning, Mare.
13:23So it all started on Monday
13:25when a spokesperson
13:25from China's Commerce Ministry
13:27came out with a statement
13:29blasting the EU
13:30for their Industrial Acceleration Act.
13:33This is exactly
13:33what you're talking about,
13:34that made-in-EU push
13:36came out in March
13:37aiming to help support
13:39the EU wean off
13:40some of those major superpowers
13:42when it comes to manufacturing
13:43such as China.
13:44We know that 200,000 jobs
13:47in the EU
13:47have been wiped out
13:49since 2024.
13:50These are in the automotive
13:51and energy industry.
13:54So this big push by the EU
13:55wants to help permitting
13:57as well as preferencing
13:59public procurement
14:00when it comes to those
14:02made-in-EU products.
14:03Now, China came out
14:05with that statement
14:06stating that this could
14:07violate World Trade
14:08Organization principles
14:10and it could hurt
14:11foreign investment
14:12and that countermeasures
14:14could follow
14:14if the EU ploughs through.
14:17Now, Brussels has not
14:18stayed silent on the matter
14:20and neither has the French
14:21Minister Delegate for Europe
14:23who wrote on social media
14:24platform X,
14:26we will not back down.
14:28Like the United States
14:29and China,
14:30Europe will support
14:31its industrial players.
14:32A spokesperson
14:33from the European Commission
14:34also took to the podium
14:36at a public press conference
14:38on Monday.
14:39This is what they had to say
14:39in response
14:40to those statements.
14:42It's, of course,
14:42also about reciprocity.
14:44I mean,
14:45we've been quite clear
14:46that the goal of
14:47one of the objectives
14:48of the proposal
14:49is that we are
14:51one of the most open markets
14:52in the world
14:52and we have the largest
14:54free trade agreement
14:55network worldwide
14:56and so we also expect
14:59that openness
15:00to be mutual.
15:01And Angela,
15:02this is actually
15:03the second statement
15:04criticising EU
15:05coming from Beijing
15:06in recent days.
15:08Can we now say
15:09that these tensions
15:10are really escalating?
15:11Yeah, absolutely,
15:12Mada.
15:12This is the second statement.
15:14We know that Beijing
15:15came out on Friday
15:16criticising the EU
15:17for that 20th sanctions
15:19package against Russia
15:20for that country's
15:21ongoing invasion
15:22of Ukraine.
15:23They imposed
15:24restrictive measures
15:26for at least
15:27seven defence companies
15:29from the EU
15:30exporting their
15:32defensive products
15:32into China.
15:34This is in response
15:35to at least
15:35two dozen companies
15:38that the EU put
15:39on their own
15:39sanctions list.
15:41These are companies
15:41allegedly in China
15:43that are helping
15:43Russia and Belarus
15:45circumvent those
15:46EU sanctions measures
15:47as well as
15:48for allegedly producing
15:49those dual-use
15:50technologies that
15:51Russia is employing
15:52on the battlefield.
15:54So what is clear
15:54from both of these
15:55public spats
15:56is that the tensions
15:58are escalating
15:59between these
15:59superpowers
16:00and it is also
16:01playing out
16:02on the global markets.
16:03Indeed, Angela,
16:04thank you so much
16:05for that update
16:05and that analysis
16:06for us.
16:07Now we're moving
16:08on now to something
16:09a little bit different
16:10because it's a big
16:11week in football
16:12with the first legs
16:13of the Champions League
16:15semi-finals
16:15kicking off tonight.
16:17But this isn't
16:18just a clash of teams.
16:19the four semi-finalists
16:21also represent
16:21how club ownership
16:23in Europe
16:24is shifting
16:24as Jakob Yanis
16:26explains.
16:28Tonight,
16:29the Champions League
16:30semi-finals kick off.
16:32But if you expect
16:33real drama
16:33only on the pitch,
16:35look closer
16:35at the accounts.
16:37And while everyone
16:38watches the 22 players
16:39chase a ball,
16:41your reporter
16:41is following the money
16:42to witness a high-stakes
16:44clash between
16:44entirely different versions
16:46of how to build
16:47a global sporting empire.
16:49So let's investigate
16:50that together.
16:53First,
16:54today we have
16:55Paris Saint-Germain.
16:56PSG has changed football
16:58to become a global
16:58lifestyle brand.
17:00And at the very center
17:01is Nasser Al-Khalifi,
17:02the most prominent face
17:04of European
17:04petrodollar investment.
17:06And while he wasn't
17:07the first to invest,
17:09he has become
17:10its most influential
17:11ambassador.
17:12And they face
17:13Bayern Munich,
17:13the gold standard
17:14of the German
17:15democratic model.
17:16Under the 50 plus 1 rule,
17:18club members
17:19still hold
17:20the majority
17:20of voting rights,
17:21legally preventing
17:22any single billionaire
17:24from seizing control.
17:25And although
17:26its own executives
17:27suggested scrapping
17:28the rule last month,
17:30for now,
17:30Bayern remains
17:31a machine built
17:32on fiscal efficiency
17:33rather than
17:34individual ego,
17:35underpinned by
17:36its industrial alliance
17:37of Adidas,
17:38Audi and Allianz.
17:40And tomorrow,
17:40it is a battle
17:41of American investment
17:42strategies.
17:43Until 1990s,
17:45Atletico de Madrid
17:45was the people's club,
17:47but they have
17:48undergone
17:48a total corporate
17:49makeover.
17:50And following
17:51last month's
17:52majority takeover
17:53by US private equity
17:54firm Apollo Sports Capital
17:56and with home games
17:57at the Riyadh
17:58Metropolitano,
17:59they have become
18:00a curious hybrid
18:01of Wall Street Capital
18:02and Saudi partnership.
18:05And they face
18:06Arsenal,
18:06the crown jewel
18:07of Stan Kroenke's
18:08real estate empire.
18:10And Kroenke,
18:11who is the largest
18:12private landowner
18:13in the US,
18:14does not just
18:15buy players,
18:17he buys postcodes.
18:18And his business model
18:20treats the stadium
18:21as an anchor
18:22for massive urban development.
18:24So whether you prefer
18:25Kateri luxury,
18:27German democracy
18:28or American private equity,
18:30today and tomorrow
18:32have something
18:32for every
18:33corporate strategist.
18:35Oh yes,
18:36and I'm told
18:36there might be
18:37some football played
18:38as well.
18:44Jakob Janos reporting there.
18:46But that brings
18:47today's programme
18:48to an end.
18:48Thank you so much
18:49for tuning in.
18:50Remember,
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18:59hearing from you.
19:00But we'll be back
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19:03including from
19:03the European Parliament
19:04in Strasbourg.
19:06Make sure to tune in
19:07then.
19:07See you.
19:17Good morning.
19:46Good morning.
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