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