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03:49But they begin today.
03:51And now, Merit, on that note, let's go now to Strasbourg
03:53because we are joined by Roxana Minsato.
03:56Of course, she is the Executive Vice President
03:58at the Commission for Social Rights and Skills.
04:02As I say, she joins us from Strasbourg.
04:05Commissioner, thank you very much.
04:06Today, you're going to present a plan to combat poverty in the EU.
04:10This is a big topic for Europeans.
04:12But I have to ask you first about the politics
04:15because we are seeing big changes in Bulgaria,
04:18a new government perhaps seen as too close to Russia
04:22and in your own country, Romania.
04:24The government is on the brink of collapse, aided by the far right.
04:28Are you concerned that both Bulgaria and Romania
04:31are moving away from a pro-European path?
04:37Good morning and thank you for the invitation.
04:39Well, I will not comment the political situations in our member states,
04:44but I will say this, that in the end,
04:47European democracy is the strongest asset of the European Union.
04:51And elections and democratic movements are part of this process,
04:55people being able to express themselves.
04:58And this is part of the game, I would say.
05:01What we do follow is the pro-European stance of our citizens.
05:05And looking at the numbers in Bulgaria, in Romania, in Hungary,
05:09the very high number of support towards the European Union,
05:13the way they understand that their country has benefited
05:16from belonging to the European project.
05:20This is something that we see in Brussels, in Strasbourg.
05:23This is something that politicians in the capitals also see.
05:26And so their actions are driven by this pro-European position of their own peoples.
05:32I am absolutely convinced.
05:35Just to be very clear on this, because this is a critical point,
05:38you're saying that both in Bulgaria, but also Romania, a country that you know well,
05:42you believe that if there's a change in government, it will stay on a pro-European path.
05:47You do not fear your skeptic turn.
05:49Just to be very clear.
05:52I'm absolutely counting on the pro-European stance of every member state.
05:57The country that I know best is a country with people that are very attached to the European project,
06:03different ages, different social groups.
06:05So counting on that to be the main driver of democracy has always been.
06:11And beyond that, Romania has always been a country on which the EU has deeply relied.
06:16So really, this for sure will be the reality in the future as well.
06:22Okay, and it's also critical for security through NATO.
06:25Commissioner, let's also now go into the plan that you are presenting today,
06:31because the idea of poverty, this is a growing concern for Europeans who find that they work,
06:36but they cannot make it to the end of the month comfortably.
06:41What are you pitching?
06:45So actually, next week, on the 6th of May, I will present a social package,
06:49our first ever European anti-poverty strategy, looking at a tough reality,
06:55that one out of five Europeans, that's 93 million people, are at risk of poverty and social exclusion.
07:02Many affected by inward poverty, as you've mentioned.
07:05Many living from salary to salary.
07:07So obviously, it is important that we present the right tools to support, on a lifelong cycle,
07:14and this is new to our approach, people that are not just already affected by poverty,
07:19by low income, by lack of access to services, but to prevent these situations.
07:24And the main rationale, beyond everything, is that we cannot build competitiveness based on social fragility.
07:32So first and foremost, we need to address this fragility.
07:36And you will see the package, the strategy will present tools that will address, first of all, child poverty,
07:42because the earliest we intervene, the better it is for the way that our societies will evolve.
07:48So we will present a reinforced child guarantee, which is our main tool,
07:53to make sure that children are not affected by their families' vulnerabilities,
07:59and that we are helping them go to school, have access to medical health care, to support services.
08:05So this is quite central to the strategy.
08:08But as I've mentioned, inward poverty, people that are active are also be central to this,
08:14but also we will look at people outside the labour market.
08:18Fifty million Europeans are not looking for a job.
08:21They cannot work.
08:22So we also want to tackle these categories with an array of measures that member states,
08:28because indeed, fighting poverty is member states' competence, will deploy.
08:33Indeed.
08:33But I just want to ask you, perhaps as a final point here,
08:36do you have the means and the tools to do this?
08:39Because a lot of these policies are driven by the capitals.
08:41But also, do you have the funding?
08:43We're seeing competing interests, from defence to hard economy, competitiveness.
08:47Do you have the tools, just financial means, to implement these policies?
08:53It's a team effort.
08:54The European Commission and the European Union provide, first and foremost,
08:59the European Social Fund as a support for member states.
09:02In our proposal for the next MFF, you know, this fund has an overall 100 billion budget.
09:09Now Parliament proposed an increase.
09:11Then you will see in the strategy a number of solutions,
09:15while that will be based on European investment products
09:21and on leveraging also private resources.
09:25So obviously stimulating member states to invest and having a coherent framework on this.
09:33But what is essential is that we want that the anti-poverty efforts are coordinated at the highest level,
09:42that they are central to the political agenda.
09:44And this is the main work because, as I've said, we cannot build competitiveness on social fragility.
09:51And we need to be engaged with this mindset.
09:53With the memberships and, of course, the working poor, that is an increasing concern for Europeans.
09:58Executive Vice President, thank you so much for joining us on Europe Today.
10:02And thank you so much to you, Maria, for that.
10:04And to your guests, of course, the European Commission, Vice President Roxana Minsatov.
10:07But we're moving on now.
10:08Brussels has said it stands ready to sanction entities and individuals in Israel
10:14after reports that a ship carrying grain from Russian-occupied Ukraine
10:18has arrived at the Israeli port of Haifa.
10:21The European Commission says it has approached the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry on the issue.
10:28For more, I'm joined in the studio now by our Ukraine correspondent, Sasha Vakulina.
10:33Good morning, Sasha.
10:34Can you first bring us to speed here?
10:36How did this ship end up in an Israeli port?
10:39Let's take a step back and see how this grain, Ukrainian grain, ended up on the ship.
10:45Now, Panormitis is carrying over 6,000 tons of wheat.
10:50and a large bulk of it is coming from the port of Berdiansk.
10:54Berdiansk is a small port on a coast of Ukraine's Sea of Azov.
11:00Now, the ship was loaded with grain from occupied territories of Ukraine
11:04and then these ships loaded it on Panormitis, which is a geared bulk carrier,
11:10which then proceeded towards Israel
11:13and is currently standing in the waters next to the port of Haifa
11:17since the 25th of April, Marit.
11:21And this is what Ukrainians are asking Israel to do,
11:24not to allow the ship to dock and not to unload that wheat.
11:28But initially, we had a bit of a pushback against the allegations from Israel.
11:31Are there signs now that the Israeli government is listening?
11:35Not yet, but there are signs that they are escalated even more
11:39because Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, stepped in
11:42and he said that Russia is systemically seizing grain on temporarily occupied Ukrainian land
11:47and organizing its export through individuals linked to the occupiers.
11:52Such schemes violate the laws of the state of Israel itself.
11:57Now, Israel also reacted, rejecting what was called
12:01by Israeli foreign minister Gideon Tsar, Twitter diplomacy.
12:06He said the vessel has not entered the port.
12:09It is not possible to verify the truth of the Ukrainian claims.
12:14Now, in response to that,
12:15Kyiv actually released the full time of the previous case of the ship Abinsk,
12:20which docked and unloaded in Israel on the same port of Haifa in mid-April.
12:25And Ukrainians said they did transfer all the official communication
12:27and requests to Israeli officials, asking them not to let that happen.
12:32OK, Sasha, thank you so much.
12:34I'll be keeping an eye out on any updates on that story, of course.
12:38But now, the European Parliament's plenary session continues today in Strasbourg
12:43with the Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen,
12:46joining a debate on the Middle East later this morning.
12:48But there's also plenty of talk about the EU's long-term budget,
12:52which is currently under negotiation.
12:54For more, we can cross over to Strasbourg now
12:57and to our correspondent, Vincenzo Genovese.
12:59Vincenzo, welcome back to the programme.
13:01Yesterday, we know the Parliament adopted its own position
13:04on the EU's long-term budget, which runs for seven years from 2028.
13:09Tell us more.
13:13Yes, Mared, indeed. Good morning.
13:15Good morning from Strasbourg.
13:16The MEPs want more money, as expected, in the EU's seven-year budget.
13:21They are calling for a 10% increase compared to the proposal
13:24put forward by the European Commission last July,
13:27by bringing it up to over €2 trillion,
13:31which is 1.27% of the EU's GNI.
13:35Why this increase?
13:37Because they are seeking more funding for defence, competitiveness,
13:41strategic priorities,
13:42but without cutting allocations for agriculture, fisheries,
13:47cohesion policy, or programmes such as Erasmus.
13:49So, this is an ambitious target and will very likely clash with EU member states,
13:55which are always, you know, reluctant to increase their national contributions
13:59to the EU budget.
14:01Tough negotiations between MEPs and national governments
14:05are expected in the next months.
14:07Each side will try to push its own priority,
14:10and who better than Sophie Wilmess to discuss it.
14:14She is an MEP, she is the Vice-President of the European Parliament,
14:17but she was Prime Minister of Belgium.
14:19Good morning, welcome.
14:21Good morning.
14:22Will the European Parliament bow to the pressure of the member states at the end,
14:27like it was in the previous budget talks?
14:29Well, we are at the beginning of the discussion
14:32and it's normal that everybody is playing a role.
14:34I had the chance to sit in both situations in the Parliament side,
14:38but also at the Council side.
14:39It's very normal and it's usual that the member states are pushing for a budget
14:44a little bit down, while the Parliament is pushing for more.
14:47The reality is that we are facing a lot of new challenges.
14:51You talk about it, competitiveness, our autonomical strategy,
14:56but we are also having challenges on security and defence,
15:00and those require more money, for sure.
15:02Moving on to today's agenda of the European Parliament,
15:06there is an important vote on the rule of law report.
15:09You have worked on this file.
15:10Can you tell us which member states are, let's say, the bad kids in Europe now?
15:15So, actually, the report of the European Parliament,
15:19we try not to name and shame.
15:21We were really focused on transversal and horizontal issues.
15:27Of course, we could not make a report without speaking about Hungary.
15:30That's totally normal.
15:31What is very special this time is that we speak about an integrated cycle for the rule of law,
15:38which is something that we have carried for more than a year now
15:41and is now a reality in this report.
15:45As you mentioned Hungary and as Peter Maguire is in Brussels today,
15:48can the new government put the things back on track in Hungary?
15:51You know, it's much more difficult to put things back on track than to dismantle rule of law,
15:56and we have seen that everywhere.
15:58We are very hopeful for this new team and this new government to put things on track.
16:02They say they will, and I think that we need to support that.
16:06Today on the agenda, there is also a debate on antisemitism,
16:09which seems to be in rise in Europe.
16:11Do you see this as it's connected to Israel's geopolitical agenda?
16:15So it doesn't seem to be rising in Europe.
16:18It is rising in Europe,
16:19and it is definitely rising since the attack of the 7th of October.
16:23What we need to make is a very cautious distinction
16:27between the government in Israel and the Jewish community.
16:30and whatever a minister or a government does,
16:35does not excuse antisemitic action.
16:38And this is something that we need to tackle now.
16:40There is a roadmap and there is a strategy for antisemitism from the European Commission.
16:46We wanted to update it since it was birthed, it was born two years before the attack.
16:51And last question.
16:52As you are a vice chair of the EU-US relation committee,
16:59do you think that the EU should do or can do without the US?
17:02I think that European, Europe should do with Europe
17:07and does not prevent it from doing with the US, but also other partners.
17:11But what is very important regarding the United States
17:13is that we are talking to each other as equal partners
17:16and not as a big brother against the little brother or the little sister.
17:21That's not the way I see things.
17:23Thank you.
17:23Thank you so much.
17:25Thank you.
17:26And of course, we will follow debates and votes here in Strasbourg.
17:29By the way, Marev, there was another interesting vote yesterday,
17:32but I will leave this to you in Brussels.
17:36Indeed, Vincenzo.
17:37Thank you so much for that.
17:38And thank you to your guests,
17:40the former Belgian Prime Minister
17:41and European Parliament Vice President Sophie Wilmez.
17:44Now, as Vincenzo suggested there,
17:47we're moving from politics to pets.
17:50Because yesterday in Strasbourg,
17:51the European Parliament passed the first-ever EU rules
17:54to protect cats and dogs,
17:57banning abusive practices
17:58and establishing minimum welfare standards.
18:02So, what actually changes?
18:03Jakob Janis explains.
18:07Yesterday, the European Parliament delivered a sign of humanity
18:10for our four-legged companions.
18:12The first-ever EU law on the welfare of dogs and cats has officially passed,
18:17transforming how pets are bred, sold and tracked across the continent.
18:21So, if you have a pet, here is how it works.
18:26At its heart, it's a 100% traceability rule.
18:30So, no more anonymous puppy farms or shadowy online deals.
18:35Every dog and cat in the EU must now be microchipped and registered.
18:38So, if you are buying a pet online, where over 60% of sales now happen,
18:43you will finally be able to verify the breeder's credentials before you commit.
18:48Okay, so, what's the deadline?
18:50The clock is ticking for professional breeders and shelters.
18:53They have four years to meet new housing and care standards.
18:57And for private owners, the shift is much gentler,
19:00with a 10-year window for dogs and 15-year window for cats.
19:04And it might seem long, but it is by design.
19:06It allows current pets to live out their lives as they are,
19:10ensuring that eventually every pet in the EU will have been born directly
19:14into this new system of traceability.
19:17And looking ahead, the European Commission has also committed
19:20to digitizing the pet passport within the next two years,
19:23making it much harder for traffickers to hide behind fake documents.
19:28So, we should all celebrate, especially this little one.
19:37That was Jakob Janis reporting there.
19:39But that's all we have time for for today.
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