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03:23On the one hand, he obviously wants to reinsert Hungary in the political conversation.
03:27He also wants to salvage the money.
03:30He needs it if he wants to turn around the Hungarian economy.
03:33But at the same time, and this is critical, he cannot be seen,
03:37certainly not among his domestic audience, as a man who has simply taken orders from Brussels.
03:42He cannot be seen as a yes man to Ursula von der Leyen.
03:46So these are going to be, no doubt, difficult talks, but they begin today.
03:50And now, Merit, on that note, let's go now to Strasbourg, because we are joined by Roxana Minsato.
03:56Of course, she is the executive vice president at 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, because 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, the government is on the brink of collapse, aided by the far right.
04:28Are you concerned that both Bulgaria and Romania are 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, democracy is the strongest asset of the European Union.
04:51And elections and democratic movements are part of this process, people 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,
05:10the very high number of support towards the European Union,
05:13the way they understand that their country has benefited from 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.
05:34Just 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.
05:46You do not fear a Eurosceptic turn, just 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.
06:22And 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,
06:53looking at a tough reality that one out of five Europeans,
06:57that'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.
07:08So obviously, it is important that we present the right tools to support on a lifelong cycle,
07:14and this is new to our approach,
07:16people that are not just already affected by poverty, by low income,
07:20by lack of access to services, but to prevent these situations.
07:24And the main rationale beyond everything is that we cannot build competitiveness
07:30based on social fragility.
07:32So first and foremost, we need to address this fragility.
07:35And you will see the package, the strategy will present tools that will address,
07:40first 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, in work poverty, people that are active are also be central to this.
08:15But also, we will look at people outside the labor 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.
08:32Indeed. But 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.
09:50And 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 Minsato.
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 the large bulk of it is coming from the port of Berdyansk.
10:54Berdyansk is a small port on a coast of Ukraine's Sea of Azov.
10:59Now, 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 and 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 there 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 by Israeli foreign minister Gideon Tsar,
12:04Twitter 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, Kiev actually released the full time of the previous case,
12:18of the ship Abinsk, which 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 and requests
12:28to Israeli officials, asking them not to let that happen.
12:32OK, Sasha, thank you so much.
12:34I will 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 joining 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 and to our correspondent, Vincenzo Genovese.
12:59Vincenzo, welcome back to the programme.
13:01Yesterday, we know the Parliament adopted its own position on the EU's long-term budget,
13:06which runs for seven years from 2028.
13:09Tell us more.
13:13Yes, Mared, indeed.
13:14Good 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 put forward by the European Commission last July,
13:28bringing it up to over €2 trillion, which is 1.27% of the EU's GNI.
13:35Why this increase?
13:37Because they are seeking more funding for defence, competitiveness, strategic priorities,
13:42but without cutting allocations for agriculture, fisheries, cohesion policy, or programmes such as Erasmus.
13:50So 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 to the EU budget.
14:00But tough negotiations between MEPs and national governments are expected in the next months.
14:07Each side will try to push its own priority, and who better than Sophie Wilmers to discuss it?
14:13She is an MEP.
14:14She is the vice president of the European Parliament, but she was prime minister of Belgium.
14:19Good morning.
14:20Welcome.
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, and it's normal that everybody is playing a role.
14:34I had the chance to sit in both situations, in the parliament side, but also at the council side.
14:39It's very normal, and it's usual that the member states are pushing for a budget a little bit down,
14:45while 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, but we also having challenges on security and defence,
15:00and those requires more money, for sure.
15:03Moving on to today's agenda of the European Parliament, there 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, we 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,
15:37which is something that I have carried for more than a year now and is now a reality in this
15:44report.
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.
16:05Today on the agenda, there is also a debate on antisemitism, which 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, and it is definitely rising since the attack of the 7th of October.
16:23What we need to make very cautious distinction between the government in Israel and the Jewish community,
16:30and whatever a minister or a government does, does 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, as you are a vice chair of the EU-U.S. relation committee,
16:59do you think that the EU should do or can do without the U.S.?
17:02I think that Europe should do with Europe and does not prevent it from doing with the U.S.,
17:10but also other partners.
17:11But what is very important regarding the United States is 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, Marek, there was another interesting vote yesterday, but 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, the former Belgian prime minister and European Parliament vice president, Sophie Vilmes.
17:44Now, as Vincenzo suggested there, we're moving from politics to pets.
17:49Because yesterday in Strasbourg, the European Parliament passed the first ever EU rules to protect cats and dogs,
17:57banning abusive practices and establishing minimum welfare standards.
18:01So, what actually changes?
18:03Jakob Janis explains.
18:07Yesterday, the European Parliament delivered a sign of humanity for 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.
18:22So, if you have a pet, here is how it works.
18:26At its heart is 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.
19:03And 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.
19:41We'll be back again tomorrow with the last show of this week.
19:44In the meantime, keep up to date with more of our reporting
19:47on Euronews and Euronews.com.
19:49You can also get in touch with us.
19:50Email us at europetoday at euronews.com
19:54with your questions and your feedback.
19:56And we'll see you again at the same time tomorrow.
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