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00:00Dzień dobry, jest Wednesday, 29 April.
00:18This is Europe Today, and I'm Marad Gwyn,
00:20coming to you live from Brussels
00:22with the news and analysis to start your day.
00:25Coming up on today's show,
00:27Petr Magyar, the incoming Hungarian Prime Minister,
00:30is in Brussels today for high-level talks
00:32on unlocking EU funds with health from Hungary under Orban.
00:36He'll be meeting the presidents of the European Commission and Council.
00:40Hungary risks losing out on 10 billion euros
00:43in post-pandemic recovery funds
00:45unless a deal is reached by August.
00:47And the EU has said it's ready to sanction Israeli entities
00:51after reports that a ship carrying grain
00:54from Russian-occupied Ukraine
00:56has arrived at an Israeli port.
00:59It sparked a diplomatic row between Ukraine and Israel,
01:03with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
01:05also pushing for sanctions.
01:07Also today, amid an ongoing standoff
01:09between the US and Iran,
01:11the European Commission president
01:12will later this morning address
01:14the European Parliament on the war in the Middle East
01:16and its consequences on energy markets
01:19and European pockets.
01:20Some EU leaders have suggested
01:22that the intervention from Brussels
01:24has not been robust enough.
01:26But first, this morning,
01:28Hungary's incoming Prime Minister, Petr Magyar,
01:31is meeting European Commission Presidents von der Leyen
01:34in Brussels later today
01:35as Hungary races to salvage billions of euros
01:38in EU funding blocked under Orban.
01:41For more, I'm joined by our Europe editor,
01:43Maria Tadeo, who will be following Magyar's trip today.
01:47Maria, big moment.
01:48Tell us what we can expect.
01:50Well, yes, Meredith.
01:51Look, there's a lot of hype around this visit
01:53and there's a lot of expectation around it,
01:55but at some point we've got to move on
01:56into the substance.
01:58And that is really the point of this visit,
02:00which is unusual because Petr Magyar
02:02is not yet the Prime Minister of Hungary.
02:04So in terms of the meetings today,
02:06there will be a one-to-one
02:08with the head of the commission, Ursula von der Leyen,
02:10TISA party.
02:11So the party, of course,
02:12Petr Magyar says that these are going to be informal talks
02:15precisely because he's not yet in government,
02:18but these are urgent and very much needed talks
02:21because the country is now looking to salvage,
02:23as you say, 10 billion euros by the end of August.
02:26If they do not manage to get to an agreement
02:28to push through some of the reforms
02:30that will be necessary,
02:31particularly when it comes to rule of law,
02:33the country will lose out on billions.
02:36So that is the number one priority
02:37for the incoming Hungarian Prime Minister.
02:40And then secondly,
02:41he will also meet with Antonio Costa,
02:44the head of the European Council.
02:45And that matters politically
02:47because, of course,
02:48we have to go back now to Viktor Orban.
02:51He had really pushed this policy of the veto,
02:54veto policy on common measures by the 27 to the extreme.
02:59This had become incredibly tense among the EU Council,
03:02but there was also really a question about
03:04how can an EU work and operate
03:07when you have a country internally
03:08that will veto time and time and time and again
03:10all of these major policies.
03:12So the goal now is to move into the politics.
03:15As I say, however,
03:16these are difficult talks
03:18and will become difficult talks
03:19because Petr Magyar has to do
03:21a very delicate balancing act.
03:24On the one hand,
03:24he obviously wants to reinsert Hungary
03:26in the political conversation.
03:27He also wants to salvage the money.
03:30He needs it if he wants to turn around
03:32the Hungarian economy.
03:33But at the same time,
03:35and this is critical,
03:35he cannot be seen,
03:37certainly not among his domestic audience,
03:39as a man who has simply taken orders from Brussels.
03:43He cannot be seen as a yes man
03:45to Ursula von der Leyen.
03:46So these are going to be,
03:47no doubt,
03:48difficult talks,
03:49but they begin today.
03:50And now, Merit,
03:51on that note,
03:52let's go now to Strasbourg
03:53because we are joined by
03:55Roxana Mincati.
03:56Of course,
03:57she is the executive vice president
03:58at the Commission for Social Rights and Skills.
04:02As I say,
04:02she joins us from Strasbourg.
04:05Commissioner,
04:05thank you very much.
04:06Today,
04:07you're going to present
04:08a plan to combat poverty in the EU.
04:10This is a big topic for Europeans,
04:12but I have to ask you first
04:14about the politics
04:15because we are seeing big changes
04:17in Bulgaria,
04:18a new government,
04:19perhaps seen as too close to Russia.
04:22And in your own country,
04:23Romania,
04:24the government is on the brink of collapse
04:26aided by the far right.
04:28Are you concerned
04:29that both Bulgaria and Romania
04:31are moving away
04:32from a poor European path?
04:37Good morning,
04:38and thank you for the invitation.
04:39Well,
04:40I will not comment
04:41the political situations
04:42in our member states,
04:44but I will say this,
04:45that in the end,
04:47democracy is the strongest asset
04:49of the European Union.
04:50And elections
04:52and democratic movements
04:53are part of this process,
04:55people being able
04:56to express themselves,
04:58and this is part of the game,
05:00I would say.
05:01What we do follow
05:02is the pro-European stance
05:04of our citizens.
05:06And looking at the numbers
05:07in Bulgaria,
05:08in Romania,
05:09in Hungary,
05:10the very high number of support
05:12towards the European Union,
05:13the way they understand
05:15that their country
05:16has benefited
05:16from belonging
05:18to the European project,
05:20This is something
05:21that we see in Brussels,
05:22in Strasbourg,
05:23this is something
05:23that politicians
05:24in the capitals also see,
05:26and so their actions
05:28are driven
05:28by this pro-European position
05:31of their own peoples,
05:32I am absolutely convinced.
05:34Just to be very clear on this,
05:36because this is a critical point,
05:38you're saying that both
05:39in Bulgaria,
05:40but also Romania,
05:41a country that you know well,
05:42you believe that
05:43if there's a change
05:44in government,
05:44it will stay
05:45on a pro-European path.
05:47You do not fear
05:47your skeptic turn,
05:48just to be very clear.
05:52I'm absolutely counting
05:54on the pro-European stance
05:55of every member state.
05:57The country that I know best
05:59is a country with people
06:00that are very attached
06:01to the European project,
06:03different ages,
06:04different social groups,
06:05so counting on that
06:07to be the main driver
06:08of democracy
06:09has always been,
06:11and beyond that,
06:12Romania has always been
06:13a country on which
06:14the EU has deeply relied,
06:16so really this for sure
06:19will be the reality
06:20in the future as well.
06:22Okay, and it's also critical
06:23for security through NATO.
06:25Commissioner,
06:25let's also now go
06:26into the plan
06:29that you are presenting today
06:31because the idea of poverty,
06:32this is a growing concern
06:34for Europeans
06:35who find that they work,
06:36but they cannot make it
06:38to the end of the month
06:40comfortably.
06:41What are you pitching?
06:45So actually next week
06:46on the 6th of May
06:47I will present
06:48a social package,
06:50our first ever
06:51European anti-poverty strategy,
06:53looking at a tough reality
06:55that one out of five Europeans,
06:57that's 93 million people,
06:59are at risk of poverty
07:01and social exclusion.
07:02Many affected by inward poverty,
07:04as you've mentioned.
07:05Many living from salary to salary.
07:08So obviously it is important
07:09that we present the right tools
07:11to support on a lifelong cycle,
07:14and this is new to our approach,
07:16people that are not just
07:17already affected by poverty,
07:19by low income,
07:20by lack of access to services,
07:22but to prevent these situations.
07:24And the main rationale
07:25beyond everything
07:27is that we cannot build competitiveness
07:30based on social fragility.
07:32So first and foremost,
07:34we need to address this fragility.
07:35And you will see the package,
07:37the strategy will present tools
07:39that will address,
07:40first of all,
07:41child poverty,
07:42because the earliest we intervene,
07:45the better it is
07:46for the way that our societies
07:48will evolve.
07:49So we will present
07:50a reinforced child guarantee,
07:52which is our main tool
07:53to make sure that children
07:55are not affected
07:56by their families' vulnerabilities
07:59and that we are helping them
08:01go to school,
08:02have access to medical health care,
08:04to support services.
08:05So this is quite central
08:07to the strategy.
08:08But as I've mentioned,
08:10in work poverty,
08:11people that are active
08:13are also be central to this,
08:15but also we will look at people
08:16outside the labor market.
08:1850 million Europeans
08:19are not looking for a job.
08:21They cannot work.
08:22So we also want to tackle
08:24these categories
08:25with an array of measures
08:27that member states,
08:28because indeed,
08:29fighting poverty
08:30is member states' competence,
08:31will deploy.
08:33Indeed.
08:33But I just want to ask you,
08:35perhaps as a final point here,
08:36do you have the means
08:38and the tools to do this?
08:39Because a lot of these policies
08:40are driven by the capitals,
08:41but also do you have the funding?
08:43We're seeing competing interests
08:44from defense
08:45to hard economy,
08:46competitiveness.
08:47Do you have the tools,
08:48just financial means,
08:50to implement these policies?
08:53It's a team effort.
08:55The European Commission
08:56and European Union
08:57provide first and foremost
08:59the European Social Fund
09:00as a support for member states.
09:02In our proposal
09:04for the next MFF,
09:05you know,
09:06this fund has an overall
09:07100 billion budget.
09:09Now Parliament proposed
09:10an increase.
09:11Then you will see
09:12in the strategy
09:13a number of solutions
09:15while that will be based
09:17on European investment
09:19products
09:21and on leveraging
09:22also private resources.
09:25So obviously
09:26stimulating member states
09:29to invest
09:29and having a coherent framework
09:31on this.
09:33But what is essential
09:34is that we want
09:36that the anti-poverty efforts
09:39are coordinated
09:40at the highest level,
09:42that they are central
09:43to the political agenda.
09:44And this is the main work
09:46because, as I've said,
09:47we cannot build competitiveness
09:49on social fragility.
09:51And we need to be engaged
09:52with this mindset.
09:53With the memberships
09:54and, of course,
09:55the working poor,
09:56that is an increasing concern
09:57for Europeans.
09:58Executive Vice President,
09:59thank you so much
09:59for joining us
10:00on Europe Today.
10:02And thank you so much
10:03to you, Maria,
10:03for that.
10:04And to your guests,
10:04of course,
10:05the European Commission
10:05Vice President,
10:06Roxana Minsato.
10:07But we're moving on now.
10:09Brussels has said
10:10it stands ready
10:10to sanction entities
10:12and individuals in Israel
10:14after reports
10:15that a ship
10:16carrying grain
10:17from Russian-occupied Ukraine
10:18has arrived
10:19at the Israeli port
10:21of Haifa.
10:22The European Commission
10:23says it has approached
10:24the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry
10:26on the issue.
10:28For more,
10:28I'm joined in the studio now
10:30by our Ukraine correspondent,
10:32Sasha Vakulina.
10:33Good morning, Sasha.
10:34Can you first
10:34bring us to speed here?
10:36How did this ship
10:38end up in an Israeli port?
10:39Let's take a step back
10:40and see how this grain,
10:42Ukrainian grain,
10:43ended up on the ship.
10:45Now, Panormytis
10:47is carrying over
10:476,000 tons of wheat
10:50and a large bulk of it
10:51is coming from
10:52the port of Berdyansk.
10:54Berdyansk is a small port
10:55on a coast of Ukraine
10:57sea of Azov.
11:00Now, the ship
11:01was loaded with grain
11:02from occupied territories
11:04of Ukraine
11:04and then these ships
11:06loaded it on Panormytis,
11:08which is a geared
11:09bulk carrier,
11:10which then proceeded
11:12towards Israel
11:13and is currently
11:14standing in the waters
11:15next to the port
11:16of Haifa
11:17since the 25th
11:19of April, Marit.
11:21And this is the,
11:22this is what Ukrainians
11:23are asking Israel to do,
11:24not to allow the ship
11:25to dock
11:26and not to unload
11:27that wheat.
11:28But initially,
11:29we had a bit of a pushback
11:30against the allegations
11:31from Israel.
11:31Are there signs now
11:33that the Israeli government
11:33is listening?
11:35Not yet,
11:36but there are signs
11:36that they are escalated
11:38even more
11:39because Ukraine's
11:40president,
11:40Volodymyr Zelensky,
11:41stepped in
11:42and he said
11:42that Russia
11:43is systemically
11:44seizing grain
11:45on temporarily
11:46occupied Ukrainian land
11:47and organizing
11:48its export
11:49through individuals
11:50linked to the occupiers.
11:52Such schemes
11:52violate the laws
11:53of the state
11:54of Israel itself.
11:57Now, Israel also reacted
11:59rejecting what was called
12:01by Israeli foreign minister
12:03Gideon Tsar
12:04Twitter diplomacy.
12:06He said
12:07the vessel has not
12:08entered the port.
12:09It is not possible
12:10to verify the truth
12:12of the Ukrainian claims.
12:14Now, in response to that,
12:15Kiev actually released
12:16the full timeline
12:17of the previous case
12:18of the ship Abinsk,
12:20which docked
12:21and unloaded in Israel
12:22on the same port
12:23of Haifa
12:23in mid-Aprion.
12:25Ukrainians said
12:25they did transfer
12:26all the official
12:27communication and requests
12:28to Israeli officials,
12:30asking them
12:30not to let that happen.
12:32Okay, Sasha,
12:33thank you so much.
12:34I'll be keeping an eye out
12:35on any updates
12:36on that story, of course.
12:38But now,
12:39the European Parliament's
12:40plenary session
12:41continues today
12:42in Strasbourg
12:43with the Commission President
12:44Ursula von der Leyen
12:45joining a debate
12:46on the Middle East
12:47later this morning.
12:48But there's also
12:49plenty of talk
12:50about the EU's
12:51long-term budget,
12:52which is currently
12:53under negotiation.
12:54For more,
12:55we can cross over
12:56to Strasbourg now
12:57and to our correspondent
12:57Vincenzo Genovese.
12:59Vincenzo,
13:00welcome back to the programme.
13:01Yesterday,
13:02we know the Parliament
13:03adopted its own position
13:04on the EU's
13:05long-term budget,
13:06which runs for seven years
13:08from 2028.
13:09Tell us more.
13:13Yes, Mared, indeed.
13:14Good morning.
13:15Good morning from Strasbourg.
13:16The MEPs want more money,
13:18as expected,
13:19in the EU's
13:20seven-year budget.
13:21They are calling
13:22for a 10% increase
13:23compared to the proposal
13:24put forward
13:25by the European Commission
13:26last July,
13:28bringing it up
13:29to over 2 trillion euro,
13:31which is 1.27%
13:34of the EU's GNI.
13:35Why this increase?
13:37Because they are seeking
13:38more funding
13:39for defence,
13:40competitiveness,
13:41strategic priorities,
13:42but without cutting
13:44allocations
13:45for agriculture,
13:46fisheries,
13:47cohesion policy,
13:48or programmes
13:48such as Erasmus.
13:50So, this is an ambitious
13:51target
13:52and will very likely
13:53clash with EU member states,
13:55which are always,
13:56you know,
13:57reluctant
13:57to increase
13:58their national contributions
13:59to the EU budget.
14:01Tough negotiations
14:02between MEPs
14:03and national governments
14:05are expected
14:06in the next months.
14:07Each side will try
14:08to push
14:09its own priority,
14:10and who better
14:11than Sophie Wilmesser
14:12to discuss it?
14:14She is an MEP,
14:15she is the Vice President
14:16of the European Parliament,
14:17but she was
14:18Prime Minister of Belgium.
14:20Good morning,
14:20welcome.
14:21Good morning.
14:22Will the European Parliament
14:24bow to the pressure
14:25of the member states
14:27at the end,
14:27like it was
14:28in the previous
14:28budget talks?
14:30Well, we are
14:30at the beginning
14:31of the discussion,
14:32and it's normal
14:32that everybody
14:33is playing a role.
14:34I had the chance
14:35to sit in both situations,
14:37in the parliament side,
14:38but also at the council side,
14:39and it's very normal
14:40and it's usual
14:41that the member states
14:42are pushing
14:43for a budget
14:44a little bit down,
14:45while the parliament
14:46is pushing for more.
14:48The reality is
14:48that we are facing
14:49a lot of new challenges.
14:52You talk about it,
14:53competitiveness,
14:54our autonomical strategy,
14:56but we are also
14:57having challenges
14:58on security and defence,
15:00and those requires
15:01more money, for sure.
15:03Moving on to today's agenda
15:04of the European Parliament,
15:06there is an important vote
15:07on the rule of law report.
15:09You have worked on this file.
15:10Can you tell us
15:11which member states
15:12have, let's say,
15:13the bad kids
15:14in Europe now?
15:15So, actually,
15:16the report
15:18of the European Parliament,
15:19we try not to name
15:21and shame.
15:21We were really focused
15:23on transversal
15:25and horizontal issues.
15:27Of course,
15:27we could not make a report
15:29without speaking
15:29about Hungary.
15:30That's totally normal.
15:31What is very special
15:33this time
15:33is that we speak
15:34about an integrated cycle
15:36for the rule of law,
15:37which is something
15:39that have carried
15:39for more than a year now
15:41and is now a reality
15:44in this report?
15:45As you mentioned Hungary
15:46and as Peter Maguire
15:47is in Brussels today,
15:48can the new government
15:49put the things
15:50back on track in Hungary?
15:52You know,
15:52it's much more difficult
15:53to put things back on track
15:54than to dismantle
15:55the rule of law,
15:56and we have seen
15:56that everywhere.
15:58We are very hopeful
15:59for this new team
16:00and this new government
16:01to put things on track.
16:02They say they will,
16:03and I think that
16:04we need to support that.
16:06Today on the agenda,
16:07there is also a debate
16:07on antisemitism,
16:09which seems to be
16:10in rise in Europe.
16:11Do you see this
16:12as it's connected
16:13to Israel's geopolitical agenda?
16:15So it doesn't seem
16:16to be rising in Europe.
16:18It is rising in Europe
16:19and it is definitely rising
16:21since the attack
16:22of the 7th of October.
16:24What we need to make
16:24very cautious distinction
16:27between the government
16:28in Israel
16:28and the Jewish community
16:30and whatever a minister
16:32or a government does,
16:35does not excuse
16:37antisemitic action.
16:38And this is something
16:39that we need to tackle now.
16:40There is a roadmap
16:42and there is a strategy
16:43for antisemitism
16:44from the European Commission.
16:46We wanted to update it
16:47since it was birthed,
16:49it was born
16:50two years before the attack.
16:51And last question,
16:52as you are a vice chair
16:55of the EU-US relation committee,
16:59do you think that the EU
17:00should do or can do
17:01without the US?
17:02I think that European,
17:04Europe should do with Europe
17:07and does not prevent it
17:08from doing with the US
17:10but also other partners.
17:11But what is very important
17:12regarding the United States
17:13is that we are talking
17:14to each other
17:15as equal partners
17:16and not as a big brother
17:18against the little brother
17:20or the little sister.
17:21That's not the way
17:21I see things.
17:23Thank you.
17:23Thank you so much.
17:25Thank you.
17:26And of course,
17:26we will follow debates
17:27and votes here in Strasbourg.
17:29By the way, Marev,
17:30there was another
17:31interesting vote yesterday,
17:32but I will leave this
17:35to 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
17:42Vice President Sophie Vilmes.
17:44Now, as Vincenzo suggested there,
17:47we're moving from politics to pets
17:49because yesterday in Strasbourg,
17:52the European Parliament
17:52passed the first ever EU rules
17:54to protect cats and dogs,
17:57banning abusive practices
17:58and establishing
17:59minimum welfare standards.
18:01So what actually changes?
18:03Jakob Janis explains.
18:07Yesterday,
18:08the European Parliament
18:09delivered a sign of humanity
18:10for our four-legged companions.
18:13The first ever EU law
18:14on the welfare of dogs and cats
18:16has officially passed,
18:17transforming how pets are bred,
18:19sold and tracked
18:20across the continent.
18:22So if you have a pet,
18:24here is how it works.
18:26At its heart
18:28is a 100% traceability rule.
18:30So no more anonymous puppy farms
18:33or shadowy online deals.
18:35Every dog and cat in the EU
18:36must now be microchipped
18:37and registered.
18:39So if you are buying a pet online
18:40where over 60% of sales now happen,
18:43you will finally be able
18:45to verify the breeder's credentials
18:46before you commit.
18:47Okay, so what's the deadline?
18:50The clock is ticking
18:51for professional breeders
18:52and shelters.
18:53They have four years
18:54to meet new housing
18:55and care standards.
18:57And for private owners,
18:58the shift is much gentler,
19:00with a 10-year window for dogs
19:01and 15-year window for cats.
19:04And it might seem long,
19:05but it is by design.
19:06It allows current pets
19:08to live out their lives
19:09as they are,
19:10ensuring that eventually
19:12every pet in the EU
19:13will have been born directly
19:14into this new system
19:15of traceability.
19:17And looking ahead,
19:18the European Commission
19:19has also committed
19:20to digitizing the pet passport
19:22within the next two years,
19:23making it much harder
19:25for traffickers
19:25to hide behind fake documents.
19:28So we should all celebrate,
19:30especially this little one.
19:37That was Jakob Janis
19:38reporting there.
19:39But that's all we have time
19:40for for today.
19:41We'll be back again tomorrow
19:42with the last show
19:43of this week.
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