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00:30to US military presence in Germany
00:32after the Pentagon announced the withdrawal of 5,000 troops on Saturday
00:37escalating tensions between Washington and Berlin
00:41The decision follows comments made by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
00:45saying the US was being humiliated by Iran
00:49And the European Commission says it's keeping its options open
00:53after President Trump announced he would hike tariffs on EU cars to 25%
00:59The announcement has left the US-EU trade deal struck last summer
01:04hanging in the balance
01:06We speak to the EU's top lawmaker on international trade, Bernd Lange
01:11Also, 48 leaders are gathering in Armenia
01:14for a summit of the European political community
01:17with a non-European leader, Canada's Mark Carney
01:21in attendance for the very first time
01:23Carney is seeking to build new alliances with like-minded partners
01:28amid a rupture with the US
01:30But first this morning to our top story
01:33because Europe is dealing with the fallout of US President Donald Trump's
01:38latest verbal attacks against his NATO allies
01:42Trump signaled over the weekend
01:44he would withdraw many more than the 5,000 troops
01:47the US said it would remove from Germany on Saturday
01:51We're going to cut way down
01:53and we're cutting a lot further than 5,000
01:55Thank you very much
01:56For more, I'm joined in the studio this morning
01:58by our correspondent, Seana Murray
02:00Good morning, Seana, great to see you
02:02So this comes after a very public spat
02:06between Trump and the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
02:09Tell us more
02:10Yes, so there were pretty ill-fated comments from Friedrich Merz
02:13saying that the Iranians were humiliating the White House negotiators
02:16and then criticising Trump for his ill-conceived strategy in Iran
02:20And people might say, well, that's actually a fair point
02:23because the war is not going well
02:25Gas prices are skyrocketing
02:27The economies, the global economy is not doing very well
02:30Donald Trump knows this
02:32And so this sort of added fuel to the fire
02:34Immediately then, Donald Trump said he was studying
02:36how to remove troops from Europe
02:38He announced 5,000
02:40And then the last few days has announced
02:42that he will remove even more than 5,000
02:44There are around over 80,000 US troops across Europe
02:48about 36,500 in Germany
02:51It has to be said that Europe has been preparing for a drawdown like this
02:55but not in this sort of confrontational way
02:57Now take a listen to him over the weekend
02:59He was also asked whether he would do the same in Italy and Spain
03:03Why shouldn't I?
03:07Italy has not been of any help to us
03:10And Spain has been horrible
03:13Absolutely horrible
03:15And Germany, I mean, he's doing a terrible job
03:19He's got immigration problems
03:21He's got energy problems
03:23He's got problems of all kinds
03:25And he's got a big problem with Ukraine
03:27Because they're in that mess
03:30And he criticised me for doing the whole thing with Iran
03:37But I said, would you like to have a nuclear weapon in the hands of Iran?
03:40He said, no, I don't
03:42I said, well, then I guess I'm right
03:44A lot being said there
03:46First of all, Italy and Spain
03:47We know that Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish Prime Minister
03:49has been very vocally critical of the war in Iran
03:51But Giorgia Maloney, the Prime Minister of Italy
03:54was once known as the Trump Whisperer
03:56So it shows you that these relationships are transactional
03:59and very much temporary
04:00And, you know, he's criticising Friedrich Merz and the Germans
04:02but at least they're allowing the US military access to their bases
04:05and the use of their skies for the war in Iran
04:09But, you know, overall this is yet another diatribe
04:12another confrontation between the US and its allies
04:15at a very particular critical moment in Ukraine
04:17And Shauna, in terms of this drawdown, 5,000 troops from Germany
04:20What does that mean now for security and for NATO?
04:24Well, this is the issue
04:25because speaking to NATO sources over the last few days
04:27is they haven't been given any detail about what this will look like
04:30Will it be a sort of a rotational issue
04:31where 3,000 troops are removed
04:33and they won't be replenished?
04:35Is it from a core group?
04:36Is it from the Air Force?
04:37They haven't got that detail
04:38And we heard from NATO over the weekend
04:39saying that they're working with the US to figure this out
04:42We heard from Mark Rutte, the NATO Secretary General
04:44this morning
04:45He's in Armenia, the European political community
04:47saying that European allies have heard the message from Trump
04:50loud and clear
04:51That is true
04:52And they have been preparing for this
04:53So Germans and other countries have bolstered their forces
04:57for the last year or so
04:58So they're well prepared for this
04:59They don't, I mean, 5,000 is manageable
05:01But the question is how many more
05:02But crucial to this, Marad, is that even in the last year
05:06I spoke to a NATO diplomat
05:07He said, we're preparing for withdrawal of troops
05:09But the worst case scenario would be
05:11if it happens out of the blue
05:13without collaboration with NATO
05:15And also if it comes after a phone call with Putin
05:18which is exactly what happened here
05:20Almost a self-fulfilling prophecy
05:21So it's, you know, Europeans are again
05:24sort of in a very, very difficult position with Trump
05:27Okay, Shauna, thank you so much for that update
05:30and for bringing us up to speed
05:31Now we're moving on
05:33Because on Friday
05:34President Trump also said
05:36he would hike tariffs on EU cars and trucks
05:39to 25%
05:41It's left the trade deal struck
05:43between the EU and the US last summer
05:46hanging in the balance once again
05:48That deal had set a baseline tariff of 15%
05:52on most EU goods, including cars
05:54while completely removing EU tariffs
05:57on US industrial goods
05:59For more, we're joined live now
06:01by the Chair of the European Parliament's Committee
06:03on International Trade, Bernd Lange
06:06Mr. Lange, really good to have you with us this morning
06:09Can you tell us first
06:10is this announcement, do you think
06:13a political manoeuvre from Trump
06:16directed specifically perhaps at Germany?
06:20Yes, good morning
06:21and I think you are quite right
06:23This is a political decision
06:26He is really angry against Germany
06:30We just heard it
06:32and I'm convinced that in this context
06:36he also targeting specifically
06:39German car manufacturers
06:42and this will perhaps lead to an extra tariff volume
06:47from around 15 billion
06:51and of course there are no legal
06:54or no economic reasons for that
06:57This is really politically against Germany
07:00And I think the big question now, Mr. Lange
07:02is how should the EU respond to this?
07:05Is it time to move from appeasement
07:07to retaliation?
07:09That's really the question
07:11we will discuss on Wednesday
07:12So it's totally clear
07:14We saw a lot of breaches
07:17or a lot of breaking of the deal of Scotland
07:20by the United States
07:21Even some weeks after
07:23we saw that more than 400 products
07:26were lifted from 15% to 50%
07:29because they are containing steel and aluminium
07:32There's now on the 2nd of April
07:35where also these products
07:36are still in average tariff by 26%
07:40and we saw the Greenland exercise
07:42and we saw that the Supreme Court
07:45decided the legal basis was illegal
07:48So I guess now we will reflect
07:51and make an assessment
07:52about this one year of breaking
07:54by the United States
07:55I'm not sure that we can really go on
07:58And of course we have a toolbox
08:00of possible reaction
08:02and we will discuss it quite intensively
08:06and we will be serious
08:07You mentioned a toolbox
08:09we know that there is this kind of
08:12trade bazooka
08:13the anti-coercion instrument
08:15Will that be on the table
08:17as one of the options?
08:18We have the toolbox
08:20and of course all tools are in
08:22but in this case of course
08:25we will look also to other elements
08:29like countermeasures
08:31like counter tariffs
08:33or export restrictions
08:34So I guess all options are on the table
08:38But as you said Mr. Lange
08:40we have been here before
08:42there could be more to come
08:44So far the EU has not had
08:46the political courage
08:47some would say
08:48to introduce for example
08:51retaliatory tariffs
08:52Do you think that now the time has come
08:54and that this will happen?
08:57I'm sure that the mood
08:59in the European Union
09:00has changed
09:01specifically after this
09:02Greenland exercise
09:04and if you read the statement
09:06by the Commission
09:07yesterday
09:08it was much more clear
09:10and also there was a mentioning
09:13of a reaction
09:14and all options are open
09:17so it's
09:19there's a change
09:20inside the attitude
09:22of the European Union
09:23after this long story
09:25of unpredictable reaction
09:27in the United States
09:29Anna Mr. Lange
09:30you've been urging EU governments
09:31to attach more conditions
09:33to the Scotland deal
09:35agreed last year
09:36including making
09:37EU preferential tariffs
09:38conditional on the US
09:40respecting its side of the deal
09:41Germany has been pushing
09:43against that
09:44do you think
09:44they could now
09:46get on board?
09:48In the Council
09:49indeed
09:49there are different positions
09:51some are more outspoken
09:53some are really trying
09:55to de-escalate
09:57Germany unfortunately
09:58was more in the camp
09:59of the second
10:01now I guess
10:02also here is a change
10:04and we will have
10:05also a discussion
10:06with the Council
10:07on Wednesday
10:08and after that
10:09I can give you
10:10a concrete answer
10:11what we will do
10:12Okay
10:13thank you so much
10:14Mr. Lange
10:14that's all we have
10:15time for
10:16I'm afraid
10:16but we'll be
10:17following those discussions
10:19on Wednesday
10:20as you mentioned
10:22Bernd Lange
10:22the Chair
10:23of the European Parliament's
10:24Committee
10:25on International Trade
10:26there
10:26Moving on now
10:27the European political
10:28community
10:29a forum
10:29considered the brainchild
10:31of France's
10:32Emmanuel Macron
10:32is meeting for a summit
10:34in Armenia today
10:35Around 48 leaders
10:36are expected to attend
10:37including for the very first time
10:39a non-European
10:40Canada's Mark Carney
10:42as our reporter
10:43Jakob Yanis explains
10:47Mark Carney
10:48has arrived in
10:49Yerevan
10:49Armenia
10:50heading to the
10:51European political
10:51community summit
10:52as he spearheads
10:53efforts to create
10:54a middle powers
10:55alliance
10:56this Canadian
10:57prime minister
10:58holding both
10:59Canadian and British
11:00passports
11:00represents a unique
11:02bridge between
11:02the Anglo world
11:03and a Europe
11:04increasingly wary
11:05of American
11:06isolationism
11:07and this forum
11:08could offer
11:09Canada
11:09a vital opening
11:10to build new
11:11European ties
11:12but could the world's
11:14most European
11:15non-European country
11:16actually become
11:17the 28th EU member state
11:21Almost 60% of Canadians
11:23now support
11:24joining the bloc
11:25with over 80%
11:26prioritizing
11:27stronger economic ties
11:28as a buffer
11:29against US
11:30political turmoil
11:31and the latest surveys
11:33show most Germans
11:34and Spaniards
11:35back Canadian accession
11:36while in Poland
11:37France and Italy
11:38proponents
11:39significantly outweighed
11:41those in opposition
11:41and hey
11:43Ottawa is
11:44no geopolitical
11:45lightweight
11:45Canada's population
11:47is around
11:4841 million
11:49which is roughly
11:5010% of the
11:51current EU bloc
11:52and while being
11:53a founding NATO
11:54member
11:54it remains outside
11:56the European
11:56economic area
11:57however
11:59and that's interesting
12:00its GDP
12:01per capita
12:02remains significantly
12:03higher than
12:03the EU average
12:04so if Ottawa
12:06ever entered
12:07the union
12:07it would be
12:08a wealthy
12:09net contributor
12:10all right
12:11but despite
12:11the public
12:12enthusiasm
12:13the Brussels bubble
12:14has just issued
12:14a polite reality check
12:16enlargement
12:17commissioner
12:18Martha Koss
12:18recently confirmed
12:19that while
12:20Canada is a state
12:21it fails the
12:22European state
12:23requirement
12:24of article 49
12:25of the treaty
12:26on European Union
12:27and unlike
12:29Ukraine or Turkey
12:30Canada lacks
12:31the geographic
12:32and ancient
12:32cultural connections
12:34necessary to
12:35satisfy current
12:36treaties
12:36without a
12:38total legal
12:38overhaul
12:39however
12:40this relationship
12:41could evolve
12:42toward a
12:42bespoke model
12:43mirroring
12:44Norway or
12:45Switzerland
12:45a close
12:46family bond
12:47that provides
12:48deep integration
12:48into the
12:49single market
12:49and security
12:50programs
12:51while stopping
12:52just short
12:53of a formal
12:53marriage
12:54if Europe
12:55wants to
12:56become more
12:57independent
12:57yes indeed
12:58we need
12:59partners
13:00like
13:00Canada
13:01and for
13:02that
13:02Canadians
13:03could one
13:03day
13:03say yes
13:04or we
13:06as both
13:06English
13:07and French
13:07are
13:08Canada's
13:09official
13:09languages
13:14now as
13:15Armenia hosts
13:16the 8th
13:17European Political
13:18Community Summit
13:19today it's also
13:20seeking closer
13:21ties with
13:22European nations
13:23amid a rift
13:24with its
13:24traditional ally
13:25Moscow
13:26for more on
13:27the significance
13:28of this
13:28I'm joined
13:29by our
13:29Ukraine
13:30correspondent
13:30Sasha
13:30tell us
13:33how
13:34significant
13:34this is
13:35Armenia
13:35hosting
13:36the EPC
13:36for the
13:37first time
13:37it is
13:38absolutely
13:38unprecedented
13:40for anybody
13:41who's been
13:41following the
13:42region and
13:42the developments
13:43there for
13:44years I would
13:44say now
13:45there's some
13:45of the scenes
13:46on Monday
13:46morning
13:47where used
13:48to be
13:48absolutely
13:49unimaginable
13:50like NATO
13:51Secretary
13:51General
13:52Mark
13:52Ruta
13:53arriving to
13:54the EPS
13:55in
13:56Yerevan
13:57and there
13:57and shaking
13:58hands with
13:59Armenia's
14:00Prime Minister
14:00Nikol Pashinyan
14:02Armenia
14:02the country
14:03that for
14:03decades
14:04had been
14:04seen as
14:05Russia's
14:06closest ally
14:06the country
14:07that still
14:08has some
14:08standing
14:10treaties
14:10with Moscow
14:11and is
14:11officially
14:12considered
14:12Moscow ally
14:13now Nikol Pashinyan
14:14Prime Minister
14:14he tweeted
14:15prior to the
14:16meeting and
14:16he said
14:17about the
14:17importance
14:18of Armenia
14:18hosting it
14:19and he said
14:20I'm looking
14:20forward to
14:21discussions
14:21with European
14:22partners
14:22on the
14:22vital topics
14:23including
14:24democratic
14:25resilience
14:25regional
14:26stability
14:27and
14:27connectivity
14:28now
14:29this of
14:30course also
14:30reflects
14:31a lot
14:31Yerevan's
14:32intentions
14:32voiced last
14:33year
14:34about them
14:34trying to
14:35go on the
14:36European path
14:37and finally
14:38join the
14:38European Union
14:39but in a
14:40bigger picture
14:40this fact
14:42that Yerevan
14:42is indeed
14:43hosting the
14:44EPS
14:45and then
14:45tomorrow
14:45the EU
14:46Armenia
14:46summit
14:46cements the
14:48fact
14:48and this
14:48U-turn in
14:49Armenia's
14:50foreign policy
14:50which we
14:51have been
14:51observing
14:52since
14:53couple of
14:54years
14:54but
14:54specifically
14:55since
14:55Armenia
14:56and
14:56Azerbaijan
14:56found
14:57this
14:58treaty
14:58and
14:59the
14:59peace
14:59agreement
14:59and
15:00put
15:00an
15:00end
15:00to
15:01decades
15:01of
15:02bloody
15:02conflict
15:03in
15:03Karabakh
15:03yes
15:04really
15:04fascinating
15:05Sasha
15:05but also
15:05the Ukrainian
15:06president
15:07Volodymyr Zelensky
15:08also at the
15:09EPC summit
15:10today
15:10how significant
15:11is that
15:11I would
15:13say that
15:13you know
15:13same as
15:14with Mark
15:14Ruter
15:15arriving to
15:15Yerevan
15:16Volodymyr Zelensky
15:17the scene
15:17of Volodymyr
15:18Zelensky
15:18arriving to
15:18Yerevan
15:19that's
15:19sort of
15:19another
15:20nightmare
15:20that is
15:21definitely
15:22very closely
15:22watched
15:23in
15:24Moscow
15:24now
15:24this is
15:25Zelensky's
15:25first ever
15:26visit
15:26to
15:26Armenia
15:27and
15:28he was
15:28rather
15:29cautious
15:29commenting
15:30on it
15:31when he
15:31tweeted
15:32and he
15:32said
15:33many
15:34meetings
15:35ahead
15:35the key
15:35priority
15:36is more
15:36security
15:37and
15:37coordination
15:38for
15:38all of
15:39us
15:39now
15:40he's
15:40of course
15:40talking
15:41about
15:41more
15:41and better
15:42security
15:42deals
15:43in
15:43cooperation
15:43between
15:44Ukraine
15:44and
15:45other
15:45not only
15:46European
15:46countries
15:47but the
15:48fact that
15:48he is
15:49visiting
15:49indeed
15:49the
15:49country
15:50where there
15:50is still
15:50a Russian
15:51military
15:51base
15:51is
15:52very
15:53important
15:53and of
15:54course
15:54also
15:54this
15:55visit
15:55comes
15:56just a
15:56week
15:56after
15:57he
15:57visited
15:57Azerbaijan
15:58as well
15:59discussing
15:59security
15:59deals
16:00okay
16:00Sasha
16:01thank you
16:02so much
16:02and we'll
16:02of course
16:03keep an
16:03eye out
16:03on the
16:04EPC
16:04in Armenia
16:05today
16:05and as
16:06well as
16:06that
16:06EU
16:07Armenia
16:07summit
16:07taking
16:08place
16:08tomorrow
16:09but moving
16:10on
16:11last week
16:12a coalition
16:12of
16:13European
16:13mayors
16:14met
16:14with
16:14European
16:15Council
16:15President
16:16Antonio
16:16Costa
16:17to discuss
16:18the
16:18housing
16:18crisis
16:19gripping
16:20many parts
16:20of Europe
16:21the issue
16:22is back
16:22on the agenda
16:23this week
16:23with the
16:24Commission
16:24and Parliament
16:24co-hosting
16:25a high-level
16:26meeting
16:27on the
16:27housing
16:27crisis
16:28tomorrow
16:28our
16:29correspondent
16:30Angela
16:30Scugins
16:31caught up
16:32with the
16:32mayor
16:32of Rome
16:33Roberto
16:34Gualtieri
16:34and started
16:35by asking
16:36him why
16:37Brussels
16:37should dedicate
16:38political
16:39capital
16:39to tackling
16:40the crisis
16:41this
16:42is an
16:42issue
16:42of
16:43social
16:43justice
16:43an
16:44issue
16:44of
16:45inclusion
16:45is also
16:46an
16:46issue
16:47of
16:47competitiveness
16:48growth
16:48because
16:49labor
16:50mobility
16:50is
16:50key
16:51and
16:52if
16:52workers
16:53have
16:53difficulty
16:54to
16:54move
16:54to
16:54cities
16:55the
16:56big
16:56cities
16:56that
16:58that
16:58also
16:58affects
16:59our
16:59economic
16:59growth
17:00so
17:00it's
17:00a
17:01priority
17:01it's
17:02an
17:02emergency
17:02and
17:03this
17:03is
17:03the
17:04reason
17:04why
17:04we
17:05created
17:06this
17:06alliance
17:06of
17:07mayors
17:07for
17:08affordable
17:08housing
17:09we
17:09elaborated
17:10proposals
17:11very
17:11concrete
17:12proposals
17:12not
17:13just
17:13slogans
17:14and
17:14we
17:14are
17:14here
17:14to
17:15present
17:15them
17:16to
17:16the
17:16European
17:16Commission
17:17you
17:18say
17:18that
17:18it's
17:18an
17:18emergency
17:19do you
17:19think
17:19the
17:19European
17:19Commission
17:20is
17:20taking
17:20you
17:20seriously
17:21they
17:22did
17:23because
17:23this
17:24commission
17:25has
17:25introduced
17:25a
17:26very
17:26important
17:27new
17:27element
17:28which
17:28is
17:28a
17:28commission
17:29dedicated
17:29to
17:30housing
17:30because
17:31they
17:31are
17:31listening
17:32to
17:32us
17:33but
17:33of
17:33course
17:34now
17:34is
17:34the
17:34time
17:35to
17:35move
17:35from
17:35listening
17:36to
17:37deliver
17:37results
17:38could
17:38you
17:38argue
17:39that
17:39the
17:39short
17:39term
17:40rentals
17:40are
17:41causing
17:41the
17:42most
17:42issue
17:43what
17:43are
17:43the
17:43other
17:44points
17:45that
17:45are
17:45causing
17:45contention
17:46here
17:46the
17:47short
17:48rentals
17:48are
17:48a
17:48component
17:49of
17:49distancius
17:50not
17:50the
17:50only
17:50one
17:51that
17:51is
17:51very
17:51important
17:51because
17:52the
17:53main
17:53problem
17:54is
17:54that
17:55public
17:56housing
17:56policies
17:57have
17:58been
17:58put
17:59out
18:00of
18:01the
18:01policy
18:02tool
18:02of
18:03Europe
18:03and
18:04Italy
18:04for
18:05a
18:05lot
18:05of
18:05time
18:05so
18:06let's
18:07go
18:07back
18:07to
18:08the
18:08re-founding
18:10of
18:10a
18:10European
18:11nation
18:11state
18:12after
18:12World
18:12War
18:13II
18:13and
18:13with
18:13a
18:13welfare
18:14state
18:14European
18:15social
18:15motor
18:16this
18:16is
18:16composed
18:17in
18:17four
18:17pillars
18:18health
18:19public
18:20health
18:20education
18:21pensions
18:22and
18:23housing
18:23now
18:24the
18:25fourth
18:25part
18:26of
18:27this
18:27you
18:27know
18:29social
18:29model
18:30policy
18:31tool
18:31is out
18:32there is
18:33not
18:33anymore
18:33so we
18:34don't
18:34have
18:35public
18:35housing
18:35policy
18:36significant
18:37of
18:37significant
18:37magnitude
18:38and so
18:39that's
18:39the
18:39reason
18:40so we
18:40need
18:40first
18:41to
18:41recreate
18:42a
18:43robust
18:43pillar
18:43of
18:44public
18:44housing
18:45public
18:45policies
18:46then of
18:47course
18:47we
18:47have
18:47also
18:48to
18:48address
18:49the
18:49tension
18:50that
18:50short-term
18:52rent has
18:52created
18:53on housing
18:53markets
18:54especially
18:54in very
18:54touristic
18:55cities
18:58the
18:58mayor of
18:59Rome
18:59Roberto
18:59Gualtieri
19:00speaking to
19:01our
19:01correspondent
19:02Angela
19:02Scugins
19:03there
19:03but that's
19:04it from
19:04us for
19:05today
19:05thank you
19:06so much
19:06for tuning
19:07in
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