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Varapalo a Sánchez en las elecciones andaluzas: ¿Qué escenario se abre para España y Bruselas?
El Partido Socialista de Pedro Sánchez ha sufrido una contundente derrota en las elecciones autonómicas andaluzas, su cuarta derrota electoral en España. Maria Tadeo analiza lo que el resultado puede significar para España, Bruselas y Europa.
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El Partido Socialista de Pedro Sánchez ha sufrido una contundente derrota en las elecciones autonómicas andaluzas, su cuarta derrota electoral en España. Maria Tadeo analiza lo que el resultado puede significar para España, Bruselas y Europa.
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00:32A Ukrainian drone has struck Moscow, killing four people and injuring dozens.
00:37Zelensky says the strikes were, quote,
00:39"...entirely justified in response to Russia's ongoing attacks on Ukraine will bring you up to speed on a conflict with
00:46no end in sight."
00:47And the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency over an Ebola outbreak
00:53that has killed more than 80 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
00:57It comes as the UN agency gathers in Geneva to finalise a treaty aimed at protecting the world from pandemic
01:04threats.
01:05Meanwhile, ten years since the UK voted to leave the European Union, Brexit is back.
01:11Since the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, stepped down and said he would actually like to lead the country and bring
01:16it back to Brussels,
01:18there's a national debate sparking.
01:20But first, our top story, which takes us to Andalucía in southern Spain,
01:24where Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Socialist Party suffered a bruising defeat in regional elections.
01:30The votes are, of course, being closely watched both in Madrid and Brussels.
01:34Now, the Conservative People's Party did win the election,
01:37but they'll still need the support of the far-right Vox Party in order to govern.
01:41For more on what this all means for Spain and for Brussels,
01:45our Europe editor Maria Diceo is here with us this morning.
01:47So, Maria, a really bad night there for Pedro Sánchez and his party.
01:50What are the consequences of all this?
01:52Well, look, Maeve, it was a disastrous night.
01:55No question for the Spanish Socialist Party.
01:58It is their worst result in democratic history in a region which is roughly the size of Portugal,
02:03but also used to be their historic stronghold.
02:07Again, back-to-back losses this election, but also four years ago,
02:12which again cement this idea that this is a region that has now shifted to the right.
02:17For Pedro Sánchez, this is also a problem because the candidate running,
02:22representing the party, was someone who was a minister in his government,
02:26a former deputy prime minister of the government of Spain,
02:29and a woman, a candidate that he had selected for this campaign.
02:34So he was very much appointed with the consent of the prime minister,
02:38already with a national profile, and all of this we see in the end produced no results in the election.
02:45The other point that is relevant about this vote yesterday is the Spanish conservatives,
02:50a very mainstream Partido Popular, PP, they did win the election,
02:54but fell short of a majority and now will need the hard right Vox to govern.
02:59What this says to me, and I know this is going to sound counterintuitive at this point,
03:02but it really shows that there is a pivot to the right in Spain,
03:07which does not seem obvious, of course, because the Spanish prime minister,
03:11Pedro Sánchez, has created this international profile for himself.
03:15He passed a position very successfully, I would argue,
03:17from a communications perspective as the man that will stand up to President Donald Trump.
03:22We talked about this big convention that he hosted three weeks ago in Barcelona.
03:27He's been able to really electrify this international progressive coalition.
03:31But back home, there is a big gap between his international perception and the national perception in the country,
03:38which is of a man who is polarizing, to say the least.
03:43And who also, when you look at the regional ballots so far this year,
03:48you have seen this perpetuation of the right winning for the Spanish prime minister.
03:53Of course, the big question is whether or not he can change the situation going into the 2027 election.
03:58He does stand to perform better nationally than regionally.
04:03But nonetheless, when you put all of this together,
04:05it does suggest that the country is stilting to the right,
04:09contrary to this international image of Spain,
04:12which for me is a fascinating phenomenon,
04:15but it does show there is this big gap externally and within the country.
04:19And there's another pickle, of course, the Spanish government is in damage control, Maria,
04:23over claims they used EU funding for pensions. Tell us more.
04:26Well, yes. Look, Maeve, this goes back to a report by the Spanish Budget Watchdog.
04:32They indicated that in November 2024, they used budget credits,
04:36which is not necessarily European funding per se,
04:40but it was connected to a clause in relation to the RFF,
04:44which, of course, is the recovery fund put together by the European Union,
04:48paid for, of course, by joint debt, backed by the EU 27.
04:52The Spanish government told Euronews, and they told myself,
04:55as sources very close to the Spanish economy ministry,
04:57that they categorically deny that European money is being used to pay for pensions.
05:02They say this is not the case.
05:03They also told me, and as I understand, the European Commission did ask for an explanation.
05:09They did ask for a clarification after Spain provided a technical explanation,
05:13saying this is an accounting issue.
05:14The Commission does not indicate that there is any wrongdoing or misuse of funding.
05:19But nonetheless, this is the politics, and this is about the optics.
05:22The damage, to some extent, is already done.
05:25And, Maeve, we should keep in mind this is coming right before negotiations
05:28around the European budget kickstart.
05:31And, of course, it's already fueling some of the tensions between the Southern European countries
05:35and some of the frugal countries, Northern European countries,
05:38which traditionally, historically, have said they do not want a big budget
05:41and they do not want joint funding to become permanent.
05:45That debate that never goes away.
05:46Marina Stel, thank you so much for that very comprehensive analysis there.
05:49And now moving on to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
05:52This weekend, in response to a major attack on Kyiv,
05:55Ukraine's largest drone strike so far hit Russia,
05:58killing at least four people, including three near Moscow and wounding a dozen others.
06:04Debris fell on Russia's largest airport, causing disruptions, but no damage.
06:08For more, we're joined here in the studio by our Ukraine correspondent,
06:11that's, of course, Sasha Vakalina.
06:13Tell us more about this attack on Russia.
06:15Yes, indeed.
06:16As you said, this was one of the largest attacks.
06:18In fact, according to a Russian official,
06:20it was the largest when it comes to Moscow in over a year.
06:23Kyiv confirmed the attack,
06:25saying they specifically targeted military, industrial and fuel infrastructure in Moscow region,
06:30including a plant which produces semiconductors for Russia's military industrial complex,
06:35also two pumping stations and Moscow oil refinery.
06:39Now, Russian authorities said the residential building was also damaged during the attack.
06:45According to Russia's defence ministry in general,
06:48they have intercepted, allegedly, over a thousand drones on Russia.
06:53That was, according to Moscow officials, that was the scale of this attack.
06:59And, of course, this is not the furthest attack that Ukraine did in terms of the long-range distance,
07:06but it was very significant, given that this is indeed Russia's capital.
07:09Yeah, it's very rare.
07:10And I'm sure viewers this morning are thinking the same.
07:12Why do they target Moscow?
07:13Well, for Kyiv, that was a clear demonstration of its capabilities.
07:17This is a very clear and simple message that Kyiv can reach Moscow if it wants to.
07:25Moscow, of course, being Russia's most protected city in terms of air defence.
07:30Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he did call it entirely justified.
07:34And he also tweeted about the attack, saying our responses to Russia's prolongation of the war
07:40and its attacks on our cities and communities are entirely justified.
07:44Ukrainian long-range sanctions reached the Moscow region.
07:47And we are clearly telling the Russians their state must end its war.
07:52Now, what he means here is, of course, the attack last week on Kyiv when the residential building was hit
07:58and 24 people were killed in that Russian attack.
08:01Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in this case, is sending the message that he can indeed move Russia's war back to Russia's territory.
08:08And we can see the effect of it, given the scale of the fear and also all these videos on
08:13social media
08:14by the Moscow residents showing that attack made.
08:17OK, Sasha Bakalina, thank you so much for that update.
08:20Now, moving on to the Middle East, where a drone strike has triggered a fire near a nuclear plant in
08:26the United Arab Emirates.
08:27The incident that has been condemned by the region and the International Atomic Energy Agency
08:32highlights just how fragile the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran really is.
08:37For more, we can head straight over to Qatar, where our correspondent, Adel Khalim, is standing by for us this
08:42morning.
08:43Tell us, what is the latest on this nuclear plant bombing, Adel?
08:49Yeah, Maeve, this is really the kind of incident that Gulf countries were hoping to avoid.
08:53While the ceasefire is still technically in place, clearly tensions never went away.
08:58Now, what happened on Sunday was a drone hit the perimeter of the Baraka power plant in the UAE,
09:04just outside the, which roughly supplies about a quarter of the country's energy.
09:10And according to Emirati officials, now three drones entered UAE airspace from the west
09:16and hit the electrical generator outside the main facility, sparking a fire.
09:21Now, the Abu Dhabi media office was quick to report there was no radiation leak, no injuries reported.
09:26In fact, the generators were continuing to operate as normally.
09:28But even without casualties, this is hugely symbolic.
09:31Any attack on a nuclear facility raises serious questions.
09:35And while the UAE didn't publicly blame Iran, analysts do say this was a warning shot
09:40as regional tensions continue to escalate once again.
09:44Dave?
09:44And Adel, President Trump and Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Arachi, have reacted to this.
09:48We can actually together take a listen to what they have to say.
09:50I could say this with a very, very strong conviction.
09:55Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.
09:58It's not going to happen.
09:59They have no Navy, no Air Force, no anti-anything.
10:02By the way, we knocked out 85% of their manufacturing for the missiles.
10:07An attack on our nuclear facilities has already taken place once, and they claim they completely
10:13destroyed them.
10:13Yet now, they're once again talking about attacking the facilities.
10:17These contradictory statements truly indicate the depth of America's confusion regarding
10:22their objectives in this war.
10:25So as you can see, their tensions have clearly not gone away.
10:27And we're also hearing, Adel, that Israel and the U.S. are planning to renew the war.
10:31What can you tell us?
10:35Yeah, those comments really accentuate where we stand right now.
10:39Publicly, both sides are calling for diplomacy, but at the same time, they're preparing for
10:42the eventuality or possibility of what could come next.
10:45Iranian officials have openly said that during the ceasefire, they were able to regroup and
10:50restock their strike systems.
10:52Meanwhile, military activity across the region hasn't slowed down.
10:55U.S. Central Command says American naval forces continuing their blockade of the blockade
11:00of the Strait of Hormuz, and as of Sunday, it says 81 commercial vessels were redirected
11:07and four disabled.
11:08And as you mentioned, there are reports that Israel and the U.S. are coordinating future
11:12strikes if negotiations fail.
11:14To that end, U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on his true social account, saying,
11:18for Iran, the clock is ticking, and they better get moving fast, or there won't be anything
11:23left of them.
11:24Time is of the essence.
11:25So right now, we're seeing, technically, the ceasefire still holds, but all parties are
11:30bracing for the possibility of what could come next.
11:33Maeve?
11:34Okay, very stressful time, of course, there for your region and the world.
11:36Thank you so much for that update there, Adele Khali.
11:39And now, moving on from the Netherlands to Sweden, and then on to Oslo and Rome, India's
11:45Narendra Modi is on a whistle-stop tour across Europe, sitting down with various European
11:50leaders.
11:50After hosting foreign ministers from BRIC countries just last Friday, he's here to
11:55celebrate, of course, the historic EU-India deal signed earlier this year.
11:59For more on what to expect from his trip, here's our Jacobianus.
12:05Have you ever wondered how the world's fastest-growing major economy manages a crisis at home while
12:11reshaping global trade?
12:12While New Delhi scrambles to protect a sinking rupee hit by energy shocks from the Iran war,
12:17Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching a massive diplomatic offensive across Europe.
12:23And months after a historic EU-India free trade agreement, this tour executes that
12:28mother of all deals by balancing Brussels with individual capitals.
12:33And if we follow the Prime Minister's itinerary day by day, the calendar reveals exactly what's
12:39at stake.
12:43And over the weekend, Modi met with Dutch Prime Minister Ropi Yeten.
12:47The Netherlands is a key trading partner for India, with bilateral trade worth nearly $28
12:52billion.
12:54And the immediate price is an $11 billion semiconductor deal between Tata Electronics and Dutch giant
13:00ASML to build a cutting-edge microchip plant in Western India.
13:04And it is a textbook example of Europe's China plus one strategy, as Western companies rush
13:10to diversify supply chains away from Beijing.
13:13And now the focus shifts to Sweden, where today Modi is meeting Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson
13:18and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the European roundtable for
13:23industry.
13:24And here is a side note.
13:25While capitals like Stockholm provide India with specific tech, defense and green transition
13:30deals, Brussels provides here the regulatory alignment and massive tariff cuts needed to unlock the
13:37entire European market.
13:40But hey, that's not all.
13:42Tomorrow, Modi attends the India-Nordic summit in Oslo, engaging Nordic leaders on clean energy
13:48and Arctic shipping routes opened up by climate change.
13:51And this grand tour will conclude on Wednesday in Italy with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, where
13:57both leaders will focus on maritime security and the joint action plan for legal migration
14:02channels.
14:03And I know, it sounds complex, but one thing is certain.
14:06For European leaders facing slowing economies, rolling out the red carpet is no longer a luxury.
14:12It is a strategic necessity.
14:14And the world's most populous nation becomes an indispensable geopolitical counterweight when
14:20Europe's historic partners look away.
14:27Jakob Janus there for us.
14:29And now for The View from Finland.
14:30Coming up, we'll be joined by Ville Tavio, Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
14:36in Brussels today for talks with ministers from all across the EU.
14:40Ville Tavio is a member of the National Conservative Finns Party, and he's been active in national
14:45politics for several years.
14:46Good morning, Minister.
14:47Lovely to have you with us.
14:48Good morning.
14:49Great to be here.
14:49So first, we're, of course, looking at those pictures of the Indian head of state traveling
14:54all across Europe.
14:55This comes just after that big historic deal was signed.
14:58What's Finland's view here?
14:59What's your view here?
15:00Well, the Finnish president also had a state visit to India a couple of months ago, and
15:06it's absolutely one strategic partnership in order to diverse the trade.
15:12And tell me, it comes just a couple of days after India hosted BRICS foreign minister.
15:17So is there anything the European Union can do to put pressure on India to help end the
15:22war in Ukraine?
15:24I really hope so, of course.
15:26And that's one of the reasons that Finland thinks it's important to have these close
15:30relations.
15:30But I would say that rather recently, we've seen development in the trade and the quest in
15:40diversification of trade and China plus one mission, instead of focusing only on these
15:47difficult topics.
15:48Because, of course, you had that drone incident on Friday, which seems to have been settled.
15:52But let's talk about this big week for the EU-US trade deal that could get over the line
15:57by June.
15:58But in the European Parliament, we're seeing a lot of different debates.
16:01There'll be trilogues this week.
16:03So negotiations on whether or not to put conditions on this deal that, of course, as you know,
16:07is pretty controversial.
16:09But putting conditions on it at this late stage, could that not anger President Donald Trump?
16:13What is your view here?
16:15Well, we are in favor of forcing what's agreed.
16:20And we see cautious optimism that the trilogues are moving very well, to my knowledge.
16:28So, after all, we want to create bridges and not to burn bridges.
16:33So, hopefully...
16:35But do you trust President Trump?
16:36He can be very unpredictable and cause a lot of stress for European businesses and Finnish
16:40businesses.
16:41We are not expecting predictability from him.
16:46But I think he's a hard negotiator.
16:49I think it's debatable whether USA has kind of benefited from his actions.
16:56Maybe we'll see that at the end of his term.
16:59But from the Europe's point of view, we want to keep on the trade growing.
17:04We want to build a steady trade.
17:07That's what the companies need.
17:09But if Donald Trump plays hardball, should the Europeans play hardball too?
17:13Yes.
17:14Me and several other ministers, we've taken stances before, whereas we think the European
17:19Union should have used the package we made in order to pressure USA more.
17:28But at this point, we are ready to move forward with the deal as agreed.
17:34And, of course, our requirement is that the USA also respects this deal.
17:39And a big week as well for the EU.
17:41They're heading to Mexico this week.
17:43Could a deal be signed there?
17:44We know the last EU-Mexico summit was back in 2015.
17:46Yes, we are looking for renewing the global treaty with the EU-Mexico.
17:53And that's also, I mean, it's a very important point.
17:56You know, we have the Mercosur trade deal already applied.
18:02So that doesn't include Mexico.
18:05So it's very good that we get a new deal with Mexico as well.
18:11It's our second largest partner in Latin America.
18:15And meanwhile, of course, big focus of your talks this week on the impact the ongoing war
18:19in the Middle East is having on Europeans.
18:21Do you think enough has been done by Brussels, i.e.
18:23the European Commission, in order to soften that blow on Europeans?
18:26Well, from the trade minister point of view, I can tell that the past three years that I've
18:32been a minister of trade, it's the security concerns have been rising all the time.
18:39So I think trade ministers are more dealing with the security concerns and increasingly
18:44involved in the security issues.
18:46So whether it's diversification of trade, but also energy, basic supply chains, now wartime
18:56discomforts.
18:56Okay, Minister.
18:57Thank you so much for coming into us here today on Euronews and being our guest on Europe
19:01Today.
19:01That does bring, though, this edition of Europe Today to an end.
19:04Any points, comments, questions for us, you can always reach out at europetoday at
19:09euronews.com.
19:10But for now, thank you so much for tuning in.
19:12Take care and do visit euronews.com for more news and analysis.
19:37See you next time.
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