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Οι υπουργοί Οικονομικών της G7 συζητούν στο Παρίσι για την αύξηση των τιμών στην ενέργεια και την κατάσταση στα Στενά του Ορμούζ, την ώρα που η Τζορτζια Μελόνι ζητά από την ΕΕ να αντιμετωπίσει την ενεργειακή κρίση όσο σοβαρά και τις αμυντικές δαπάνες
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06:54And you can catch more of Maria's analysis on her brand new newsletter that is called Off the Record.
06:59But now we can take you to the French city of Strasbourg, where MEPs are meeting for a routine voting
07:04session.
07:04Tough talks are set to take place late into the night about whether or not to rubber stamp that controversial
07:10EU-US trade deal.
07:12For a refresher first, though, to hear what's at stake, here's our Jakub Yannis.
07:18Hey, what are you doing tonight at 9pm? Maybe going for a date?
07:22If so, bear a thought for European lawmakers and diplomats locked tonight in a room in Strasbourg,
07:28desperately trying to prevent an all-out transatlantic trade war.
07:32And the clock is ticking down to an unforgiving 4th of July deadline set by Donald Trump,
07:37who has threatened a 25% tariff on European cars if Brussels refuses to accept his terms.
07:44Alright, so how did Europe end up in this mess?
07:49Last July, Trump and Ursula von der Leyen struck a trade deal in Scotland.
07:53And the maths looked simple.
07:55Zero tariffs on US industrial goods against a 15% cap on European exports.
08:01And all of that was built to protect a relationship with almost 1.7 trillion euros.
08:06And that's a lot of zeros.
08:08But now the European Parliament is pushing back.
08:12After a US Supreme Court ruling against the tariffs,
08:16Washington introduced new duties on steel and aluminium,
08:19effectively violating the treaty before signature.
08:22And European lawmakers argue Europe cannot be bullied,
08:26so they are baking free defensive shields into the text.
08:29The known as Sunrise Clause stoles the deal until Washington drops these steel duties.
08:35And there is also the Sunset Clause,
08:37which automatically ends the agreement in March 2028,
08:40so just before Trump leaves office.
08:43Finally, there is also the Greenland Clause,
08:45allowing Brussels to suspend everything,
08:48if Trump threatens European territorial integrity again.
08:52And quite predictably, this has split Brussels.
08:55The centre-right EPP wants a quick deal to avoid industry chaos.
09:00But the socialists are digging in.
09:02And top European Parliament negotiator Bern Lange
09:05insists European legislation must not be dictated by threats from Washington.
09:10So if negotiators reach a compromise tonight,
09:13the text heads to a plenary vote in June.
09:16But if the deadlock holds,
09:18this massive trade relationship hits a cliffhedge.
09:21And that 4th of July deadline will bring a wave of American tariffs
09:25straight to Europe's doorstep.
09:27So if you are going on a date tonight,
09:30you now have a perfect iceberg at Topic.
09:32And no, you don't have to thank me for that.
09:41Jakub Janos there.
09:42Well, our correspondent in Strasbourg,
09:43Vincenzo Genovese, has plans for tonight.
09:45He'll be covering these crunch talks for Euronews.
09:48And he's standing by for us this morning
09:49in the very European Parliament in Strasbourg.
09:52So good morning, Vincenzo.
09:53Just tell us, it is make or break time now for the EU-US trade deal.
09:57Tell us more.
10:00It is, Maeve.
10:01Good morning.
10:02Good morning from Strasbourg.
10:03As you said, as you explained,
10:05the clock is ticking.
10:06Pressure is mounting from the US administration
10:09to get this deal done.
10:11But there are still some clauses,
10:13some details to fix.
10:15And we are here with Juliana Zovko,
10:17who is one of the people who will be in the room.
10:19She's the negotiator from the European People's Party.
10:23Why is taking so long?
10:26But we must understand that we are here
10:29represented by different political groups.
10:32So on one hand, I'm representing European People's Party,
10:35the central-right party that is pro-business,
10:38jobs-orientated, and it's trying to save
10:41European industry and European jobs
10:44and to give them certainty by making this deal done
10:47and by closing this deal.
10:49But on the other hand, you have groups
10:50who are really advocating ideological fight
10:53on the other side of the ocean,
10:57which I'm strictly against.
10:59And we are having all these geopolitical changes
11:02being a part of the deal,
11:04which is not from the start meant to be.
11:08So the prolongation extension is despite our will,
11:13despite the will of European People's Party.
11:15The socialists are trying to stick
11:17to stricter clauses, let's say, like this.
11:20OK, but US President Donald Trump said
11:23there is a deadline.
11:24For July, after this, much higher tariffs.
11:27So do you feel the pressure?
11:29But that's a part of the interpretation
11:33how this European Union is treating the deal
11:37that was done in August last year.
11:39I mean, if I was an American,
11:41I would also be confused about our side of respecting
11:45the deal, because Americans have started
11:48his part immediately.
11:50The process is much more simple,
11:53but the complex procedure that is completely acceptable
11:58from this side and all this legislative procedure
12:01is taking a long time.
12:04And ideological fight, as I already said,
12:07in what is going on in the United States.
12:09Yes, we, European People's Party,
12:11wanted this deal done immediately,
12:14but I'm afraid we cannot do it on our own.
12:18But do you feel confident for tonight?
12:19I mean, what are the most contentious points?
12:22I know it's a difficult question.
12:24I mean, I felt confident yesterday.
12:27It's like the weather in Brussels or here in Strasbourg.
12:32It changes, you know, every hour.
12:36And by the news that I'm receiving,
12:39I'm also receiving different messages from my colleagues.
12:42And I'm not so confident this morning by the...
12:48What did this change?
12:50No, but I haven't seen that the position has changed.
12:53So we will see.
12:54We have a shadows meeting,
12:55and I will discuss with my colleagues
12:57how serious we are to enter into negotiations
13:00to get this deal done tonight.
13:02But what happens if you can't strike a deal?
13:05I mean, this is one of the last chance
13:06to get the deal done
13:08and for it to be approved in June plenary session,
13:12so to match Trump's deadline.
13:15What will happen, it will happen a perfect storm
13:17for our industry, for our jobs, for our tourism.
13:21I'm from Croatia.
13:22Everything will, you know, spiral
13:24from German car industry to Italian cheese industry,
13:29wine and everything to Croatian tourism industry.
13:32The perfect storm will happen
13:34and then the consequences will be clear
13:36who will be paying it.
13:38And from the start, I was saying
13:40I was for our part of the deal to be respected
13:42and I'm not responsible for a perfect storm
13:44we are running into.
13:46OK, let's hope not.
13:48Jelena Zovko, thank you very much
13:49and good luck, I think.
13:50Thank you.
13:51I think you need it.
13:52Maeve.
13:53Of course, good luck.
13:54We'll all keep a very close eye
13:55on whether that does end out to be a perfect storm
13:57and report it here on Euro News.
14:00But Vincenzo, before you go,
14:01tonight MEPs or today
14:03will also be taking a moment out
14:04to hand out the so-called
14:05European Order of Merit prize.
14:07It goes to a figure
14:08who's been working towards
14:10pushing EU values and integration.
14:12There's some well-known figures
14:13up for the prize.
14:14Tell us more.
14:17Yes, indeed.
14:18European Parliament President
14:20Roberta Metsola
14:20will honour the laureates
14:22of the European Order of Merit.
14:24Twenty prominent European figures
14:26have been selected,
14:27including Ukrainian President
14:30Volodymyr Zelensky,
14:31Moldovan President Maya Sandu,
14:33former Polish President
14:34Lech Walesa.
14:35There are also the Irish rock band U2
14:37that you know very well
14:38and basketball player
14:40Gianni Santetokounmpo.
14:41But the most controversial name
14:44is probably former German Chancellor
14:46Angela Merkel.
14:47We know her legacy
14:48is quite disputed.
14:50She has been a stabilizing force
14:53during her 16 years in power.
14:56She was a reassuring presence
14:59in the Germans nicknamed her
15:02Mutti, which means mum.
15:03But she had also,
15:06let's say, dark sides.
15:08Well, for example,
15:09the debt crisis,
15:10Germany's interdependence
15:12with Russia,
15:13the appeasement
15:13towards Vladimir Putin
15:15after the annexation
15:16of Crimea in 2014.
15:19The shutdown of nuclear energy
15:21was also a contentious point
15:23and Commission President
15:24Ursula von der Leyen
15:25criticised it
15:26like in the past months.
15:29So opinions are quite divided
15:32on Merkel's legacy
15:33and it will be very interesting
15:35to see how the hemicycle
15:37will react today
15:39to her brief address
15:42here in the plenary
15:43in Strasbourg
15:44at 11.30.
15:45And of course,
15:46we will follow it
15:47on Euronews, Maeve.
15:48We will indeed.
15:49A long morning and night
15:50for you there in Strasbourg.
15:51Vincenzo Genovese,
15:52thank you so much
15:53for that live update.
15:55But now,
15:55back in Brussels,
15:56exactly.
15:5625 years ago,
15:58EU member states
15:59agreed to set up
16:00an EU military committee
16:02to respond initially
16:03to the Balkan conflicts
16:04of the 90s.
16:05And this week,
16:06EU chiefs of defence
16:07from all across Europe
16:08will be flocking
16:09to Brussels to celebrate.
16:10But souring the mood,
16:11of course,
16:12will be the ongoing war
16:13in Ukraine
16:13and the conflict
16:14in the Middle East.
16:15For more,
16:15I'm joined here in the studio
16:16by General Sean Clancy,
16:18that's the chairman
16:19of the EU military committee.
16:20Good morning.
16:21Good to have you with us.
16:22So this week,
16:23as I said,
16:23chiefs of defence
16:24will be flocking
16:24to Brussels to celebrate,
16:26but are you all
16:27on the same page
16:27when it comes to the threats
16:29facing the Union today?
16:30Oh, very much so.
16:31I think flocking
16:32into celebrations,
16:32I think it's a moment
16:33of reflection
16:34more than celebration.
16:35I think it's,
16:36you know,
16:36it's a time to pause
16:37and reflect how far
16:38the European military committee,
16:40but the European paradigm
16:41of security and defence
16:42has come as a whole
16:43over that period of time.
16:44No more so
16:45in the last four years
16:45and you've mentioned it,
16:46Ukraine,
16:47which is the number one priority
16:48for all of us
16:49and the focus of everyone.
16:50Although we do come
16:51from the geographical spaces
16:52throughout Europe,
16:54so it's north,
16:55south,
16:55east and west
16:56and we take all of these
16:57things into consideration,
16:58but Ukraine,
16:59of course,
16:59is the primacy
17:00and the priority
17:01in which we examine it.
17:02And this week,
17:03of course,
17:04with the chiefs of defence,
17:05we will be looking
17:06at shaping the challenges
17:08that influence all of us,
17:10what our responses
17:11are to that
17:12and through our reflections
17:13in our meetings,
17:14then we will be looking
17:15at the key issues
17:17such as the European
17:18security strategy,
17:19the defence readiness
17:19and primarily then,
17:21of course,
17:22Ukraine,
17:22where we will be joined
17:23by General Siersky
17:24from Ukrainian forces himself.
17:26And you just mentioned
17:26Ukraine this morning
17:27reporting of reports
17:28of 500 drones,
17:29dozens of missiles
17:30being fired into Ukraine,
17:31a serious escalation
17:32in the last couple of days there.
17:34Does this forum,
17:35though,
17:35carry any weight?
17:37Well,
17:37this isn't serious escalation.
17:38This, unfortunately,
17:39is happening
17:40on a regular basis
17:42and the extraordinary
17:43resilience
17:43of the Ukrainian armed forces,
17:45but the Ukrainian people
17:46as a whole
17:46have transformed Ukraine
17:48into a fortress.
17:49nation now.
17:50And Ukraine,
17:52from an European point of view,
17:53is integral
17:54to the future security
17:55of Europe.
17:56So this isn't just
17:58beneficiaries
17:58of European charity,
18:00this is strategic initiative
18:01and imperative
18:02for Europe.
18:03But can the EU
18:04ever transition
18:04to this military powerhouse?
18:07The EU doesn't have
18:08to transition
18:09to a military powerhouse.
18:10Let's be very clear.
18:11The defence
18:12in the terms
18:12of the Euro-Atlantic area,
18:13the responsibility
18:14for this lies with NATO.
18:16Europe brings
18:16huge strength
18:17in terms of military advices,
18:19in terms of economic power,
18:21industrial power,
18:22and its ability then
18:23to,
18:24through its
18:25common security
18:25and defence policy
18:26instruments,
18:27to bring stability,
18:29security to many areas.
18:30We've seen it
18:30in the Western Balkans,
18:32which was the initial,
18:33I suppose,
18:33start out
18:34through Concordia
18:35of the EU military committee
18:36way back 25 years ago.
18:38But since then,
18:39when we reflect
18:39on what the EU has done,
18:41we see it in the Middle East
18:42through what the EU
18:43is trying to do
18:44in terms of
18:45the Lebanon going forward
18:46with the withdrawal
18:46of UNIFIL.
18:48We see it in terms
18:49of our missions
18:50and operations,
18:5015 of which
18:51we have completed
18:52in the last 25 years.
18:53Currently,
18:54there are nine live
18:54missions and operations.
18:56And the power
18:57of the EU
18:58is exercised,
18:59for instance,
19:00through our EU
19:01military assistant mission,
19:02where we have trained
19:0393,000 soldiers
19:05of the Ukrainian armed forces
19:06to date.
19:06And we will continue
19:07unrelentily,
19:08unrelentily doing this.
19:10and we will shape
19:11the future
19:12of the armed forces
19:13of Ukraine
19:14with the help
19:15of the 27 member states
19:17working coherently together.
19:19Okay.
19:19Sean Clancy,
19:20thank you so much
19:20for coming into us today
19:21on Euronews
19:22on Europe Today.
19:23And for all other news
19:24and analysis
19:25on what's going on today
19:26in Strasbourg
19:27and across Europe,
19:27do visit Euronews.com
19:29or reach out to us
19:29at Euronews.com.
19:31Take care
19:31and see you soon
19:32on Euronews.
19:40and see you soon
19:41Good luck.
19:43Bye.
19:45Bye.
19:45Bye.
19:48Bye.
20:00Σας ευχαριστώ.
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