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Europe Today: EU-Wirtschaftskommissar Dombrovskis schließt Lockerung der Russland-Sanktionen aus
Nach gesenkter Wachstumsprognose und Inflationswarnung stellt EU-Wirtschaftskommissar Dombrovskis klar: Brüssel lockert Russland-Sanktionen trotz Energiekrise und Iran-Krieg, anders als USA und Großbritannien, nicht.
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Nach gesenkter Wachstumsprognose und Inflationswarnung stellt EU-Wirtschaftskommissar Dombrovskis klar: Brüssel lockert Russland-Sanktionen trotz Energiekrise und Iran-Krieg, anders als USA und Großbritannien, nicht.
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02:05Giorgia Meloni, the Italian Prime Minister
02:07for example, has wrote to the Commission
02:10President von der Leyen asking for
02:12financial flexibility to tackle this
02:14crisis. Is she getting a response?
02:17Well, we're going to see a response soon
02:19I think because this is a very strong
02:21political message that Meloni sent to us
02:23for fiscal flexibility at a time of an
02:26energy crunch in Europe. She invoked
02:28political courage and said that the
02:32energy security should be treated as a
02:34European strategic priority alongside
02:36defence spending. So Italy, let's keep
02:40in mind, is among the highest energy costs
02:43in Europe alongside Germany and Belgium
02:46and the stakes are so high that Meloni
02:49said that if not enough fiscal
02:51flexibility is provided, Italy might
02:54withdraw from the SAFE programme, which
02:56is the EU programme to finance defence
02:59spending with low interest loans.
03:01And we also heard the Hungarian Prime
03:03Minister Peter Maggia suggesting the EU
03:05might need to contemplate buying Russian
03:07energy once again once the war in
03:09Ukraine ends. What is the line that
03:12Brussels is taking on this?
03:14Yeah, and we'll hear more about this but
03:16so far the line has been a firm no. Still
03:20European governments are facing increasing
03:23domestic pressure as energy costs are
03:26taking a toll on the economy and they
03:29might be tempted to ease sanctions on
03:32Russian relatively cheap energy imports.
03:35Ukraine's recent history, of course, has
03:37shown that energy dependence can be
03:39weaponised. Still changing posture now
03:43for the EU would be a major shift after
03:45four years of war. But the pressure is
03:48mounting. We saw this week that the UK
03:51government has sparked a public backlash
03:54when it appeared to issue a waiver on
03:57sanctions for Russian gas and oil. London
04:01described it as a miscommunication but
04:04it's clear that the energy crisis is also
04:06biting the UK economy. Last month we saw
04:09the CEO of Eni, Italy's largest energy
04:11company, saying that there should be a
04:14suspension on the ban on Russian gas
04:16imports. The Italian government has so far
04:20distance itself from this position but
04:23several key European countries are
04:25heading to elections next year including
04:28Italy. Okay Luca and in fact our Europe
04:30editor Maria Tadeo spoke to the economy
04:33commissioner Valdez Dombrowskis yesterday
04:34and she started by asking him about this,
04:37about whether the EU would have to
04:39contemplate easing sanctions on Russian
04:41commodities as the US and UK have done
04:43done to ease the impact of the energy
04:46crisis on Europeans. Well we already saw back
04:51in 2022 that Russia tried to use its fossil
04:55fuel supplies as a tool for blackmail and
04:57manipulation and we paid a quite dear economic
05:00price for having this dependency from Russia
05:05so therefore there's no point of going back to
05:08this. We have diversified our supplies, our largest gas supply
05:11supply is now Norway, our largest LNG supplier is US and so on. So there's strategic decisions
05:20taken to move away completely from Russian oil and gas and we have to follow it through.
05:26But you rule out because it's very important that by the winter, by Christmas, the temperature is going down that
05:33the EU will not take any measures easing
05:35sanctions on Russian energy at any level. Well, if anything, we need to strengthen sanctions against Russia, not ease because
05:43actually Russia is a country benefiting from this conflict in the Middle East and those higher energy prices getting substantial
05:50windfall profits. So we should not facilitate it further. And it's worth noting that already now we started the process
06:00of refilling our gas storages. Well, it's currently goes
06:05so to say within the historical range of this time of the year. That's something we in any case need
06:12to do. We need to prepare ourselves for the next winter.
06:15But you don't feel blackouts. You don't fear that once again, as we talked about in 2022, there was a
06:20real fear that Europe would come to a halt. It will grind to a halt that the industry would not
06:25be able to operate because of a shortage of supplies. You don't expect that to be the case by the
06:30end of the year.
06:31No, we do not expect this to be the case now. Indeed, there was this risk back in 2022 or
06:40winter from 22 to 23. Exactly because we were independent from Russian fossil fuel supplies. So we should not get
06:47back there.
06:48This week, the head of the Italian government sent a letter to the commission. By now, it's very clear that
06:53Georgia Maloney believes the commission is not taking her concerns seriously.
06:57She says that this is just as equally important energy to defense. What are you going to offer the Italian
07:03prime minister that is going to placate her anger?
07:05Because by now it's clear they are not satisfied with the measures you provided.
07:08We are obviously now looking at policy options and also our fiscal policy response.
07:16But the main message in case remains that the support measures need to be temporary and targeted.
07:24The ones which are not sustaining or increasing demand for fossil fuels.
07:29So on one hand, not just to perpetuate higher energy demand and thus higher global energy prices because we are
07:37facing supply shock.
07:38So we cannot resolve it by stimulating demand. And second, we must keep in mind also more limited fiscal room
07:49of maneuver and also flexibilities already existing in our fiscal framework.
07:54We have a number of automatic stabilizers which can play out, which allows for, in a sense, certain fiscal buffer
08:00before even member states come with discretionary measures.
08:04But we are doing this assessment and preparing it.
08:06So you're listening to her concerns?
08:08Well, we certainly are listening to the concerns of member states and looking appropriate policy response.
08:18That was the European Commissioner for the Economy, Valdis Dombrovskis, speaking to Maria Tadeo.
08:23Now, moving on, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar is pushing to revive the so-called Visegrad or V4 group, which
08:31brings together Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
08:34Magyar has even pitched expanding the group. Jakub Janusz tells us more.
08:41Peter Magyar's first official foreign trip to Poland wrapped up yesterday.
08:45And now, when the diplomatic dust is settling, all eyes are now on the sudden resurrection of the group called
08:50Visegrad IV.
08:51And if you are a bit unsure what this shift actually means for Europe, or even what the group is
08:56about, let's break it down together.
09:00The V4 was set up in the early 1990s to guide these post-communist neighbors into the West.
09:05But beyond geography, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary are bound by the same massive Central European automotive and manufacturing supply
09:14chains.
09:14But also a shared goal to protect billions in EU cohesion funding.
09:18And their most significant political impact came over 10 years ago in 2015, when their coordinated resistance forced Brussels to
09:27abandon mandatory migration quotas.
09:29And what's interesting, this is no longer the poor relation of Western Europe.
09:35Central Europe enters this new chapter with economic strength.
09:38Just look at the data.
09:40Last year, Poland led the continent with a booming 4% real household income growth, while Germany lagged at 0
09:47.6%.
09:48And Austria's household income even declined.
09:51And this wealth flip gives the region confidence.
09:54Magyar is even pitching a bold plan to merge the V4 with Austria, with reports suggesting Vienna is receptive to
10:01a Benelux-style alliance.
10:03But let's be realistic. Can this block actually deliver anything tangible?
10:07Critics point out that the V4 group has historically struggled to look beyond its own internal divisions.
10:13And in the past, cooperation was derailed by fears of revived Austrian hegemony.
10:18And even today, old bilateral disputes between neighbors like Slovakia and Hungary still cause friction.
10:24And acting as one voice in Brussels will not be seamless.
10:28And while the countries aim to cooperate on a regional energy and transport infrastructure,
10:33geopolitical fault lines remain.
10:35Hungary, Czechia and Slovakia, unlike Poland, are opting out of EU's 90 billion euro loan package for Ukraine.
10:41So will potential divisions stop this block from making a real impact?
10:46Only time will tell.
10:47But with Magyar finally in default, it turns out the three musketeers were just waiting for their fourth.
10:59Now, for more on this, I'm joined by our Hungarian correspondent, Sándor Szyros.
11:03Sándor, good to see you.
11:05Tell us, what's Magyar's strategy here?
11:08What is he trying to achieve?
11:09Well, as mentioned, it was his first visit to Poland and he had two messages.
11:15First of all, he said that he's conducting foreign trips in a very different way.
11:20It was a big show what he did.
11:22He went on a commercial plane.
11:26Then he took the train.
11:27He did a lot of selfies on the streets of Warsaw.
11:30So it's a different feeling after Orban.
11:33And the political message was that he wants to revive Polish-Hungarian ties, which were stuck during the Orban era.
11:43There was a lot of diplomatic tensions because of Orban's ties to Russia.
11:47And he wants to revive also the Visegrad IV, which is a key in Central European cooperation.
11:54In Warsaw, he also said that, you know, maybe this group should extend beyond these four countries, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia
12:02and Poland, to Austria.
12:04And to even further, let's take a look of what he said.
12:07I am personally ready and consider it important to extend the cooperation of the Visegrad IV,
12:17whether with our Scandinavian friends or with Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania
12:23or the Western Balkan countries that have not yet joined the EU.
12:28The heart of Europe beats in Central Europe today.
12:36It's really ambitious, Sándor, but realistically, can this bloc become a powerful one also here in Brussels?
12:43We will see it in the coming years.
12:45The big problem for the Visegrad IV right now is that, you know, 10 years ago they had one major
12:51common topic, migration.
12:53They were fighting against the mandatory relocation quotas of the European Union.
12:58Now, you know, this issue is completely mainstream.
13:02And what connects these four countries is, you know, infrastructure, economy, business.
13:09And there is one thing that could potentially unite them is to fight against the Green Deal of the European
13:16Union
13:17and to preserve car industry, which is really strong in all of those countries.
13:22Okay, Sándor, we keep an eye out for that, of course. Thank you.
13:26Now, moving on. Later today, the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, will receive the presidents of the European Commission and Council,
13:33Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa, for the eighth EU-Mexico summit.
13:37They're expected to ink a revamped trade deal to replace the previous pact struck 25 years ago.
13:43It's set to slash tariffs on a range of goods, including agricultural products.
13:48Also in Mexico is Javi López, the European Parliament's vice president, who has been part of these negotiations.
13:54I spoke to him in an interview and started by asking him what the deal offers for both sides.
14:01First, after 10 years of negotiation and after 10 years without summits at the high level that we will have
14:06it tomorrow,
14:08we are able to modernize the global agreement with Mexico after 25 years working with the current agreement.
14:16With this, we are doing more on trade, especially in predictable trade with high standards,
14:23but also we are reinforcing our geopolitical alliance with one G20, a giant, culturally, demographically, economically.
14:32And in a world where all of the rest big actors are using trade as a coercive force,
14:42we are working for predictable trade agreements.
14:45So is it fair to say this agreement is more than anything a reaction against the unpredictability, perhaps, of Trump's
14:52America?
14:52We know both Mexico and the EU have been targeted by aggressive trade policies from the US.
14:59And is that going to work?
15:00Because some would look at the agreement that the EU has signed with the US, the trade agreement,
15:06and would say, well, actually, Trump is calling the shots.
15:09No, I think we are working in the right direction.
15:12We are working in the direction of diversification of our economic relations in the world, trying to reduce dependencies.
15:19Also, dependencies coming from the United States.
15:21This is the reality.
15:23We're risking our dependencies in trade, also in security.
15:27And on that, we are having a group, a mix of important association agreements.
15:32We have Mercosur, that it's a game changer with the region.
15:35We have the modernization of Mexico.
15:37And also we will have India.
15:40And it's three big examples of this offensive foreign action, foreign policy that we are having.
15:46You mentioned Mercosur, and obviously that was a big step forward.
15:49But could you argue also that the EU has been a little bit slow to deepen ties with Latin America?
15:56And we're now seeing, of course, President Trump trying to reassert his fear of influence over the Western Hemisphere.
16:01Has the EU been a little bit too negligent in the relationship?
16:05It's true that it was during a lot of years not in the radar of the priorities of the EU,
16:10and we were extremely focused on our neighbors.
16:13Also, we had good reasons to do that.
16:15But at the same time now, after the Ukraine war, I will say, but after the arrival of Trump, too,
16:21to the White House, we are forced to think more strategically and act more mature in the world.
16:26And our relations with Latin America, especially our strategical relations.
16:31It's the biggest partner in the world where we can work together for a multilateral dialogue, working with the same
16:38agenda, climate change, gender equality, inclusive growth, also defending international law and the chapter of the United Nations.
16:48And on that, we are working with these association agreements that are key to reinforce and are real game changers
16:54in the region.
16:59Now, as the Cannes Film Festival draws to a close, the red carpet has this year become a battleground over
17:06politics, ideology and artistic freedom.
17:10Artists have been weighing in on issues from the war in Gaza to gender roles.
17:14A feud has also erupted over the influence of conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré over Canal+, French cinema's biggest funder.
17:23For more, we can cross over to Cannes now and to Jada Yuan, a journalist and writer who is at
17:29the festival.
17:30Jada, great to see you and to have you with us on Europe Today.
17:33I guess politics always permeates into this festival.
17:37And I would say perhaps that this year has been no exception.
17:41Absolutely.
17:43It is one of the most political I've been at, I would say.
17:49Last year was also incredibly political.
17:52Robert De Niro came out in his opening speech called Trump America's Philistine President.
17:57But the difference is that every single day when something screens and the Canal+, logo comes up, the audience
18:07will boo, even if it's a gala premiere.
18:11And, of course, on that, Jada, Canal+, there's been a big dispute.
18:16600 prominent figures from the film industry writing an open letter against the conservative billionaire who's its main shareholder.
18:24And this is creating quite a stir.
18:27Yes.
18:27And it's also because the CEO of Canal+, here at Cannes, after that letter came out, basically said that
18:35they would blackball anybody who was on that letter.
18:38So they said they will blackball all of these 600 artists, including Julia Binoche.
18:48And, yeah, the controversy just continues.
18:52Okay.
18:53Well, Jada, we'll keep an eye out on the action from Cannes over the weekend.
18:57Thank you so much for joining us this morning on Europe Today.
19:00Thank you, too.
19:00And that's it from us for today and for this week.
19:03We'll be back on Tuesday next week as we're taking a break on Monday.
19:07Remember to get in touch with us with your questions and feedback.
19:11Email us at EuropeToday at Euronews.com.
19:14And in the meantime, have a great weekend.
19:46I'm he waiting for you guys for competency.
20:01We'll be back to
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