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Europe Today: МЭА предупреждает о крупнейшем кризисе энергобезопасности в новейшей истории
МЭА предупреждает: мир переживает крупнейший в новейшей истории кризис энергетической безопасности из‑за блокады Ормузского пролива. У нас эксклюзивное интервью с главой агентства Фатихом Биролом.
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МЭА предупреждает: мир переживает крупнейший в новейшей истории кризис энергетической безопасности из‑за блокады Ормузского пролива. У нас эксклюзивное интервью с главой агентства Фатихом Биролом.
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01:11Meanwhile, as NATO carries out military exercises on the Russia-Finland border, Poland's Donald Tusk is in London, building closer
01:18diplomatic ties with the UK.
01:20Prompted by the ongoing war in Ukraine, the two countries have signed a historic defence deal and a new master
01:26plan to counter a regular migration.
01:29But first, Israel has warned thousands of civilians to evacuate their homes in southern Lebanon ahead of a fresh wave
01:36of airstrikes.
01:37It comes as the US carries out new strikes inside Iran targeting a military facility.
01:43Meanwhile, this Thursday, the International Energy Agency is warning the world is facing the, quote, biggest energy security crisis in
01:51modern history,
01:52as the shutdown in the Strait of Hormuz continues to rattle the global energy market.
01:57Our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo, sat down with the agency's executive director, Fatih Birol, in an exclusive interview from Paris,
02:03where they discuss the outlook for Europe and, of course, the risks ahead.
02:08I label this crisis as the largest energy crisis in the history.
02:15We had three energy crises up to now.
02:18Two oil crises in 1970s, 1973 and 1979.
02:24And in 2022, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Europe, we had a natural gas crisis.
02:30If I add how much oil and gas we lost in this all three crisis, it is much less than
02:39what we lost in the Middle East crisis, Iran crisis now.
02:44It's a huge problem for the global energy system, global economy for Europe and beyond.
02:51And when you say this will trigger fundamental changes, especially you, and I want to reiterate this, you talk about
02:56energy, but also energy security.
02:58What kind of changes are you envisioning?
02:59Because this shows us that the world is becoming more and more a dangerous place.
03:08And here the countries want to secure their energy supplies.
03:13And this would mean that the countries will review their energy strategies, which technologies, which fuels they are going to
03:22choose,
03:23and which countries they are going to work, from which countries they import energy, for example,
03:29and they are going to review their energy strategies, and this will have major implications for the investment and beyond.
03:35And some would argue no continent has paid such a high price over its strategic dependencies than Europe.
03:40But before we get into that, I also want to ask you, for European viewers, in mid-April, you made
03:47some comments, which obviously made a lot of headlines,
03:49certainly in Europe, about jet fuel.
03:52You warned that in six weeks there could be no jet fuel.
03:54That created a lot of anxiety among finance ministers and also just Europeans who thought,
03:59this summer, am I going to be able to go on vacation?
04:01Am I going to be able to pay for fuel tickets?
04:04What is the situation now?
04:06Because from the outside, it seems a very stressed-out scenario did not fully manifest.
04:11But is it the case?
04:12Yeah.
04:12So the reason I said this is very simple.
04:17Europe imports about 75% of it is jet fuel from Middle East normally, and it is not finished.
04:25And when we look at our stocks, jet fuel stocks, they are diminishing.
04:32And I said, we said that if Europe cannot find new sources of imports, we are going to have major
04:40problems in terms of flying.
04:43Now, in the meantime, Europe was able to get some jet fuel from United States and from Nigeria to compensate
04:51this gap from Middle East.
04:54So, which means that we are now sort of okay when we are entering the traveling season, but we are
05:04going to pay much higher for flying here or there.
05:08And, of course, that takes us to the idea that this is not necessarily a supply crisis, but a price
05:12crisis.
05:13I do want to ask you...
05:13Exactly. But also, let's not forget that many companies, after I made this announcement, many companies, the Lufthansa, the Scandinavian,
05:23the Ryanair, and all of them, KLM, they cut their flights.
05:27And they cut their flights.
05:28And just on this point, because I think this is very important, some, certainly in Brussels, believed that statements like
05:35that, they were contributing to fear-mongering.
05:38Is that something that you would go, no, this was my duty and I had to say what I said,
05:42and I stand by those comments?
05:43We, our motto is very clear, no fear, no favor.
05:48We look at the data, we say give a wake-up call to the countries, and if we didn't give
05:53this wake-up call, they wouldn't rush to get from Nigeria and United States.
05:58And thanks to them, thanks to this, our wake-up call, they were able to get some jet fuel from
06:06U.S. and Nigeria, which barely now, this is the problem.
06:11So, in that sense, is the situation, the outlook now for Europe looking relatively better compared to two months ago,
06:19or is this still uncertainty?
06:20Because we're seeing the Commission just got their forecast for growth this year.
06:23Yes, I would not say better, but less worse than before.
06:28And what does that mean this year?
06:30What are the scenarios that you paint?
06:32Until, of course, we don't know what will happen with the state of Hormuz, I very much hope that very
06:38soon we get a fully and unconditional opening of state of Hormuz.
06:43If it doesn't happen, the problem with the jet fuel and diesel and beyond will be with us for weeks
06:50to come.
06:53And that was Fati Birol there, the head of the International Energy Agency.
06:57And you can catch the full interview tonight with Maria Taddeo on Euronews.
07:01But now to Finland, where NATO is conducting military exercises close to the Russian border this Thursday, amid ongoing concerns
07:08in Baltic states about increased drone incursions.
07:11Our NATO correspondent, Shona Murray, is on the ground and is joining us live this morning from Finland, just 30
07:18kilometres from the border with Russia.
07:20Good morning, Shona. Just tell us about these drills and are they actually responding to the drone threat?
07:28Yes, indeed. Good morning, Maeve.
07:30Well, certainly the exercises we've seen over the past couple of days, Northern Star Sword 26, and we're in the
07:35middle of one of these exercises right now, which is why you'll see the tank behind me.
07:39You could see some simulation of live fire. But essentially what they're doing is trying to modernise NATO in response
07:47to what we're seeing in Ukraine.
07:49And it's essentially called NATO's eastern flank deterrence innovation.
07:53It includes things like traditional capabilities like the tank behind me, Chinook military helicopters, armed forces.
08:01But then, of course, very important, advanced drone technology, reconnaissance drones, anti-personnel drones, because very much taking into account
08:10what's been happening here at the Finnish border
08:13and other Baltic states borders of the past few weeks, but also the past couple of years since the full
08:18-scale invasion of Ukraine,
08:19you've seen a lot of threats coming from Russian aggression.
08:23So what we also will see is basically a renewed cyber technology, autonomous zones, and effectively the drone wall we've
08:32all been talking about.
08:32But listen, take a listen to Major Matt Blueby from the U.S. Army.
08:37He told me about this, what he calls a kill zone.
08:41A big part of that is not just our own drones, but us having sensors, a system of networked sensors,
08:48all integrated together through the same mission command systems, and us linking those together gives us that ability.
08:55And so it gives us the ability to have an autonomous kill web that we have.
09:00So whether you have, say, incursions in Estonia, but systems in Latvia or Lithuania that can see those,
09:07then someone else can use their technology to take those threats out.
09:13So, Shona, the U.S. is participating in this exercise.
09:17So does that mean they're fully committed to the NATO alliance?
09:22Yeah, it's a very important question, Maeve, because the Americans have actually led the SWORD 26 part of the exercise,
09:28which is very important, and as I said, deals with NATO's eastern flank, and it's also about innovation.
09:33So it is about the future.
09:34Having said all that, we know that the United States is withdrawing its capabilities from the future of NATO,
09:41essentially meaning that the U.S. won't be supplying or won't make available capabilities to NATO in times of war
09:49or any sort of invasion.
09:50And that's very much a Trump administration decision, because, as we know,
09:53the U.S. has been a leading member of NATO for several decades and does very much take part enthusiastically
10:00in these exercises.
10:01But there is no doubt that it's not a philosophical conversation anymore.
10:05The U.S. is pulling out of NATO, and basically the rest of NATO has to pull up its socks
10:10and basically try to fill that gap of those capabilities in the future.
10:14Maeve?
10:15OK, Shona Murray, thank you so much for that live broadcast there from the Finnish-Russian border.
10:20And now these exercises and the recent expansion of NATO are all down to the fact that Russia invaded Ukraine
10:25illegally back in 22
10:27and shows no signs of backing down.
10:29For more on the high stakes of these security threats, our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakilina spoke to the former prime
10:36minister of the country, Arsenio Yatsenyuk.
10:39Europeans have to realize that this war relates not only to Ukraine.
10:45They are going after every single European citizen, every single European country.
10:50So, and Ukraine actually today is on the front line of defending both Ukraine, because we are defending ourselves and
10:59defending the European Union.
11:01The real understanding comes only in case if you feel it, if you see it, if you can listen to
11:09an air raid siren.
11:10We are living in a completely new world.
11:13And on the one hand, I wish every single European citizen to be in safety.
11:19On the other hand, I wish all of us to realize that you folks can be safe only in one
11:25case, if we as Ukrainians win this war, period.
11:28You met Putin.
11:30Correct.
11:31What's your take as somebody who actually met Russia's president?
11:35Should there be the negotiating table, let's say, with the EU represented either by Kayakalos or Antonio Kostya?
11:41That's another name that's been circulating in Brussels.
11:44Let me go back to square one.
11:47First, please do not underestimate this war criminal.
11:50He's not an idiot.
11:53He's a KGB operative.
11:55He has changed definitely dramatically in the last decade, no doubt.
12:00But he still has quite effective top military and security brass.
12:11So, he's less strategic.
12:14He's more tactical.
12:18And he always has the sense of whether you are weak or you are strong.
12:24So, he makes a sniff test of each person he meets.
12:29But whether we have an ability and whether do we have a chance to outplay him?
12:36Yes, we do.
12:37No doubt.
12:41And now we move on to Spain, where anti-corruption police have raided the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party
12:47in Madrid.
12:48The heat is on current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who's facing public criticism from a string of corruption scandals involving
12:55his close contacts.
12:56For more, we can cross now live to Madrid, where Euronews correspondent Rafael Salido is standing by for us outside
13:02the seat of the Socialist Party.
13:04Good morning.
13:05Just tell us about the raids that took place there yesterday.
13:09Hi, good morning, Maeve.
13:11So, yes, once again, here in Spain, yesterday, we woke up to the news of yet another investigation involving the
13:18ruling party, the Spanish Socialist Party.
13:21Yesterday, federal agents came and entered the national headquarters of the party here in my back.
13:28They were executing a judge order, a request for documents, in a case investigating alleged payments to a party operative
13:38called Lady Diaz.
13:40From the party, they insist that this was just a request of documents, not so much as a formal warrant.
13:46However, at the same time that the policemen were in the headquarters, the authorities were executing several search warrants in
13:55private homes of people supposedly involved in this investigation.
14:00The purpose of this investigation, which is still under a gag order, is to find out whether Diaz was acting
14:07on her behalf or she was being, she was receiving instructions from the party or even the government.
14:14So, what is next, and how is the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, responding to all this?
14:21Well, actually, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was yesterday meeting with the Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican when he found
14:30out about the raid in the headquarters.
14:33He, after the meeting, he, after the meeting, he spoke to the press, where he insisted, first of all, that
14:38this was not a raid, but just a search warrant, a search for information.
14:44And even though he did strike a cautious tone, he did recognize the seriousness of the situation involving his party.
14:53However, he insisted that the PSOE has nothing to hide.
14:58He also insisted that he's not planning on calling elections or resigning at all.
15:03And he reiterated his support for former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who is actually under a different investigation
15:12for influence peddling.
15:14But the prime minister said that, so far, he has seen no reason to change his support, and he defended
15:22his presumption of innocence.
15:25However, Prime Minister Sánchez pledged to fully cooperate with the investigation.
15:31Let's listen.
15:35Apparently, we're talking about an administrative requirement, not a police search warrant.
15:43I don't want to downplay the seriousness of the investigation that the National Court is currently conducting,
15:48and I can tell the Spanish public that we're fully cooperating with the justice system.
15:53Total collaboration with the justice.
15:55Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez there on a story being, of course, very closely watched here in Brussels.
16:00And now for the view from the European Commission headquarters, the Berlimont.
16:03Now, coming up, we'll be joined by Michael McGrath, that's Ireland's European Commissioner, in charge of rule of law, democracy,
16:10justice and consumer protection.
16:12An Irish Fianna Fáil politician, Michael McGrath, was a senior government minister in the past, including the country's finance minister
16:19until 2024.
16:20So we're pleased to have you with us today in the studio. You're welcome.
16:23Thank you, Maeve. Good to be here.
16:24So, as I said, we're following here in Brussels that story in Spain very carefully.
16:28Spanish people are shocked. As the Commissioner for Democracy and Rule of Law, what is your reaction to this kind
16:33of scandal?
16:34Well, clearly we don't comment on individual cases, but the policy of the European Commission towards corruption is very clear.
16:42We have to have a zero-tolerance policy across the European Union.
16:46What is most important is that the national authorities, in any given case, are allowed to do their work without
16:54any interference,
16:55that they follow the evidence, and they take the case to its appropriate end point.
17:00We have recently reached agreement on a new anti-corruption directive in the European Union,
17:07so that will be transposed in the next couple of years, which harmonises the definition of corruption offences,
17:13and also harmonises penalties.
17:16The reality is that corruption is insidious.
17:19It takes from valuable public resources, and it fundamentally undermines public trust in institutions and in democracy itself.
17:28So it's crucial that all member states tackle it, and we deal with it in the Rule of Law reports
17:32every year.
17:33And especially this issue, one of the investigations is actually about alleged attempts from the Socialist Party
17:37to sabotage or obstruct judicial investigations.
17:40So it's a very serious matter you're dealing with here that could impact, indeed, people's public trust in institutions.
17:46Yeah, as I say, the case itself, I don't have the details, nor should I, and it will take its
17:51normal course.
17:52But every year we do an annual Rule of Law report, which will be published now in July of this
17:57year.
17:58It looks at every single country of the European Union across a number of headings,
18:02including under the heading of corruption, and examines the country's track record of investigating, prosecuting,
18:10and securing convictions in respect of corruption cases, particularly high-level corruption cases,
18:16because, of course, the more senior the level, then the more serious the damage is done to public trust
18:22and, indeed, to the institutions themselves.
18:24And let's talk about Hungary.
18:26The Viktor Orban era is over.
18:27Peter Maillard is in Brussels for talks.
18:30Will he get those billions of funds back, do you think?
18:34So the Prime Minister will be meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, the Commission President, tomorrow.
18:39We have made a good start in resetting the relations with the Hungarian government.
18:45We are there as a commission to work with them and support them on the path to restoring rule of
18:51law
18:52and commitment to respecting fundamental rights of all citizens in Hungary.
18:58It sounds like they're not ready, then. Are they ready, then?
19:00It sounds like, from what you're saying, they're not ready.
19:02Discussions are ongoing. I will be visiting Budapest next week,
19:05and I'll be meeting with the new Hungarian Justice Minister again to agree on the reforms
19:11and look at the progress that they intend to make over the months ahead.
19:15And why was there confusion?
19:16We are there to work with them and support them.
19:17Why was there so much confusion and mystery about the meeting between Ursula von der Leyen and Peter Maillard?
19:22I'm not sure there was mystery or confusion, but these things often are only nailed down quite late on.
19:28That's the reality.
19:29Will they have dinner?
19:30Given schedules and timetables.
19:31I don't know the detail of their engagement, but the important thing is that they will meet
19:35and they will continue the substantive discussions on the issue at hand,
19:40and that is about how the European Commission can support the new Hungarian government
19:44in their efforts to restore rule of law in Hungary and ensure that the necessary reforms can be implemented.
19:51So we will support them, and so far they have demonstrated a very clear and steadfast commitment on this path,
19:58which will help to serve the best interests of the Hungarian citizens at the end of the day.
20:03And just back on your file when it comes to tech, etc.,
20:05you'll be coming out soon with a proposal to wean off our dependency on big US tech,
20:10promote our own homegrown cloud technology, etc.
20:13Can you confirm this plan?
20:15So this will be led by my colleague, the Executive Vice President, Hennifer Cunnan.
20:19It is a tech sovereignty package, and it is consistent with the overall policy direction
20:24that the European Union is currently taking.
20:28It needs to be seen alongside all of the other measures that we have brought forward so far
20:33in this commission in the last 18 months designed to improve our competitiveness.
20:38Yes, have a focus on strategic autonomy, but at a time when there is so much upheaval,
20:44geopolitical uncertainty and indeed economic volatility, we do need to make sure that on key strategic issues that the European
20:53Union is supporting its
20:54indigenous industries and that we have access to the critical services and indeed materials that we need.
21:01OK, Commissioner Michael McGrath, thank you so much for joining us here this morning on Europe Today.
21:05And thank you so much for tuning in for more news and analysis.
21:09You can visit yournews.com or check out our social medias and we'll be back again tomorrow.
21:13So tune in for that.
21:14Thanks for watching.
21:15Take care.
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