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Europe Today: Agenzia dell'energia avverte sulla peggiore crisi di sicurezza energetica
L'Agenzia internazionale dell'energia avverte che il mondo affronta la più grave crisi di sicurezza energetica dell'epoca moderna, mentre il blocco nello Stretto di Hormuz continua a sconvolgere i mercati. Intervista esclusiva al direttore esecutivo Fatih Birol.
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L'Agenzia internazionale dell'energia avverte che il mondo affronta la più grave crisi di sicurezza energetica dell'epoca moderna, mentre il blocco nello Stretto di Hormuz continua a sconvolgere i mercati. Intervista esclusiva al direttore esecutivo Fatih Birol.
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00:14Buongiorno, è Thursday 28th May.
00:17I'm Maeve McMahon e questo è Europe Today.
00:20La mia giornata di europee news e analisi live here on Euronews.
00:25Coming up, all eyes on Spain, where the political system has been shaken to its core
00:30by a corruption investigation involving the former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
00:36Incumbent Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has ruled out early elections though
00:40and says he fully supports the former Premier, who's a close friend and mentor.
00:45We'll be live in Madrid.
00:46And the focus is also on Hungary.
00:49The country's new Prime Minister, Petr Maillard, is in Brussels today
00:53for one of the most important meetings of his political career.
00:56After talks with NATO, tomorrow he'll be sitting down with Ursula von der Leyen,
01:01President of the European Commission, to try to claw back billions in frozen EU funding.
01:06We'll be speaking exclusively to Brussels' Rule of Law Chief, Michael McGrath.
01:11Meanwhile, as NATO carries out military exercises on the Russia-Finland border,
01:16Poland's Donald Tusk is in London, building closer diplomatic ties with the UK.
01:20Prompted by the ongoing war in Ukraine, the two countries have signed a historic defence deal
01:26and a new master plan to counter a regular migration.
01:29But first, Israel has warned thousands of civilians to evacuate their homes in southern Lebanon
01:35ahead of a fresh wave of 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
01:48the, quote, biggest energy security crisis in modern 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,
02:01Fatih Birol, in an exclusive interview from Paris,
02:04where they discussed 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, and two oil crises in 1970s, 1973 and 1979,
02:23and in 2022, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Europe, we had a natural gas crisis.
02:31If I add how much oil and gas we lost in this all three crisis,
02:38it is much less than what 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,
02:54and I want to reiterate this, you talk about energy, 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,
03:20which technologies, which fuels they are going to choose,
03:23and which countries they are going to work,
03:26from which countries they import energy, for example,
03:29and they are going to review their energy strategies.
03:32And this would have major implications for the investment and beyond.
03:35And some would argue no continent has paid such a high price
03:38over its strategic dependencies than Europe.
03:40But before we get into that, I also want to ask you, for European viewers,
03:45in mid-April, you made some comments, which obviously made a lot of headlines,
03:49certainly in Europe, about jet fuel.
03:51So you 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?
04:05What 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?
04:12So the reason I said this is very simple.
04:16Europe imports about 75% of it is jet fuel from Middle East normally,
04:24and it is not finished.
04:26And 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,
04:39we are going to have major problems in terms of flying.
04:43Now, in the meantime, Europe was able to get some jet fuel from United States
04:49and from Nigeria to compensate this gap from Middle East.
04:54So, which means that we are now sort of okay when we are entering the traveling season,
05:02but we are going 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,
05:12but a price crisis.
05:13I do want to ask you...
05:13Exactly.
05:14But also, let's not forget that many companies, after I made this announcement,
05:18many companies, the Lufthansa, the Scandinavian, the Ryanair, and all of them, KLM,
05:26they cut their flights.
05:27And they cut their flights.
05:28And just on this point, because I think this is very important,
05:32some, certainly in Brussels, believed that statements like that,
05:35they were contributing to fear-mongering.
05:38Is that something that you would go, no, this is my duty,
05:41and I had to say what I said, and I stand by those comments?
05:44Our motto is very clear.
05:46No fear, no favor.
05:48We look at the data.
05:50We say give a wake-up call to the countries.
05:52And if we didn't give this wake-up call,
05:54they wouldn't rush to get from Nigeria and the United States.
05:58And thanks to them, thanks to this, our wake-up call,
06:02they were able to get some jet fuel from U.S. and Nigeria,
06:07which barely now, this is the problem.
06:11So, in that sense, is the situation, the outlook now for Europe,
06:16looking relatively better compared to two months ago?
06:19Or is this still uncertainty?
06:20Because we're seeing the Commission just cut their forecast for growth this year.
06:23Yes.
06:24I wouldn't say better, but less worse than before.
06:28And what does that mean this year?
06:31What are the scenarios that you paint?
06:32Until, of course, we don't know what will happen with the state of Hormuz,
06:36I very much hope that very soon we get a fully and unconditional opening of state of Hormuz.
06:42And if it doesn't happen, the problem with the jet fuel and diesel and beyond
06:48will be with us for weeks to come.
06:53And that was Fatih Birul there, the head of the International Energy Agency.
06:58And you can catch the full interview tonight with Maria Taddeo on Euronews.
07:01But now to Finland, where NATO is conducting military exercises
07:05close to the Russian border this Thursday,
07:07amid ongoing concerns in Baltic states about increased drone incursions.
07:11Our NATO correspondent, Shona Murray, is on the ground
07:14and is joining us live this morning from Finland,
07:17just 30 kilometres from the border with Russia.
07:20Good morning, Shona.
07:21Just tell us about these drills,
07:23and 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,
07:33Northern Star, Sword 26,
07:35and we're in the middle of one of these exercises right now,
07:38which is why you'll see the tank behind me,
07:39and you could see some simulation of live fire.
07:42But essentially what they're doing is trying to modernise NATO
07:46in response to 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,
07:56like the tank behind me, Chinook military helicopters, armed forces.
08:01But then, of course, very important, advanced drone technology,
08:05reconnaissance drones, anti-personnel drones,
08:08because very much taking into account what's been happening here
08:12at the Finnish border and other Baltic states' borders of the past few weeks,
08:16but also the past couple of years since the full-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,
08:28autonomous zones, and effectively the drone wall we've all 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,
08:44but us having sensors, a system of networked sensors,
08:49all integrated together through the same mission command systems.
08:52And 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,
09:03but systems in Latvia or Lithuania that can see those,
09:07then, you know, someone else can use their technology to take those threats out.
09:14So, 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,
09:24because the Americans have actually led the SWORD 26 part of the exercise,
09:28which is very important.
09:28And as I said, deals with NATO's eastern flank,
09:31and 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
09:39from the future of NATO,
09:41essentially meaning that the U.S. won't be supplying
09:44or won't make available capabilities to NATO in times of war or any sort of invasion.
09:50And that's very much a Trump administration decision,
09:52because as we know, the U.S. has been a leading member of NATO for several decades
09:57and does very much take part enthusiastically in 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.
10:15Maeve?
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
10:26illegally back in 22
10:27and shows no signs of backing down.
10:29For more on the high stakes of these security threats,
10:32our Ukraine correspondent, Sasha Vakilina, spoke to the former prime minister 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,
10:57because we are defending ourselves and defending 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,
11:26if 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 Kayakalas or Antonio Kostya?
11:41But that'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.
11:51He's not an idiot.
11:53He's a KGB operative.
11:55He has changed definitely dramatically in the last decade, no doubt.
11:59But he still has quite effective top military and security brass.
12:12So, he's less strategic.
12:14He's more tactical.
12:17And 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.
13:10Good morning, Maeve.
13:11So, yes, once again, here in Spain, yesterday, we woke up to the news of yet another investigation involving the
13:19ruling 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.
13:32In a case investigating alleged payments to a party operative called Lady Diaz.
13:40From the party, they insist that this was just a request of documents, not so much as a formal warrant.
13:47However, at the same time that the policemen were in the headquarters, the authorities were executing several search warrants in
13:56private homes of people supposedly involved in this investigation.
14:00The purpose of this investigation, which is still under gag order, is to find out whether Diaz was acting on
14:08her behalf or 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?
14:22Well, 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.
14:43And even though he did strike a cautious tone, he did recognize the seriousness of the situation involving his party.
14:54However, 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
15:13for influence peddling.
15:15But 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.
15:55Prime 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 Burlimont.
16:03Coming up, we'll be joined by Michael McGrath.
16:06That's Ireland's European Commissioner in charge of rule of law, democracy, justice 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.
16:22You'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.
16:29Spanish people are shocked.
16:30As the Commissioner for Democracy and Rule of Law, what is your reaction to this kind of scandal?
16:34Well, clearly, we don't comment on individual cases.
16:37But 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, that 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 and also
17:14harmonises 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.
17:31And we deal with it in the Rule of Law report every year.
17:33And especially this issue, one of the investigations is actually about alleged attempts from the Socialist Party to sabotage or
17:39obstruct judicial investigations.
17:41So 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.
17:51But 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, including under the heading of
18:04corruption,
18:05and examines the country's track record of investigating, prosecuting and securing convictions in respect of corruption cases,
18:14particularly high-level corruption cases, because, of course, the more senior the level, then the more serious the damage is
18:20done to public trust and indeed to the institutions themselves.
18:24And let's talk about Hungary. The Viktor Orban era is over.
18:28Peter 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.
18:58Sounds like they're not ready then. Are they ready then? 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
19:57on this path, which will help to serve the best interests of the Hungarian citizens at the end of the
20:03day.
20:03And just back on your file, when it comes to tech, etc., you'll be coming out soon with a proposal
20:07to wean off our dependency on big US tech, promote 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, Henevere 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
20:50key strategic issues that the European Union is supporting its indigenous industries,
20:55and that we have access to the critical services and indeed materials that we need.
21:01Okay.
21:01Commissioner Michael McGrath, thank you so much for joining us here this morning on Europe Today.
21:05And thank you so much for tuning in.
21:07For more news and analysis, you can visit euronews.com or check out our social medias.
21:12and we'll be back again tomorrow, so tune in for that.
21:14Thanks for watching.
21:15Take care.
21:16Bye.
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