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پیروزی تاریخی پاری سن ژرمن در لیگ قهرمانان با خشونت همراه شد؛ جشنهای سراسر فرانسه به درگیری هواداران و پلیس، حدود ۸۰۰ بازداشتی، بیش از ۲۰۰ زخمی و یک کشته انجامید. جری فیسایو بامی از یورونیوز گزارش میدهد.
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پیروزی تاریخی پاری سن ژرمن در لیگ قهرمانان با خشونت همراه شد؛ جشنهای سراسر فرانسه به درگیری هواداران و پلیس، حدود ۸۰۰ بازداشتی، بیش از ۲۰۰ زخمی و یک کشته انجامید. جری فیسایو بامی از یورونیوز گزارش میدهد.
لب بیشتر : http://parsi.euronews.com/2026/06/01/europe-today-psgs-champions-league-triumph-marred-by-violence-across-france
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00:14Good morning, it is Monday the 1st of June. I'm Maeve McMahan and this is Europe Today.
00:20Your morning dose of European news and analysis live here on Euronews.
00:25Coming up, EU enlargement is in the spotlight. Council President Antonio Costa heads to the
00:31Western Balkans today for a five-day visit, culminating in a special summit in Montenegro
00:36this Friday. The small Balkan nation says it is ready to become the next country to join the
00:42European Union, but EU members need to make up their mind. Meanwhile, Malta's Labour Party has
00:47secured an unprecedented fourth consecutive term in office, delivering a major victory for Prime
00:53Minister Robert Abella. The snap vote this weekend was called a year ahead of schedule amid concerns
00:59over the impact of the Middle East crisis on tourism and rising inflation. Plus, China has warned Brussels
01:06against imposing new trade restrictions following talks here aimed at addressing Beijing's industrial
01:12overcapacity. The EU says its trade relationship with China is no longer sustainable and that
01:17stronger measures are needed to protect European industries from a surge in Chinese imports.
01:22But first, Paris Saint-Germain's historic Champions League victory was marred by violence this weekend.
01:28As celebrations spread across France, so did clashes between football fans and police,
01:33leading to nearly 800 arrests, more than 200 injured and one dead linked to the instance.
01:38The French President Emmanuel Macron is furious.
01:44Unfortunately, we've seen and I don't want us to get used to it and nobody wants us to get used
01:49to it
01:49scenes of unacceptable violence in Paris and other cities. This isn't about football. This isn't about
01:55sport. It's because we like it. So thank you to our police officers. There will be no flexibility
02:00for those who have been caught. We don't want to see this anymore. Enough. We had it. It's over.
02:06Terminator.
02:08For more on what exactly happened and why these scenes have become a reoccurring challenge for authorities,
02:13we're joined here in the studio by Euronews' Gerry Fisayo-Bambi, who's been following the story for us all weekend.
02:18Good morning and thanks for being here. And look, it's just not the first time we've seen this kind of
02:22violence.
02:23What are the root causes?
02:25Dave, first off, what a big Champions League final weekend we saw.
02:29Axel to both sides, Arsenal and PSG. They gave us a very good match. Maybe not a very good match,
02:35considering the nature of how things played out. But 120 minutes of football and congratulations to Arsenal
02:43for putting up a formidable performance. Congrats to PSG for becoming the only side to win the Champions League title,
02:52to retain the title for the second time back-to-back. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about now.
02:59The news has been overshadowed by the ugly and chaotic scenes that we saw in Paris.
03:05Arrests have been made. 800 arrests have been made. But interestingly, they're not hardcore football fans.
03:11So these were simply fans or rioters or people who were just exploiting this situation or the occasion to form
03:20in trouble.
03:20And it is not the first time we're seeing it in France. And you need to look at it within
03:24the wider context of oligarchism in France
03:28and urban riots in France. We've seen the Jules Jules protests, the Yellow Vest protests, the pension reform protests.
03:38So over the last decades, we've seen a lot of protests in France.
03:42And it just seems that the violence that we're witnessing is such that, you know, it's occurring within this society
03:50in a way that reflects wider disparity or wider issues regarding policing, trust in public institutions and inequality.
04:00And how can it be put to an end? We saw earlier how the French President Emmanuel Macron was so
04:04upset
04:04to see how this dampened the celebrations all through the weekend.
04:07Well, I think the French authorities have been doing their best. Let's bring in facts here.
04:13Look, with regards to law enforcement, over the weekend and in anticipation of the final itself,
04:19authorities deployed some 20,000 police officers across the country.
04:24In Paris, the capital alone, there were 8,000 police officers.
04:28And this was because if you look at even last year when this violence celebration happened last year
04:37when PSG won their first ever Champions League title at the time, the anticipation had been there.
04:43But even at that, this did not curtail the violence that took place.
04:47So when we talk about the federations, UEFA itself has been working with the countries,
04:56with the supporters, the local authorities.
04:58And they have, since 2012 and 2013, they've required clubs to have a liaison officer
05:05to coordinate some of these things, the coordination between the fans, the supporters
05:11and the local authorities and police.
05:13I think it's worked in some places.
05:15But the question for France is really about, is this about football hooliganism
05:20or is this about urban riots and something that reflects a much deeper problem?
05:26And I think going forward, you need to look at, can we have faster prosecutions?
05:31Can they have, can authorities also deploy new measures?
05:35Or maybe stricter penalties, you know, stricter punishments that will make a deterrent
05:41for many who would want to go into this and think twice.
05:44Indeed, it's certainly not a problem that will go away overnight.
05:46Jerry, thank you so much for your analysis there.
05:49And also actually in France, the former French Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal,
05:52has kicked off his presidential election campaign with a huge rally in Paris.
05:57He's vowing to move beyond the Macron era and reform a system that he says
06:01is no longer delivering for the French people.
06:04For more on that story, you can visit euronews.com.
06:06But now, moving on.
06:08After a successful visit to Brussels, the Hungarian Prime Minister, Petr Maillard,
06:12managed to unfreeze the billions of unfrozen funds for his country.
06:16But, and there's a big but, he will have to complete a long list of reforms before the
06:21bank transfer is actually made.
06:23For more, we can head to Budapest, where Euro News' Joltan Ziboshegi is standing by for us
06:27this morning.
06:28So tell us, Joltan, Hungary still faces huge hurdles to unlock these billions.
06:32Will they manage?
06:36Good morning, Europe, today.
06:38Yes, as you mentioned, we are talking about 16.4 billion euros, what is the biggest financial
06:44pact in the modern Hungarian history.
06:46I talked with several decision makers, and they really agreed with each other that they
06:52tried to rebuild the budget and the country from step by step, as they mentioned, from
06:57brick to brick.
06:58And the most important mission, what they tried to manage, is to agree about these funds.
07:05And actually, they managed it.
07:06This is what they know so far, and they don't have a proper action plan for the rest of the
07:11year.
07:12The only one thing what they know, that they promised Brussels to end up for the corruption.
07:18Most of the opposition parties, mostly the PIDES, the ex-government party, demanded to make
07:24it public what Peter Magyar promised to Ursula von der Leyen, what he sacrificed.
07:30But he replied that the only thing what he promised is that he will end up the PIDES corruption.
07:36There are, of course, some critical points.
07:38For example, there is not enough money in the budget, in the terrible-shaped budget for the
07:44pension and tax reforms.
07:45And, of course, one of the most hot topics is migration, because for 10 years, the government
07:51was campaigning against migration, and people are a little bit xenophobic, so it's a really
07:55sensitive topic.
07:56And just very briefly, we've seen also Peter Magyar turning up the pressure on the president,
08:00calling on him to resign.
08:02Tell us more.
08:04So, actually, now he is in the Alexander's Palace, in the presidential palace, trying to convince
08:10the president to step down, because yesterday he announced that he's not going to step down.
08:15And, of course, here in Hungary, the president has symbolic power, but still, it can destroy
08:21the plans of the Fidesz party, because they have just three months for all the reforms, and he
08:27can block it, or at least he can make it slower, because he has a political veto.
08:33And it's really difficult to remove him, because the parliament can impeach him, but the last
08:39one thing that says is actually the constitutional court and the judges of the constitutional court
08:46still are the people of the Fidesz party.
08:48Okay, Joltan Ziboshegi, thank you so much for that live update there. From Budapest, and now
08:53for the view from a former European commissioner that was actually in charge of rule of law
08:56and values, we're joined by Vera Jórova, the Czech politician who was vice president of
09:01the European Commission until 2024. Great to have you with us here in the studio.
09:05Good morning, thank you for having me.
09:07And, of course, you're very familiar with the issues in Hungary. You've followed them for
09:10many years as vice president there. Hungary now has a new government. Viktor Orban seems
09:15to have disappeared. Your view on this new era? Well, I was happy, I have to say, after
09:20the elections. Not only that Viktor Orban is leaving after so many years, and after what
09:27he has done to Hungarians. But I was happy that the democratic system worked. Changing of
09:35the guards happened in Budapest. And Peter Maia, the new prime minister, he was here in Brussels.
09:41There was a deal struck. He was here on Friday. They managed to unlock the funds.
09:45But he has a long list of reforms to do. Will he manage? It seems like mission impossible
09:49there, if you listen to our correspondent.
09:51He has a long list of things to do in a very short time, because most of the money should
09:58be used, committed and invested by August this year. So this is a very short deadline.
10:06Yes, a long list of things which should not be surprising. Yeah, because European taxpayers
10:13were urging us in the commission to do more to protect the money going to Hungary, not to
10:20pay the gifts for Viktor Orban's families and friends.
10:25And there's a three month deadline here. What happens if they don't reach the deadline?
10:28Well, I think that it is feasible to do some reforms in case the legislative process is fast. Of
10:38course, it would be difficult to fulfill something which needs more preparations. But as I said,
10:45Hungarians, the current government is not surprised. These are not new requests from Brussels.
10:51What will be the hardest? I think there are there are things relating to the judiciary independence
10:59and division of powers between different layers of justice system. They should do changes in media
11:07wealth. And should more have been done before by the previous commission that you were in?
11:13We tried to convince Orbán's government to join the European Public Prosecutor's Office. This was the main
11:26thing I wanted them to do, because to protect the EU money.
11:30But they never listened to you. They didn't trust you. They didn't like you.
11:33You know, they didn't believe that this will go without any reaction if they didn't join. But they,
11:41after that, the reaction on it was the mechanism to freeze the money when the money is not protected
11:47enough. Another thing Hungary, of course, under Orbán was blocking was Ukraine's membership.
11:52This week, we're seeing António Kosz in the Western Balkans trying to put momentum on their
11:56potential membership. What is your view here? Who should be the next member to join the European Union?
12:00I spoke in recent weeks to many Western Balkan people, and they are fed up to be
12:08what, 20 years in the waiting room? There must be some move. And over time, I see that more and
12:16more we need them to join, then they need Europe. This is obvious that we need to have courage to
12:23grow
12:23politically, geographically. We are under big pressure from outside.
12:26If you were a commissioner right now, that's my question. What would keep you up at night?
12:32What would keep me up at night? The state of democracy and rule of law in Europe in general.
12:39That's why, by the way, I'm here because I am launching today with my team the new project
12:45Democracy 27, which is a citizens' initiative and which would complement what the commission is doing.
12:51But would it be China, Russia, Trump?
12:54In international foreign policy, honestly, it's the United States, which scares me.
13:02For you, Rova, thank you so much for coming into us here on Europe Today.
13:06Now, moving on, the United Nations will be meeting this Monday for a talks called by France to discuss
13:11the latest Israeli offensive in Lebanon that saw the capture of Beaufort Castle in the south of the
13:16country. It comes, as Lebanese authorities say, the death toll in the country since early March is
13:21now over 3,371. For more, we can head now to Dubai and bring in our regional correspondent,
13:27Jane Witherspoon. Jane, tell us more about this escalation in Lebanon.
13:36Yes, as you mentioned, over the weekend, Israel has taken control of Beaufort Castle in southern
13:43Lebanon. It's a move that has been condemned by France. They're calling for that UN Security
13:48Council meeting that you mentioned. The Israeli flag is now flying high above that medieval fortress.
13:56This is the deepest incursion in the country in almost a quarter of a century.
14:01Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said the capture of the castle
14:07marks a dramatic turning point in Israel's campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
14:13And meanwhile, we're hearing President Trump, Jane, saying he wants to make a deal with Iran,
14:17but at the same time, the U.S. military has struck a commercial ship. Fill us in on all these
14:21details.
14:26That's correct. Yes, the U.S. military struck that commercial ship trying to
14:31enter Iran earlier in the morning. U.S. Central Command have said the Gambia-flagged cargo ship
14:37ignored around more than 20 warnings. In fact, it was eventually stopped when the U.S. forces fired a
14:45missile into its engine room. And this, of course, comes as hostility has resumed across the region
14:52over recent days. And of course, the world is waiting with bated breath to see if that ceasefire deal can
14:58be negotiated. Okay, Jane Witherspoon, thank you so much for that live update there from Dubai. And we
15:04can move on now. Romania's President Nikosho Dan has released proof that the drone which hit a
15:09residential building in Galatsch last weekend, or last week, was a Russian drone. He says Moscow is, quote,
15:15solely responsible. For the view from the European Space Agency on their role here in defense and
15:20security, Euronews' Lauren Walker sat down with the head of the European Space Agency, Joseph Ashbacher.
15:26We are not a military organization. We are a space agency. And as a space agency, we develop technology
15:33that can be utilized by other users, including the defense community. So our job and my job is to,
15:38first of all, define together on the basis of requirements from the security defense communities
15:45or other users to define the space infrastructure that is needed in order to help them collecting
15:51information, communicating, navigating, and really being sure that they have the tools that space can
15:56provide for their defense purposes.
16:01And you can catch the rest of that interview on Euronews. But now I'd like to bring in the Romanian
16:06diplomat and politician Mircea Giovanna, former Deputy Secretary General of NATO until 2024,
16:11and now one of the country's most prominent voices on security and defense. So good morning, sir. Thank
16:16you so much for being with us here on Europe Today. First, everyone's wondering what the situation now
16:21is like in Galatia is like in Galatia, and do people feel safe?
16:25You know, the shock of the Russian incursion and explosion on a block of apartments in Galatia is
16:34still here with us. Just for our viewers to see, Galatia is a big city, industrial city on the Danube.
16:42On the other side of the river, there is Ukraine. And Russia is constantly attacking
16:49infrastructure on the Ukrainian side. And a few times, and this was the most severe incident,
16:54they crossed the border, the airspace of Romania, NATO country. And that's why in Galatia,
17:00in the Danube Delta, there is a little bit of concern that has been accumulated in time in the
17:05four years and something before.
17:06And Romania's air force couldn't intercept this drone. Why is that?
17:11You know, a Romanian pilot, an F-16 pilot shot down a drone in Estonia just a few days back.
17:17They
17:17didn't have enough time and space to shoot. And the question is, whether you shoot a drone,
17:25do you need an F-16, do you need an F-35, do you need a missile which is so
17:31expensive? So I think the
17:32lesson from this, and I think we should have learned it all over the eastern flank of
17:36NATO sooner, is that you need adequate anti-drone sensors, anti-drone equipment,
17:44faster procurement systems, because these things change so fast. The innovation cycle for drone war
17:50is changing so fast that I think our systems are robust, but sometimes there is basically this
17:56balance between the kind of assets we have and the kind of needs we actually have for such incidents.
18:02Because if this happened once, it's going to happen again. And Romania is clearly not prepared for
18:05these kind of frequent drone incursions. We have a specific geographical situation,
18:11as I mentioned, it's basically very close. So I think we have to find adequate solutions,
18:15you know, acoustic sensors. This is something that technology exists. You know, anti-drone systems,
18:20this technology exists. The question that we have to procure so much for everything,
18:26from high intensity or, you know, high level gear, let's say lower end technology like this one is
18:33needed. And I think we have to really prioritize better and internalize the lessons learned from
18:38Iran and from Ukraine, because the two fusion of lessons learned, and I think that to do much better,
18:43not only Romania, but I think we see such incidents all along the eastern flank, especially
18:48the countries neighboring Ukraine, like Romania is.
18:51And what would be the next step? And with the support of NATO here, of course,
18:55if this happens again and escalates?
18:57You know, I think we have to do a much better effort to try to find the right kind of
19:04air and
19:04missile defense for NATO in general. So if for mid altitude and high altitude, let's say there are
19:12some things in place, Patriot missiles, you know, the F-16s, the F-35s, NATO operations,
19:19for this basically low altitude things, we are still letting the kind of adequate means.
19:25They do exist on the market, you can acquire them. The only thing is that you have to put your
19:30right priorities in the right place, try to make sure that you keep up with the innovation cycle,
19:35this electronic jamming, this don't change basically every other few months. But I think
19:41we have to do a much, much faster cycle of procurement and adaptation to this new world.
19:45Okay. Thank you so much for that, for joining us here this morning. And that does bring this
19:51edition of Europe Today to an end for more news and analysis. As always, you can visit
19:55euronews.com or you can drop us a line or an email at europetoday at euronews.com.
20:00Thanks so much for watching, take care, and see you soon.
20:13See you soon.
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