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أوروبا اليوم: كوستا في حديث حصري ليورونيوز خلال قمة الاتحاد الأوروبي والبلقان الغربية
قمة حاسمة بين الاتحاد الأوروبي ودول البلقان الغربية تنعقد في الجبل الأسود، مع تركيز على **التوسيع** وسط دفع فرنسي ألماني لمسار اندماج تدريجي. محررتنا لشؤون الاتحاد الأوروبي ماريا تاديو تواكب الحدث وتجري مقابلة حصرية مع رئيس المجلس الأوروبي أنطونيو كوستا.
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قمة حاسمة بين الاتحاد الأوروبي ودول البلقان الغربية تنعقد في الجبل الأسود، مع تركيز على **التوسيع** وسط دفع فرنسي ألماني لمسار اندماج تدريجي. محررتنا لشؤون الاتحاد الأوروبي ماريا تاديو تواكب الحدث وتجري مقابلة حصرية مع رئيس المجلس الأوروبي أنطونيو كوستا.
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07:45إذن يجب أن يكون هذا المشكل يجب أن يكون هناك مشكلة
07:49مع الجوال الذي يجب أن يجب أن تحقق المساعدة
07:55و هذا هو مدرسة مع المصدرين ومع المنطقة
08:01وكذلك يتضع هذا للمساعدة؟
08:02نعم، بالطبع
08:04وكذلك في نفس الانتكال يوجد مختلفات
08:07هذه المترجمات هناك في مجرد المترجمات
08:08when it comes to Ukraine and Moldova
08:12also by extension on their negotiations
08:14opening these formal talks.
08:16Now Hungary has dropped that veto.
08:18What does that mean for the European Union
08:20and ultimately for the three countries?
08:22I think it's very important, first of all,
08:24for the bilateral relations between Hungary and Ukraine.
08:29And Prime Minister Magyar announced
08:31that he believed that in three weeks
08:34they are in conditions to release the veto.
08:38and we can move forward.
08:41We are very advanced
08:42and I believe that it's possible to open
08:45and at the same time close immediately several chapters
08:49because they have already done
08:50what they need to do to close the chapters.
08:55This is a huge symbolic moment for Ukraine.
08:57This process had been stuck for three years.
09:00This is, if it happens and materializes,
09:02is the start of something new.
09:04What does that say to you?
09:05Where is this union going?
09:06Does it mean it's a return to 2017?
09:08What do you read politically out of this?
09:11Look, I personally, I believe that we don't need
09:15to have the unanimity to open chapters and clusters.
09:19We just need the unanimity to close chapters and clusters.
09:24Secondly, that the bilateral issues
09:28should, should be, must be addressed for the different countries
09:34in order to don't block an entire process.
09:38And it's very positive that Prime Minister Magyar gave this clear sign
09:43that we are now leading with a new government,
09:46with a new policy in Hungary
09:49and with a new attitude of Hungary in the European Union.
09:54And just lastly, your final summit with Viktor Orban in attendance,
09:58you said nobody can blackmail the European Council.
10:00Do you feel validated?
10:02Well, the Hungarians understood.
10:04If Viktor Orban believed that someone in Hungary
10:09will rewind him for trying to block a decision of the European Council,
10:17he was wrong.
10:18Well, President Costa, thank you so much for joining us.
10:21Thank you very much. Thank you.
10:24Our Maria Tadeo there, speaking exclusively to Antonio Costa
10:28as that Western Balkan summit gets underway today in Tivat Montenegro.
10:32And we can actually bring in Maria Tadeo now
10:34as those leaders are gathering.
10:36Maria, tell us what is happening.
10:39Good morning, Maeve.
10:41And, of course, technical difficulties
10:42because you see ultimately this helicopter
10:44that is hovering around this town repeatedly now
10:47for almost two days.
10:48There's a lot of jamming
10:49because ultimately you have more than 35 leaders
10:52if you combine the EU institutions and the Western Balkans
10:54gathering here on an important day with Montenegro
10:57because, as I say, multiple diplomats from this country
11:00insisting, talking to Iran, you're saying
11:02this will be 28 by 28, 28 member states by 2028.
11:07and you saw from that interview
11:09with the head of the European Council, Antonio Costa,
11:11telling us this is a merit-based process.
11:13It will always be, but some of those rules need to be simplified.
11:17Picking up on that point, the French and the Germans
11:20now laying out the scene for a discussion today here
11:23in which they will, quote, quote,
11:25call for a more structured, gradual integration
11:28of these candidates to motivate them to reform.
11:31The more they do, the more progress they make,
11:33the more benefits diplomats say they will be able to tap
11:36including, by the way, access to the single market
11:39and that is key because the single market
11:41is the moneymaker for the European Union.
11:44Just very briefly, for our viewers,
11:47the leaders confirmed to participate.
11:49The Serbian president, there was a lot of speculation
11:51as to whether or not Aleksandar Vucic would join the summit.
11:55We are told he is here.
11:56He landed yesterday.
11:57The leader who will not be in there was also speculation
12:00about him is the new Hungarian Prime Minister,
12:02Peter Magyar.
12:03We're not expecting him to participate at the summit.
12:06But, of course, he is one of the big protagonists
12:08with that breakthrough over with Ukraine, Maeve.
12:11OK, Maria Steyo, thank you so much for that live broadcast there.
12:14And, of course, for more of Maria's reporting there
12:16on the ground, you can visit Euronews.com
12:18or keep an eye on Euronews TV
12:19for her various interviews throughout the day.
12:22But now we can actually zoom into more
12:23about why the Western Balkans
12:25are so strategically important for Brussels.
12:27Our reporter, Jakub Janus, has this report.
12:33Top EU chiefs are gathering in TIVAT, Montenegro
12:36for the EU Western Balkans Summit.
12:38And Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
12:42North Macedonia and Kosovo
12:44are at various stages of trying to join the bloc.
12:47And that's cool, but your reporter is curious.
12:50With the EU already struggling to manage 27 member states,
12:53what's the point of Brussels pushing for enlargement right now?
12:58Let's see the map, because geographically
13:01the region is completely surrounded by the EU.
13:03And for nearly two decades,
13:05a period of relative calm kept enlargement on the back burner.
13:09But Russia's invasion of Ukraine shattered that piece,
13:12turning EU expansion into a critical security priority.
13:16But it's also about money.
13:18Look, the EU is already the region's primary trading partner and investor.
13:22And only last year, the total trade reached over 87 billion euros.
13:27And we're talking about a massive two-way exchange of heavy machinery,
13:31chemicals and metals flowing back and forth across the border.
13:34And hear me out on that.
13:36The EU exported far more than it imported, running a handsome profit.
13:40Yet, the EU is not the only power eyeing the region, oh no.
13:44Brussels faces immense outside pressure because Moscow, Beijing and Washington
13:49are all actively competing for strategic influence there.
13:53So if Europe leaves power vacuum on its doorstep,
13:56others will gladly fill it.
13:57And the region has already become a new front line for geopolitical tensions.
14:01It is most visible in Serbia,
14:04where the government refuses to align with EU sanctions against Moscow.
14:08Finally, EU capitals fear adding more nations will paralyze decision-making
14:12under the current voting rules.
14:14This is why Albania and Serbia proposed a phased integration,
14:18temporarily waiving their veto rights just to get through the door.
14:22And as European Council Chief Antonio Costa travels around the region,
14:25Brussels is no longer driven by an idealistic dream of European unity.
14:29This is a cold calculation to secure borders.
14:33Because if the EU doesn't act,
14:34the alternative is a region politically dependent on Russia,
14:38economically reliant on Chinese investment,
14:40or potentially turned into the 51st state of the US,
14:44as it was already suggested with Greenland,
14:46or Iceland, or Canada.
14:48I mean, you get the point.
14:55Jakob Janis there on the high stakes of that EU Western Balkan Summit
14:58that comes as protesters are flocking to the streets of neighbouring Albania
15:02to speak out against the construction of a $1.6 billion luxury resort
15:06backed by President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
15:10More on that story on euronews.com.
15:12But now, Ukraine's President Vladimir Selenskyy
15:15has sent an open letter to the Russian president.
15:17In it, he says that Vladimir Putin is under pressure from his own people.
15:21He calls for a one-on-one meeting to end the war.
15:24The letter arrived as Putin was answering questions
15:27from the press in St. Petersburg.
15:29For more, we can bring in our Ukraine correspondent,
15:31Sasha Vakilina, who's on the move today.
15:33Good morning, Sasha. Thanks for joining us.
15:34It's quite an interesting read.
15:36Tell us more about this letter and what exactly prompted it.
15:41Absolutely, Maeve.
15:42In an unprecedented step,
15:44for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
15:47over four years ago, Vladimir Zelenskyy released the first open letter to Putin,
15:54addressing Russian president directly and personally with a very clear message,
16:01quote, the choice is yours now.
16:03Enough of war.
16:04Ukraine proposes to end this war.
16:07I am proposing a meeting, Zelenskyy said.
16:11Now, he also provided more details about the possible venue for the meeting.
16:15He said that Vladimir Putin spent half of his 26 years' term
16:19as the leader of Russia waging the war against Ukraine,
16:22and therefore, there is nothing for Ukraine's president to do in Moscow
16:25the same way as there is nothing for a Russian president to do in Kiev.
16:29Therefore, Zelenskyy said that the meeting could possibly take place
16:31in our mediating countries.
16:33That could be Switzerland, that could be Turkey,
16:36or that could be some of the Middle Eastern countries, he said.
16:39Now, Zelenskyy also commented on who else could be participating in this meeting,
16:43in these talks, he said that he would want to see the United States participating there
16:47because he said Washington is the one who can guarantee
16:50and participate in building the new security architecture in this part of the world.
16:54But also, he said that since the war is taking place in Europe,
16:58Zelenskyy believes that Europe has to be at that negotiating table
17:03and has to be present at the future meeting.
17:06But the message there, maybe, is clear.
17:08He clearly and openly told Vladimir Putin,
17:11you can stop your war.
17:14Okay, Sasha, Vakilina, thank you so much for that live update there.
17:18Now, the ongoing war in Ukraine, confrontations with China,
17:21overtrade, a more hostile US that no longer shares the interests of the EU
17:25and Europe's innovation problems.
17:27Just a glimpse of some of the serious matters being discussed
17:30today and yesterday at the Brussels Economic Security Conference
17:33hosted by the European Policy Centre.
17:35Our correspondent, Shona Murray, has been covering the event
17:38and moderating it as well and joins us now live this morning.
17:41Good morning, Shona.
17:42Just tell us what's on the agenda today.
17:46Well, good morning, Maeve.
17:47As we know, as you mentioned there,
17:49Europe is facing so many challenges on various fronts,
17:52not least, of course, the war in Ukraine
17:54and the urgent need for Europe to step up in investment
17:56when it comes to security and defence.
17:59We also have an acknowledgement across Europe and in Brussels here
18:02that the US is no longer the reliable partner it used to be.
18:06So there needs to be a move away from interdependence
18:08with Chinese and United States tech.
18:11There's also overcapacity when it comes to Chinese exports.
18:14So in order to face these challenges,
18:16there needs to be massive scaling up of investment
18:19because as we heard from the famous Mario Draghi report,
18:22Europe could be in mortal danger.
18:24And in order to speak about this,
18:25I'm joined by Nadia Calvino,
18:27President of the European Investment Bank.
18:29You're very welcome.
18:31Tell us, first of all,
18:32the AIB has really changed in the last couple of years
18:35because of the war in Ukraine
18:36and has started to invest, for example,
18:38in security and defence,
18:39something that would have been maybe unheard of 10 years ago.
18:43Absolutely.
18:442025 has been a game changer for the AIB in this area.
18:48We have expanded the scope of the activities we financed
18:51so that now we are financing pure military
18:53as well as funds and companies
18:55that are active in all areas of defence.
18:57and we have also increased the ceilings for this investment.
19:01So the investment has multiplied times four
19:04and we are on track to meet our target this year
19:06of financing 5% of our total finance in the EU,
19:10devoting it to security and defence.
19:13And it's not, I suppose,
19:15direct kinetic goods that you're investing in, is it?
19:17Or how do you sort of get away
19:19with not providing directly bullets and guns and so on?
19:23and what kind of investment in defence and so on?
19:26Well, Europe has massive needs
19:27and the European Investment Bank is uniquely placed
19:30to finance large-scale infrastructures with long-term loans,
19:34also research and development,
19:36large-scale programs of leading companies,
19:39Thales or Indra in Europe, for example.
19:41Industrial Capacity,
19:43we are financing quantum systems production of drones
19:46and also financing small-sized companies
19:49that are supplying in the supply chain
19:52of large European contractors
19:53and the emerging ecosystem of private venture capital funds
19:57that are specialising in this area.
19:59Actually, in 2026,
20:01we're going to launch a new wave of financing capital injections
20:04in this area of investment funds.
20:06I mean, also, since the war in Ukraine,
20:08we've also noticed,
20:09we've not noticed,
20:10it's been a major issue
20:11as Europe's energy dependence on Russia initially,
20:14but also the implications
20:15of the closure of the Strait of Ormuz,
20:17getting gas and oil to the European continent.
20:20Tell us about the plans
20:21for Europeans' energy independence.
20:25Well, I think that in the last years
20:27in the war in Ukraine
20:27and now the escalation of the conflict
20:29in the Middle East
20:30send a very clear message to Europe
20:32and that is we need to break free
20:34from our dependence on fossil fuels.
20:36It's clear.
20:37And the European Investment Bank,
20:39being the climate bank,
20:40is very well placed
20:42and is actually financing large-scale infrastructures,
20:45for example, greets, interconnected.
20:47Half of the projects ongoing in Europe
20:49are financed by the EIB.
20:51Also, we're financing energy efficiency for SMEs,
20:54research and development of new fuels,
20:57clean tech autonomy
20:59and Europe's strategic autonomy
21:01and economic security in this area
21:03with solar, wind.
21:05We are very well placed, I think.
21:07And what we see is also
21:08that there is a strong demand
21:10for EIB financing in this area.
21:12So I think that we will also hit a record
21:14this year in terms of financing
21:16for the clean transition
21:17to make it a European success.
21:19And the other piece
21:20that we heard from the European Commission
21:21this week is around tech sovereignty
21:22and the need for the EU and Europe
21:24to have its own access
21:25to the tech sector and tech services
21:28because of concerns around security.
21:30and that is going to be requiring
21:32massive scale-up on investment.
21:34Tell us about the plans for that
21:35and how quickly they can be done.
21:37Yeah, absolutely.
21:38Europe needs to have technological leadership
21:41and also autonomy
21:42when it comes to key components
21:44of these solar and wind infrastructures,
21:46for example.
21:47In that sense, we are moving quite fast.
21:49Only earlier this week, I was in Spain.
21:52We signed an important financing agreement
21:54for the research program of a company
21:56called Inge Team present everywhere around the world
21:59that produces solar inverters.
22:02And that allows us to scale up Europe's capacity
22:04in an area which is quite critical
22:06for the solar panel deployment.
22:09So from the European Investment Bank,
22:11we are supporting the approach
22:13of the European Commission
22:14and accompanying and joining
22:15the European Commission
22:16in ensuring that Europe becomes independent,
22:19not only when it comes to the fuel supply,
22:21but also when it comes to the technologies
22:23and industrial capacity.
22:24Okay, Nadia Calvino,
22:25and you'll be speaking later on in the next hour
22:27or so here at the Brussels Economic Security Forum.
22:29Thank you very much for joining us on Euronews.
22:31Back to you, Maeve.
22:32Thank you so much, Shona Murray,
22:33and of course to Nadia Calvino,
22:34the head of the EIB there.
22:36And thank you so much for tuning in to us
22:38this morning on Europe Today.
22:40For more news and analysis
22:41on that EU Western Balkans summit
22:43taking place in Tivat, Montenegro today,
22:46do stay with us here on Euronews
22:47or visit Euronews.com for longer reads.
22:50Take care.
22:50Thanks so much for tuning in.
22:51and see you soon on Euronews.
22:54See you soon on Euronews.
22:56See you soon on Euronews.
23:21Tivat, Montenegro today.
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