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01:00We threw a spanner in the works this week by calling the current proposal impossible.
01:04We'll hear the views from Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister, whose country has just adopted the euro.
01:10And it's official, Canada will take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest for the very first time in 2027.
01:18It's the first new country to join since Australia in 2015.
01:22But first, EU finance afficionados will debate the bloc's long-term budget in Brussels this Thursday at the annual EU
01:30Budget Conference Bonanza.
01:32But the fight for cash has just started with member states split in two camps over whether to meet the
01:38Commission's €2 trillion pitch or to raise it back.
01:41For more, I'm joined here on set by our correspondent, Angela Scugins.
01:45Good morning.
01:46Many are probably just thinking, just another conference in Brussels.
01:49Why does today's meeting actually matter?
01:51Good morning, Maeve.
01:52So, it certainly matters in the wider context of the fight just getting started when it comes to this €2
01:57trillion pitch from the European Commission for that seven-year budget.
02:01Now, the EU executive proposed this in June last year.
02:05They want to prioritise competitiveness and defence while cutting back, certainly, on agricultural and regional programs.
02:12Now, the Commission wants this to be signed, sealed and delivered by December this year, as there are some really
02:19consequential elections scheduled for next year.
02:21We're talking about Poland as well as France.
02:24But the heat is on.
02:26It's now up to the heads of state to try and find a compromise before it's ratified in the European
02:30Parliament.
02:31As you can see, it's already getting heated.
02:33How will this fight unfold, Angela?
02:35Yeah, so we're already seeing debate ratchet up between two predominant camps.
02:39The first is the Friends of Cohesion.
02:41They want a lot of spending in agricultural programs as well as those regional programs.
02:47They also don't want their capitals inundated with angry farmers or government buildings pelted by potatoes, as we've seen over
02:54the last few years.
02:56On the other side of this, we've got the Frugals.
02:58Now, these are the countries in Europe's north.
03:00They pitch a lot more to the budget than what they receive.
03:03Think the Netherlands as well as Germany.
03:06And as you rightly pointed out at the top of the program, German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz is very against what
03:12the Commission has proposed.
03:13He wants at least €400 raised from this.
03:17He's claimed that it is unaffordable.
03:19Now, the president of the Bundesrat, that's the German Senate, was in Brussels this week to discuss the long-term
03:25budget in the European Parliament.
03:27I spoke with him, his name is Andreas Bovenschulter, and I started by asking him whether a compromise can be
03:34found between what Brussels wants and what Berlin needs.
03:38I think, in the end, you always reach a compromise after long negotiations.
03:44What I say from the perspective of the German lender, we need a budget of the European Union that has
03:51a size with that the European Union can work.
03:56So, we need enough money to fulfill all the tasks of the European Union, especially in difficult times, as we
04:04have them today.
04:05We need a European Union that is up to the tasks it has to fulfill.
04:10So, I think it should be able to reach a compromise.
04:14On the other hand, I can understand the federal government.
04:17It will really have a difficult time to balance the own budget.
04:22So, there's no real surplus money at the moment.
04:26So, it will be difficult negotiations.
04:29But, in the end, as always, there will be a compromise.
04:32And just on the timeline, Mertz wants this done, the deal to be struck this year.
04:37Is that realistic?
04:38Well, I hope so.
04:41But, I'm not really sure because there are only a couple of months left in this year.
04:46And I'm not really sure whether that is really a realistic timeline.
04:51But, I think what the Chancellor wants to say is, we have to hurry up.
04:55And I think that's a good plan.
04:59But, if we don't manage to be in time, we should give ourselves a bit more time.
05:05It's better than to have no budget at all.
05:10And there is Bovenschulter there, speaking to our Angela Skudgens.
05:14And listening to that statement with me here in the studio is the Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria,
05:19Tanez Bekinov, who's in Brussels today for those very budget talks.
05:23Welcome to Brussels and welcome to Europe today.
05:26First question about that long-term budget.
05:28Is a compromise feasible?
05:30Good morning and thank you for the invitation.
05:32We are at a crucial point for Europe.
05:34We have to decide the budget that will also decide our future.
05:38And we have to address the issues at hand.
05:41We are in a very tense geopolitical situation, changing circumstances, changing technologies.
05:46So, Europe has to do more, has to do better on competitiveness.
05:49But it also has to retain its traditional policies.
05:53Cohesion policy, for us, is a traditional, important and very beneficial EU policy.
05:59And for Bulgaria, as well as the member states, which are part of our group of countries, friends of cohesion,
06:04it is important that no further cuts are done to cohesion policy.
06:08But that's where it's going to get tricky.
06:09We've already heard the German Chancellor.
06:10He wants to cut 400 billion euros from the budget, calling the current proposal impossible.
06:15And cap and cohesion funds, they feel like something of the past.
06:18The future is all about defence.
06:20We hear these concerns by our partners, of course.
06:23But let me say clearly, cohesion policy is not a gift from some member states to others.
06:28It is an investment in a functioning single market.
06:30It makes the infrastructure that then enables firms across Europe to extend, to get new markets, to get new consumers.
06:37It also creates new opportunities for European industries.
06:41In Bulgaria, many of the vendors for very important projects for goods and services,
06:45high-quality projects have enabled also European industries to deliver these projects.
06:50So Bulgarian citizens receive the extension of the subway, one of the most popular projects,
06:56European-funded projects in Bulgaria, delivered also by a lot of European companies.
07:01But Bulgaria, of course, is a small country.
07:02You receive more as well from the kitty than you contribute.
07:05So is your voice even heard in a debate like this?
07:08We believe that how we organise in the Friends of Cohesion will make it feasible that we make our voice
07:15very clear and loud in this discussion.
07:18It is an important discussion because it will enable either Europe to thrive or it will lead us to a
07:24situation where maybe we are already at,
07:26with a competitiveness lag towards some of the other member states.
07:29And the two goals, competitiveness and cohesion, they don't go against each other.
07:34You have to have excellence in Europe.
07:36This is what we are going to talk about today, also at the budget conference.
07:39But this excellence cannot be focused in one or two places.
07:42It has to be equally distributed across Europe.
07:44And this budget battle could take months.
07:47It could go into next year.
07:48Will they find a deal by the end of this year, though, ahead of the next year with all those
07:51elections taking place?
07:52It will take months.
07:54It will be hard negotiations.
07:55There is no doubt about it.
07:56Of course, it is better to reach a solution fast.
07:58We would like also to start planning how all these funds will be used then next year.
08:03So it will be beneficial for everybody if we find a solution this year.
08:06And Bulgarians joined the Eurozone back in January reluctantly.
08:09I remember the protests.
08:10How is the economy doing now?
08:12In the longer term, the euro will bring benefits to Bulgaria, strengthen creditworthiness and strengthen credit ratings,
08:20more trust in our country on financial markets.
08:23In the short run, however, there have been some, I would say, pressures, pressures on the inflation side.
08:28Unfortunately, with the start of the war in Iran, this also contributed.
08:32One could say that some firms coordinated and increased their prices.
08:36This is something we are worried about.
08:38Inflation in April and May was double the euro area average, which is very concerning and concerning for citizens.
08:44So on that, we have taken first steps once we stepped into office in May to strengthen the regulators to
08:51see if there were some malpractices on side of some firms in some sectors,
08:55because we don't want the euro adoption to weaken our price competitiveness.
08:59We see that, for example, in some sectors, these price increases, of course, then they can transmit lower demand.
09:05So on this, there are some concerns.
09:07The deficit has also increased.
09:09There have been some capital expenditures that have been delayed in recent years.
09:13They have to be done this year.
09:15So that we address this issue, we are also taking steps to further implement and finalize the recovery plan.
09:22This is my portfolio, the Bulgarian National Recovery and Resilience Plan, something that was lagging because of the political instability.
09:29We managed to unlock the fourth payment after a visit that we had with President von der Leyen and delivering
09:35on the important rule of low milestones that were expected for Bulgaria for many years.
09:40Okay, Deputy Prime Minister, thank you so much for joining us here this morning on Europe Today.
09:44Now, Ireland has officially taken over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU in a ceremony at Dublin
09:50Castle that included a special guest, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
09:54Our political reporter, Jorge Lebradero, is in Dublin and sent us this report.
10:00Accession dominated the first day of the Irish presidency of the EU Council.
10:04Volodymyr Zelensky himself flew to Dublin to attend the opening ceremony and made the case for his country's application.
10:11We remember that last month, Ukraine and Moldova finally opened the first cluster of negotiations after a very long wait.
10:19Now, Zelensky says he wants to open the five remaining clusters as soon as possible.
10:24But there are two obstacles in his way.
10:26First, Hungary. Prime Minister Peter Magyar is raising fresh concerns about Ukraine's accession and the pace of negotiations.
10:34So, as a result, things are already slowing down in Brussels.
10:38Then we have Poland.
10:39In Poland, Zelensky is currently embroiled in a bitter dispute with Poland over his decision to name a military unit
10:45after the Ukrainian insurgent army.
10:48Poland says his decision is so controversial that it could lead to the blockage of Ukraine's accession.
10:54Can Zelensky handle two vitals at the same time?
10:57This was my question to him during the press conference.
10:59Take a listen at his rather conciliatory response.
11:03Even with some difficulties with Orbán government, we did everything.
11:10So, I hope that Peter Magyar will support.
11:13And I hope that also Poland's government will support.
11:17I think it's important when we all have rules.
11:22It's not, I mean, it's just, you know, political emotions.
11:25We are neighbors.
11:26And I'm sure, of course, we had difficulties in our history.
11:30But, you know, all the, I mean, mostly countries in Europe had difficulties in the past.
11:37But we live now.
11:39Now we have one aggressor.
11:40And now we have unanimity.
11:42And we are defending EU.
11:44And we have to think about security for our people for the future.
11:52Ukraine's President Zelensky there answering a question to our Jorge Lebrero in Dublin.
11:57But moving on with humanitarian needs in Venezuela skyrocketing since the earthquake last week,
12:02the European Union has sent 5 million euro in aid.
12:05For more on the situation on the ground, our Lauren Walker spoke to Joao Almeida de Silva
12:10from the EU's Emergency Response Coordination Centre.
12:13He's stationed at an operations base in La Guardia Stadium in the city of Macuto, the hardest-hit area.
12:20We are progressing.
12:21And unfortunately, the time limit is, and the clock is ticking in order,
12:26as related to the retrieval and of still possible survivals.
12:32Still, there are teams working.
12:33And so there is still hope.
12:34But unfortunately, we are now entering the second stage, more of this operation.
12:39So the teams will start to demobilize probably towards the end of the week
12:44and as from tomorrow and after tomorrow.
12:47And then we will enter into the second stage.
12:49So some more health and medical and in-kind assistance and humanitarian aid.
12:54What has your work there been like so far?
12:56Can you tell us a bit more about what you've been doing there?
12:59So our work is to coordinate, to facilitate, and to work with local authorities in order to speed up as
13:05much as possible
13:05that these teams can go into the terrain and work.
13:09We are also to coordinate what is the incoming also assistance and all the humanitarian aid that is about to
13:16come.
13:17We had already one flight of really few that landed here on Monday, coming from Copenhagen with almost 50 tons
13:23of assistance.
13:26And this will be our work for the next days as we demobilize the teams from search and rescue
13:31and move into more of the health and in-kind assistance provision in Venezuela.
13:36Now reports are coming from the ground in Venezuela with some people suggesting that a lot of the help is
13:43coming from international aid,
13:44like you're providing, and from citizens, and that the state and the army are very much absent in these operations.
13:52Is this something, does this correspond with what you're seeing on the ground?
13:55Well, it's difficult to enter.
13:58We know all the political situation here in Venezuela, but this is what we have here.
14:03It's with the army that we have to work, and the other ones in control of the airport of the
14:07port.
14:08So, well, our strategic points in terms of logistics to bring assistance in.
14:13The EU has pledged 5 million euros in support.
14:15However, there are preliminary reports that suggest that actually the damage that has done,
14:20it could cost up to $11 billion.
14:23Would you say that the support that is being given now, this financial aid,
14:28is a drop in the ocean when you see the damage that these earthquakes have done?
14:32I would like my comments on this for my colleagues from the humanitarian side,
14:37as we are here representing civil protection, so more on the response side.
14:41But definitely what we see is that there's going to be a huge need to support Venezuela.
14:46The figures speak for themselves in terms of deceased people,
14:49but also especially of the disappeared people or missing people still.
14:52So, what we see is that there is in the loom massive health crisis that will unfold in the coming
15:00days or weeks,
15:01also because the weather is extremely hot, extremely humid.
15:04So, we suspect now that health will be the critical issue for the next weeks to come.
15:11Now, moving on, according to fresh data from the Eurobarometer,
15:15Europeans are increasingly viewing the European Union as a source of stability,
15:19despite growing anxiety about the state of the world.
15:22But with inflation, unpredictable world events, and of course the cost of living crisis,
15:27pessimism is rife.
15:29Our Jakob Janis reports.
15:32A spectre is again haunting Europe, but this time that spectre is anxiety.
15:37According to the newly released Eurobarometer, which surveyed over 26,000 respondents this spring,
15:43inflation and the cost of living have jumped to become again the top priority,
15:47but this time for almost half of EU citizens.
15:50But hey, whether you live in Lisbon or Budapest, your reporter is quite sure you've noticed that.
15:55But the numbers also reveal other truths, so let's break them down together.
16:01The EU experiences now a quiet crisis of confidence.
16:05Nearly a third of all Europeans now expect their personal standard of living to deteriorate over the next five years.
16:11And that pessimism reveals a stark generational divide.
16:14While almost one in five of young people brace for tougher times,
16:18this economic anxiety climbs to one in three among those aged 55 and over.
16:23And Western European heavyweights are leading the charts.
16:26In France, 44% of citizens expect a decline.
16:30Germany and Austria are equally gloomy,
16:32with 38% of their citizens bracing for a drop in their standard of living.
16:37But if we zoom out to Central Eastern Europe, the outlook remains remarkably resilient.
16:41In Poland and Hungary, fewer than one in ten people expect their situation to worsen.
16:46And where life gets tougher, faith in Brussels goes down as well.
16:50One third of Bulgarians, Greeks and Austrians, together with 28% of French and Italian respondents,
16:56now declare their nations have not benefited from EU membership.
17:00But here goes a surprise.
17:02Despite the economic gloom, optimism for the future of the EU stands at 59%,
17:07which is much higher than the outlook for the wider world or even citizens' own countries.
17:12And let me leave you with something positive.
17:15Three out of four still agree that their nation has benefited from the bloc
17:18and view the EU as a vital place of stability in a troubled world.
17:23And all of that leaves the continent suspended.
17:28Uncertainty and hope.
17:30So let's hope that this uncertainty will be over soon.
17:38And now it's time for something a little bit lighter, our brief World Cup update.
17:47The US team will join its other two co-hosts in the round of 16
17:51after their win over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
17:53England and Belgium also threw.
17:56The three lines won a tight match against the Democratic Republic of Congo 2-1
18:01and Belgium's win against Senegal was even tighter
18:03after coming back from two goals down.
18:06They went into extra time and scored a last-minute penalty.
18:10And tonight, of course, we've two European duels.
18:13Spain will take on Austria
18:14and Portugal will play Croatia and Switzerland then against Algeria.
18:19Enjoy the games.
18:20But that brings this edition of Europe Today to an end.
18:23Thank you so much for tuning in, as always.
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