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00:14Bom dia, eu sou Mave MacMahon e isso é Europe Today.
00:19A sua boa dose de europeia e análise aqui no Euronews.
00:24Coming up, EU Defence Ministers flock to Ireland today for high-stake talks on the security of the continent.
00:32The EU is on high alert after the CIA chief made a surprise trip to Moscow recently to warn Russia
00:39not to attack the Baltics.
00:42We'll be crossing live to Dublin to speak to our correspondent Shona Murray.
00:45This as President Donald Trump, whose approval rating has slumped to its lowest level yet, has threatened to hit Iran
00:53hard after the two sides exchanged fire for the first time in weeks.
00:58Iran says it's not seeking war, but it will not remain passive in the face of this aggression.
01:05Meanwhile, the French President Emmanuel Macron has racked up a trip to Sweden, where he sealed a 4.3 billion
01:13euro deal for the country to buy four French frigates.
01:17But back home in France, as politicians get back to work, the presidential election campaign is already in full swing.
01:25We'll be crossing live to Paris to our correspondent.
01:27And Hungary says it's met the conditions to unlock billions in EU funding.
01:33On hold for years due to democratic backsliding by the previous administration, around 10 billion euros could now soon be
01:41released.
01:42The EU Council President António Costa will travel to Budapest tomorrow.
01:47But first to Ireland, where EU Defence Ministers are meeting today amid an escalation of hybrid war attacks across the
01:54continent.
01:55Ministers are due to discuss increased threat levels on the continent, links to Russia's war in Ukraine.
02:00And their talks come just as a massive Russian missile and drone attack struck Kiev last night, killing four and
02:06wounding dozens.
02:07Our correspondent Shona Murray is in Dublin and joins me now.
02:11Shona, good morning.
02:12Look, the last few weeks have seen an upsurge in these attacks.
02:15Just tell us more.
02:18That's right, Maeve.
02:19That's certainly the backdrop of this meeting here in Ireland this week.
02:22We saw a few weeks ago a U.S. intelligence assessment saying that the Kremlin may plan to attack NATO
02:31territory in a limited way in order to test NATO resolve.
02:34Then, as you mentioned there, we had John Radcliffe, the head of the CIA, visiting Moscow last week, which is
02:40emerging as he told the Kremlin and Putin not to attack NATO territory.
02:44Donald Trump in the last few hours has tried to play this down, saying this is a routine visit.
02:48It is not a routine visit for the head of the CIA to visit the Kremlin.
02:52The last time that actually happened was under Biden when they tried to persuade Putin not to attack Ukraine in
02:58the full-scale invasion.
02:59Then, in addition to that, of course, Maeve, we've seen a major surge, a significant surge in hybrid activity, non
03:05-kinetic normally all across Europe.
03:07Over the past year and in particular the last few months, mainly drone incursions into places like Romania and other
03:12parts of the Baltics.
03:13But just a few weeks ago, at the start of August, German authorities intercepted an explosive-laden drone in Leipzig
03:20Airport.
03:21Now, this was military-grade explosives. There were three drones in total.
03:25The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in the last few days has said that he will formally attribute this to the
03:30Kremlin.
03:31That's the first time that's ever happened because these tacks normally tend to be sort of below the radar and
03:36grey area, sort of a grey zone.
03:38So it's hard to apply attribution.
03:40But we're expecting over the next few days for Friedrich Merz to do that.
03:43That will be a real topic of conversation here in Ireland today and over the next few days.
03:48So I caught up with the Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, Maria Malmer-Stanegard, and I asked her about this.
03:53I really don't like the term hybrid threat because it sounds like an environmentally friendly car when it's something completely
04:02different.
04:03This is extremely serious. We are in the most serious security situation since the Second World War.
04:10We take the drone incidents in Leipzig extremely serious and we are in close contact with our German friends.
04:18So what are the implications of attributing this to Russia?
04:22Because we know these type of attacks, they're sort of the grey area.
04:26It's very hard to be 100% concrete about attribution, which is why the likes of Russia and China can
04:32get away with this.
04:32Well, we're not there yet.
04:34Like I said, we are in close contact with our German colleagues and we take these incidents extremely serious.
04:42But we will have to see what comes out and I cannot disclose any information that has been handed to
04:49us.
04:50OK. Just want to ask you about the unfreezing of Russian frozen state assets and using them to pay for
04:59Ukraine, Ukraine's defense reconstruction.
05:01That's back on the table now.
05:03Is that something that we'll be hearing about over the next few days?
05:06And do you hope that the Belgians might change their mind on this?
05:09Yes. So Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain have taken the initiative to take this back to the table because
05:17what we see is that Ukraine needs more support.
05:21And to be honest, we are not providing enough support bilaterally and through the EU.
05:26And then what is left is the frozen assets.
05:29And I take Belgium's concerns very seriously.
05:35But I think it is also basically what my colleague Prevost said, that we have to make sure that we
05:44share the risks and that Belgium is not left alone with the risks.
05:48But Belgium was looking for full guarantees for any unintended consequences if things go wrong with this risk.
05:56Do you think the EU is willing to do that or are we in the same position we were in
06:00before Christmas?
06:01In my opinion, we cannot stay in the same position as we were before Christmas.
06:05We have to move on because this is what is fair to Ukraine.
06:09It's what is fair to the taxpayers.
06:15So, Maeve, the issue of frozen Russian state assets back on the table this week.
06:20From what I've heard from the Belgian authorities, they haven't moved in their position.
06:24And, of course, as you heard there, an increasingly more hostile security situation all across Europe.
06:30So, what a way to get back into September.
06:33Maeve?
06:34OK, Shona Murray, thank you so much for that live broadcast there from just outside Dublin Castle in Ireland.
06:39But now moving on, it's back to school today for students in France.
06:43But, for politicians, the summer break ended much earlier.
06:47With presidential elections scheduled for next April, the political campaign is already gathering pace.
06:52For the mood in the capital, we can cross now to Paris, where correspondent Estelle Nielsen-Julien is standing by
06:58for us this morning.
06:59Good morning, Estelle.
07:00Just give us an idea of where things stand today and why this is set to be such a monumental
07:05year for France.
07:08Well, good morning, Maeve.
07:09As you say, it's set to be an absolutely monumental year for France.
07:13In less than eight months, voters across the country will decide who next, what next, after a decade of French
07:20President Emmanuel Macron being in power.
07:22It's too early to say confidently what the polls mean.
07:26But, at present, they are saying that there is a front-runner.
07:29That is the national rally parties, Marine Le Pen, followed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon from the far-left, a France
07:35unbowed party.
07:37Between them, there's somewhat of a political vacuum.
07:41The question is, how will this be filled?
07:43Will parties form alliances?
07:46How will they organise themselves?
07:48Will they strike deals or not?
07:50Last week, seven key candidates participated in a debate organised by the MEDEF, France's most powerful business lobby.
07:58And they were grilled on questions about the economy, public debt and pensions.
08:04Mélenchon and Le Pen were, of course, there, but also MEP, Raphael Glucksmann and two of Macron's former prime ministers.
08:10That's Édouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal.
08:13But these may be some of the key contentors.
08:16But don't be mistaken, candidacies are still rolling in over the weekend.
08:21We heard former prime minister Dominique de Villepin say that he wanted to be a candidate.
08:27And former president François Hollande is still maintaining the mystery around whether he will run or not.
08:34But, of course, candidacies will thin in time as primaries occur and unions take place across different blocks.
08:45Just to remind our viewers that to be an official candidate, a politician needs the backing of 500 elected officials
08:54in France.
08:55And just briefly, Estelle, this election is huge as well for Europe.
09:00Yes, Maeve, it's certainly a huge election for Europe.
09:04And the candidates have very divergent policies when it comes to Europe.
09:09Le Pen, who once advocated for Frexit this time around, is calling for a drop in France's contributions to the
09:17bloc.
09:17And she's also calling for many of the EU's norms to be scrapped.
09:21Mélenchon has said that he wants to get rid of EU laws that don't suit French citizens.
09:25And he also peddled a very controversial proposal to scrap a large chunk of France's public debt held by the
09:34Bank of France on behalf of the European Central Bank.
09:36But there are, of course, pro-European candidates such as Raphael Glucksmann, who believes that it's at the European issue
09:44that issues, European level, sorry, that issues such as Chinese competition and regulating big tech companies should happen.
09:53But for a fully accurate picture, what we're waiting for is the party manifestos to be able to break down
10:00the finer details of candidates' policies.
10:03OK, Estelle, Nelson, Julian, thank you so much for that primer on what's set to be a very interesting eight
10:08months.
10:08But now, moving on, the EU institutions are bruised after Iceland rejected to kick-start negotiations to join the Club
10:15of 27 in a tight referendum last weekend.
10:19It's a huge blow to Brussels' hopes that geopolitics and security fears could lure rich countries to the bloc.
10:25For reactions now, I'm joined by Terri Reinke, German MEP and co-president of the Greens.
10:30Good morning, Terri. Lovely to have you with us.
10:32Good morning.
10:32This is a big, it's a bad story for Europe. It's a huge blow. Is the EU just not attractive
10:38anymore?
10:40First of all, I'm, of course, unhappy about the outcome of the referendum. I would have wished for another result.
10:46I would have loved Iceland to become part of the European Union.
10:50However, I would not make this a big question about whether the European Union is an attractive bloc,
10:56because we can see that there are a lot of countries that want to join the European Union.
11:00When we look at the Western Balkans, when we look at Ukraine, Moldova or Georgia, for example,
11:06I think that the specific situation in Iceland we have to look at, they're already a member of the European
11:11economic area.
11:13So they're already applying, for example, single market legislation.
11:16I think the question of fisheries played a very important role in the discussion in Iceland before the referendum.
11:22And I think maybe the lesson learned that we should take, which I think was also what we learned from
11:28the Brexit referendum,
11:30is that European politicians should maybe have been more active in the debate and taken part in it and also
11:36advocating for joining the European Union to make it.
11:40Was that a mistake not to get more involved?
11:41I think looking back now, maybe we should have taken a bigger part in this discussion,
11:47because I think at the end of the day, we also have to go into other countries and advocate for
11:53what is good about being part of the European Union.
11:56Iceland is already having some of the positive outcomes.
11:59But from a geopolitical, from a security point of view, I think it would have been good to start further
12:04negotiations.
12:04And is the Commission President too weak? I mean, her response was so muted.
12:08In reaction to this referendum outcome, we got a three-line outcome, a three-line statement.
12:14For me, the lesson learned of this, again, is that we should take a more active role in debates like
12:20this.
12:20We should not just, you know, highlight them as domestic discussions.
12:25Whether Iceland is joining the European Union or not is something that has an impact on the full European Union.
12:30So I think for future moments like this, whether there will be a debate in Norway or wherever else,
12:35European politicians should take a role in the debate and also be bold enough to say,
12:40we have an opinion about this and we are happy to discuss with you.
12:43And we just heard about the French elections.
12:45We have big elections as well with state elections in eastern Germany this week where the AFD could win.
12:50Yes, we have a very critical election happening in Sachsen-Anhalt this Sunday.
12:57And it will be tight. And whether the Greens are going to join the parliament in the end,
13:02we are tied to the threshold, will probably define whether the AFD,
13:07so a fascist far-right party in Germany, can win an absolute majority in Sachsen-Anhalt.
13:12So we are putting everything into a strong campaign so that the democratic forces will prevail in this election.
13:17OK, a story we'll be keeping a very close eye on here on your news.
13:20Thank you so much for joining us here on Europe Today.
13:23But now, moving on, in a sign that the passport-free area Schengen is under major stress,
13:29Italy and Spain have extended border controls for another 15 days
13:33due to the mass irregular migration crisis in the Spanish city of Ceuta just one month ago.
13:40For the view from a Spanish socialist MEP, I'm now joined by Juan Fernando López Aguiar,
13:45who's been following the migration debate closely for more than a decade here as an MEP
13:49in the European Parliament. Juan Fernando López Aguiar, welcome to Europe Today.
13:52Good to have you with us on the programme.
13:54You're a member, of course, of Pedro Sánchez's political family.
13:58Is he being too defensive on this story? What could he have done better?
14:03Well, certainly it's a critical situation.
14:07Not only migratory, it's humanitarian, and most importantly, national security.
14:11We are facing a hybrid situation, yes, but the government is responding,
14:16and certainly it's facing difficulties, which are only obvious.
14:21But they're responding too little too late.
14:22No.
14:23That's what the locals in Ceuta said.
14:24No, no, I can't agree. I can't agree.
14:26Ceuta, to begin with, is the only, with Melilla, terrestrial border of the European Union
14:31with the African continent.
14:32The most unequal terrestrial border on Earth.
14:35Second, there's a particular situation in which we have seen the population,
14:43the size of a population of Ceuta, over the external border,
14:50but swimming by the sea, over the hubble,
14:54with the ground of a ruling of the Supreme Court,
14:58which says that those people entering by sea cannot be returned
15:03to the country of transit of origin.
15:05They have to be handled as migrants or asylum seekers.
15:08So it's a situation that we've got to face.
15:10And we've got to do it according to law.
15:13Who is to blame for the situation?
15:14Because we're seeing last night, Pedro Sánchez said it's disinformation
15:17fuelled from Russia and Israel that's also created so much.
15:21It should be thorough investigated, that's for sure.
15:23And it's only obvious that it couldn't happen
15:26without some overlooking of Moroccan authorities.
15:29That is only obvious.
15:30And common sense says so.
15:33But the thing is that the government has to act based on facts and evidence.
15:39But most importantly, it has to combine rule of law,
15:43the implementation of the EU laws to begin with,
15:46and, of course, ensuring national security,
15:50because we're facing international issues here.
15:53And that's why you've called on Frontex for help.
15:55That's also a bit of an admission of defeat.
15:57Absolutely.
15:59It's the response of European institutions' offer
16:03of increasing their presence in that particular,
16:07very special terrestrial external border
16:10of the EU with Africa, of Spain with Morocco.
16:15But having said this, I must add that it's also obvious
16:18that the response has to involve European authorities.
16:22There are a number of contradictions which are obvious to human eye.
16:28One contradiction is that Spain has to combine its response with Morocco
16:35with cooperation with Morocco.
16:37You need Morocco to handle the situation.
16:40And second, you also need the European Union to scale up,
16:43because if you want to reassess the bilateral relation of the EU with Morocco,
16:49it takes the whole of the European Union,
16:51because we have a strategic association with Morocco.
16:53Are you too reliant on Morocco, perhaps?
16:56Well, it's impossible to ignore a neighbour.
17:00And you have a neighbour in Morocco.
17:02Spain has, and the whole of the European Union has.
17:05That is why the European Union has linked itself with Morocco
17:09through an association which it calls strategic.
17:12But the thing is that if we are to keep up
17:14that strategic association with Morocco,
17:17we need to ask for Morocco to behave.
17:20But for our viewers watching that chaos unfold some month ago
17:24with almost 80,000 irregular migrants landing in Ceuta,
17:29where is the migration pact that we've been discussing and implementing?
17:33Precisely.
17:34It's miserable that after all the bother, all the energy,
17:38all the work that we put into the adoption of the migration pact
17:42based on two principles, shared responsibility and binding solidarity,
17:46we have seen that in this situation, solidarity has been missing.
17:51It's only regrettable because Spain has paid solidarity
17:55with the Baltics facing Russia,
17:57with Poland facing Russia and Kaliningrad,
18:00with Finland facing Russia,
18:02some of them also facing Belarus, Lukashenko.
18:06We have paid solidarity with Italy in Lampedusa.
18:09So it's absolutely intolerable that we have seen no solidarity
18:13from Italian government in a situation as such.
18:16Well, precisely on the contrary,
18:17the Italian government is using this for political gains.
18:19And as we see, Schengen is fizzling out, perhaps.
18:23The thing is that Schengen is bound by rules.
18:25Schengen is not a convention, as we call it.
18:28Schengen is EU law.
18:29There is a Schengen governance code,
18:31which says that Schengen, which is free movement,
18:33can only be suspended on the grounds of necessity,
18:37proportionality, communicated to the European Commission
18:39and under the oversight of the European Commission.
18:43So it's bound by law.
18:45And it's also certain that certain cannot be suspended
18:50by a member state to another member state.
18:53Okay, Juan Fernando López Aguilar,
18:54thank you so much for coming into this morning here
18:56on Europe Today.
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