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Az uniós külügyminiszterek ma Írországban tanácskoznak, miután Berlin tegnap Oroszországnak tulajdonított egy dróntámadást. Műsorunkban megszólal Maroš Šefčovič kereskedelmi biztos, és António Guterres főtitkár a háborúk befejezésére szólít.
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Az uniós külügyminiszterek ma Írországban tanácskoznak, miután Berlin tegnap Oroszországnak tulajdonított egy dróntámadást. Műsorunkban megszólal Maroš Šefčovič kereskedelmi biztos, és António Guterres főtitkár a háborúk befejezésére szólít.
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00:14Good morning. It is Wednesday, the 2nd of September. I'm Maeve McMahan and this is Europe Today.
00:20Your daily dose of European news and analysis live here on Euronews.
00:25Coming up with drone incursions on European soil, assassination attempts and sporadic acts of sabotage, the EU is on edge.
00:35For more on these so-called hybrid threats, NATO Secretary-General Mark Gurita will brief the Commission President, Ursula von
00:42der Leyen, at noon today.
00:44This as EU foreign ministers gather in Ireland for talks.
00:47Meanwhile, the UN Secretary-General urges world leaders to bring both the war in Ukraine and the reigniting conflict in
00:56the Middle East to an end.
00:57Speaking on stage at the Shanghai summit, Antonio Guterres spoke exclusively to Euronews at a tense time for the world.
01:05Meanwhile, the clock is ticking to an October deadline between Brussels and Beijing to seal a deal on trade troubles.
01:12EU trade boss Mara Sefcovic will be meeting his Chinese counterpart soon.
01:17He sat down for an exclusive chat with our Maria Tadeo.
01:21But first, to Ireland, where the recent uptick in hostile activity in Europe is centre stage, as EU foreign ministers
01:28meet in Wicklow.
01:29Berlin's decision to formally attribute last month's drone attack to Russia has raised the stakes.
01:35Their talks come as Ursula von der Leyen sits down with Mark Rutte later today here in Brussels.
01:40For the latest, we can cross now over to the county of Wicklow, which is not far from the Irish
01:45capital, that's Dublin, where our correspondent, Shona Murray, is following the talks.
01:50Good morning, Shona. Great to have you with us.
01:52Just tell us, what are the other EU states saying about Germany's decision here?
01:57Well, good morning, Maeve, from a very wet and windy Wicklow, where we're about to hear from EU foreign affairs
02:02ministers in the next few minutes.
02:04They're also joined by the Ukrainian, the Canadian, the British, the Swiss foreign affairs ministers.
02:10They'll obviously be very much talking about that German decision, very anticipated decision to formally recognise Russia as responsible for
02:17that Leipzig airport attack.
02:19As we know, at the start of August, a drone laden with military-grade explosives was intercepted by German security
02:26officials at Leipzig airport.
02:27So far, there's been full solidarity all across Europe, the European Union, NATO and Canada for that decision by Friedrich
02:35Merz, the German Chancellor, to formally recognise Russia.
02:37It comes because there's been growing consensus across NATO that for the last few years, there's been below-threshold hybrid
02:44attacks all across NATO territory, namely by Russia, by China, by other actors.
02:49But most countries have held back in recognising Russia as a response.
02:53Now, we know the Germans have closed the consulate in Bonn, the Russian consulate in Bonn, and also ended the
02:59lease of the Russian house in Berlin.
03:00And they've also vowed that there'll be extra sanctions.
03:03But we heard yesterday also from Kaya Callas, the EU foreign policy chief, who said that what Russia is doing
03:08is state-sponsored terrorism, but also is engaging in much more violent, kinetic acts against NATO.
03:15This is Thera by Design.
03:17In the Black Sea, Russian strikes on grain ships are deliberately putting global food supplies at risk.
03:26Russia is also hitting Europe with a wave of increasingly kinetic hybrid attacks.
03:34With this, Russia wants to scare us away from supporting Ukraine.
03:38They will not succeed.
03:40And meanwhile, Shona, as foreign minister, they're gathered there in Windy Wicklow.
03:44The NATO Secretary General will be joining the Commission President here in her office for last-minute talks here in
03:49Brussels.
03:49What more do we know?
03:53Yes, so, of course, the two of them have decided to meet, given this development by the Germans, to say
03:58that this is really Russia's responsible for this.
04:01There's a direct confrontation now with Russia.
04:04Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, has said that she will do everything to support the
04:08Germans all across Europe as well,
04:10because we've heard that, you know, there's a consensus again that what Russia is trying to do is divide the
04:16European Union and NATO amidst all of these attacks.
04:19Now, what's very interesting, as we did speak to NATO sources yesterday, is that Germany hasn't yet triggered what's known
04:24as Article 4 process at NATO,
04:26which is calling for a formal discussion amongst NATO countries to decide how to best respond to these latest attacks.
04:33That hasn't happened yet.
04:33It could happen over the next while, but certainly from a European perspective and a Canadian perspective,
04:39there's full solidarity with Germany, and we'll see, I suppose, how Russia wants to respond.
04:44Nave?
04:44OK, Shona Murray, thank you so much for that live broadcast there.
04:47From Wicklow, now moving on in signs, the Middle East conflict is flaring up again.
04:52The US military has launched a new wave of attacks in Iran, and Tehran is responding.
04:57This comes as the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, urges world leaders gathered in Bishkek
05:02to bring the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to an end.
05:06Speaking to Euronews on the sidelines of the summit,
05:09Antonio Guterres said the meeting was a rare chance to put the case directly to the people who could act
05:14on it.
05:15I think that what worries us more is the fact that we have conflicts that seem never-ending.
05:22It's true in relation to the Russia-Ukraine, it's true in relation to the Middle East,
05:26both from Gaza to the Iran-US confrontation.
05:30And a very important message is to say, it's time to stop this madness.
05:37It's time for peace.
05:39And some of the key actors of these processes are here.
05:43And so I believe that this message to be given here is very important.
05:50For more on this, I'm joined now by our Ukraine correspondent, Sasha Vakalina.
05:54Just tell us, Sasha, how exactly does he see this war ending?
05:57That's exactly the question.
05:59When he said about some of the actors actually being there in that room in Bishkek,
06:02he was referring to Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who is indeed there in Bishkek.
06:07Now, when pressed by Euronews on how exactly Antonio Guterres sees this peace,
06:11and what exactly he means when he says it is time to stop this madness,
06:15he admitted that what he says, it means Ukraine regaining its territory from Russian occupation,
06:21not only the territory occupied since 2022, but also the one from 2014.
06:25Maybe let's take a listen.
06:50But the reality, of course, Sasha, is there's no sign of a ceasefire.
06:54There's no sign of substantial peace talks.
06:56And we've seen the violence for the last seven nights in a row, I believe, in Ukraine,
07:01and especially in Kyiv.
07:02Absolutely.
07:02There is no sign whatsoever that there is any easing of Russia's all-out war against Ukraine,
07:07despite all the pressure and all the calls from Western leaders,
07:10specifically, of course, from Washington, with Trump administration remaining kind of the only mediator
07:16for any sort of peace talks.
07:17In fact, over the past couple of days, according to Washington officials,
07:20exactly this peace process was the reason why Russia's finance minister was,
07:24for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
07:27invited to the G20 meeting in the US,
07:29the move that was widely unpopular among the other officials.
07:33The European finance ministers angered them.
07:35There was reaction coming from the EU economy chief, Valdis Dombrowski,
07:39and also from German vice chancellor,
07:42who said he confronted Russia's finance minister, Anton Silanov,
07:45over Moscow's war against Ukraine, saying that the war is raging.
07:51And as you said, over the past seven days, Ukrainians and also European officials
07:56have not had lots of sleep, lots of rest, with constant drone attacks.
08:00Moscow changing its tactics and using more of jet-powered drones.
08:03There was a harder to intercept.
08:05And people among those struggling with non-stop air raid alerts,
08:09with their lives fully disrupted,
08:11It was also EU's ambassador to Ukraine who went on X to express how her life has been
08:17over the past couple of days, saying,
08:20I do not sleep in my bed anymore.
08:21I fall asleep on a mattress in the bathroom.
08:24It is the safest place in my hotel room.
08:26The intensity of these attacks is becoming very difficult.
08:30People are exhausted.
08:31Cities are exhausted.
08:32The whole country is living under permanent stress.
08:35Now, in retaliation, in a response,
08:38Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that Russia should expect its airspace,
08:43civilian airspace, including, to be effectively closed,
08:47as Kiev is about to ramp up, to step up its long-range drone campaign
08:52against Russia military sites.
08:55Okay, Sasha Vaklina, our Ukraine correspondent,
08:57thank you so much for all those details.
09:00Now, moving on, as an October deadline looms for the European Union
09:04to rebalance its record trade deficit with China,
09:07pressure is mounting on Brussels to deliver results.
09:11Our chief Europe editor, Maria Tadeo,
09:13sat down exclusively with the man driving the negotiations.
09:16That's, of course, the EU trade commissioner, Mara Sefcovic,
09:19and she joins me now for more.
09:20Maria, we know that a team of European officials
09:23are actually in Beijing as we speak.
09:25What are they hoping to achieve?
09:26Well, yes, Maeve, they are in China and have been,
09:28but as I understand, they will come back today.
09:31And, of course, that will allow for a debrief
09:33on the big European question going into September,
09:36and that is what to do with China.
09:38We've seen that 1 billion euro a day deficit,
09:40350 or 60 last year.
09:43This is now for Brussels, not sustainable over time.
09:46There will need to be, or they need,
09:48a rebalancing by October.
09:51And that is exactly the question that I put
09:53to the man who's going to be at the driving seats
09:55in these very difficult talks.
09:57Of course, we have practically five to six weeks left.
10:01If there is no understanding,
10:02that could lead to retaliation from the European Union.
10:06And as I understand right now,
10:08there are two tracks to these talks.
10:10One is getting China to open up its market,
10:12but then the other point is very much about
10:14how to tackle the surging deficit
10:16and this barrage of exports going into the European Union.
10:20The very heart of the European industry is at stake.
10:23And I was very struck by the words of Madame Sefcovic,
10:26who told me, this is not just a trade story,
10:28it is super political.
10:29But the question remains,
10:31how do you get China to change?
10:33And that's exactly the question that I put to him.
10:35Let's take a look.
10:35I think first and foremost,
10:37we want to convey clearly the message
10:41and we made some very concrete proposals
10:45how to proceed to that the issue of the deficit,
10:49which is in the realm of 360 billion,
10:51is best tackled if you work on it from both sides.
10:55So what can we do to increase our exports to China,
10:59but also how we can better manage the exports from China
11:03to the European Union.
11:04So this is what we are currently discussing.
11:07Of course, it's an issue which would require clearly more time
11:12than until October.
11:13But what I think it's very important for us
11:15to have by October some kind of proof of concept.
11:18But when you say in October, what is that?
11:21Is that a firm deadline?
11:22Is that a cliffhatch moment?
11:24Is that the start of negotiations
11:25with something binding on paper?
11:28How do you know you have a deal?
11:29Will you be able to produce that by October?
11:30I think that in my ideal scenario to come back from China
11:34with the positive news that we have understanding
11:37how to deal with the surging deficit
11:39in certain categories of the products.
11:41This is how we are going to deal with them.
11:43And therefore, I would propose to continue,
11:48you know, the negotiations on other sectors,
11:52which would kind of bring us into the realistic path
11:55of how to rein in the surging deficit.
11:57So how are you going to make them do that?
11:59Because this conversation has been going on for months
12:01and some would say for years.
12:02Action should have been taken five, ten years ago.
12:05How are you going to break this cycle?
12:06I think that, as I said, we have now unprecedented intensity
12:10of our negotiations.
12:11I think we never talked to our Chinese counterparts
12:14as frequently, as intensely as right now.
12:17And I clearly understood also from my Chinese counterpart,
12:21Minister Van Gwentel,
12:22that this is also the preferred option to talk.
12:25They do not want an escalation.
12:26They have told you they do not want an escalation.
12:27Exactly.
12:28This is what we heard from them.
12:29But that's a great deal for them.
12:30They continue dumping and there's no escalation.
12:32But, of course, I told them that,
12:33look, if I will not bring tangible results by October,
12:37and this is something what was agreed mutually
12:39by Minister Van Gwentel and myself,
12:41because he understands if I kind of come back
12:44and tell them that we have a nice talk
12:46and we continue talking,
12:47of course, this would be not something
12:49to the satisfaction of the European leaders
12:51and European also, you know,
12:53captains of the industry.
12:55Because I told our Chinese counterparts
12:57that our discussion goes where beyond the trade,
13:01because now we are talking about
13:02future European industry,
13:04you know, how the European economy
13:05will look like in the future.
13:06And I would say, in the end,
13:09about the European social model.
13:11So this is super political.
13:12And, of course, every single prime minister,
13:16every single president of the European Union
13:18is very much concerned by this.
13:19And, therefore, we have to bring
13:20the good political solution.
13:23And was there an understanding from the Chinese
13:26that this time you will have the instruments
13:29and you will have the political unity?
13:31Because this has not been the case.
13:33And that's partly the reason why, to me,
13:35it seems until now, China does not fear retaliation.
13:38They do not think you will do it.
13:39I think that, at least my impression was,
13:44that the fact that this is really an urgent call,
13:47that this is not, I would say,
13:48the situation like we had, I mean, before,
13:52with half of the EU member states doing well,
13:54half of them suffering,
13:56that it's really, I would say,
13:58unified European approach,
13:59that this has to change,
14:01that we have to address this issue.
14:02And then I'm trying to do it through,
14:04I would say, the negotiations,
14:06but they have to bring us very concrete results,
14:09otherwise, of course,
14:10there will be a strong political movement
14:14to push for, I would say,
14:16harsher measures.
14:17Yes, and let's go into the final point,
14:19which is the Canadians.
14:21Canada is now in an unprecedented trade war
14:24with the United States.
14:25Tariffs through the roof both ways.
14:28And just very quickly,
14:29given the situation that they're in,
14:30this is going to hurt the Canadian economy.
14:32There's no doubt about that.
14:33The tariffs now are going through the roof
14:35and there's no idea or limit to the escalation.
14:38Do you feel the EU should intervene,
14:43try to mediate?
14:44You talk about a good relationship.
14:45They are going to feel the pain.
14:47I don't think that we are in a position to mediate.
14:52But at the same time,
14:53I know that they have such a close economic relationship
14:58that despite of current tension,
15:00sooner or later,
15:01there will be attempts to resolve it.
15:03Of course, I'm not in the file,
15:05but I know that this is very important
15:08for both partners.
15:10But we clearly are highlighting one thing for us,
15:15the tariffs are taxes.
15:16Taxes are paid in the end
15:18or by the economic operators
15:21or by the citizens.
15:23And we clearly are stating
15:24in all our trade negotiations,
15:26we clearly support free and fair trade
15:29with lower or no tariffs at all
15:31because we believe it's best for the citizens,
15:33best for the business
15:34and best for economic developments.
15:38Now, moving on,
15:40Romania is set to lose more than 700 million euros
15:44in EU funding
15:45after the government in Bucharest
15:46failed to deliver reforms demanded by Brussels.
15:50A deadline set for August the 31st
15:52has now passed,
15:54creating a bitter dispute
15:55among political forces and unions
15:57over proposed reform of public sector salaries.
16:00For the view from Bucharest,
16:01we can bring in now Dragos Pizlaru,
16:03Minister of Investments
16:04and European Projects of Romania.
16:07Good morning, Minister.
16:07Thrilled to have you with us here
16:08on Europe Today.
16:10So tell us,
16:10you've missed that deadline.
16:12The government has been in crisis for months,
16:14sliding further into economic abyss.
16:16Could this have been avoided?
16:19Absolutely.
16:20This is an important reform.
16:21Thanks for having me to explain
16:23a little bit about the background.
16:24This was part of the RRF,
16:28of the recovery program
16:29that is the biggest intervention of the union
16:32to recover after the pandemics.
16:36And the government had time
16:37from 2021 onwards
16:39to prepare that particular reform.
16:42Because of the election context,
16:44the parties in power at that time,
16:46especially the Social Democrats,
16:48have avoided to propose
16:50any draft legislation on that.
16:52And even in the coalition government
16:55that we had since June 2025,
16:58they failed to do that.
16:59So basically,
17:00we entered in a last-minute attempt
17:02to save it.
17:03And still,
17:04the costs,
17:05the political costs
17:05were considered higher
17:06than the hefty amount,
17:08770 million,
17:10that we had in the RRF.
17:11There was a split
17:13in the pro-European coalition,
17:16two parties.
17:16So the EPP and Renew
17:18going for adopting it
17:20and the S&D
17:21and the Hungarian minority party
17:23against.
17:25So what would be your message then
17:27to decision-makers here in Brussels?
17:29Can these EU funds
17:29still be salvaged?
17:31I mean,
17:33let's look at the half-full,
17:34half-empty part of the glass.
17:36We, Romania, right now,
17:38has managed to save
17:39the Recovering Resilience Plan
17:42because we started last year
17:45from less than 47%,
17:47and now we are pretty sure
17:49that we are going to get
17:49over 90% of the grants
17:52and over 95% of the loans.
17:54So there is a good image
17:57about how we handle the RRP.
18:00But, of course,
18:02the main lesson here
18:03is that we don't need
18:06to avoid these kind of reforms
18:07when we have such an opportunity.
18:09It will be far more difficult
18:11to adopt it.
18:12That's one thing.
18:13Second, for respecting
18:14Romania's commitments
18:16in terms of budget deficit reduction
18:18and so on,
18:18this would have been
18:19a very important piece
18:21of legislation.
18:22Right now,
18:22I'm relying on the wisdom
18:24of the political class
18:25to adopt
18:26still such a legislation
18:28because it's needed,
18:29but it will be much more difficult
18:31to adopt it
18:31outside the recovery process.
18:34And just a reminder of yours,
18:35why you desperately need
18:36these 700 million euros,
18:37why they're so important
18:38for the Romanian economy.
18:39I mean, it's very important.
18:41This was one of that measures
18:43that could contribute directly
18:45to reducing the budget deficit
18:46while allowing investments.
18:48Just to clarify how it operates,
18:50we had investments in schools,
18:53in hospitals,
18:54in highways, and so on.
18:56And all these investments
18:58could have actually added
19:00another 770 million
19:02available for the budget
19:04to compensate them.
19:05Right now,
19:06we need to finance it
19:07from the budget
19:08and that would actually
19:09be with an extract.
19:11Okay, Minister Dragos Pislaru,
19:13thank you so much
19:13for being our guest
19:14this morning here
19:14on Europe Today.
19:16And thank you so much
19:17for tuning in.
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20:01and see you soon.
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