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Europe Today: i ministri degli Esteri Ue si riuniscono, Berlino accusa Mosca per attacco con droni
I ministri degli Esteri dell’UE si riuniscono oggi in Irlanda dopo che Berlino ha attribuito a Mosca un incidente con droni. In programma anche un’esclusiva con il commissario al Commercio Šefčovič per Euronews e l’appello di Guterres ai leader mondiali a porre fine a tutte le guerre.
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I ministri degli Esteri dell’UE si riuniscono oggi in Irlanda dopo che Berlino ha attribuito a Mosca un incidente con droni. In programma anche un’esclusiva con il commissario al Commercio Šefčovič per Euronews e l’appello di Guterres ai leader mondiali a porre fine a tutte le guerre.
ALTRE INFORMAZIONI : http://it.euronews.com/2026/09/02/europe-today-i-ministri-ue-si-riuniscono-berlino-attribuisce-lattacco-con-droni-alla-russi
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00:14Buongiorno, è Wednesday, 2 settembre.
00:17I'm Maeve McMahin e questo è Europe Today.
00:20La giornalistica di europee e analisi live here on Euronews.
00:25Come up with drone incursions on European soil, assassination attempts and sporadic acts
00:32of sabotage, the EU is on edge.
00:35For more on these so-called hybrid threats, NATO Secretary General Mark Gurita will brief
00:40the Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, at noon today.
00:44This as EU foreign ministers gather in Ireland for talks.
00:48Meanwhile, the UN Secretary General urges world leaders to bring both the war in Ukraine
00:53and the reigniting conflict in the Middle East to an end.
00:57Speaking on stage at the Shanghai summit, Antonio Guterres spoke exclusively to Euronews
01:03at a tense time for the world.
01:05Meanwhile, the clock is ticking to an October deadline between Brussels and Beijing
01:10to seal a deal on trade troubles.
01:13EU 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,
01:27as EU foreign ministers meet 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
01:45Irish capital, that's Dublin, where our correspondent, Shona Murray, is following the talks.
01:49Good 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.
02:00We're about to hear from EU foreign affairs ministers in the next few minutes.
02:05They'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,
02:14to formally recognise Russia as responsible for that Leipzig airport attack.
02:19As we know, at the start of August, a drone laden with military-grade explosives
02:24was intercepted by German security officials at Leipzig airport.
02:28So far, there's been full solidarity all across Europe, the European Union, NATO and Canada
02:33for that decision by Friedrich Merz, the German Chancellor, to formally recognise Russia.
02:37It comes because there's been growing consensus across NATO
02:41that for the last few years, there's been below-threshold hybrid attacks
02:44all 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,
02:58and also ended the lease 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 Kallis, the EU foreign policy chief,
03:07who said that what Russia is doing is state-sponsored terrorism,
03:10but also is engaging in much more violent kinetic acts against NATO.
03:15This is terror by design.
03:18In 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.
03:48Here in Brussels, what more do we know?
03:53Yes, so of course the two of them have decided to meet,
03:55given this development by the Germans to say that this is really Russia's responsible for this.
04:01There's a direct confrontation now with Russia.
04:03Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission,
04:05has said that she will do everything to support the Germans all across Europe as well,
04:10because we've heard that, you know, there's a consensus again
04:13that what Russia is trying to do is divide the European Union and NATO amidst all of these attacks.
04:19Now, what's very interesting, as we did speak to NATO sources yesterday,
04:22is that Germany hasn't yet triggered what's known as Article 4 process at NATO,
04:26which is calling for a formal discussion amongst NATO countries
04:29to decide how to best respond to these latest attacks.
04:33That hasn't happened yet.
04:33It could happen over the next while,
04:35but certainly from a European perspective and a Canadian perspective,
04:39there's full solidarity with Germany,
04:40and we'll see, I suppose, how Russia wants to respond.
04:43Maeve?
04:44Okay, Shona Murray, thank you so much for that live broadcast there.
04:47From Wicklow, now moving on in signs,
04:49the Middle East conflict is flaring up again.
04:52The US military has launched a new wave of attacks in Iran,
04:55and Tehran is responding.
04:57This comes as the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres,
05:00urges world leaders gathered in Bishkek to 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.
05:44And 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.
06:25Let's take a listen.
06:26This is high time for a ceasefire and it is high time for a negotiation aiming at a just solution.
06:37And the just solution is for us a solution that is in line with the charter.
06:42It's in line with the international law.
06:45It respects UN resolutions and respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
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
07:15mediator for 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 U.S.,
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 of 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 and people among those struggling with non-stop air raid alerts
08:09with their lives fully disrupted is also EU's ambassador to Ukraine,
08:14who went on X to express how her life has been over the past couple of days,
08:19saying, I 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 response, Ukraine's president,
08:39Volodymyr Zelensky, 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,
08:50its long-range drone campaign against Russia military sites.
08:55Okay, Sasha Vaklina, our Ukraine correspondent,
08:57and thank 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 are actually in Beijing as we speak.
09:24What 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 on the big European question
09:34going into September, and that is what to do with China.
09:38We've seen that 1 billion euro a day deficit, 350 or 60 last year.
09:43This is now for Brussels, not sustainable over time.
09:46And there will need to be, or they need, a rebalancing by October.
09:51And that is exactly the question that I put to the man who's going to be at the driving seats
09:55in these very difficult talks.
09:58Of course, we have practically five to six weeks left.
10:01If there is no understanding, that could lead to retaliation from the European Union.
10:06And as I understand right now, there 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 how 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 Madov Sechkovic, who told me,
10:26this is not just a trade story, it is super political.
10:29But the question remains, how 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, we want to convey clearly the message
10:41and we made some very concrete proposals how to proceed to the issue of the deficit,
10:49which is in the realm of 360 billion, is 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 to 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 than until October.
11:13But what I think it's very important for us to 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? Is that a cliffhatch moment?
11:24Is that the start of negotiations with something binding on paper?
11:28How do you know you have a deal? Will you be able to produce that by October?
11:30Well, I think that in my ideal scenario to come back from China with the positive news
11:35that we have understanding how to deal with the surging deficit in certain categories of the products.
11:41This is how we are going to deal with them.
11:43And therefore, I would propose to continue, you know, the negotiations on other sectors,
11:51which would kind of bring us into the realistic path of how to rein in the surging deficit.
11:57So how are you going to make them do that? Because this conversation has been going on for months
12:01and some would say for years. Action should have been taken five, ten years ago.
12:04How are you going to break this cycle?
12:06I think that, as I said, we have now unprecedented intensity of our negotiations.
12:11I think we never talked to our Chinese counterparts as frequently, as intensely as right now.
12:17And I clearly understood also from my Chinese counterpart, Minister Wang Guentao,
12:22that this is also their preferred option to talk to the negotiator.
12:25They do not want an escalation. They have told you they do not want an escalation.
12:27Exactly. This is what we heard from them.
12:29But that's a great deal for them. They continue dumping and there's no escalation.
12:32But, of course, I told them that, look, if I will not bring tangible results by October,
12:37and this is something what was agreed mutually by Minister Wang Guentao and myself,
12:41because he understands if I kind of come back and tell them that we have a nice talk and we
12:46continue talking,
12:47of course, this would be not something to the satisfaction of the European leaders
12:51and European also, you know, captains of the industry,
12:55because I told our Chinese counterparts that our discussion goes well beyond the trade,
13:01because now we are talking about future European industry, you know,
13:04how the European economy will look like in the future.
13:06And I would say, in the end, about the European social model.
13:11So this is super political.
13:13And, of course, every single prime minister, every single president of the European Union
13:18is very much concerned by this, and therefore we have to bring the good political solution.
13:23And was there an understanding from the Chinese that this time you will have the instruments
13:29and you will have the political unity, because this has not been the case?
13:33And that's partly the reason why, to me, it seems until now, China does not fear retaliation.
13:38They do not think you will do it.
13:40I think that, at least my impression was, that the fact that this is really an urgent call,
13:47that this is not, I would say, the situation like we had, I mean, before,
13:52with half of the EU member states doing well, half of them suffering,
13:56that it's really, I would say, a unified European approach,
13:59that this has to change, that we have to address this issue.
14:02And then I'm trying to do it through, I would say, the negotiations,
14:06but they have to bring us very concrete results.
14:09Otherwise, of course, there will be a strong political movement
14:14to push for, I would say, harsher, harsher measures.
14:17Yes. And let's go into the final point, which is the Canadians.
14:21Canada is now in an unprecedented trade war with the United States.
14:25Tariffs through the roof both ways.
14:28And just very quickly, given 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, try to mediate?
14:44You talk about a good relationship.
14:46They 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, I know that they have such a close economic relationship
14:58that despite of current tension, sooner 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 for both partners.
15:10But we clearly are highlighting one thing for us.
15:15The tariffs are taxes.
15:16Taxes are paid in the end or by the economic operators or by the citizens.
15:23And we clearly are stating in all our trade negotiations,
15:26we clearly support free and fair trade with lower or no tariffs at all
15:31because we believe it's best for the citizens,
15:33best for the business and best for economic developments.
15:38Now, moving on, Romania is set to lose more than 700 million euros in EU funding
15:45after the government in Bucharest failed to deliver reforms demanded by Brussels.
15:50A deadline set for August the 31st has now passed,
15:54creating a bitter dispute among political forces and unions
15:57over proposed reform of public sector salaries.
16:00For the view from Bucharest, we can bring in now Dragos Pizlaru,
16:03Minister of Investments and European Projects of Romania.
16:07Good morning, Minister.
16:07Thrilled to have you with us here on Europe Today.
16:10So tell us you'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 a little bit about the background.
16:25This was part of the RRF, of the recovery programme,
16:30that is the biggest intervention of the union to recover after the pandemics.
16:35And the government had time from 2021 onwards to prepare that particular reform.
16:42Because of the election context, the parties in power at that time,
16:46especially the social democrats, have avoided to propose any draft legislation on that.
16:53And even in the coalition government that we had since June 2025, they failed to do that.
16:59So basically, we entered in a last minute attempt to save it.
17:03And still, the costs, the political costs were considered higher than the hefty amount,
17:08770 million, that we had in the RRF.
17:11There was a split in the pro-European coalition, two parties.
17:16So the EPP and Renew going for, adopting it, and the S&D and the Hungarian minority party against.
17:25So what would be your message then to decision makers here in Brussels?
17:29Can these EU funds still be salvaged?
17:31I mean, let's look at the half-full, half-empty part of the glass.
17:36Romania right now has managed to save the recovering resilience plan
17:42because we started last year from less than 47%.
17:47And now we are pretty sure that we are going to get over 90% of the grants and over
17:5295% of the loans.
17:54So there is a good image about how we handle the RRP.
18:00But of course, the main lesson here is that we don't need to avoid these kind of reforms
18:07when we have such an opportunity.
18:09It will be far more difficult to adopt it.
18:12That's one thing.
18:13Second, for respecting Romania's commitments in terms of budget deficit reduction and so on,
18:18this would have been a very important piece of legislation.
18:22Right now, I'm relying on the wisdom of the political class to adopt still such a legislation
18:28because it's needed, but it will be much more difficult to adopt it outside the recovery process.
18:34And just a reminder of yours, why you desperately need these 700 million euros,
18:37why they're so important for the Romanian economy.
18:40I mean, it's very important.
18:41This was one of the measures that could contribute directly to reducing the budget deficit while allowing investments.
18:48Just to clarify how it operates, we have investments in schools, in hospitals, in highways, and so on.
18:56And all these investments could have actually added another 770 million available for the budget to compensate them.
19:05Right now, we need to finance it from the budget.
19:08And that would actually be with an extra cost.
19:10Okay, Minister Dragos Pislaro, thank you so much for being our guest this morning here on Europe Today.
19:16And thank you so much for tuning in.
19:18That brings this Wednesday's edition to an end.
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