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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.
00:48Meanwhile, 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.
01:13EU 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, 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 Gurita 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,
01:46where 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.
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, 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.
03:16This 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.
03:41And 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, given this development by the Germans, to say
03:58that this is really Russia is 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 it 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. It could happen over the next while.
04:35But certainly from a European perspective and a Canadian perspective, there's full solidarity with Germany.
04:40And we'll see, I suppose, how Russia wants to respond.
04:44Maeve?
04:44OK, 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, and Tehran is responding.
04:57This comes as the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, urges world leaders gathered in Bishkek to bring the wars in
05:04Ukraine and the Middle East to an end.
05:07Speaking to Euronews on the sidelines of the summit, Antonio Guterres said the meeting was a rare chance to put
05:12the case directly to the people who could act on 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, both from Gaza to
05:27the Iran-US confrontation.
05:31And 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, he was referring to
06:03Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who is indeed there in Bishkek.
06:07Now, when pressed by Euronius on how exactly Antonio Guterres sees this peace and what exactly he means when he
06:13says it is time to stop this madness, he admitted that what he says, it means Ukraine regaining its territory
06:19from Russian occupation, not 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, and especially in
07:01Kiev.
07:02Absolutely.
07:02There is no sign whatsoever that there is any easing of Russia's all-out war against Ukraine, despite all the
07:08pressure and all the calls from Western leaders, specifically, of course, from Washington, with Trump administration remaining kind of the
07:14only mediator for any sort of peace talks.
07:17In fact, over the past couple of days, according to Washington officials, exactly this peace process was the reason why
07:23Russia's finance minister was, for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, invited to the G20 meeting
07:28in the US.
07:29The move that was widely unpopular among the other officials, the European finance ministers, angered them.
07:35There was reaction coming from the EU economy chief, Valdis Dombrowski, and also from German vice chancellor, who said he
07:42confronted Russia's finance minister, Anton Silanov, over Moscow's war against Ukraine, saying that the war is raging.
07:50And as you said, over the past seven days, Ukrainians and also European officials have not had lots of sleep,
07:57lots of rest, with constant drone attacks.
08:00Moscow changing its tactic and using more of jet-powered drones that are harder to intercept.
08:05And people among those struggling with non-stop air raid alerts, with their lives fully disrupted, is also EU's ambassador
08:13to Ukraine, who 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, I fall asleep on a mattress in the bathroom, it is
08:24the safest place in my hotel room, the intensity of these attacks is becoming very difficult, people are exhausted, cities
08:31are exhausted, the whole country is living under permanent stress.
08:35Now, in retaliation, in response, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that Russia should expect its airspace, civilian airspace, including, to
08:45be effectively closed,
08:47as Kiev is about to ramp up, to step up its long-range drone campaign against Russia military sites.
08:55OK, Sasha Vaklina, our Ukraine correspondent, thank you so much for all those details.
08:59Now, moving on, as an October deadline looms for the European Union to rebalance its record trade deficit with China,
09:07pressure is mounting on Brussels to deliver results.
09:11Our chief Europe editor, Maria Tadeo, sat down exclusively with the man driving the negotiations, that's, of course, the EU
09:17Trade Commissioner, Mara Sefkovic, and she joins me now for more.
09:20Maria, we know that a team of European officials are actually in Beijing as we speak, what are they hoping
09:25to achieve?
09:26Well, yes, Maeve, they are in China and have been, but as I understand, they will come back today.
09:31And, of course, that will allow for a debrief on the big European question going into September, and that is
09:36what to do with China.
09:38We've seen that one 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 this 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 surge in deficit and this barrage of
10:18exports 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 Sechkovich, who told me this is not just a trade
10:27story.
10:28It 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 and we made some very concrete proposals how
10:45to proceed to that.
10:48The issue of the deficit, which is in the realm of 360 billion, is best tackled if you work on
10:54it from both sides.
10:55So what can we do to increase our exports to China, but also how we can better manage the exports
11:03from 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?
11:22Is 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?
11:29Will you be able to produce that by October?
11:30I think that in my ideal scenario to come back from China with the positive news that we have understanding
11:37how to deal with the surging deficit in certain categories of the products.
11:41This is how we are going to deal with them.
11:44And and therefore, I would I would propose to continue, you know, the negotiations on other sectors, which would kind
11:52of 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?
11:59Because this conversation has been going on for months and some would say for years.
12:02Action should have been taken five, 10 years ago.
12:05How are you going to break this cycle?
12:07I 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 Van Guentau, that this is also the preferred option to
12:24talk.
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 this is.
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, look, if I will not bring tangible results by October.
12:36And this is something what was agreed mutually by Minister Van Guentau and myself, because he understand if I kind
12:43of come back and tell them that we have a nice talk and we continue talking.
12:47Of course, this would be not something to the satisfaction of the European leaders and European also, you know, captains
12:54of the of the industry, because I told our Chinese counterparts that our discussion goes well beyond the trade, because
13:01now we're talking about future European industry.
13:04You know how the European economy will look like in the future.
13:06And I would say in the end on 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 is very much concerned by this.
13:19And 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 and you will have
13:30the 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.
13:39I think that at least my impression was that the fact that this is really an urgent call, that this
13:47is not, I would say, the situation like we had, I mean, before with half of the member states doing
13:53well, half of the half of them suffering, that it's really, I would say, unified European approach that this has
14:00to change, that we have to address this issue.
14:02And then I'm trying to do it through, I would say, the negotiations, but they have to bring us very
14:08concrete results.
14:09Otherwise, of course, there will be a strong political movement to push for, I would say, harsher, harsher measures.
14:17Yes.
14:18And let's go into the final point, which is the Canadians.
14:21Canada is now in an unprecedented trade war with the United States.
14:25We have to bring us tariffs through the roof both ways.
14:28And just very quickly, given the situation that they're in, this is going to hurt the Canadian economy.
14:32There's no doubt about that.
14:33The tariffs now are going through the roof and 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, but at the same time, I know that they
14:56have such a close economic relationship that, despite of current tension, sooner or later, there will be attempts to resolve
15:03it.
15:03Of course, I'm not in the file, but I know that this is very important for both partners.
15:10But we clearly are highlighting one thing for us, the 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, we clearly support free and fair trade with lower or
15:30no tariffs at all, because we believe it's best for the citizens, best for the business and best for economic
15:35developments.
15:38Now, moving on, Romania is set to lose more than 700 million euros in EU funding after the government in
15:46Bucharest failed to deliver reforms demanded by Brussels.
15:50A deadline set for August the 31st has now passed, creating a bitter dispute among political forces and unions over
15:57proposed reform of public sector salaries.
16:00For the view from Bucharest, we can bring in now Dragos Pislaru, Minister of Investments and European Projects of Romania.
16:07Good morning, Minister. Trilled 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, sliding further into economic abyss.
16:16Could this have been avoided?
16:19Absolutely. This is an important reform.
16:21Thanks for having me to explain a little bit about the background.
16:24This was part of the RRF, of the recovery program that is the biggest intervention of the union to recover
16:33after the pandemics.
16:36And 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, especially the social democrats, have avoided to propose
16:50any draft legislation on that.
16:52And 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, 770 million, that we had in
17:10the 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.
17:36We, Romania, right now, has managed to save the Recovering Resilience Plan, because we started last year from less than
17:4647%,
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.
18:01But, of course, the main lesson here is that we don't need to avoid these kind of reforms when we
18:08have 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,
18:50we 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 externist.
19:11Okay, 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.
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