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00:13Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE
00:34Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE
01:00A night train carrying well-known names, including Boris Johnson from Kiev to London, was forced to evacuate.
01:06We'll hear exclusively from Latvia's Prime Minister Andres Kulbergs on the growing threat from Russia and the pressure facing Europe's
01:14eastern flank.
01:15Meanwhile, Sweden went to the polls on Sunday in a knife-edge election that could see the Social Democrats' leader,
01:22Magdalena Andersson, make a comeback.
01:24That's according to exit polls. We'll be crossing to Sweden for reactions.
01:29And the French political firebrand Marine Le Pen has launched her 2027 presidential campaign in Calais.
01:36Eight months before the big vote, Marine Le Pen is leading the polls.
01:41And EU governments are already looking at how to Le Pen-proof the bloc's agenda in case she wins.
01:47But first, to Dublin, where the U.S. President Donald Trump has rounded up a two-day visit.
01:53While there, Donald Trump called for a united Ireland and blamed Ukraine for spiralling diesel prices.
02:00For more, we can go straight live to Ireland's capital of Dublin, where our correspondent Shona Murray is standing by
02:06for us.
02:07Shona, quite a twist there now with Donald Trump calling for a united Ireland.
02:11What has the reaction been there?
02:15Good morning, Maeve.
02:16Well, something of a bit of a builderman.
02:17Not because he said it, because lots of government officials have said that.
02:20Donald Trump frequently brings up a united Ireland to them.
02:24Has done since his first administration.
02:26He always says that north and south should be rejoined.
02:28But what was interesting is the frequency he said it.
02:31He said it here behind me at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in the Phoenix Park.
02:34He said it after a meeting with the Prime Minister, the Taoiseach, the President.
02:37He said it on his golf course yesterday.
02:39So there was a bit of intent behind it.
02:41Just take a listen.
02:42I won't cross any problem.
02:44But I will tell you, I'd love to see it unified.
02:47I have friends on both sides.
02:49Great people.
02:51They're Irish people.
02:52How can they be bad, right?
02:54It's going to happen eventually.
02:55So that's one of the occasions where he mentioned it.
02:57Now, we have to look at the context here.
02:59It's also, if there is a united Ireland, Northern Ireland has to leave the United Kingdom.
03:04Which is something the British government is very much dead against.
03:07And we know that the U.S. and U.K. relations have been deteriorating because of the war in Iran.
03:12Because the United States President says that NATO and the U.K. abandoned the U.S. when it was going
03:18after the Iranians.
03:19And we even mentioned this over the weekend.
03:21Once again, in that speech behind me here, he did talk about NATO and criticise NATO.
03:25And also, if you look at the wider context, we also know that the U.S. and Canada are having
03:30real problems.
03:32They're having a very full-on trade war.
03:34Canada is even, as we saw reportedly over the weekend, looking for an associate membership of the European Union.
03:39The Canadian Prime Minister is going to be at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
03:42So, this could also be a bit of a, you know, a dig at the European Union as well.
03:47So, there's also, we also have to just look at what Donald Trump is trying to do.
03:51Not just the unification issue that he does also desire.
03:55Maeve?
03:56And tell us, Shona, about Trump's comments about Zelensky.
04:01Yeah, that's interesting.
04:02He also said in his golf course yesterday, he said he told Vladimir Zelensky to stop striking at Russian diesel
04:09infrastructure.
04:09We know the Ukrainians have been targeting Russian oil and energy infrastructure as part of their retaliation for the full
04:15-scale invasion of Ukraine.
04:17Now, most experts would point to the fact that there's spiralling diesel and energy prices as a consequence of the
04:23war in Iran and not the war in Ukraine.
04:25But he's blaming Zelensky and the Ukrainians.
04:27Take a listen.
04:29Mr. Zelensky has to do one.
04:31He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia.
04:36Let him go after targets, but not diesel fuel, because he's causing a shortage of diesel fuel.
04:41This isn't done by the Middle East.
04:43This is done by what's happening with Russia and Ukraine.
04:45Donald Trump there and before are Shona Murray broadcasting live from Dublin.
04:49And, of course, as Russia continues its war against Ukraine, concern is growing among the Baltic states.
04:55For more, our Angela Skugin sat down exclusively with Latvia's Prime Minister, Andres Kulbergs, and started by asking him whether
05:03he expects Russia to step up threats against Latvia, and if so, when.
05:08I think the one who prepares for the worst has peace.
05:12And that's how you have to be.
05:13There cannot be any weakest link.
05:16We all have to remain strong.
05:18This EU's outside border towards the aggressor.
05:21It's the eastern flank.
05:23And nobody can be weak.
05:25We all have to be united in this.
05:27So, I've just came back from Kiev and met Zelensky, the new prime minister there, and I've seen a lot
05:35in the kitchen, how war is made and what's today on the table.
05:42And I can tell you that Russia is burning more men on the battlefield than they can recruit.
05:50So, the resources they put in, there is no output, there is no political win, there is no war win.
05:58But we don't, and I don't see today a potential capability of Russia having a second front line.
06:07I know that the Baltic nations in particular are spending a lot of their GDP on defense, but Latvia, Lithuania
06:14and Estonia are often referred to as chihuahuas.
06:17The inference here is the bark is more powerful than the bite.
06:21What do you make of that assessment?
06:23We were right, weren't we?
06:25Weren't we?
06:26We told everyone this is going to happen.
06:29We know in and out what the bear eats, what it thinks, how it functions.
06:36We knew.
06:36We've been 50 years occupied.
06:38We know the tricks.
06:40We know that bully is always showing the muscle and there's only one way by force.
06:45You can only deter it.
06:46But does that phrase not make you feel like some EU member states don't support the Baltics when it comes
06:52to Russian aggression?
06:53The meetings I've been having now last, I mean, four months now, a lot of them, eight in particular, I
07:01must say that there is a clear understanding.
07:03The commitment is not there behind because the politicians understand the societies are still behind of understanding the threat.
07:12So it takes time and it takes, unfortunately, things to happen, to shake up, to understand that Europe cannot live
07:22in an ideal world that World War II was somewhere in the past.
07:26We also saw a regional election in Germany, which resulted in the far-right alternative for Germany party, a pro
07:33-Russian party doing extremely well.
07:36How do you plan on avoiding this at the ballot box when the election occurs in Latvia?
07:41Simple.
07:42People, societies, are fed up with political blah, blah, blah.
07:49People need straight language.
07:52They need to hear the truth.
07:55They need to hear the certainty.
07:57They explain things simply, not cover up uncomfortable news.
08:03People understand.
08:05People will understand much better.
08:07And that's the problem.
08:08The connection is lost between politicians and the society.
08:12And the populistic parties not only are growing.
08:19Why?
08:20Because previously the social media, they can explain things more clearly with statements.
08:27But doesn't that mean that the centre is failing, though, if more people are turning to the right or, in
08:32some places, the far left?
08:33I think it's because the policies we've been in Europe has not made great policies, if we compare where we
08:42are now, energy sector, as an example.
08:45Industries have been outsourced way too much outside to China, I mean, as an example.
08:52We should have strong economy.
08:54That's what I'm saying.
08:55People, when the economy is weak and we need to invest with the weak economy into defence, that's not a
09:02good, great position to be at.
09:04Strong economy can bring strong defence.
09:07And that's an area where the vulnerability happens.
09:10The Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky, has come out and said that he needs an extra 23 billion euros to prop
09:16up his budget to address a funding gap.
09:18How far does Latvia's financial support for Ukraine go?
09:22Is it bottomless or does it end at some point?
09:26You touched on a very important subject.
09:29Do you know why it's gone up?
09:31Ukraine is attacked by ballistic missiles.
09:35And the missiles are being produced in Russia way more than before.
09:40What does it have inside?
09:41Western components.
09:43We're still supplying Russia in order for them to build missiles to attack Ukraine.
09:49And then we're helping Ukraine with more money in order to fight back.
09:54Maybe in the first time, first place, we should stop or put a full ban of those Western technological components
10:03be in the missile.
10:05Russia will not be capable of building it.
10:07Is that something that you would suggest?
10:08I was very open with that.
10:10I was very open on the meetings.
10:11I say, what is the purpose of sanctions?
10:14Let's put, do we want Ukraine to prevail to win?
10:18We want to stop the war or we just want to put sanctions just because of they sound well?
10:23No, we have to put the sanctions in and really execute them.
10:27And obviously that wasn't executed.
10:29There shouldn't be cutting corners.
10:31We shouldn't have make exclusions.
10:33But what was the EU member states, what was their defense for this to not be implemented?
10:38Because there are still interests, because societies are still not understanding the reality of the threat.
10:45We should prepare for the worst.
10:47And that's how you have peace.
10:51Now, moving on with most of the votes counted, it looks like the Swedish socialist Magdalena Andersson could become Sweden's
10:58next prime minister.
10:59That's according to the latest exit polls.
11:01For more, we're joined here on set by our political correspondent, Jorge Lebrero, on what seems to be a pretty
11:06rare victory for the European socialists right now.
11:09Jorge, how could this change the power dynamics here in Brussels inside the European Council?
11:13I would say that European socialists are today cautiously breathing a sigh of relief, because, as you said, this is
11:20a rare victory for them after years of losing power.
11:23And at this point, they've become a sort of endangered species on the continent, right?
11:29And let me put things in perspective so our audience understands.
11:33In the European Parliament, the socialists are still the second largest party.
11:37But in the European Council, where the real power is, they have only three out of 27 seats.
11:44So they're in a minority.
11:46And we know them.
11:47Pedro Sánchez in Spain, Mette Frederiksen in Denmark and Robert Abella in Malta.
11:52Now, if Magdalena Andersson forms a coalition and joins them, they will have four seats, matching the number of the
11:59Liberals.
12:00But still, the power is now tilted to the right.
12:02And where will she be sitting exactly, in the sense that who will she be closer to, either Pedro Sánchez
12:08of Spain or Mette Frederiksen of Denmark?
12:11Well, I think it's self-evident, right?
12:13Because the Nordic countries are always naturally aligned.
12:17They are politically like-minded by default, if we can say that.
12:21So we can expect Andersson to be very close to Frederiksen, also to Sánchez on matters related to climate action
12:28or social protection.
12:29But especially, she will be close to Frederiksen.
12:31And I can already tell you one topic where Sánchez and Andersson will disagree.
12:36The EU budget, which is now under negotiations.
12:39Andersson is going to demand across-the-board cuts to the proposal.
12:44While Sánchez prefers a more expansionary vision and has even pitched a fresh issuance of joint debt.
12:51So this is a no-go for Sweden, no matter who's in power.
12:55So we can expect a big clash there, but there will be also room for compromise and agreement.
13:00OK, Jorge, stay with us here on set, because I'd like to go to Sweden now and bring in the
13:04view from the historian, Professor Lars Trojard.
13:07Good morning. Thank you so much for joining us.
13:10Just tell us first, what is the feeling there in Sweden this morning?
13:12Was this outcome expected?
13:15Well, everybody knew it was going to be a very tight election.
13:19You know, the Social Democrats have actually made their worst election almost historically since the introduction of universal suffrage.
13:29And it's not clear yet, you know, what the result is going to be.
13:34They are relying on a very unwieldy coalition, including the left party, but also the centre party that is fundamentally
13:43a centre-right party.
13:45That is only part of that coalition because of resistance to the Sweden Democrats.
13:52So it's a very messy situation, actually.
13:54Messy situation, indeed, that we're trying to digest here.
13:57But it does seem clear that the far right will not be entering government, as many expected and were potentially
14:03reporting this weekend.
14:04Is this a rebuke from the Swedes?
14:08Yeah, I think that the irony, I think, right now is that the current government has been actually quite active
14:15and produced a lot of reforms.
14:18And the gang killings have gone down dramatically.
14:23So in some sense, they are victims of their own success at this point.
14:28And I think there are many Swedes, you know, who are voting against, particularly the Sweden Democrats, want to have
14:35a kinder sort of face to Sweden, right?
14:38They are happy with the stricter policies with regard to immigration and crime.
14:44But on the other hand, they also still like to be a bit of the moral superpower that they have
14:50been in the past.
14:51So I think what they like is to keep in place the reforms that have been carried out.
14:58But they also want to move on to other issues, perhaps closer to questions around the economy, you know, health
15:07care, education and so forth.
15:09So I but it's very clear what what government we're going to see is going to be a lot of
15:14negotiations coming up.
15:16The moderates, the more traditional right, the centre right party did extremely well as well.
15:24OK, Professor Lars Trågaard, thank you so much for joining us there live this morning from Sweden.
15:30And now we can head to Budapest, where Hungary's former Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, is showing his face in politics
15:36again after quite a long break.
15:38For the details, we can go straight now to Budapest, where our Hungary correspondent, Sander Giros, is standing by for
15:44us this Monday morning.
15:46Sander, great to see us there.
15:47Just tell us about Viktor Orban's speech this weekend.
15:52Good morning, Maeve.
15:54Yes, indeed, Viktor Orban, the former Prime Minister, was away for a long summer break after his crushing electoral defeat.
16:01He spent two months on vacations.
16:04And this weekend marked the big coming back of Orban.
16:08At least this is what he wanted.
16:10He had a speech in a small village called Köcce in Western Hungary.
16:15The speech was behind closed doors, completely secret.
16:19But we have several leaks, and Orbán himself shared a short video.
16:25So basically the content is that he denied the corruption allegations.
16:29He said his former government members are completely clean.
16:33He accused the government of Peter Magyar of selling out the country to foreign companies.
16:39and he asked his Fidesz party members to step up the fight against Magyar and to attack more aggressively.
16:47Let's take a look at what he said.
16:51The time for national resistance has come.
16:53Patience is over.
16:54Fairness is over.
16:55All unilateral gestures are over.
16:57We must take up the gauntlet and fight.
17:01Viktor Orban there.
17:02And Shander, just tell us, what is his strategy now?
17:05Does he have a real chance of ever coming back into power, do you think?
17:10Well, that would be difficult, because Orbán is one of the most unpopular politicians right now in Hungary,
17:18and his Fidesz party is polling around 20% only, much lower than at the elections time.
17:26Peter Magyar still has a very high popularity, although his support dropped a few points lately.
17:34But nevertheless, Orbán's strategy is that, you know, because of the high fuel prices and the big budgetary deficit,
17:42Magyar will lose his popularity.
17:45He will lose his popularity, and this will open an opportunity for Orbán to gain popularity.
17:55And for the moment, I don't see Orbán coming back to the top of the Hungarian politics anytime soon.
18:03But definitely, this political season, starting in September, will be very, very heated.
18:09OK, Shander's ear is Hungarian politics always keeping us on the edge of our seats.
18:14Thank you so much for that.
18:15And now, finally, just briefly to London, where the EU flag seems to be making quite a comeback.
18:20The 12 gold stars of the European Union flag made an appearance at the famous proms.
18:25this weekend.
18:26The classical music festival saw endless EU flags actually outnumbering Union Jacks,
18:31putting the UK's relationship with Brussels in the spotlight.
18:34Our Jorge Liberero is here on set and was keeping an eye on this.
18:37That sounds quite a positive message, perhaps, to Brussels and to the EU right now.
18:41Jorge, what do you think?
18:42I've seen these images, and I have to tell you,
18:45I think they perfectly illustrate the political failure of Brexit.
18:49I'm stressing the word political here, because Brexit, as a legal bureaucratic process, is complete.
18:55The UK left the EU, that's clear.
18:58But as a political process, it's still incomplete, because the country,
19:03a share of the country, is very much attached to the idea of EU membership.
19:08It's still very high in the minds of many citizens, as we can see in the images.
19:12So the identity crisis caused by Brexit remains unresolved.
19:17And this is a problem for any prime minister.
19:19Indeed, and that's why these images are causing quite an outrage,
19:22among many others in the United Kingdom.
19:24Jorge Liberero, thank you so much for your analysis.
19:26And thank you so much for tuning in to us this Monday morning here on Euronews.
19:30That brings this edition of Europe Today to an end.
19:33For more news and analysis, do visit Euronews.com.
19:36But for now, take care, thanks for watching, and stay with us here on Euronews.
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