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Europe Today: Metsola w Euronews, Carney w PE wobec groźby ceł Trumpa
Szefowa PE Roberta Metsola mówi Euronews dzień po tym, jak Ursula von der Leyen proponuje Kanadę jako pierwszego stowarzyszonego członka UE, co Donald Trump grozi objąć bardzo wysokimi cłami. Premier Kanady Mark Carney przemawia dziś w Strasburgu.
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Szefowa PE Roberta Metsola mówi Euronews dzień po tym, jak Ursula von der Leyen proponuje Kanadę jako pierwszego stowarzyszonego członka UE, co Donald Trump grozi objąć bardzo wysokimi cłami. Premier Kanady Mark Carney przemawia dziś w Strasburgu.
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01:58And triggered reactions from Donald Trump.
02:00For more, we can take you straight over to Strasbourg, where our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo, is standing by for
02:06us.
02:07Maria, another big day for Strasbourg.
02:11It is, Maeve.
02:12Good to see you.
02:13And of course, good morning from Strasbourg.
02:15Today, the focus is on the Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney.
02:19He will address the European Parliament.
02:22This is a message to a very specific European audience, policymakers, MEPs.
02:28And it all hinges around that associate membership bid that yesterday both Carney and the head of the commission pitched.
02:36There are many questions around what exactly this associate status means.
02:41Is this going to be a new political partnership?
02:43Will this be an expanded trade deal, a sort of C.+++, or is this really a new way
02:49of doing politics, a new path forward for countries that may not want to join the European Union, but want
02:55to orbit around the EU?
02:58As I say, this message matters from the Canadian Prime Minister because he wants to cut through and speak directly
03:04to Europeans.
03:05That's what we were told yesterday.
03:07And you already see some reactions, certainly from the president of the U.S., who overnight threatened to impose new
03:14tariffs on the European Union based on this associate membership with Canada, if, he said, perceives this as a hostile
03:22act towards the United States.
03:24Of course, the timing and the context matters because Canada and the U.S. are locked in a trade war
03:29that shows no signs for the time being of escalating.
03:32And I should also point, to some extent, this underlines why the Canadians want this.
03:37They believe MAGA world means you either align to America's foreign policy or you get punished.
03:42I should also note, when it comes to the Europeans, yesterday, multiple officials that we spoke with, they were very
03:49keen on playing down the idea of retaliation, the idea of backlash from the U.S., saying that, in fact,
03:55Brussels and the United States already have a trade deal in place.
03:58Which, by the way, tripled tariffs on the Europeans.
04:01The U.S. got the better part of the deal.
04:04So you've been speaking to multiple officials.
04:06You also spoke exclusively to Roberta Metzola, the president of the European Parliament.
04:10What does she have to say, Maria?
04:14Yes, Maeve, we spoke exclusively on Euronews with the head of the European Parliament.
04:19She will be the host of that speech from the Canadian prime minister today.
04:23She said this is a complex, difficult world, and therefore you want to keep your good friends, like-minded partners,
04:29closely together.
04:31It's also interesting to me, and you're about to see it, she said associate membership.
04:35Yes, there are many question marks around how it works.
04:37Yes, it's not really in the books, but it could pave a third way for countries that want to be
04:44associated with the European Union, but cannot become members.
04:47She alluded to Australia, New Zealand, and I wonder, this is just my personal observation, but is there a debate,
04:54too, and a message aimed at the United Kingdom?
04:57Let's take a look.
04:59President, thank you so much for joining us on Euronews.
05:02The Canadian prime minister is about to address the European Parliament at your invitation.
05:06I also know you had a bilateral meeting yesterday.
05:10Why do this now?
05:11Why extend this invitation?
05:12Well, I think it was pretty impressive in a way that we would use, as a European Union, the State
05:17of the Union debate,
05:18the exchange with President von der Leyen to also do it with the prime minister of Canada.
05:24An ally, a friend, a country that shares our values, our love for democracy,
05:30our love for more trade, with specific emphasis of, as we saw, an openness that the European Union will show
05:38towards countries like Canada with associate membership.
05:40This is the reason why, as a European Parliament, we decided to open an antenna office in Oroa,
05:47which means that we will, as a parliament, intensivise our links with the Canadian Parliament,
05:54because we have so much in common.
05:56We sometimes vote on exactly the same thing at the same time.
05:59We work together across all political groups with the different colleagues in the Canadian Parliament,
06:06and I can only see that, if I can say, the way is up from here.
06:09The way is up from here, and you are the head of the parliament,
06:11so you know the treaty is, well, pretty much better than anyone here.
06:14I don't know what associate membership looks like.
06:17To me, you're either a member of the EU or you're not, and you're waiting to join.
06:21What's this new partnership going to really be about?
06:23Well, actually, we have different forms, both in terms of whether you have countries who want to join the European
06:28Union
06:29or countries that are part of the European Economic Area,
06:32and in this case, countries with which we want to deepen our relationship,
06:36and that includes Canada, and I don't doubt that that will also include other countries
06:41that will come and not only knocking at our door.
06:43Absolutely.
06:44We've already seen it, both in terms of legislation that we pass,
06:48where we see partners from across the world, Australia and New Zealand,
06:50being some examples of saying, look, we want to deepen our relationship.
06:54We're doing it in terms of trade.
06:56We're doing it in terms of conversation on what we do with social media,
06:59with children, with critical raw materials, alliances that can be forged.
07:03And I think in the global sort of, in the big picture,
07:06and that's, I think, what we cannot let go in this time of such uncertainty,
07:11is that friends matter.
07:12And if we can do more things with our friends, then let's do them.
07:16And just to pick up on this point for our viewers,
07:18because this is really a moment of transformation,
07:19you are saying that there could be a third way.
07:22You're not a country that's part of the EU, you're not a waiting-in member,
07:25there is now a third way that will open with Canada.
07:28Yes, absolutely.
07:28And in fact, one thing the Prime Minister...
07:29That's a huge transformation.
07:30Absolutely.
07:31And in fact, that we always believe, and we say it, and we're proud that we say it,
07:34that when the European Union faces challenges, we stand up to defy and be stronger.
07:40And I think this is one of those moments.
07:42And in fact, the Prime Minister of Canada said that the interest in him coming
07:46to address the European Parliament has been huge in Canada,
07:49not only because we're close as countries individually with all our communities there,
07:55because all the European countries have representatives or former citizens
07:58who moved there in the past,
08:01but also because we're so close in the way we do our politics,
08:04so close in what we believe that things can only improve.
08:07And we also see that reflected in the polls of Canadians when it comes to their impression of the EU.
08:11But I have to ask you, is this a partnership that is the result of legitimate interests
08:15or just born out of necessity?
08:17Because, of course, the timing is not a coincidence.
08:19There is a big trade war going on with the US and the Canadians.
08:22Is this a necessity or is this a real friendship?
08:25No, I think, first of all, it's always been a real friendship.
08:27We're not just discovering it now.
08:28Secondly, it's an addition.
08:31We're not talking that this is against anyone or any country in particular.
08:34But when friends come to us and say, let's do more,
08:37then we will be the first ones to fling open the door.
08:39And just a final point, you say this is not against anyone.
08:42Nonetheless, there is a concern that the president of the US could look at this and say,
08:46guys, you're teaming up against me.
08:48Do you fear that backlash?
08:49No, we have different trade relationship with different countries.
08:53We have a trade relationship and an agreement with the United States.
08:57And we will intensify our trade relationship with Canada.
08:59No reason for retaliation.
09:00You don't see any reason for retaliation from the US.
09:02No, no, no.
09:03We are equal partners.
09:04We want to deal with each other with equality, with dignity and respect.
09:08Well, President, thank you very much.
09:09Thank you.
09:13And as you can see there, Strasbourg is a hive of activity this week
09:16with all eyes on both Mark Carney's presence.
09:18And of course, Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech yesterday.
09:22The Commission President used her moment in the spotlight
09:24to pitch the case for a stronger, more independent Europe
09:27and even called for a new security form for the European Union.
09:31For more on the exact contents of these ideas,
09:33our Maria Deo spoke to European Commissioners responsible for the economy,
09:37trade, climate and defence.
09:39We are already two years in the new European Commission's mandate
09:43and if anything, the urgency of strengthening our security and defence
09:47has increased.
09:49As regards NATO, we have been emphasising from the very beginning
09:53that once we started to work on this area of security and defence
09:57at the EU level, which is relatively new,
10:00because obviously the EU is not doing this,
10:02that we are doing this to complement NATO,
10:05not to compete with NATO or not to contradict NATO.
10:08There is a lot of capacities we need to build up
10:10because we see the war in Ukraine has been turned into a drone war
10:16and also Russia is producing like millions of drones per year,
10:22so we certainly need to strengthen our drone defence capabilities.
10:27It's clearly underlying of the argumentation we are using
10:32vis-à-vis our Chinese partners.
10:34From the tonality of the speech of the president von der Leyen
10:37it's clear then that it will be a big disappointment
10:40and then the political interest will be to look for the solution
10:46through other instruments.
10:47We will fight tooth and nail for every job,
10:49for every workplace, for every company, for every factory,
10:53because we know that the industry is a fabric of European society
10:59and we know that all the revenue which is generated
11:02by our highly competitive industry
11:05is the contribution to the European way of life,
11:09to the European social model
11:10and therefore my message to my Chinese partners
11:14was that this scope will be on trade.
11:17The fact that Canada and the European Union
11:20both feel compelled to take such an extraordinary step,
11:24I think is a sign of the times we live in.
11:27The world is in turmoil,
11:29that many of the rules that we thought were holy
11:33and were to be respected, you know, no longer do
11:36and therefore you have to look for allies
11:39who share the same values, have the same outlook,
11:43have the same interests in geopolitics,
11:45in climate, in the economy, in trade.
11:48The CAC is a plan how to make NATO stronger
11:53because what this, you know,
11:55is an European defence architecture.
11:57What it will take care about
11:58is how to make Europe much stronger in defence
12:02and this is what our Transatlantic partners are asking
12:06with their concept of NATO 3.0
12:09where they are asking us, as Europeans,
12:13to take primary responsibility.
12:15Peace through strength means
12:16that Ukraine needs to be stronger
12:18and Ukraine can be stronger
12:20if we shall increase even that support
12:24which we are providing now.
12:26Very successfully, we are implementing
12:27so far to pay support loans, 60 billion,
12:30but it looks like that it's not enough.
12:36And now we can get some more analysis
12:37on that State of the Union speech
12:39and hear what was said and what was not.
12:41For that, I'm joined by our political correspondent,
12:43Jorge Librarero, who followed it very closely
12:45and blogged it live.
12:47Now, Jorge, yesterday we talked about
12:49whether or not Ursula von der Leyen
12:50was any good at reading The Room.
12:52How did she do?
12:54And will the speech move the needle?
12:56Will it make any difference at all?
12:57Can I be honest or is it too early in the morning?
12:59Be honest.
13:00Okay, I'll be honest.
13:01I don't think this speech in particular
13:03will move the political needle in a considerable way.
13:07Yes, she continued the topic of European independence
13:10that she introduced last year,
13:12but she didn't bring forward any elements
13:14that could tangibly push the idea towards a new step.
13:19We also saw headline-making announcements,
13:23the associate membership with Canada.
13:25We don't know what it means.
13:26It's a legal concept that she basically invented on stage.
13:29And we also saw this idea of the European Security Council
13:33and also a coordinating mechanism for hybrid attacks
13:37that immediately raised the risk of duplication with NATO.
13:41So I think her commission needs to answer a lot of questions
13:44before we can really judge these ideas.
13:47And what about support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia?
13:50We were expecting some announcements there,
13:51but we didn't get them.
13:52Indeed, this caught my attention
13:54because the situation inside Ukraine is very dire now
13:58with the new wave of escalation
14:00that Russia is launching non-stop drone attacks
14:02and also the blockade in the Black Sea.
14:05And she didn't say anything about new sanctions on Russia.
14:09In fact, she said that what we don't necessarily need
14:12is new sanctions,
14:13but the enforcement of the existing sanctions,
14:16which makes me think that her commission
14:18might be running out of fresh ideas
14:20or might be afraid of proposing new sanctions
14:23that then the member states might reject.
14:26And then regarding support for Ukraine,
14:28we know that Ukraine is facing
14:31very important budget deficit.
14:33And this is a problem that Europeans sooner or later
14:36will have to address.
14:37And of course, there was no mention about the Russian assets,
14:40but this I was expecting.
14:41So what is next now for Ursula von der Leyen?
14:44The speech marks the start of the legislative cycle, right?
14:47So it means that it's time to move beyond the hype
14:50and get to work.
14:51Ursula von der Leyen now faces an emergency situation
14:54in the energy markets.
14:55We've seen the latest numbers.
14:57Oil and gas are drastically rising
15:00because of the latest developments in the Middle East.
15:03European citizens are increasingly feeling the pain
15:06and European leaders are increasingly concerned about it.
15:09So I think they're going to be look at Brussels
15:11for new solutions.
15:12So keep an eye out on that.
15:14And then, of course, we have the fight over the EU budget.
15:17Von der Leyen needs to convince the leaders
15:19to keep the ambition high.
15:20And this is going to be a big task for her.
15:22That's going to be the real fight, Jorge Lodero.
15:24Thank you so much for your analysis.
15:26And now we can actually head back to Strasbourg
15:28to our Maria Tadeo, who's speaking to MEPs,
15:30who are reacting, of course, to that speech yesterday
15:32and anticipating Mark Carney's speech this morning.
15:35Maria.
15:37Yes, Maeve, we continue with those reactions
15:39from the European Parliament.
15:41And now we are joined by David McAllister,
15:43who is a German MEP of the European People's Party,
15:45but also the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
15:49of the European Parliament.
15:50You are, in some ways, the voice
15:51of this Parliament's foreign policy.
15:54So I want to ask you, to that extent,
15:57why do this now?
15:58What's an associate membership?
15:59Do you know what that means?
16:00I'm not entirely sure myself.
16:02Well, I think what an associate membership means
16:05still needs to be concretely defined.
16:08But I do understand that the Commission President yesterday
16:11wanted to underline that our relationship with Canada
16:14is very unique.
16:16Canada is the probably, quote,
16:19most European, unquote, country in the world outside Europe.
16:23And we have the trade agreement CETA on the one hand.
16:26We have our security and defence partnership on the other hand.
16:29So we have a solid ground.
16:30And now the Commission President wants to take our relationship
16:33to the next level with Canada.
16:35So in your view, is that going to mean a political partnership?
16:39Is this you take the CETA trade agreement and you add on?
16:42Is this something entirely unique?
16:44Mark Carney keeps saying this will be a unique partnership.
16:48When it comes to trade,
16:49we have the CETA agreement from the year 2017.
16:51And CETA has delivered concrete results,
16:54positive results for Canadian businesses
16:56and also for European businesses.
16:58I would like to call on the 10 member states
17:01in the European Union who still haven't ratified
17:03the CETA agreement,
17:04that they finally now make this step
17:07because until now,
17:08CETA is only applied provisionally.
17:13And when it comes to security and defence partnership,
17:16well, I also need to see room for further cooperation.
17:20For instance, how to have continued support to Ukraine,
17:23but also what can we do together
17:25to guarantee the security of the high north in the Arctic?
17:27So there are many fields from raw materials
17:30of a cyber security to a corporation in the Arctic
17:33where Canada and the European Union
17:34can still move closer together.
17:35And you call for the ratification of CETA.
17:38And that was my next question
17:39because we see the big difficulties
17:40to approve just a part of a trade deal.
17:43How does the head of the commission,
17:45your party, the APP, and the Canadians
17:47think they can get this partnership going?
17:48Because it seems to me they will have many hurdles.
17:51We're trying to understand,
17:52is this just politics?
17:54Is this just about creating a moment here
17:56because you have to create one?
17:57Because this is politics?
17:59Or ultimately, is this going to manifest
18:00in a real partnership?
18:02When? By when?
18:03What's the timeline?
18:05The CETA agreement is a so-called mixed agreement,
18:07which means that you need support,
18:09ratification of the national parliaments.
18:12And this obviously is taking too long.
18:13I'm very open here.
18:15It's taking far too long.
18:16I do not understand why some of our member states
18:19still haven't ratified CETA.
18:21But 99% of all the CETA rules
18:24are being applied anyhow,
18:25but they're being applied provisionally.
18:27But the final ratification of the CETA agreement
18:29would be a symbolic gesture towards Canada.
18:32That is for one point.
18:33But now we want to have, after we have CETA,
18:35I would say we need a kind of a CETA 2.0.
18:38Let's take our economic partnership to the next level.
18:41And hopefully, this will happen much quicker than until now.
18:45Okay, I have two questions.
18:47We're running out of time, but I have to ask you,
18:48do you fear retaliation from the U.S.?
18:50The President of the United States of America
18:53said overnight,
18:54if this becomes hostile,
18:55there will be tariffs on the EU.
18:58I think if the President of the United States
19:00had listened carefully to Ursula von der Leyen's speech,
19:02she would have understood that
19:03this is about strengthening the partnership
19:05between the European Union and Canada.
19:08It's not against any third country.
19:09And for the U.K., is there a way forward to, just briefly,
19:12is this now a model for the U.K.?
19:14Canadian associate membership?
19:16Well, first of all,
19:17we need to define what associate membership actually means.
19:20But apart from that,
19:21every cooperation format with a third country
19:23will always be tailor-made.
19:24Every third country has different interests
19:26and also different constitutional obligations to respect.
19:29Well, sir, thank you so much for joining us on Euronews.
19:33Maeve, we continue our coverage,
19:34looking down to that speech at 11.30 today.
19:36We do indeed.
19:37You'll be live from Strasbourg then with your special report.
19:39But that brings this edition of Europe to an end.
19:41Thanks for tuning in.
19:42See you soon.
20:04Bye-bye.
20:05Bye-bye.
20:06Bye-bye.
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