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00:14Untertitelung des ZDF für funk, 2017
00:30EU Finance Ministers are meeting in Ireland in a bid to rein in the spiralling crisis.
00:35With winter fast approaching, Euronews' Shona Murray sat down exclusively with Ireland's Finance Minister Simon Harris.
00:42We'll be in Dublin with an update.
00:44Meanwhile, at least 20 people have been injured and energy grids damaged after Russia unleashed a fresh barrage of missile
00:51strikes across Ukraine.
00:53Poland's Donald Tusk heads to Kiev today, just days after Russian drone strikes hit close to the Polish border.
01:00This, as President Donald Trump says, he's reached a crossroads regarding the war in Iran.
01:05And UN experts say there's no reasonable grounds to believe that the US committed war crimes inside Iran.
01:11Plus, Sweden's centre-right Prime Minister Ulf Christensen has announced his resignation after losing last weekend's parliamentary election.
01:20The move paves the way for left-wing opposition leader Magdalena Andersson to form a government, a task that could
01:27take months.
01:29But first, after receiving a rock star welcome in Strasbourg, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed the invitation to make
01:36Canada the first ever associate member of the European Union.
01:39Though he stopped short of seeking full membership or ceding sovereignty.
01:43The big question, of course, is what would this new status for Canada look like and how it would differ
01:48from existing partnerships?
01:49To dive a little bit deeper, our EU correspondent, Anja Skudens, joins me now for analysis.
01:54Just tell us, help us digest this news that, of course, comes after a very long week.
01:58Yes, good morning, Maeve.
02:00A mammoth week for European citizens as well as newsmakers.
02:03And it started well with a bang with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen taking the floor of the
02:08hemicycle in Strasbourg,
02:10using her agenda-setting State of the European Union address to surprise us all with this invitation to Canada to
02:17become the first associate member of the European Union.
02:20And to give you a little bit of insight into how the sausage is made when it comes to journalism,
02:25us journalists usually get embargoed copies of important documents such as this speech, and this invitation was not included.
02:32So this meant journalists like me, we leapt out of our seats when this was broadcast all around the world.
02:39But we're really left with digesting what this associate membership really means,
02:44and we're expecting the journalists to get underway with that today.
02:47And tell us, how was the reaction in Canada?
02:49Yeah, so Canada has been widely supportive of this.
02:54The Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, took to the floor of the hemicycle with his own speech.
02:58In between selfies as well as thunderous applause, he took to the floor.
03:03The middle power icon, he stated, he welcomed this alliance, but he skirted around the details of what this actually
03:09meant.
03:10But it would be forged on a partnership strengthened by energy, defence, security and trade and a touch of civility.
03:17Let's take a listen to what he had to say.
03:19I also want to be precise about what I am not proposing.
03:27I'm not proposing a third block in order to become a great power rival only with better manners.
03:36We do not seek power to dominate others.
03:40On the contrary, we are pursuing resilience so no one, no one can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty,
03:50threaten our territorial integrity or undermine our freedoms, our democracies, our rule of law.
04:25Mark Carney there yesterday in the Parliament in Strasbourg.
04:27We have spoken to, however, they weren't totally consulted by the European Commission President when it came to this pitch.
04:32So we're expecting some heated discussions certainly underway.
04:35When this is proposed formally to Mark Carney with the terms of the relationship, it will then go to the
04:41Canadian Parliament for those lawmakers to vote on it.
04:44But what is really clear is that while these geopolitical tectonic plates continue to shift with increasingly bellicose US President
04:52Donald Trump with that trade war with Canada, we expect Canada and the EU to become closer.
04:57But that is yet to be seen what that exactly means.
05:01OK. And just good. And thank you so much for that analysis.
05:04And now we can head to Dublin, where European finance ministers are gathering for two days of talks, joined, in
05:10fact, by their counterparts from Canada and the UK.
05:12This big announcement of a so-called associate membership for Canada, of course, top of the list today, along with
05:18spiralling petrol and diesel prices.
05:20Our correspondent Shona Murray is in Dublin for us this morning and joins us now.
05:25So tell us, Shona, what is being said about this prospect of a closer Canadian relationship?
05:32Well, good morning, Maeve. I mean, as Ireland is the president of the European Council, they were the first to
05:36welcome this.
05:38I mean, it makes sense. I think there's an acknowledgement across Europe that this is about the shifting nature of
05:42global politics,
05:43but also the transatlantic relationship of which the United States was the linchpin.
05:48But we know Canada is embroiled in a very disruptive trade war with the US.
05:52The EU has had its trade issues with the United States.
05:55We also have even heard overnight that the United States is due to with just 25,000 troops from NATO
06:02territory.
06:02So the US is no longer the ally or the partner it once was.
06:07So therefore, it makes sense that Canada and the EU would move closer together as like minded organizations, countries and
06:15so on.
06:16So that does make quite a bit of sense.
06:18And there's also a feeling really that we don't know whether this is going to be rooted in law or
06:24what the negotiations will emerge like.
06:27But for the moment, definitely welcoming news, Maeve.
06:30And as you say, Shona, the Irish were the first to react.
06:32And you actually sat down exclusively with the Irish finance minister.
06:35What did he have to say?
06:39Well, that's right, Maeve.
06:40I mean, all the EU ministers are here in Dublin for an ECOFIN meeting,
06:45but also they'll be joined by their Canadian counterparts, their British counterparts.
06:48So there will be discussion really about the windfall profits that energy companies are making as part of the chaos,
06:55the ongoing chaos, particularly within the Middle East.
06:58And there's been calls by some European capitals for taxes on that so that the exchequers in each country
07:04can then deliver a little bit of appeasement when it comes to people's energy bills.
07:09That's high on the agenda.
07:10Also, the future of AI will be very much up for discussion, although no major breakthrough.
07:17But I caught up with Simon Harris, who's Deputy Prime Minister and the Finance Minister of Ireland.
07:22And I asked him first about the negotiations with Canada.
07:26The actual meaning behind the phrase is something, quite frankly, yet to be determined.
07:29But it bothers us less because, you know, you can use whatever phrase you want.
07:34The good news here is that the State of the Union made a real signal of intent
07:37to have a much closer relationship between Canada and the European Union.
07:41And I think we can't gloss over that fact.
07:43The fact is that the European Union, in the speech delivered by the President of the Commission,
07:47where you really outline the big strategic projects for the time ahead,
07:50has identified a closer working relationship with Canada as a priority for the European Union.
07:54And then to see the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, respond in kind.
07:58Donald Trump has said it's a hostile act and he'll apply even more tariffs on both sides.
08:02This is not a hostile act towards anybody.
08:05This is a positive development for the European Union wishing to partner with Canada,
08:09which we already do, in areas of common interest.
08:11But, of course, we'll continue to economically partner with the United States.
08:14We have a trade agreement with the United States.
08:16A lot of painstaking work went into that.
08:18We saw it advance even further in relation to Irish whiskey
08:20and the decision made by President Trump to remove tariffs from that last week.
08:24We need to build on that and find more opportunities.
08:26So this isn't either or.
08:28Can I talk to you about Aachenish, the plant here,
08:30the Russian-owned plant that exports aluminium to Russia?
08:36We know it also exports across Europe, but obviously there's a real concern that that is found then
08:42in the defence industry in Russia, which is obviously prosecuting this war against Ukraine.
08:47Will Ireland sanction that, even if it isn't formally as part of the sanctions regime?
08:52We don't cherry-pick when it comes to sanctions.
08:54We stand with Ukraine.
08:56The European Union stands with Ukraine.
08:58Ireland is the president of the Council of the European Union, stands with Ukraine.
09:01And there's a war taking place on the continent of Europe, and we must stand with Ukraine for as long
09:05as it takes.
09:06The issue, though, in terms of what is sanctioned or not,
09:08is a matter in the first instance for the Commission to bring forward proposals.
09:11That's always been the approach we've taken in this country, sanctions at an EU level.
09:15I think it has served the collective European effort against Russia well.
09:20But we've been very clear, too.
09:22Illumina is not a product used in Ireland.
09:24It is, though, perhaps a critical supply chain for many parts of the European economy.
09:28The evidence is that the Illumina does make its way into Russia.
09:32I mean, Russia has a war economy anyway, so, you know, it does make sense that it would definitely be
09:37part of the war machine.
09:38Would it be something that Ireland would consider doing unilaterally?
09:41Ireland's approach to sanctions have always been to operate at a European level, and we've been consistent in relation to
09:46that.
09:47I think it would be rather odd for Ireland to adopt any other approach.
09:49We've seen spiralling prices when it comes to energy costs.
09:53It's diesel in particular.
09:55We heard Donald Trump say that part of the reason for the diesel high prices is Zelensky attacking Russian diesel
10:02infrastructure,
10:04not at all relating that to the war in Iran.
10:06Do you agree with that?
10:07No, I mean, the reason there's a major energy crisis in the world right now is because the Strait of
10:11Hormuz is closed.
10:12And the most pressing issue on the mind of all European finance ministers, and I think, quite frankly, most of
10:18our citizens across the European Union,
10:19and certainly here in Ireland, is energy prices.
10:21Energy prices at the pump, of course, in relation to diesel and petrol.
10:25Prices on the farm in relation to things like green diesel.
10:28But now, as you come into the winter period, the cost of heating your home and the cost of energy
10:32in people's home, too.
10:34And governments around the world, including in Ireland, are seeking to make interventions to assist people.
10:40But I always make the point, and would make it again today, the greatest economic intervention we could see is
10:45de-escalation in the Middle East.
10:47Your fellow finance ministers have asked you to look at a potential windfall tax for energy companies that are earning
10:52billions while everybody else is suffering.
10:54Can you tell us where you are with that?
10:56Is it something that you support?
10:57Our energy company is making extraordinarily large profits on the back of this energy crisis,
11:03and they're not making those profits on the basis of being more enterprising or being innovative.
11:06This isn't about rewarding enterprise.
11:08They're making the profits because of the chaos that we're seeing in the energy markets as a result of the
11:12strait of Hormuz being closed.
11:14So I will be working with colleagues in the first instance here in Dublin this weekend to have an initial
11:19conversation around a windfall energy tax.
11:25And sticking to that very topic, the World Economic Forum has published a new study circling out high energy costs
11:31as the biggest drag on European competitiveness with electricity prices two or three times more than competing economies.
11:38For more, we can head now over to Switzerland and bring in Andrew Caruana Galicia from the World Economic Forum.
11:44Good morning, and thank you so much for joining us.
11:47Just tell us, based on your research, how can this major problem be addressed?
11:52Thank you so much for joining us.
12:12But now, moving on to the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the Tech Commissioner Henne Verkunen
12:18have officially unveiled their EU Kids Act, proposing block-wide rules to protect teenagers online,
12:25especially from AI chatbots.
12:27To hear if people in this town support the idea, our Adnan Leal took to the streets to ask them.
12:41And in just a minute, we'll bring you that report that our Adnan Leal was out on the streets asking
12:46people here in Brussels if they're in favour of it.
12:49We'll bring you that in just a minute.
12:50But now, actually, we can speak to Cecilia Bonnefeld-Dal, that is the head of Digital Europe,
12:56the Brussels-based group that represents Meta, Google, OpenAI, TikTok and Microsoft.
13:01Good morning, and hopefully we can hear you and see you clearly.
13:05And excuse me to our viewers for the previous technical hiccups.
13:08Just tell us, what does Digital Europe feel about this law?
13:10Are you for it or are you against it, this proposal, I must say?
13:14Good morning, and well, Digital Europe represents around 65,000 companies in 35 countries.
13:23And I can tell you that the digital community of the digitalising industries,
13:28we are all in favour of protection of children.
13:32I mean, we have seen around 10 member states already putting forward proposals on how to regulate this.
13:39You have both Malaysia and Australia already who has regulated this.
13:46And of course, protection of children is high on our agenda across the board.
13:51And really, an alignment of the European regulations will be absolutely key.
13:57We cannot have that if you live in Denmark, your protection as a child is different from the one in
14:03Germany and Spain.
14:04So it is an absolutely crucial moment for the Commission to put this forward and to align across the board
14:12on how we protect our children online.
14:14Of course, part of this law would shift responsibility to the tech companies themselves that you, of course, represent to
14:19protect children.
14:20Will they? Will they self-police?
14:23I mean, protection of children online cannot be only one person's responsibility or one party's responsibility.
14:32It is a joint responsibility on public and private sector.
14:37And of course, we already have a lot of different protections in place.
14:43What is important now is that we find the right balance and that we actually get it to function.
14:48The biggest risk is really that if you are a child or parent, that you have to interpret 27 different
14:54national rules.
14:56And you end up being confused about what is allowed and what is not allowed.
15:00And then, of course, we need to be totally sure that we are not inventing something that we already have.
15:06We already have extensive platform regulations, the AI Act, the data protection in GDPR, the DSA, the AI Act and
15:17the GDPR, of course.
15:18And so the Kids Act really have to find that extra layer on top that is needed to give the
15:25right protections for children.
15:27And just last week, we heard that AI could wipe out humanity.
15:30How do you react to these comments?
15:34Well, I think we should say AI is a tool.
15:38And as any other tool, we need to find the right balance on how we use that tool.
15:44AI is also the only way that we can do online protection or that we can do cyber protection from
15:50big cyber attacks.
15:52It is the only way that we can cure cancer or make important optimization of what you're going to talk
15:59about in a second, the energy grid.
16:01So AI is basically a ticket to a lot of good things.
16:06But there are things that, of course, we need to look at how to avoid those risks.
16:11So without AI, there is also no online protection of children.
16:15OK, Cecilia Bonnefilt.
16:17Dal, thank you so much for joining us.
16:18And as you kindly pointed out, we will now continue to discuss the energy grid and the impact it's having
16:23on our pockets.
16:24Andrew Cairana-Galithia from the World Economic Forum is on the line there and can hopefully join us now.
16:31Now, just tell us, how can this issue be addressed, Andrew?
16:33We know that European gas prices are also currently four times more than in the United States.
16:48And unfortunately, we're still having difficulty crossing over to speak to Andrew Cairana-Galithia there from, of course, the World
16:55Economic Forum,
16:56the organization that represents the annual Davos Summit that takes place, of course, every year in January and sets the
17:04agenda for the year.
17:06And his report is, of course, available online to read at euronews.com and digs deep into the fact that
17:12two years after Mario Draghi came out with the report,
17:16only 15% of it has been implemented.
17:18Another, of course, major point in that is security.
17:21And I'm still joined here on set by our Angie Scugins, who covers security and defence for us here at
17:26Euronews.
17:26And it's just back, in fact, from Latvia last week where you covered that summit.
17:31And this week, Angie, in that State of the Union speech, we saw a big focus on security, on defence,
17:36and also this idea of potential security structure that could be created,
17:39with many MEPs complaining that that could actually rival NATO.
17:43Your thoughts?
17:43So, what I've picked up from my conversations with defence officials and the chatter that I've seen online
17:49is that there's a real risk of duplication here.
17:52We don't want Ursula von der Leyen's pitch of the European Security Council to rival NATO.
17:57NATO has been around for decades.
17:58It's got some very powerful members, such as the United States.
18:02They don't want this structure to potentially impede on the decision-making processes of NATO
18:07and to rival NATO without the United States, which is arguably the most powerful player when it comes to NATO.
18:13We also have seen so many groups set up with the task of ensuring Europe's defence and security.
18:19We've got the Coalition of the Willing, the Ukraine Defence Contact Group.
18:23Will another group rival all of these and also blunt the efficacy of these organisations?
18:30The European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, last year,
18:33also unveiled a huge amount of defence projects.
18:37We're talking about the Drone Wall Initiative, which was arguably a bit of a flop.
18:41We've seen so many drones enter Europe's airspace.
18:44So the real question here is whether all of these initiatives,
18:48including the European Defence Council, whether it can meet up to the hype
18:54or the promise of what von der Leyen has met, has stated.
18:59But that is truly yet to be seen.
19:00And we're expecting some more commentary to come through from those experts as well.
19:05And that's always the problem, isn't it, with those State of the Union speeches.
19:09In one way, she has to promise a lot, but then, of course, implementation is always key.
19:13And particularly when it comes to announcements coming out from the United States
19:17with the 25,000 troops that are going to be withdrawn, taken back from the European continent.
19:24Okay, Angela Scudins, thank you so much for your reporting.
19:26And, of course, to everyone here at Euronews, which was a very busy week.
19:29But that does bring this edition of Europe Today to an end.
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