00:00Ukrainian president launched a new regional cooperation framework with seven neighboring
00:04countries dubbed the Carpathian 8 in an effort to stock regional investment.
00:10French president condemned what he calls Russia's intent to undermine efforts to support the
00:14Ukrainians. Emmanuel Macron also announced his intention to convene a G7 meeting devoted to energy.
00:21Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky launched a new regional cooperation framework with seven
00:27neighboring countries on Friday in an effort to stock regional investment. The initiative dubbed
00:33the Carpathian 8 or C8 brings together Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech
00:40Republic, Austria and Hungary with the European Union also taking part. Zelensky identified transport
00:47and logistics, military mobility, critical minerals and trade and investment as priority areas of
00:53cooperation. The Carpathian macro region is a natural European gateway for routes coming from the
01:01South Caucasus and Asia through the Black Sea. And these routes are active today and they will remain
01:08active in the future. According to summit organizers, some 90 joint projects requiring an estimated 9.4
01:16billion euros in investment were pitched to investors during the summit.
01:25French president Emmanuel Macron has condemned what he calls Russia's intent to intimidate and to
01:31undermine efforts to support the Ukrainians. He also announced his intention to convene a G7 meeting
01:38devoted to energy issues. The French president was speaking after a confidential meeting at the Elysee
01:43with the main presidential candidates or their closest associates.
01:47I want to say that the nature of the Russian aggressiveness and these threats in Europe change.
01:54The drone attack on a passenger train since Kiev, a few days ago,
02:01the attempt to attack on the Leipzig airport, which has failed, but it is because it has failed that there
02:07is so
02:08little consequences. On the fuel prices, Emmanuel Macron told the candidates that the rise in prices
02:14is not the result of government decisions. The blockages in the Strait of Hormuz and more recently
02:19in the Babel-Monded Strait have direct consequences, Macron wrote on the social media platform X.
02:31Sweden's parliamentary speaker tasked social democrats leader Magdalena Andersson on Friday with forming a government.
02:39It comes after her opposition alliance narrowly defeated the right wing block in elections.
02:43And my budget to him has been that I am responsible for that I am responsible for
02:51to begin the work of building a new government.
02:55A government that can improve the direction that the people who have voted for.
03:01A government that takes the world forward.
03:05And I have also understruckit for the government that I want to lead the world in a new
03:12cooperation. And that my ambition is to seek a broad cooperation. And I don't want to take
03:20conflict for the purpose of the conflict.
03:23Andersson is expected to look to build a government with three other alliance parties,
03:28which together with the social democrats now hold a three-seat majority. If they can find an
03:34agreement it would see Andersson take over as prime minister in the coming weeks. Although she will likely
03:40face tricky negotiations as key differences remain between the four parties.
03:51Luxembourg has deepened the deadlock over the EU's sanction list renewal,
03:55tying a French demand to delist Russian businessman Alisha Ousmanov to the case of Mikhail Friedman,
04:01who is suing the Grand Duchess over his frozen assets. Last week, Paris joined Slovakia in
04:07demanding the removal of Ousmanov from the sanctions list pending renewal. Now Luxembourg says that if
04:13Ousmanov comes off the list, Friedman should too. Slovakia has long pushed to delist both Ousmanov and
04:19Friedman, oligarchs whom Brussels placed on the sanctions list for being close to the Kremlin.
04:24Both men denied the allegations. Earlier this week it also emerged that France's request to
04:29delist Ousmanov was intended as a trade for the release of French citizens detained in Azerbaijan.
04:35Under EU rules, the list of the 1,600 sanctioned entities and individuals must be renewed with
04:42the unanimous support of the bloc's member states every six months. The deadline was set to expire on
04:47Tuesday, but was extended by one week to allow time for a diplomatic solution.
04:59In exclusive comments to Euronews, the Australian government has responded to European Parliament
05:04President Robert R. Metzola's hint that Australia and New Zealand could also be invited to be
05:09associate members of the European Union. While the Australian government spokesperson stressed that the
05:16country's relationship with the EU has never been stronger or more important, they said the country
05:21is focusing on finalising the EU-Australia trade deal which was concluded last March in order to bring
05:27the two even closer together. The Australian government added that the deal is a once-in-a-generation
05:34agreement that gives its farmers, exporters, producers and businesses access to 27 EU member
05:40countries and 450 million consumers. Meanwhile, the New Zealand government also responded to reports of
05:47itself being invited to become an associate member of the EU, clarifying in comments to Reuters that
05:53there have been no discussions for it to join.
06:00On Friday, Spanish authorities began moving thousands of migrants to a new facility in Suta,
06:06with police struggling to maintain order as people fought to secure a spot at the new site after weeks
06:12of living on the beaches and streets. The transfer quickly became difficult to manage. The number of
06:19migrants sharply increased as they joined up, with some breaking into Iran as officers worked to contain
06:25the crowd. It comes after Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Alvarez presented a package of measures
06:32this week aimed at moving towards the full integration of Suta and Melilla into the European Union.
06:38The measures include establishing a permanent seat for Suta and another for Melilla in the European
06:44Committee of the regions, as well as increasing Frontex's presence in both territories, according to a
06:50statement from the Foreign Ministry. The government is also working to ensure specific treatment for
06:57Suta and Melilla in the next EU budget.
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