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Europe Today: Merz di nuovo sotto pressione, il maxi attacco ucraino su Mosca
Il cancelliere tedesco Friedrich Merz è di nuovo sotto pressione dopo il crollo della CDU alle regionali di domenica, mentre l'Ucraina lancia il suo più grande attacco di droni su Mosca. Europe Today segue anche le tensioni Iran-USA e il piano di Meloni sul burqa.
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Il cancelliere tedesco Friedrich Merz è di nuovo sotto pressione dopo il crollo della CDU alle regionali di domenica, mentre l'Ucraina lancia il suo più grande attacco di droni su Mosca. Europe Today segue anche le tensioni Iran-USA e il piano di Meloni sul burqa.
ALTRE INFORMAZIONI : http://it.euronews.com/2026/09/21/europe-today-merz-di-nuovo-sotto-pressione-il-maxi-attacco-ucraino-colpisce-mosca
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00:15Good morning, it's Monday, September 21st, you're watching Euronews and this is Europe Today.
00:22Coming up, following Russian strikes on Kiev, Ukrainian forces started their largest scale
00:28attack on Moscow since the beginning of the war. More than 1,000 drones were launched, killing
00:33at least two people and damaging a major oil refinery, according to the mayor of Moscow.
00:39The attacks came as Russians headed to the polls for the first parliamentary elections
00:43since 2022. A vote that President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party is widely expected
00:50to win.
00:51The far right in Germany continues its political rise. In crucial state elections in East Germany,
00:57the AfD party scored big gains, but not enough to seize power. The Christian Democrats of
01:03Friedrich Merz suffered heavy losses, which will only increase the political pressure
01:07on the Chancellor. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the AfD came in first, closely followed by the
01:13Social Democrats, and the CDU missing the 5% hurdle. The city-state of Berlin saw a win
01:20by the left, with the AfD ending up third. We'll go live to the German capital.
01:25Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced that the government is preparing a bill that would
01:31ban burqas and kneecaps in school and limit the number of foreign pupils in each class.
01:36Italy hats to the polls next year, with competition intensifying to the right of Meloni's party.
01:42Several European countries, including France and Belgium, already ban face coverings in public places.
01:48And as tensions are escalating in the Middle East, Iran has threatened Washington and its allies in
01:55the region with renewed strikes should the U.S. resume action against Tehran. The warning followed reports
02:02the White House was preparing fresh attacks on Iran. Meanwhile, U.S. embassies across the Middle East issued
02:08security alerts and President Trump cut short a visit to Camp David without explanation. We'll speak
02:14with our correspondent in Doha. Welcome to the program. I'm Stefan Grobe. The war in Ukraine shows
02:22no sign of abating. Over the weekend, Ukrainian forces launched massive drone strikes against Moscow
02:28and its region and also claimed territorial gains in a key area of Donetsk. This came after weeks of
02:36relentless Russian attacks on targets in Ukraine. Let's bring in Federico Borsari now, a fellow with the
02:42Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis, who joins us from
02:48Paris. Good morning and thanks for coming on. Thanks for having me. Good morning. So Ukraine is hitting
02:56Moscow, attacking another refinery on the day of Russia's parliamentary election. How is Putin going to react?
03:03Should we expect another Russian offensive? I think we definitely should expect Russian further
03:12attacks in Ukraine. This has been ongoing for more than four years now, so I don't see any sign that
03:20Russia will try to negotiate or will try to diminish its pressure on Ukraine. We should expect more
03:28missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian critical infrastructure against Ukrainian cities and
03:35villages. And also we are, you know, approaching the winter. So there will be that definitely an attempt
03:44by Russia to destroy and damage even more the power grid and the critical infrastructure of Ukraine in
03:52order to try to ban the population and diminish, you know, the willingness of Ukrainians to continue
03:58to resist. And what about Russian hybrid attacks on Western Europe? Will the situation deteriorate here
04:05too? We just had stark warnings from France, from President Macron and even from Marine Le Pen.
04:13Yes, I think the trend is that Russia is trying to increase the pressure also on European capitals and
04:21and European allies. It's trying to, you know, increase also the hybrid attacks. And in this sense, I think the
04:32trend is clear. There is an increase in, you know, subversion, sabotage operations, hybrid attacks and cyber
04:42attacks as well. On the other hand, I don't see signs of potential conventional attack by Russia, also because, you
04:51know, it needs significant preparation for that. But I think many leaders across Europe and many intelligence services are
05:02converging on the fact that Russia is trying to increase the pressure and to
05:09see if there are ways to, you know, weaken European willingness to support Ukraine.
05:17All right, Federico Borsari from the Center for European Policy Analysis. Thank you very much for your insights.
05:24And out to Germany, where the latest political trend continues. In two more regional elections,
05:30the far-right AFD party made significant gains, though it did not come anywhere near gaining power.
05:36The parties represented in the federal government, Christian Democrats and Social Democrats are facing
05:42difficult times, even more difficult than before. Let's head straight to Berlin, where our correspondent
05:48Laura Fleischmann has the latest for us. Good morning, Laura. So what are the key takeaways from
05:54from yesterday's elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania?
06:01Good morning, Stefan. And well, the results are very different, but they do share one common thread,
06:06and that is that the parties of the federal government here in Germany, the conservative
06:10CDU and the Social Democrats, the SPD, are losing ground. And at the same time, the parties at both ends
06:16of the
06:17political spectrum are gaining support. Here in Berlin, the left party won the election at around a quarter of
06:22the vote, with the CDU in second place at around 19 percent, and the SPD has been reduced to around
06:2812 percent,
06:28which is a historic loss for them in the capital. The AFD had also some significant gains here in Berlin.
06:34And looking at Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, it has been a very tight race between the far-right
06:39AFD and the SPD until the very last second. Now the AFD came out on top, but they will likely
06:44not be able to
06:46to form a government since they are lacking a coalition partner. Far behind are all the other
06:51parties, among them the CDU, which will no longer be part of the state parliament, since it didn't
06:56manage to take the 5 percent threshold. That is quite remarkable. I mean,
07:01Chancellor Mertz is in trouble. Just how big is this trouble?
07:08This was, of course, a devastating result for him and his party. He called it a disaster
07:12before he even knew that his party will no longer be part of the state parliament. Nevertheless,
07:17he wants to keep going and wants to push down on his reform cause even harder, even though it is
07:22responsible for a lack of support from voters. There's been quite a lot of tension within the
07:26CDU with some party members calling for him to step down or for him to be swapped out for another
07:32chancellor. But as I said, he wants to keep going. And there's now a lot of pressure within his
07:36coalition partner, the SPD, as well. All right, Laura Fleischmann with the latest. Thank you very much.
07:42And we're staying in Germany. What do these election results mean for the country and for Europe?
07:48To find out, we're now joined by Sabrina Repp, a member of the European Parliament for the Social
07:53Democrats, who hails from Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania. Good morning. Great to have you here.
07:59Good morning. Thank you very much for the invitation.
08:02So we're seeing the same trend that we saw in Saxony-Anhalt two weeks ago. The AFD scores big
08:08gains and the parties of the federal government are being marginalized. How much pressure can
08:13Friedrich Merz's coalition sustain? At what point is its collapse inevitable?
08:20Yes. So there is lots of pressure to the coalition in Berlin. And what we saw is when you are
08:25looking
08:26to the results since the European Parliament, since the elections of the European Parliament,
08:30there you can see, especially in the eastern part of Germany, a really much increase of the results of
08:38the AFD, over 30%. So it is not that something is, it is not that it is new. So we
08:45see it since the
08:46elections of the European Parliament. But now we see that lots of people lost their trust in the
08:54in the federal government. And these are the results also for the state parliament elections.
09:00Would the Social Democrats support the Christian Democrats replacing Merz by somebody else?
09:07So this is something we need to discuss, because there is lots of pressure. But we need to really
09:13look, these are now our results for the local elections. And here it is the most important thing,
09:20that we now stabilized the situation, and that we can have a good coalition in the different federal,
09:29in the different state parliaments. And for that, we need to see how we can end up in this special
09:36situation. And then we can see what is going on in Berlin. But there is lots of pressure. And something
09:42that was really new is that Friedrich Merz gave an interview directly after they represent the results of
09:49the elections. And there you can see there is lots of pressure.
09:53All right, Sabrina Reb, Social Democratic Member of the European Parliament. Thank you for sharing your
09:58thoughts with us. In the Persian Gulf, the situation remains murky, despite the escalating rhetoric on both
10:06sides. Is there really no perspective for a peaceful solution? The Iranian president and foreign minister were
10:12given visas by the US government to attend the UN General Assembly in New York this week. That could be
10:18a
10:19positive signal. Could be. For more on this, I'm now joined by our correspondent Adel Halim in Doha. Good morning.
10:28Good morning, Stefan.
10:30So, Adil, President Trump addresses the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. What will the Gulf countries be listening for?
10:40Stefan, the big question is, what does President Trump say about Iran? Does he see a way out of this
10:44war
10:44through diplomacy or is more military action still on the table? Because right now we're hearing both.
10:50Trump has again threatened Iran with more military action if there's no deal. But he's also said he's
10:55willing to meet Iranian President Massoud Pazeshkian in New York. And diplomatic channels are still open.
11:00Iran says it sent Washington its conditions for ending the war through Qatar. Those include ending the
11:06fighting, releasing frozen Iranian assets and ending the US naval blockade. And Tehran says the Strait of Hormuz
11:11will remain closed until those conditions are met. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakji is on his way
11:17to New York with a stop here in Doha for talks on the latest developments. So there is a lot
11:22happening
11:22behind the scenes. Both sides are talking about diplomacy, but both sides are also saying the
11:26situation could get potentially worse. And Gulf countries will be listening tomorrow to see any
11:30indication on which direction US President Donald Trump wants to go.
11:34And Donald Trump is also expected to meet Gulf leaders in New York. What will they want from
11:40that meeting? Well, I think the first thing is clarity. What is Washington's endgame? And what
11:46happens to security in the region when this war eventually ends? Because the situation became much
11:51more serious over the weekend. Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile targeting
11:57Riyadh on Saturday and flames and thick smoke were seen near the city's main international airport.
12:03The Houthis are warning that their attacks on Saudi Arabia will continue. So the stakes are very high
12:08here. Qatar's Prime Minister described the fallout from the war on Sunday as a quote earthquake,
12:14saying it had challenged assumptions on security and stability. So the question for Gulf leaders
12:18is simple. Does Trump have a path out of this war or is the region heading for more escalation?
12:23And either way, what comes next? All right. Thank you very much, Adel Halim in Doha.
12:29And now to a different sort of conflict. In the city of Brussels, shootings related to drug
12:35trafficking have become routine over the past couple of years. There were over 100 in 2025 alone and
12:42more than 65 shootings so far already this year. Just a few weeks ago, one particular neighborhood saw
12:49three shootings in as many days. Many are already comparing Brussels to scenes from major US cities.
12:56really? Is Brussels starting to resemble Detroit or Chicago more and more? Now, who better to address
13:04this question than the US ambassador to Belgium who joins me now on the set? Welcome, Bill White.
13:11Hi, Stefan. How are you? Nice to see you.
13:13I'm very good. Thank you so much. So is Brussels looking more and more like Chicago? Do you still feel
13:20safe here?
13:20Oh, yeah. Well, I feel safe. It's not it's not fair to ask me if I feel safe because I
13:27am very grateful
13:28to the Belgian federal police who are who are here in the studio with me. They're wonderful men and women
13:35who are serving their country. They are also very frustrated with the crime here. There are certain
13:42policies, of course, that we all know, as there were in major US cities until President Trump came to town
13:50in Washington, DC, where criminals really are not being properly prosecuted or put in jail. I actually
13:57went to visit the jail here. They renovated the beautiful Palais de Justice. And I went with my husband
14:05to visit. And we talked with the police officers actually went into the jail to see it's full. We
14:12have many, many, many illegal aliens in the jails here. But some good news, the Minister of Migration
14:20in the various countries from where these people have come from are moving quickly to extradite them
14:28back to their home country. That's a good thing, because there'll be more room in the jails then
14:32to put the real criminals who keep getting let out. We have a prosecutor here in Brussels,
14:39who is the King's prosecutor, and he's doing a fantastic job trying to clean this up once and for
14:45all. What would be your number one recommendation to the Belgian authorities to fight drug crime?
14:51Yeah, I think they keep doing what they're doing. Minister Canton and the Minister of Defense.
14:56That's the Belgian federal police. That's the that's the military. They're on the streets in front of
15:02the synagogues and at the train station. I went there the other day, and they're doing a great
15:05job. The crime there is is is coming down. You have a new minister president in Brussels, Boris Deliers.
15:14They are focused on this. They know it hurts business. It hurts tourism. It hurts,
15:20of course, their own citizens, first and foremost.
15:23I know you love Belgium. You love the Belgians. I do. Yeah, I'm going to ask you this question about
15:30that survey that came out during the summer that now more than half of Belgians believe that the US
15:36is a bigger threat to global security than China. Why do you think that is?
15:41Oh, I don't know. I think I think it's because of fake news. The news here in Belgium is very
15:47negative
15:48on President Trump. It really disappoints me. I had a nice talk with the man who owns most of the
15:55stations here. And I said the last time I did a survey, it was 90 percent of the of the
16:01media on
16:01President Trump is negative. I will tell you one thing. In the United States, our GDP is going through
16:08the roof. It's four point three percent and rising in Europe. It's fairly fairly stagnant.
16:15The economy is surging. Unemployment is way down. We have 19 trillion in new investment.
16:23With President Trump encouraging NATO to come to the five percent, you'll have one trillion dollars
16:29now. One trillion. It's the Trump trillion that you'll be able to spend in Europe that will be
16:35millions of jobs over the next 10 years that those funds will be spent to build a stronger defense
16:42for NATO and for Europe. If I if I may, I mean, President Trump doesn't always make it easy for
16:50Europeans to like the US. I mean, there are his attacks on European leaders, the tariffs, there's
16:58the anti-European rhetoric in general, there's NATO, there's Greenland, all these things.
17:04Does that make your life more difficult here representing the US?
17:08No, not at all. In fact, you mentioned Greenland. It's been resolved. So everybody here who was
17:15worrying and calling me and coming to see me, I told everybody to relax, take a deep breath.
17:20It will all be fine. And yesterday it was announced that it's all fine. President Trump was looking to
17:28secure the strategic importance of Greenland to the safety and security of the United States. If the
17:33United States is not safe, it certainly cannot help Europe, if Europe is attacked. Because if America
17:39is not safer, stronger, more prosperous, it cannot help anybody or be a good partner. So I think the
17:46criticism is really unfair. I hate it. I will tell you that. I wish people knew President Trump the way
17:52I do. I've known him for 32 years. He's a fantastic human being. He's a great father. He's a great
17:58grandfather. And he's a great friend. And he's a great president. I would say he's the best president
18:03the United States has ever had. With the EU-USA trade deal being signed, you will see hundreds
18:10of billions of dollars moving forward. So we're across the street from the EU. They signed a historic
18:15trade deal. I'm talking about 50 billion of LNG coming into Belgium. I'm working on 10 billion of US
18:22financing for nuclear power plants. I'm also talking about getting global entry for Belgium so they
18:29don't have to wait on any lines when they go to the United States. And on October 2nd, I will
18:34announce
18:34this with you first. We have three World War II veterans, 101, 102 and 103, coming to visit the Henry
18:44Chappelle cemetery where one of the men is visiting his brother-in-law who's buried there for the first time.
18:51I love your enthusiasm, Ambassador, but I gotta ask you this. What good does it do
18:57attacking America's closest allies almost constantly and not, for example, Vladimir Putin?
19:04Oh, that's not fair at all. President Trump is not attacking its closest allies. He is
19:11in a long-standing, I would say it's like a marriage. It's a long-standing. I'm married 26 years.
19:17We do have arguments. This is normal. In loving relationships, sometimes you have to do a little
19:23tough love. And tough love is actually very effective. I understand where this is going.
19:29I think he's doing a great job. All right. Thank you so much, Ambassador Bill White. Thank you so much
19:34for
19:34coming on. All the best. And that does it for us today. Stay tuned for more news throughout the day
19:39here on Euronews. Thanks for watching. I'm Stefan Grobe. See you tomorrow.
19:44We'll see you tomorrow.
19:45We'll see you tomorrow.
19:51We'll see you tomorrow.
19:53Bye.
19:54Grazie a tutti.
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