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Europe Today: Merz vuelve a estar bajo presión y el mayor ataque ucraniano alcanza Moscú
El canciller alemán Friedrich Merz vuelve a estar bajo presión tras el desastroso resultado de la CDU en las elecciones regionales. Además analizamos el mayor ataque con drones de Ucrania contra Moscú. También tratamos la tensión entre Irán y EE.UU. y el plan de Meloni para vetar el burka en Italia.
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El canciller alemán Friedrich Merz vuelve a estar bajo presión tras el desastroso resultado de la CDU en las elecciones regionales. Además analizamos el mayor ataque con drones de Ucrania contra Moscú. También tratamos la tensión entre Irán y EE.UU. y el plan de Meloni para vetar el burka en Italia.
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00:14Good 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,
00:33killing at least two people and damaging a major oil refinery, according to the mayor of Moscow.
00:38The attacks came as Russians headed to the polls for the first parliamentary elections since 2022,
00:44a vote that President Vladimir Putin's United Russia Party is widely expected to win.
00:50The 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 Friedrich
01:03Merz suffered heavy losses, which will only increase the political pressure on the Chancellor.
01:08In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the AfD came in first, closely followed by the Social Democrats
01:14and the CDU missing the 5% hurdle. The city-state of Berlin saw a win by the left,
01:21with 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
01:31bend 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 banned face coverings in public
01:48places. And as tensions are escalating in the Middle East, Iran has threatened Washington and
01:55its allies in the region with renewed strikes, should the U.S. resume action against Tehran.
02:00The warning followed reports the White House was preparing fresh attacks on Iran. Meanwhile,
02:06U.S. embassies across the Middle East issued security alerts, and President Trump cut short a visit to
02:11Camp David without explanation. We'll speak with our correspondent in Doha. Welcome to the program,
02:18I'm Stefan Grobe. The war in Ukraine shows no sign of abating. Over the weekend, Ukrainian forces
02:26launched massive drone strikes against Moscow and its region, and also claimed territorial gains in a key
02:32area of Donetsk. This came after weeks of relentless Russian attacks on targets in Ukraine. Let's bring
02:40in Federico Borsari now, a fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for
02:45European Policy Analysis, who joins us from Paris. Good morning, and thanks for coming on.
02:52Thanks for having me. Good morning.
02:54So, Ukraine is hitting Moscow, attacking another refinery on the day of Russia's parliamentary
03:00election. How is Putin going to react? Should we expect another Russian offensive?
03:08I think we definitely should expect Russian further attacks in Ukraine. This has been ongoing for more
03:16than four years now, so I don't see any, you know, sign that Russia will try to negotiate or will
03:23try to
03:24diminish its pressure on Ukraine. We should expect more missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian
03:31critical infrastructure, against Ukrainian cities and villages. And also, we are, you know, approaching the
03:40winter. So, there will be definitely an attempt by Russia to destroy and damage even more the power grid
03:49and the critical infrastructure of Ukraine in order to try to ban the population and diminish, you know,
03:57the willingness of Ukrainians to continue to resist.
04:00And what about Russian hybrid attacks on Western Europe? Will the situation deteriorate here too?
04:05We 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
04:21European 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 a potential conventional attack by Russia, also
04:50because, you know, it needs significant preparation for that. But I think many leaders across Europe and many
05:00intelligence services are converging on the fact that Russia is trying to increase the pressure and to see if there
05:10are
05:11ways 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 now to Germany, where the latest political trend continues. In two more regional elections, the far-right AFD
05:31party made significant gains, though it did not come anywhere near gaining power. The parties represented in
05:38the federal government, Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, are facing difficult times, even more
05:44difficult than before. Let's head straight to Berlin, where our correspondent Laura Fleischmann has the
05:49latest for us. Good morning, Laura. So what are the key takeaways from yesterday's elections in Berlin and
05:56Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania?
06:01Good morning, Stefan. And well, the results are very different, but they do share one common threat.
06:06And that is that the parties of the federal government here in Germany, the conservative CDU and the
06:11Social Democrats, the SPD, are losing ground. And at the same time, the parties at both ends of the
06:16political 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
06:28percent, which is a historic loss for them in the capital. The AFD had also some significant gains
06:33here in Berlin. And looking at Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, it has been a very tight race between the
06:38far-right AFD and the SPD until the very last second. Now the AFD came out on top, but they
06:44will likely
06:44not be able to 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 manage to
06:57take the 5 percent threshold. That is quite remarkable. I mean, Chancellor Mertz is in trouble. Just how big is
07:04this trouble? This was, of course, a devastating result for him and his party. He called it a disaster before
07:13he even
07:13knew that his party will no longer be part of the state parliament. Nevertheless, he wants to keep going and
07:19wants to
07:19push down on his reform cause even harder, even though it is responsible for a lack of support from voters.
07:24There's been quite a lot of tension within the CDU, with some party members calling for him to step down
07:30or for him to be swapped out for another chancellor. But as I said, he wants to keep going.
07:34And there's now a lot of pressure within his coalition partner, the SPD, as well.
07:38All right, Laura Fleischmann with the latest. Thank you very much. And we're staying in Germany.
07:44What do these election results mean for the country and for Europe? To find out, we're now joined by
07:50Sabrina Repp, a member of the European Parliament for the Social Democrats, who hails from Mecklenburg,
07:55Western 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 gains
08:08and
08:09the parties of the federal government are being marginalised. How much pressure can Friedrich
08:14Merz'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 port of Germany,
08:33a really much increase of the results of the AfD, over 30 percent. So it is not that something is,
08:42it is not that it is new. So we see it since the elections of the European Parliament. But now
08:49we
08:49see that lots of people lost their trust in the federal government. And these are the results also
08:57for the state parliament elections. Would the Social Democrats support the Christian Democrats
09:04replacing Merz by somebody else?
09:07So this is something we need to discuss because there is lots of pressure. But we need to really look,
09:13these are now our results for the local elections. And here it is the most important thing that we now
09:21stabilized 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,
09:56thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. In the Persian Gulf, the situation remains murky,
10:03despite the escalating rhetoric on both sides. Is there really no perspective for a peaceful solution?
10:09The Iranian president and foreign minister were given visas by the U.S. government to attend the
10:15U.N. General Assembly in New York this week. That could be a positive signal. Could be.
10:21For 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 U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.
10:34What will the Gulf countries be listening for?
10:40Stefan, the big question is, what does President Trump say about Iran?
10:43Does he see a way out of this war through diplomacy, or is more military action still on the table?
10:48Because right now, we're hearing both.
10:50Trump has again threatened Iran with more military action if there's no deal,
10:54but he's also said he's willing to meet Iranian President Masoud Pazeshkian in New York.
10:58And diplomatic channels are still open.
11:00Iran says it's sent Washington its conditions for ending the war through Qatar.
11:04Those include ending the fighting, releasing frozen Iranian assets, and ending the U.S. naval blockade.
11:10And Tehran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until those conditions are met.
11:14Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi is on his way to New York with a stop here in Doha
11:19for talks on the latest developments.
11:21So, there is a lot happening behind the scenes.
11:23Both sides are talking about diplomacy, but both sides are also saying the situation could get potentially worse.
11:28And Gulf countries will be listening tomorrow to see any indication on which direction
11:32U.S. President Donald Trump wants to go.
11:34And Donald Trump is also expected to meet Gulf leaders in New York.
11:39What will they want from that meeting?
11:43Well, I think the first thing is clarity.
11:45What is Washington's endgame?
11:46And what happens to security in the region when this war eventually ends?
11:50Because the situation became much more serious over the weekend.
11:53Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile targeting Riyadh on Saturday,
11:58and 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.
12:07So, the stakes are very high here.
12:09Qatar's Prime Minister described the fallout from the war on Sunday as a, quote,
12:13earthquake, saying it had challenged assumptions on security and stability.
12:16So, the question for Gulf leaders is simple.
12:19Does Trump have a path out of this war?
12:21Or is the region heading for more escalation?
12:23And either way, what comes next?
12:26All right.
12:27Thank you very much, Adel Halim, in Doha.
12:30And now to a different sort of conflict.
12:32In the city of Brussels, shootings related to drug trafficking have become routine over the past couple of years.
12:39There were over 100 in 2025 alone and more than 65 shootings so far already this year.
12:46Just a few weeks ago, one particular neighborhood saw three shootings in as many days.
12:51Many are already comparing Brussels to scenes from major U.S. cities.
12:57Really?
12:57Is Brussels starting to resemble Detroit or Chicago more and more?
13:02Now, who better to address this question than the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, who joins me now on the
13:08set?
13:09Welcome, Bill White.
13:11Hey, Stefan.
13:11How are you?
13:12Nice to see you.
13:13I'm very good.
13:14Thank you so much.
13:15So is Brussels looking more and more like Chicago?
13:19Do you still feel safe here?
13:21Oh, yeah.
13:22Well, I feel safe.
13:23It's not fair to ask me if I feel safe because I am very grateful to the Belgian federal police
13:30who are here in the studio with me.
13:33They're wonderful men and women who are serving their country.
13:37They are also very frustrated with the crime here.
13:41There are certain policies, of course, that we all know, as there were in major U.S. cities until President
13:48Trump came to town in Washington, D.C., where criminals really are not being properly prosecuted or put in jail.
13:57I actually went to visit the jail here.
14:00They renovated the beautiful Palais de Justices, and I went with my husband to visit, and we talked with the
14:06police officers.
14:07I actually went into the jail to see it's full.
14:11We have many, many, many illegal aliens in the jails here.
14:17But some good news, the minister of migration in the various countries from where these people have come from are
14:26moving quickly to extradite them back to their home country.
14:30That's a good thing because there'll be more room in the jails then to put the real criminals who keep
14:35getting let out.
14:37We have a prosecutor here in Brussels who is the king's prosecutor, and he's doing a fantastic job trying to
14:43clean this up once and for all.
14:45What 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.
14:53Minister Canton and the minister of defense, that's the Belgian federal police.
14:58That's the military.
15:00They're on the streets in front of the synagogues and at the train station.
15:03I went there the other day, and they're doing a great job.
15:06The crime there is coming down.
15:09You have a new minister president in Brussels, Boris Deliais.
15:14They are focused on this.
15:16They know it hurts business.
15:17It hurts tourism.
15:18It hurts, of course, their own citizens first and foremost.
15:23I know you love Belgium.
15:25You love the Belgians.
15:26I do, yeah.
15:28I'm going to ask you this question about that survey that came out during the summer.
15:32That now more than half of Belgians believe that the U.S. is a bigger threat to global security than
15:38China.
15:40Why do you think that is?
15:41I don't know.
15:42I think it's because of fake news.
15:45The news here in Belgium is very negative on President Trump.
15:49It really disappoints me.
15:50I had a nice talk with the man who owns most of the stations here, and I said the last
15:58time I did a survey, it was 90 percent of the media on President Trump is negative.
16:03I will tell you one thing.
16:05In the United States, our GDP is going through the roof.
16:09It's 4.3 percent and rising.
16:11In Europe, it's fairly stagnant.
16:15The economy is surging.
16:18Unemployment is way down.
16:20We have $19 trillion in new investment.
16:23With President Trump encouraging NATO to come to the 5 percent, you'll have $1 trillion now.
16:30$1 trillion.
16:31It's the Trump trillion that you'll be able to spend in Europe.
16:34That will be millions of jobs over the next 10 years, that those funds will be spent to build a
16:42stronger defense for NATO and for Europe.
16:45If I may, I mean, President Trump doesn't always make it easy for Europeans to like the U.S.
16:53I mean, there are his attacks on European leaders, the tariffs, there's the anti-European rhetoric in general, there's NATO,
17:02there's Greenland, all these things.
17:04Does that make your life more difficult here, representing the U.S.?
17:08No, not at all.
17:08In fact, you mentioned Greenland.
17:12It's been resolved.
17:13So everybody here who was worrying and calling me and coming to see me, I told everybody to relax, take
17:20a deep breath.
17:20It will all be fine.
17:22And yesterday it was announced that it's all fine.
17:26President Trump was looking to secure the strategic importance of Greenland to the safety and security of the United States.
17:33If the United States is not safe, it certainly cannot help Europe if Europe is attacked.
17:38Because if America is not safer, stronger, more prosperous, it cannot help anybody or be a good partner.
17:45So I think the criticism is really unfair.
17:48I hate it.
17:49I will tell you that.
17:50I wish people knew President Trump the way I do.
17:53I've known him for 32 years.
17:54He's a fantastic human being.
17:57He's a great father.
17:58He's a great grandfather.
17:59And he's a great friend.
18:00And he's a great president.
18:01I would say he's the best president the United States has ever had.
18:05With the EU-USA trade deal being signed, you will see hundreds of billions of dollars moving forward.
18:12So we're across the street from the EU.
18:14They signed a historic trade deal.
18:16I'm talking about 50 billion of LNG coming into Belgium.
18:20I'm working on 10 billion of U.S. financing for nuclear power plants.
18:25I'm also talking about getting global entry for Belgians so they don't have to wait on any lines when they
18:30go to the United States.
18:32And on October 2nd, I will announce this with you first, we have three World War II veterans, 101, 102,
18:41and 103, coming to visit the Henry Chappelle Cemetery, where one of the men is visiting his brother-in-law
18:49who's buried there for the first time.
18:51I love your enthusiasm, Ambassador, but I've got to ask you this.
18:55What good does it do attacking America's closest allies almost constantly and not, for example, Vladimir Putin?
19:04Oh, that's not fair at all.
19:06President Trump is not attacking its closest allies.
19:10He is in a longstanding – I would say it's like a marriage.
19:15It's a longstanding – I'm married 26 years.
19:17We do have arguments.
19:19This is normal.
19:21In loving relationships, sometimes you have to do a little tough love.
19:24And tough love is actually very effective.
19:27I understand where this is going.
19:29I think he's doing a great job.
19:30All right.
19:31Thank you so much, Ambassador Bill White.
19:33Thank you so much for coming on.
19:34All the best.
19:35And that does it for us today.
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19:41Thanks for watching.
19:42I'm Stefan Grobe.
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