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04:10και εύχευε από τον Μαρίνον.
04:13Ναι, σύνθαμε ότι πρέπει να στήσει το πρέπει να προσέξει το πρέπει να κάνει όπως σε ευρωπαϊκοκοί και με ευρωπαϊκοί.
04:23Μπορεί να προσέξει το πρέπει να προσέξει την υψηλή του ανάπτυξη και πρέπει να προσέξει το πράγμα.
04:38sabotage operations,
04:40hybrid attacks
04:42and cyber attacks as well.
04:43On the other hand, I don't see signs
04:46of a potential
04:47conventional attack by Russia.
04:49Also because
04:51it needs
04:53significant preparation for that.
04:56But I think many
04:57leaders across Europe
04:59and many intelligence services
05:01are converging on the fact
05:03that Russia is trying to
05:05increase the pressure and to
05:08see
05:09if there are ways
05:11to weaken
05:14European willingness
05:16to support Ukraine.
05:17All right, Federico Borsari
05:19from the Center for European Policy Analysis.
05:22Thank you very much for your
05:24insights. And out to Germany
05:26where the latest political trend
05:27continues. In two more regional
05:29elections, the far-right AFD party
05:31made significant gains,
05:33though it did not come anywhere near
05:35gaining power. The parties represented
05:37in the federal government,
05:39Christian Democrats and Social Democrats,
05:41are facing difficult times,
05:43even more difficult than before.
05:45Let's head straight to Berlin,
05:47where our correspondent Laura Fleischmann
05:49has the latest for us.
05:50Good morning, Laura.
05:52So what are the key takeaways
05:53from yesterday's elections
05:55in Berlin and
05:56Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania?
06:01Good morning, Stefan.
06:03And well, the results are very different,
06:04but they do share one common thread,
06:06and that is that the parties of the federal government
06:09here in Germany, the conservative CDU,
06:11and the Social Democrats,
06:12the SPD, are losing ground.
06:14And at the same time,
06:15the parties at both ends of the political spectrum
06:17are gaining support.
06:19Here in Berlin, the left party won the election
06:21at around a quarter of the vote,
06:23with the CDU in second place
06:24at around 19%,
06:25and the SPD has been reduced to around 12%,
06:28which is a historic loss for them in the capital.
06:31The AfD had also some significant gains
06:33here in Berlin.
06:34And looking at Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania,
06:36it has been a very tight race
06:38between the far-right AfD and the SPD
06:40until the very last second.
06:42Now the AfD came out on top,
06:44but they will likely not be able
06:46to form a government
06:47since they are lacking a coalition partner.
06:49Far behind are all the other parties,
06:52among them the CDU,
06:53which will no longer be part
06:54of the state parliament
06:55since it didn't manage
06:56to take the 5% threshold.
06:59That is quite remarkable.
07:01I mean, Chancellor Mertz is in trouble.
07:03Just how big is this trouble?
07:08This was, of course,
07:09a devastating result for him and his party.
07:11He called it a disaster
07:12before he even knew
07:13that his party will no longer
07:15be part of the state parliament.
07:17Nevertheless, he wants to keep going
07:18and wants to push down
07:20on his reform course even harder,
07:21even though it is responsible
07:22for a lack of support from voters.
07:24There's been quite a lot of tension
07:26within the CDU
07:27with some party members
07:28calling for him to step down
07:30or for him to be swapped out
07:31for another chancellor.
07:32But as I said,
07:33he wants to keep going.
07:34And there's now a lot of pressure
07:35within his coalition partner,
07:37the SPD, as well.
07:38All right, Laura Fleischmann,
07:40with the latest.
07:41Thank you very much.
07:42And we're staying in Germany.
07:44What do these election results mean
07:46for the country and for Europe?
07:48To find out,
07:49we're now joined by Sabrina Repp,
07:51a member of the European Parliament
07:52for the Social Democrats
07:53who hails from Mecklenburg,
07:55Western Pomerania.
07:56Good morning.
07:57Great to have you here.
07:59Good morning.
08:00Thank you very much for the invitation.
08:02So we're seeing the same trend
08:04that we saw in Saxony-Anhalt two weeks ago.
08:06The AfD scores big gains
08:08and the parties of the federal government
08:10are being marginalized.
08:11How much pressure
08:13can Friedrich Merz's coalition sustain?
08:16At what point is its collapse inevitable?
08:20Yes, so there is lots of pressure
08:22to the coalition in Berlin.
08:23And what we saw is
08:25when you are looking to the results
08:26since the European Parliament,
08:28since the elections
08:29of the European Parliament,
08:30there you can see,
08:31especially in the eastern part of Germany,
08:34really much increase
08:36of the results of the AfD,
08:38over 30%.
08:39So it is not that something
08:41it is not that it is new.
08:44So we see it
08:45since the elections
08:46of the European Parliament.
08:48But now we see that
08:49lots of people
08:51lost their trust
08:53in the federal government.
08:55And these are the results
08:57also for the state parliament elections.
09:00Would the Social Democrats
09:02support the Christian Democrats
09:04replacing Merz by somebody else?
09:07So this is something
09:09we need to discuss
09:10because there is lots of pressure,
09:12but we need to really look.
09:13These are now our results
09:15for the local elections.
09:18And here it is
09:19the most important thing
09:20that we now
09:21stabilized the situation
09:23and that we can have
09:25a good coalition
09:26in the different federal,
09:29in the different state parliaments.
09:31and for that
09:32we need to see
09:33how we can end up
09:35in this special situation
09:37and then we can see
09:38what is going on in Berlin.
09:40But there is lots of pressure
09:41and something
09:42that was really new
09:42is that
09:43Friedrich Merz
09:45gave an interview
09:46directly
09:47after they
09:47represent the results
09:49of the elections
09:50and there you can see
09:51there is lots of pressure.
09:53All right, Sabrina Reb,
09:54Social Democratic Member
09:55of the European Parliament,
09:56thank you for sharing
09:57your thoughts with us.
10:00In the Persian Gulf,
10:01the situation remains murky,
10:03despite the escalating rhetoric
10:05on both sides.
10:06Is there really no perspective
10:08for a peaceful solution?
10:09The Iranian president
10:11and foreign minister
10:12were given visas
10:13by the U.S. government
10:14to attend the UN General Assembly
10:16in New York this week.
10:18That could be a positive signal.
10:20Could be.
10:21For more on this,
10:22I'm now joined by
10:23our correspondent Adel Halim
10:25in Doha.
10:25Good morning.
10:29Good morning, Stefan.
10:30So, Adel,
10:31President Trump
10:32addresses the UN General Assembly
10:33on Tuesday.
10:34What will the Gulf countries
10:36be listening for?
10:40Stefan, the big question
10:41is what does President Trump
10:42say about Iran?
10:43Does he see a way
10:44out of this war
10:44through diplomacy
10:45or is more military action
10:47still on the table?
10:48Because right now,
10:49we're hearing both.
10:50Trump has again threatened Iran
10:51with more military action
10:53if there's no deal,
10:54but he's also said
10:54he's willing to meet
10:55Iranian President
10:56Masoud Pazeshkian
10:57in New York.
10:58And diplomatic channels
10:59are still open.
11:00Iran says it sent Washington
11:02its conditions
11:03for ending the war
11:03through Qatar.
11:04Those include
11:05ending the fighting,
11:06releasing frozen Iranian assets
11:08and ending the U.S.
11:09naval blockade.
11:10And Tehran says
11:11the Strait of Hormuz
11:11will remain closed
11:12until those conditions
11:13are met.
11:14Iranian Foreign Minister
11:15Abbas Arakji
11:16is on his way
11:17to New York
11:18with a stop here in Doha
11:19for talks
11:20on the latest developments.
11:21So, there is a lot
11:22happening behind the scenes.
11:23Both sides are talking
11:24about diplomacy,
11:24but both sides are also saying
11:26the situation could get
11:27potentially worse.
11:28And Gulf countries
11:29will be listening tomorrow
11:30to see any indication
11:31on which direction
11:32U.S. President Donald Trump
11:33wants to go.
11:35And Donald Trump
11:36is also expected
11:37to meet Gulf leaders
11:38in New York.
11:39What will they want
11:40from that meeting?
11:43Well, I think the first thing
11:44is clarity.
11:45What is Washington's endgame?
11:46And what happens
11:47to security in the region
11:48when this war eventually ends?
11:50Because the situation
11:51became much more serious
11:52over the weekend.
11:53Saudi Arabia says
11:54intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile
11:56targeting Riyadh on Saturday
11:58and flames and thick smoke
11:59were seen near the city's
12:02main international airport.
12:03The Houthis are warning
12:04that their attacks
12:05on Saudi Arabia
12:06will continue.
12:07So, the stakes
12:07are very high here.
12:09Qatar's Prime Minister
12:09described the fallout
12:11from the war on Sunday
12:12as a, quote,
12:13earthquake,
12:13saying it had challenged
12:15assumptions on security
12:16and stability.
12:16So, the question
12:17for Gulf leaders is simple.
12:19Does Trump have a path
12:20out of this war?
12:21Or is the region
12:22heading for more escalation?
12:23and either way,
12:24what comes next?
12:26All right.
12:27Thank you very much,
12:28Adel Halim in Doha.
12:30And now to a different
12:31sort of conflict.
12:33In the city of Brussels,
12:34shootings related
12:35to drug trafficking
12:36have become routine
12:37over the past couple of years.
12:39There were over 100
12:41in 2025 alone
12:42and more than 65 shootings
12:44so far already this year.
12:46Just a few weeks ago,
12:47one particular neighborhood
12:48saw three shootings
12:50in as many days.
12:51Many are already
12:53comparing Brussels
12:53to scenes from
12:55major U.S. cities.
12:57Really?
12:57Is Brussels starting
12:59to resemble Detroit
13:00or Chicago
13:01more and more?
13:02Now, who better
13:03to address this question
13:05than the U.S. ambassador
13:06to Belgium
13:07who joins me now
13:08on the set?
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
13:17looking more and more
13:18like Chicago?
13:19Do you still feel safe here?
13:21Oh, yeah.
13:22Well, I feel safe.
13:23It's not fair to ask me
13:25if I feel safe
13:26because I am very grateful
13:28to the Belgian federal police
13:30who are here in the studio
13:32with me.
13:33They're wonderful men
13:34and women
13:35who are serving their country.
13:37They are also very frustrated
13:39with the crime here.
13:41There are certain policies,
13:43of course,
13:43that we all know
13:44as there were
13:45in major U.S. cities
13:47until President Trump
13:49came to town
13:50in Washington, D.C.,
13:52where criminals
13:53really are not being
13:54properly prosecuted
13:55or put in jail.
13:57I actually went
13:58to visit the jail here.
14:00They renovated
14:01the beautiful
14:02Palais de Justice
14:03and I went with my husband
14:05to visit
14:05and we talked
14:06with the police officers.
14:07I actually went
14:08into the jail
14:10to see it's full.
14:11We have many, many, many
14:15illegal aliens
14:16in the jails here
14:18but some good news,
14:19the Minister of Migration
14:20in the various countries
14:22from where these people
14:23have come from
14:25are moving quickly
14:27to extradite them
14:28back to their home country.
14:30That's a good thing
14:30because there'll be
14:31more room in the jails
14:32then to put the real criminals
14:34who keep getting let out.
14:37We have a prosecutor
14:37here in Brussels
14:39who is the King's prosecutor
14:40and he's doing
14:41a fantastic job
14:43trying to clean this up
14:44once and for all.
14:45What would be
14:46your number one
14:47recommendation
14:48to the Belgian authorities
14:49to fight drug crime?
14:51Yeah, I think they
14:52keep doing what they're doing.
14:53Minister Canton
14:54and the Minister of Defense,
14:56that's the Belgian
14:57Federal Police,
14:58that's the military.
15:00They're on the streets
15:01in front of the synagogues
15:02and at the train station.
15:04I went there the other day
15:05and they're doing
15:05a great job.
15:06The crime there
15:06is coming down.
15:09you have a new
15:10minister president
15:11in Brussels,
15:13Boris Deliais.
15:14They are focused on this.
15:16They know it hurts business,
15:17it hurts tourism,
15:18it hurts,
15:20of course,
15:21their own citizens
15:22first and foremost.
15:23I know you love Belgium.
15:25You love the Belgians.
15:26I do, yeah.
15:28I'm going to ask you
15:29this question
15:30about that survey
15:31that came out
15:32during the summer
15:32that now more than
15:33half of Belgians
15:34believe that the U.S.
15:36is a bigger threat
15:37to global security
15:38than China.
15:40Why do you think
15:40that is?
15:41I don't know.
15:42I think it's
15:43because of fake news.
15:45The news here in Belgium
15:47is very negative
15:48on President Trump.
15:49It really disappoints me.
15:51I had a nice talk
15:52with the man
15:54who owns most
15:55of the stations here
15:56and I said
15:57the last time
15:58I did a survey
15:58it was 90%
16:00of the media
16:01on President Trump
16:02is negative.
16:03I will tell you one thing.
16:05In the United States
16:06our GDP is going
16:08through the roof.
16:09It's 4.3%
16:11and rising.
16:11In Europe
16:12it's fairly stagnant.
16:15The economy
16:16is surging.
16:18Unemployment
16:19is way down.
16:20We have $19 trillion
16:21in new investment.
16:23With President Trump
16:25encouraging NATO
16:26to come to the 5%,
16:27you'll have $1 trillion
16:29now.
16:30$1 trillion.
16:31It's the Trump trillion.
16:33that you'll be able
16:33to spend in Europe
16:34that will be millions
16:36of jobs
16:36over the next 10 years
16:38that those funds
16:40will be spent
16:40to build a stronger defense
16:42for NATO
16:43and for Europe.
16:45If I may,
16:47I mean,
16:48President Trump
16:48doesn't always make it easy
16:50for Europeans
16:51to like the U.S.
16:53I mean,
16:53there are his attacks
16:54on European leaders,
16:55the tariffs,
16:57there's
16:58the anti-European
17:00rhetoric in general,
17:01this,
17:02NATO this,
17:02Greenland,
17:03all these things.
17:04Does that make your life
17:06more difficult here
17:07representing the U.S.?
17:08No, not at all.
17:08In fact,
17:09you mentioned Greenland.
17:12It's been resolved.
17:13So everybody here
17:14who was worrying
17:16and calling me
17:17and coming to see me,
17:18I told everybody
17:19to relax,
17:19take a deep breath.
17:20It will all be fine.
17:22And yesterday,
17:23it was announced
17:24that it's all fine.
17:26President Trump
17:27was looking
17:27to secure
17:28the strategic importance
17:30of Greenland
17:30to the safety
17:31and security
17:32of the United States.
17:32If the United States
17:33is not safe,
17:34it certainly cannot help Europe
17:36if Europe is attacked
17:37because if America
17:39is not safer,
17:41stronger,
17:41more prosperous,
17:42it cannot help anybody
17:44or be a good partner.
17:45So I think the criticism
17:47is really unfair.
17:48I hate it.
17:49I will tell you that.
17:50I wish people
17:51knew President Trump
17:52the way I do.
17:53I've known him
17:53for 32 years.
17:55He's a fantastic
17:56human 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
18:02he's the best president
18:03the United States
18:04has ever had.
18:05With the EU-USA trade deal
18:08being signed,
18:09you will see
18:10hundreds of billions
18:11of dollars moving forward.
18:12So we're across the street
18:13from the EU.
18:14They signed
18:15a historic trade deal.
18:16I'm talking about
18:17$50 billion of LNG
18:19coming into Belgium.
18:20I'm working on $10 billion
18:22of U.S. financing
18:23for nuclear power plants.
18:25I'm also talking about
18:26getting global entry
18:27for Belgians
18:28so they don't have to wait
18:29on any lines
18:30when they go
18:31to the United States.
18:32And on October 2nd,
18:34I will announce this
18:35with you first,
18:35we have three
18:37World War II veterans,
18:39101, 102,
18:41and 103
18:42coming to visit
18:43the Henry Chappelle Cemetery
18:46where one of the men
18:47is visiting his brother-in-law
18:49who's buried there
18:50for the first time.
18:51I love your enthusiasm,
18:53Ambassador,
18:54but I've got to ask you this.
18:55What good does it do
18:57attacking America's
18:58closest allies
19:00almost constantly
19:01and not,
19:02for example,
19:03Vladimir Putin?
19:04Oh, that's not fair at all.
19:06President Trump
19:07is not attacking
19:08its closest allies.
19:10He is
19:12in a long-standing,
19:13I would say
19:14it's like a marriage,
19:15it's a long-standing,
19:15I'm married 26 years,
19:17we do have arguments.
19:19This is normal.
19:21In loving relationships,
19:22sometimes you have to do
19:23a little tough love
19:24and tough love
19:25is actually very effective.
19:27I understand where this is going.
19:29I think he's doing
19:29a great job.
19:30All right.
19:31Thank you so much,
19:32Ambassador Bill White.
19:33Thank you so much
19:34for coming on.
19:34All the best.
19:35And that does it
19:36for us today.
19:37Stay tuned for more news
19:38throughout the day
19:39here on Euronews.
19:41Thanks for watching.
19:42I'm Stefan Grobe.
19:43See you tomorrow.
19:44We'll see you tomorrow.
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