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Europe Today: Trump vede la guerra in Ucraina finire presto, l'Ue toglie sanzioni a oligarchi russi
Il presidente USA Donald Trump si aspetta che la guerra finisca prima del previsto. A Bruxelles due oligarchi russi sono stati tolti ieri dalla lista nera UE dopo dure trattative. Ne parliamo in esclusiva con il premier lettone Andris Kulbergs.
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Il presidente USA Donald Trump si aspetta che la guerra finisca prima del previsto. A Bruxelles due oligarchi russi sono stati tolti ieri dalla lista nera UE dopo dure trattative. Ne parliamo in esclusiva con il premier lettone Andris Kulbergs.
ALTRE INFORMAZIONI : http://it.euronews.com/2026/09/23/europe-today-trump-sostiene-che-un-accordo-tra-ucraina-e-russia-per-finire-la-guerra-sia-v
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00:14Good morning, it's Wednesday, September 23rd, you're watching Euronews and this is Europe Today.
00:22Coming up, Vladimir Zelensky and Donald Trump have met at the UN General Assembly in New York
00:28as strikes continue to cross Ukraine.
00:31Trump called the meeting very fruitful.
00:34Both leaders were figuring out a way to end the war, Trump said.
00:38But there's been no let-up in Russia's bombardment across Ukraine,
00:42with more attacks on the capital Kiev as well as ballistic missile and drone strikes on railways,
00:48energy facilities and residential homes.
00:51The U.S. president and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement
00:56that permits a larger U.S. military presence on the territory.
00:59It may resolve a standoff over the strategically located and mineral-rich island.
01:05The agreement, signed during Trump's visit to the UN General Assembly in New York,
01:10stops short of Trump's demand that the U.S. adopt Greenland as a U.S. territory
01:15to head out the growing Arctic presence of Russia and China.
01:19Leaders of Denmark and Greenland had argued against the complete U.S. takeover.
01:24And conflicting reports emerged from Tehran yesterday
01:28over whether Iran had privately offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days.
01:34News agencies quoted unnamed Iranian officials as saying
01:38that the proposal had been conveyed to Washington through mediators,
01:42a claim Iranian state-affiliated media quickly denied.
01:45The proposal reportedly aims to achieve a permanent end to the war between the two countries
01:51and revive diplomatic relations.
01:53This is not the first time Tehran has sent conflicting signals about a potential agreement.
02:00Welcome to the program. I'm Stefan Grober.
02:04Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have met in New York
02:07as Washington steps up efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
02:10Trump told the U.N. that the U.S. is working closely with both Kiev and Moscow
02:16and that he expects the war to end sooner than many people think.
02:20But Zelenskyy is bringing a more immediate proposal to the table,
02:24a reciprocal halt to attacks on energy infrastructure and in the Black Sea.
02:29Our Ukraine correspondent, Sasha Vakulina, joins us now to bring us up to speed.
02:34Good morning, Sasha.
02:35So, let's start with Ukraine's proposal.
02:39What is Zelenskyy asking for?
02:41A full and total energy ceasefire for all of the attacks on both sides,
02:46for Kiev and for Moscow.
02:48This is something that Ukrainian officials have been trying to push forward for months now,
02:52specifically after a very harsh winter last year, Stefan.
02:56And now, you know, when the weather is already changing
02:59and Russia is deliberately attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure,
03:04this is something that Kiev insists upon.
03:06And this is the idea that Zelenskyy is trying to pitch to Trump.
03:09Now, the U.S. president also last week, as you remember,
03:12preemptively announced the energy truce,
03:14but that did not anyhow materialize,
03:17with Moscow continuing to attack Kiev
03:20and Kiev continuing its long-range strikes against Russia's oil refineries.
03:25Now, Kiev insists it is ready to stop at any moment,
03:28but only when Russia stops.
03:30And that has not happened.
03:32So, Trump told the U.N. that Washington is working closely with both Russia and Ukraine,
03:38and that a deal will come sooner than people understand.
03:42So, after this meeting with Zelenskyy,
03:44is there now a clear path towards a ceasefire and peace?
03:48Not yet.
03:49No clear path and no concrete proposal.
03:51But yes, indeed, Donald Trump sounded more optimistic
03:53when he made that statement,
03:55when he was addressing the United Nations General Assembly.
03:58Let's take a listen to it.
04:10Donald Trump did not reveal all the details of how exactly he's going to get that done,
04:14but he did mention that he can also impose more sanctions and tariffs
04:18to add that pressure on Moscow to stop its war against Ukraine.
04:23And one more, Sasha, how does this fit into the, say, wider U.S. diplomatic effort,
04:29especially the work of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner?
04:33We have been seeing Washington's renewed push and diplomatic push,
04:37trying to put an end to Russia's war against Ukraine.
04:41And on Tuesday evening, reportedly, there was a meeting between U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner
04:47and the Ukrainian negotiating team alongside the national security advisors
04:52from the U.K., France, and Germany.
04:54And also then, today, we're going to keep an eye on the meeting
04:56between Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov, who is in the U.S. staff.
05:01Now, another thing here on the agenda is something that Zelenskyy also spoke about on Tuesday,
05:06possible trilateral meeting between Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
05:10and Vladimir Putin.
05:11Now, Zelenskyy said he is ready to meet Putin at any moment,
05:14and this is something that is now on the agenda,
05:16possibly for a meeting at the G20 summit in Miami in December.
05:20All right, Sasha, thank you very much, our Ukraine correspondent,
05:24Sasha Vakulina, on the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting.
05:27The Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulberg spoke exclusively to Euronews
05:32about the nitty-gritty of a sanctions saga that gripped Brussels,
05:35which ultimately resulted in two Russian businessmen coming off the EU's blacklist.
05:41While the Latvian leader welcomed getting tough on Moscow,
05:44he expressed concern about the legacy it leaves.
05:47For more on this, I'm now joined by our defence correspondent, Angela Skudjins.
05:52Good morning, Angie.
05:54Bring us up to speed on this.
05:55Good morning, Stefan.
05:56So, yes, I spoke exclusively with the Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs yesterday
06:01after the news broke that Latvia had dropped its veto
06:04against the EU's latest sanctions package against Russia.
06:08The reason that Riga dug its heels in so significantly against this
06:13is that France successfully lobbied for the removal of Aleša Uzmanov
06:17from the sanctions list as part of a prisoner swap deal with Azerbaijan
06:21and Slovakia with the removal of Mikhail Friedman.
06:24Riga didn't want this, as well as a range of other nations,
06:29particularly the Baltics.
06:30This means now that these individuals can travel to the European Union
06:35and access money frozen within the European Union.
06:39They haven't been able to do this since 2022.
06:41But the gist of why the Latvian Prime Minister dropped his veto
06:46instead moving to an abstention is that he didn't want to risk
06:49the 2,600 other individuals and entities that are a part of this package,
06:55effectively now sanctioned for the next three years.
06:59He did warn, however, that this could set a dangerous precedent
07:02when it comes to haggling over the sanctions packages in particular.
07:06He doesn't want this to be a political bargaining chip in the future.
07:12So I spoke to Andris Kulbergs and I started by asking him,
07:16whether he was disappointed by Paris and Bratislava when it comes to this issue.
07:22Generally, yes, because Latvia stood to the end,
07:26the last one in Europe to be against this,
07:29because we consider if war is continuing
07:32and the aggression and the occupation of Ukraine is happening,
07:36there cannot be any discussion of any sanctions.
07:40Either it is sports, what we've seen, either culture,
07:43and now, one by one, cherry-picking out of sanctions, that is not the way to go.
07:48That is normalising Russia.
07:50So, but there, I cannot communicate
07:54and I cannot know the reasons behind the national security aspects
07:58of each of those countries' positions.
08:01I can't speak for them, but I speak for Latvia and for our position
08:06and for Europe's unity.
08:08It's important.
08:09You spoke on the phone to French President Emmanuel Macron.
08:12Did he not communicate why he needed
08:14that individual in particular to be delisted?
08:17I understand it's a matter of France's national security,
08:21a very highly important matter,
08:23which should be communicated by Macron himself, Emmanuel.
08:27So, I would not be comfortable on communicating this further
08:34because that's not my business at the moment.
08:37I'm worried an important point is about Latvia,
08:40the eastern flank security.
08:43That's because these two individuals directly are associated also in Latvia
08:48because we have their frozen assets here.
08:51and that's the reason we are worried about our security,
08:55Europe's eastern flank security.
08:58Thus, I have pushed as well for this not to happen.
09:02So, that's why we were the last ones standing
09:04and we said we had a choice.
09:07We had a choice to stand to the end,
09:09but that was a high risk of European unity
09:12and it was an issue.
09:14Do we let go 2,600 by end of today?
09:19and we consulted with Ukraine about it,
09:22with Mr. Zelensky and the prime minister.
09:24And it's also their point.
09:27And they also said it's not worth risking
09:29that we let loose all 2,600, including Putin himself.
09:34Thus, it's better to keep the unity and have this compromise.
09:39And we stressed as well that we have to have more allied forces in Latvia
09:45and we need the support of France.
09:47And France already did good with the Rafale jet fighter
09:52fighting off the drones, what we have.
09:54But we need more presence here
09:55and that is something we both agreed.
09:58Mr. Macron has also agreed to come over to Latvia
10:01to see himself the situation on the eastern flank.
10:04You're talking a lot about unity here,
10:06particularly from French President Emmanuel Macron,
10:09but still are you not disappointed in the way that this has played out?
10:12You've managed to save face,
10:13but what message does it send to the 2,600 individuals
10:17and entities that are still listed?
10:20Could they compromise or negotiate to try and get delisted as well?
10:23We spoke all night and this day.
10:27Very important matter is that we all have in place 36 months instead of six months.
10:34So 36 months frozen.
10:36Nothing can be taken out of 2,600.
10:39No one can just go and cherry pick.
10:41That's it.
10:42We close the books.
10:43And you spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the phone.
10:47Is this what he communicated to you,
10:48that it's better to have these sanctions locked in for 36 months
10:52or risk derailing it all?
10:55No, no.
10:56We coordinated the information through also the Prime Minister of Ukraine
11:02and Zelenskyy that in the interests,
11:06and he has talks in New York now, in UN,
11:10and there's a discussion with Macron himself as well as Mr. Trump and Wanderlion.
11:15These all meetings take place,
11:17and it's important that we support Ukraine to the most their position.
11:21But we all understood it's not worth risking for these two individuals the whole 2,600.
11:27So it's a better position that there is no country which can go
11:30and now in six months again have anyone taken out.
11:35So 36 months, even if there's peace talks,
11:38even if there's anything changing, will remain.
11:42What do you think this saga in Brussels regarding the sanctions,
11:45what message does that send Russia regarding peace?
11:49I don't consider myself that this is something to impact the peace talks.
11:57No.
11:58This is something, this is not a good message, generally not.
12:01This, I'm worried here about the playbook, which it leaves.
12:08I don't, I don't think this is a very good example because that gives a message.
12:13Oh, hey, we, we arrest some politicians somewhere,
12:18and then we can ask for a sanctions package.
12:20You know, this is, this is not a good playbook.
12:23And that's exactly why we freeze.
12:25It's 36 months.
12:26That's it.
12:26No discussion.
12:27You've also joined us on Euronews before.
12:31We've previously spoken about the Baltic security situation.
12:34But what is your assessment today?
12:35Has it changed?
12:36Do you think Russia could mount a more aggressive threat
12:39when it comes to the Baltics and in particular Latvia?
12:43Yes, we've had definitely our security meetings over here.
12:47At the moment, there is no direct information.
12:51We've seen also the Belarusian exercises, military exercises.
12:56They were lacking the Russian counterpart there.
12:59So they don't have the man force at the moment.
13:02But things can change.
13:07All right, Angela Skucin speaking to the Latvian minister, prime minister, of course.
13:13Now, the US, Denmark and Greenland have signed a deal
13:16aimed at strengthening Arctic security.
13:19The deal also ends over a year of tensions between the US and its Nordic allies,
13:24with US President Donald Trump after the president threatened to take the world's largest island,
13:30which is also a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.
13:34Our NATO correspondent, Shona Murray, joins me now.
13:37Good morning, Shona.
13:39So first question, what's in the deal?
13:41Well, I think the point that you made at the start there is very important
13:44because if this works out, it does end a highly corrosive
13:47and unprecedented moment at NATO where one ally, the United States,
13:52with the one with the biggest army, was going to take a territory of another ally.
13:56And so really, if this is resolved, then everyone's for the better in terms of the alliance.
14:01Now, what it does is it really builds on an already existing pact
14:05between the US and Denmark from 1951, from the Cold War era,
14:09which gave the United States considerable access to Greenland for fear of the Soviet Union.
14:13Now, the idea is that the next threat comes from Russia and China.
14:17So just let's take a look at how both sides are interpreting the deal.
14:20Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister here.
14:2775 years ago, we entered into an agreement about the defence of Greenland.
14:32Today, we are signing an even bigger and better agreement,
14:37a deal that can last forever.
14:40This deal is good for the United States.
14:44It's good for Greenland, for Denmark, for the NATO alliance,
14:48and therefore also good for Europe.
14:51And then we look at the tweet from Katie Miller, who's the wife of Stephen Miller.
14:54We know the very highly influential deputy chief of staff in Trump's administration.
14:59She said this, which is effectively what Donald Trump is saying,
15:03which is that the United States has full control over Greenland now.
15:06Now, it does, when you look at the deal,
15:09have a lot to say about Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic sovereignty.
15:13But at the same time, there is quite a considerable,
15:15almost untrammeled access for the United States within the territory.
15:19And if you look at one line here, it says,
15:20the United States aircraft may fly over and land in any territory in Greenland,
15:25including territorial waters.
15:26The United States public vessels may have undersea access
15:29and movement within the waters without restriction.
15:32So there is also within it a veto for the United States
15:37to not allow countries that are not in NATO or the European Union
15:41to have commercial interests there as well.
15:43So I think the devil is in the detail,
15:45but there is a bit of constructive ambiguity there.
15:48What I want to know now, Shona, is this the end of this matter?
15:52This is a really interesting question,
15:54because I think if it's put to the test, it may not be.
15:57But for now, I think there's at least a sigh of relief
16:00that this confrontation is over.
16:02Well, what a story.
16:04I hope you're going to keep covering this for us.
16:06Our NATO correspondent, Shona Murray.
16:09Morocco goes to the polls today in legislative elections
16:12that come at a critical moment for the country.
16:15The economy is growing,
16:17and Morocco is investing heavily in infrastructure.
16:19But many young Moroccans remain frustrated
16:22by unemployment, public services,
16:25and the political system they often feel disconnected from.
16:29So, what is really at stake in this election?
16:32And can it restore trust in politics?
16:34To discuss this, I'm now joined by Aboubakar Jamai,
16:38a Moroccan writer and dean of the Dona Dill Manning School of Global Affairs
16:42at the American College of the Mediterranean in Exxon, Provence.
16:46Good morning. Good to have you.
16:48Good morning. Thank you for having me.
16:50So, some critics argue that Moroccan elections can change governments
16:55without fundamentally changing where power lies,
16:58a.k.a. the monarchy.
17:00Is that a fair description of the system?
17:05Absolutely.
17:06Suffice to read the Moroccan constitution
17:09and to look at the recent history of Morocco
17:11to see that when it comes to the biggest issues,
17:13the decision-making process is with the royal cabinet
17:16and not with the parliament.
17:18The economy in Morocco has grown,
17:22infrastructure has expanded,
17:24and Morocco is preparing for the 2030 World Cup.
17:27Yet many young people feel left behind.
17:30Why has economic growth not translated into enough jobs?
17:35Because, first of all,
17:36these economic growth numbers need to be put into perspective.
17:39So, when we talk about growth in Morocco
17:41and the last years we had an average growth of 4%,
17:44it might seem impressive from a Western country's perspective,
17:47but from an immersion market perspective,
17:50this is not impressive at all
17:52because Morocco needs at least 6% to 7% growth
17:54to absorb only the newcomers to the job market
17:57that alone absorbs those who are already unemployed.
17:59The second problem with the Moroccan system
18:02is that it's kind of a trickle-down system,
18:05which is not really trickling down resources
18:08to the bottom of the pyramid.
18:10So, you see this very shiny project,
18:12but they do not translate into money in people's pockets
18:15and in better jobs.
18:18And finally, yesterday,
18:21EPP leader Manfred Weber called on Morocco
18:23to take back all irregular migrants
18:26who entered the Spanish enclave Ceuta,
18:28warning there would be consequences
18:30if Rabat wouldn't act.
18:32Now, what do the elections mean
18:34for Morocco's relations with the EU?
18:37I don't think much.
18:39The function of a parliament
18:40in a hybrid or authoritarian regime
18:42is a shock absorber.
18:44So, it means that really the equation for the regime
18:47is to give a little bit of credibility
18:49because to be a shock absorber,
18:50you need to absorb the shock.
18:51So, you need a little bit of credibility
18:53without having really any political decision-making power.
18:57And the real issue here,
18:59which is really a thorny one,
19:00is that Morocco will continue producing you discontent.
19:04It's in the numbers.
19:05It's inevitable,
19:06given the demographic evolution of the country
19:07and the failure of the political economic system
19:10to produce jobs.
19:11And hence, this migration pressure
19:13actually are here to stay with us.
19:16So, something creative needs to be found
19:18between the EU and Morocco
19:19to solve that problem.
19:20All right.
19:21Aboubakar Jemai,
19:22on the elections in Morocco,
19:23thank you for your insights.
19:25That does it for us today.
19:27Stay tuned to Euronews throughout the day.
19:30Thank you for watching.
19:31I'm Stefan Grobe.
19:32See you tomorrow.
19:33We'll see you tomorrow.
19:43Grazie a tutti.
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