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پدرو سانچس پس از رد مصوبه‌های مسکنش در کنگره و اعتراض ده‌ها هزار نفر بر انتخابات زودهنگام ۲۹ نوامبر ریسک می‌کند. در فرانسه دانش‌آموزان دوباره علیه ازدحام کلاس‌ها و کمبود معلم راه‌پیمایی می‌کنند و نمایندگان پارلمان اروپا درباره بحران مسکن و دیپ‌فیک‌های هوش مصنوعی بحث می‌کنند.
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00:14Good morning. It is Tuesday the 6th of October. I'm Maeve McMahan and this is Europe Today.
00:21Your daily dose of European news and analysis live here on Euronews.
00:26Coming up, fury in France. Protests over budget cuts continue this Tuesday with students voicing
00:33anger over poor conditions and overcrowding. Some blockades have descended into riots with
00:39one teenager reportedly losing a hand in an explosion. We'll be crossing to Paris for the
00:44latest from our correspondent. And deadly drone strike in the Black Sea. Two people have been
00:51killed and 11 injured after a cargo ship caught fire off Romania. Ukrainian President Volodymyr
00:57Selenskyy says the vessel was hit by Russian drones. The Romanian authorities have yet to
01:02confirm the cause. The ship later sank. Meanwhile, plague fears in Russia. The European Union says
01:10it's closely monitoring a suspected outbreak in Siberia after the death of one lab worker.
01:17Around 200 people who've been in contact with her are now under medical observation. Although
01:22the Russian authorities have not confirmed any outbreak. But first to Spain, where Spanish
01:27Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has done it again. In his biggest political gamble yet, Sánchez
01:33has called a snap election for November the 29th, calling Spaniards back to the polls earlier
01:39than expected. The vote comes amid growing anger over soaring rents and housing costs and of course
01:46continuing scrutiny over the crisis in Ceuta. For the latest, I'm joined here on set by our
01:51very own Europe editor, Maria Tadeo. Good morning, Maria. So why now?
01:55Well, Maeve, because the Prime Minister, the Spanish Prime Minister, believes that there is a path to
02:00victory. They believe that they can win this election. The polls right now indicate there isn't
02:05one, but there's eight weeks of campaigning still to go. And the entourage of the Prime Minister
02:11say that when you look at the timing, and let's be honest, this was a government on its deathbed.
02:17This was a government on its final legs with no ability to legislate, no budget. And of course,
02:22the ongoing crisis in Ceuta, which has not been resolved. And it's a big failure for the Spanish
02:27government. But nonetheless, they do think that the dynamics on the ground seem to be changing.
02:33Hopefully we can put up the pictures on TV. There is a protest movement, which we see now. That is
02:38the
02:38center, the heart of Madrid over housing, over rents. This is a social justice matter. And the
02:45Spanish government believes this is their opportunity at this point. Someone is going to
02:50capitalize from the pictures that we are seeing. The campaign, as I say, starts with this backdrop of
02:57the housing crisis, but will evolve to into a question. And already we heard that yesterday
03:02from the Spanish Prime Minister of there is a right side of history and there is the wrong side of
03:07history. You stay on the progressive lane or Spain will go into what they deem will be a reactionary
03:13right-wing government. This is a prime minister who's going to play a tough campaign on a touch
03:18or an attack populist note. Again, reinforcing this idea is that ultimately there are two camps.
03:25You either stay with him or the opposition will flip it and take back what he argues have been
03:30fundamental legislation in the way of progress and social progress. And then the other point is
03:37Pedro Sanchez is very good on a campaign trail. He is very good when he controls the narrative, but the
03:44Spanish government no longer controls that narrative because of that Ceuta crisis over the summer. So this is a
03:49way to reset and now go into a defensive mode. The one thing that I would note, and this is
03:53key, is when you look at
03:54the polls, the number that really matters is that 50% threshold. As it stands, if there is a union
04:01that
04:01is feasible, possible between the mainstream right-wing party, Partido Popular, and the further to its right,
04:07much harder to its right, Vox, there is no question that they will enter a coalition government. And in fact,
04:12the opposition says they are ready for the campaign and now really this is the time to vote.
04:16And this will all have big implications, of course, for Europe.
04:19Well, certainly, because the Spanish government and Pedro Sanchez, to some extent,
04:23they are the face of the left in Europe. He is the one socially progressive left-wing prime minister
04:31that is still standing in a European union that is clearly tilting to the right. That is what has
04:37made Spanish foreign policy interesting to watch. This is a country that is not in the consensus and
04:42is happy of not being in that consensus. When you look at policies on the economic front, but also
04:48Palestine, Israel, very combative when it comes to the U.S. President Donald Trump. However,
04:56if the government changes, you could get a recalibration and all those big files
05:01internationally. What matters, of course, is that Spain has had this outsourced or this bigger than
05:06its size would indicate voice in foreign policy because Pedro Sanchez is the faction that represents
05:11this whole left. That could change, of course, if you become one of many conservative prime minister,
05:16which is the case right now in the European Council and the European Parliament, which they also hold.
05:20Okay, Maria, thank you so much for your analysis. We can now actually take a listen to Pedro Sanchez,
05:25who, as you heard there, faces the biggest bet of his life.
05:31You, the Spanish people, must decide what role you want to play in this and what role you want Spain
05:37to play in it. Do you wish to join this far-right wave that is causing regression wherever it governs?
05:43Or do you want Spain to remain a fortress of openness, social justice and environmental responsibility?
05:50Do you want our country to regress or continue moving forward?
05:58And the imminent elections in Spain are, of course, the talk of the town here in Brussels this morning,
06:04with many wondering how this will impact EU affairs and daily business here.
06:08For more analysis, I'm joined now by Javier Carbonell, director of Future Policy Lab at the European Policy Centre think
06:15tank
06:15here in Brussels. Good morning, Javier. Thank you so much for joining us.
06:18So the countdown is on to these elections and we're seeing now, you know, the Pepe doing very well in
06:23the polls,
06:24the Vox also gaining ground. What does that tell us about the political mood in Spain?
06:28I mean, the political mood in Spain is not so different than the political mood anywhere else in Europe.
06:32I mean, there's this big anti-incumbency, anti-establishment sentiment.
06:36Pere dos Santos has been in government for nearly eight years, which means that, you know,
06:39that's a lot of time to become part of the establishment, of course.
06:43And so there's, of course, some things that are specific to Spain.
06:46So Spain is doing very well in unemployment or economic growth, but it's doing very badly in housing.
06:50But in general, it's not so different than the rest of, you know, the European sentiment,
06:54which is pretty, pretty against politicians.
06:56And what would a Pepe Vox government actually mean for Spain's domestic policies?
07:01So in domestic policies, what we can expect, for example, in terms of housing is a much more market-based
07:06approach
07:07to these kind of measures. We would, of course, see a much more tougher position on migration.
07:11So Vox is a very kind of anti-EU, anti-gender, anti-green and anti-migration party.
07:17So in this sense, we would see a tougher position on migration and increasing defence spending, for example.
07:23So it would definitely be against Sanchez policies in a lot of respects.
07:28And what's Pedro Sanchez's right, do you think, to call this election now?
07:32Well, that's a good question. We don't know. But I will say something.
07:35If I were an advisor to the Socialist Party two weeks ago, I would have never told them to open
07:39with housing elements.
07:41So this would be probably one of the biggest policy failures of this administration.
07:44And now it's most kind of election kind of claim, right?
07:49So he was able to convert a weakness into a strength.
07:53Will this be enough? We do not know.
07:55But at least this kind of tells us something about Sanchez political mastery to, you know, turn difficult situations on
08:01their head.
08:02And this, of course, would have major implications for Europe, these elections.
08:06How could EU policy be impacted and daily business here?
08:09So I think the main issue is that Spain would probably come back to the, again, right-wing consensus that
08:15Europe is having at the moment.
08:16So in terms of migration, in terms of defence spending, Sanchez was definitely outside of the consensus and it would
08:21probably fold.
08:23I think also a big issue is the budget.
08:25So Spain is one of the most pro-European, also pro-increasing the budget of the EU.
08:30And I don't think that a PPVox government with a far-right party and Feijó, who's not really focused on
08:36EU and international politics, is more focused on domestic politics, would really press for, you know, an increasing EU budget.
08:42And we've heard EU diplomats this morning saying already it's becoming a distraction because, of course, there's so much that
08:47needs to get done, even the long-term budget as well, which is currently under discussion here.
08:51Well, yeah, I mean, every election is a distraction and every election always comes, you know, at a difficult moment
08:55where difficult decisions have to be made.
08:57So I think this is kind of normal on the day-to-day.
09:00But I think Sanchez was definitely thinking about, you know, this big housing crisis and what would be more electoral
09:06successful for him.
09:07And that's why he called the elections.
09:08And I think that's what, you know, to be honest, any politician would do.
09:10And just a final point on that housing, because housing is also being discussed and debated in the European Parliament
09:15today, because the EU is finally rolling out this EU affordable housing.
09:18How critical is the situation in Spain now for young people?
09:20So it's pretty critical, especially for young people.
09:24Again, this is not something that is particular to Spain, but it's definitely more problematic in Spain.
09:28Also, we have a big concentration of economic growth in the big cities, which means that these are extremely well,
09:34you know, occupied.
09:35And also there's a big issue in Spain, which is that it is sunny and it's an attractive country, which
09:39means that we have a lot of, you know, northern European people coming to Spain with higher salaries,
09:44which means that sometimes the locals can be priced out, especially in cities like Barcelona or Valencia and in the
09:49coast.
09:50So there are some specificities about Spain's housing crisis.
09:53But to be honest, it's broadly shared with the rest of Europe.
09:56OK, Javier Carbonell from the European People's, the European Policy Centre think tank here in Brussels.
10:02Thank you so much for your analysis.
10:04Now, that housing crisis in Spain will be up for debate in Strasbourg today with MEPs looking into the fact
10:10that house prices have risen by over 60 percent in the past decade.
10:14And costs are putting growing pressure on households, not just in Spain, but all across Europe.
10:19As I said there, Brussels is rolling out a so-called affordable housing plan and the EU has appointed a
10:23commissioner responsible for housing.
10:26We can take a listen to him now.
10:27Dan Jorgensen speaking to Euronews.
10:29We see normal people with normal jobs not being able to find a place to live, being crowded out of
10:35the cities where they serve as police officers, nurses and teachers and so on.
10:39So this is totally unacceptable.
10:40And we need to act because if you don't have roof over your head, if you don't have the opportunity
10:45to find a place to live, then, for instance, young people are not able to start a family.
10:49It is, I would say, actually an emergency.
10:54And for more on that housing emergency, as it's been coined there by the European Commission, you can visit our
10:59website, Euronews.com.
11:01But now we can head to France, where secondary school students are gearing up for another major day of protests.
11:07They're calling for better conditions, more teachers and resources.
11:11In recent weeks, we've seen a number of protests erupt into violent clashes, leaving hundreds injured and thousands arrested.
11:18We can head now to Paris and bring in Estelle Nielsen-Julien, who's outside a school there.
11:22Estelle, good to see you there.
11:23Just tell us, what is the latest this Tuesday morning?
11:28Good morning, Maeve, from the heart of Paris, where students will shortly begin filing into this school behind me for
11:34what has been branded as Act III of the protests.
11:37I've been trying to work out what's been going on since I've been set up here.
11:40I've seen students drag bins away, drag barriers, and I'm just five minutes away from the Place de la République,
11:48where a major protest is planned for later today.
11:51So perhaps students are gearing themselves up for that already.
11:55The mass protests, of course, did not start in the heart of Paris.
11:59They began in the suburbs, in Crite, but they've grown into a nationwide movement.
12:04And students are pushing a long list of grievances, so they're calling for smaller class sizes, for their buildings to
12:13be renovated, and also for teacher absences to be sorted out.
12:17We've seen lots of peaceful protests, but also some violent clashes between police and students.
12:24But there's also been an infiltration from rioters, and there's a worry that these rioters are going to make the
12:32situation even more tense today.
12:34Well, indeed, Estelle, because they did start as peaceful protests, but they've been hijacked by violence.
12:39Tell us more about the actual levels of violence we've seen over the last couple of days all across France.
12:45Well, we've seen some cases which have shocked the nation.
12:48A schoolboy lost his eye due to what is believed to have been a police rubber bullet.
12:53We also heard a story of another schoolboy who lost his hand after he is believed to have picked up
12:59a police grenade.
13:00In terms of injuries, we're talking about more than 215 injured pupils, 78 school staff, and around 700 police officers.
13:10I spoke to a police union yesterday to ask them what they made of this violence, and they were very
13:16much on the defensive,
13:17stating that they had only used force where legitimate, and that investigations would reveal whether it was required or not.
13:25This comes after rights groups have criticised police forces in France for what they deem as unnecessary use of force.
13:34And how are teachers feeling about the situation? It's clearly very disruptive to the academic year.
13:41Yes, so I spoke to the head of a teacher's union yesterday.
13:44He told me that every day, alongside his colleagues, he's going outside schools to make sure that the situation remains
13:50calm
13:51and to diffuse any potential tensions.
13:53He also told me that as a teacher, he very strongly did not wish the situation to become politicised
14:00and urged politicians to not politicise the situation further than it need be.
14:05This comes after many in France have accused the hard-left France and Baal Party of politicising the protests.
14:12The question, though, that everyone is asking is how long will this go on for?
14:15So trade unions are joining students in a major protest later today, so it remains to see how this will
14:22all pan out.
14:23And the protests have also spilled over here to Beldam and to Valonia.
14:27Thank you so much for that live broadcast there.
14:29Though from Paris is a story, of course, we'll be keeping a very close eye on here on Euronews.
14:33But next, one in six, the number of female EU lawmakers now found to be victims of deepfake and AI
14:41-generated sexual violence.
14:42That's according to a major new investigation by Agora Digital Transformation.
14:47Over 100 MEPs have sent a letter to the European Commission demanding action.
14:51For more, we can head over now to Strasbourg, where the Austrian Green MEP, Lena Schilling, is standing by for
14:56us this morning.
14:57Good morning, Lena. Thank you so much for joining us this morning on Europe Today.
15:01You are one of the MEPs affected by this. Just tell us how that made you feel.
15:08Good morning. Thank you so much for the invitation and also to about speaking about a topic that I think
15:15is not covered enough.
15:16We are seeing a situation where every sixth woman running for office on the European level is actually the one
15:24being attacked by AI deepfakes,
15:27which means people were just putting up naked pictures of me on the Internet that were fake.
15:33And how this feels, I think almost every woman can imagine that this is an immense shock to just recognize
15:40that.
15:40I was getting this email of Agora who did that study and suddenly I saw there are pictures on the
15:47Internet I never took
15:49and people are just doing that to take my dignity away, but not just mine, but from so many female
15:54politicians running.
15:56And I think this is just so unacceptable.
15:58And what does this kind of digital abuse do to women in politics like your very self?
16:06I think the main point is we often say to young women run for office, go into politics, stand up,
16:14lead, take a voice.
16:15But what we're not talking about is the consequence that this means.
16:18It means exposing yourself to a level that is now unseen because seeing AI deepfake pictures is something that can
16:27be really a threat to democracy
16:29because just imagine you go into an election and such pictures pop up.
16:33Think of young women not in politics, but maybe activists standing up that want to go into politics
16:38and seeing how other political forces or whoever is doing that is then creating such pictures of them.
16:46That is, in a way, humiliating that is, I think, unseen.
16:50Well, you say the violence is old, but the method is new.
16:53What do you mean by that?
16:53And what is it like being a woman in a very male-dominated environment?
17:00I think all of us are experiencing violencing in the one form or the other over our life.
17:06We see all of the cases right now also getting big again.
17:11And we saw Gilles Pellicot, but also a lot of others.
17:14And they think what this also means for our society is a structural problem, that violence against women is still
17:20a problem.
17:21And now in this situation, in a situation where the Internet, social media and digital competence is being bigger and
17:28bigger,
17:28this is a real, real threat because people can intrude your own personal space in a way without really getting
17:36close to you.
17:37And that is something that I really, we need to think about that.
17:42We need to stop that.
17:43On the 2nd of December, there should be the AI nudifier ban being in action.
17:46But for that, we need authorities in the member states that are actually having the resources and the power to
17:51also really take action then.
17:53And that's why I think this is also very timely because, yes, it's hitting every six women in the European
17:59Parliament.
17:59But look to the outside world.
18:01This can happen to your daughter, to your sister, to every woman in your life.
18:06And that's why we need to take immediate action now.
18:08And indeed, you've called on the European Commission.
18:10You've sent that letter.
18:12Have you got a reaction yet?
18:16Right now, we are still hoping for a stronger reaction yesterday.
18:21And that is really encouraging to see.
18:23Roberta Metzler in the European Parliament was again emphasizing also that we need to really implement the things we are
18:29doing here in this Parliament,
18:31which means getting force that is actually able to deal with this kind of political and also emotional threats we
18:39are right now also experiencing.
18:41So I think that is a very tiny first step.
18:44But we keep on fighting.
18:47Okay.
18:48Elena Schilling, Austrian MEP there from the Green Party.
18:50Thank you so much for speaking to us this morning live here on Europe Today.
18:54And that brings this edition of Europe Today this Tuesday to an end.
18:58Thank you so much for your company.
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