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00:14Good morning, it is Thursday the 8th of October. I'm Maeve McMahon and this is Europe Today.
00:20Your daily dose of European news and analysis live here on Neuronews.
00:25Coming up, Marie Carmen, the 87-year-old woman who was evicted from her Madrid home and sparked the ongoing
00:31protests in Spain against the housing crisis, has passed away in a hospital in Madrid.
00:37Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had called for snap elections in November with the hope that this ongoing housing crisis could
00:44overshadow other challenges Spain faces.
00:47And France has banned the police use of stun grenades after a 15-year-old critically hurt his hand this
00:54week during school protests that have swept the country and even spread here into Belgium.
00:58While critics say police are using disproportionate force against teenagers, the government says dozens of schools have been set alight,
01:06are vandalised.
01:07We'll head over to Paris for the latest.
01:10Meanwhile, Brussels airport is set for major disruption, with around 140 flights facing cancellation this Friday as ground handling staff
01:20join a national strike.
01:21Unions are walking out in a standoff against the government's reforms they say hit pensions, salaries and working conditions.
01:29Meanwhile, Brexit is back.
01:31Just a few weeks into the job, the new UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has launched the idea of a
01:37return to the European Union.
01:38We speak exclusively to the UK Minister for European Relations, Hamish Falconer, who finds himself in Strasbourg this week.
01:46But first to Beijing, where the EU Trade Commissioner, Maris Serkovic, has arrived for a crucial two-day visit, seeking
01:53to rebalance EU-China relations, which have become rather lopsided in the past decade.
01:59To understand the high stakes of this trip that comes just days before the EU's October summit, we're joined by
02:05our political correspondent, Jorge Liberadero.
02:07Jorge, just remind us why the Commissioner for Trade is in China right now.
02:11Look, Maeve, if I were to draw the history of EU-China relations, I would not draw a straight line.
02:18I would draw a circle, because that's what we've been running around for these past 10 years.
02:24Maris Serkovic now wants to break this circle, and what's inside of it?
02:27We know the issues.
02:29Dumping, state subsidies, market restrictions, for technological transfer, supply chain dependencies and currency manipulation.
02:37These are issues that have been unaddressed for years, and that now have resulted in a €1 billion deficit per
02:45day.
02:46€1 billion per day, I have to say that.
02:48Brussels considers the situation unsustainable.
02:51And it's a situation that actually threatens the survival of our industry and our prosperity, so something needs to change.
02:59This is why Maris Serkovic has engaged in these negotiations with China, and has imposed a deadline for this month
03:06to obtain the first tangible results.
03:09But now he's in Beijing to find out if these results will appear.
03:13And that's the question.
03:14Will he bring back these tangible results?
03:16He could succeed.
03:17He could fail.
03:17What happens when he gets back?
03:19There's a sequence of events, right?
03:21So Maris Serkovic is now in Beijing.
03:23He's going to meet his Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao.
03:25Then he's coming back to Brussels.
03:27He's going to meet his boss, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
03:31Then on Sunday, there's an extraordinary meeting of ambassadors.
03:34The Commission is going to brief them.
03:36Then ambassadors will brief their own capitals.
03:39And then next week, here in Brussels, EU leaders will meet, and they will have to decide if these results
03:45brought back by Serkovic are enough to continue the dialogue, or if it's time to take action.
03:50And you mentioned EU leaders, of course, meeting next week in Brussels.
03:53They've been becoming rather hawkish when it comes to China.
03:56We've seen a letter by Friedrich Merz, and also by Emmanuel Macron.
04:00Could we be on the brink of a trade war, Jorge?
04:02This letter, which I have here, by the way, is simply remarkable, I have to say, for at least two
04:08reasons.
04:08The first one is that one of the main factors that have held back the Commission's policy on China is
04:15Germany, particularly the German industry, who have been very afraid of retaliation from Beijing.
04:21Now Berlin has concluded that the damage inflicted by China is greater than the commercial opportunities presented by China.
04:29And then the second reason is the fact that this letter proposes to create a new instrument that could immediately
04:37cut off China from the European market if the situation continues to be unsustainable as it is now.
04:43So the very fact that this radical option is put on paper and is signed by the President of France
04:50and the Chancellor of Germany shows you the exasperation and the desperation that Europeans have reached.
04:56The stakes couldn't be higher.
04:58Couldn't be higher.
04:58Exactly.
04:59We'll read all your reporting on yournews.com.
05:01Thank you so much for that.
05:02But now, moving on, students in France are bracing for another major day of protests after trade unions joined them
05:09in demonstrations that saw around 250,000 people from all across the country on Tuesday.
05:15For the latest, we can head over to Paris and bring in our correspondent, Estelle Nilsen-Julien, who's standing in
05:21front of a very rowdy school this morning.
05:23And we can see school goers back on the streets today, just two days after that major demonstration.
05:29They're clearly still not satisfied, Estelle.
05:33Yes, so students and unions will be back on the streets today in Paris and across the country because they
05:40say the government is not listening to them.
05:42As you can see, I'm outside a secondary school in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
05:47And students got here very early.
05:49I've been in the streets since half six and I've seen students drag bins, barriers, many of them wearing face
05:55masks to cover their faces.
05:58And in terms of what the unions and teaching unions are calling for, they are urging the government to reverse
06:04some of its budget proposals, including things like pay freezes for public sector workers.
06:11And how has the government reacted?
06:14Have they made any concessions?
06:17Well, yesterday, Luc Arnaud, the French prime minister, addressed the nation.
06:21And he made a point of saying that police officers and law enforcement officers had not been instructed to attack
06:30or have any acts of violence towards children.
06:34This comes amid intense scrutiny of police methods.
06:37And we've seen some shocking cases where children were hurt in instances of police brutality.
06:45But the government has also launched a mass online consultation this week, which has already gathered 40,000 signatures.
06:53And the prime minister said that the findings of this consultation would be used to inform any possible policy changes.
07:01And Estelle, how long could these protests go on for?
07:06How long? I can't tell you exactly, but I was just speaking to some students a few minutes ago who
07:11told me they would be on the streets for as long as it takes.
07:15They told me they were here because they felt their school days were too long and that they wanted more
07:19time outside of school for their personal life.
07:23Experts I spoke to, though, have told me that these kinds of social movements tend to dissipate in school holidays.
07:30And France has a half term coming up in the coming weeks.
07:34So that could be a factor which could make things slow down a little bit.
07:38Thank you so much for your live broadcast there from the capital of France, from Paris.
07:44But now we can head to Athens, where the Secretary of State from the US, Marco Rubio, has arrived for
07:49the sixth round of the US-Greece Strategic Dialogue.
07:52Up for discussion, security, defence and energy.
07:56And speaking just last night in Athens, Marco Rubio said Europe needs to, quote, wake up from its long slumber.
08:01For more, we can head over to Athens and bring in our correspondent, Faye de Clary.
08:06Good morning, Faye.
08:07So quite an America first speech last night with quite a dig at Europeans to spend more on defence.
08:13Tell us more.
08:16Good morning, Maeve.
08:17Marco Rubio is calling again on European countries to take on a greater responsibility for defending their own defence.
08:25And he singled out Greece as an example.
08:27Speaking yesterday, alongside the Greek foreign minister, Yorgo Supergiarapetritis,
08:33he praised Greece because the country is about to spend 5% of its GDP this year on defence with
08:413.5% solely on core defence.
08:45Speaking under the Parthenon in the afternoon, Rubio linked the war in Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East,
08:53the situation in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, with greater need of Europe to start defending more
09:01the continent and spending more on defence.
09:04And he warned Europe, as you said, to wake from its long slumber and strengthen both its defence and industrial
09:13base.
09:14And, Faye, the trip comes during quite a scandalous controversy, if you like, over the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
09:19Tell us more about that.
09:22Yes, that was one of the highlights of the visit, I would say.
09:26An American colleague asked you in the Prince Conference, Marco Rubio, about the Wall Street Journal report
09:34concerning the American ambassador, Kimberly Guilfoyle.
09:38According to the Wall Street Journal, some weeks ago, in March, during a dinner with Greek and American officials,
09:45Kimberly Guilfoyle referred to the fall of Romania's government, saying allegedly that the United States had something implying better,
09:56that the United States had something to do with it, and saying, allegedly again, that the United States can do
10:03that with all the governments, even in Greece.
10:05As you can understand, this caused quite a noise here in Athens and, of course, in Bucharest for some days.
10:13And some analysts even linked the timing of the visit to this situation.
10:19But Marco Rubio yesterday rejected all these allegations.
10:23He said that they were false, and he gave full support to the American ambassador in Greece, saying that she's
10:32doing her job great.
10:33Okay, Vado Clary, thank you so much for that live broadcast there from Athens this morning.
10:39And moving on now, Brexit is back on the political agenda, after the UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham,
10:45who's actually in Berlin today, said he would weigh a range of options for the future relationship with the European
10:51Union,
10:51including the possibility of rejoining.
10:54Intense talks on resettling the relationship between both sides continue ahead of a summit expected to take place here in
11:01Brussels next month.
11:02Euronews' Marid Gwynn spoke to the UK Minister for European Relations, that's Hamish Falconer,
11:06who's actually in Strasbourg this week, and she began by asking him if Andy Burnham's remarks had radically changed his
11:13mandate
11:14as the UK's chief negotiator with Brussels.
11:18My Prime Minister set out a very ambitious approach last week.
11:22He believes that the current relationship that we have is not good enough, and I totally share that.
11:27And that's what I've been discussing with colleagues today.
11:29I've seen my counterpart, the Commissioner Sechevich, here, as well as many colleagues in the European Parliament.
11:36I am ambitious, as is the Prime Minister, to go further and faster with the European Union.
11:43We are eternal neighbours.
11:46We have real shared interests, and we're looking at this relationship with a real range of determination and ambition.
11:53What does that mean, then, Minister, for this UK EU summit that we're expecting as soon as November?
11:59Do you expect to simply sign off on the deals negotiated by the previous government of Keir Starmer, or can
12:04we expect more?
12:06And can we expect Burnham to lay out a more long-term vision in November?
12:11So, we haven't yet confirmed the date of the summit, but we hope to be able to do so soon.
12:17I want the most ambitious possible package.
12:19Of course, we've been conducting negotiations on a range of issues, including food, electricity trading standards, youth mobility.
12:28But we want to go further and faster, as I said earlier.
12:32And so, I'm not going to get too drawn into the detail of the negotiations.
12:36All I'll say is there's a real shared sense, both between me and my colleagues here,
12:42of a desire to bring Britain back closer to the European Union and be as ambitious as we possibly can.
12:48And in answer to your specific question, yes, I expect that my Prime Minister will set out in more detail
12:54some of the views that he talked about in our conference last week around the time of the summer.
13:01I appreciate you can't answer the details of these negotiations, but I want to ask you about Made in Europe,
13:07because I understand that for your government, the UK's inclusion in the Made in Europe industrial policy
13:13in order to avoid UK industries from being shut off the European market is a major priority.
13:20Do you see that a deal on that could be close?
13:23Look, I think it's worth saying at the outset that the industries that have lobbied me
13:28with the most enthusiasm are European industries, and there's such a clear sense that the European industrial base
13:36is shared. We're the second largest export market for the EU.
13:41We're the largest recipient of new EU vehicles, many of which are partially constructed in the UK.
13:47It would not be in either of our interests to see new barriers arising in our economic relations.
13:55It is so strongly in EU and UK interests that the existing strong arrangements that we have are sustained.
14:02And in terms of the concessions that you're willing to make in order to gain access and be included in
14:07that policy,
14:08you know, how far are you willing to go?
14:11So I think, as I said, I don't want to talk too much about the detail of the negotiations,
14:15but just in general, we've got very clear legally binding arrangements which govern the way in which
14:21the UK and EU markets are so closely integrated.
14:24That's the TCA. That provides strong protections to both sides on rules of origin and all sorts of other things.
14:31It is the underpinning of a really important shared industrial base.
14:36If we were to fracture that industrial base, that would simply mean a weaker Europe,
14:41both in the UK and in the EU. So I don't think talking about sort of concessions is quite the
14:46right place to start.
14:47This is a shared European industrial base.
14:49We face shared common challenges, which I've been very pleased to discuss for so many of my counterparts here today.
14:56I think it is vital that we don't do things to make European industry weaker.
15:04And staying in Strasbourg, MEPs from the left wing of the European Parliament have come up with a new proposal.
15:11They want to slash their net salaries in half from €8,800 per month to €4,400.
15:18For more, we can head over to Strasbourg and speak to Marc Bottenga, Belgian MEP from the left
15:23and actually one of the authors of this proposal.
15:25Good morning, Marc. Thanks for joining us. Tell us more about your idea here.
15:31Well, the idea is a very, I mean, as you know, that the salaries for members of the European Parliament,
15:36also members of the Commission, are extremely generous.
15:38You know, they can go up to €13,000, €14,000 a month easily without even the additional allowances.
15:44And so the question here is, in a situation in which many people struggle to make it to the end
15:49of the month,
15:49perhaps it is time to say, listen, we're going to cut the salaries a little bit in order to bring
15:54them down to earth
15:54and in order for MEPs to, you know, realise perhaps a little bit more what the regular European is going
16:01through.
16:01But I'm sure this proposal would face a lot of opposition there in the Parliament among MEPs.
16:06So what can you actually really change?
16:11Well, I think it's important to put that discussion out there.
16:14That's the first thing. Obviously, you know, people are shouting populism.
16:18But I think it's very important that when, also for the outside, when people see that, you know,
16:23members of the European Parliament, the European Commission, they're very happy to discuss anything.
16:27Like they can discuss cutting the European social funds, the cohesion funds, the regional funds, whatsoever.
16:32All of this can be discussed.
16:33But when it's about themselves, when it is about, you know, their own privileges, their own salaries,
16:38then suddenly, oh, no, this cannot even be discussed.
16:40So I think it's good to put that out there, especially today when we have this energy crisis,
16:44you know, when many of us are afraid to go, actually, you know, go up, get your fuel, do your
16:51groceries and whatever.
16:53So I think that would be a really important signal.
16:54And I've seen some critics say this is a populist stunt here.
16:57What would you say to them?
17:02Well, you know, I would say why haven't they?
17:04The only thing, the only thing they're stressed about is their own salary, their own privilege.
17:08For the rest, they're very happy to discuss anything, as I said.
17:10Secondly, I do believe that the way you live influences the way you vote and the kind of proposals you
17:16make.
17:16You know, if you yourself have no clue what it means to be scared to, you know, pay for fuel,
17:23to pay for groceries, whatsoever,
17:25you know, this is going to have an impact on the priorities and on the proposals you're going to make
17:30in Parliament
17:31or at the level of the European Commission.
17:33You know, you're not going to consider the energy crisis terribly horrible if you don't feel it yourself a little
17:39bit, at least, you know.
17:40So in this sense, I would say, you know, maybe it's time for you to get out of your bubble
17:45and realize what's going on outside.
17:47And if you want to lead by example, of course, why stop at the salaries?
17:50As you said, MEPs also get big allowances.
17:52Should they be looked at, too?
17:57Oh, absolutely.
17:58I think there's a number of things we should be looking at.
18:01I mean, we've got different proposals as well.
18:02There's also the transitional allowance.
18:04So when MEPs leave Parliament, they get this transitional allowance.
18:07You know, we'd say, why don't you just integrate, you know, national unemployment schemes?
18:11Because there's a lot of pressure on unemployment schemes at national levels, also pushed by politicians.
18:17But then they themselves are exempt from those schemes.
18:20So I think there's a number of things that we can tackle, also on the additional allowances.
18:24Why should that be just a fixed amount?
18:27Shouldn't that be linked to what you're actually spending?
18:29You know, all of these matters are on the table and need to be put on the table.
18:33And that's what we're doing right now, because we're saying it's time to burst this bubble a little bit.
18:38People are angry outside and they're angry at decisions that have been made in this parliament and by this commission.
18:43And in order to break away with that, to do away with that, sorry, I think this is a good
18:49first step.
18:49Well, people are certainly angry.
18:51Mark Patengo, we see protests from Madrid to Paris.
18:54And, of course, Brussels bracing itself tomorrow for a national strike.
18:57Thank you so much for your time this morning and for joining us on Europe Today.
19:01That does bring this Thursday's edition of Europe Today, though, to an end.
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