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Europa heute: Spaniens Außenminister, Drohnenangriffe im Schwarzen Meer, Neustart EU-China
Spanien steht innen- und außenpolitisch unter Druck: Ukraine-Krieg, Wohnungsnot, Neuwahlen, Streit mit Marokko um Ceuta. Außenminister Albares erklärt im Exklusivinterview Madrids Antwort. Weitere Themen: Drohnen im Schwarzen Meer, EU‑China-Kurs, Irlands EU-Haushalt.
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Spanien steht innen- und außenpolitisch unter Druck: Ukraine-Krieg, Wohnungsnot, Neuwahlen, Streit mit Marokko um Ceuta. Außenminister Albares erklärt im Exklusivinterview Madrids Antwort. Weitere Themen: Drohnen im Schwarzen Meer, EU‑China-Kurs, Irlands EU-Haushalt.
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00:14Guten Morgen, es ist Wednesday, Oktober 14.
00:17Ihr wisst Euronews und das ist Europe Today.
00:22Coming up, in den letzten Spillover von der Ukraine war in der Black Sea,
00:2611 people are missing after two merchant ships were struck off the Bulgarian coast yesterday.
00:32The Bulgarian government summoned the Russian ambassador after drones struck a Ukrainian-owned cargo ship,
00:38while another vessel was also hit and sank.
00:42EU-Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned the attacks,
00:45calling them another front of escalation of the Russian war in Ukraine.
00:50Germany, Italy and Belgium have called for a mechanism to halt new EU legislation
00:56deemed excessively burdensome for businesses,
00:59as part of a broader push to strengthen the bloc's competitiveness.
01:03In a letter sent to European Council President Costa, seen by Euronews,
01:08Chancellor Merz and Prime Ministers Meloni and De Wever proposed what they called an emergency break.
01:14The issue is expected to be discussed at tomorrow's new summit in Brussels.
01:19And the global economy could soon test the limits of resilience as emergency oil stocks run low
01:26and government budgets become overstretched, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
01:31In its twice-yearly world economic outlook,
01:34the IMF called for urgent action to tackle public finances amid rising debt levels and inflation.
01:41One bright spot?
01:42Global growth withstood the Middle East conflict better than feared over the past six months, the IMF said.
01:49Welcome to the program. I'm Stefan Grover.
01:53War on Europe's doorstep, political uncertainty at home and tensions on its southern border.
02:00From Ukraine to a housing crisis and the uncertainty of snap elections,
02:04Spain is facing pressure on multiple fronts.
02:07And the focus is also firmly on Ceuta, as King Felipe visited the enclave this week amid renewed tensions with
02:15Morocco
02:16following this summer's unprecedented border crisis.
02:19So how is Spain responding?
02:21And can Madrid navigate these crises without weakening its position in Europe?
02:26Our Europe editor Maria Tadeo spoke with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Álvarez
02:32on the sidelines of the Warsaw Security Forum.
02:34And she started by asking him what triggered Donald Trump's sudden heavy pressure on Ukraine and its president, Zelensky.
02:43Only President Trump can answer to that question.
02:46What's important for us, for Europeans, is how we can advance peace, a real peace, a genuine peace,
02:54that will preserve the sovereignty of Ukraine, that will guarantee security for the Ukrainians and for the Europeans?
03:04That's the real question.
03:06And we will only get that by backing President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people.
03:11Minister, you also know that this is coming at a cost.
03:14Do you have the capacity to still pay out of pocket?
03:16Or do you say we need to explore the Russian frozen assets?
03:19I have been very clear since the very beginning, I think we should use frozen assets.
03:23I've been since the very first day advocating for it, why we should put our taxpayer money when there is
03:30the frozen assets.
03:31So let's advance in and let's not forget what at stake right now.
03:35It's not only territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, but it's also the future of the security of Europe.
03:41Do you believe that the prime minister of Spain, therefore, on Thursday, will put on the table again the issue
03:47of the Russian frozen assets?
03:48We have been consistent with that policy and with many other countries.
03:52We have been always advocating for the use of frozen assets.
03:56Will Spain provide some of the patriot systems that you have in Spain to the Ukrainians?
04:01I never disclose what we are giving or not to Ukraine.
04:05This is a war and we have to keep the capabilities, you know, with discretion.
04:09But I can guarantee you that we have done as much as we have can every time and we will
04:16continue to do it.
04:16Okay, so you seem to indicate there's something maybe behind the scenes.
04:19Let's talk about Spain.
04:20The polls will indicate, well, you're not going to be back in government.
04:24So why do this now?
04:25There is only one poll that is really worth to see.
04:28It's the date of the vote.
04:29That's the only one.
04:30All the others, they say many, many things.
04:32I've been in many campaigns.
04:34I've seen many elections in which the polls said one thing and the result said something else.
04:39So the president decided to ask the Spaniards for a clarification.
04:43They want that type of Spain run by the extreme right and a reactionary coalition that really don't care about
04:53the rights of the people
04:54or they preferred the current government that has put Spain at the highest economic growth and always protects the right
05:02of the people.
05:03It's up to them to decide.
05:05But your critics would say when you talk specifically about the housing, you have been in government for eight years.
05:10If there was a problem, there was plenty of time to fix it.
05:13And this issue is being weaponized.
05:15With what credibility do you defend this line?
05:18With a guarantee that we do what we say, that we have been for a year increasing all the rights
05:25of the people when it comes once again to increasing the minimum wage at a historical level,
05:31increasing pension rights that were frozen, increasing scholarship, putting all the funding for public health and public education.
05:39We will do the same with housing and because we tried to do it with the Congress and they didn't
05:45want it.
05:46We need more strength in the Congress.
05:49And that's the clarification that the president has asked for.
05:52But what makes you believe this is going to be an extreme right that is going to undo years of
05:57democracy?
05:57You would think Spain is a strong enough democracy to not be undone by an election.
06:01There is a risk for the rights of the people, for all their social rights, for the pension rights, for
06:10the public education and the public health.
06:14And at the same time, extreme right is always connected with forces abroad European Union that try to divide us,
06:22that try to divide Spaniards and Europeans to make us weaker and to weaken our democracy.
06:28And who are these forces? Are you saying Russia is behind? Who is paying? Who are these forces?
06:36Well, we know very well that Russian disinformation always plays a role.
06:40They want Europe to be divided. But there are different forces around the world that come from different...
06:46I'm the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain.
06:47Are you thinking Israel, perhaps?
06:50Many of them, many of them try to divide Europe because a Europe that is divided is a Europe that
06:57is weak.
06:57Vox, I see, seems to be doing very well in polls, and they seem to have capitalized on the question
07:05of migration
07:06and certainly the crisis that we've seen play out in Ceuta, which is still not a result.
07:11Most of the people that went into Ceuta illegally are already back.
07:15But many are still there.
07:16They are still there. But most of them have gone back.
07:20And we will continue working, as we have done it today, until Ceuta recovers total normality.
07:27Will you say, we need to revisit our policy with Morocco?
07:30We want to have a good relation with Morocco based on the respect of sovereignty,
07:37of territorial integrity, and the principles that we agree in 2022.
07:45Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Álvarez speaking to María Tadeo.
07:49The Black Sea is becoming the next theatre of Russian aggression,
07:53with two commercial vessels hit by drones off Bulgaria's coast yesterday morning.
07:58It's the latest in a string of attacks on shipping in the region,
08:02with officials surrounding the stretch of sea sounding the alarm.
08:06Joining me now in the studio is our defence correspondent, Angela Skugins.
08:11Good morning, Angela.
08:12Good morning, Stefan.
08:13What's the latest here?
08:14Yes, so in the early hours of Tuesday morning,
08:17a series of drones attacked two commercial vessels off Bulgaria's coast,
08:21sinking one.
08:22Eleven sailors are still missing.
08:25The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Ruman Radev,
08:27stated that this incident is absolutely unacceptable,
08:30while calling on support from allies while an investigation continues.
08:34Now, he stated he doesn't have clear or conclusive evidence
08:38to definitively point the finger,
08:40but clear logic would suggest that Russia stands to benefit
08:44from an incursion such as this.
08:46Now, if we take a look at this map over here,
08:48we can clearly see that this is just one incident
08:51in a string of recent drone incursions,
08:55the first occurring on Monday last week.
08:57A cargo vessel off Romania's coast attack,
09:00two individuals dying as a result.
09:02The following day, two more vessels attack off Bulgaria's coast,
09:06and this latest incident occurring one week later,
09:10clearly demonstrating that what was once a rarity in the region
09:14is certainly becoming a reality.
09:17Now, you've described the problem.
09:19Are there any possible solutions on the table?
09:22Yes, so EU heads of state will meet in Brussels on Thursday
09:26to discuss a new hybrid warfare playbook,
09:29but the real question here is whether it can be developed
09:31with enough teeth to truly push back against these incursions.
09:35Of course, the EU also has a Black Sea strategy
09:38as well as an eastern flank drone initiative,
09:42but we're really waiting to see the implementation come here.
09:45Now, I spoke to a military official from Moldova.
09:49Of course, this is a landlocked country,
09:51but it has seen 94 confirmed drone incursions
09:54since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
09:57And I started by asking him what societal impact
10:00these drones are having on the people of Moldova.
10:03Luckily, we don't have any casualties within civilian personnel.
10:11We do have some effects towards the local infrastructure
10:14in the area next to the impact,
10:18because those drones are coming with an amount of explosives upon them
10:22and having a significant impact towards the morale of the civil society
10:29and, of course, a safe and secure environment within the region.
10:35All right, Angela Skugins, thank you for your reporting.
10:39Europe and China are trying to reset
10:41their increasingly difficult trade relationship,
10:44but the tensions are far from over.
10:46From Chinese electric cars and massive industrial overcapacity
10:50to rare earths and access to each other's markets,
10:54Brussels is demanding more reciprocity from Beijing.
10:57And behind the trade dispute lies a much bigger question.
11:01Can Europe reduce its dependence on China
11:03without damaging its own economy?
11:05A few days ago, EU Trade Commissioner Sefcovic
11:09returned from talks in China that showed some progress.
11:13Yesterday, I spoke to Bernd Lange,
11:15chairman of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee,
11:18and I asked him whether this positive beginning
11:21was enough to call it a breakthrough.
11:23At the moment, we are discussing 16 points,
11:27and now we have an agreement on more or less three of them.
11:32So there is really now the beginning,
11:35and there's a chance to have a more or less comprehensive agreement,
11:40perhaps in March next year.
11:41So I guess it's really a starting point.
11:44Of course, it's good.
11:45So I'm quite sure that now China is a little bit more flexible
11:50than perhaps one year ago
11:52because of the economic situation in China.
11:54So they need the export market to the European Union,
11:58and therefore it was possible to start the negotiation.
12:01So a good starting point.
12:03Let's see how it will be developed.
12:05Is China negotiating in good faith?
12:09My experience is that if you have an agreement
12:13or an understanding with China,
12:16and it is really hard to get it, no doubt about it.
12:19I have really some experience in the past.
12:23If there is an agreement,
12:25if there is a clear rule,
12:26they are staying to this rule.
12:28Of course, they have their strategic interests,
12:30but it's not secret.
12:31If you are reading the 12th, 13th, 14th,
12:35and now the 15th five-year plan,
12:37everything is written down.
12:38Perhaps the difference through the European Union is,
12:41of course, we are also sometimes writing something down,
12:45but they are doing what they are writing down.
12:48So China appears to have offered concessions
12:52on hybrid cars and rare earths.
12:55What has Beijing actually committed to,
12:59and what still needs to be negotiated?
13:03Yeah, in the hybrid car, of course,
13:05there was a curve with a really dramatic increase.
13:10And now we have stopped the curve
13:12and we limit the import for around about 360,000 cars a year
13:20for four years with 6% increase per year.
13:24So this leads some,
13:27or gives some time for the European manufacturer.
13:30Then on the rare earth,
13:32we have a specific way for getting access,
13:36a European way that's also good.
13:38And a third agreement, don't forget,
13:41we have a cut of tariffs from China
13:45in a volume of 225 million.
13:49What is the one concession from China
13:52you would demand from Beijing
13:55before calling this a successful deal?
14:00Of course, there are a lot of other items.
14:03So the access to the Chinese market
14:06is limited for several reasons.
14:09By the way, for public procurement,
14:11there is an additional 20% price for foreign of us.
14:17We have some problems to get investment located and so on.
14:23So there are a lot of issues
14:25where we should discuss on that detail.
14:29Then, of course, we have our legislation,
14:32the foreign subsidies regulation.
14:34There are some trade acts in China
14:38which forbid the cooperation
14:40between Chinese companies
14:43and the European authorities.
14:45Also, this, I guess, has to be changed.
14:47So there has to be trust
14:49in using the economic figures
14:52and also regarding investment obligations
14:56inside the European Union.
14:58So there are a lot of items
15:00which should be discussed
15:03and led to an agreement.
15:05So it's perhaps really the starting point,
15:10not even the half of the way.
15:12It's just the starting point.
15:14And I hope that we can work on
15:16and I'm quite hopeful.
15:21Bernd Lange,
15:22Chairman of the International Trade Committee
15:23of the European Parliament.
15:26Negotiations on the next long-term European Union budget
15:29are entering the final stretch.
15:31As it happened,
15:32Ireland presently holds
15:33the rotating presidency
15:34of the Council of the EU
15:36and presented a compromise
15:38on the size of the bloc's
15:39next seven-year budget
15:41ahead of tomorrow's EU summit.
15:43The proposal suggested
15:44chopping 141 billion euros
15:47off the 1.7 trillion euro draft
15:51on the table.
15:52Well, it did not go down well
15:55as Dublin has been in line
15:56for a kicking from all sides
15:58since the idea was published.
16:00Are the cuts too small
16:02or too big?
16:03That's the billion euro question.
16:05Joining me now
16:06is the Irish Minister of State
16:08at the Department of Foreign Affairs,
16:10Neil Richmond.
16:11Good morning.
16:11Great to have you on.
16:13Good to be here.
16:13So one could argue
16:14that when you make everybody unhappy,
16:16you did a good job,
16:19but that doesn't get us
16:21any closer to an EU budget.
16:23How far apart are the positions
16:27within the EU Council?
16:29I think what we've been able
16:30to achieve in the last week
16:31is a demonstration
16:32of what is actually realistic.
16:35We were able to take
16:36the Commission proposal
16:37and over an intense number of months
16:39had four different meetings
16:41at ambassador level,
16:42three different meetings
16:43at ministerial level,
16:44and scores, dozens,
16:46of bilateral meetings
16:47between our Minister
16:48for European Affairs,
16:49Thomas Byrne,
16:50our Prime Minister,
16:51with their counterparts
16:51across the Union
16:52to produce something
16:53that member states
16:54is reflective
16:55of the really broad
16:57opinion of member states.
16:58So I think certainly
16:59leaders will discuss this
17:00this week,
17:01and we very much hope
17:02that we'll be able
17:02to hand over this document
17:03at the end of our presidency
17:04in December
17:05and move to a very clear situation
17:08of a strong European budget
17:09that, despite all the claims,
17:11is still 30% bigger
17:12than the last EU budget.
17:14And I think that's been lost a lot
17:15in the commentary
17:16of the last number of days.
17:17What would you say
17:18is the weakest point
17:19of your proposal?
17:20I don't think our proposal
17:22has a weak point,
17:23because as presidency
17:24we've acted as an honest broker.
17:26We are a net contributor
17:28as a member of state,
17:29but we strongly believe
17:30in cohesion and investment
17:31of the Union.
17:32We've benefited from that.
17:33We've been able to take
17:34very clear priorities
17:35when it comes to security,
17:37competitiveness,
17:38overseas development assistance,
17:39and make sure that a proposal
17:41that is still an increase
17:42on the last budget,
17:43that can still provide
17:44a European Union budget
17:45that is ambitious
17:46to achieve our aims,
17:47is on the table.
17:48And we now move it over
17:49to leaders,
17:50and we fundamentally think
17:51an agreement can be achieved
17:52at Trilog.
17:53You mentioned that security
17:54and defence are supposed
17:55to be Europe's new priorities.
17:58Why should Europeans
17:59believe that
18:00when your proposal
18:01reduces spending,
18:02actually,
18:03in these areas?
18:04But it's a massive increase
18:05on the last European budget,
18:07and a lot of people
18:07get focused just on
18:08the Commission proposal.
18:09It's very, very important
18:10when you look at
18:11that as just a proposal.
18:13You look at what
18:13the actual spending was
18:14under the last budgetary terms.
18:16Obviously, Europe
18:16is a considerably
18:17different place now,
18:18and this actually
18:19has real investment.
18:20But in addition to that,
18:21we've also seen
18:22legislative advancements
18:23over the last number
18:24of years,
18:25which put security
18:26and defence.
18:26And security and defence
18:28isn't just binary.
18:29A real investment
18:29in official development
18:31assistance
18:31is key to security.
18:33Investment in our CAP
18:34and our food
18:35is key,
18:36because food security
18:37is going to be
18:37a huge battle too.
18:39Well, you have time
18:39for one very short question.
18:41And you mentioned it,
18:42you want to get this done
18:43by the end of the year
18:44before the French
18:45presidential election
18:46next year.
18:47Is this realistic?
18:49Yes or no?
18:50Absolutely.
18:51Perfect.
18:51Thank you so much,
18:53Irish Minister of State
18:53Neil Richmond.
18:54Thanks for your time
18:55this morning.
18:56And that does it
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