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Hiszpania pod presją: wojna w Ukrainie, kryzys mieszkaniowy, przyspieszone wybory i napięcia z Marokiem o Ceutę. Minister Albares o tym, jak reaguje Madryt. Do tego ataki dronów na Morzu Czarnym, reset UE–Chiny i plan budżetowy Irlandii.
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Hiszpania pod presją: wojna w Ukrainie, kryzys mieszkaniowy, przyspieszone wybory i napięcia z Marokiem o Ceutę. Minister Albares o tym, jak reaguje Madryt. Do tego ataki dronów na Morzu Czarnym, reset UE–Chiny i plan budżetowy Irlandii.
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00:19And this, is Europe Today
00:21Coming up
00:23In the latest spillofe from the Ukraine War in the 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.
00:49Germany, 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 propose what they call an emergency break.
01:15The 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.
01:32In its twice-yearly world economic outlook, the IMF called for urgent action to tackle public finances
01:38amid rising debt levels and inflation.
01:41One bright spot? Global growth withstood the Middle East conflict better than feared over the past six months, the IMF
01:49said.
01:49Welcome to the program. I'm Stefan Grover.
01:53War on Europe's doorstep.
01:55Political 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.
02:08And 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 on the sidelines of the Warsaw Security
02:34Forum.
02:35And 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.
03:08Minister, you also know that this is coming at a cost.
03:14Do you have the capacity to still pay out of pocket or do you say we need to explore the
03:18Russian frozen assets?
03:19I have been very clear since the very beginning.
03:21I think we should use frozen assets.
03:23I've been since the very first day advocating for it.
03:27Why we should put our taxpayer money when there is the frozen assets.
03:31So let's advance in and let's not forget what has 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.
04:17OK, so you seem to indicate there's something maybe behind the scenes.
04:19Let's talk about Spain.
04:21The 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 or they preferred the current government that has put Spain at the highest economic growth
05:00and always protects the right of 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.
05:15What 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, increasing pension rights
05:33that 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,
06:08for the pension rights, for the 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.
06:29And who are these forces?
06:30Are you saying Russia is behind?
06:33Who is paying?
06:34Who are these forces?
06:35Well, we know very well that Russian disinformation always plays a role.
06:40They want Europe to be divided.
06:42But there are different forces around the world that come from different...
06:46I'm the minister of foreign affairs of Spain.
06:48Are 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.
06:58Vox, 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.
07:18But most of them have gone back, and we will continue working, as we have done it today, until Ceuta
07:25recovers total normality.
07:27Will you say we need to revisit our policy with Morocco?
07:31We want to have a good relation with Morocco based on the respect of sovereignty, of territorial integrity,
07:38and the principles that we agree in 2022.
07:45Spanish Forum 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, sinking one.
08:22Eleven sailors are still missing.
08:25The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Ruben Radev, stated 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 to definitively point the finger,
08:40but clear logic would suggest that Russia stands to benefit from 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 in a string of recent drone incursions,
08:55the first occurring on Monday last week.
08:57A cargo vessel off Romania's coast attack, two individuals dying as a result.
09:02The following day, two more vessels attacked off Bulgaria's coast,
09:07and this latest incident occurring one week later,
09:10clearly demonstrating that what was once a rarity in the region is 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 to discuss a new hybrid warfare playbook,
09:29but the real question here is whether it can be developed with enough teeth
09:32to truly push back against these incursions.
09:35Of course, the EU also has a Black Sea strategy as 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, but 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 these drones are having on the people of Moldova.
10:04Luckily, we don't have any casualties between civilian personnel.
10:11We do have some effects towards the local infrastructure in 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 Scugins, thank you for your reporting.
10:39Europe and China are trying to reset their increasingly difficult trade relationship,
10:44but the tensions are far from over.
10:47From 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.
10:58And behind the trade dispute lies a much bigger question.
11:01Can Europe reduce its dependence on China without damaging its own economy?
11:06A few days ago, EU Trade Commissioner Sefkovic returned from talks in China
11:10that showed some progress.
11:13Yesterday, I spoke to Bernd Lange, chairman of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee,
11:18and I asked him whether this positive beginning was enough to call it a breakthrough.
11:24At the moment, we are discussing 16 points,
11:28and 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 perhaps in March next year.
11:41So I guess it's really a starting point.
11:44Of course, it's good.
11:46So I'm quite sure that now China is a little bit more flexible than 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.
12:02So 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 or 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, if there is a clear rule, they are staying to this rule.
12:28Of course, they have their strategic interests, but it's not secret.
12:32If you are reading the 12th, 13th, 14th, and now the 15th five-year plan,
12:37everything is written down.
12:38Perhaps the difference to the European Union is,
12:41of course, we are also sometimes writing something down,
12:45but they are doing what they are writing down.
12:47So China appears to have offered concessions on hybrid cars and rare earths.
12:55What has Beijing actually committed to, and what still needs to be negotiated?
13:03Yeah, in the hybrid car, of course, there was a curve with a really dramatic increase,
13:10and now we have stopped the curve and we limit the import for around about 360,000 cars a year
13:20for four years with 6% increase per year.
13:25So this leads some, or gives some time for the European manufacturer.
13:30Then on rare earths, we have a specific way for getting access, a European way.
13:38That's also good, and the third agreement, don't forget,
13:41we have a cut of tariffs from China in a volume of 225 million.
13:49What is the one concession from China you would demand from Beijing
13:56before calling this a successful deal?
14:00Of course, there are a lot of other items.
14:03So the access to the Chinese market is limited for several reasons.
14:09By the way, for public procurement, there is an additional 20% price for foreign offers.
14:18We have some problems to get investment located and so on.
14:23So there are a lot of issues where we should discuss on that in detail.
14:29Then, of course, we have our legislation, the foreign subsidies regulation.
14:34There are some trade acts in China which forbid the cooperation
14:40between Chinese companies and the European authorities.
14:45Also, this, I guess, has to be changed.
14:47So there has to be trust in using the economic figures
14:52and also regarding investment obligations inside the European Union.
14:58So there are a lot of items which should be discussed and led to an agreement.
15:06So it's perhaps really the starting point, not even the half of the way.
15:12It's just the starting point and I hope that we can work on and I'm quite hopeful.
15:21Bernd Lange, chairman of the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament.
15:26Negotiations on the next long-term European Union budget are entering the final stretch.
15:31As it happened, Ireland presently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU
15:36and presented a compromise on the size of the bloc's next seven-year budget ahead of tomorrow's EU summit.
15:43The proposal suggested chopping 141 billion euros off the 1.7 trillion euro draft on the table.
15:53Well, it did not go down well, as Dublin has been in line for a kicking from all sides since
15:59the idea was published.
16:00Are the cuts too small or too big?
16:03That's the billion euro question.
16:05Joining me now is the Irish Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Neil Richmond.
16:11Good morning. Great to have you on.
16:13Lovely to be here.
16:13So one could argue that when you make everybody unhappy, you did a good job,
16:19but that doesn't get us any closer to an EU budget.
16:24How far apart are the positions within the EU Council?
16:28I think what we've been able to achieve in the last week is a demonstration of what is actually realistic.
16:35We were able to take the Commission proposal and over an intense number of months had four different meetings at
16:41ambassador level,
16:42three different meetings at ministerial level and scores, dozens of bilateral meetings between our Minister for European Affairs,
16:49Thomas Byrne, our Prime Minister with their counterparts across the Union to produce something that member states is reflective of
16:56the really broad opinion of member states.
16:58So I think certainly leaders will discuss this this week and we very much hope that we'll be able to
17:02hand over this document at the end of our presidency in December
17:05and move to a very clear situation of a strong European budget that, despite all the claims, is still 30
17:12% bigger than the last EU budget.
17:14And I think that's been lost a lot in the commentary of the last number of days.
17:17What would you say is the weakest point of your proposal?
17:21I don't think our proposal has a weak point because as presidency we've acted as an honest broker.
17:26We are a net contributor as a member of state, but we strongly believe in cohesion and investment in the
17:31Union.
17:32We've benefited from that.
17:33We've been able to take very clear priorities when it comes to security, competitiveness, overseas development assistance,
17:39and make sure that a proposal that is still an increase on the last budget,
17:43that can still provide a European Union budget that is ambitious to achieve our aims, is on the table.
17:48And we now move it over to leaders and we fundamentally think an agreement can be achieved at Trialog.
17:53You mentioned that security and defence are supposed to be Europe's new priorities.
17:58Why should Europeans believe that when your proposal reduces spending, actually, in these areas?
18:04But it's a massive increase on the last European budget.
18:07And a lot of people get focused just on the Commission proposal.
18:09It's very, very important when you look at that as just a proposal.
18:13You look at what the actual spending was under the last budgetary terms.
18:16Obviously, Europe is a considerably different place now.
18:18And this actually has real investment.
18:20But in addition to that, we've also seen legislative advancements over the last number of years,
18:25which put security and defence.
18:27And security and defence isn't just binary.
18:29Real investments in official development assistance is key to security.
18:33Investment in our CAP and our food is key because food security is going to be a huge battle too.
18:39Well, you have time for one very short question.
18:41And you mentioned it.
18:42You want to get this done by the end of the year, before the French presidential election next year.
18:48Is this realistic?
18:49Yes or no?
18:49Absolutely.
18:50Perfect.
18:51Thank you so much, Irish Minister of State Neil Richmond.
18:54Thanks for your time this morning.
18:56And that does it for us today.
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