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Europe Today: Franciaország hétvégi tüntetések előtt hadsereget vet be, Olaszország szigorít
Napok óta tartó erőszak után Franciaország katonákat vezényel az utcákra a hétvégi tiltakozások előtt, Olaszország új rendőri jogköröket ad, Albániában második hete tüntetnek, görög diákok ma vonulnak fel, Oslóban Steve Witkoff Zelenszkijjel találkozik Moszkva előtt.
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Napok óta tartó erőszak után Franciaország katonákat vezényel az utcákra a hétvégi tiltakozások előtt, Olaszország új rendőri jogköröket ad, Albániában második hete tüntetnek, görög diákok ma vonulnak fel, Oslóban Steve Witkoff Zelenszkijjel találkozik Moszkva előtt.
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00:14Good morning, it is Wednesday the 21st of October. I'm Maeve McMahon and this is Europe Today.
00:21Your morning dose of European news and analysis live here on Euronews.
00:26Coming up, troops on the ground. The French government has said it will be sending soldiers to the streets in
00:32anticipation of yet another wave of protests scheduled for this weekend.
00:37The violent riots have overshadowed this week's European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg where political finger pointing continues.
00:44We'll take you live to Strasbourg.
00:47And Italy has approved draconian measures in response to a wave of protests that saw thousands of people down them
00:53straight peacefully, though some turned violent.
00:56Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini says police will be allowed to detain teenagers for up to 12 hours, even if
01:03they have not committed a crime and their parents will be fined.
01:07And the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani will be deploying 500 troops to Milan.
01:11Meanwhile, protests have rocked Albania's capital Tirana for the seventh day in a row, with many turning ugly.
01:19The Denham Straders call for better quality jobs and an end to corruption.
01:22They want their Prime Minister to resign.
01:25But Eni Rama, currently serving his fourth term, says he is not going anywhere, warning that the Denham Straders threaten
01:32Albania's path to EU membership.
01:34But first, to France, where curfews seem to be bringing calm back to the streets after days of violence and
01:40vandalism.
01:41Christophe Rouillon, the mayor of Coulen, told Euronews that the measures are working, but there's also a big responsibility on
01:47parents.
01:48Yes, I think it was very important to prevent the events that we have seen in France, especially in my
01:59city, with the firefox and some young people burning mattresses on the road.
02:08And there is a big issue now in France.
02:12Despite this, the French government is planning on deploying the army ahead of more strikes this weekend.
02:17And the riots in France are up for debate in Strasbourg this week, with the far-right and far-left
02:22MEPs clashing over their contrasting framing of the riots.
02:26The right draws links to migration, and the left say the real cause is the deepening cost of living crisis.
02:31For more on these political tensions, we can go now straight to Strasbourg and speak to the Patriots for Europe,
02:37MEP, Fabrice Lagerie.
02:39Good morning, Fabrice. Thank you so much for joining us here on Europe Today.
02:43So, the army will be deployed now to the streets of France and Italy. Do you support this measure?
02:50Well, good morning, and thank you very much for inviting me.
03:13Thank you very much.
03:50Thank you very much.
03:56And do we have proof, Fabrice Lagerie, of who is responsible for the violence and vandalism?
04:01This talk of foreign interference, is there proof yet of this?
04:07Sorry, can you say it again? I don't understand.
04:10Do we have any proof? No problem.
04:12Do we have any proof of who is responsible for the violence and the vandalism?
04:17Is there any proof of foreign interference here?
04:23Well, there are footages and there are videos showing the profile of looters.
04:30There are, well, ongoing investigations.
04:34When we see foreign flags, you know, unfortunately, many people got used to seeing Palestinian flags, Algerian flags.
04:47So, this is, of course, the symbol of foreign, I don't know if this is foreign interference,
04:55but at least it means that some of the people gathered during these violent riots,
05:03they don't like France, they hate France, they hate the country where most of them were born.
05:11So, have integration policies failed in France?
05:17Of course, it has failed, but what has failed is also the, well, there was not a controlled migration policy.
05:28So, we need to draw the conclusions.
05:31I mean, the government needs to draw the conclusions from that failure.
05:34Of course, Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen, Jordan Bardella, we have a proposal to French voters.
05:42We want to take back control over migration, but, unfortunately, the failures of the past have consequences now, today.
05:49And this requires, as well, a firm response from the French judiciary.
05:55We also want to improve legislation in France.
06:00We want to have minimum sanctions, criminal sanctions.
06:04So, there is a maximum in the criminal court, but there should be also a minimum.
06:08Okay, of course, Fabrice Algerian.
06:10The reality in France is we see over 25% of under-30s at risk, of course, of poverty or
06:15social exclusion.
06:17So, really, root issues there.
06:19But, Fabrice Algerian, thank you so much for speaking to us there.
06:21From Strasbourg, and now from France to Athens, where teachers, along with university and high school students,
06:26are planning a series of actions today in Greece's main cities to protest against the cost of living crisis,
06:33the lack of housing and low wages.
06:35For more, let's go straight to Athens and bring in our correspondent, Apostolos Stikas.
06:39So, Apostolos, have these protests been inspired by the French, and what are the main concerns for the Greeks?
06:47Good morning from Athens, Maeve.
06:49I was here yesterday afternoon, and there were 50 to 60 tents.
06:53But during the night, the police removed all of them, because the government says that Athens won't become Paris.
07:00Now, today we expect more than 50 demonstrations across the country.
07:05And about the imitation thing, well, the Greek students, they are certainly inspired by what is happening in Italy,
07:12France, of course, Albania, but they do not really imitate, because we have, you know,
07:17considerable experience in demonstrating in Greece, and unfortunately on violent classes as well.
07:23Now, what do they want?
07:26I mean, if you have to pay around 500 euros for an old house in Athens in order to study,
07:32and if you make around 1,000 euros, you cannot live in the city.
07:37You cannot expect to pay your bills, your rent, and then to make a living.
07:42This is the main argument, and of course, there are other issues, such as corruption.
07:46We don't have the same problem like in Albania, or the same demand, the resignation of the government,
07:53but yet the cost of living is the first issue, but there is another broader agenda, let's say.
07:59As for the riots, allow me to remind you that in 2008, Athens was on fire for two weeks
08:05because a teenager was murdered by a police officer.
08:08One year later, we had the economy crisis, the debt crisis,
08:11and huge crowds were demonstrating in Athens against the IMF, the European Union, and the austerity programs.
08:18So, the images that we receive from France, they are striking, but not really shocking for the Greek audience.
08:27So, cost of living and better quality of studies, that is the thing that we need to keep
08:32from the students' demo here in Athens, and this is the main message for today's demos as well.
08:39Okay, Apostola Stikas, and it's worth pointing out to our viewers that elections will be taking place,
08:44of course, as well, very soon in Greece, just like over in France.
08:47But moving on to Brussels Blues.
08:50The EU wants to spend more on defence, competitiveness, and energy security,
08:54but there's just one problem. The money is not there.
08:57After last week's EU summit, the battle over the bloc's next-term long-term budget is just getting tougher,
09:03and EU member states are divided.
09:05Germany, as the EU's biggest contributor, will be at the centre of that fight.
09:10For more, your news's Stefan Krober sat down with Germany's ambassador to the European Union,
09:15that's Thomas Hans-Ovsofsky,
09:16and started by asking him whether the European Union is actually trying to build a budget that they cannot afford.
09:22The EU is building a budget which we need for the 21st century.
09:28But obviously, the commission proposal was far too high.
09:33And so Germany expects that this budget is being cut by at least several hundreds of billions of euros.
09:41Now, the Irish presidency put a new proposal on the table, a nego box,
09:48which was already cut by 140 billion.
09:51So I would say we are not there yet.
09:54But we are now on a way to kind of try to find an agreement,
10:02but more cuts will be definitely necessary.
10:05How much money is Germany prepared to put on the table?
10:10What we need is a budget which is sustainable in financial terms,
10:16and also sustainable in terms of content.
10:20So we need a modernized budget, a budget which focuses on competitiveness,
10:25on innovation, on research, on defense and security,
10:30on Ukraine, of course, and, of course, we have these traditional expenditures
10:35like agriculture and cohesion.
10:37So now, basically, we have to build upon this new structure,
10:42but it is still the overall amounts which are contested.
10:47And as I said, Germany needs – and we are not alone.
10:50We have a few partners, you know, the so-called modernizers, to cut it down.
10:54Frugals.
10:56Modernizers.
10:56Modernizers, okay.
10:57If the member states refuse to increase their contributions,
11:03would Germany be prepared to accept new common borrowing?
11:10No, definitely not new common borrowing.
11:14Because we believe if we go down this path, we lose our sovereignty.
11:20What we need to do is to build upon what is affordable.
11:24We are not ready into looking into taxing European companies now at the European level.
11:30Because we believe this is adding insult to injury.
11:33We want to keep European companies here in the internal market
11:37and not discourage them and to invest them somewhere else.
11:41On top of the 90 billion loan that is already earmarked for Ukraine,
11:47the country would need several billion, additional billion euros for the war effort.
11:56Does that mean that European farmers and families and other beneficiaries will have to get less so that Ukraine can
12:05get more?
12:05No, this doesn't mean that.
12:07Because anyhow, the money which we provide for Ukraine, particularly the 90 billion, which were made available this year,
12:15are outside of the regular European budget.
12:18This is something, it's a loan, which we organized with the help of the headroom,
12:23the so-called headroom of the multi-annual financial framework.
12:26So it's outside of the budget.
12:27But one thing is very clear.
12:30The leaders also reaffirmed their continued support to Ukraine.
12:34So we will continue to support Ukraine to exercise its right of self-defense against the war of aggression by
12:41Russia.
12:42Let me repeat that.
12:43So Germany is prepared to keep Ukraine afloat financially, come what may.
12:47Germany stands with Ukraine and the European Union stands with Ukraine.
12:53But of course, we also expect from our international partners, the G7, also to stand with Ukraine.
12:59And about the details of the support, leaders will have to discuss now.
13:06Now moving on to Oslo, where U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
13:13and a selection of European leaders.
13:15Today, he'll be moving on to Russia for further talks with Moscow officials aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
13:21The meeting comes amid efforts to mend a deepening rift between Kiev and Washington,
13:26following a sharp deterioration in relations over U.S. support for Ukraine
13:30and the Trump administration's approach to Moscow.
13:33For more, we're joined here on set by our Ukraine correspondent, Sasha Vakilina.
13:37Good morning.
13:37Tell us, did anything come out of Oslo?
13:39And is there any sign of a breakthrough?
13:40Well, it's actually a very good sign that these talks did take place in Oslo, because this is the continuation
13:46of some sort of diplomacy.
13:48I mean, there's, of course, diplomatic tensions between Washington and Kiev these days.
13:51And there were quite a few substantial messages.
13:54Now, first of all, of course, is the fact that Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that the United States restored crucial early
13:59warning intel sharing,
14:02specifically when it comes to incoming Russian ballistic missiles.
14:04This is very important for the people, because very often they have less than one minute on that warning to
14:09trying to seek shelter to save their lives and the lives of their loved ones.
14:12And the second one also was when Zelensky said that Washington confirmed its commitment to providing security guarantees to Ukraine.
14:19But that, of course, is once Russia's war against Ukraine is over.
14:22Let's take a listen to what Volodymyr Zelensky had to say.
14:24We really discussed security guarantees, and I'm thankful to American side that they underline again that it will be strong.
14:33Yes, and we have different propositions.
14:35And we spoke about, you know, that NATO and Article 5 and Article 5 like there are different kinds of
14:42security guarantees which are in the paper.
14:45Yes, in the document and which Steve will share with Russians.
14:52We are thankful that intelligence works.
14:55Now, I'm speaking about early warning, what is very important for our people, for children, adults, civilians, because we can
15:04hear when ballistic is coming.
15:06So we are thankful to American side.
15:08Now it works.
15:09And has this diplomatic damage control in Oslo managed to ease tensions between Kyiv and Washington?
15:14Somehow, yes, because we have to say that, you know, after everything that's been happening and all these statements, fiery
15:19statements coming from both sides over the past week or so now, I think we can be rather certain to
15:25say that the immediate diplomatic crisis has somehow eased up.
15:29And that is, of course, also interesting to see how it happened, because the host of the meeting in Norway
15:33and Finland and Alex Stoop was one of the probably the most optimistic voice.
15:37Stoop is often referred to here in Europe as one of Trump's whispers.
15:41So he certainly put an effort into trying to sort this out and to find the diplomatic solution.
15:46Although not so, everything is not so rosy and pitchy there, maybe, because Steve Witkoff did not stay for that
15:52joint press.
15:53So we could only see the three leaders there.
15:55He did not stay.
15:56He did not participate.
15:57He did not want to get those questions and answers.
16:00And he went straight to Moscow to actually bring whatever was disclosed in Oslo to the Russian authorities, where he
16:06is expected also to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
16:09But let's take a listen to what Alexander Stoop had to say about these negotiations and the results of them.
16:16I think the top priority of the U.S. administration, President Trump, is to find a peaceful solution to Russia's
16:23war aggression in Ukraine.
16:25And as I said earlier, I think on a substantive and technical level, we've actually made a lot of progress
16:31under the radar in the past week or so.
16:36And now I feel that the process is back on track and we'll continue to work on it together with
16:42our European friends.
16:44Alexander Stoop there and before that, our Sasha Vakilina.
16:48Now moving on to the Arctic, which has become the new magnet for major world powers as melting ice opens
16:52up new shipping routes.
16:54And to keep afloat here amidst the U.S., China and Russian interest, the EU Commission has just presented their
16:59very own EU Arctic proposal.
17:02For more, our Marit Gwynn spoke to the EU's head of international partnerships, Joseph Sekela, and started by asking, why
17:07now?
17:08We basically try to reflect the new Arctic reality and the Arctic is changing very fast.
17:14This is about new attention to security and defense aspect, including the protection of the civil infrastructure.
17:24Of course, the changes are also affecting the new economic opportunities.
17:31But everything what we do, and this is basically the first main part of the strategy, we want to do
17:37together with the people who call Arctic its home.
17:41So with the indigenous people and the local communities.
17:44I want to ask you about what the strategy says about oil and gas drilling, because it maintains the EU's
17:53position that it wants a ban on any drilling in the Arctic region.
17:58Yet the message from other parts of the world is very different.
18:01The message from the White House is very clear.
18:03Drill, baby, drill.
18:04Can the EU maintain this position when basically the rest of the world is taking a completely different stance and
18:13especially given the rising price of energy right now?
18:17The sustainability, the climate protection and the environmental protection is staying the overarching principle of our Arctic strategy.
18:27And when it comes to basically the plans of drilling, for example, in Greenland, I'm very much aware about the
18:36content of the agreements.
18:37And we follow the principle that nothing can happen without the local people.
18:47And there is no preferential treatment for U.S. companies when it comes to territory of Greenland.
18:55So nothing changed on our side.
18:59We believe that basically the fossil fuels, the coal, the gas, the oil should stay in the ground.
19:09You've pushed back against efforts to cut international funding as part of the EU's next long term budget.
19:17What do you think the consequences would be if this part, this part called global Europe, would be cut in
19:25the negotiations now amongst member states?
19:28Well, I think the consequences will be not only dramatic, but I tend to say in certain areas they might
19:37become even dystopic.
19:38Look, Europe is the EU and the member states are basically the biggest supporter of the development agenda worldwide.
19:47But the step back by some of the other countries basically is meanwhile costing lives.
19:54And there is a huge window of opportunity for Europe, not only in Arctic, but also in Africa and other
20:03continents.
20:03There is a huge demand for Europe.
20:07This demand for Europe will not remain open forever.
20:11So if we miss this window of opportunity, which can help us to reduce the dependencies, then it will be,
20:19in my eyes, a big failure.
20:23Well, that brings Wednesday's edition of Europe Today to an end.
20:26Thanks for tuning in.
20:26See you soon.
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