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Europe Today, al via a Bruxelles l'Euronews Enlargement Summit e i midterm USA che testano Trump
Bruxelles ospita l'Euronews Enlargement Summit mentre Montenegro, Albania e Ucraina spingono per entrare nell'UE. Parliamo con gli ambasciatori UE Petar Marković (Montenegro) e Taras Kachka (Ucraina), e con lo stratega repubblicano Matt Klink sul test delle midterm USA per Donald Trump.
ALTRE INFORMAZIONI : http://it.euronews.com/2026/11/03/europe-today-al-via-a-bruxelles-il-summit-allargamento-euronews-midterm-usa-test-per-trump
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Bruxelles ospita l'Euronews Enlargement Summit mentre Montenegro, Albania e Ucraina spingono per entrare nell'UE. Parliamo con gli ambasciatori UE Petar Marković (Montenegro) e Taras Kachka (Ucraina), e con lo stratega repubblicano Matt Klink sul test delle midterm USA per Donald Trump.
ALTRE INFORMAZIONI : http://it.euronews.com/2026/11/03/europe-today-al-via-a-bruxelles-il-summit-allargamento-euronews-midterm-usa-test-per-trump
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00:15Buongiorno, è Tuesday, November 3rd.
00:18You're watching Euronews, and this is Europe Today.
00:22Our top stories.
00:24Europe is preparing for a new chapter in its history,
00:27and today Brussels will be at the center of the debate.
00:30The Euronews Enlargement Summit brings together EU leaders
00:34and the countries hoping to join the bloc,
00:36as enlargement moves from a distant ambition
00:39to a very real political question.
00:41Montenegro and Albania are closing in on membership,
00:44while Ukraine and others are looking to Europe
00:47amid a changing geopolitical landscape.
00:50America is heading towards a political showdown today.
00:53As polls open for the midterm elections in just a few hours,
00:57Donald Trump faces a crucial test of his presidency.
01:01Republicans are fighting to hold on to their majorities in Congress,
01:04while Democrats see an opportunity to regain power
01:08and put the White House under pressure.
01:10The stakes are enormous, not just for Trump's domestic agenda,
01:14but for the future direction of American politics.
01:17And Belgium's Prime Minister, Barth de Wever,
01:21offered his government's resignation to King Philippe yesterday.
01:24It came after overnight negotiations with his core cabinet
01:28on the budget failed to reach an agreement.
01:30The king now wants to consult the coalition party leaders starting today.
01:35De Wever is set to meet with the monarch again on Friday.
01:38The Belgian budget deficit amounted to 5% last year,
01:41while only 3% is permitted under European rules.
01:46Welcome to the program. I'm Stefan Grobe.
01:49But first, in Brussels today,
01:51Euronews will bring together heads of state and governments
01:54from some of the countries aspiring
01:56to become the next members of the European Union.
02:00Euronews's enlargement summit gets underway later this morning
02:04with discussions to focus on the progress of EU-candidate countries,
02:08the reforms required on both sides,
02:10and the economic opportunities and implications of EU enlargement.
02:15Our correspondent, Marit Gwynne-Jones, is standing by for us.
02:19Marit, give us a taste of what we can expect today.
02:25Well, yes, Stefan, preparations well underway here
02:28for a summit that really comes at what feels like a pivotal moment
02:32for the EU's efforts to enlarge.
02:35Accepting new member countries is being described
02:38as a geopolitical imperative amid the war in Ukraine,
02:42perceived security threats,
02:44and also increased geopolitical competition.
02:46We know that the question of Ukraine's future EU membership
02:50is becoming intertwined with ongoing peace negotiations.
02:54We will be hearing from the Ukrainian prime minister
02:57here at the Euronews summit later today.
03:00But also in the Western Balkans,
03:01there is a feeling that we are on the verge of a major breakthrough
03:05with Montenegro looking to become the EU's next member state
03:09within the course of next year.
03:12There have been some doubts over whether bilateral disputes
03:15between the Croatian and the Montenegrin governments
03:18could send that timetable back.
03:20We will be hearing from both governments,
03:22including from the Croatian prime minister, Andrei Plenković.
03:26But, Stefan, we can expect some tough conversations here today as well.
03:30We will be hearing from Edi Rama, the prime minister of Albania,
03:33just as anti-government protests continue to rage on in the country,
03:38as well as from the Georgian prime minister,
03:41just two years after his country's bid to become an EU member
03:44was halted by Brussels over concerns over a crackdown on dissent.
03:51So expect a lot of conversations with major leaders here today
03:54on an issue that Stefan really is becoming an issue
03:58that is top of the political agenda here in Brussels.
04:02Merit Gwynne-Jones from the Euronews Enlargement Summit at Autoworld.
04:07And now to a very special candidate country, Ukraine.
04:11Kiev hopes to open its two remaining EU negotiating clusters
04:15before the end of the year, despite delays in Budapest.
04:18In an exclusive interview with Euronews,
04:21ahead of the European Commission's latest enlargement report,
04:24Ukraine's ambassador to the EU, Taras Kachka,
04:28said there were no substantive disagreements with Hungary
04:31holding up the process.
04:33He also defended Kiev's progress on reforms,
04:36despite concerns over delays in adopting key legislation.
04:39For more on this, our Ukraine correspondent,
04:42Sasha Vakulina, joins me now in the studio.
04:44Good morning, Sasha.
04:45So the European Commission is about to release
04:49its latest enlargement assessment.
04:52How does Ukraine see its progress towards EU membership
04:57and what challenges does Kiev also see?
05:00Kiev does see challenges, but what is important,
05:02and this is something that Taras Kachka told me,
05:06is for Ukraine to get the timeline
05:08and to get the timeline not postponed,
05:10but rather fast-tracked.
05:12This was, of course, an exclusive interview,
05:13the first one since Taras Kachka took over the new position
05:17as the head of the mission of Ukraine to the European Union,
05:20so it was really interesting to see his perspective.
05:22Also, of course, given Ukraine's unique case.
05:24Now, we are talking about the country
05:26almost five years into defending itself
05:29against Russia's brutal full-scale invasion,
05:32implementing those reforms,
05:33and pushing to open those clusters during the all-out war
05:38and at the same time,
05:39when you look at all the candidates, Stefan,
05:41of course, Ukraine, regarding its size and importance,
05:44this is a different case,
05:45which will be much harder for the European Union
05:47to accept and to digest.
05:49Let's take a listen to what he said.
05:50The report should highlight
05:54how fast we can move on closing the chapters,
05:58but also indicating what are the maybe some challenges.
06:02We do not see challenges in domestic politics
06:05in terms of applying a key.
06:07We might see challenges that are stemming
06:09from security situation, Russian aggression,
06:11and the fact that Ukraine is really
06:14one of the biggest candidate status
06:17among the four frontrunners,
06:20definitely the biggest one,
06:21so therefore there might be more complex negotiations,
06:25but it is not a problem.
06:27You've mentioned the challenge.
06:28Some of those are in regards
06:29to Ukraine's reform commitment.
06:32Some important reforms have faced delays
06:35in the parliament in Kyiv.
06:37What is holding up this progress?
06:39Government and parliament is getting stronger
06:41in the recent weeks,
06:43so therefore the tempo will be only faster.
06:47At least I expect this,
06:48and there are chances for this.
06:50So therefore I think that Ukraine definitely
06:53is delivering,
06:54is getting to deliver faster and better,
06:56and I hope that the enlargement package report
06:59will confirm that this general assessment
07:02of Ukraine being able to adopt everything
07:05by the end of 2027,
07:06and therefore be advanced in 2027
07:10with closing chapters will be confirmed.
07:13I've got to mention the amended minority education legislation,
07:17which was of course crucial as it cleared the way
07:19for two Monegu sitting clusters to open,
07:22and yet Hungary now blocked the progress
07:24on the two remaining clusters.
07:27What does Budapest want now?
07:30I think that this word bloc misleads us.
07:35Indeed, Hungary requested additional time
07:39for consideration for brainstorming on certain decisions.
07:43For the second and third clusters,
07:46we adopted what we agreed previously,
07:49and it was something that was elaborated
07:53during previous several years.
07:54Therefore, it was well known for Ukrainian society,
07:58for Ukrainian MPs,
08:00and it was rather additional boost
08:02for decision-making in Hungary.
08:04So now we see that we have a full mutual understanding
08:09of Hungary,
08:10so therefore it is a matter of time and planning
08:13how we open remaining two clusters
08:15before the end of this year.
08:17You say Hungary and the government in Budapest
08:20is taking its time a little bit.
08:21Does it still have to do with the minority education rights,
08:25or there is another reason?
08:26No, it's a matter of processing.
08:27On the same issue, on the minority rights?
08:30No, no, generally,
08:30so that for the clusters,
08:32clusters 4 and 5,
08:33for the policies that are covered...
08:34So this is a different issue,
08:35not the one that has already been sorted.
08:37This is what I'm trying to understand.
08:38There are no issues,
08:39there is a processing of all these documents.
08:41Right.
08:42So that there are no substantive requirements,
08:44disagreements or concerns,
08:45so this is rather a matter of
08:48how the documents are processed,
08:50assessed, read,
08:51because there are like several hundred pages
08:53of documents in this,
08:55let's say,
08:56supporting the opening of this cluster.
08:57Right.
08:58And on the minority education legislation,
09:00all adopted, all agreed,
09:01has it been implemented in Ukraine?
09:03Yes, they work.
09:04These rules are works.
09:06So they're all in place?
09:07Some of them, let's say,
09:09have been de facto operational even before,
09:11so now they properly work for everyone,
09:14for every school with national minorities.
09:18When we spoke last time,
09:19I asked you about the possibility of Ukraine
09:21getting the idea floated by some member states
09:25about the associate membership
09:26and somehow half steps towards that.
09:28Does that change the take for Kyiv,
09:30knowing that there is another country
09:31that might get different type of associate membership,
09:36half stepping into the European Union?
09:39The case of Canada illustrates that associate membership
09:42is a term that is rather better suits
09:45the partnerships with friends
09:49who are friends but rather distant
09:52and will not join the European Union.
09:54I hope that we will still have four frontrunners
09:57with Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro and Albania.
10:00And it means that the EU sees us as a frontrunner.
10:05So that's why we don't need to shift to any alternatives.
10:13Ukraine's ambassador Taras Kachka
10:15speaking to Sasha Vakulina.
10:18Montenegro wants to become
10:19the European Union's next success story.
10:22After years of negotiations,
10:24Portgorica is presenting itself
10:26as the frontrunner among the Western Balkan candidates.
10:29But the final stretch may prove the hardest.
10:32Judicial independence, corruption
10:33and the rule of law remain key tests.
10:37And questions remain about whether the EU itself
10:40is politically ready to welcome new members.
10:43To go deeper into this topic,
10:45I'm now joined in our studio
10:46by Montenegro's ambassador
10:47to the European Union, Petar Markovic.
10:50Good morning and welcome.
10:51Good morning. Thank you for having me.
10:53So Montenegro has repeatedly
10:55presented itself as the frontrunner
10:57in the EU enlargement process.
11:00Why should people believe that
11:02this time membership is just around the corner?
11:05Well, because it's not Montenegro
11:07presenting itself as a frontrunner.
11:09It's the European Commission.
11:10And just in the last year,
11:1314 times all EU member states
11:16agreed with the Commission
11:17that we are the frontrunner
11:19because that's how many chapters
11:21we close between the last report
11:22and the incoming one coming,
11:24well, being published tomorrow.
11:26So that means that
11:28the all EU 27 member states
11:32and the institutions of the EU
11:34repeatedly claim Montenegro
11:35is the frontrunner
11:36and we indeed are
11:37because we have been working
11:39around the clock for years now.
11:42And this summer,
11:44we didn't even have a summer break.
11:45We were really working around the clock
11:47to fulfill 150 deliverables
11:50in the rule of law area.
11:52So when you say
11:52it's now the test
11:54of fighting corruption
11:55and boostering our rule of law,
11:59this is not now the test.
12:00This test has been passed.
12:01We have forwarded to the Commission
12:03the reports
12:06claiming and showing
12:08evidence by evidence
12:09that we have fulfilled
12:10these 150 deliverables.
12:11You have set 2028.
12:13That's not that far away.
12:15As your target for EU accession.
12:18Now, is this still
12:19a realistic deadline
12:21or has it become
12:22a political slogan?
12:23No, not at all.
12:24It's very much realistic.
12:26Just a few weeks ago,
12:27the president of the Commission,
12:28Madame von der Leyen,
12:29was in Podgorica
12:30and she said,
12:31we believe in Montenegro
12:33becoming the 28 member
12:34by the end of 2028.
12:36So it is on track,
12:37not just by Montenegro's standards,
12:39but by those who actually
12:41are deciding.
12:43What are the, you know,
12:44two or three biggest obstacles
12:46Montenegro still needs
12:48to overcome
12:49before it can close
12:51the accession process?
12:54So, but there is now
12:56an ongoing process
12:57to amend our Constitution
12:59for the second time
13:00in just a few months
13:02as part of the obligations
13:04in Chapter 23
13:05on Judiciary and Justice.
13:09It is a process
13:10which is lengthy
13:11because our Constitution
13:12cannot be changed at once.
13:13It's a three-pronged process
13:16and we are now
13:16halfway through it
13:17and we expect to do it
13:18within this month.
13:20So this is the biggest
13:21domestic obstacle
13:22we are facing.
13:23We are also facing
13:25the intensified talks
13:27with our closest EU member state
13:31and neighbor Croatia
13:32to resolve some open questions
13:35of mutual interest
13:37which we are confident
13:38will be done satisfactorily
13:40for both sides
13:41also record quickly.
13:43in order for the process
13:45to not stall.
13:47And how much
13:48of the remaining work
13:49is in Montenegro's hands
13:51and how much depends
13:53on decisions
13:53made in Brussels
13:54and in EU capitals?
13:56So, there is
13:5733 negotiated chapters
14:00at this point.
14:01We have submitted
14:02all the reports
14:03and done all the homework
14:04testifying that we have
14:06not only adopted legislation
14:08but employed people
14:09changed things on the ground.
14:11and all this
14:12has been done
14:13some 10 days ago.
14:15So Montenegro
14:15has finished
14:16its homework
14:17at this stage
14:18of our accession saga
14:20and it's really
14:21in the hands
14:22of the EU member states
14:24now.
14:25Yeah, it is a saga.
14:26When did it first start?
14:27We applied for...
14:28Well, the negotiations
14:31really started
14:31in 2012.
14:33And I might remind
14:34your viewers
14:35that we are the only
14:36member states
14:36among 10 of them
14:37now,
14:38candidate countries
14:39that has had to negotiate
14:41to open each chapter
14:42separately
14:43before the French
14:44new methodology.
14:46So we have done
14:46the double work
14:47compared to other candidates.
14:48All right, Peter Markovic,
14:51Montenegro's ambassador
14:52to the European Union.
14:53Thank you so much
14:54for coming on
14:54this morning.
14:56And now,
14:57America is heading
14:58into a crucial
14:58political test today
15:00and for Donald Trump
15:01the stakes
15:02could hardly be higher.
15:04The economy,
15:04immigration
15:05and Trump's
15:06own popularity
15:06have been dominating
15:08the midterm election campaign.
15:09So is this a referendum
15:11on the president?
15:12And what happens
15:13to the Republican Party
15:14if voters turn
15:16against him?
15:16Let's bring in
15:18Republican strategist
15:19and owner
15:20and president
15:20of consultancy
15:21firm Clink Campaigns,
15:23Matt Clink,
15:24who joins us
15:24from Los Angeles.
15:25Good morning
15:26or rather good evening.
15:28Great to have you on.
15:30Thank you.
15:30Good morning.
15:31So with Donald Trump's
15:33approval ratings
15:34at 30%,
15:35is he a liability
15:36for Republican candidates
15:38in today's elections?
15:40Well,
15:40let's put it this way.
15:42The Republicans
15:43were always going
15:43to face headwinds
15:45heading into
15:46this election.
15:46cycle,
15:47the party
15:48that holds power,
15:49his party
15:50tends to lose
15:5122 seats
15:52in the House
15:53at a minimum.
15:53So that would
15:54give the Democrats
15:55a strong majority
15:57in the House.
15:58But Donald Trump's
16:00unpopularity
16:01that you just pointed to,
16:02that's a further drag.
16:04And the affordability issue,
16:06the war with Iraq
16:07or Iran,
16:08excuse me,
16:09those are the,
16:09and the tariffs
16:10are the three main issues
16:12that have really caused
16:13Republicans
16:14across the country
16:15to really struggle
16:17this election cycle.
16:18Yeah,
16:18you mentioned the tariffs.
16:20Traditionally,
16:21the economy is one
16:22of the biggest factors
16:23in midterm elections.
16:24Why should Americans
16:25give Republicans
16:26another mandate
16:27if they remain
16:28unhappy
16:29about the cost of living?
16:31Well,
16:32I think that's the whole point
16:33of what the election
16:34is ultimately
16:35going to be fought on
16:36is,
16:37you know,
16:37look,
16:38the memories
16:39of Biden and Harris
16:40are not that far
16:41in the rearview mirror
16:42when we did have
16:439% inflation
16:45under Joe Biden
16:47and everything
16:47costs more.
16:48And Donald Trump
16:49promised that he was
16:50going to bring
16:50those numbers down.
16:52And some are down,
16:53but frankly,
16:54a lot of them
16:54aren't down enough
16:55and some are actually up
16:56like gasoline prices.
16:58and I think the voters
16:59are going to take that
17:00anger out on
17:02Republican candidates
17:03across the country tomorrow.
17:05If Democrats win back
17:06one or both chambers today,
17:09would this mark
17:10the death knell
17:11for the Republican
17:12legislative agenda?
17:13And what would happen
17:14to the Republican Party then?
17:15Well,
17:16the Republican Party
17:17itself is absolutely strong.
17:19I mean,
17:20don't forget,
17:21you know,
17:22Donald Trump
17:22is still the president
17:23for two more years.
17:24I do think
17:26that it would
17:26if the Democrats
17:28take one or both houses,
17:30it will certainly
17:30put the squash
17:32on any
17:34Republican agenda
17:35for the last two years
17:37of the president's term.
17:39But that would,
17:40frankly,
17:41that happens every time
17:42that the party
17:44that parties
17:44switch power.
17:46So,
17:46you know,
17:46again,
17:47Donald Trump
17:47will rule
17:48by executive order
17:49and veto.
17:50And
17:51if the Democrats
17:53win one or both,
17:54they're not going to win
17:54by massive majorities.
17:56So,
17:57I would think
17:57gridlock
17:58will be
17:58the word
17:59of the day
18:00for 2027
18:02and 2028.
18:03Yeah,
18:03Trump has said
18:04he'll be Mr.
18:05Veto
18:06in that case
18:06and then maybe
18:07strike deals.
18:08Now,
18:09Democrats
18:09are already
18:10threatening
18:11investigations
18:12into the Trump
18:13administration.
18:13Should Republicans
18:14be worried
18:15about subpoenas,
18:17hearings,
18:18and potentially
18:18damaging revelations?
18:20Well,
18:21I think there
18:21always is the possibility.
18:23I mean,
18:23look,
18:23when your party
18:25controls the executive
18:26and the legislative
18:27branches,
18:28let's just say
18:28that the oversight
18:29responsibility
18:30that Congress has
18:31isn't a top priority.
18:33It's moving
18:34the president's agenda
18:35forward.
18:36Now,
18:37the House
18:37and if the Senate
18:38goes Democrat,
18:39the Senate,
18:40they will exert
18:41that oversight.
18:42And that means
18:43holding hearings
18:43on the Iran war,
18:46on the tariffs,
18:47on some of the
18:48president's finances.
18:50So,
18:51yeah,
18:51there will be
18:52some revelations
18:54and some things
18:55that will be
18:55quite shocking.
18:56Frankly,
18:57I wouldn't be surprised
18:58if the House
18:59impeached the president
19:00for a third time.
19:01It's doubtful
19:02that they will get
19:03the requisite
19:04two-thirds vote
19:05in the Senate
19:06to formalize
19:07that impeachment.
19:08And don't forget,
19:09Donald Trump's already
19:10been impeached twice
19:11and it didn't hurt him.
19:12He got re-elected
19:13for office.
19:14All right,
19:15Matt Klink,
19:16political consultant
19:17and Republican strategist.
19:18Thank you so much
19:19for your insights.
19:20Thank you.
19:21A lot of fun stuff
19:22happens tomorrow.
19:23to the end
19:23of today's episode.
19:25Thank you for watching.
19:26I'm Stefan Grobe.
19:27Take care
19:27and I see you tomorrow.
19:49and I see you tomorrow.
19:51Bye-bye.
19:52Bye-bye.
19:53Bye-bye.
19:55Bye-bye.
19:56Bye-bye.
19:59Bye-bye.