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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:31The EU is on high alert after the CIA chief made a surprise trip to Moscow recently
00:38to warn Russia not to attack the Baltics.
00:42We'll be crossing live to Dublin to speak to our correspondent Shona Murray.
00:46This as President Donald Trump, whose approval rating has slumped to its lowest level yet,
00:52has threatened to hit Iran hard after the two sides exchanged fire for the first time in weeks.
00:58Iran says it's not seeking war, but it will not remain passive in the face of this aggression.
01:06Meanwhile, the French President Emmanuel Macron has racked up a trip to Sweden,
01:10where he sealed a 4.3 billion euro deal for the country to buy four French frigates.
01:17But back home in France, as politicians get back to work,
01:20the presidential election campaign is already in full swing.
01:25We'll be crossing live to Paris to our correspondent.
01:28And Hungary says it's met the conditions to unlock billions in EU funding.
01:33On hold for years due to democratic backsliding by the previous administration,
01:38around 10 billion euros could now soon be released.
01:42The EU Council President Antonio Costa will travel to Budapest tomorrow.
01:46But first, to Ireland, where EU Defence Ministers are meeting today
01:51amid an escalation of hybrid war attacks across the continent.
01:54Ministers are due to discuss increased threat levels on the continent
01:58linked to Russia's war in Ukraine,
02:00and their talks come just as a massive Russian missile and drone attack
02:03struck Kiev last night, killing four and wounding dozens.
02:07Our correspondent Shona Murray is in Dublin and joins me now.
02:11Shona, good morning.
02:12Look, the last few weeks have seen an upsurge in these attacks.
02:15Just tell us more.
02:18That's right, Maeve.
02:19That's certainly the backdrop of this meeting here in Ireland this week.
02:22We saw a few weeks ago a US intelligence assessment
02:27saying that the Kremlin may plan to attack NATO territory
02:31in a limited way in order to test NATO resolve.
02:34Then, as you mentioned there, we had John Radcliffe,
02:36the head of the CIA, visiting Moscow last week,
02:39which is emerging as he told the Kremlin and Putin
02:42not to attack NATO territory.
02:43Donald Trump, in the last few hours, has tried to play this down,
02:47saying this is a routine visit.
02:48It is not a routine visit with the head of the CIA to visit the Kremlin.
02:52The last time that actually happened was under Biden
02:54when they tried to persuade Putin not to attack Ukraine
02:57in the full-scale invasion.
02:59Then, in addition to that, of course, Maeve,
03:01we've seen a major surge, a significant surge,
03:03in hybrid activity, non-kinetic normally,
03:06all across Europe over the past year,
03:08and in particular the last few months,
03:09mainly drone incursions into places like Romania
03:12and other parts of the Baltics.
03:13But just a few weeks ago, at the start of August,
03:16German authorities intercepted an explosive-laden drone
03:19in Leipzig Airport.
03:21Now, this was military-grade explosives.
03:23There was three drones in total.
03:25The German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz,
03:27in the last few days has said that he will formally attribute this
03:30to the Kremlin.
03:31That's the first time that's ever happened
03:32because these tacks normally tend to be
03:34sort of below the radar and grey area,
03:37sort of a grey zone,
03:38so it's hard to apply attribution.
03:40But we're expecting over the next few days
03:42for Friedrich Merz to do that.
03:43That will be a real topic of conversation
03:45here in Ireland today and over the next few days.
03:48So I caught up with the Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister,
03:50Maria Malmö-Stanegard,
03:52and I asked her about this.
03:54I really don't like the term hybrid threat
03:57because it sounds like an environmentally friendly car
04:01when it's something completely different.
04:03This is extremely serious.
04:05We are in the most serious security situation
04:08since the Second World War.
04:10We take the drone incidents in Leipzig extremely serious
04:15and we are in close contact with our German friends.
04:18So what are the implications of attributing this to Russia?
04:22Because we know these type of attacks,
04:24they're sort of the grey area.
04:25It's very hard to be 100% concrete about attribution,
04:29which is why the likes of Russia and China
04:31kind of got away with this.
04:32Well, we're not there yet.
04:34Like I said, we are in close contact
04:36with our German colleagues
04:37and we take these incidents extremely serious.
04:42But we will have to see what comes out
04:45and I cannot disclose any information
04:48that has been handed to us.
04:50Okay.
04:51Just want to ask you about the unfreezing
04:55of Russian frozen state assets
04:57and using them to pay for Ukraine,
04:59Ukraine's defense reconstruction.
05:01That's back on the table now.
05:03Is that something that we'll be hearing about
05:04over the next few days?
05:05And do you hope that the Belgians
05:07might change their mind on this?
05:09Yes.
05:10So Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain
05:13have taken the initiative
05:15to take this back to the table
05:17because what we see is that Ukraine needs more support.
05:20And to be honest,
05:22we are not providing enough support
05:24bilaterally and through the EU.
05:26And then what is left is the frozen assets.
05:29And I take Belgium's concerns very seriously.
05:35But I think it is also basically
05:38what my colleague Prevost said,
05:42that we have to make sure that we share the risks
05:45and that Belgium is not left alone with the risks.
05:48But Belgium was looking for full guarantees
05:50for any unintended consequences
05:53if things go wrong with this risk.
05:56Do you think the EU is willing to do that?
05:59Or are we in the same position
05:59we were in before Christmas?
06:01In my opinion,
06:02we cannot stay in the same position
06:03as we were before Christmas.
06:05We have to move on
06:06because this is what is fair to Ukraine.
06:09It's what is fair to the taxpayers.
06:15So, Maeve, the issue of frozen Russian state assets
06:18back on the table this week,
06:20from what I've heard from the Belgian authorities,
06:22they haven't moved in their position.
06:24And of course, as you heard there,
06:25an increasingly more hostile security situation
06:29all across Europe.
06:30So it's one way to get back into September.
06:33Maeve?
06:34OK, Shona Marie, thank you so much
06:35for that live broadcast there
06:36from just outside Dublin Castle in Ireland.
06:39But now moving on,
06:40it's back to school today
06:41for students in France.
06:43But for politicians,
06:45the summer break ended much earlier.
06:47With presidential elections scheduled
06:48for next April,
06:49the political campaign
06:50is already gathering pace.
06:52For the mood in the capital,
06:54we can cross now to Paris,
06:55where correspondent Estelle Nielsen-Julien
06:57is standing by for us this morning.
06:59Good morning, Estelle.
07:00Just give us an idea
07:01of where things stand today
07:02and why this is set to be
07:04such a monumental year for France.
07:08Well, good morning, Maeve.
07:09As you say,
07:10it's set to be an absolutely
07:11monumental year for France.
07:13In less than eight months,
07:14voters across the country
07:16will decide who next,
07:17what next,
07:18after a decade of French President
07:20Emmanuel Macron being in power.
07:22It's too early to say confidently
07:24what the polls mean,
07:26but at present,
07:27they are saying that there is
07:28a front-runner,
07:29that is the national rally parties,
07:31Marine Le Pen,
07:32followed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon
07:34from the far-left
07:35France Unbowed Party.
07:37Between them,
07:38there's somewhat
07:39of a political vacuum.
07:41The question is,
07:42how will this be filled?
07:43Will parties form alliances?
07:46How will they organise themselves?
07:48Will they strike deals or not?
07:50Last week,
07:51seven key candidates
07:52participated in a debate
07:54organised by the MEDEF,
07:56France's most powerful business lobby,
07:58and they were grilled
08:00on questions about the economy,
08:02public debt and pensions.
08:04Mélenchon and Le Pen
08:04were of course there,
08:05but also MEP Raphael Glucksmann
08:08and two of Macron's
08:09former prime ministers,
08:11that's Édouard Philippe
08:12and Gabriel Attal.
08:14But these may be
08:15some of these key contentes,
08:16but don't be mistaken,
08:18candidacies are still rolling in
08:21over the weekend.
08:21We heard former prime minister
08:23Dominique de Villepin
08:25say that he wanted
08:26to be a candidate
08:26and former president
08:28François Hollande
08:29is still maintaining
08:30the mystery around
08:31whether he will run or not.
08:34But of course,
08:35candidacies will thin in time
08:37as primaries occur
08:39and unions take place
08:42across different blocks.
08:45Just to remind our viewers
08:47that to be an official candidate,
08:49a politician needs the backing
08:52of 500 elected officials in France.
08:55And just briefly,
08:56Estelle, this election
08:56is huge as well for Europe.
09:00Yes, Maeve,
09:01it's certainly a huge election
09:03for Europe.
09:04And the candidates
09:05have very divergent policies
09:07when it comes to Europe.
09:09Luc Paine,
09:09who once advocated for Frexit,
09:11this time around
09:12is calling for a drop
09:14in France's contributions
09:16to the bloc.
09:17And she's also calling
09:19for many of the EU's norms
09:20to be scrapped.
09:21Mélenchon has said
09:22that he wants to get rid
09:23of EU laws
09:24that don't suit French citizens.
09:26And he also peddled
09:27a very controversial proposal
09:29to scrap a large chunk
09:31of France's public debt
09:33held by the Bank of France
09:34on behalf of
09:35the European Central Bank.
09:37But there are,
09:37of course,
09:38pro-European candidates
09:39such as Raphael Glucksmann,
09:41who believes
09:42that it's at the European issue
09:44that issues such as
09:47Chinese competition
09:49and regulating
09:50big tech companies
09:51should happen.
09:53But for a fully accurate picture,
09:56what we're waiting for
09:57is the party manifestos
09:59to be able to break down
10:00the finer details
10:01of candidates' policies.
10:03OK, Estelle Nilsson,
10:04Julianne,
10:04thank you so much
10:05for that primer
10:06on what's set to be
10:07a very interesting eight months.
10:08But now, moving on,
10:10the EU institutions
10:10are bruised
10:12after Iceland rejected
10:13to kick-start negotiations
10:15to join the Club of 27
10:16in a tight referendum
10:18last weekend.
10:19It's a huge blow
10:20to Brussels' hopes
10:21that geopolitics
10:22and security fears
10:23could lure rich countries
10:24to the bloc.
10:25For reactions now,
10:26I'm joined by Terry Reynke,
10:27German MEP
10:28and co-president
10:29of the Greens.
10:30Good morning, Terry.
10:31Lovely to have you with us.
10:32Good morning.
10:32This is a big,
10:33it's a bad story
10:34for Europe.
10:35It's a huge blow.
10:36Is the EU
10:37just not attractive anymore?
10:40First of all,
10:40I'm, of course,
10:42unhappy about
10:42the outcome of the referendum.
10:45I would have wished
10:45for another result.
10:47I would have loved Iceland
10:48to become part
10:49of the European Union.
10:50However,
10:51I would not make this
10:52a big question
10:53about whether
10:54the European Union
10:55is an attractive bloc
10:56because we can see
10:57that there are
10:57a lot of countries
10:58that want to join
10:59the European Union
11:00when we look
11:01at the Western Balkans,
11:02when we look at Ukraine,
11:03Moldova or Georgia,
11:04for example.
11:06I think that
11:07the specific situation
11:08in Iceland
11:09we have to look at.
11:10they are already
11:10a member
11:10of the European
11:11economic area.
11:13So they are already
11:14applying,
11:14for example,
11:15single market legislation.
11:16I think the question
11:17of fisheries
11:18played a very important role
11:19in the discussion
11:20in Iceland
11:21before the referendum.
11:23And I think
11:24maybe the lesson learned
11:25that we should take,
11:26which I think
11:26was also
11:27what we learned
11:28from the Brexit referendum,
11:30is that
11:30European politicians
11:31should maybe
11:32have been more active
11:33in the debate
11:34and taken part in it
11:36and also advocating
11:37for joining
11:39the European Union
11:39to make it...
11:40Was that a mistake
11:40not to get more involved?
11:42I think looking back now,
11:44maybe we should have
11:44taken a bigger part
11:46in this discussion
11:47because I think
11:48at the end of the day,
11:48we also have to go
11:50into other countries
11:52and advocate
11:53for what is good
11:54about being part
11:55of the European Union.
11:56Iceland is already
11:56having some
11:57of the positive outcomes,
11:59but from a geopolitical,
12:00from a security point of view,
12:01I think it would have been good
12:03to start further negotiations.
12:04And is the Commission
12:05President too weak?
12:06I mean,
12:06her response was so muted.
12:08In reaction
12:09to this referendum outcome,
12:10we got a three-line outcome,
12:12a three-line statement.
12:14For me,
12:15the lesson learned
12:15of this, again,
12:16is that we should take
12:18a more active role
12:19in debates like this.
12:20We should not just,
12:21you know,
12:22highlight them
12:23as domestic discussions.
12:25Whether Iceland
12:25is joining
12:26the European Union
12:27or not
12:27is something
12:28that has an impact
12:28on the full European Union.
12:30So I think
12:30for future moments
12:31like this,
12:32whether there will be
12:33a debate in Norway
12:34or wherever else,
12:35European politicians
12:36should take a role
12:37in the debate
12:38and also be bold enough
12:39to say,
12:40we have an opinion
12:41about this
12:41and we are happy
12:42to discuss with you.
12:43And we just heard
12:44about the French elections.
12:45We have big elections
12:46as well with state elections
12:47in eastern Germany
12:48this week
12:48where the AFD could win.
12:50Yes.
12:50We have a very critical election
12:54happening in Sachsen-Anhalt
12:55this Sunday
12:57and it will be tight.
12:58And whether the Greens
13:00are going to join
13:01the Parliament
13:01in the end
13:02we are tied
13:03to the threshold
13:04will probably define
13:06whether the AFD
13:07so a fascist
13:08far-right party
13:09in Germany
13:09can win an absolute
13:10majority
13:10in Sachsen-Anhalt.
13:11So we are putting
13:12everything into
13:13a strong campaign
13:14so that the democratic
13:15forces will prevail
13:16in this election.
13:17Okay, a story
13:17we'll be keeping
13:18a very close eye on
13:19here in your news.
13:20Terry Renke,
13:20thank you so much
13:21for joining us here
13:21on Europe Today.
13:23But now,
13:24moving on
13:25in a sign
13:25that the passport-free
13:27area Schengen
13:27is under major stress,
13:29Italy and Spain
13:30have extended
13:31border controls
13:32for another 15 days
13:33due to the mass
13:34irregular migration crisis
13:36in the Spanish city
13:37of Ceuta
13:37just one month ago.
13:40For the view
13:40from a Spanish socialist MEP,
13:42I'm now joined
13:43by Juan Fernando López Aguiar
13:45who's been following
13:45the migration debate closely
13:47for more than a decade here
13:48as an MEP
13:49in the European Parliament.
13:50Juan Fernando López Aguiar,
13:50welcome to Europe Today.
13:52Good to have you with us
13:53on the programme.
13:54You're a member,
13:55of course,
13:55of Pedro Sánchez's
13:57political family.
13:58Is he being too defensive
14:00on this story?
14:01What could he have done better?
14:03Well,
14:04certainly it's a
14:05critical situation.
14:07Not only migratory,
14:08it's humanitarian
14:09and most importantly
14:10national security.
14:11We are facing
14:12a hybrid situation,
14:14yes,
14:14but the government
14:16is responding
14:16and certainly
14:17it's facing difficulties
14:20which are only obvious.
14:21But they're responding
14:21too little too late.
14:22That's what the locals
14:24in Ceuta say.
14:24I can't agree.
14:25I can't agree.
14:26Ceuta,
14:26to begin with,
14:27is the only,
14:28with Melilla,
14:29terrestrial border
14:30of the European Union
14:31with the African continent.
14:32The most unequal
14:33terrestrial border
14:34on Earth.
14:35Second,
14:37there's
14:37a particular situation
14:39in which
14:40we have seen
14:41the population,
14:43the size of a population
14:44of Ceuta
14:46over the
14:47external border
14:49but
14:51swimming
14:51by the sea
14:52over the harbor
14:54with the
14:55ground
14:55of a ruling
14:57of the Supreme Court
14:58which says
14:58that those people
14:59entering
15:00by sea
15:01cannot be
15:02returned
15:02to the country
15:04of transit
15:05of origin.
15:05They have to be
15:06handled
15:06as migrants
15:07or asylum seekers.
15:08So it's a situation
15:09that we've got to face
15:10and we've got to do it
15:11according to law.
15:13Who is to blame
15:13for the situation?
15:14Because we're seeing
15:14last night
15:15Pedro Sánchez
15:15said it's disinformation
15:17fueled from Russia
15:18and Israel
15:19that's also
15:19created so much.
15:21It should be
15:21thorough
15:21investigated
15:22that's for sure
15:23and it's only obvious
15:24that it couldn't happen
15:26without some
15:27overlooking
15:28of Moroccan authorities
15:29that is only obvious
15:30and common sense
15:32says so
15:33but
15:33the thing is that
15:35the government
15:35has to
15:36act
15:37based on facts
15:38and evidence
15:39but most importantly
15:40it has to combine
15:41rule of law
15:43the implementation
15:43of the EU laws
15:45to begin with
15:46and
15:47of course
15:48ensuring national security
15:50because we're facing
15:51international strategic issues here.
15:53And that's why
15:53you've called on
15:54Frontex for help.
15:55That's also a bit
15:56of an admission
15:56of defeat.
15:57Absolutely.
15:59It's
15:59the response
16:01of European institutions
16:02offer
16:03of increasing
16:05their presence
16:06in that particular
16:07very special
16:08terrestrial
16:09external border
16:10of the EU
16:12with Africa
16:13of Spain
16:14with Morocco
16:15but having said this
16:16I must add
16:17that it's also obvious
16:18that the response
16:20has to involve
16:21European authorities.
16:22There are a number
16:23of contradictions
16:23which are
16:24obvious
16:25to human eye.
16:28One contradiction
16:29is that
16:30Spain has to combine
16:31its response
16:34with Morocco
16:35with cooperation
16:36with Morocco.
16:37You need
16:38Morocco
16:39to handle
16:39the situation
16:40and second
16:40you also need
16:41the European Union
16:42to scale up
16:43because if you want
16:44to reassess
16:45the bilateral relation
16:47of the EU
16:48with Morocco
16:49it takes the whole
16:50of the European Union
16:51because we have
16:51a strategic association
16:52with Morocco.
16:53Are you too reliant
16:54on Morocco perhaps?
16:56Well
16:56it's impossible
16:57to ignore
16:58a neighbour
16:59and you
17:00have a neighbour
17:01in Morocco.
17:02Spain has
17:03and the whole
17:04of the European Union
17:05has.
17:05That is why
17:06the European Union
17:07has linked itself
17:08with Morocco
17:09through an association
17:10which it calls
17:11strategic.
17:12But the thing
17:12is that
17:13if we are
17:14to keep up
17:14that strategic
17:15association
17:16with Morocco
17:16we need
17:17to ask
17:18for Morocco
17:19to behave.
17:20But for our viewers
17:21watching that chaos
17:22unfold some month ago
17:24with almost 80,000
17:26irregular migrants
17:28landing in Ceuta
17:29where is the
17:30migration pact
17:30that we have
17:31been discussing
17:31and implementing?
17:33Precisely.
17:34It's miserable
17:35that after
17:36all the bother
17:37all the energy
17:38all the work
17:39that we put
17:40into the adoption
17:41of the migration
17:42as an impact
17:42based on two principles
17:44shared responsibility
17:45and binding solidarity
17:46we have seen
17:48that in this situation
17:50solidarity
17:50has been missing.
17:51It's only regrettable
17:53because Spain
17:54has paid solidarity
17:55with the Baltics
17:56facing Russia
17:57with Poland
17:58facing Russia
17:59and Kaliningrad
18:00with Finland
18:01facing Russia
18:02some of them
18:03also facing
18:04Belarus Lukashenko
18:05we have paid
18:06solidarity with Italy
18:07in Lampedusa
18:08so it's absolutely
18:10intolerable
18:10that we have seen
18:11no solidarity
18:12from Italian government
18:14in a situation
18:15as such.
18:16Well precisely
18:16on the contrary
18:17the Italian government
18:17is using this
18:18for political gains
18:19and as we see
18:19Schengen
18:20is fizzling out perhaps.
18:23The thing is that
18:23Schengen is bound
18:24by rules
18:25Schengen is not
18:26a convention
18:27as we call it
18:28Schengen is EU law
18:29there is a Schengen
18:30governance code
18:31which says that
18:32Schengen
18:32which is free movement
18:33can only be suspended
18:34on the grounds
18:35of necessity
18:36proportionality
18:37communicated
18:38to the European Commission
18:39and under the oversight
18:41of the European Commission
18:42so it's bound
18:44by law
18:44and
18:46it's also certain
18:47that
18:48certain
18:49cannot be suspended
18:50by a member state
18:51to another member state.
18:52Okay
18:53Juan Fernando
18:54Lopez Aguirre
18:54thank you so much
18:55for coming into
18:55this morning here
18:56on Europe Today
18:57for more on that story
18:58of course you can
18:59take a look
18:59at euronews.com
19:01and any comments
19:02for us
19:02reach out
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