اروپا تودی: دیدار وزیران خارجه اروپا همزمان با انتساب حمله پهپادی به روسیه از سوی آلمان

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اروپا تودی: دیدار وزیران خارجه اروپا همزمان با انتساب حمله پهپادی به روسیه از سوی آلمان  وزیران خارجه اتحادیه اروپا امروز پس از نسبت دادن یک حادثه پهپادی در آلمان به روسیه در ایرلند دیدار می‌کنند. همزمان کمیسر تجارت این اتحادیه در گفتگوی اختصاصی با یورونیوز حضور دارد و دبیرکل سازمان ملل از رهبران جهان می‌خواهد به همه جنگ‌ها پایان دهند.  لب بیشتر : http://parsi.euronews.com/2026/09/02/europe-today-eu-foreign-ministers-meet-as-germany-attributes-drone-attack-to-russia  مشترک شوید: یورونیوز به یازده زبان دیگر در دسترس شماست

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00:13Good morning. It is Wednesday, the 2nd of September. I'm Maeve McMahan and this is Europe Today.

00:20Your daily dose of European news and analysis live here on Euronews.

00:25Coming up with drone incursions on European soil, assassination attempts and sporadic acts of sabotage, the EU is on edge.

00:36For more on these so-called hybrid threats, NATO Secretary-General Mark Gurita will brief the Commission President, Ursula von

00:42der Leyen, at noon today.

00:43This lets EU foreign ministers gather in Ireland for talks.

00:47Meanwhile, the UN Secretary-General urges world leaders to bring both the war in Ukraine and the reigniting conflict in

00:56the Middle East to an end.

00:58Speaking on stage at the Shanghai summit, Antonio Guterres spoke exclusively to Euronews at a tense time for the world.

01:04Meanwhile, the clock is ticking to an October deadline between Brussels and Beijing to seal a deal on trade troubles.

01:13EU trade boss Mara Sefcovic will be meeting his Chinese counterpart soon.

01:17He sat down for an exclusive chat with our Maria Tadeo.

01:21But first, to Ireland, where the recent uptick in hostile activity in Europe is centre stage, as EU foreign ministers

01:28meet in Wicklow.

01:29So, Berlin's decision to formally attribute last month's drone attack to Russia has raised the stakes.

01:35Their talks come as Ursula von der Leyen sits down with Mark Rutte later today here in Brussels.

01:40For the latest, we can cross now over to the county of Wicklow, which is not far from the Irish

01:45capital, that's Dublin,

01:46where our correspondent, Shona Murray, is following the talks.

01:50Good morning, Shona. Great to have you with us.

01:52Just tell us, what are the other EU states saying about Germany's decision here?

01:57Well, good morning, Mae, from a very wet and windy Wicklow.

02:00We're about to hear from EU foreign affairs ministers in the next few minutes.

02:05They're also joined by the Ukrainian, the Canadian, the British, the Swiss foreign affairs ministers.

02:10They'll obviously be very much talking about that German decision, very anticipated decision,

02:14to formally recognise Russia as responsible for that Leipzig airport attack.

02:19As we know, at the start of August, a drone laden with military-grade explosives was intercepted by German security

02:25officials at Leipzig airport.

02:28So far, there's been full solidarity all across Europe, the European Union, NATO and Canada for the decision by Friedrich

02:35Merz,

02:35the German Chancellor, to formally recognise Russia.

02:37It comes because there's been growing consensus across NATO that, for the last few years,

02:42there's been below-threshold hybrid attacks all across NATO territory, namely by Russia, by China, by other actors.

02:49But most countries have held back in recognising Russia as a response.

02:53Now, we know the Germans have closed the consulate in Bonn, the Russian consulate in Bonn,

02:58and also ended the lease of the Russian house in Berlin.

03:00And they've also vowed that there'll be extra sanctions.

03:03But we heard yesterday also from Kaya Kalas, the EU foreign policy chief,

03:07who said that what Russia is doing is state-sponsored terrorism,

03:10but also is engaging in much more violent kinetic acts against NATO.

03:15This is terror by design.

03:18In the Black Sea, Russian strikes on grain ships are deliberately putting global food supplies at risk.

03:27Russia is also hitting Europe with a wave of increasingly kinetic hybrid attacks.

03:34With this, Russia wants to scare us away from supporting Ukraine.

03:38They will not succeed.

03:40And meanwhile, Shona, as Foreign Minister, they're gathered there in Windsor Wicklow,

03:44the NATO Secretary General will be joining the Commission President here in her office for last-minute talks.

03:48Here in Brussels, what more do we know?

03:53Yes, so, of course, the two of them have decided to meet,

03:55given this development by the Germans to say that this is really Russia's responsible for this.

04:01There's a direct confrontation now with Russia.

04:03Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission,

04:06has said that she will do everything to support the Germans all across Europe as well,

04:10because we've heard that, you know, there's a consensus again

04:13that what Russia is trying to do is divide the European Union and NATO amidst all of these attacks.

04:18Now, what's very interesting, as it did speak to NATO sources yesterday,

04:22is that Germany hasn't yet triggered what's known as Article 4 process at NATO,

04:26which is calling for a formal discussion amongst NATO countries

04:29to decide how best to respond to these latest attacks.

04:33That hasn't happened yet.

04:34It could happen over the next while.

04:35But certainly from a European perspective and a Canadian perspective,

04:39there's full solidarity with Germany.

04:40And we'll see, I suppose, how Russia wants to respond.

04:44Nave?

04:44OK, Shona Murray, thank you so much for that live broadcast there.

04:47From Wicklow, now moving on in signs,

04:49the Middle East conflict is flaring up again.

04:52The US military has launched a new wave of attacks in Iran,

04:55and Tehran is responding.

04:57This comes as the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres,

05:00urges world leaders gathered in Bishkek

05:02to bring the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to an end.

05:06Speaking to Euronews on the sidelines of the summit,

05:09Antonio Guterres said the meeting was a rare chance

05:12to put the case directly to the people who could act on it.

05:15I think that what worries us more is the fact that we have conflicts

05:21that seem never-ending.

05:22It's true in relation to the Russia-Ukraine.

05:24It's true in relation to the Middle East,

05:26both from Gaza to the Iran-US confrontation.

05:30And a very important message is to say,

05:34it's time to stop this madness.

05:37It's time for peace.

05:38And some of the key actors of these processes are here.

05:43And so I believe that this message to be given here is very important.

05:50For more on this, I'm joined now by our Ukraine correspondent,

05:53Sasha Vakalina.

05:54Just tell us, Sasha, how exactly does he see this war ending?

05:57That's exactly the question.

05:59When he said about some of the actors actually being there in that room in Bishkek,

06:02he was referring to Russia's President Vladimir Putin,

06:05who is indeed there in Bishkek.

06:07Now, when pressed by Euronews on how exactly Antonio Guterres sees this peace

06:11and what exactly he means when he says it is time to stop this madness,

06:15he admitted that what he says,

06:17it means Ukraine regaining its territory from Russian occupation,

06:21not only the territory occupied since 2022,

06:23but also the one from 2014.

06:25Maybe let's take a listen.

06:27This is high time for a ceasefire.

06:30And it is high time for a negotiation aiming at a just solution.

06:36And the just solution is for us a solution that is in line with the charter.

06:42It's in line with the international law.

06:46It respects UN resolutions and respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

06:50But the reality, of course, Sasha, is there's no sign of a ceasefire.

06:54There's no sign of substantial peace talks.

06:56And we've seen the violence for the last seven nights in a row,

07:00I believe, in Ukraine and especially in Kyiv.

07:02Absolutely.

07:02There is no sign whatsoever that there is any easing of Russia's all-out war against Ukraine,

07:07despite all the pressure and all the calls from Western leaders,

07:10specifically, of course, from Washington,

07:12with Trump administration remaining kind of the only mediator for any sort of peace talks.

07:17In fact, over the past couple of days, according to Washington officials,

07:20exactly this peace process was the reason why Russia's finance minister was,

07:24for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,

07:27invited to the G20 meeting in the US, the move that was widely unpopular among the other officials.

07:33The European finance ministers angered them.

07:35There was reaction coming from the EU economy chief, Valdis Dombrowski,

07:39and also from German vice chancellor, who said he confronted Russia's finance minister,

07:44Anton Silanov, over Moscow's war against Ukraine, saying that the war is raging.

07:50And as you said, over the past seven days, Ukrainians and also European officials have not had lots of sleep,

07:57of lots of rest, with constant drone attacks.

08:00Moscow changing its tactics and using more of jet-powered drones.

08:03There was a harder to intercept.

08:05And people among those struggling with non-stop air raid alerts, with their lives fully disrupted,

08:11is also EU's ambassador to Ukraine, who went on X to express how her life has been over the past

08:18couple of days,

08:19saying, I do not sleep in my bed anymore, I fall asleep on a mattress in the bathroom.

08:24It is the safest place in my hotel room.

08:26The intensity of these attacks is becoming very difficult.

08:30People are exhausted.

08:31Cities are exhausted.

08:32The whole country is living under permanent stress.

08:35Now, in retaliation, in a response, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky,

08:39said that Russia should expect its airspace, civilian airspace, including, to be effectively closed,

08:47as Kiev is about to ramp up, to step up its long-range drone campaign against Russia military sides.

08:55Okay, Sasha Vaklina, our Ukraine correspondent, thank you so much for all those details.

09:00Now, moving on, as an October deadline looms for the European Union to rebalance its record trade deficit with China,

09:07pressure is mounting on Brussels to deliver results.

09:11Our chief Europe editor, Maria Tadeo, sat down exclusively with the man driving the negotiations.

09:16That's, of course, the EU Trade Commissioner, Mara Sefkovic, and she joins me now for more.

09:20Maria, we know that a team of European officials are actually in Beijing as we speak.

09:25What are they hoping to achieve?

09:26Well, yes, Maeve, they are in China and have been, but as I understand, they will come back today.

09:31And, of course, that will allow for a debrief on the big European question going into September,

09:36and that is what to do with China.

09:38We've seen that one billion euro a day deficit, 350 or 60 last year.

09:43This is now for Brussels, not sustainable over time.

09:46There will need to be or they need a rebalancing by October.

09:51And that is exactly the question that I put to the man who's going to be at the driving seats

09:55in this very difficult talks.

09:57Of course, we have practically five to six weeks left.

10:01If there is no understanding, that could lead to retaliation from the European Union.

10:06And as I understand right now, there are two tracks to these talks.

10:09One is getting China to open up its market.

10:12But then the other point is very much about how to tackle the surging deficit and this barrage of exports

10:19going into the European Union.

10:20The very heart of the European industry is at stake.

10:23And I was very struck by the words of Madov Sechkovich, who told me this is not just a trade

10:27story.

10:28It is super political.

10:29But the question remains, how do you get China to change?

10:33And that's exactly the question that I put to him.

10:35Let's take a look.

10:35I think, first and foremost, we want to convey clearly the message and we made some very concrete proposals how

10:45to proceed to the issue of the deficit, which is in the realm of 360 billion, is best tackled if

10:54you work on it from both sides.

10:55So, what can we do to increase our exports to China, but also how we can better manage the exports

11:03from China to the European Union?

11:04So, this is what we are currently discussing.

11:07Of course, it's an issue which would require clearly more time than until October.

11:13But what I think it's very important for us to have by October some kind of proof of concept.

11:18But when you say in October, what is that?

11:21Is that a firm deadline?

11:22Is that a cliffhatch moment?

11:24Is that the start of negotiations with something binding on paper?

11:28How do you know you have a deal?

11:29Will you be able to produce that by October?

11:30I think that in my ideal scenario to come back from China with the positive news that we have understanding

11:37how to deal with the surging deficit in certain categories of the products.

11:41This is how we are going to deal with them.

11:43And therefore, I would propose to continue, you know, the negotiations on other sectors, which would kind of bring us

11:53into the realistic path of how to rein in the surging deficit.

11:57So, how are you going to make them do that?

11:59Because this conversation has been going on for months and some would say for years.

12:02Action should have been taken five, ten years ago.

12:04How are you going to break this cycle?

12:06I think that, as I said, we have now unprecedented intensity of our negotiations.

12:11I think we never talked to our Chinese counterparts as frequently, as intensely as right now.

12:17And I clearly understood also from my Chinese counterpart, Minister Van Gwentel, that this is also the preferred option to

12:24talk to the negotiator.

12:25They do not want an escalation.

12:26They have told you they do not want an escalation.

12:27Exactly.

12:28This is what we, this is what we heard from them.

12:29But that's a great deal for them.

12:30They continue dumping and there's no escalation.

12:32But, of course, I told them that, look, if I will not bring tangible results by October, and this is

12:37something what was agreed mutually by Minister Van Gwentel and myself,

12:41because he understands if I kind of come back and tell them that we have a nice talk and we

12:46continue talking,

12:47of course, this would be not something to the satisfaction of the European leaders and European also, you know, captains

12:54of the industry.

12:55Because I told our Chinese counterparts that our discussion goes well beyond the trade, because now we are talking about

13:02future European industry, you know, how the European economy will look like in the future.

13:06And I would say, in the end, about the European social model.

13:11So this is super political.

13:13And, of course, every single prime minister, every single president of the European Union is very much concerned by this.

13:19And therefore, we have to bring the good political solution.

13:23And was there an understanding from the Chinese that this time you will have the instruments and you will have

13:30the political unity?

13:31Because this has not been the case.

13:33And that's partly the reason why, to me, it seems until now, China does not fear retaliation.

13:38They do not think you will do it.

13:39I think that, at least my impression was, that the fact that this is really an urgent call, that this

13:47is not, I would say, the situation like we had, I mean, before, with half of the member states doing

13:53well, half of them suffering.

13:56That it's really, I would say, unified European approach that this has to change, that we have to address this

14:02issue.

14:02And then I'm trying to do it through, I would say, the negotiations.

14:06But they have to bring us very concrete results.

14:09Otherwise, of course, there will be a strong political movement to push for, I would say, harsher, harsher measures.

14:17Yes. And let's go into the final point, which is the Canadians.

14:21Canada is now in an unprecedented trade war with the United States.

14:25Tariffs through the roof both ways.

14:28And just very quickly, given the situation that they're in, this is going to hurt the Canadian economy.

14:32There's no doubt about that.

14:33The tariffs now are going through the roof and there's no idea or limit to the escalation.

14:38Do you feel the EU should intervene, try to mediate?

14:44You talk about a good relationship.

14:46They are going to feel the pain.

14:47I don't think that we are in a position to mediate.

14:52But at the same time, I know that they have such a close economic relationship that, despite of current tension,

15:00sooner or later, there will be attempts to resolve it.

15:03Of course, I'm not in the file.

15:05But I know that this is very important for both partners.

15:10But we clearly are highlighting one thing for us.

15:15The tariffs are taxes.

15:16Taxes are paid in the end or by the economic operators or by the citizens.

15:22And we clearly are stating in all our trade negotiations, we clearly support free and fair trade with lower or

15:30no tariffs at all, because we believe it's best for the citizens, best for the business and best for economic

15:35development.

15:38Now, moving on, Romania is set to lose more than 700 million euros in EU funding after the government in

15:46Bucharest failed to deliver reforms demanded by Brussels.

15:50A deadline set for August the 31st has now passed, creating a bitter dispute among political forces and unions over

15:57proposed reform of public sector salaries.

16:00For the view from Bucharest, we can bring in now Dragos Pizraru, Minister of Investments and European Projects of Romania.

16:07Good morning, Minister.

16:07Thrilled to have you with us here on Europe Today.

16:10So tell us, you've missed that deadline.

16:12The government has been in crisis for months, sliding further into economic abyss.

16:16Could this have been avoided?

16:19Absolutely.

16:20This is an important reform.

16:21Thanks for having me to explain a little bit about the background.

16:24This was part of the RRF, of the recovery program that is the biggest intervention of the union to recover

16:33after the pandemics.

16:36And the government had time from 2021 onwards to prepare that particular reform.

16:42Because of the election context, the parties in power at that time, especially the social democrats, have avoided to propose

16:50any draft legislation on that.

16:52And even in the coalition government that we had since June 2025, they failed to do that.

16:59So basically, we entered in a last-minute attempt to save it.

17:03And still, the costs, the political costs were considered higher than the hefty amount, 770 million, that we had in

17:10the RRF.

17:11There was a split in the pro-European coalition, two parties.

17:16So the EPP and Renew going for, adopting it, and the S&D and the Hungarian minority party against.

17:25So what would be your message then to decision makers here in Brussels?

17:29Can these EU funds still be salvaged?

17:31I mean, let's look at the half-full, half-empty part of the glass.

17:36We, Romania, right now, has managed to save the Recovering Resilience Plan because we started last year from less than

17:4647%.

17:47And now we are pretty sure that we are going to get over 90% of the grants and over

17:5295% of the loans.

17:54So there is a good image about how we handle the RRF.

18:00But, of course, the main lesson here is that we don't need to avoid these kind of reforms when we

18:08have such an opportunity.

18:09It will be far more difficult to adopt it.

18:12That's one thing.

18:13Second, for respecting Romania's commitments in terms of budget deficit reduction and so on, this would have been a very

18:20important piece of legislation.

18:22Right now, I'm relying on the wisdom of the political class to adopt still such a legislation because it's needed,

18:29but it will be much more difficult to adopt it outside the recovery process.

18:34And just a reminder of yours, why you desperately need these 700 million euros, why they're so important for the

18:38Romanian economy.

18:40I mean, it's very important.

18:41This was one of the measures that could contribute directly to reducing the budget deficit while allowing investments.

18:48Just to clarify how it operates, we have investments in schools, in hospitals, in highways and so on.

18:56And all these investments could have actually added another 770 million available for the budget to compensate them.

19:05Right now, we need to finance it from the budget.

19:08And that would actually be with an extra.

19:10Okay, Minister Dragos Pislaru, thank you so much for being our guest this morning here on Europe Today.

19:16And thank you so much for tuning in.

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