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Europe Today: Россия угрожает Европе, кризис в Сеуте, AfD лидирует в восточной Германии
Россия активно воздействует на европейцев, стремясь расколоть лидеров ЕС и посеять страх. В Испании кризис из‑за наплыва мигрантов в Сеуту, а на востоке Германии ультраправой AfD прочат победу на местных выборах.
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Россия активно воздействует на европейцев, стремясь расколоть лидеров ЕС и посеять страх. В Испании кризис из‑за наплыва мигрантов в Сеуту, а на востоке Германии ультраправой AfD прочат победу на местных выборах.
ЧИТАТЬ ДАЛЕЕ : http://ru.euronews.com/2026/09/04/europe-today-russia-targets-europe-ceuta-crisis-deepens-and-afd-leads-polls-in-east-german
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01:35Very quickly in August
03:06We're joined now by Antonio López Estudich
03:07in government to the reports that were given by the national police and the intelligence services
03:13two days before advising the government about the crisis that was going to be developed
03:20This is where the prime minister of Spain lied clearly
03:24He always maintained during the whole month of August that there was no information
03:29that they didn't know anything about it
03:32But now we know thanks to the leaking, unfortunately, but this is the case of reports, you know, that tell
03:41us a very different story
03:42So what role do you believe Morocco played here?
03:47A role who played who?
03:48Morocco
03:50Ah, Morocco. Well, it is clear from these reports and this will, it's now in the hands of the judges
03:56in Spain
03:57I will go through the usual judiciary process of investigation
04:01but there are these leaking photographs of Moroccan police
04:08helping these 80,000 people
04:11descending from trucks and going into the Spanish frontier
04:15I cannot tell you this is true or not
04:17Judges will tell us, you know, and the further investigation
04:20but it is clear that at some level
04:23it seems that Morocco was involved in this
04:26This is not, by the way, the first time
04:27Remember that in 2021
04:29already the European Parliament
04:31condemned the Spanish government
04:32for doing exactly the same
04:34nothing against this kind of test
04:36from the Moroccan government
04:39And there's a lot of disinformation and misinformation online as well about this episode
04:43Do you think that there's Israeli bots or Russian bots here responsible, like Pedro Sánchez has suggested?
04:48No, no, this is the usual neighbouring relation, you know, that has happened before
04:54At that time in 2021, Israel or the United States
04:57no one had Russia
04:58no one had nothing to do
05:00It's always the same
05:02It's Morocco testing
05:03the will of a government in Spain
05:05to keep the frontier safe for Spain
05:08and Europe
05:09Of course, now the moment is clear
05:12The Spanish government is surrounded by scandals, corruption
05:17A minister was condemned for 24 years in jail for corruption
05:22The wife of the prime minister, his brother, are indicted
05:26I mean, what else can you ask here?
05:28You know, this is weakness
05:30The Spanish government is weak
05:32and unfortunately this is also European interests
05:35Okay, Antonio López Estudis, thank you so much for joining us this morning
05:39and bringing the view from the European People's Party on that crisis that's hit Spain
05:43But now, moving on
05:44The EU is on high alert
05:46as NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and security services within EU member states
05:50say Russia is actively targeting European states
05:53with the intention of striking fear
05:55among citizens over their government support of Ukraine
05:58For more, we can bring in now our correspondent Shona Murray
06:01who's been in Dublin for us all week
06:03covering these high-stake talks
06:05So Shona, the message really seems to be here to stay vigilant
06:11That's right, Maeve
06:12I mean, the context of this, of course, is that watershed moment last month
06:16when German security authorities intercepted an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig Airport
06:21and then this week we had the German government formally attribute blame to the Kremlin
06:26So it marks a step-up or a development in the confrontation between Europe and the Kremlin
06:32And with that, we have security organisations in Denmark and France
06:36saying that the Kremlin is actively targeting European countries
06:40with a bid to unravel support for Ukraine
06:42and also, of course, cause harm
06:44And with that, I caught up with Benjamin Haddad
06:47the French EU Affairs Minister
06:49and I asked him about this threat
06:51This is the first test for European security
06:54and we've only accelerated and increased our support for Ukraine
06:59at the European level in the last month
07:01Remember where we were just a year and a half ago
07:03after the Oval Office meeting between President Trump, President Zelensky, Vice President Vence
07:08when many people thought that Europeans would stand aside
07:12as Ukraine would be forced into capitulation by a deal signed by Russia and the United States
07:18On the contrary, we've taken ownership of our own security and defence
07:22Today, the bulk of support for Ukraine is provided by Europeans
07:26I suppose it's very hard to define the situation we're in now
07:30because up until now, you've had these sort of below-threshold hybrid attacks
07:34But as we heard from Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, and Kaya Callas
07:37these attacks are becoming much more kinetic, much more frequent, much more violent and reckless
07:42Are we at war with Russia?
07:45Well, you know, it's not war, but it's certainly not peace
07:48And this is why we need to continue to increase our effort
07:52first to bolster our defence against these hybrid attacks
07:56But would you say, though, the situation we're in now is, let's say, vastly different
08:00even the security situation a year ago
08:02that we're getting much closer to that confrontation?
08:05I think we've known for a long time that we were facing a threat coming from Russia
08:09And by the way, we just need to listen to the constant questioning of European security
08:15of the European security architecture coming from the leaders in the Kremlin
08:19So I think, you know, the most important thing is stay calm, stay the course
08:24continue to invest in our security and defence
08:26continue the support for Ukraine
08:28continue the pressure and the economic pressure that we're putting on Russia
08:33You can see, by the way, what's happening on the battlefield
08:37with Ukrainians showing incredible ingeniosity and innovation on the battlefield with drones
08:43You can see the success of the long-range strikes
08:46They're bringing also the war to Russia with the impact that it's having, including on the Russian people
08:52Marine Le Pen goes from strength to strength, it appears
08:55Despite the fact that, you know, she has a conviction for misuse of funds
08:59which is something you would imagine voters would be something they would put them off
09:04What have you guys done wrong?
09:06You know, I think you see the rise of the far right and populist everywhere in Europe
09:11And we should take this with a lot of humility
09:14And our first responsibility first is to continue to deliver on results
09:18But I know something for sure, the French are deeply pro-European
09:21The French are proud of the role that their country is playing on the European stage
09:26And Marine Le Pen, for a long time, has been the candidate of Brexit
09:31She's been the candidate of leaving the Euro
09:32She was the candidate of the alliance with Vladimir Putin
09:36She's trying to make people forget about all of this
09:38And sometimes even says that it never happened
09:40Even though we know her stance on the European Union for a long time
09:45At the same time, they're getting stronger
09:47And they did ever so well at the European Parliament elections
09:50I think, you know, you have a broader sense of maybe loss of control in globalization
09:57You have a world that's changing very rapidly
09:59Where a lot of the certainties that we had in the 90s and the 2000s are crumbling
10:03You know, trade is being weaponized as a tool of pressure
10:07You see the rise of China and the subsidized overcapacities that are coming to our markets
10:15They're destabilizing our industries
10:17You see our traditional alliances that are being questioned
10:20And a war of Russian aggression on our continent
10:23And so when you have all this transformation, uncertainties
10:28And a lot of the pillars on which we had built our systems
10:31Our European Union, our transatlantic alliance that are being questioned
10:36Yes, I think, you know, these periods of transition
10:39Paved the way very often for radical answers
10:41I don't think they're the right answer
10:43I don't think that in a world where you have the pressure from China, from the US, the threat coming
10:48from Russia, we would be stronger going it alone
10:54Meanwhile, Ukraine's finance minister has warned the country is facing serious budget constraints
10:59The toughest since 2022 when the full-scale war began
11:03In an exclusive interview with our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo, Sergei Marchenko urged European finance ministers to quote
11:09Think outside the box
11:11He revived calls to use frozen Russian assets as Ukraine heads into another very harsh winter
11:17We believe that it is fair enough to expect envisaging another year of war
11:24That Ukraine needs additional sources to finance their needs
11:28Definitely, we are in full support of such incentives
11:32We would like all other European countries to join these incentives
11:36It's not only Sweden, but also Poland and other countries
11:39But we would like broader coalition of countries to discuss this issue during the recent months
11:46We believe that it's fair enough to expect envisaging another year of war
11:53That Ukraine needs additional sources to finance their needs
11:57And the proposal which we would like to discuss is the possibility to transfer custodians of frozen assets from Belgium
12:07to the European Union
12:08It will help to settle everything and mitigate the risk
12:12So explain to me, how is your plan different compared to six months ago?
12:16The plan is definitely different because it creates conditions when it's not the responsibility of Belgium to have any court
12:29disputes, future disputes with Russia
12:32So it's a totally different scenario
12:34So we don't want this money to operate from the EuroClear side
12:37We want this money to be transferred into some accounts which operate under the European jurisdiction
12:45Well, have you detected because governments across Europe are seeing the cost of this war
12:49Which they help you finance now practically alone without the United States is going up
12:54That has changed their political calculus
12:57It's better now to tap into Russia rather than to pay out of pocket
13:00European countries should think out of the box and to discuss broader sources to finance Ukrainians
13:07And moreover, from our side, now war intensified very quickly
13:12So we realized ourselves in a totally different reality during the last month
13:18Recent attacks on our logistics
13:20We see that we will expect a very hard winter before us
13:26It means that escalations means that we should have means to survive these escalations
13:32But after any escalations, we believe it will be a good possibility to peaceful negotiations
13:39Okay, so you're saying the budget for next year, including the funding needs, will be based on the idea that
13:45the war will continue
13:46You also say you're expecting a difficult winter also on the front and that will impact the economy
13:51What numbers are you working on from just a macro perspective?
13:55Our basic needs to attract foreign financing is the same, practically speaking
14:02So we are talking about around 50 billion US dollars per year
14:06And what we realize is that uncovered financial needs for 2027 is rather big
14:12Our estimate is around 32.6 billion US dollars
14:17At this moment, we are finalizing our budget
14:21And our mission, IMF mission worked in Kyiv during these three days
14:26We discussed budget with them in details
14:30And I believe that we have the same estimates of our uncovered needs as them
14:35Can you confirm to us that you will ask the European Union to accelerate the payments coming out of the
14:4290 billion euros
14:43That were just approved over Christmas last year?
14:46I am not ready to tell you that we need to accelerate it for a budget needs for 2026
14:52But your question is about if we have any risk which can materialize in the military field
15:00Yes, I can tell you for 100% that our Ministry of Defense requested additional money to procure weaponry
15:09They requested additional 27 billion US dollars or 23.2 billion euros this year
15:17To be able to procure some weaponry to front load some procurement for 2027
15:23So we already see some issues with liquidity
15:30We envisage liquidity shortages in our budget
15:34It means that we can postpone some payments for later
15:38Because of lack of sufficient liquidity in our budget
15:42It means that we have some consequences
15:46Some payments which are not fully related to war
15:51Okay, but the consequences would be what?
15:53We didn't have such a situation starting from the beginning of the war
15:58In 2022, we really did suffer a lot
16:01We really did feel some lack of sufficient liquidity in our budget accounts
16:05But right now we are really too far near the same scenario we had in 2022
16:13What I detect from you this time around is there's a form of concern
16:19And I've heard you say it now multiple times
16:21If there is no cash, we will have to make cuts
16:23There could be budget cuts imminent
16:25Difficult winter
16:26Just how worried are you?
16:27Well, you know, Maria, I am worried
16:31But I prefer to be calm and concentrated
16:35So because it's not time for war, it's time for actions
16:42Now moving on to Germany
16:44Where the far-right AFD party is leading the polls
16:47Ahead of regional elections this Sunday
16:49In Saxony-Anhalt in the east of the country
16:52Putting Friedrich Merz governing Conservative CDU under pressure
16:56For more on this, we can head now straight to Magdeburg
16:58The capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt
17:00Where our correspondent, Laura Fleischmann, is standing by for us
17:03Just outside the very Saxon state parliament
17:07Good morning, Laura
17:08Just tell us first, what is at stake here?
17:10And what would an AFD government actually look like there?
17:15Good morning to you too
17:16And well, this election could truly send shockwaves through German politics
17:20This could be the very first far-right state government
17:23Since Germany was founded, the Federal Republic of Germany, that is
17:27And well, I looked at the party's program
17:30And it has quite interesting points in it
17:33And well, it says that it wants
17:35The party demands efforts to put an end to illegal
17:38And culturally alien and anti-native mass migration
17:40Furthermore, launching a major deportation and re-migration campaign
17:44Is absolutely necessary, is what the party writes there
17:47And by winning, the AFD would also gain significant influence
17:50Over education here in Saxony-Anhalt
17:52Due to the way the German education system is set up
17:55They want to reinstate school exchanges with Russia
17:58And they also want special classes for refugee children
18:01To show them that their stay in Germany is only temporary
18:05And the top candidate of the AFD, Ulrich Siegmund
18:09He also stated that he is potentially open to abolishing
18:12The office for the protection of the constitution here in Saxony-Anhalt
18:16It is an institution that is responsible for monitoring extremist organizations
18:20Including the local AFD branch
18:22Okay, Lara, so that's their manifesto
18:24But the big question, can the AFD actually govern in Saxony-Anhalt?
18:28And what would that mean for Friedrich Merz and for Germany as a whole?
18:33Well, there's one important piece of vocabulary to understand here
18:36And that is the Brandmauer, the firewall
18:38So far, all the German mainstream parties have refused to cooperate with the AFD
18:43So this could mean that even if the AFD wins the vote
18:46They won't necessarily be able to govern
18:48But this could also lead to a very difficult coalition puzzle to solve
18:52Since all the other parties either don't want to cooperate
18:54Or they won't be able to form a majority
18:57And there's one more important factor to know
18:59Or to be aware of
19:00That is the 5% threshold
19:02Multiple parties are currently struggling with this
19:04And this could mean that their votes won't translate into seats
19:07And therefore leading to a majority of seats for the AFD
19:11Even though they don't have 50% or more of the votes
19:15And Friedrich Merz is currently struggling with low approval ratings
19:18For him, this is truly a test on whether his CDU can actually contain the far right
19:22Okay, Lara Fleischmann reporting there live from Magdeburg
19:26On a story that's been closely watched, of course, here in Brussels
19:30But that does bring Friday's episode of Europe Today to an end
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