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Europe Today: Trump kilépést sürget az ICC-ből, uniós védelmi főnök az Euronewsnak
„Az EU védelmi vezetője az Euronewsnak beszél, miközben Donald Trump a Nemzetközi Büntetőbíróság tagállamait kilépésre szólítja fel; a közel-keleti háború miatt drágul az olaj, az európai fogyasztók érzik a drágulást.”
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„Az EU védelmi vezetője az Euronewsnak beszél, miközben Donald Trump a Nemzetközi Büntetőbíróság tagállamait kilépésre szólítja fel; a közel-keleti háború miatt drágul az olaj, az európai fogyasztók érzik a drágulást.”
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Iratkozzon fel: Az Euronews elérhető 12 nyelven
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00:14Good morning, it's Thursday, September 24th, you're watching Euronews, and this is Europe Today.
00:22Coming up, reaching for the stars. The EU's defense commissioner, Andrius Kobilius, warned Euronews on the sidelines of a space
00:31summit in Brussels about falling behind in the stratosphere.
00:34Right now, Europe lacks the launch infrastructure it needs to stay competitive in the space race, said Kobilius, a former
00:42prime minister of Lithuania.
00:43At stake is the continent's current prosperity and future sovereignty. Kobilius also boasted about the benefits of AI on the
00:52battlefield.
00:53Energy prices keep climbing, putting renewed pressure on households and businesses across Europe.
00:59After the energy crisis of recent years, consumers are once again facing higher bills, with the risk that more expensive
01:07energy could also push up the price of everyday goods and services.
01:11So what's driving this latest increase? How serious could the impact be? And can governments protect consumers without fueling inflation?
01:20We'll speak to an expert.
01:23And Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a two-day summit with Donald Trump that looks more focused
01:30on pageantry than on longstanding policy feuds.
01:33The state visit will bring together a robust gathering of U.S. corporate leaders, but no comparable delegation from China,
01:40raising questions about the prospects of even any new business.
01:44One topic where Trump and Xi are on the same page, though, is resistance to any AI regulation.
01:52Welcome to the program. I'm Stefan Grobe.
01:54Let's start with the Space Summit in Brussels.
01:57More EU member states are engaging with Palantir, the American software company that builds enterprise data integration, analytics and artificial
02:06intelligence platforms for government and commercial clients.
02:10But there are concerns about the questionable ethics of organizations like Palantir.
02:15Its manifesto details, among other things, its support for state surveillance and predictions and plans for a future dominated by
02:24autonomous weapons.
02:25Our correspondent Shona Murray joins me now. Good morning, Shona.
02:30So is this company, Palantir, becoming part of European industry?
02:36Well, that's a key question. I mean, we know as Europe is spending billions on defense and sort of independent
02:41security architecture that AI will form part of that.
02:44So the question around AI and groups like Palantir is whether how ethical they are, whether they apply the rules
02:49of international humanitarian law, civil rights laws and so on.
02:53And groups like Palantir have been condemned and criticized by Amnesty International, for example, for the work they do with
02:58state surveillance and groups like ICE.
03:00So there are concerns there. But as we heard from Andreas Kobilius, the European Commissioner for Defense, he's saying that
03:07they're a perfectly legitimate company and some European countries are engaging with them, like Lithuania, like Poland.
03:13But other countries like Spain, for example, the Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has outlawed any public companies using Palantir.
03:20So take a listen to this interview with Andreas Kobilius, the EU Defense Commissioner, with our colleague Angela Skujins, and
03:26she asked him about this specifically.
03:29We need to develop proper capabilities in space to have space geo-intelligence data.
03:38That is what we are discussing, what we call Earth Observation Governmental Service.
03:42And the last point, really, what we need to be prepared, that hybrid threats will become an issue and challenge,
03:54not only on Earth, but also in space.
03:57If we go to the United Nations General Assembly on the sidelines of that, speaking on a defense topic, the
04:04Greenland, the United States and Denmark signed a security and defense agreement.
04:09Do you think that this properly safeguards Danish sovereignty in the future?
04:15Well, at least what we can read from the statements of the Danish government are positive about that agreement.
04:24And definitely, perhaps it's good that also the United States, Greenland and Denmark agreed on such kind of agreement.
04:35And it removes some kind of this, you know, language which was totally unacceptable, which was used by some American
04:46authorities.
04:48What was the language?
04:49The language was that, you know, we remember very well that Greenland should belong to the United States and so
04:56on and so on because of security reasons.
04:58So now those issues are resolved and that is what Europe was saying from the very beginning and Denmark was
05:04saying from the very beginning.
05:05Yes, we understand some kind of American security interests that can be resolved in a proper way.
05:16Also on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the presidents of Lithuania and Poland met with the CEO
05:22of Palantir.
05:24This is the U.S.-based defense and tech company.
05:27The takeaway from these meetings is that we could expect more deeper cooperation between the two countries and the tech
05:35company.
05:35What do you make of this?
05:36Is this wise for Europe's eastern flank, particularly as that company has been criticized for how it uses AI on
05:44the battlefield?
05:44Palantir is a great company and the developments with AI for intelligence, for managing the data are very crucial for
05:55modern warfare doctrines.
05:57And we can see, for example, for example, with their own delta system for data management, battlefield data management.
06:12And this is what really is becoming a new normal in the management of battlefields and in implementation of warfare
06:25or defense doctrines.
06:30EU Defense Commissioner Andreas Koubilius speaking to our Angela Scugins.
06:35A new front is opening between Washington and Europe, this time over international justice.
06:42Donald Trump is calling on every country belonging to the International Criminal Court to quit,
06:47accusing the Hague-based tribunal of being anti-American and out of control.
06:53Trump is intensifying his long-running campaign against the world's only permanent court for prosecuting genocide, war crimes, crimes against
07:02humanity and aggression.
07:03Washington is also preparing sweeping sanctions aimed at crippling the court and its judges.
07:10At the United Nations, Trump, as usual, did not mince his words.
07:15The United States is equally opposed to the out-of-control institution known as the International Criminal Court.
07:23We will never allow U.S. service members or anyone else to be investigated or given show trials by an
07:29anti-American tribunal with no jurisdiction over us.
07:33They're an evil group of people.
07:35I call on all nations that are members of the ICC to officially resign from this rogue institution immediately.
07:44For the ICC, Trump's threat is existential.
07:47For Europe, the dispute goes to the heart of the international rules-based order.
07:52So, Europe is pushing back.
07:55Here's EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath in a statement to Euronews.
07:59The EU is strongly committed to the fight against impunity.
08:04Attacks or threats against the courts, elected officials, personnel and those cooperating with the court are not acceptable.
08:12Now, the fundamental question is this.
08:15Can a court designed to prosecute the world's most serious crimes operate independently when one of the world's most powerful
08:23countries is determined to undermine it?
08:25To discuss this, I'm now joined by Chloé Riedel, a French socialist in the European Parliament, where she sits on
08:32the Justice Committee.
08:33Good morning, Chloé, and thanks for coming on the show.
08:36Thank you for inviting me.
08:38So, Trump says the ICC is an out-of-control institution that is going after Americans.
08:45What's your argument?
08:46This is the key word, out-of-control.
08:48Trump hates that.
08:51And what is out-of-control, of his control, he wants to erase it.
08:55So, for one year and a half now, he's been attacking the International Criminal Court, sanctioning its judges, up to
09:0212 judges.
09:03And those attacks are unacceptable, unacceptable.
09:06And I just saw the comments from Commissioner McGrath.
09:09But we've been hearing that for one year now.
09:12Just press communiques and tweets to condemn the existential threats that Trump is now waging on ICC.
09:22So, we need to act now.
09:24These threats, I mean, could make it very difficult for the ICC to operate.
09:30Yeah, it is.
09:30So, what measures can Europe do to prevent that from happening?
09:35The European Union has the means to protect the court through what we call the blocking statute.
09:41This is a statute that could block the effects of the American sanctions against the court.
09:49Because now, the judges that are sanctioned at the same level as, like, Al-Qaeda terrorists, okay, just because they
09:56wanted to defend international law,
09:59encounter a number of difficulties in their daily lives.
10:03And this also, you know, threatens their work at the court.
10:08But they are determined to pursue their mission.
10:12So, we need to help them by activating this blocking statute.
10:15Ursula von der Leyen has refused to do that.
10:19Even so, we gather the majority in the European Parliament in favor of the activation of this blocking statute.
10:27What message does it send, the whole dispute here, to countries like Russia, when the West is obviously divided over
10:36international justice?
10:38Well, I don't know what you call the West anymore.
10:41Because I know what is the United States and I know what is Europe.
10:45And I just, you know, regret that Europe doesn't protect a court.
10:52The only international criminal independent permanent court that is, that has, you know, that is in the European soil, in
11:02The Hague,
11:03and doesn't do anything to protect it.
11:07So, we have a responsibility, a historic one, because the court is, you know, the successor of the Nuremberg Tribunal.
11:14We cannot, I think that today the ICC has become the symbol of a world fighting against imperialism,
11:23fighting for international law.
11:25So, if we are serious about fighting impunity, we need to defend this court.
11:31So, now we are waiting, as a European Parliament, as a majority of members in the European Parliament, we are
11:37waiting for Europe to act.
11:39You alluded to that at the beginning of your answer.
11:42Are we witnessing here a fundamental break between the United States and Europe over the rules governing the international system?
11:51For sure, because we need to say why Trump sanctioned ICC in the first place.
11:58Because ICC was investigating on Palestine and on Israel alleged crime in Palestine and Gaza.
12:06And because ICC was also investigating action from American army in Afghanistan, right?
12:13They stopped this investigation, but they were doing that.
12:16So, the United States cannot handle that.
12:19And so, he decides to attack what he cannot control.
12:24It's his own world.
12:25And we cannot accept this way of behaving.
12:29We built this court 25 years ago for future generations because of what happened in the 20th century, you know.
12:38We don't, here in Europe, we didn't forget the lessons of the 20th century.
12:44So, I think that now we need to act more than with just words, you know, but with concrete steps.
12:54Chloé Riedel, member of the European Parliament from the French sources.
12:57Thank you so much for coming on the show this morning.
13:01As the Middle East war disrupts, global oil supplies and refining costs soar, European consumers are feeling the pinch more
13:09and more.
13:10In France, diesel prices have reached record levels, making them among the highest in Europe, prompting the government to call
13:17on the EU to do something.
13:19And in Belgium, energy costs for households are rising sharply, with the projected annual bill for a new electricity and
13:26gas contract approaching 3,300 euros.
13:30Many fear that prices will surge further.
13:33Joining me now from Lahore, Pakistan, is Osama Rizvi, global market and product strategist at Primary Vision.
13:40Good morning to you.
13:42Good morning to you as well, Stephen.
13:43Good morning to you.
14:13The businesses are being added to their electricity bills on average if the price continues to increase.
14:18But Stephen, here is where it gets more interesting.
14:21The businesses, the businesses, for instance, if they use 100,000 megawatt hour of electricity on an annual basis, even
14:28a 10 euro increase would result into an extra 1 million euro bill.
14:32Now the businesses will have two options.
14:34Will they pass the cost to the consumers or will they bear it themselves?
14:38They will pass the cost to the consumers.
14:39So you have inflation, you have cost of doing business increase, you have electricity pricing increasing, and the policy effect
14:47of it is going to be an increase in interest rates as well.
14:50So the consumer, unfortunately, finds itself in a very strained environment and there is no way out of it as
14:58of today.
14:58And Osama, should governments intervene directly to cap energy prices or would that simply postpone the problem?
15:06Well, of course, I know this kicks in a debate between Milton Friedman versus those who follow Keynes.
15:12But I think we are living in an age of poly crisis.
15:16There are multiple crises happening at the same point.
15:19It is happening in Pakistan as well where the petrol prices have shot up by I don't know how many
15:24percentages, like 60, 70 percent.
15:26But for a certain sector of the society, they have capped the prices.
15:31So there is a whole mechanism through which they do it.
15:34And I'm sure European countries have better data gathering, better data integration as well.
15:39So the consumers on the lower end of earning, they definitely need to be protected.
15:45Otherwise, it can result into a social slash political problem as well.
15:49On that note, I mean, European governments have spent billions protecting consumers during the last energy crisis.
15:57The question is, can they afford to do that again?
16:01Well, if you look at the state of the European countries' coffers at the moment, I don't think so.
16:07They have much of a leverage there.
16:09The cost of energy ever since 2022 has continued to be on the upside.
16:14Then you have a climate crisis, the drying up of River Rhine, the cost of freight going up, so many
16:19things happening at the same time.
16:21But definitely, we will need to tap into some of those savings that we save for the rainy days and
16:27put it to work.
16:28Because as I said, and I'll say it before, I'll say it again.
16:31This can result into a spillover increase in food prices.
16:35And an increase in food prices can also result in social unrest.
16:39This is practically proven.
16:42So this becomes a policy metric.
16:44Very short, very short.
16:45I mean, the question consumers really want answered.
16:47Should people expect their energy bills to get significantly higher over the coming months?
16:52Short answer.
16:53Not significantly, but if this continues, then definitely it can.
16:57Perfect.
16:58Osama Rizvi, thank you very much for coming on today.
17:02Now, later today, the United Nations General Assembly will endorse, by consensus,
17:06a landmark declaration aimed at ensuring that countries whose territory may become partly or entirely uninhabitable because of rising sea
17:15levels do not lose their statehood or their place in the international system.
17:20For the small island states at the front line of the climate crisis, this is about much more than disappearing
17:27beaches.
17:28Rising seas threaten the physical territory on which states have traditionally based their sovereignty.
17:34The declaration seeks to make clear that a changing coastline should not automatically mean the disappearance of a country as
17:42a legal and political entity.
17:44So what's the impact, even on Europe?
17:47We heard from Kamal Amakran, Managing Director of the UN's Rising Nations Initiative.
17:54Regardless of our efforts to minimize, to stop climate change, once this sea goes up, this sea will not recede.
18:02It's not only an island issue.
18:04For some, it's definitely how do they affirm their statehood continuity, their maritime zones, their rights, their dignity.
18:14In Europe, it's an infrastructure challenge.
18:18It's an insurance challenge.
18:20It's a livelihoods challenge.
18:22Sea level rise will have an impact on livelihood and many of the industries that are core to many member
18:28states.
18:29Tourism, for example, fishing, all the processing industries along the ports, and of course, the infrastructure that links Europe to
18:40the rest of the world and make Europe an engine of economic progress.
18:46Even if we stop today emitting carbon, we will see between 15 to 20 centimeters, on average, increase in sea
18:59level rise.
18:59Every centimeter of sea level rise will be translated in stronger storms, in stronger high tides, will be translated in
19:08many economic losses, because the ports will need to be adjusted and adapted.
19:13Some of the airports may need to be moved.
19:20That's it for today.
19:21Stay tuned to Euronews for more news throughout the day.
19:26I'm Stefan Grobe, and I see you tomorrow.
19:48See you tomorrow.
19:51You.