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Europe Today: francia diákok „visszafoglalják” a Bastille-t, Trump „vonakodik” segíteni Ukrajnának
Mélenchon szerint diákok „visszafoglalták a Bastille-t” egy párizsi tömegtüntetésen. Volodimir Zelenszkij az USA „vonakodását” bírálja Ukrajna segítésében. Helen Clark kritikus nyersanyagokról beszél, Rima Hassant pedig zászlóvita miatt bírálatok érik.
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Mélenchon szerint diákok „visszafoglalták a Bastille-t” egy párizsi tömegtüntetésen. Volodimir Zelenszkij az USA „vonakodását” bírálja Ukrajna segítésében. Helen Clark kritikus nyersanyagokról beszél, Rima Hassant pedig zászlóvita miatt bírálatok érik.
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00:15Good morning, it is Friday the 9th of October. I'm Maeve McMahan and this is Europe Today,
00:21your daily dose of European news and analysis live here on Euronews.
00:26Coming up, French bonds hit historic lows. Market panic is gripping Paris as the country's
00:32debt turmoil reaches levels not seen in decades. The news could have chilling implications for
00:39the wider Eurozone economy just as finance ministers were gathering in Luxembourg. Meanwhile,
00:44the European Court of Auditors warns that total EU debt could hit a staggering €1 trillion by
00:502027. Billions are being wasted on interest payments and spending mistakes, leaving Brussels
00:55with a massive cash crunch just as leaders try to fund defence and Ukraine. And speaking of Ukraine
01:02horror in the east of the country with at least 33 people killed after a Russian bomb hit two buses
01:08in the frontline city of Kramatorsk. Emergency services report dozens more injured in an attack
01:14President Zelensky has called a deliberate targeting of civilian life. But first,
01:19the Bastille has been retaken. The words of French left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon after days of high
01:25school goers and student protests culminated in a mass gathering around the famous Place de la Bastille
01:31in Paris. For more on these strikes that look like they're here to stay, we can bring in now the
01:36French
01:36MEP Emma Ravovich from the Socialist Party. Good morning, Emma. Thank you so much for joining us here
01:41live on Europe today. So, Luc Mélenchon saying the Bastille has been retaken. Do you endorse this
01:47revolutionary talk? I'm not going to speak about Jean-Luc Mélenchon. I think that what we are going
01:52to speak about and what is really important right now is the situation of high schoolers in France.
01:58Myself, actually, 15 years ago, I was also protesting. And what is completely striking for all of us here is
02:06how the situation hasn't changed for the youth. So why is it why has there been such a little
02:12investment in this sector? What are the main issues here? Well, I will say that the main issue is the
02:17government who actually isn't doing anything for the youth, who isn't respecting the young people,
02:23especially when they are coming from, I would say, poorer neighborhoods or departments of the country.
02:30When we are, we are literally all of us seeing high schools in shambles in France, you know,
02:36ceiling falling down, rats in school, lunches being basically not moment for quality time, because,
02:43well, basically, there are sometimes rats or insects in the food. This is happening right now in France,
02:49which is a rich country. And this means that there is disrespect for the young people.
02:54But the protests, of course, have been hijacked by violence. They're the images that are being
02:58captured, of course, on the front pages of all the newspapers across Europe. How can calm return
03:02to the streets of France here? Well, to me, honestly, there is something really good in protesting.
03:10And I really respect that. The problem right now is that we are seeing violence, violence from,
03:16first of all, from the police side, the minister of the interior minister actually asked that the police
03:23shows no restraint when it was basically framing or organizing these mobilizations.
03:31And on the other side, of course, there are individuals who are deciding to basically profit
03:38this mobilization to make violence movements. But I want to say that this is not what is happening
03:44in the country. Violence is not the general thing. What is happening is protesting, respectful one.
03:50We even see singing everywhere in the country. The youth are actually mobilizing quite well.
03:56And what is the government doing? Are they just closing their eyes and hoping it'll go away and
04:00then suddenly it'll be Halloween holidays? Well, you said it. I feel like it is that way, yes. And
04:06to be honest, I don't understand. I don't understand what we are doing. I feel like, you know,
04:11we are just looking the other way, hoping that the holiday will come soon and basically that the kids
04:18will not be in the streets. I feel like they are completely irresponsible.
04:23And just one final question. Meanwhile, while all this is happening, we've seen France heading
04:27towards a potential debt crisis. How could that impact France and, of course, the wider Eurozone?
04:32The debt also is something that shows just basically how Macron was completely irresponsible.
04:39Of course, in Europe, we all had the situation during Covid, taking really important choices and
04:46obviously increasing the debt of our countries. But today we also see a government that decided
04:52month after month, years after years to give gifts, basically fiscal gifts to the richest and
04:59basically deciding now is saying now that it is a problem and that the poor people, for example,
05:05in retirement should do big choices. And of course, we have the AI bubble on the market,
05:10who is basically, well, I would say disrupting the entire debt system and the bonds for France,
05:18of course, but for a lot of countries in Europe today. And I feel like, you know, we should say
05:23stop, that this is not enough and we should not let that go.
05:27Emma Ravovic, thank you so much for joining us this morning. You're, of course, very critical of the
05:31French government. We'll soon bring on a voice from there to have their view as well. But now moving on
05:36in the context of instability in the Gulf, growing pressure on global energy security and the
05:41scramble for critical raw materials, over 1,000 representatives from over 55 countries have
05:46gathered in Brussels for talks. Among them is the former New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark,
05:51who joins us now in the studio. Welcome. Thank you. So welcome to Brussels. Just tell us more about
05:55what brings you here. It is the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Global Conference. It happens
06:01once every three years and we bring the whole family that supports this initiative together.
06:06That's governments both supporting and countries implementing the EITI best practice good governance
06:13standard. We also have company members from across the extractives and civil society members from
06:19around the world. That all sounds very clunky and kind of distant to our viewers. What are you
06:23actually trying to achieve here? So it was set up basically to fight corruption in the extractive
06:29industries, oil, gas, minerals. Everyone will remember blood diamonds in Sierra Leone. You remember
06:35civil war in Nigeria over oil. There's been a lot of corruption traditionally around these sectors in
06:42many countries. This initiative was set up to drive it out and to have countries change their laws
06:49and policies and the way they governed these sectors to get better results for people.
06:54And while you're here, of course, our trade commissioner is over in Beijing. So everyone in
06:58Brussels is talking about China and the very tense EU-China relations. We've also seen Friedrich
07:02Merz and Emmanuel Macron calling for perhaps the use of a big bazooka. What would be your advice
07:07here for Europeans?
07:09When I was New Zealand Prime Minister, we became the first Western country to sign a free trade
07:14agreement with China. And I have to say, it underpinned New Zealand's prosperity for a long time.
07:21Now, it's very important to keep diverse markets, of course, but China isn't going anywhere. China is
07:27a fact of life. Countries have to engage with China. The European Commission has to engage with
07:32China. It is a power in the world. It is a huge economy. And we have to work out how
07:40we engage and
07:40how we interact.
07:41And do you think they'll manage and save off a trade war?
07:45Well, do you want another trade war? You know, there's American trade war. Do you want a China
07:49trade war? Look, we need people talking. I am a great fan of Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada,
07:55who's very pragmatic. His country was quite estranged from China over a number of things.
08:00He's gone there. He's talking. He's engaging. He's engaging with Europe, too. We need more pragmatic
08:06leaders who can look at how we engage around our common interests.
08:09Well, he certainly is engaging in Europe, so much so that he was in Strasbourg recently
08:13delivering a speech. The idea of an associate membership for Canada was even floated.
08:17Is that something that New Zealand would also like to explore?
08:20I'm very interested in that agreement, because I recall having a dinner with a former chair
08:26of the Commission many years ago when I was PM and came to Brussels. And he said, you know,
08:31there's one country that meets every single criterion for membership of the EU except geography.
08:37That's New Zealand. So the association agreement could be very interesting to New Zealand.
08:42So what would it look like?
08:43Well, if it gave access to a common market, wouldn't that be very interesting for a distant
08:49trade country like New Zealand?
08:51And what about defence? Because that's obviously the big topic here.
08:54Well, you see, the issue is how much is Europe, the European Union, going to do defence vis-a-vis
09:01NATO?
09:01We are not obviously in NATO. We're a very long way away. But, you know, we should be in the
09:06conversation about what an association agreement means.
09:10And just one final comment. Brexit is back on the political agenda. We've had UK ministers in
09:14Strasbourg this week and also participating in meetings in Ireland who have the EU presidency now.
09:19What would your view here be?
09:21This is an incredibly difficult political issue in Europe, in the United Kingdom. And what the
09:28Prime Minister won't want to do is fire up Nigel Farage and the anti-Brexit team again.
09:32But there's no doubt, in my view, that Britain getting closer to the single market again would
09:38be good for the British economy and the British people.
09:40OK, Helen Clark, thank you so much for joining us here this morning on Europe Today.
09:44And best of luck for your talks today in Brussels.
09:47Well, now, moving on to Ukraine, where Vladimir Selensky has criticised US, quote,
09:51unwillingness to help his country ahead of new peace talks in Miami today. The talks come as
09:57Russia steps up deadly airstrikes against Ukraine, including one at a bus stop yesterday that killed
10:03over 33 civilians and injured dozens. For more, we can go straight over to Kiev now and speak to
10:08Yulia Klimenko, a Ukrainian member of Parliament. Good morning, Yulia. Thank you so much for joining
10:13us. We've seen now Russia using a glide bomb to target regular bus stops. Was this a direct attack
10:19on civilians? Hello from Kiev. Thank you for hosting me. Yes, it was deliberate and very
10:27purpose purpose attack on civilians. Only yesterday, Russia killed the 450 injured, badly injured or
10:38killed 450 people around Ukraine. It's civilian people. I'm not talking about the army. So actually,
10:46it's a deliberate fight and genocide against civilians, because they cannot achieve anything on the
10:54front line. Moreover, for past three weeks, we deoccupied our army, they occupied more than 150
11:01kilometers. So now it looks like the only war Russia can do with kids and women inside the country.
11:09So that's what they are doing deliberately targeting. And they targeted, unfortunately,
11:14two buses killed more than 33 people yesterday by one glide bomb and injured more than 60 people
11:21in the buses. So I think it's purposely war crimes have done by Putin, who already said to his army
11:30and generals that they can do whatever they want with the civilians.
11:33So what's your plan now? How is Ukraine responding to these kinds of attacks?
11:37So our plan is very simple. We are increasing our capacity on air defense. And in a parallel,
11:45we're talking to our US and European colleagues and partners to proceed with the peace talks. I think
11:54this will be two parallel tracks. From one side, reinforcing army. From other side,
11:59to restart, again, peace talks. Let's see if we'll have it.
12:05Well, you mentioned peace talks. All eyes on Miami today on those talks, led by Jared Kushner and Steve
12:10Witkoff. They'll be discussing, quote, new ideas. But have you any expectations here?
12:16I think there is no new idea with Putin. He either stopped the war or proceed with war. So I
12:23think the only
12:25person who can decide to stop the war is Putin and Kushner and Witkoff have to put all possible
12:33pressure on Putin to stop the war. That's the only way how we can do it.
12:38And how is the Ukrainian economy keeping afloat? What is your message as well to European investors
12:42waiting for the war to end?
12:45Actually, European economy can help Ukrainian economy with lanes of solidarity, with export,
12:53with more contracts, with more joint ventures, etc., etc. We have a very booming, I would say,
12:59it's very strange to say, but it's booming on the western part of Ukraine. And many companies from
13:05eastern and southern part of Ukraine relocating to the western part. And there already European
13:11investors can do investments and can cooperate with Ukrainian companies and businesses in this
13:18way to help the Ukrainians also on the economic side.
13:22Okay. Yulia Klimenko, Ukrainian MP, speaking to us from Kiev. Thank you so much for joining us this
13:27morning. Now we can move on. As the French MEP of Palestinian origin, Rima Hassan, is facing an
13:33investigation after the Israeli and European Union flags were allegedly thrown to the floor at a
13:39commemoration for the 2023 Hamas attacks that set off the Gaza war that took place this week in
13:44Strasbourg. Our French correspondent, Maya de la Boum, actually spoke to her yesterday in Strasbourg
13:49and joins us now for an update. What does she have to say?
13:52So let's first remind our viewers of the facts. Rima Hassan is a French MEP from the left-wing France
14:00unbound. And she is primarily seen in France as a fierce supporter of the Palestinian cause. And that
14:06is also what made her extremely controversial in France. So to remind the facts, on Monday she was
14:13accused of removing an Israeli flag from an exhibit commemorating the October 7th attacks. So she has
14:22since then confirmed that she had removed this flag. But she also argued that it was not an act of
14:29violence. And it was primarily directed against the Israeli government and not the victims. However,
14:37we spoke to Joshua Zarca, and you spoke to him, the Israeli ambassador to Paris. And he had very strong
14:45comments to make, very harsh comments. She called her a terrible person. We see it on screen now. He told
14:51Euronews. She openly supports Hamas. This is a terrible person. Our embassy and the president of the
14:58European Parliament are in dialogue with the purpose of making sure that Mrs. Rima Hassan faces the charges
15:04she needs to face. So as you said, Maeve, I interviewed Rima Hassan yesterday. And she also had very strong
15:12comments to make and a strong reaction to make to the Israeli ambassador. Let's take a listen.
15:24First of all, it is worth remembering that the Israeli ambassador acts as a spokesperson for the
15:28Israeli authorities. This is therefore the official line of the Israeli authorities. I do not therefore
15:34expect much that is relevant, or even, I would say, intelligent, from an Israeli ambassador at this
15:40stage, given the current situation. On the issue of the conflict spilling over, Mr. Zarca seems to be
15:45unaware of the European Parliament's agenda. We all debate discussions and negotiations on texts relating
15:51to the situation in the region on a very regular basis, almost every month in plenary. On the issues
15:56of actions, specifically the act of taking down an Israeli flag, which has been highlighted, I maintain
16:02that I am absolutely opposed to the Israeli embassy being invited into the European Parliament,
16:07in the same way that the Russian embassy has absolutely no authorization to come and organize
16:12or co-organize events that a Russian ambassador cannot come and address Parliament, and that there
16:17is no platform for them to do so. Were you able to check the footage, the CCTV footage, of what
16:28happened
16:28on Monday? I saw them this morning with the Speaker of Parliament. I was received this morning by the
16:33Speaker of Parliament. Listen, it's very clear. I even asked for these images to be made available
16:38to the press so that you could see them for yourselves. You can see me, rather softly, taking
16:43the Israeli flag down from the stand on which it was mounted. And a few seconds later, the sand actually
16:48tipped over because it was unbalanced. And that is how the European flag ended up falling. But none of
16:53the flags were trampled on, thrown about, or damaged. And this was confirmed by the footage I reviewed
16:58this morning in her presence. Right. But looking back, wouldn't it be wiser to use words rather than
17:07this type of action to express a disagreement? What I have observed is that on all other issues,
17:15the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, all the issues I've worked on, we have had no difficulty
17:20in obtaining texts. Indeed, we have even secured majorities to pass resolutions effectively condemned
17:26what was happening in this or that region of the world. The only issue is that it is literally
17:31censored. And I mean censored because we have debates, but no texts, no meaningful action is
17:36the Palestinian question. So sometimes, you know, a political mandate can be accompanied by an activist
17:42gesture, a symbolic gesture. I'd like to pick up on that precisely because we know that you're a very
17:48strong advocate for the Palestinian cause. We've seen it many times and you've demonstrated it on
17:54Monday. But how exactly do you ensure that this advocacy does not, in fact, end up placing the
18:02burden of responsibility for the Israeli government's actions on French Jews?
18:13Well, you just have to listen to me. I never talk, if you like, about individual responsibility on
18:19anyone's part. My political target is the state of Israel. And it is the fact that our Union of States,
18:25the European Union, our institutions and our leaders are failing to take their share of
18:29responsibility to ensure that international law is upheld. The commemoration of the victims of the 7th
18:35of October is a noble cause. I took part in it myself. In the parliament, we paid tribute to
18:40these families of the hostages whom we welcomed during a plenary session. If you like, I am always
18:45present at all official commemorations. It is simply that these commemorations, or at least this
18:50particular event, was an unofficial event organized by the European Parliament in partnership with the
18:55Israeli Embassy and the AGC organization, which has been singled out in NGO reports for promoting
19:02settlement activity. This point is entirely open to question. In other words, commemorating the
19:07victims of 7th October is one thing, but not in partnership with the Israeli government,
19:12not in partnership with the Israeli authorities.
19:21Well, that brings this edition of Europe Today to an end. For news on the winner of this year's
19:25Nobel Peace Prize, stay tuned and see you soon on your own news.