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EU bei Ukraine-Friedensgesprächen in Abu Dhabi, Rennen um Lagarde-Nachfolge wird enger

Friedensgespräche zum Ukraine-Konflikt laufen in Abu Dhabi wieder an: Vertreter aus Russland, den USA, der EU, Frankreich, Deutschland und Großbritannien beraten auch über Zypern.

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00:23Die Europäische Kommission und die Europäische Council
00:26will send a joint team of senior officials to peace talks in Abu Dhabi
00:30between Ukraine, Russia and the United States.
00:33The EU institutions will be joined by France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
00:37Whether a face-to-face with Russia will happen is unclear this morning.
00:42The Abu Dhabi talks marked the resumption of trilateral peace negotiations since February
00:47when the war on Iran abruptly shifted Washington's focus.
00:53NVIDIA shares took a dive yesterday after the chipmaker's board announced an investigation
00:58into reports that chief executive Jensen Wang was the target of a foreign espionage operation.
01:04Wang, the face of the global AI boom, said he would cooperate with the pro.
01:09He apologized to his family and NVIDIA employees for an affair,
01:14which U.S. officials believe was with a woman working as a Chinese spy.
01:18And Hungary's former Prime Minister Viktor Orban's brother, Aaron Orban,
01:24has reportedly been arrested in a suspected human trafficking investigation.
01:29Prime Minister Peter Marjar announced the development yesterday,
01:32pointing to police raids in Budapest and surrounding areas.
01:37Investigators are probing an alleged network involved in arranging visas
01:41and residence permits for foreign workers in exchange for money.
01:45The case adds to a series of corruption investigations launched since Marjar defeated Viktor Orban in England.
01:53Welcome to the program. I'm Stefan Grober.
01:56The Eurozone is facing a crucial moment.
01:59With the race to succeed ECB President Christine Lagarde gathering pace,
02:03European finance ministers must decide who will steer the single currency
02:07through an increasingly uncertain economic future.
02:10Since the outbreak of war in Iran, energy costs have surged,
02:15while investors are demanding more to insure against European sovereign debt risks.
02:20Can Europe really deliver growth while reigning in public spending?
02:25Who better to answer these questions than the president of the Eurogroup himself,
02:29Kyriakos Pyrrakakis, Finance Minister of Greece.
02:32Welcome to the program. It's great to have you here this morning.
02:34Good morning. Great to be joining you.
02:36So, let's start with two warning sites that have been emerging recently.
02:41Rising energy prices and bond yields.
02:44How concerned are you about the economic impact of these developments?
02:49We're obviously mindful, and this is certainly something that the ministers of finance of Europe are discussing,
02:54not only in the Eurogroup and the ECOFIN meetings,
02:57but I would say continuously.
02:58We're continuously in touch to coordinate action.
03:01Obviously, we're in an era of expensive capital, an era of cheap capital is behind us.
03:06Even if you make the comparison of 2016 and 2026,
03:10average 10-year bond yield in 2016 was 1.1%.
03:13Now it's 4%.
03:15We're operating in an era of more expensive capital.
03:17And this is happening for a series of reasons.
03:19Part of it is fiscal, double the average deficit compared to 10 years ago.
03:22Part of it is what you describe right now, energy, higher spending, social spending,
03:27and greater investment priorities.
03:29So Greece has been through a massive economic and financial crisis.
03:33You know that better than anybody.
03:35Do you see any perils with the current situation,
03:38or are we facing a fundamentally different set of circumstances?
03:43Every situation is different.
03:45And I'm often asked, you know, from my Greek hat,
03:48are there lessons in the Greek crisis?
03:49And I often try to reply, one, that the word hubris is Greek,
03:53and second, that I believe in inspiration in politics rather than in lessons.
03:56So the inspiration here is that right now you have five countries in Europe in headline surplus.
04:02It's Denmark and the four countries that run bailout programs in the previous decade.
04:06So we managed to take difficult decisions, take them, some with delay, some as fast as we could.
04:13And now we're in a position of fiscal strength.
04:15And this resilience, which is a title, I would say, overall for Europe, but certainly for Greece as well,
04:20is quite significant to be able to tackle the very significant headwinds that we have.
04:24Are there any lessons learned, to be learned in Germany?
04:28Because there are a lot of calls right now that Germany needs to fundamentally engage in structural reforms.
04:37What can Germany learn from Greece?
04:38Well, I was recently in Berlin being asked exactly this.
04:43So this was, what I said before, was my reply.
04:44I believe in inspiration.
04:46There are certainly no lessons on my end for my good colleague Lars Klingbeil and the German government.
04:52I think Germany knows what it needs to do and what it needs to deliver.
04:55It has a phenomenal potential and it can unlock significant growth.
04:59It's a productive powerhouse.
05:01And in one phrase, Europe needs Germany and Germany needs Europe.
05:04So part of the reform agenda that we're prioritizing at the Eurogroup, actually,
05:08is going to help with the growth prospects of every single member state of Europe.
05:12The capital markets union, the banking union, our discussions on energy,
05:16all of those elements that can unlock growth potential will end up affecting Germany,
05:20will end up affecting Greece, every single citizen who's watching us.
05:24And this is why we need to move past.
05:24Speaking about citizens, how concerned are you about inflation?
05:27Do you fear that prices will go up again?
05:30And how can households be protected?
05:32First of all, the number which was announced, this 4% number, is obviously driven by energy.
05:37So overall, this is connected to your first question, the energy crisis that we have in front of us.
05:42And we're trying to coordinate our action and we're trying to coordinate our support towards citizens.
05:46This happens in different forms depending on the fiscal capabilities of every country.
05:51But generally speaking, the overall idea is to support citizens at a quite challenging winter.
05:56Now, obviously, the best thing that you can do is invest in energy infrastructure.
06:00This is the most sustainable response, I would say.
06:03But we also need temporary measures.
06:05We also need targeted measures.
06:07We also need tailored measures that will support, especially, the most vulnerable and those in need.
06:11So this is exactly what we're trying to do.
06:13And part of our job, I would say, at the Eurogroup, and I think I can't stress this enough,
06:18is having a common understanding of the problem and a common vocabulary of the problem.
06:22If you look at the solutions, if you look at how you can optimally react, if you look at what
06:26happened...
06:27I want to change topic for a second.
06:31Yesterday, NATO Secretary General Mark Ritter was with you, with the finance ministers.
06:37That is pretty unusual.
06:38Why was he invited, and what did he have to say?
06:41Well, actually, it was a very interesting discussion.
06:44And what are we looking at?
06:45I mentioned at the beginning that we're operating in an era of more expensive capital.
06:49We need to make every euro count.
06:52We need to unlock the value, the impact of every single euro that we spend.
06:57And we have higher needs to invest in defense.
07:00So by definition, we have the National Escape Clause in defense.
07:03Our calculus changed after Russia's invasion in Ukraine.
07:07So what do we need to understand?
07:09How to do it?
07:09It's not only a question of how much.
07:11It's also a question of how.
07:13So we know that we're not doing enough joint procurement.
07:16We know that we're not doing enough R&D in Europe.
07:18We know that we need more interoperability in our systems.
07:21So coordinating this action, not only at the level of the defense ministers, by the way,
07:25but at the level of the finance ministers who need to pay the bills.
07:28I have one more question briefly.
07:30The euro zone is heading into the winter of decisions.
07:35There's the Ukraine thing.
07:37There's the budget, the next EU budget.
07:39And there is the succession of Christine Lagarde.
07:41You think you can wrap these up, these issues up by December, find an agreement?
07:46That's absolutely the time frame that we have in front of us.
07:49And I was asked yesterday about the last element of your question, the ECB succession.
07:54Be that in the reforms, be that in the decisions, or be that in filling the posts,
07:58Christine Lagarde has announced that she's going to be staying at her post until February the 7th.
08:03This means that ideally we need to have a decision formally by the end of the year, by December.
08:08It's a decision happening at the leader's level.
08:11It's not only one position, actually.
08:12It's three positions.
08:13This is quite unprecedented.
08:15It's the president and two chief economists and one executive board member post as well.
08:20Many view this as a package.
08:22I think this is fair.
08:23So it's a decision taken at the level of the leaders, and the Eurogroup will facilitate.
08:27We will follow this closely as ever.
08:30Thank you so much, sir, for coming on this morning, Eurogroup president and Greek finance minister, Kriakos Pyrakakis.
08:36On the ECB succession race, our Europe editor, Maria Tadeo, spoke exclusively with Spain's economy minister, Carlos Cuerpo,
08:44on the sidelines of the Eurogroup meeting.
08:47Madrid is pushing hard for its candidate, Hernandez de Kos, to replace Christine Lagarde.
08:52Let's take a listen.
08:53It's the right window of opportunity for Spain, not only because of the way that we've been leading some of
08:58the important discussions at the European and the EU level,
09:01also looking at the performance of the Spanish economy, but mainly because I think we have the right candidate.
09:06Pablo not only has been in the central bank world for almost 30 years, he's been leading, as you said,
09:12the Spanish central bank,
09:13but also the BIS, as a steady hand, a strong background in economics, and also, of course, a man who
09:20is able to gather consensus,
09:23which is very important at the head of an institution like the ECB.
09:25Some would argue the problem with the Spanish is that they are pro-debt, more joint debt,
09:31and perhaps not as fiscally conservative as others would like to see around the governing council.
09:36Is that going to be a problem?
09:37Well, the Spanish are very fiscally responsible.
09:40You just have to look at what has happened over the past few years with the Spanish fundamentals
09:43and the reduction in our debt-to-GDP ratio by more than 22 percentage points,
09:49strong confidence from the markets, from investors in the Spanish economy.
09:52That's what we are putting forward as well.
09:55You're putting forward a candidacy in the midst of an election campaign.
09:57You may not be in government in just a few months.
10:00Is that not going to penalize this process?
10:02Well, I think and I hope that what we are presenting is a Spanish candidate, not a governmental candidate.
10:08It's a candidate that has consensus also throughout the different parties in Spain.
10:11But you have to lobby for it too, and the prime minister is not going to show up at a
10:15European council this week either.
10:17How are you pushing for your guy?
10:19Well, we've been lobbying for the past few months already very heavily,
10:23both at the prime minister level and also myself,
10:27trying to also push and make everyone understand that this is the right man at this point to lead the
10:33ECB.
10:34He's the right person.
10:35So let's see.
10:36Let's hope that the rest of the colleagues will also see it this way.
10:39And somehow it's for the leaders also to come to an agreement and to decide.
10:46Maria Tadeo speaking with Carlos Skuepo.
10:49For the first time since February, Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. negotiators are set to meet in Abu Dhabi
10:56for a new round of talks aimed at ending nearly five years of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
11:03The two-day discussions beginning today are expected to focus on security guarantees
11:08after previous rounds earlier this year failed to deliver any tangible progress towards ending the war.
11:15For more on this, our correspondent Toby Gregory joins us now from the United Arab Emirates.
11:21Good morning, Toby.
11:22What do we know about the preparations, the negotiating format and the issues on the agenda?
11:29Well, we know that overnight Ukrainian, American and Russian officials all landed here in the UAE
11:35for the talks that are going to take place in a few hours' time.
11:38Of course, these are the first talks to take place since February and they have been shrouded in secrecy.
11:43We don't know the venue. We don't know if there's any media access.
11:46And we certainly don't know any topics of discussion from authorities here in the UAE.
11:51But what we do know is it's a trilateral meeting.
11:53The United States were mediating between Kiev and Moscow.
11:56And we also know that Ukraine are pushing for security guarantees,
12:00both against Russian aggression and also what their future defensive capabilities might look like.
12:05So for the EU, it's slightly different.
12:08They're not involved in the direct talks today, but they are going to meet Ukrainian officials at some point during
12:14these meetings to discuss the future.
12:16There have also been talks that they should, suggestions that they should have a seat at the table.
12:21We'll certainly keep you updated throughout the day as the talks progress.
12:25All right, Toby Gregory in the UAE, thank you very much for this update.
12:31Now, to make sense of what's happening in this round of peace talks, I have Sascha Vakulina with me here
12:36on the set.
12:37Good morning, Sascha.
12:38Sascha, you have been following these developments for a long time.
12:44Beyond security guarantees that I mentioned earlier, what else can we expect?
12:48And how much progress is there realistically, you know, in the pipeline?
12:53Let's just set the scene here.
12:54Ukraine still wants a ceasefire and Russia still wants Ukraine to capitulate.
12:59Now, this is where we are and this is how we are going into these talks.
13:02In an evening address on Monday, Volodymyr Zelensky said that Moscow also plans to cut Ukraine into two parts along
13:08the Dnipro River.
13:09That actually is even more territorial demands than what we've heard already from Moscow regarding the four regions, including the
13:15territory that Russian forces never occupied, plus annexed Crimea.
13:21Zelensky also confirmed that Ukrainian team will propose de-escalatory steps.
13:25This is, of course, in line with Ukraine's first and foremost goal of having any sort of a ceasefire, specifically
13:34when it comes to the civilian energy infrastructure.
13:37According to the U.S. officials, now talks will proceed today in two parts.
13:43And both sides have allegedly shown a little bit more of flexibility privately when it comes to the territorial issue.
13:52This is, of course, the most crucial one, the most complicated one.
13:54And this is where Ukrainians are also hoping to take any steps and any progress regarding the possible trilateral meeting
14:00in the leaders format where the territorial issue could be discussed, Stefan.
14:05We've heard that there are European representatives in Abu Dhabi, but they won't probably have a seat at the negotiating
14:14table.
14:15What is their role then?
14:17That is a very interesting setup, what was happening at the talks.
14:22Indeed, the European representatives will be there.
14:24They will not be at the table in the trilateral format, as you said.
14:28But who will be there?
14:29We know that the representatives from the U.K., France, Germany and Italy, as well as the EU and NATO
14:36will be there.
14:36There are certain consultations that are expected to take place with Ukraine and with the U.S. representatives before the
14:43trilateral talk.
14:44So there will be some contact.
14:46Now, Ukraine and Ukrainian officials do really want to have the Europeans at the table.
14:50They see Ukraine, of course, as part of any future European security architecture.
14:55But Russia opposes this idea.
14:58And in fact, Putin's foreign affairs advisor, Yuri Ushakov, said, quote, no one is going to invite them to the
15:04negotiating table.
15:06This is what he said regarding the European representatives.
15:09So there might be a little bit of an awkward moment in Abu Dhabi at the talks, Stefan.
15:14Interesting.
15:14Thank you, Sascha Rakulina, for all these details.
15:18Nearly half a century after the island was divided, the Cyprus conflict remains one of Europe's longest-running unresolved disputes.
15:27But a fresh round of talks this week has raised hopes of breathing new life into the stalled reunification process.
15:34The challenge remains enormous.
15:36The Greek-Cypriot side insists on a federal solution, while Turkey continues to push for a two-state arrangement.
15:43For more on this, let's head to Athens, where our correspondent, Faye Dulgeri, is standing by for us.
15:50Good morning, Faye.
15:52So, we haven't heard about the Cyprus conflict in a long time.
16:02Why are there talks happening just now, Faye?
16:13Yes, good morning, Stefan.
16:15Making progress on the Cyprus issue has been one of the major challenges, and a personal bet, we could say,
16:22for the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres,
16:26whose term is ending by the end of the year.
16:28So, he would like to deliver, we could say, a kind of a road map to his successor,
16:34because he has acknowledged many times himself that this is a very important issue for him,
16:40and he will consider his term very successful if he delivers that.
16:44Also, this has been one of the major challenges in the pre-election pledge of the president of Cyprus, Nikos
16:52Khristodoulidis,
16:53who is approaching the halfway point of his term, and he also needs to deliver results,
16:58especially if he wants to get re-elected in the presidential elections of 2028.
17:05And, of course, we must not forget that the passage of time is making the prospect of a de facto
17:13partition of the island very difficult to reverse,
17:17bringing Cyprus closer than ever to a permanent division.
17:22And, of course, everyone in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean would like a less source of tension in these
17:30difficult geopolitical times.
17:32And, of course, what can we expect from these talks?
17:38Yesterday's meeting was very positive.
17:42Nikos Khristodoulidis, the president of Cyprus, when he left the meeting was very cheerful.
17:49He said he was very satisfied by the meeting.
17:52The most important outcome was the opening of two new points in the green line that divides the island into
18:04the next step.
18:07Yesterday's meeting paved the way to a new trilateral meeting between Nikos Khristodoulidis, Tufan Erhuman,
18:14and the UN Secretary-General this time by the end of the year.
18:19And the main objective, of course, is to reach an agreement to convene an expanded meeting between Greece, Cyprus, Turkey
18:29and the United Kingdom,
18:31which is a guaranteed country, in order to restart talks.
18:35And what are the complications in the process at this point?
18:41The main obstacle, of course, remains the disagreement on the form of the new state.
18:48The Greek, Cypriot and Greece side want a bi-zonal, bi-communal, federal state,
18:55while Turkey wants a two-state solution.
18:58Also, there are differences in political equity, in security arrangements,
19:03and the future of the Turkish troops on the island.
19:06So, the two sides also remain divided over the conditions and the framework for resuming negotiations.
19:15All right, Faye Dulgueri in Athens, thank you very much for these updates.
19:20And that's it for today.
19:22Thank you for watching.
19:23I'm Stefan Grober.
19:24Take care and see you tomorrow.
19:37Take care and see you tomorrow.

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