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04:30to NATO. What harm do you think that has on NATO overall? I don't think it will do any harm
04:36because I think that a strong Europe that is willing and able to deliver to make sure that
04:41it invests in defence spending makes a stronger NATO. So I think that what President Trump is
04:48asking, it is not new. Previous presidents also asked the same thing about NATO members. Please
04:55step up. Don't rely on one ally. And I think that he's rightful to do so. And if you look
05:00at me, I'm the Minister of Defence in the Netherlands. And I think that I have to be responsible
05:04for the security and safety of my people within the alignment of the NATO. So it's very important
05:10that I also deliver, make sure that we invest and make sure that we are a strong partner.
05:15And of course, this summit has been described by Mark Rutte as a crucial summit because of
05:20this. But would you say that this is really the start of the Europeanisation of NATO?
05:25Europe really taking control of NATO in some ways?
05:28Well, I think we should be able to be strong partners. That is the key. So the US will,
05:34of course, be one of the most important allies, such as Turkey, very strong armies, a lot of
05:41spending. And but, you know, Europe has to deliver as well. So last year in The Hague, we promised
05:46a lot. But it's only worth those promises if you really deliver. So today, I hope that I will
05:52see that from my colleagues and colleagues who are not delivering. I will be talking to them as well,
05:58because this is we should we have to do this together united. As you well know, we have a war
06:03on our own continent. We have an enemy facing us put in. And it's very important that we are also
06:09able
06:10to stand up. And what we will hear from Donald Trump, undoubtedly, is his severe anger over what
06:17he says is NATO allies abandoning the United States when it comes to the war in Iran. But now we
06:21know
06:21that Germany and the UK did give the US plenty of basing rights and access to military bases. But
06:27that sort of that doesn't really matter to Donald Trump. He is very annoyed at NATO. What do you expect
06:31from today? How will you respond? How will you placate him? Well, I think it's crucial that we all have
06:37a cool and calm head because, you know, we should be united. We have enemies against us. And those enemies
06:44fear us with reason because united we stay strong. So whatever today and tomorrow will happen, you will
06:52hear from me only this message. We need to be united. We need solidarity. We need to deliver. So just
07:01stay
07:01calm and make sure that you do your job. In a word, do you think that the tide is turning
07:05in the war in
07:06Ukraine? Do you think that that's why Donald Trump is also being a bit more supportive because he likes to
07:10back the winner? I don't know what what the reason might be. But I think it's very important that we
07:15support
07:15Ukraine. You are completely right. There is a window of this momentum right now. And Ukraine is doing such a
07:22good job in standing firm, protecting and also not only its own country, but the rest of Europe.
07:28So I hope that many other countries will also not only pledge, but deliver for Ukraine. The
07:35Netherlands has been doing so since the beginning of the war. We are in the top three or five countries
07:39in the world supporting Ukraine. And I hope to see many more colleagues adding, adding up, making sure
07:45that they have the car productions and drones, the pill packages. I can continue. Exactly. We'll see an
07:51awful lot about it today. But Minister Zacharias, thank you very much for joining us on Euronews.
07:55And back to you in studio, Maeve. Thank you so much, Shona Murray there. And to your guest,
07:59the Minister of Defence for the Netherlands. And now we can head to France, where a Paris court
08:04is due to decide whether Marine Le Pen can stand in the 2027 presidential elections. It's a ruling with
08:10potentially far reaching political consequences and one being watched very closely here in Brussels,
08:15as she stands accused of misusing EU funds. For more, we're joined in the studio by our French
08:19correspondent, Maia Delaboum. So it's a big day for Marine Le Pen. Just remind us, what is at stake?
08:25And what does this mean for her political career?
08:27Yes, Maeve, it's a big day for France today. We will know if Marine Le Pen can run in the
08:34next
08:34presidential election in 2027. So a year from now. And so today is really the verdict from an appeals
08:42court that will confirm a sentence that has already been imposed on her in 2025. If you remember,
08:50Marine Le Pen was sentenced to four years in prison, to a 100,000 euro fine, and most importantly,
08:56to a ban for her to hold public office for five years, which means she couldn't run. So Marine Le
09:03Pen,
09:03what she did is she appealed this verdict. And now this Paris court, this appeal court,
09:08is supposed to confirm or not this verdict. And we will know today at 1.30 if Marine Le Pen
09:14can run in this presidential election. The sentence is linked to a case of embezzlement of EU funds.
09:21And if the decision goes against her, we know Jordan Bardella is waiting in the wings, right?
09:25Absolutely. If the verdict confirms that Marine Le Pen cannot run for the next presidential election,
09:31it really opens the way for Jordan Bardella, who is Marine Le Pen's political heir or
09:36his protégé, let's say, who is very well positioned right now to really enter the race. And he's a very
09:44successful candidate. We have seen him very high in the polls. He's even, according to the latest poll,
09:50is having a slight lead over Marine Le Pen. He is seen clearly as the natural hair. But the problem
09:58is he's also seen as a very young candidate. He's only 30 years old, and he's still very inexperienced.
10:05And this, by contrast, Marine Le Pen is clearly, you know, we've seen her, as you said, entering the
10:10race three times. She's very experienced. She has been in politics for many, many years. She has taken
10:16the lead over the party since 2011. So she is the natural candidate. But we will see
10:23in the days to come, because we know this is imminent, that Jordan Bardella will probably
10:27announce his candidacy very soon. OK, all eyes on that hearing. The verdict will be read out at 1.30
10:32central European time. Maïda Le Boom, thank you so much for that. But now, moving on with the summer
10:38holiday season officially underway, the European Commission is scrambling to ensure the EU's new
10:43entry-exit system doesn't cause chaos at European airports. Our Jacobianos takes a look at the latest
10:49Brussels headache. If you hold an on-EU passport, Brussels has a brand new welcome package for your
10:57next European summer holiday. The biometric entry-exit system was designed to log your face and fingerprints
11:03in around 70 seconds to catch over stairs. But try telling that to travelling families trapped in a
11:09sweating airport terminal. And as the holiday season peaks, the grand vision of smart EU borders has
11:15collided with a physical breakdown, risking the travel plans of millions. So welcome to the premium
11:21queuing experience. The automated network is now live across 29 European nations. And since the rollout,
11:30the digital net caught 40 000 border refusals and identified 1 000 security risks. To Brussels,
11:38these figures prove the database works by instantly flagging visa overstayers and fake documents.
11:44But here goes a problem. Biometric collection is triggering a systemic operational crisis.
11:50Industry lobbies report waiting times at border control reaching up to 5 hours during peak periods
11:56and warn these delays put over 40 million arrivals and 45 billion dollars of tourist spending at risk.
12:04This bottleneck hits just as European hubs prepared to handle 40 million more passengers than they
12:10did in May and June. So who's to blame for the chaos? It looks like national capitals failed to prepare.
12:17Many airports lack border guards, digital kiosks and basic infrastructure. And the rollout is a fragmented
12:24mess because some capitals bought the equipment while others struggled to do so. And the EU system forces
12:30guards to collect fingerprints from every first-time arrival, which in turn creates an instant dead
12:36stop at the gate. The European border agency Frontex admits the chaotic biometric registration could
12:42take up to two years to stabilize. But hey, look at the bright side. You now have roughly 700 days
12:50to
12:50practice your queuing technique and even enough time to learn a local language.
12:59Now, moving on, the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and a potential sell-off in US assets are the
13:04two biggest risks facing the eurozone economy. That's according to fresh analysis from the European
13:10Stability Mechanism, which warns the shocks could tip the euro area into recession and push inflation as
13:16high as 5%. The Luxembourg-based institution was set up in the wake of the Greek debt crisis to provide
13:22financial support to eurozone countries in times of distress. For more, we're joined now by the
13:27ESM's Chief Economist, that's Wolf Strauch. Good morning. Great to have you with us.
13:31Good morning, Maeve.
13:32So this is quite a gloomy outlook you're presenting here. Tell us more about your findings.
13:37From the perspective of the European Stability Mechanism, euro area resilience is coming under strain.
13:42And we see on the one hand that geoeconomic and geopolitical risks are rising.
13:47And you have security threats, you have energy price disruption, you have financial market
13:53volatility and fragmentation in the trading system. And on the other hand, you see that
13:59this leads to higher demands on governments while the fiscal space is shrinking. And that is what we
14:04mean when resilience is coming under strain. Governments need to create fiscal buffers and they need to
14:10create growth.
14:11So many of our viewers will be worried this morning about this risk of a potential recession. How high is
14:17it?
14:18The point is, as a crisis resolution mechanism, you ask what happens if things go wrong, not what will
14:24actually happen. When you ask the second question, what will happen? You do a forecast. We do a scenario
14:30analysis. And as you said before, if we have two shocks, a meltdown of US assets and a re-escalation
14:36of a
14:36conflict, yes, then the risk is high that we will have a recession. And that is what we point out
14:41in
14:41order to be prepared for a crisis, not because we are predicting the crisis.
14:46And is the eurozone stronger now than it was forming these potential kind of shocks?
14:50The shocks that we will maybe seeing is indeed the Middle East conflict. And that leads to higher
14:57energy prices and uncertainty. And on the other hand, a meltdown in US assets that would imply that we
15:04face tighter financial conditions.
15:06So what should consumers be doing and thinking now?
15:09We think that governments mainly should be prepared. And that means that they have to get
15:15growth going. And that will help also the consumers.
15:18And just finally today in Ankara, billions are being pledged for defence. Can European countries afford this?
15:24Well, European countries could create a win-win situation here. And we have looked in depth
15:30into the defence spending. And when you actually create a situation where defence spending spills
15:35over into the civilian economy, then you can recover 53 cents for each additional euro spent
15:41through taxes and higher growth.
15:45Okay. Vosthag, Chief Economist at the European Stability Mechanism. Thank you so much for
15:49coming in to us and being our guest. But now it is time for the FIFA World Cup segment.
15:59Well, a very late goal from Spain ended Portugal's 2026 World Cup rodeo and could also mark the end of
16:05Cristiano Ronaldo's remarkable international career. The superstar had tears in his eyes at the final
16:11whistle as he came to terms with the sobering consequences of this defeat. And meanwhile, all eyes,
16:17of course, were really on the controversy-riddled match of the US against Belgium. The Red Devils,
16:22as I'm sure you've seen, prevailed in a convincing 4-1 victory, taking to social media as well to
16:28suggest you cannot overturn this. That was a blatant message to President Donald Trump,
16:33who'd called the FIFA president previously to allow for the top US striker, Fowler and Belegan,
16:37to play that game. Let's take a listen to Donald Trump before the game.
16:40Yes, I asked for a review by FIFA. I spoke to a man who's highly respected. I asked for a
16:47review
16:48because I didn't think it was a foul. And you know, again, I'm good at this stuff. I didn't think
16:52it was a foul. I thought it was two great athletes that crashed into each other and got entangled.
16:57That was not a that was not a guy punching somebody in the face or anything that, you know,
17:01would be different. Now, in the end, Fowler and Belegan played but did not score. But the decision
17:06to exempt the US striker from the one match ban after his red card against Bosnia-Herzegovina
17:11did create an international outcry from the European Football Association, UEFA,
17:15and also the EU commissioner for sports, Glenn Michalif. For an expert view, we spoke to
17:20William Galliarch, the former UEFA president advisor. It's completely against the rules and
17:26the status of FIFA, not only because there is obvious political interference in the decision
17:35that should have been made by an independent body within FIFA. And that is quite a scandal, frankly,
17:42but also because it violates all the rules. The fact that FIFA accepts the fact that the president of the
17:55United States can interfere and decide about the game, about the tournament, about the management of
18:09FIFA is completely unacceptable. Definitely, the fairness of this competition is threatened.
18:18And meanwhile, tonight, the final two spots in the quarterfinals will be fought out between Argentina
18:23and Egypt, and also Switzerland against Colombia. Enjoy the games, because that does bring this
18:29edition of Europe Today to an end. Thank you so much for your company. As always, if you have any
18:33views on any of the stories we're covering for you here, europetoday at euronews.com. That is our
18:38email address. But thank you so much for tuning in. Have a lovely morning and see you very soon on
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