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00:00Ukraine President Zelensky arrived in Rome on Thursday as part of a European tour aimed

00:06at securing more military and financial support from Western countries as USAID hangs in balance

00:13ahead of the next presidential election in November.

00:16As we know, Ukraine faces its toughest winter since the beginning of the full-scale invasion

00:22in 2022.

00:23Zelensky has had a full schedule in Europe.

00:26Earlier on Thursday, he met with British Prime Minister Starmer and NATO Secretary-General

00:32Mark Rutte in London.

00:34He outlined what has been described as his victory plan to defeat Russian forces.

00:40The plan was expected to be presented at a meeting in Germany this week, but the meeting

00:45was later postponed after US President Joe Biden had to cancel his visit.

00:51But the plan has been pretty much at the center of Zelensky's discussions in European capitals

00:57Later the same day, Zelensky travelled to Paris, where he met with French President

01:02Emmanuel Macron, who reaffirmed France's commitment to support Ukraine.

01:08On Thursday evening, Zelensky arrived here in the Italian capital at around 9pm.

01:14He met with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni.

01:17The two held a bilateral meeting and later joined a press conference, during which Meloni

01:22reiterated Italy's support for Ukraine, both in the military and in the energy sectors.

01:30Zelensky confirmed that he introduced his plan to Giorgio Meloni as well as part of

01:36the plan.

01:37We know that Zelensky is seeking approval to use long-range weapons deep inside Russia.

01:42This has been a controversial topic among countries supporting Ukraine.

01:47We know that Italy's government has been opposing the use of Italian weapons in Russia.

01:53On Friday, Zelensky is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican

01:57and later the same day, he is travelling to Germany to meet with German Chancellor Schultz.

02:03Giorgio Arlandi for Euronews in Rome.

02:13The European Union has given the green light to a loan of 35 billion euros to Ukraine.

02:19It will be gradually repaid through interest from frozen Russian assets.

02:23These Russian foreign reserves amount to approximately 270 billion euros, of which 210 billions are

02:29in the EU.

02:31The exceptional profits generated are estimated to yield between 2.5 and 3 billion euros per

02:36year.

02:37An initial agreement reached in June provided for the G7 to collectively provide 45 billion

02:43to Kyiv by the end of the year.

02:45In the end, the EU had to put more money on the table because Washington conditioned its

02:49participation on an extension of the EU sanctions against Moscow.

02:53There is a risk that at some point sanctions against Russian assets will not be extended

03:02because for extension there should be unanimity voting for this and so the future flows of

03:12revenues from Russian assets can be disrupted.

03:16These sanctions are voted on every six months unanimously, but the EU now would like to

03:21renew them only every three years for more stability.

03:25The US is concerned that a member state blocking these sanctions would sabotage the plan.

03:30Hungary has already declared that it will hold back any decision on changes in the sanctions

03:35regime until after the US presidential elections.

03:41The United States, for example, might be considering a supplemental towards the second

03:46half of the year after the elections, but there is no guarantee that that might move

03:50forward.

03:51There's a lot of hesitancy.

03:52In particular, if Donald Trump were to win the election, what might his plans be for

03:58both aid as well as for moving towards a ceasefire?

04:02Kyiv will be free to decide how these funds are used.

04:06The ball is now in the court of the European Parliament, which must give its consent to

04:11the 35 billion euro loan.

04:22The French government unveiled its draft budget plan for 2025 in Paris on Thursday, and it's

04:29quite a touchy subject considering that France's public deficit is expected to reach more than

04:34six percent of its GDP by the end of the year.

04:38That's higher than almost all other EU countries.

04:41And the government's goal is to slash 60 billion euros in 2025 alone.

04:46That's two percent of its GDP.

04:48It's quite an unprecedented amount.

04:50And to do this, the minister of the economy, Antoine Armand, announced an eye-watering

04:5640 billion euros in public spending cuts that will cover pretty much all ministries.

05:01So it's quite an unpopular measure among his own government.

05:05And local territories will also be asked to cut more than five billion euros, which

05:09has caused quite an uproar among France's mayors.

05:13And the rest of the 20 billion euros will come through exceptional and temporary tax

05:18hikes that will concern the wealthiest incomes and also the highest earning corporations.

05:24And the budget plan will also face intense scrutiny from the EU Commission that formally

05:29warned France back in June of its excessive public spending.

05:35And although the government claimed it's open to debate, well, the current fragmented

05:39political landscape could push Prime Minister Michel Barnier to adopt the text without a

05:44vote using the controversial Article 49.3 of the French Constitution.

05:49Sofia Katsenkova reporting from Paris for Euronews.

05:58Addressing issues related to family and demography will be at the center of the upcoming European

06:03Congress on Family, organized by the ISIA party in Croatia.

06:07In a briefing held in Rome, the party's Secretary General Antonio Giordano, alongside representatives

06:13of Brothers of Italy, explained the focus of the event and why these topics are central

06:18to the Conservatives' political agenda.

06:50A total of 300 delegates from around the world will attend the event, among them representatives

07:01from various right-wing forces.

07:04The ICR's party mission is to strengthen ties among Conservatives around shared values,

07:09acting as a mediator among different parties.

07:39Family and the fight against the demographic crisis gripping Europe have long been central

07:47to the ICR and FDI's political agenda.

08:05Giorgio Orlandi for Euronews in Rome.

08:09Hundreds of students in Budapest have been taught how to protect themselves against online

08:16fraud at a cyber-fest event organized by the police.

08:21Secret service officers showed young people how to be aware of the risks posed by hackers

08:25and some influencers.

08:26In the National Cyber Security Institute's area, one of the main lessons was that if

08:49you connect to public Wi-Fi networks, your data can easily be stolen with a device that

08:54anyone can legally buy.

09:19Although the tasks were mostly playful, the dangers of cybercrime are very real and young

09:24people aren't the only targets.

09:49Representatives of the Greek tourism sector are not concerned for over-tourism, but do

09:59believe mass tourism during peak periods could lead to over-concentration.

10:04They say popular tourist destinations need to be regulated in a way that protects the

10:08environment, local communities and the tourists themselves.

10:13The shipwreck on Navagio Beach is an example of such a destination, attracting 1.5 million

10:18visitors annually.

10:39Tour operators could promote alternative destinations, but such efforts would require additional

10:46and public infrastructure.

11:13To increase sustainability, Greek hoteliers introduced the Greek Breakfast Initiative,

11:18offering locally-sourced products.

11:222024 is expected to be another record year for Greece.

11:4135 million tourists are expected to have visited by the end of this year, almost three

11:45times the number of the country's own residents.

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