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Latest news bulletin | October 26th β Morning
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26/10/2024
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00:00
Von der Leyen asked Serbia to agree on foreign affairs as she tours Western Balkans, promoting
00:07
EU enlargement.
00:11
The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsala, met with the Pope and praised
00:15
his work in promoting reconciliation and peace.
00:20
Weekend elections in Georgia could decide the future of the country and whether it ultimately
00:25
joins the European Union.
00:32
The wine-growing town of Konjak is at the epicentre of a trade war between China and
00:37
the EU.
00:45
Ursula von der Leyen and her Balkan tour land in Serbia, one of the EU candidates with which
00:52
the relationship is more complicated.
00:56
One of the reasons is the lack of support from its President, Aleksandar Vucic, for
01:02
the bloc's sanctions against Russia.
01:25
Serbia wants to join the EU, but in order for that to happen, it must enact a few reforms.
01:33
The EU Commission President says the country has made progress.
01:49
There is not a set year for Serbia to join the EU, but recently Vucic said it would be
01:56
difficult that it happens before 2028.
02:03
During his visit to New Delhi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Indian Prime Minister
02:08
Narendra Modi and endorsed a free trade agreement between India and the European Union.
02:15
Scholz and Modi also signed agreements on increased cooperation between Germany and
02:20
India as it comes at a time when the West is seeking to counter China's growing influence
02:25
in the region.
02:43
And on the topic of Russia's war in Ukraine, Scholz said it impacts both Germany and India
02:48
in various ways and that no one can close their eyes to the conflict.
03:11
Scholz considers the achievement of peace a precondition for Ukraine to become a member
03:16
of NATO.
03:17
He spoke about Ukraine's peace plan a day prior to meeting Modi and voiced his concern
03:22
over Ukraine's request for an immediate invitation to the alliance.
03:27
He said a country at war cannot become a member of NATO.
03:35
During a meeting at the Vatican, the President of the European Parliament, Roberto Mezzala,
03:41
praised Pope Francis for his leadership in promoting reconciliation and peace.
03:47
Mezzala emphasized humanity and peace are similarly at the heart of the European Parliament's
03:52
work and reiterated the European Union's commitment to its role as a peace project.
03:59
The Pope held a private audience where he discussed main topics on the European agenda
04:03
with Mezzala.
04:05
On Ukraine, the President of the European Parliament said that the European Union will
04:09
continue to support Ukraine from Russia's unjustified aggression.
04:14
The pair also spoke about migration, to which Mezzala said there is a need for a European
04:20
and human-centric approach, one that does not leave any country or individual unsupported.
04:27
When speaking about the Middle East, Mezzala reassured the Pope that Europe continues its
04:32
efforts to de-escalate the situation and said they need to find a sustainable way forward
04:37
towards long-term peace.
04:45
Lithuania will continue to be a responsible partner of the European Union and Ukraine
04:50
if the centre-left form a new government.
04:53
That is according to the former Lithuanian President Dalia GribuskaitΔ.
04:57
Yes, it is a large probability that we will have now centre-left government, but from
05:03
foreign policy point of view, I do not see at all any serious changes.
05:08
It will be continuity, responsible behaviour towards our partners, pro-European stance,
05:16
pro-NATO stance, pro-Ukrainian stance.
05:19
National security has become a main talking point leading up to the country's elections.
05:25
To the former head of state of the country, a peace agreement in Ukraine that allows Russia
05:30
to keep the territories conquered, as Vladimir Putin intends, will only give room for Russia
05:35
to prepare for new aggressions to other neighbouring countries such as the Baltic states.
05:40
It is not necessarily the Baltic states, it could be also Moldova, it could be even Georgia,
05:46
it depends on the elections also.
05:48
So from this point of view, Putin's Russia today is a dangerous neighbour, it is not
05:55
just Russia, but Putin's Russia, and especially because when Putin started open war, open
06:01
war towards its neighbours, he has no way back, and until the end of his time, he will
06:08
be in the war mood, and that means in the more intensive war mood or less intensive,
06:14
he will be always dangerous to European Union and to its neighbours.
06:18
GribuskaitΔ was in Portugal for the Estrel Conferences, where she participated in a panel
06:23
on diplomacy and international cooperation with the former head of state of Mongolia
06:27
and the former Prime Minister of Tunisia.
06:34
Georgia is heading to the polls on Saturday in a parliamentary election many citizens
06:39
believe will be the most crucial vote of their lifetimes.
06:43
The election will pit a coalition of opposition parties against the ruling Georgian dream,
06:49
which many fear is dragging the nation towards authoritarianism and away from the European Union.
06:55
Brussels put Georgia's bid for entry to the EU on hold indefinitely in August after the
07:00
ruling government passed a Russian law, cracking down on freedom of speech earlier this year.
07:06
Georgian Dream argue it needed to curb harmful foreign actors trying to destabilise the country.
07:12
But journalists and activists say its true goal is to stigmatise them and restrict debate
07:18
before the election.
07:21
Many Georgians fear that if the Georgian Dream party is re-elected, hopes of joining the
07:26
EU could be permanently extinguished.
07:39
This year, an election year, the funds allocated by the European Parliament to the political
07:43
groups represented in it were paid out on a half-yearly basis rather than annually.
07:49
The June election was a game-changer, with some, mostly right-wing groups, winning seats
07:54
in the chamber and others losing, such as the Greens and the Liberals of the Renew group.
08:00
The bulk of these funds is distributed in proportion to the number of MEPs in the group.
08:08
During the six-month period, the European Parliament has paid out 31 million euros to
08:12
the seven political groups and to non-attached members.
08:16
The European People's Party, as the biggest group, received more than 8 million euros,
08:21
the Social Democrats received almost 6 million and the far-right Patriots for Europe received
08:26
3.7 million.
08:29
At the bottom of the scale, the Europe of Sovereign Nations group, which has 25 MEPs,
08:34
received 1.17 million euros.
08:40
The European Parliament allocates around 65 million euros a year for the support of the
08:44
political groups. Most of it is distributed proportionally, so 97.5%. 2.5% is distributed
08:51
in equal shares, but the bulk is distributed in proportion to the number of MEPs that the
08:57
political group has. So bigger groups get more funding, smaller groups get less funding.
09:03
The European Parliament's budget is the only source of funding for political groups and
09:07
non-attached members. The funds are used to cover administrative and operational costs.
09:12
They explicitly cannot be used to support national political parties or to finance election
09:18
campaigns.
09:21
However, the funds have been misused in the past and Parliament was forced to implement
09:27
stricter controls.
09:32
In Denmark, the Danish People's Party has used this group funding to support Facebook
09:36
campaigns in the run-up to the Danish election, the Danish national election. There have also
09:40
been similar cases in France, for example, with the Front National back then, so it's
09:44
quite some time ago, where group funding was also misused for the purpose of the national
09:50
party and national candidates.
09:53
Other funds from the European Parliament are paid directly to MEPs in order to pay their
09:58
assistance salaries.
10:06
The wine-growing town of Cognac in southwestern France is at the epicentre of a trade war
10:11
between China and the EU. Since mid-October, Beijing has imposed temporary anti-dumping
10:17
measures for imports of European brandy. This comes after the EU Commission said it wants
10:23
to impose heavy tariffs on electric vehicles coming from China. Anxiety and frustration
10:28
against the French government are brewing among Cognac makers.
10:33
We are hostage to a situation in the context of a conflict between Europe and China on
10:39
electric vehicles. Cognac is strictly for nothing. We are completely sacrificed. So
10:44
we can still catch up with the situation. It is up to our government to find solutions,
10:50
to get closer to China and to see what discussions there may be outside Europe. I would remind
10:56
that China is our first market in value, I insist a lot, our second in volume.
11:01
France is expected to be the country most affected by this decision, with China importing
11:06
as much as 99% of the spirit last year. That's about 1 billion euros in revenue. In addition
11:13
to bad weather and harvest this year, Cognac makers fear this decision could threaten the
11:18
future of their profession.
11:20
Adding this subject of Chinese taxes, which would make us lose our second market, would
11:26
have catastrophic consequences for all operators, winemakers, negotiators and the entire industry
11:31
around us.
11:32
European brandies such as Armagnac, Italian Grappa and all other grape spirits will also
11:37
be overtaxed by China.
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