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00:00Schultz, the CDU and the Greens want to show that the government can still get things done

00:05before elections on the 23rd of February next year.

00:11As Web Summit 2024 wraps up in Lisbon, questions remain as to whether its long-term future

00:16is in the Portuguese capital.

00:22A French military task force trains thousands of Ukrainian troops to join the fight against

00:27Russia's invasion.

00:33It was Finance Day here at COP29 on day four.

00:36Most events and meetings have focused on finance, one of the core topics of this climate summit.

00:42Although progress on the final outcome is moving slowly, negotiators have been dealing

00:47with a range of issues, from access to funds to facilitating the flow of climate resources.

00:52This UN report, released on Thursday, suggests that talks should focus on reaching up to

00:57$1.3 trillion by 2035.

01:02So today at Finance Day at COP29, I think we're really focused on mobilizing capital.

01:08But right now, it really does range from the $5 trillion that IMF is talking about year

01:12on year, all the way up to, I'm hearing, $40, $50, $60 trillion a year that's needed to

01:18be able to solve this climate crisis.

01:20So the reality, I think, that we need to focus on is thinking about what is realistic.

01:25What is it that we actually have to do to get some of that money moving, even if it's

01:28$1, $2, $3 trillion?

01:30Because frankly, we need to act now and at pace.

01:33And it's corporates.

01:34It's the public and private working together.

01:36Small island developing states are on the front line of the climate crisis, and their

01:41call is crucial in the negotiations.

01:43The request for states to be acknowledged as a special group with unique vulnerabilities

01:50always on the front line of the climate crisis is a recognition that with our limited access

01:56to climate finance, we won't be able to respond to this existential threat that we didn't

02:00cause.

02:01Most of the adaptation finance that we receive is in the form of debt.

02:05It adds to the burden that we already feel.

02:08So that's why states are making a very special case for special facilities for them to access

02:14climate finance.

02:15For the first time since the start of the summit, climate activists have been allowed

02:19to stage a protest inside the COP venue.

02:22Alongside reducing emissions, they're demanding that developed countries step up their commitments.

02:28Today we know that the climate finance needs are valued in trillions.

02:33And we are just getting billions.

02:37For this reason, we are here to demand trillions, to really invest not only in reducing emissions

02:44but also to increase our capacity to adapt to this crisis.

02:48And we also need to pay for the losses and the damages that we are already suffering

02:54in all around the world.

02:56This new collective goal is an incentive, but also is a way to help us to continue the

03:01fight in the context of climate change.

03:04More progress on the existing unofficial draft text is expected on Monday, when government

03:10ministers arrive in Baku.

03:15Gaza, don't you cry!

03:19Protesters gathered in a suburb north of Paris on Thursday, just two kilometers away from

03:24the stadium where the controversial France vs. Israel football match was held.

03:30Many protesters were angry French President Emmanuel Macron and other prominent politicians

03:36were present at the game.

03:38Every day, every day, every night, I walk around with Palestinian songs in my ears

03:44and I cry for all these people who are massacred.

03:47And what does our president do?

03:49He comes in support, in support of the Israeli team.

03:53But it's still crazy.

03:55The government is showing us that they are accomplices in a deliberate way of the atrocities

04:00committed by the Israeli government.

04:03And history will remember.

04:07The rally was held the same day a special UN committee likened Israel's methods of

04:13warfare in Gaza to genocide.

04:16The France vs. Israel match is a scandal.

04:19What the state of Israel is doing is a genocide.

04:22And we are here to say it.

04:23And we are not going to shut up.

04:25Heavy police presence, including drones and helicopters, prevented any major protests

04:30or fights close to the stadium.

04:33France did not want to take any chances after violent clashes erupted between Israeli football

04:38fans and pro-Palestinian supporters in Amsterdam last week.

04:47A French military task force is wrapping up training Ukrainian troops who will be joining

04:52the war against Russia.

04:54The group has undergone two months of intense military training in France and is currently

04:58being put through its final paces before returning to Ukraine.

05:03They have improved a lot.

05:04It's quite impressive the speed with which they have improved.

05:08Now they are able to fight, they are able to maneuver.

05:12The French military says the majority of Ukrainian soldiers were recently mobilized and previously

05:17had only a few weeks of basic training before their arrival in France in September.

05:22France dedicated around 1,500 soldiers to the task force assigned to teaching the Ukrainians

05:28how to fight effectively together and how to use and maintain their France-supplied

05:32weaponry.

05:33It's hoped the brigade will be a formidable force on the battlefield.

05:37The training of new Ukrainian troops comes at a critical juncture in the nearly three-year

06:02war which shows no signs of slowing down.

06:05Earlier this week, Russian forces launched a fresh assault on the capital Kiev with a

06:09combination of missiles and drones.

06:11And their forces are also driving westward in an effort to capture Ukraine's eastern

06:16Donbass region.

06:17Russian troops have been bolstered by up to 12,000 North Korean soldiers who have been

06:22deployed to the Kursk border region.

06:24And the Biden administration is scrambling to get as much military aid to Ukraine as

06:29it can before it hands over the keys of the White House to Donald Trump.

06:33Trump is yet to give concrete details on what his administration's approach to the

06:37war will be, but he has said he would consider halting funds.

06:46Web Summit moved from Dublin to Lisbon in 2016.

06:49And the Portuguese capital is a winning bet.

06:52A lot of tech journalists criticized the move.

06:55They thought Web Summit should have gone to a serious European tech capital and apparently

07:00Lisbon was very unserious.

07:02A destination for backpackers and stag parties.

07:05Over the last nine years, Lisbon has transformed.

07:09Web Summit, I would say, has played some role in that.

07:12The CEO and co-founder of Web Summit was absent from last year's edition.

07:17He returned in 2024 with a record 30% increase in revenue.

07:22The idea is that the event will be held in Lisbon beyond 2028, when the contract ends.

07:29But for that, the venue here in the Parque das Nações will grow.

07:34We're using every available space.

07:36You'll notice that this year we've got tables outside and chairs, which works if the weather works.

07:43Web Summit fits beautifully with Lisbon and I hope we can stay here forever.

07:48Whether it stays in Lisbon or not, Web Summit has left its mark on Portugal's tech sector.

08:03It's an extraordinary growth.

08:07At the moment, Portugal and Lisbon are known as one of the main hubs of entrepreneurship in Europe.

08:15More than 300 Portuguese start-ups have shown themselves worldwide in the last three days.

08:20And it's not just Lisbon that stands out in the national tech sector.

08:25At this year's Web Summit, Braga was elected the most innovative European city.

08:32Josvedo Uranius, Lisbon.

08:41Germany's political parties have agreed on an election on the 23rd of February, after a week of negotiating.

08:52The date has been brought forward after the government's ruling coalition collapsed last Wednesday.

08:58This is a challenge.

09:00So the parties that have developed a strong presence on social media will probably benefit from this.

09:06And their voters will be able to speak directly to them.

09:09The AfD has shown in the European election campaign that it has made very intensive campaigns,

09:15including on TikTok.

09:17It has also been ahead of other parties in the election campaigns with social media.

09:24In the interim, Germany's largest opposition party, the Christian Democratic Union,

09:29has agreed to work with Scholz to pass remaining reforms through the Bundestag.

09:35Larger decisions, however, are likely to be put off until next year,

09:40at a time when Europe is looking towards its biggest economy to show strong leadership.

09:53When it comes to the transatlantic relationship or dealing with Russia,

09:57it is very important that Germany participates constructively,

10:00if not in individual issues.

10:03And the fact that Germany is now waiting for the election until February

10:07and then the government formation will take some time,

10:11means that Germany can only partly play this role.

10:16And especially for the transatlantic relationship, there is the danger

10:20that Donald Trump will speak more with individual governments than with the European Union.

10:28For now, Scholz, the CDU and the Greens want to show that the government can still get things done

10:34before elections on the 23rd of February next year.

10:37Tamzin Patinosa in Berlin for Euronews.

10:44Local police had to intervene the negotiations between the unions

10:47and the management of Audi Brussels on Wednesday.

10:49Workers say their counter-proposal for the social plan was rejected,

10:52so they were peacefully showing their discontent when they entered the meeting room,

10:57at which point the management called for help to be escorted out of the facility.

11:01The Belgian police arrived on the scene with batons, helmets and shields.

11:20The social plan is in connection with the scheduled closure of the plant at the end of February.

11:25A total of nearly 4,000 workers will be unemployed because of the closure.

11:29Protests and negotiations have been ongoing for some time,

11:32but a final deal has not been reached.

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