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Latest news bulletin | January 14th – Morning
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14/01/2025
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Austria's far-right party and conservatives have reached a budget agreement on Monday,
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which should cut the country's deficit below the EU's 3% limit.
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Croatians reacted with mixed emotions after President Zoran Milanovic, a critic of the
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EU and NATO, overwhelmingly won re-election.
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Nearly 30,000 people marched through the streets of Brussels in a show of unity against a proposed
00:28
pension reform.
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Austria's far-right party and conservatives have reached a budget agreement on Monday,
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which should cut the country's deficit below the EU's 3% limit.
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The two parties agreed to €6.3bn in savings to cut Austria's deficit below the EU's 3%
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limit.
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Kicill, whose Freedom Party won Austria's parliamentary election in September, received
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a mandate to try to form a government with the conservative Austrian People's Party a
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week ago.
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The conservatives had previously attempted to form a government without Kicill, but lengthy
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talks with two other mainstream parties collapsed.
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Conservative Austrian leader Karl Nehammer resigned following his failed attempt to put
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together a new coalition.
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In the meantime, Foreign Minister Alexander Schellenberg has taken over as interim chancellor.
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Negotiations to form a new government could take months and aren't guaranteed to succeed.
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Croatians reacted with mixed emotions after the opposition-backed President Zoran Milanovic,
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a critic of the EU and NATO, overwhelmingly won re-election for another five-year term
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on Sunday.
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Milanovic won with 1.1 million votes, almost four times the amount won by his challenger
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Dragan Primorac, who is backed by the ruling Croatian Democratic Union Party.
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I think someone said it well.
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We were against the HDP, we weren't for Milanovic, but in any case, it's good, and I like the
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result.
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I think he's crazy enough to actually be opposed and to do something.
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I listened to him in the morning, when he said he would give a hand to peace and that he would
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continue according to the law, and if that's okay, but listen, maybe it's too late, and
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tomorrow is another day, I don't know, we won't believe him, but what can you do?
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Milanovic is sometimes compared to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump because of his combative style
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of communication with his political contenders.
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He is a fierce opponent of Croatia's conservative Prime Minister Andrei Plenkovic and his government.
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Milanovic regularly accuses Plenkovic and his conservative HDZ of systemic corruption,
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while Plenkovic has labelled Milanovic pro-Russian and a threat to Croatia's international standing.
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However, Milanovic denies government claims that he is pro-Russian.
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The incumbent president is against Western military support for Ukraine in the war against
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Russia. He is also critical of the European Union, accusing it of being non-democratic.
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I don't believe that he will change foreign policy so much. He has largely been excluded
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from contact with other politicians in the European Union or in the world, but I think
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it is possible that he will be more aggressive in terms of carrying out what is in his constitutional
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obligations.
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Despite limited powers, many believe the presidential position is key for the political balance of
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power in a country mainly governed by the HDZ.
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Defence ministers from Poland, France, Italy and Germany met in Warsaw on Monday to discuss
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military aid to Ukraine and security in Europe. The meeting of the NATO defence ministers
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together with the deputy defence minister of the UK comes as Poland begins its rotating
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presidency of the EU.
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It is a strong organisation and three pillars of a strong Europe. It is a strong society,
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which means our resistance to hybrid warfare. It is a strong army, a strong national army
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and the strength of our alliance.
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As a key NATO member on the Alliance's eastern frontier, Poland has been a strong voice about
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NATO's future for Eastern Europe and Ukraine. It remains one of Ukraine's strongest allies
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in terms of both defence and humanitarian aid, particularly as its geographical position
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allows for the rapid movement of supplies to Ukraine's front lines.
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Poland is NATO's biggest relative defence spender after Warsaw earmarked 4.7% of its
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GDP spending on defence this year. Trump wants NATO members to increase the current 2% target
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to 5%.
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Speaking at his first stop of his election campaign tour in Bielefeld, German Chancellor
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Olaf Scholz pushed back on a demand made by US President-elect Donald Trump last week
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who had asked NATO's European members to more than double their defence spending.
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Trump requested for an increase to 5%, which Scholz said would be too costly.
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He said that 5% would be over 200 billion euros per year and noted that the federal budget
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is not even 500 billion euros. Scholz concluded that he would adhere to the current NATO target
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of at least 2%.
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The Social Democrat leader kicked off his election campaign in Bielefeld and is planning
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more than 30 public talks between now and the day of the election.
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Germany's election campaign is now in full swing. The Christian Democrat Union and its
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leader Friedrich Merz are currently leading the polls with 30%. They are followed by the
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far-right AfD party with Alice Weidel as its candidate, polling at 20%.
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Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats came in around 14-17% in the polls.
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Nearly 30,000 people, including firefighters, teachers and civil servants, marched through
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the streets of Brussels in a show of unity against a proposed pension reform, answering
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the call of the unions. Belgium's likely future government has introduced a pension reform
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proposal. The so-called Arizona Coalition has yet to form a government seven months
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after the elections. This potential reform could affect special retirement schemes, which
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currently allow railway workers, police officers and military personnel to retire earlier.
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The legal retirement age in Belgium went from 65 to 66 on January 1 and will rise to 67 by
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2030. With an ageing population, pensions are placing an increasing burden on the state's
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budget, costing €63 billion annually. The Arizona Coalition aims to save €3 billion.
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Public transport, including air and rail, was heavily disrupted by the general strike,
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with two-thirds of trains connecting major cities halted. At Charleroi Airport, flights
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were grounded starting Monday at noon. Meanwhile, Brussels Airport anticipated that nearly
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40% of flights would be cancelled. Since 2018, Belgian laws require a minimum transportation
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service during strikes.
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Switzerland and Serbia are reportedly willing to host a meeting between US President Donald
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Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nicolas Bideau, head of communications for
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the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs, said Ukraine, Russia and the US have been
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regularly informed of Switzerland's availability to support diplomatic efforts to establish
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peace. Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic said his country would also offer to host
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a meeting between Trump and Putin. However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said no preliminary
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preparation was in place yet. Trump's incoming national security adviser, on the other hand,
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told ABC that a meeting between Trump and Putin was being prepared.
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An outstanding warrant for Putin from the International Criminal Court would be an obstacle
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to the potential meeting. Switzerland or Serbia would be legally obliged to arrest
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Putin. However, the Swiss Federal Council reportedly has the authority to grant exceptions
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in situations involving peace negotiations. Trump, who has criticized US aid for Ukraine's
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war effort and publicly commented at the US potentially reconsidering NATO membership,
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has sparked concern amongst allies and security experts.
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The US President-elect has vowed to bring Kiev and Moscow to the negotiating table,
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at one point claiming he could end the war within a day.
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Progress was made in ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, according to Israeli Foreign Minister
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Gideon Saar.
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Mediators reportedly presented Israel and Hamas with a final draft of a deal which they
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hope will end the ongoing war between the two in Gaza.
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Progress was made. We see some progress in the negotiations. Israel wants a hostage deal.
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Israel is working with our American friends in order to achieve a hostage deal and soon
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we will know whether the other side wants the same thing.
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A Hamas official said a number of contentious issues still needed to be resolved, including
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Israel's commitment to ending the war and details about the withdrawal of Israeli troops
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and the hostage prisoner exchange.
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