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00:00U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance warned against what he called excessive regulation of A.I.

00:07at the A.I. Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday.

00:11Vance's address challenged Europe's regulatory approach to artificial intelligence and its

00:15moderation of content on big tech platforms, saying it would cripple the fast-growing industry.

00:23We invite your countries to work with us and to follow that model if it makes sense for

00:27your nations. However, the Trump administration is troubled by reports that some foreign governments

00:35are considering tightening the screws on U.S. tech companies with international footprints.

00:40Now America cannot and will not accept that, and we think it's a terrible mistake, not

00:46just for the United States of America, but for your own countries.

00:49European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that Europe will mobilize

00:54200 billion euros for investment in artificial intelligence. She stressed that A.I. is a

01:00force for good as long as its benefits are widespread and accessible to all. The summit

01:06underscores a three-way race for A.I. supremacy, Europe striving to regulate and invest, China

01:11expanding access through state-backed tech giants and the U.S. under Trump prioritizing

01:16a hands-off approach.

01:22I hear that Europe is late to the race, while the United States or China have already gotten

01:29ahead. I disagree, because the A.I. race is far from being over. Truth is, we're only

01:41at the beginning.

01:42The European Union will channel 200 billion euros into A.I. investments in a bid to catch

01:48up with the thriving tech ecosystems in the U.S. and China. An announcement warmly welcomed

01:54by multiple European start-ups present at the Station F incubator in Paris for the A.I.

01:59summit.

02:00It's not all done to the largest companies. There's a lot that can be done. We have lots

02:04of innovation, lots of people figuring out how to do things more efficiently, faster,

02:09more respectful of the regulations that we do have here. There's tons to do there.

02:13The EU was one of the first global powers to introduce comprehensive regulations around

02:18A.I. But U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance criticized this regulatory environment in a speech on

02:24Tuesday. Some A.I. experts, however, believe European companies need to lose these regulations

02:30if they want to remain competitive.

02:32So what we need is European entrepreneurs working with American technology, and then

02:35we at least share the power, we share the revenue. But if we don't do anything and want

02:41to do it on our own, we will fail, because we don't have it, and the Americans have it.

02:46They have the technology and the capital and the speed and the innovation. So let's tear

02:50down the wall and accept them, incorporate with them, because the enemy is not the U.S.

02:57The U.S. and the U.K. have notably refused to sign the summit's declaration that encourages

03:02countries to abide by certain ethics of A.I. governance.

03:06Sofia Katzenkova, reporting from Paris for Euronews.

03:11U.S. President Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk have defended the slashing of federal

03:19government programs and employees under Musk's DOJ program. In a rare question-and-answer

03:25session between Musk and reporters on Tuesday, Elon Musk insisted he was not orchestrating

03:31a hostile takeover of government.

03:35Transparency is what builds trust, not simply somebody asserting trust, not somebody saying

03:40they're trustworthy, but transparency. So you can see everything that's going on. And

03:44you can see, am I doing something that benefits one of my companies or not? It's totally obvious.

03:49And we thought that we would not let him do that segment or look in that area if we thought

03:54there was a lack of transparency or a conflict of interest. And we watched that also. He's

04:02a big businessman. He's a successful guy. That's why we want him doing this. We don't

04:05want an unsuccessful guy doing this.

04:10Trump and Musk are pushing federal workers to resign in return for financial incentives,

04:15although their plan is currently on hold while a judge reviews its legality.

04:28The transatlantic twilight. This is the expression used by the think tank ECFR, or European Council

04:36on Foreign Relations, following its survey on relations between the European Union and

04:41President Donald Trump's United States. According to the study published today and carried out

04:47in 11 member countries, 50 percent of those questions believe that the United States is

04:53a necessary partner, compared with 21 percent who see Washington as an ally. These figures

05:00mark a shift in European opinion.

05:03The main lesson is that citizens are already accepting and acknowledging the fact that

05:12Europeans and European leaders need to adopt a more pragmatic approach towards America.

05:19So in that polling, people do not show too strong illusions about the US. They kind of

05:27accept that if Trump wants a transactional, then we need to be open to a transaction as

05:33well.

05:35Faced with Donald Trump's America first slogan, the report's author suggests that the union

05:40should prepare to defend its interests and turn the page on the historic transatlantic

05:45link.

05:46So we call it a transatlantic twilight because we believe that the old transatlanticism is

05:56over and the new one is supposed to be born. It can be born based on the action of the

06:04European mainstream who could adopt a more transactional and pragmatic approach. In such

06:10a scenario, yes, the transatlantic relationship would be based less on the values than it

06:19was the case in the past.

06:24The poll highlights the divergent perceptions of the new American president in member states.

06:30The Republican has a positive image in Hungary and Bulgaria, while Denmark and Germany are

06:35much more sceptical. This is why the authors of the study call on EU leaders not to act

06:42in isolation to try to establish a privileged relationship with Donald Trump at the expense

06:48of their European partners.

07:18Change is urgently needed.

07:48According to figures from the German Interior Ministry, 60% of deportations fail in Germany

08:03every year. The German police unions say there aren't enough detention spaces to carry out

08:08deportations properly.

08:18Legal expert Daniel Thyme says the system doesn't work because of poor inter-agency

08:47cooperation and high levels of cases.

09:17Livestroud, Imbellen, FIU, Reynés.

09:36The agreement with Mercosur seems completely absurd.

09:38The competitiveness of our companies is going to be strengthened.

09:43The so-called Mercosur agreement generates great passions in the farms of the whole EU,

09:52especially here in France. The European Commission has just signed it, to the great

09:57satisfaction of almost all French farmers who openly oppose an ambitious and complex

10:03agreement that has been in negotiations for 25 years.

10:10The Common Market of the South, Mercosur and the European Union have agreed to trade goods

10:15with orange trees, reduced or chinellos. If ratified, it would create a market of about

10:20800 million people, one of the largest free trade areas in the world. It would eliminate

10:25more than 90% of oranges between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and the 27 community countries.

10:33It would imply less taxes on cars, industrial equipment and European chemical products,

10:38in addition to clothing, pharmaceutical products and some agri-food products.

10:44In return, the EU would open its markets more to Mercosur, in particular to its agri-food products.

10:50They would increase free sugar and corn taxes. Mercosur could also export to Europe

10:5799,000 additional tons of vaccine with reduced oranges, 1.6% of its annual production in Europe.

11:06Germany and Spain support the agreement. Italy has sent contradictory signals.

11:11Poland, and in particular France, are against it. Their farmers say that Mercosur producers

11:17will not be subject to European labor laws and costs, nor to its strict regulation of pesticides

11:23or hormones and antibiotics in animals. They also denounce that the agreement

11:29undermines consumers and threatens the sustainability of European Union farms.

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