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00:00Serbian students are marching over the course of several days to join the protest in the

00:06central town of Krakow.

00:14NATO allies are meeting today to understand the implications of the Trump administration's

00:18announcement that the U.S. will no longer prioritize European and Ukrainian security.

00:26Washington has said NATO membership for Ukraine is unrealistic, and that Ukrainian aspirations

00:32of returning to pre-2014 borders were also unlikely.

00:37The Lithuanian defense minister told Euronews that NATO is now at a very difficult moment,

00:42given the slow nature of Europe's defense capabilities.

00:46I think we are in the beginning of a very difficult process, where we will have to find

00:56the specific ways to generate strength.

01:00What is a good part of the message is that peace through strength was reiterated all

01:07around the room.

01:08What does that mean, though, if you've just weakened Ukraine's position?

01:11As I said, I think we are in the beginning of a difficult conversation.

01:15And one of the elements which is going to be critical, and as I understand also there

01:20is an agreement in the room that it's necessary, is our own capabilities.

01:26Because how can we sustainably help Ukraine if our own defense capabilities are being

01:33developed slower than that of the aggressor?

01:37The size of Ukrainian army and the size of our defense industry, of our own defense capabilities,

01:47they are not matching the speed of Russian military industry, of Russian transition

01:56from peacetime to wartime economy, of Russian assembly of troops at quite a threatening speed.

02:03So therefore, yeah, I agree with that.

02:06Maybe in the beginning of conversation we have to agree that strength is not on paper.

02:11Strength is on the ground.

02:12It's our troops.

02:13It's our weapons.

02:14It's our defense industry.

02:18Both the European Union's Foreign Policy Chief Kaya Kalas and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr

02:25Zelensky have called for European involvement in any potential peace negotiations between

02:31Russia and Ukraine.

02:33Any agreement without us will fail because you need Europe and Ukraine to also implement

02:39the agreement.

02:40So without us at the table, you know, you can agree on whatever, but it will just simply

02:48fail because of the implementation is not there.

02:52President Zelensky echoed Kalas' words, calling for a meeting with the U.S. and saying Ukraine

02:58would not accept any peace talks with Russia that didn't include his country.

03:10It comes after the U.S.-Trump administration indicated it's planning in-person talks with

03:37Russia on ending the Ukraine war without involving them, after having insisted that

03:42Kiev should not join NATO and stating that it's up to Europe to protect itself and Ukraine.

03:51Behind me you can see the discarded flags and high visibility vests that some demonstrators

03:56were carrying this morning in central Munich when a car drove into them from behind.

04:01Twenty-eight people, including children, were injured.

04:04Officials suspect a 24-year-old Afghan-born asylum seeker was arrested at the scene.

04:09Police say that they believe he acted alone, but authorities have not yet ruled out that

04:13this could have been an attack.

04:15This of course comes a day before a whole host of world leaders are expected to descend

04:20on the Bavarian city for a three-day security conference.

04:23This includes U.S. Vice President G.D.

04:26Vance, but also Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

04:30But this also comes in the midst of an election cycle, with German voters set to go to the

04:35polls on February 23rd.

04:37Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the AFD-Far-Right party, which currently is second in the poll,

04:44has tied the incidents to migration, calling for a turning point in the country's migration

04:49policy.

04:51This is Alice Taidi reporting from Munich for Euronews.

04:59The United States is the largest non-EU market for Italian exports.

05:04According to Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni, during the first two years since taking

05:08office, they have grown by over 15 billion euros.

05:11But what could happen if made-in-Italy products were targeted by Trump's tariffs?

05:16We put the question to Marco Simoni, who previously worked as an economic advisor to two Italian

05:21prime ministers.

05:22The impact on made-in-Italy would be very significant.

05:25We export every year in the United States in the order of 70 billion.

05:30That's a lot of money, a lot of different types of products.

05:33So of course the tariffs would penalize it.

05:36It would sell less in America.

05:38And probably we would also buy less American things, because there would be tariffs, on

05:42the contrary, also on American products.

05:45Together with the furniture industry and food, wine experts would be among the main sectors

05:50affected by Trump's tariffs, as the U.S. remains the largest importer of Italian wines.

05:55We are inside the Pallini factory, the world's leading producer of traditional Italian limoncello,

06:01a liqueur made from lemon infusion.

06:03Out of the three million liters produced here every year, around 25 percent is shipped to

06:10the United States.

06:12Federvini, representing over 2,000 companies, mainly wine and spirits exporters, has called

06:17for a de-escalation of tensions to avoid a full-scale trade war.

06:21Michaela Pallini is both the president of the Pallini family-run business founded 150

06:26years ago in Rome and the president of Federvini.

06:29The United States is our main export sector for Italian wines and spirits.

06:37We are talking about about 30 percent of the 2 billion exports, so the account is almost

06:46done.

06:47And of these, so this large volume, we could lose almost half of it.

06:53In short, this is a concrete risk.

06:56Despite her close ties with Trump, it would be difficult for Giorgia Meloni to be offered

07:00any shortcuts.

07:02It is good that Italy has this privileged relationship, but this relationship will not

07:07have an influence on any debts.

07:09Because the debts that are less paid will be paid to the European Union, not to individual

07:13countries.

07:14We are members of the European Union and we negotiate any trade position as the European

07:19Union, not as a single state.

07:21Giorgia Meloni for Euronews in Rome.

07:24Serbian students from several cities are marching over the course of four days to join at a

07:3515th of February protest in the central town of Kragujevac.

07:40The demonstrations, led by university students, demand accountability and justice for the

07:46deaths of 15 people in the train station awning collapse last November.

07:51One student tells us why he is marching.

08:01Weeks-long protests forced the resignation of Serbia's Prime Minister, Milos Vucevic,

08:07and further concessions from authorities.

08:09However, students do not believe their demands have been fully met.

08:13In January, students went on an 80-kilometer march from Belgrade to the northern city of

08:19Novi Sad.

08:21Hamas announced on Thursday it will go through with its release of three more hostages on

08:35Saturday as planned.

08:37The militant group had earlier said it would delay the next release after accusing Israel

08:42of failing to meet its end of obligations to the ceasefire deal.

08:47In response, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to restart the war, saying

08:52all hell will break loose if Hamas stops releasing hostages.

08:56Following discussions with mediators from Egypt and Qatar, both parties assured their

09:01commitment to all aspects of the ceasefire agreement.

09:04The discussion focused on the necessity of implementing all provisions of the agreement,

09:11especially with regard to securing housing for Gazans.

09:15This includes the urgent entry of prefabricated houses, tents, heavy equipment, medical supplies,

09:21fuel, and the continued flow of relief.

09:26Israeli government spokesperson David Mentzer said on Thursday that if Hamas does not release

09:31the three hostages on Saturday, the ceasefire will end.

09:45Villipendiado by some, defended by others, misunderstood by many, the so-called Mercosur

09:50agreement generates these days great passions in the farms of the entire European Union,

09:54especially here in France.

09:56The European Commission has just signed it, to the great dismay of almost all French

10:01farmers who openly oppose an ambitious and complex agreement that has been in negotiations

10:08for 25 years.

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

10:17with orange trees, or without them.

10:20If ratified, it would create a market of about 800 million people, one of the largest free

10:25trade areas in the world.

10:27It would eliminate more than 90% of orange trees between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

10:32and the 27 community countries.

10:35It would imply fewer taxes on cars, industrial equipment and European chemical products,

10:41as well as clothing, pharmaceutical products and some agri-foods.

10:46Instead, the EU would open its markets more to Mercosur, in particular to its agri-foods.

10:53Free sugar and corral bees taxes would increase.

10:57Mercosur could also export 99,000 additional tons of vaccine to Europe with reduced oranges.

11:041.6% of its annual production in Europe.

11:09Germany and Spain support the agreement.

11:12Italy has sent contradictory signals.

11:15Poland, and in particular France, are against it.

11:18Its farmers say that Mercosur producers will not be subject to European labor laws and

11:23costs, nor to their strict regulation of pesticides, or hormones and antibiotics in animals.

11:30They also denounce that the agreement undermines consumers and threatens the sustainability

11:35of European Union farms.

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