Latest news bulletin | February 15th – Morning - video Dailymotion

euronews (in English)

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Transcript

00:00Maybe Russia will give up a lot, maybe they won't.

00:04That's how US President Donald Trump described on Thursday his initial vision of a deal to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine

00:11during a press conference with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

00:15Meanwhile, he's more clear about what Ukraine needs to give up, the prospect of a NATO membership.

00:22They've gotten themselves into something and they said you cannot have Ukraine going in in any way into NATO.

00:30And I start from that standpoint, I think everybody knew that.

00:35Now, if a better deal can be negotiated, if they're able to make a deal where they can do that, that's fine with me.

00:42I really don't care. I want that bloodshed to stop.

00:47Ukraine wasn't in and never requested to be in until more recently.

00:51So that's the way it is and I think that's the way it's going to have to be.

00:55Europe is cautious about Trump's assertion.

00:58German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed with Trump that the Russia-Ukraine conflict must end as quickly as possible,

01:04but said there must be a just peace to have any hope it may last.

01:09Our interests in the upcoming negotiations are self-evidently represented and committed,

01:15because they are directly related to us.

01:19We Europeans are the ones who support Ukraine the most,

01:24as long as it is necessary and beyond a possible peace agreement.

01:29Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, on the other hand, said he would not accept any negotiations about Ukraine

01:35that do not include his country in the talks.

01:38European governments also demanded a seat at the table.

01:47European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen announced at the Munich Security Conference

01:52that she will propose to activate the EU's fiscal escape clause in order to boost defence spending.

01:58Under the measure, defence spending making a country's overall spending go over or deviate

02:03from the EU Stability and Growth Pact would not be met with financial repercussions.

02:11In simple terms, we empowered member states to substantially increase public investments linked to the crisis.

02:19I believe we are now in another period of crisis which warrants a similar approach.

02:28EU leaders are increasingly worried about the continent's security amid uncertainty

02:33about US support for Ukraine against Russian threats.

02:37Also speaking in Munich, US Vice President J.D. Vance reiterated the Trump administration's call

02:43for NATO members to spend more on defence.

02:46The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China,

02:52it's not any other external actor.

02:54And what I worry about is the threat from within.

02:58The retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values,

03:03values shared with the United States of America.

03:06Negotiations are ongoing among European NATO allies to raise the defence spending target

03:12from its current 2% of GDP level.

03:16Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a stark warning on Friday,

03:23saying that Russia may be preparing an act of aggression against NATO members as early as next year.

03:29He spoke at the Munich Security Conference, where the future of Ukraine is the top item on the agenda.

03:35And I think this is his idea.

03:39And I think that all I've got from intelligence and et cetera,

03:42I think that he's preparing the war against NATO countries next year.

03:49And I think so.

03:51But I don't know, you know, I don't have 100.

03:54God bless, we will stop this crazy guy.

03:57And we will not have war, any war in the world, in Europe,

04:01but you will not stop him just to say, yes, he said that, we will stop.

04:06It's not enough.

04:07Zelensky added that immediate security guarantees for Ukraine are necessary

04:12after U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic.

04:18He said EU politicians remain very concerned about the U.S. reaction

04:22and possible support in case of an attack.

04:25If we are not ready today for NATO, OK, we will wait, but we can't just wait.

04:31We will wait with some security guarantees for today.

04:36That's my position.

04:38Zelensky is also meeting U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance in Munich

04:42to discuss President Trump's ideas for a negotiated settlement to the war.

Latest news bulletin | February 15th – Morning

Category

Transcript

Recommended