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Brussels, my love? “The EU’s migration muddle and tanks for Ukraine”
The Euronews Brussels bureau brings you its newest episode of a brand new speak present that goals to interrupt down European information and politics to make it extra accessible to viewers.
This week’s episode options the Dutch member of the European Parliament, Jeroen Lenaers from the European Folks’s Social gathering, Vlad Gheorghe, a Romanian MEP from Renew Europe and Helena Hahn, a coverage analyst on the European Coverage Centre.
European Union leaders and 15 EU Commissioners visited the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv this week for conferences with Ukraine’s authorities. It was a historic summit, given it passed off whereas the nation is at conflict.
The EU promised a tenth spherical of measures in opposition to Russia to mark one 12 months because the Russian invasion started. Nonetheless, what Ukraine wants now greater than guests are weapons. So the panelists this week mentioned Germany’s determination to lastly ship Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and argued it ought to have been executed earlier.
The panelists additionally delved into the subject of migration and the truth that the EU nonetheless has no functioning migrant and asylum pact.
EU heads of state and authorities will meet subsequent week in Brussels to handle this difficulty. Panelists welcomed the summit, however have been skeptical it will reap outcomes. The European Parliament hopes that EU governments could have a correct plan in place forward of the European elections in 2024.
“I do not assume that subsequent week’s Council will abruptly carry a magical resolution to the migration difficulty. It is a very advanced difficulty”, Jeroen Lenaers advised the panel including {that a} holistic method was wanted.
“So it will be not real looking to ask for some kind of an answer. What we do want is a powerful dedication from the leaders to guarantee that earlier than the subsequent European elections we could have a functioning Migration Pact”.
“It’s not acceptable that within the European Union, after 9 years, we nonetheless haven’t got an answer,” he mentioned.
For the Romanian MEP Vlad Gheorghe, there was no straightforward reply both however he was in opposition to the current calls from the Austrian chancellor to make use of €2 billion of EU funding to construct a wall between Bulgaria and Turkey.
“There is no such thing as a silver bullet on this. And politicians just like the Austrian chancellor, belief me, consider me, I’ve just about zero belief in somebody like him, particularly when he comes up with a magical resolution like that. I believe that is simply politics, and I believe that may lead us to what has occurred till now: only a pause till the subsequent elections,” Gheorghe mentioned.
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Biden admin urges China show to 'restraint' in Taiwan as former Navy captain warns CCP 'preparing for war'
The Biden administration is warning China to “act with restraint” after the CCP-controlled Chinese military ran provocative military drills near Taiwan on Friday.
Dozens of Chinese navy vessels and warplanes were spotted off the coast of Taiwan on Friday, according to Taiwanese military officials. 49 Chinese warplanes and 19 navy vessels were counted in total.
Taiwanese officials reported that 35 of the Chinese planes flew across the median line in the Taiwan Strait, which is considered the de-facto boundary between the two countries.
In a statement published on Saturday, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that the U.S. is “deeply concerned” over the military drills.
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“We are monitoring PRC activities closely and coordinating with allies and partners regarding our shared concerns,” the statement read. “We strongly urge Beijing to act with restraint.”
“Using a normal, routine, and democratic transition as an excuse for military provocations risks escalation and erodes longstanding norms that for decades have maintained peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, which is critical for regional and global security and prosperity and a matter of international concern,” Miller added.
CHINA SANCTIONS FORMER REPUBLICAN REP MIKE GALLAGHER AFTER TAIWAN PRESIDENT’S INAUGURATION
On Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin blasted the U.S.’s previous calls for restraint in response to past military drills.
“[The U.S.] is in no position to make such irresponsible remarks,” Wang was quoted as saying.
The drills come as tensions continue to intensify in the region. Former Taiwanese navy captain Lu Li Shih told Sky News that China is “preparing for war.”
“China is preparing for war based on the number of military ships and the hiring of new recruits. It’s all for self-defense, and Taiwan,” the former captian said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Russia hits Kharkiv supermarket in deadly attack
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the airstrike “a manifestation of Russian madness”.
Scores of people were killed or wounded when an aerial bomb hit a large store in the city of Kharkiv on Saturday afternoon, according to local officials.
The airstrike caused a huge fire to break out, with huge plumes of smoke seen filling the sky in social media footage.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 200 people could have been inside the store.
A second bomb hit the city’s central park, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
Zelenskyy called the airstrike “a manifestation of Russian madness”, and appealed to Western countries to provide Ukraine with air defence systems.
“When we tell world leaders that Ukraine requires adequate air defence protection … we are literally talking about how not to allow such terrorist strikes,” he said in a post on X.
“Only madmen like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin are capable of killing and terrorising people in this way,” Zelenskyy added.
Kharkiv region is situated about 20 kilometres from the Russian border.
Moscow’s troops have in recent weeks captured villages in the area as part of a broad push, and analysts say they may be trying to get within artillery range of Kharkiv city.
Ukrainian authorities have evacuated more than 11,000 people from the region since the start of the offensive on 10 May.
Russia’s Kharkiv push appears to be a coordinated new offensive that includes testing Ukrainian defences in the Donetsk region further south, where Russia’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that its forces had taken over the village of Arkhanhelske.
They have also launched incursions in the northern Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has said the Kremlin’s army is attempting to create a “buffer zone” in the Kharkiv region to prevent Ukrainian cross-border attacks.
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