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00:00EU member states show anger at Orban's escapades and cancel meeting in Budapest.
00:10A two-day informal summit of EU justice and home affairs ministers has been boycotted
00:17by several member states.
00:22What could Kamala Harris' potential candidacy mean for Europe?
00:34Hungary's President Viktor Orban has made EU countries angry after his so-called peace
00:40mission visits to Russia's Putin and China's Xi Jinping.
00:44For example, the traditional EU foreign affairs ministers' meeting, known as Jim Nix, should
00:50happen in the country hosting the rotating presidency, such as Hungary.
00:55But many ministers have refused to go in a show of protest, therefore it will be held
01:00in Brussels.
01:01We have to send a signal, even if it is a symbolic signal, that being against the foreign
01:11policy of the European Union and disqualifying the policy of the European Union as the party
01:18of war has to have some consequences, well, formal consequences, symbolic consequences.
01:26This is not the first move done by the EU.
01:29A few days ago, the European Commission announced that the European commissioners will not be
01:34making their traditional visits to the hosting country.
01:41A two-day informal summit of EU justice and home affairs ministers has begun in Budapest.
01:48The event, like other informal events of the Hungarian EU presidency, has been boycotted
01:55by several member states in recent days, with a lower level of representation of ministers.
02:01Some of the politicians attended did not want to comment on the move.
02:06I think it's a reaction towards Hungarian external activity, maybe sometimes not too
02:16adjusted to the European framework.
02:22I don't have any comments about this.
02:25I'm a French secretary of state.
02:28I represent my ministry, Gérald Darmanin.
02:34I'm just here because we are European.
02:37Following the meeting, Minister of Interior Sándor Pinta stressed that participants agreed
02:43that without cooperation, EU security cannot be guaranteed.
02:48In order to prevent the collapse of the border crisis, every member state must be ready to
02:59work in a responsible manner.
03:03This will significantly improve internal security.
03:09Pinta said that he was confident that all of his colleagues would attend the regular meetings.
03:17There has never been an example of a member state representing itself only as a secretary
03:23of state or at a lower level.
03:25If a member state becomes a secretary of state at a lower level, it can easily undermine
03:30the prestige of the Hungarian President-elect.
03:33Especially if in November several member states, heads of government and heads of state decide
03:38not to attend the European Council in the Hungarian capital.
03:41Kónyarita, Euronews, Budapest.
03:45The incumbent president of the European Council, Antonio Costa, kick-started his tenure by
03:52a country that voted against his appointment.
03:55Costa met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni, choosing Rome as the first stop of
04:01his tour of European capitals.
04:04As a founding country of the EU, he said it was important to take note of Italy's priorities.
04:11In a statement, Costa said it was paramount for him to assess the perspectives and priorities
04:17of EU member states.
04:20Meloni hosted him at the Prime Minister's official residence in the Italian capital,
04:25where the pair sat down for talks.
04:27They discussed the priorities for EU actions for the next institutional cycle, according
04:33to the Italian Prime Minister's office.
04:36Costa, the former Prime Minister of Portugal, will replace Charles Michel as the Council's
04:41president from the start of December.
04:44Harris praises Biden's unmatched legacy and looks to lock up the Democratic nomination.
04:51United States Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first speech after President Joe
04:57Biden announced that he was dropping off the race and supporting her nomination for the
05:022024 presidential election.
05:05Harris spoke at an event at the White House where she thanked Biden and commended him
05:11Although expected, in some quarters, Joe Biden's resignation as the Democratic candidate for
05:16the upcoming US election didn't lessen the overall shock.
05:19In Europe, leaders know that the result of November's presidential elections will make
05:23an important difference to the transatlantic relationship.
05:26Outgoing President Biden was quick to endorse his vice president, Kamala Harris, to the
05:312020 presidential election.
05:35I think for allies in Europe and also in the Indo-Pacific, they can expect a lot of
05:40continuity.
05:41Many of President Biden's foreign policy staffers will probably stay on for a Kamala
05:48Harris presidency if she were to win.
05:51I think that's a good thing.
05:54Of course, she is more at home in terms of domestic politics.
05:59President Biden was quite unique because he really was an exceptional transatlanticist
06:05and may be one of the last of his kind.
06:08There aren't that many next generation transatlanticists in the American political
06:13scene.
06:14So I think that's a good thing.
06:18Officially, the EU doesn't comment on what's happening in the US, but lately there have
06:23been concerns over a possible comeback of Donald Trump.
06:26A potential Republican administration, headed up by the former president, would likely be
06:31significantly less supportive of Ukraine.
06:34We have to continue to help Ukraine.
06:37American citizens are called to vote, but we have to assume our responsibilities here
06:44and now.
06:45We can't wait to see what happens in November.
06:48From here in November, the Ukrainian electric system will be completely destroyed if a greater
06:53capacity of air defence is not provided.
06:56If Trump did manage to beat Harris, or whoever the Democratic nominee might be, the future
07:03of Ukraine could be less secure.
07:07President Trump clearly sees Ukraine as a issue for Europeans to take care of.
07:13He basically stated in the presidential debate a few weeks ago that there's an ocean between
07:20the United States and Ukraine should be the responsibility of European leaders.
07:25And I do think that most European officials see that, that moving forward, the defence
07:32of Ukraine and also its reconstruction will be on the hands of European officials.
07:39It's also thought that Kamala Harris' approach to the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the Middle
07:43East might be more nuanced than Joe Biden's has been, but we'll have to wait until November
07:47for the outcome.
07:53AIDS could be eradicated by 2030 if leaders boost resources and protect human rights.
08:00According to a new report by the UN.
08:04The UN AIDS organization released a report saying the world is at a critical moment in
08:09which world leaders can decide whether to meet their commitment to end AIDS as a public
08:14health threat by 2030.
08:16Their findings are particularly poignant in the wake of this year's World AIDS Conference
08:21being held in Germany.
08:30The goal of the event is to provide information through speeches, talks and information stands
08:35while opening discussions about relevant AIDS-related topics and improving patient visibility.
08:41Of nearly 40 million people living with HIV across the world, nearly a quarter are not
08:47receiving life-saving treatments.
08:49This means our health care system will have to adapt to the changing world.
08:54Of nearly 40 million people living with HIV across the world, nearly a quarter are not
08:59receiving life-saving treatments.
09:01This means a person dies from AIDS-related causes every minute.
09:06The new UN report shows that decisions taken this year will determine if global targets
09:11are met and whether AIDS is ended as a public health threat by 2030.
09:16If leaders take bold actions now to ensure sufficient and sustainable resources to combat
09:22people living with HIV and requiring lifelong treatment will settle at around 29 million by 2050.
09:29If they take the wrong path, the number will rise to 46 million.
09:36These beaches packed with tourists have been the root cause of recent protests in the Spanish
09:41city of Barcelona.
09:43Residents say a change is needed but others are worried how this may impact business.
09:49In 2023, the province of Barcelona with 5.5 million inhabitants received no less than
09:5526 million tourists.
09:57The direct economic impact was 12,750 million euros.
10:02The Catalan economy is largely supported by these figures.
10:06The impact of the protests against mass tourism and the announcement by the mayor of Barcelona
10:10to eliminate the city's 10,000 tourist apartments by 2028, pointing to the problem of housing
10:16prices, has not been well received by the sector.
10:38According to the Barcelona Association of Tourist Apartments, these account for only 0.77% of
10:44the city's housing.
10:46They warn that the restriction of licenses could increase the number of illegal apartments
10:50and claim that the measure could cause 40% of the city's tourism to disappear.
11:14Despite everything the tourists we spoke to, they currently do not feel any type of rejection
11:36in the streets of Barcelona.