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00:00Schultz, the CDU and the Greens want to show that the government can still get things done
00:05before elections on the 23rd of February next year.
00:11As Web Summit 2024 wraps up in Lisbon, questions remain as to whether its long-term future
00:16is in the Portuguese capital.
00:22A French military task force trains thousands of Ukrainian troops to join the fight against
00:27Russia's invasion.
00:33It was Finance Day here at COP29 on day four.
00:36Most events and meetings have focused on finance, one of the core topics of this climate summit.
00:42Although progress on the final outcome is moving slowly, negotiators have been dealing
00:47with a range of issues, from access to funds to facilitating the flow of climate resources.
00:52This UN report, released on Thursday, suggests that talks should focus on reaching up to
00:57$1.3 trillion by 2035.
01:02So today at Finance Day at COP29, I think we're really focused on mobilizing capital.
01:08But right now, it really does range from the $5 trillion that IMF is talking about year
01:12on year, all the way up to, I'm hearing, $40, $50, $60 trillion a year that's needed to
01:18be able to solve this climate crisis.
01:20So the reality, I think, that we need to focus on is thinking about what is realistic.
01:25What is it that we actually have to do to get some of that money moving, even if it's
01:28$1, $2, $3 trillion?
01:30Because frankly, we need to act now and at pace.
01:33And it's corporates.
01:34It's the public and private working together.
01:36Small island developing states are on the front line of the climate crisis, and their
01:41call is crucial in the negotiations.
01:43The request for states to be acknowledged as a special group with unique vulnerabilities
01:50always on the front line of the climate crisis is a recognition that with our limited access
01:56to climate finance, we won't be able to respond to this existential threat that we didn't
02:00cause.
02:01Most of the adaptation finance that we receive is in the form of debt.
02:05It adds to the burden that we already feel.
02:08So that's why states are making a very special case for special facilities for them to access
02:14climate finance.
02:15For the first time since the start of the summit, climate activists have been allowed
02:19to stage a protest inside the COP venue.
02:22Alongside reducing emissions, they're demanding that developed countries step up their commitments.
02:28Today we know that the climate finance needs are valued in trillions.
02:33And we are just getting billions.
02:37For this reason, we are here to demand trillions, to really invest not only in reducing emissions
02:44but also to increase our capacity to adapt to this crisis.
02:48And we also need to pay for the losses and the damages that we are already suffering
02:54in all around the world.
02:56This new collective goal is an incentive, but also is a way to help us to continue the
03:01fight in the context of climate change.
03:04More progress on the existing unofficial draft text is expected on Monday, when government
03:10ministers arrive in Baku.
03:15Gaza, don't you cry!
03:19Protesters gathered in a suburb north of Paris on Thursday, just two kilometers away from
03:24the stadium where the controversial France vs. Israel football match was held.
03:30Many protesters were angry French President Emmanuel Macron and other prominent politicians
03:36were present at the game.
03:38Every day, every day, every night, I walk around with Palestinian songs in my ears
03:44and I cry for all these people who are massacred.
03:47And what does our president do?
03:49He comes in support, in support of the Israeli team.
03:53But it's still crazy.
03:55The government is showing us that they are accomplices in a deliberate way of the atrocities
04:00committed by the Israeli government.
04:03And history will remember.
04:07The rally was held the same day a special UN committee likened Israel's methods of
04:13warfare in Gaza to genocide.
04:16The France vs. Israel match is a scandal.
04:19What the state of Israel is doing is a genocide.
04:22And we are here to say it.
04:23And we are not going to shut up.
04:25Heavy police presence, including drones and helicopters, prevented any major protests
04:30or fights close to the stadium.
04:33France did not want to take any chances after violent clashes erupted between Israeli football
04:38fans and pro-Palestinian supporters in Amsterdam last week.
04:47A French military task force is wrapping up training Ukrainian troops who will be joining
04:52the war against Russia.
04:54The group has undergone two months of intense military training in France and is currently
04:58being put through its final paces before returning to Ukraine.
05:03They have improved a lot.
05:04It's quite impressive the speed with which they have improved.
05:08Now they are able to fight, they are able to maneuver.
05:12The French military says the majority of Ukrainian soldiers were recently mobilized and previously
05:17had only a few weeks of basic training before their arrival in France in September.
05:22France dedicated around 1,500 soldiers to the task force assigned to teaching the Ukrainians
05:28how to fight effectively together and how to use and maintain their France-supplied
05:32weaponry.
05:33It's hoped the brigade will be a formidable force on the battlefield.
05:37The training of new Ukrainian troops comes at a critical juncture in the nearly three-year
06:02war which shows no signs of slowing down.
06:05Earlier this week, Russian forces launched a fresh assault on the capital Kiev with a
06:09combination of missiles and drones.
06:11And their forces are also driving westward in an effort to capture Ukraine's eastern
06:16Donbass region.
06:17Russian troops have been bolstered by up to 12,000 North Korean soldiers who have been
06:22deployed to the Kursk border region.
06:24And the Biden administration is scrambling to get as much military aid to Ukraine as
06:29it can before it hands over the keys of the White House to Donald Trump.
06:33Trump is yet to give concrete details on what his administration's approach to the
06:37war will be, but he has said he would consider halting funds.
06:46Web Summit moved from Dublin to Lisbon in 2016.
06:49And the Portuguese capital is a winning bet.
06:52A lot of tech journalists criticized the move.
06:55They thought Web Summit should have gone to a serious European tech capital and apparently
07:00Lisbon was very unserious.
07:02A destination for backpackers and stag parties.
07:05Over the last nine years, Lisbon has transformed.
07:09Web Summit, I would say, has played some role in that.
07:12The CEO and co-founder of Web Summit was absent from last year's edition.
07:17He returned in 2024 with a record 30% increase in revenue.
07:22The idea is that the event will be held in Lisbon beyond 2028, when the contract ends.
07:29But for that, the venue here in the Parque das Nações will grow.
07:34We're using every available space.
07:36You'll notice that this year we've got tables outside and chairs, which works if the weather works.
07:43Web Summit fits beautifully with Lisbon and I hope we can stay here forever.
07:48Whether it stays in Lisbon or not, Web Summit has left its mark on Portugal's tech sector.
08:03It's an extraordinary growth.
08:07At the moment, Portugal and Lisbon are known as one of the main hubs of entrepreneurship in Europe.
08:15More than 300 Portuguese start-ups have shown themselves worldwide in the last three days.
08:20And it's not just Lisbon that stands out in the national tech sector.
08:25At this year's Web Summit, Braga was elected the most innovative European city.
08:32Josvedo Uranius, Lisbon.
08:41Germany's political parties have agreed on an election on the 23rd of February, after a week of negotiating.
08:52The date has been brought forward after the government's ruling coalition collapsed last Wednesday.
08:58This is a challenge.
09:00So the parties that have developed a strong presence on social media will probably benefit from this.
09:06And their voters will be able to speak directly to them.
09:09The AfD has shown in the European election campaign that it has made very intensive campaigns,
09:15including on TikTok.
09:17It has also been ahead of other parties in the election campaigns with social media.
09:24In the interim, Germany's largest opposition party, the Christian Democratic Union,
09:29has agreed to work with Scholz to pass remaining reforms through the Bundestag.
09:35Larger decisions, however, are likely to be put off until next year,
09:40at a time when Europe is looking towards its biggest economy to show strong leadership.
09:53When it comes to the transatlantic relationship or dealing with Russia,
09:57it is very important that Germany participates constructively,
10:00if not in individual issues.
10:03And the fact that Germany is now waiting for the election until February
10:07and then the government formation will take some time,
10:11means that Germany can only partly play this role.
10:16And especially for the transatlantic relationship, there is the danger
10:20that Donald Trump will speak more with individual governments than with the European Union.
10:28For now, Scholz, the CDU and the Greens want to show that the government can still get things done
10:34before elections on the 23rd of February next year.
10:37Tamzin Patinosa in Berlin for Euronews.
10:44Local police had to intervene the negotiations between the unions
10:47and the management of Audi Brussels on Wednesday.
10:49Workers say their counter-proposal for the social plan was rejected,
10:52so they were peacefully showing their discontent when they entered the meeting room,
10:57at which point the management called for help to be escorted out of the facility.
11:01The Belgian police arrived on the scene with batons, helmets and shields.
11:20The social plan is in connection with the scheduled closure of the plant at the end of February.
11:25A total of nearly 4,000 workers will be unemployed because of the closure.
11:29Protests and negotiations have been ongoing for some time,
11:32but a final deal has not been reached.