Vídeo: Estado da União: TPI, Ucrânia e Moldova pressionam diplomacia europeia

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hello and welcome to State of the Union I’m Stefan grober in Brussels this week we witnessed deep divisions between EU member states over the ongoing conflict in the Middle East once again the reason was the decision by the international criminal court to seek arrest warrants against Israel’s prime minister and his defense Chief as well as against three Hamas leaders reactions range from welcoming the Court’s decision as did Belgium France and Slovenia to rebuking it in various forms as did Germany Austria and the Czech Republic the disunity was also on display when Ireland and Spain together with Norway mooved to recognize Palestine as an independent state something that is being discussed for quite a while quite frankly because we must keep the hope the dream and the destination of a two-state solution alive at a time when sadly others are working to undermine that Ireland would have much preferred to done this as part of a peace process but we can’t wait forever and it’s a awful long time many decades since the oo Accords there is more European Unity regarding Ukraine on the surface but when it comes to Arms shipments action hasn’t always matched words Western allies are taking too long to make key decisions Ukraine complained at a time when Russia seems to be stepping up its offensive in the Northeast in the face of Relentless Russian attacks Germany’s foreign minister during a visit to Kev warned that the country needed to boost its air defenses with Western help of course some of the rockets and missiles could be uh brought down by air defense but obviously not all of them and this is why I’m calling worldwide to increase the air defense support watching the war very closely is mdova a country sandwiched between EU and NATO to member Romania and Ukraine the former Soviet Republic has long been defying warnings from Moscow that closer Western integration could see it face Ukraine’s fate right nonetheless mova signed a defense partnership with Brussels this week a step designed to tie the country closer to the EU the country is a candidate to join the block and formal talks are expected to begin next month joining me now is Daniela viu executive director of the mova Soros Foundation welcome to the program thank you so how significant are the EU accession talks for the movan public how do people see EU membership well the upcoming intergovermental conference to be held in the nearest Future is the most important political event for the pro European movan population while the opening of the European negotiation is very much expected by the population in in the recent years mova is an inclusive Society managed to achieve very good milestones in implementing National and domestic uh reforms so that the country and the society is transformed and the negotiation should really move forward to be reversible for movans say you asked both for those that are living in the country but also for those that are living abroad in the EU member states holding already the European citizenship the Europe integration of Moldova is very important as a development plan and the most probably important strategic plan for since its independence we hear a lot about Russian disinformation um tell us what’s happening well unfortunately mova is one of the most affected European countries by the Russian propaganda which is very much coordinated by the Russian parties the Russian media the Russian uh social networks and influencers since the Russian invasion into Ukraine mova started to face a very complicated complex and aggressive hybrid war that undermines its development its social cohesion Independence and security and the goal actually is to increase the uh population polarization and skepticism towards the European integration of the country and to keep the country under the Russian control actually so the fake news the disinformation the Russian manipulation and interference Target social or economic or political movan vulnerabilities to keep the country in poverty and to undermine the European development of the country there is a constitutional referendum coming up and there will be elections in October how are these campaigns going to what extent is the EU part of the debate yes indeed in October 2024 mova is going to host two important electoral events both events are considered to be uh very relevant and very crucial for the movan future and are going to happen in the same day we have the pro European government and the president who announced her intention to run for the second mandate civil society and media who are supporting the European integration and we have the pro Russian parties and pro Russian media that are trying to convince the population not to go to the referendum to boycot the referendum or to vote against the referendum all right Dana viu executive director dor of the mova sorus foundation thanks for coming on the show today thank you very much and good luck for your elections we wouldn’t be talking about democracy in Europe if it hadn’t been for one single historic event I’m talking about the Allied Landings in Normandy that were the beginning of the end of World War II and the liberation of Europe from the Nazis in a few weeks the Allies will Mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day as a tribute to the Fallen and to surviving veterans the British royal mint unveiled a commemorative coin depicting soldiers disembarking from a landing craft more than 2 million soldiers Sailors Pilots Medics and other people from a dozen countries were involved in Operation Overlord and nearly 160,000 troops hit the Cod named peaches of Utah Omaha gold Juno and sword on June the 6th 1944 a few days ago to Mark the coin’s release its design was recreated in Normandy on G Beach quite appropriate at 35 M across the sand art served as a reminder of the bravery and sacrifices of Allied troops for a few days the coin on the other hand is permanent that’s it for this Edition I’m Stefan groer thank you for watching have an excellent week