WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.500 you're watching Euronews now, here are today's top stories 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:08.390 . Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigns. President Sergio 00:00:08.390 --> 00:00:11.710 Mattarella accepts his resignation after Draghi failed to win the 00:00:11.710 --> 00:00:17.980 support of his main coalition partners could Russia widen its 00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:21.309 war on Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that 00:00:21.309 --> 00:00:24.100 the Kremlin is no longer limiting its efforts to the 00:00:24.109 --> 00:00:31.000 east of the country and french President Emmanuel Macron promises 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:35.030 to speed up efforts to reduce emissions as wildfires continue 00:00:35.030 --> 00:00:42.700 to blaze a path of destruction across europe. Italian 00:00:42.700 --> 00:00:45.719 . Prime Minister Mario Draghi has resigned just one day 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:48.420 after being snubbed by coalition partners in a vote of 00:00:48.420 --> 00:00:53.070 confidence in the Senate speaking to Parliament this morning, 00:00:53.070 --> 00:00:56.079 Draghi thanked lawmakers and stated he was going to meet 00:00:56.090 --> 00:01:02.320 with President Sergio Mattarella in light of the vote expressed 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:04.150 yesterday by the Senate of the Republic, I asked 00:01:04.150 --> 00:01:07.579 that the session was suspended because I'm going to the 00:01:07.579 --> 00:01:14.409 President of the Republic to communicate my decisions, Draghi 00:01:14.409 --> 00:01:15.920 will stay in office until new elections are called, 00:01:15.930 --> 00:01:19.650 which could take place as soon as september No. 00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:30.870 Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi has resigned often more on 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:34.689 the growing political turmoil. Our correspondent Giorgia Orlandi joins 00:01:34.689 --> 00:01:38.650 me now from Rome Georgia. He hasn't hung around 00:01:38.659 --> 00:01:40.629 and take us through the steps that led to his 00:01:40.629 --> 00:01:45.129 resignation. Hi Miriam. Well back on Tuesday, 00:01:45.129 --> 00:01:48.230 it seems that the situation was going to improve a 00:01:48.230 --> 00:01:49.870 little when we heard that an increased number of senators 00:01:49.980 --> 00:01:53.329 was ready to back druggies coalition. And we also 00:01:53.329 --> 00:01:57.409 heard that dragging himself was going to give his government 00:01:57.420 --> 00:02:02.269 a second chance. But what followed next clearly showed 00:02:02.269 --> 00:02:06.959 a different scenario and clearly has taken everyone by surprise 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:09.240 and it all started when the center right bloc table 00:02:09.250 --> 00:02:13.810 , its own political demands a little bit like what 00:02:13.810 --> 00:02:16.000 happened with the Five Star movement a few days earlier 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:21.979 requesting a cabinet reshuffle, requesting that Five Star lawmakers 00:02:21.990 --> 00:02:24.139 should be excluded from the current coalition. Something that 00:02:24.139 --> 00:02:28.750 clearly Mario Draghi wasn't going to implement. It was 00:02:28.750 --> 00:02:31.500 pretty clear yesterday when he said that the only way 00:02:31.500 --> 00:02:36.580 forward is if there is you knitted and provided that 00:02:36.580 --> 00:02:39.669 all political parties are ready to renew that political pact 00:02:39.689 --> 00:02:43.990 that he said has kept us together. So clearly 00:02:43.990 --> 00:02:47.020 that wasn't the case. And yesterday was a historic 00:02:47.030 --> 00:02:51.500 day, Mario Draghi himself look quite tense When he 00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:54.610 actually addressed parliament and historic data clearly marked the end 00:02:54.620 --> 00:02:59.560 of his government only after 18 months since that government 00:02:59.569 --> 00:03:02.789 had been sworn in Georgia. Druggie was of course 00:03:02.789 --> 00:03:07.280 seen as the safe pair of hands. So where 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:12.949 does this all leave Italy now? Well, as 00:03:12.949 --> 00:03:16.129 we know today, President Mandela's office issued a statement 00:03:16.129 --> 00:03:21.150 confirming that Drug Your iterated He is a resignation that 00:03:21.150 --> 00:03:23.360 the government will stay on to manage current affairs. 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:27.430 But clearly the country set for early elections elections that 00:03:27.430 --> 00:03:29.349 could take place as early as next autumn. There's 00:03:29.349 --> 00:03:31.979 already a date for that the second of october and 00:03:31.979 --> 00:03:36.569 now that also means that much needed reforms are going 00:03:36.569 --> 00:03:38.740 to be delayed in particular, those reforms that are 00:03:38.740 --> 00:03:40.659 needed to receive the rest of the money from the 00:03:40.659 --> 00:03:44.930 use Covid Recovery fund. And we need, we 00:03:44.930 --> 00:03:46.930 know as well that Italy set to receive the largest 00:03:46.939 --> 00:03:52.580 share of those funds and there's a package of measures 00:03:52.669 --> 00:03:55.210 that has to be approved within a certain deadline. 00:03:55.219 --> 00:04:00.860 Recent polls suggest that Italy's next prime minister could be 00:04:00.860 --> 00:04:03.689 from the center right bloc. Those polls actually gave 00:04:03.699 --> 00:04:06.669 brothers of Italy one of the main center while far 00:04:06.669 --> 00:04:11.789 right rather parties in Italy around 23% of the vote 00:04:11.789 --> 00:04:13.710 , which is quite significant. In fact, the 00:04:13.710 --> 00:04:16.149 leader, Georgia meloni, could become perhaps according to 00:04:16.149 --> 00:04:20.370 political analyst Italy's next prime minister. But what we 00:04:20.370 --> 00:04:25.600 noticed yesterday in parliament is that all political forces have 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:30.220 already embarked on their political campaign. And also it's 00:04:30.220 --> 00:04:32.410 worth reminding ourselves of the fact that under a center 00:04:32.410 --> 00:04:36.769 right government, Italy's alignment would be much different from 00:04:36.769 --> 00:04:40.029 what it is now, especially with regards to its 00:04:40.029 --> 00:04:42.959 relations with europe, it would be less pro european 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:45.759 that it is now. And so this could become 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:46.759 a little bit of a game changer, especially when 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.850 it comes to having to deal with the war in 00:04:48.850 --> 00:04:51.459 Ukraine, the energy crisis in the next few months 00:04:53.339 --> 00:04:59.980 . Okay, almost five months after the start of 00:04:59.980 --> 00:05:03.819 its offensive Russia is broadening his objectives in Ukraine in 00:05:03.819 --> 00:05:08.040 an interview with Russian state media Foreign Minister. Sergei 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:11.519 Lavrov said on Wednesday that the objectives of Russian forces 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:15.110 were no longer limited to Eastern Ukraine, but also 00:05:15.110 --> 00:05:21.430 concerned other territories. Geography is different now, It 00:05:21.430 --> 00:05:25.230 is not only the Donetsk and Luhansk people's Republics, 00:05:25.230 --> 00:05:28.410 but also the Her son and separate regions and the 00:05:28.410 --> 00:05:31.269 number of other territories. And this process is continuing 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:40.370 steadily. No, we cannot allow the part of 00:05:40.370 --> 00:05:44.420 Ukraine that Zelensky will control or whoever replace him to 00:05:44.420 --> 00:05:46.180 have weapons that will pose a direct threat to our 00:05:46.180 --> 00:05:56.600 territory. Meanwhile, Ukrainian first Lady Olena Zelenskaja, 00:05:56.610 --> 00:05:58.860 on a visit to the United States, asked for 00:05:58.860 --> 00:06:03.850 more armed deliveries to fight the Russian invasion. I 00:06:03.860 --> 00:06:08.149 am asking now for something I would never ask for 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.060 . I am asking for weapons weapons that would not 00:06:11.069 --> 00:06:13.449 be used to wage war on someone else's land, 00:06:13.459 --> 00:06:15.860 but to protect one's home and the right to live 00:06:15.860 --> 00:06:21.100 at home. In recent weeks, the Russian army 00:06:21.100 --> 00:06:24.540 has been advancing in the Donbass, breaking the double 00:06:24.540 --> 00:06:28.399 lock of several chance. The fall of these cities 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.389 opens the way for Russian troops to advance further west 00:06:30.389 --> 00:06:38.930 into the Donetsk region. Okay, in the heat 00:06:38.939 --> 00:06:41.870 of the summer, the european union is preparing for 00:06:41.870 --> 00:06:46.860 winter and a possible gas shortage as Russia threatens to 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:49.689 stop supplies. The commission has presented its master plan 00:06:49.750 --> 00:06:54.509 with a list of suggestions to save energy. Russia 00:06:54.509 --> 00:06:59.449 is blackmailing us Russia is using energy as a weapon 00:07:00.339 --> 00:07:04.490 and therefore in any event whether it's a partial major 00:07:04.490 --> 00:07:08.050 cut off of Russian gas or total cut off of 00:07:08.050 --> 00:07:12.360 Russian gas europe needs to be ready Phase One of 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:15.000 the master plan is voluntary Member States will be asked 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:19.579 to reduce gas consumption by 15% starting on the first 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:24.060 of august and lasting eight months and if Russia goes 00:07:24.060 --> 00:07:25.819 ahead and turns off the tap, the commission will 00:07:25.819 --> 00:07:30.120 declare a quote union alert meaning that saving targets will 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:33.459 become compulsory businesses and consumers would also be asked to 00:07:33.459 --> 00:07:38.350 help limiting central heating and air con. Do we 00:07:38.350 --> 00:07:41.250 need to have the lights on in empty office buildings 00:07:41.259 --> 00:07:45.920 or shop fronts all night? Do we have to 00:07:45.930 --> 00:07:48.610 have air conditioning set at 20° could be higher, 00:07:48.610 --> 00:07:53.019 couldn't it? Of course, it might reduce a 00:07:53.019 --> 00:07:56.970 bit of our comfort. Um but it might also 00:07:56.970 --> 00:08:00.730 reduce a lot of our consumption for big industry that 00:08:00.740 --> 00:08:05.329 guzzles gas like chemicals and metals. The situation won't 00:08:05.339 --> 00:08:07.670 be easy. They could be obliged to reduce their 00:08:07.670 --> 00:08:13.160 production. This will be done in a coordinated manner 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:16.569 and there'd be a kitty to compensate their loss. 00:08:16.970 --> 00:08:20.720 First we have to identify the companies that can be 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.970 stopped and from there, see how much energy we're 00:08:22.970 --> 00:08:26.259 going to save. It may happen that some companies 00:08:26.259 --> 00:08:28.350 right now with the high prices don't find it worthwhile 00:08:28.350 --> 00:08:31.959 to reduce and decide well now that we have this 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:33.250 aid, we're going to stop from there will be 00:08:33.250 --> 00:08:35.460 some remnants of energy that can be used by other 00:08:35.460 --> 00:08:41.049 industries that do really need it. But I think 00:08:41.059 --> 00:08:43.320 everyone has to share the effort. We cannot show 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:46.139 solidarity between states and then see some industries within the 00:08:46.139 --> 00:08:56.049 states fighting with each other for that energy, Like 00:08:56.049 --> 00:08:58.230 a lot of commission plans One word at the heart 00:08:58.230 --> 00:09:01.610 of this one is solidarity. Some EU member States 00:09:01.610 --> 00:09:05.899 are of course more vulnerable than others. Whatever happens 00:09:05.899 --> 00:09:07.899 , the situation is grave and could get ugly. 00:09:07.909 --> 00:09:16.590 If Russia cuts europe off completely euronews brussels, we'll 00:09:16.590 --> 00:09:18.419 take a short break here. But do you remember 00:09:18.419 --> 00:09:20.809 to head over to Euronews dot com for all of 00:09:20.809 --> 00:09:20.779 our top stories?