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Not propaganda · agenda: US-Russia talks decide Ukraine's fate
Belief the Pravda network pushes: Russia and the United States should negotiate Ukraine's future without Europe, while Ukraine and the West block peace and threaten Russia.
The video carries von der Leyen's press remarks in Dublin, mostly on AI, where she says Europe must be present in Ukraine peace talks and announces a 22nd sanctions package and a proposal to close Ukraine's 2027 financing gap.
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“A strong European presence is important to defend Ukraine's interests and European interests”
A strong European presence is important to defend Ukraine's interests and European interests
It is a straight report of an official's own stated position; it does not claim that the US and Russia should decide Ukraine's fate without Europe, and it does not distort events, so it does not repeat the Pravda slant.
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6 days ago · Lithuanian President believes Europe must 'fully' participate in negotiations on Ukraine
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Transcript (en, 236 lines)
0:00 T-shock dear Mihal for the outstanding
0:03 hospitality and the fantastic atmosphere
0:05 in which we spent the last two days. Um
0:08 we've just wrapped up two intense days
0:11 here in Dublin and I also want to start
0:14 with artificial intelligence. I think we
0:15 had a very good discussion with Arthur
0:17 Menure and Jeffrey Hinton um about the
0:20 enormous opportunities but also about
0:22 the risks. Every generation faces a
0:25 technological turning point that shapes
0:28 the decades ahead. For ours, it is
0:31 artificial intelligence and Europe must
0:33 get it right. [clears throat and cough]
0:36 Let me start with our strength. Europe
0:39 has real advantages. We have
0:41 worldleading industries, a longstanding
0:44 manufacturing tradition, deep scientific
0:47 expertise, and vast amount of valuable
0:50 industrial data. These data are precious
0:54 and we still need to turn them now these
0:57 strength into global leadership. And I
0:59 want to highlight three points. The
1:01 adoption of AI at speed and scale, the
1:04 capacity and sovereignity in our AI tech
1:07 stack and clear rules to build trust.
1:11 First on adoption.
1:13 Interestingly, Europe leads on the topic
1:16 of adoption.
1:18 In 2025, 37% of EU businesses used AI on
1:24 average in the European Union. And if
1:26 you look at the specific member states
1:27 outstanding is Finland with 66% of
1:31 businesses using AI already almost
1:33 double than the US for example. We want
1:37 to continue this trend and accelerate
1:39 the use of AI. So move AI from the
1:43 screen to the real world. And that is
1:46 why earlier this year I appointed Jim
1:49 Snabber, a special envoy for industrial
1:52 art um artificial intelligence. We're
1:55 focusing on five sectors where AI can
1:58 have the biggest value and the biggest
2:01 impact. In each sector, we will deliver
2:04 a vision coupled with concrete actions
2:07 and the per first part of this work will
2:09 come out in two weeks. My second point
2:12 is compute and cloud. Here, Europe needs
2:16 massive compute power. Over the last
2:19 years, we have successfully built
2:21 supercomputing capabilities. You're
2:23 familiar with them. We have opened them
2:26 to our researchers and startups through
2:29 our 19 AI factories across Europe. And
2:33 now we are expanding these AI factories
2:36 to AI gigafactories.
2:39 Seven at the moment being are in the
2:41 planning and we are able to mobilize
2:43 around about 30 billion euros around
2:45 these seven AI gigafactories.
2:48 They will provide the computing
2:49 capacities our startups need to build
2:52 the most advanced AI models.
2:56 More computing capacity will also be key
2:59 for Europe to play a role in the
3:01 development of frontier models, frontier
3:04 AI.
3:05 And here this brings me to the third
3:08 point in our um agenda for tech
3:12 sovereignity.
3:13 All this what I've just described needs
3:16 massive investment at least 500 billion
3:20 euros according to our own estimates.
3:24 We have done very well in creating a
3:26 vibrant startup ecosystem. Europe is
3:29 creating more tech startups than the US.
3:32 But many of these startups failed to
3:34 receive the necessary support to scale
3:36 them and this is why we have created the
3:39 scaleup Europe fund which has been a
3:41 great success from the outset. What is
3:44 missing now are the large investments in
3:47 chips, compute and frontier AI and
3:51 therefore we on one hand need to
3:53 complete our savings and investment
3:54 union and attract private investment.
3:58 And of course, our next European budget
4:00 must also reflect this ambition.
4:04 But today, I shared I saw a shared will
4:07 to put forward ideas for funding for tax
4:11 sovereignity
4:13 financing and I will follow up with an
4:16 ambitious proposal the next time that we
4:18 are meeting. Finally, I also want to
4:22 shed a light on our excellent discussion
4:25 on Ukraine. Since day one of Russia's
4:28 war of aggression, we have been by
4:30 Ukraine's side financially, militarily,
4:34 and with humanitarian support, and we
4:37 will be there the day after. I very much
4:40 welcome the renewed momentum we have
4:43 right now to move things forward to a
4:45 just and lasting peace.
4:47 A strong European presence is important
4:50 to defend Ukraine's interests and
4:53 European interests and I welcome the
4:56 European team E5 plus the two
4:59 institutions, the Council and the
5:01 Commission. We will support Ukraine and
5:04 safeguard our interests [clears throat]
5:07 as we move towards multilateral
5:09 discussions with the US, Ukraine and
5:10 Russia. Our focus needs to be on ending
5:14 the war and achieving peace for Ukraine.
5:18 With Ukraine and our partners, we need
5:20 to concentrate on our work on various
5:22 strengths. This includes, for example,
5:24 robust and legally binding security
5:26 guarantees and a postwar prosperity
5:29 package. Here, the post-war prosperity
5:32 package. We're not starting from
5:34 scratch. We've been working with our
5:36 partners for many months on this
5:38 already.
5:40 And finally, the best way to get Russia
5:42 to the table is to keep up our support
5:44 for Ukraine and to keep maximum pressure
5:47 on Russia. This is why we will soon
5:50 propose our 22nd package of sanctions
5:53 and before the next European Council,
5:55 the commission will put come forward
5:57 with a proposal to close the financing
6:00 gap in Ukraine for 2027.
6:04 Let me be clear, the path to peace will
6:07 not be easy, but we will remain united
6:11 as we've been over the last five years
6:13 in our support for Ukraine and with the
6:16 end goal clear in our minds. Thank you
6:20 very much again, dear Tishak, for the
6:22 hospitality. It was a pleasure to be
6:24 here.
6:24 >> Thank you.
6:26 >> Thank you very much. We'll have a few
6:28 minutes to take a few questions. Uh
6:30 today we have interpretation into
6:31 English, French and Irish. So have your
6:33 handsets at hand and the first question
6:36 will go um to the um Irish independent
6:39 Ashley Maloney please.
6:42 >> Thank you very much. A question on
6:43 behalf of all Irish media if you don't
6:45 mind. Um the professor Hinton said he
6:48 was going to deliver a stark warning to
6:50 leaders today when he was talking about
6:52 the meeting particularly analysis that
6:54 AI could
6:55 >> t-shock dehaul for the outstanding
7:12 Mener and Jeffrey Hinton um about the
7:23 the decades ahead. For ours it is
7:28 get it right.
7:31 [clears throat] Let me start with our
7:32 strength. Europe has real advantages. We
7:36 have worldleading industries, a
7:38 long-standing manufacturing tradition,
7:41 deep scientific expertise and vast
7:44 amount of valuable industrial data.
7:47 These data are precious and we still
7:50 need to turn them now these strength
7:52 into global leadership and I want to
7:55 highlight three points. the adoption of
7:56 AI, its speed and scale, the capacity
7:59 and sovereignity in our AI tech stack,
8:03 and clear rules to build trust. First,
8:06 on adoption,
8:08 interestingly, Europe leads on the topic
8:11 of adoption. In 2025, 37% of EU
8:16 businesses used AI on average in the
8:19 European Union. And if you look at the
8:21 specific member states outstanding is
8:23 Finland with 66% of businesses using AI
8:27 already almost double than the US for
8:31 example. We want to continue this trend
8:33 and accelerate the use of AI. So move AI
8:38 from the screen to the real world. And
8:41 that is why earlier this year I
8:43 appointed Jim Snaba, a special envoy for
8:46 industrial art um artificial
8:48 intelligence.
8:50 We're focusing on five sectors where AI
8:53 can have the biggest value and the
8:55 biggest impact. In each sector, we will
8:59 deliver a vision coupled with concrete
9:01 actions and the per first part of this
9:04 work will come out in two weeks. My
9:07 second point is comput and cloud. Here,
9:10 Europe needs massive compute power. Over
9:14 the last years, we have successfully
9:15 built supercomputing capabilities.
9:18 You're familiar with them. We have
9:20 opened them to our researchers and
9:22 startups through our 19 AI factories
9:27 across Europe. And now we are expanding
9:29 these AI factories to AI gigafactories.
9:40 these seven AI gigaf factories. They
9:43 will provide the computing capacities
9:45 our startups need to build the most
9:48 advanced AI models.
10:03 point in our um agenda for tax
10:07 sovereignity. All this what I've just
10:09 described needs massive investment at
10:13 least 500 billion euros according to our
10:16 own estimates.
10:34 scale up Europe fund which has been a
10:42 chips, compute and frontier AI. And
10:53 And of course our next European budget
10:59 But today I shared I saw a shared will
11:13 are meeting. Finally also want to shed a
11:17 light on our excellent discussion on
11:20 Ukraine. Since day one of Russia's war
11:23 of aggression, we have been by Ukraine's
11:26 side financially, militarily, and with
11:29 humanitarian support, and we will be
11:33 there the day after. I very much welcome
11:36 the renewed momentum we have right now
11:38 to move things forward to a just and
11:40 lasting peace.
11:54 institutions, the council and the
11:56 commission. We will support Ukraine and
11:59 safeguard our interests. [clears throat]
12:02 As we move towards multilateral
12:05 Russia, our focus needs to be on ending
12:59 Let me be clear. The path to peace will
13:15 very much again, dear T-Shock, for the
13:37 Thank you very much. A question on
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