rising tensions between poland and brussels a week after a german court ruled that the e.u.'s monthly policy was illegal the european commission is threatening to hit back with legal action on its own. hello i'm christine will go well come to the program the coronavirus pandemic has brought the work of nurses into shop focus as they struggle to care for patients suffering from covert 19 and today on international nurses day nurses around the world a speaking out to demand better protection as they risk their lives to do their jobs businesses day also marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of a pioneer of modern nursing florence nightingale. the original queen of hygiene florence nightingale she revolutionized battlefield medicine june the crimean who. and laid the foundations for modern nursing on tuesday nurses in sri lanka celebrated her 200th birthday well also honoring the tartus work of nurses all around the world. at the demand event that in many of us found that there were not known or. whether there is a pandemic or not. nurses will do their duty. now that workers d

we will have more from our correspondent in brussels. should frerench nationals be tracked and traced when it comes to covid-19? that is the issue being debated this wednesday in the national assembly. a new piece of government software standing by to be rolled out. brazil, reports of f the world's highest single day coronavirus death toll. exexperts fear t the actual l ty coululd be higher. we bring you a s special report from the country's poorest districts. i'm thomas waterhouse. this is the latest world news from paris. the president of the european commission is taking the lid off a huge recovery plan this wednesday,y, with the aiof strugglingthe e.u.'s economies. the 750 billion euro package will be detailed later at the 27opean parliament, with the member europe -- union set to enter its deepest-ever recession as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. according to sources in brussels, , two of the c countrs hardest t hit by the virus, itay and spain, are seset to get some of t the biggest handouts. the commissioner in charge of econom

i'm going to cross welcome to the program we begin in brussels where the e.u. may be on its way to forming a more perfect union european commission president. has proposed a 750000000000 euro relief fund to help the bloc bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic the bun the money much of it grants would be raised as common debt borrowed by the commission on behalf of the e.u. members that's a controversial idea in the e.u. and it may not be easy getting the unanimous agreement. required to make the plan a reality. the european union's massive recovery funding plan is aimed at helping member states hardest hit by the pandemic italy and spain will get the lion's share the commission president in brussels keen to play out europe's united approach the a must be to invest together in our common good we will be bold by raising unprecedented amounts of funding at european level we will be focused by channeling the funding to the new priorities that will shape the future. in practice it's germany and france which are driving the plan and will provide most of the money

it's early morning brussels is still asleep as its traffic revolution begins 170 signs are put up explaining that pedestrians and cyclists now have priority across the central part of the city. so we've noticed that the measures we're introducing to reduce traffic are making the city more resilient at a time when we're fighting a pandemic. the human we want to give pedestrians and cyclists more space. and that makes our city more livable healthier safer. yes all of all of their traffic lights in central brussels have been virtually switched off because pedestrians and cyclists now have right of way and they're allowed to use the entire road cars and buses have to respect a 20 kilometer per hour speed limit the new traffic rules are intended to help people comply with social distancing going to pick youth and beauty but here in a city center the speed limit was 30 kilometers per hour anyway driving a bit slower doesn't make a huge difference to me. that cyclists feel that there's not always place for you in the city especially in the streets there are. spots there's no. cycling routes no prot

reporting from brussels thank you. italy is easing some of its strict lockdown measures today nationwide was directions were imposed 7 weeks ago to hold the spread of the coronavirus but now talks are reopening and people will be allowed to visit relatives living in the same region the government has promised further openings this month if the rate of infections new infections rather stays low it's only has the 2nd highest death toll after the us with almost $29000.00 deaths out of 210000 cases. earlier i spoke to a journalist in rome and asked what italians are most looking forward to as they emerge from lock down. yes indeed i mean it's really just a modest reopening but i think for a lot of people in its lead the thing they may be looking most forward to is outdoor exercise because of course now you can go beyond the immediate vicinity of theo home the pocks have reopened and so people can go there you also may be looking to get you know is press so a cup which you know 6 that's because the coffee bars and restauran

int is the thing that brussels and u.k. you have legislation going through so trump is jumping on the bandwagon. tom: alex webb, thank you so much. these are some nuanced discussions to say the least. for me, it is absolutely fascinating. the president will act that as many people say it is a political discussion as well as ofrnalism, but the place twitter within journalism is a real mystery. francine: it is. job tried to do a better maybe in fact checking, but this seems like a big fight. it is interesting to hear alex webb say they want to have this fight now rather than before the election. they have hired a lot more people for fact checking the social speedy -- social media spaces. tom: equities, bonds, currencies, commodities, futures -10, dow futures -103. a big turn for the week. turn -- churnbig for the week. renminbi stable. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tom: this morning, forget the markets. there are 41 million unemployed. 20%,nemployment rate above some say well above 20%. what is the policy prescription to get ame

berlin is seeking swift approval from brussels. warm welcome to the show. asian stocks rallying a little bit. you have got a -- on dollar yuan. the narrative is about reopening. that is what drives the market, from australia, to tokyo, where the state of emergency is said to be lifted. asian stocks up by .6%. there is stress in sino-u.s. relations. some callers are saying -- cory is saying it is all about managing the depreciation on the yuan. will we pass 720? markets like to test levels. citigroup and jp morgan cautious on asia fx. onigroup are not bullish asian fx but are bearish on the south korean won. again, those of you who are hoping that the u.s. should give mind isanging china's wishful thinking. the hedge funds, by the way, have moved to net long versus net short for the first time since march on the dollar. you are looking at crude storming away. the reopening narrative, the demand for energy. could have 75% this month. were in negative territory over a month ago. must talk about the fed. the boston said president expects companies to begin rece

some sleep before she gets into it's and starts with it all right barbara vessel reporting there in brussels thank you. now in hong kong police have fired pellets at crowds of pro-democracy protesters and arrested some 240 people in the city center right police had surrounded the legislature building in anticipation of protests the territory's pro-democracy demonstrators want to voice their opposition to a bill criminalizing disrespect for china's national anthem which lawmakers have been debating. and earlier i spoke to tom grundy editor in chief of hong kong free press she's been following the protests and standoff with police. while a bit of us can stand up at the moment and we're up to about a 240 arrests some of them children in uniform we've seen pepper balls have to spray been fired by police we understand 3500 officers the quoit in this huge security operation today with alleged they're surrounded by water. and now it seems we may be descending as we have throughout the day in some sort of. situation between the protesters and the police as monk called the shopping districts of polls

was barbara billingsley reporting from brussels on the other side of the atlantic u.s. president donald trump he's threatening to shut down social media platforms comes a day after twitter flags several of trump's tweets saying that they need fact checking trump responded by accusing social media platforms of silencing conservative voices and tweeted that republicans will strongly regulate or close them down before we can ever allow this to happen unquote the u.s. president has more than 80000000 twitter followers. my colleague a reporter jill dougherty has been following this story so let's talk just from the beginning here what did twitter do what the president do i guess that. made twitter i guess you know take a 2nd look at his tweets well this all started on shoes they went twitter for the 1st time clamp down on misinformation being spread by the president they flagged 2 of his tweets as being potentially unsubstantiated so the background is the trump is angry at the state of california which once introduced postal voting or mail in ballots trump believes that woul

that have used max sanders following the story for us in brussels good morning to you max it's sounding like good news what can you what can you tell us about the measures the commission is looking at today. well brian we'll have to wait and see what the commission are with the college of commissioners which concrete steps they are going to unveil later today they're going to be discussing the whole package this morning and presenting it to the public later this afternoon. as you said already these it's important to note that these are guidelines so not all of this is necessarily the binding so the responsibility of implementing these the suggestions to bring back safe and coordinated travel across the schengen area the responsibility lies within the member states but the talking points are going to be the lifting of border checks bringing back transport making transport more easy again and with the holiday season coming up obviously tourism and one of the concrete measures that is likely going to be addressed and going to be mentioned today is that the implementation of green zones and

it has indeed and then they had dresses opening only next week and in brussels brendan i'll make sure i get an appointment in the 1st week well look i've promised my children that we make it to the seaside and that really depends on to what extent people will stick to social distancing because that remains the main task what will help however and the day is travel means tracing and so what they hope to achieve is a common standard for those digital apps that you have on your mobile phone that you then can use in case you have been in close contact with someone who has been infected by covert 19 because if that would work across europe that would mean that if you can be traced across europe you can travel across europe and so maybe those mobile phones in the end will help us get our some of occasion. you know but we will see what happens skier mountainous on the story boards in brussels tonight will see if you ride into the summer with a ponytail ok or thank you. thanks. well they were hired to monitor online content and they say it made them sick facebook has agreed to pay out $520000

brussels can only advise. today the advice was, slowly, slowly. first, open your borders to workers and for goods you need to get your economies going again, then think of tourism. if there's enough testing and tracing capacity for covid—19, and if there are strict rules on accommodation, transport and leisure activities. and if there's a second big wave of infection, then travel restrictions could be reimposed. so basically, don't pack your summer swimsuit yet. while in brussels they are talking about plans for easing travel, here in spain they are moving in the opposite direction. from friday, a new quarantine will be in place for all arrivals from outside the country. two weeks in isolation. here in madrid, there is a bit more traffic in the centre and some businesses are starting to open, but we are under tight restrictions still. around the country, it's different. in some regions the easing is going ahead, bars and cafes opening outdoors, people able to gather in groups of up to ten. here, that won't happen until tracing systems are in pla

as capone often did correspondent mottos with joins me now from brussels. how much of your no one actually be open for tourism this summer the irish the german foreign minister iko mohsin his press conference just now was very clear that there will be no quick return to business as usual however he said when he talked today to the 10 most important a tourist destinations for germany and to his partners and colleagues and counterparts there he looked for criteria to make it possible that there will be a summer vacation face if so however no normal vacation as he has put it then what he is looking at is finding criteria how to make this vacation possible he's currently in visiting to change the current warning for germans to travel to the rest of europe. at the mid off june and that includes the nations as hard hit as spain and italy which are big travel destinations for germans of course speaking about these new travel criteria how much will they be in line with the e.u. commission's own guidelines on travel across europe. well the words of the german foreig

traffic lights in central brussels have been virtually switched off because pedestrians and cyclists now have right of way and they're allowed to use the entire road cars and buses have to respect a 20 kilometer per hour speed limit the new traffic rules are intended to help people comply with social distancing going to putin putin but here in a city center the speed limit was 30 kilometers per hour anyway driving a bit slower doesn't make a huge difference to me. as a cyclist you feel that there's not always place for you in a city especially in the big 3 there's not. there's no. protection for the cyclists it's a lot there is a lot of aggression focused could be it's a good thing for the quality of life in the city of bicycles get more space. life is starting to pick up again and belgium after the pandemic lockdown shops are allowed to open people are meeting up again so everything is at a distance and under strict hygiene rules. face masks are mandatory and busses trams and subways are being sold in vending machines as well 5 masks for 7 europe's covered $1000.00 forced life in br

sophie in ‘t veld, thank you forjoining me from brussels. hello. the highest temperature on monday was 20 celsius. that was in west wales. today it will be cool across the board but as the week goes on, so across the board but as the week goes on, so temperatures will rise once again, peaking on friday in the sunshine. for many part of the country, the weather is dominated by the area of high pressure keeping it dry and clear. the big fly in the ointment is this where the front bringing in wet and windy weather into the south—west through the early hours and as we head into tuesday morning it is a wet start in the south—west of england, heavy rain and strong and gusty easterly winds across devon and cornwall, the isles of scilly on the south—west of wales, gusts of 50, even 55 miles an hour. the winds will die down later on in the morning and afternoon but the rental edge eastwards along the south coast of sussex, northwards into south wales and become light and patchy in the afternoon. elsewhere it is likely to be dry with lots of sunshine.

sophie in ‘t veld, thank you forjoining me from brussels. hello. our weather looks like warming up for a time in the week ahead before doing a complete u—turn next weekend, as we'll see in a moment. it will be pleasant where there are some some sunny spells during monday, still a chance of catching a few showers, particularly across parts of eastern england, whereas elsewhere it's high—pressure in control, so it looks dry. one or two showers for south—east scotland to start the day. they're going to clear. a frosty start in northern scotland. a few spots in northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland though, seeing abundant afternoon sunshine. you can see where the showers are, maybe merging to give longer spells of rain and showers across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, showers developing in east anglia and parts of the midlands too, into the afternoon, some of which could be heavy. much of southern england, west midlands, wales, north—west england staying dry, a warmer day with sunnier skies compared with sunday. the breeze does sta

reporting for us there in brussels and we are waiting for enough on the line to deliver a press conference about this massive rescue plan and oh yeah we are going to stick with it looks like was a fine line is just starting to speak let's listen to her now. really great it's a little new on a pair we've faced since the beginning of the e.u. now 1st of all it's a helmet on has turned feet but it's also. president and have economic and social talk cannot play shockey can only now beyond just one economic ready for. its divergent impact for each country and in each sector that makes it so difficult to get to grips with a cause that at the pandemic is the cause of the crisis. but the extent of the crisis is linked in to a number of different facts. factors equal like the interdependence of our economies be due to shape it's not only the countries that have been severely affected by the crisis like italy spain or france that have suffered economically you know. it's also countries that depend on tourism countries with weaker capital markets or countries where industry is very much dependent on

and 185 solidarity office in brussels the summit office in brussels. a route to the international monetary fund but they want to plan for the reconstruction of programs along the lines proposed by the shrimp boats are over it's the discussion of the reform there's been well documented after 990 was already being discussed well ok well what i mean very important given harold with all due respect i mean solidarity wasn't a monolithic thing even in the 1980 s. there were a lot of different solidarity's for sure are ok absolutely ok absolutely of course i mean any political party any political movement is a coalition of different things and you know there was a catholic element to it a very very strong for that absolutely as a liberal and i'm into that ok with this kind of easily dovetail so my question for jeff uncork i mean if given. a mindset in 1909 i think all of us probably at the time thought there would be some kind of reform communism because that would go to the child was talking about for the soviet union itself and i think that's what really ca

sophie in brussels, welcome to heart talk. welcome, you are a euro file, you make no apology for your enthusiasm for the european project. i wondered then how disappointed you are with the european union's response to this massive coronavirus challenge. frustration is part of life. but if i look at the development of the european union over the decades, i note that every time it was a crisis that triggered further integration and development and everybody is struggling with this crisis and yes so is the european union. it took a while and we can see that first of all of the response to the health crisis to start with has really taken momentum now. in terms for example the joint procurement of protective materials and stuff like that. yes, there is a big argument over money. and that of course is always a difficult one. there is an issue of solidarity, trust and those are difficult challenges. let's go through this piece by piece. do you think there is institutional complacency in the city you're speaking to me from brussels? i

sophie in 't veld, thank you for enjoining me from brussels. hello. the weather looks like warming up for a time in the week ahead before doing a complete u—turn next weekend as we will see in a moment. pleasant where there are some some sunny spells during monday, still a chance of catching a few showers, particularly across parts of eastern england whereas elsewhere there is high—pressure in control so it looks dry. a few showers for south—east scotland to start the day. they will clear. a frosty start in northern scotland. a few spots in northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland are seeing abundant afternoon sunshine. you can see where the showers are merging to give long spells of rain and showers developing in east anglia into the afternoon, some of the showers could be heavy. much of southern england, west midlands, wales staying dry, warm day with sunny skies compared to monday. the breeze starts to pick up across southern parts during the day. windy overnight with tuesday morning across south—west england was some heavy rain movi

seem to take much notice the scale of the lack of preparation not becoming clear my guest this week of brussels is the european commission oklahoma.

didn't seem to take much notice of lack of preparation is now becoming clear my guest this week from brussels is the european commissioner for home affairs young handsome why do you believe you get it so wrong conflict zone. next on d w. is for me. he told them it is for you. to be tough and asked for help. beethoven for her. beethoven is for the. beethoven is far because. beethoven is forecast to mock. beethoven 2020 but 250th anniversary here on t.w. . bad europe and the end of world war 2. are on a heads 1945 brought an end to the destruction suffering and death. and it marked a new beginning of european cooperation. are our d.w.m. celebrates the 75th anniversary of the end of the 2nd floor a mandate on t w the book. the commission has been able to act very quickly if you can find common solutions to common problems what's the point of the e.u. member state field i think it's really neat each other to say it's always difficult resolving tough if people come out of this with a strong the cooperation is not as it sounds it's hard for me for a long time about a post i make very hot of the pol

take much notice of the scale of the lack of preparation is now becoming clear my guest this week from brussels was the european commission oklahoma.

sophie in ‘t veld in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. hello. you are a europhile. you make no apology for your enthusiasm for the european project. i wonder then how disappointed you are with the european union's response to this massive coronavirus challenge. well, look, frustration is part of life, but if i look at the development of the european union over the decades, i note that every time it was a crisis that triggered further integration and development, and, look, everybody is struggling with this crisis, and, yes, so is the european union. but it took a while, we can see that, first of all, the response to the health crisis to start with has really taken momentum now in terms of, for example, the joint procurement of protective materials and stuff like that. yes, there is a big argument over money, and that's of course always a very difficult one. there is an issue of solidarity, trust and, yeah, those are difficult challenges. let's go through this piece by piece. do you think there's institutional complacency in the city you're speaking to me from, bruss

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joined by chief international editor richard walker in brussels richard also from the line is trying to collect at least a 7500000000 euros that's a mean quite high how realistic is that. well the european commission has been sounding pretty confident that they are going to get to that sum and the conference been going on for just over an hour now and many of the leaders have been appearing and the money does seem to be rolling in so the european commission at the very beginning it was left on the line said that it would put in 1000000000 euros then i'll americal came soon afterwards pledging just over 500000000 fans one more call the french president also offering 500000000 so the money is rolling in but i think there are 2 quite important things to stress about this firstly. the conference is apparently going to be accepting money that has already been pledged or potentially even spent already by governments in different national contexts so. it's going to take some sifting through to work out how much of this money is really new and how much of it is a little bit an attempt to get

to take much notice the scale of the lack of preparation not becoming clear my guess newsweek from brussels with the european commission oklahoma crowd.

supposed to be a joyful european cup final between your benches and liverpool in the belgian capital brussels turned into a nightmare that left many fans dead and hundreds injured for. it happened shortly before kickoff fighting broke out between liverpool and event just fans on the day of the $985.00 european cup final at brussels highs of stadium liverpool fans charging into the u. bend to section causing the italian supporters to retreat many red driven into a sidewalk that eventually collapsed 39 people mostly italians were crushed or trampled to death 600 more were injured at. the game was still paid in order to prevent further chaos a one minute you bent to speak terry the defender who played on that fateful day says the images still haunt him. never forget it as long as i live and we should always commemorate it how do i feel today like i felt during the us when i was in belgium and every time i came back to play in the stadium it all respected augie it's all restraint when ever i enter the stadium they've got the word of. english football caps were banned from european competition for

or they don't do brussels correspondent go matters quarter where they're sort of found alive after a news conference. madam president you have the big member states france and germany on your side for your recovery fund how are you going to convince the smaller member states particularly in the north that this is the right plan to move forward i spoke to every head of state or government during the last weeks and it is important that we should keep in mind every member state is affected by the economic crisis so it's in our common interest that we rapidly come out of the crisis and that we invest in our european priorities and for that next generation e.u. the recovery fund is important. but with money that's where mainly we're friendship and so what's your message to those who have been critical or skeptical of the idea or to hand out grounds i think during the crisis we saw how easy the the single market can be heavily hampered and damaged when for example the different economies shut down. so the opposite is necessary for our single market that we open up again and that we cover f

was basically absent during the lockdown pew it was a very very poor performance by brussels the nation states took the initiative with closing the borders and now it is about lifting the restrictions lifting the lockdown of the e.u. tries to or get in the driver's seat again do not see it discriminatory approach by the side of brussels i would rather say they tried to do as much as possible to avoid discriminatory situations but we in reality are of course people who wish which was very careful where they go and where they drive when they cross the border. with face mask becoming a key line of defense during this health crisis for some the covering about is proving more of a curse than a cure for deaf people face coverings mean they can't read lips and therefore understand speech and that's why u.k. charities urging other ways to communicate so the no sectors of society feel even more isolated. the move to advise people to wear face coverings will create new challenges for 12000000 people across the u.k. who have some form of human loss many of these people rely on the crude into commu

closed doors we can expect that debate to get new fire over how much authority can be sifted towards brussels how much countries are willing to give in return for support from the e.u. it came to thank you very much that was chief political editor. well the world health organization's governing body has been holding a virtual meeting to address the global response to the pandemic so it is aimed posturing cooperation among world powers to slow the spread of cope at 19 but tensions are threatening to overshadow the gathering the u.s. administration says the w.h.o. failed to obtain vital information about the disease costing lives but u.n. secretary general says that many countries acted too slowly to heed were too slow to heed w.h.o. guidance on the virus that failure is now threatening to deepen division between the world's richest and poorest nations. the world health organization's annual meeting was supposed to take place in geneva but the pandemic forced it to a virtual gathering for the 1st time in the history of the organization of course the pandemic itself is topic. the conference star

to go global corporation for more on the story we can speak to our correspondent band rigger to in brussels good to see you we heard the european commission president was the last on the line there saying we need money and we need global cooperation so let's start with the money looking to collect around $7500000000.00 euros how realistic is that. though that you commission which is leading this effort and this unprecedented. virtual pledging conference it's quite confident that the money will be there because the german chancellor the french president of the italian prime minister have already committed committed to this effort and they will pledge as a amount of a couple of $100000000.00 euros and also saudi arabia already pledged $500000000.00 euros saudi arabia is the president of the g. 20 this year of the group of the 20 most powerful nations in the world the g. 20 is behind this also the w h o the world health organization and also the united nations itself so the money should be there but they you commission also said this is only the initial pledge this is only the money to start t

it is a voice that is being heard in brussels. the brussels side is not going to wave this agreement through. they will demand some concessions. as you mentioned slots are sort of an important currency here. if they have to give up slots in frankfurt and munich, that would give other airlines a little bit of an advantage so that is something that might have to give. the question is will lufthansa or the german government accept this? we're hearing merkel is not happy about this. but ultimately she might have to but to the demands of brussels. matt: what other choice does she have? they wrote a letter to employees saying they desperately need money. they are burning through it at a record pace. how long is nine billion euros going last lufthansa. is this going to guarantee they survive the crisis? >> nobody knows. will people will flying the way hey used to? will that kind of business return? will people be satisfied to board a plane again? will they want to go through the hassle of check at airports, very long lines? that is all v

and we're joined now by the european federation nurses association secretary general told iraq from brussels thanks so much for being with us paul let me thank you and everyone in your profession for all you've been doing during this crisis an estimated 179 health care staff in britain alone have died during this pandemic many of them nurses what's the biggest risk that they're facing in this pandemic. i think that been done it came to us quite suddenly so many member states in the european union including the commission itself was not prepared for this and not such a protection equipment that we need to have in order to go next to the patient to wash the patients and feed the patients to nudge the banks and what's not available so even from people on a crisis in 2014 enough and wrote a report at that time the title last week are not prepared at the next result old prepare and then next report you have and make to the end recommendations released government give your nurses your physicians who are from flying who are taking care of the patients that b.p. east the masks to mock the aerials th

mathes in brussels thank you. let's get a quick look at some other stories making news around the world india has begun evacuating people along the eastern coastline as it prepares for the arrival of a fierce syco the storm is expected to hit india and bangladesh on wednesday with winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour heavy rainfall and strong tidal waves. brazil has overtaken britain with the 3rd highest number of coronavirus cases in the world more than a quarter of a 1000000 of brazilians have been infected and nearly 17000 have died president i add also not 0 is at odds with regional governments over the seriousness of the outbreak and in the chilean capital santiago protesters have clashed with police over a lack of food and essential supplies in one of the poorest neighborhoods they threw stones and set fires local officials say that the aid packages that they have distributed are not enough to meet people's demands. all the coronavirus is affecting people all over the world and corona diaries offers a glim

he's banned record reporting from brussels thank you. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world the e.u. has approved a 7000000000 euro rescue package that the french government wants to pay out to air france the country's flag carrier like other airlines has been suffering from an almost complete halt of travel worldwide german competitor lufthansa is in similar troubles and wants to present details of a government bailout on tuesday. russia has registered another day with more than 10000 new coronavirus cases following sunday's record one day rise more than half are in moscow the number of confirmed infections in russia is now above 145000 as the virus spreads there's concern that medical facilities might not be able to cope . hospitals in bangladesh have been overrun as the country reported a record one day rise in the number of coronavirus cases nearly 700 people tested positive on sunday bringing the total infected to almost 10000 the country has been in lockdown for more than a month. and students

president is expected to present it next week from on the story let's turn to our correspondent in brussels girl mater's garrick how much of a shift in position is this in particular for johnson i'm going to michael. beer if you listen to german chancellor angela merkel in the recent weeks closely she mentioned a number of times that germany is ready to provide more financial aid to european partners now mutual debt clearly was not on the cards that the ra is age old and germany has been mainly against it but look the idea of this recovery fund using the e.u. budget as a backdoor if you want to introduce corona bonds light is not entirely new the head of the european commission is about fondling has inherited a couple of weeks ago saying that it could be a marshall plan and i haven't heard of the german chancellor completely rule out that idea in fact she even mentioned a treaty change in the future if that's what it takes to bring europe back on track after the corona crisis and yesterday she reiterated that position saying that europe needs fundamental change of the european commission ha

s chief international editor richard walker in brussels richard the huge chief funder i'm saying it there the world is united against the coronavirus is a true. i think it's pretty hard to to find agreement with was a love from the line on that point isn't it sarah i mean the most glaring thing about this meeting you just mentioned it earlier is the absences and russia was also one of the absent. chairs there of course but the united states is the most glaring one of all and in a way it's not surprising really reflects the fact that the united states has said that it's pulling funding from the world health organization which is the absolute lynchpin of if this effort to coordinate the global response on the medical level to the coronavirus and it really was striking watching this this video conference unfold leader after leader said how important it was for the world to work together to cooperate i'm going to merkel for her part for instance at the end she said that she thought that this meeting was an important signal in a world in which we don't always work as multi-laterally as i would