in hungary about the european union and there and a whole range of other issues in hungary then it would be ample impossible to have those debates there is now more of a need for a pre-press free press and angrier than ever before isn't there especially since corruption has blossomed under your party's rule in september 29000 europe santy fraud office oluf warned that when it came to misappropriation of e.u. funds hungary was the worst performing state in the e.u. nearly 4 percent of e.u. provided money was misused and should have been returned during the 20142018 reporting period that's pretty shameful isn't it they were looking at in fact all of situations and projects that go back to the time before the government the european parliament was just voting by the way. past week about. about some of those reports and the functioning of all of and other agencies those go back to as far as 200520067 those were years before if it does government began to function now in a more general sense trying to 14 to 2018 we've had time to give the money back there is. there is there is corruption ever

not not at all in fact if you look at the hungary and public discourse if you look at hungary in politics if you look at the parliament we have one of the most vibrant debates here across the whole european union where the whole range of various opinions and different points of views are presented and can be presented to vest right that way there's no intimidation at all those. those . commentaries have nothing to do with reality i don't think well you may not like the accusations against your country and we'll we'll look at some of them in detail but your denials that hungary was undertaking any anti democratic moves haven't exactly been believed have they and particularly now we have the reporters without borders organization saying that you've passed an orwellian law that introduces a full blown information police state in the heart of europe i give you a couple of examples which were criticized by the hungary and civil liberties union and you reject them out of hand you said in the past the accusations against hungary are false hungry has a free and independent world of justice scienc

well if you look at the world press freedom index according to which hungary's ranked 89 to 89 out of 180 countries worldwide it gives us one indication about the state of press freedom in this country which has been challenged not by only the current government but by any government ever since that democratic election since 1900 but what makes a current amendment of the criminal code so worrisome to some of the joys here that i've spoken to is the fact that you're not only punishable fool sharing or spreading false information but also for spreading information that is true in a forte distorted manner but what does that mean who is defining what distortion means what does it mean for journalists to operate in your underground trying to report about the consequences of this pandemic i asked some of these questions to zoltan but caught one of the investigative journalists who would have passed and he had some very interesting answers to tell me let's have a report let's have a look at the report. like most of his peers soltan an investigative journalist is confined to working from home

it does not mean he has the support of all the people in hungary. and there will be a post—orban era and then we will see what the people of hungary want. a quick final one about brexit. you have had long experience with brexit because you worked with the european parliament on their brexit negotiations and we are now in a period where we are in transition, the british government and the eu were supposed to be negotiating in very short order a trade deal which would avoid a harsh end of transition at the end of this year, but michel barnier said the other day that the negotiations were disappointing and on the other hand the british government says "no more extensions, we will not continue this transition after the end of the year." how dangerous do you believe this to be, given the economic disaster that coronavirus is already threatening to impose on the eu? you do not have to be a rocket scientist to see that it is almost impossible to meet the deadlines but, you know, mrjohnson is responsible for his own choices and his own strategy and there

you want to put hungary out of the club? i think one of the things were looking at very seriously and is there is a kind of the eu having supported hungary and the other post 2004 countries with massive amounts of money and a lot of that money in hungary has ended up in the pockets of the friends of mr orban, he made sure that his oligarchic friends got a lot of money and support his regime. it doesn't mean that he has the support of all the people in hungary and there will be a post—orban era and we will see what the people of hungry... just a quick final one about brexit. you have had a long experience with brexit because you worked with the european parliament on their brexit negotiations. we are now in this period where we are in transition, the british government and the eu are supposed to be negotiating in very short order a trade deal which would avoid a harsh and of transition at the end of this year. but michel barnier said the other day that the negotiations were disappointing was up on the other hand the british

you want to boot hungary out of the club? i think one of the things we are looking at very seriously is... you know, there is a perverse consequence of the eu having supported hungary and the other post—2004 countries with massive amounts of money and a lot of that money in hungary has ended up in the pockets of the friends of mr orban, he made sure that his oligarch friends got a lot of money and supported his regime. it does not mean he has the support of all the people in hungary. and there will be a post—orban era and then we'll see what the people of hungary want. just a quick final one, and it's about brexit. you have had long experience with brexit because you worked with the european parliament on their brexit negotiations and we are now in this period where we are in transition, the british government and the eu were supposed to be negotiating in very short order a trade deal, which would avoid a harsh end of transition at the end of this year. but michel barnier said just the other day that negotiations were dis

order he said to fight the corona virus pandemic my guest this week from budapest is baldacci dovekie hungary may be peeved from the ruling party is the government being honest about its motives or is this new law just the latest move to cement the. conflict. next to w. in the. climate change. summit to see if. people. want to do years do they have their future. d.w. dot com for canada cities for the meeting to get a clear cut or. when the water rises cities will sink into the sea. entire stretches of land to be abandoned. and the water used. to be stopped it's happening faster than anticipated. and massive break 1st are supposed to prevent flooding but they only delay the inevitable. how will we live in the future. 66 meter rising sea levels starts to set on g.w. . we are now nearing the end thankfully the emergency situation you happy about that police excessive behavior the people believe that the country is in good hands for some years the government of hungary has been one of the bad boys of year especially when it comes to issues about the rule of law but in march prime minister obama s

and ask you because hungary secretary of international communication actually attacked you still. saying the following while the director of human rights watch gazes at his navel in geneva fretting about authoritarian rot the hungry and people look for a steady hand at the rudder to navigate this storm doesn't he have a point i mean contrary i mean that you know that's just the rhetoric he gives and what viktor orban the prime minister of hungary is done is used this coronavirus to create the european union's 1st dictatorship i'm he is the power now to go by the cree to sideline parliament and there is no need for another election ever until parliament approves that and his party controls parliament this is a dictatorship pure and simple and so you know let's look how that dictatorship is doing a human rights watch has been in the process of studying how gary in hospitals and what we found is that while orbán takes the very generous stabilisation funds provided by the european union and uses them to build football stadiums to pay off his cronies i mean quite literally. the hospit

if you think of what happens in poland what happens in hungary what happens i'm sure slovak here it's the result of soviet power and the story of communism in poland hungary is not simply a nature of movement this is taken over. because of the military presence of the soviet union jeff we have a time delay i'm sorry for that let me let's go to jeff now we go to jeff. yeah. peter i'm a bit surprised the extent to which he buy into the western liberal translates narrative here i'm not i'm a plotline i'm not you still there is no no no there's actually a well let me finish my but that's actually existing socialism it's either one thing or the other then you actually can't explain what happened in 1909 because the reform the impetus which i each kind from weaving common dismissals. and from from from something. you know you talk about you know the end of the communist idea well people said that in relation to china i mean what they will society in 1990 was that china will be next chinese commies in the full was not the case we still have a communist regime in china don't we and we have a

studying eastern european studies at oxford at that point i spent that summer in 1909 in romania and in hungary and indeed in september 89 i was in west berlin and was there when the 1st east berlin is arrived in west berlin having driven through czechoslovakia hungry austria and and the whole of germany so i have a very strong memory of it as well i would make 2 points the 1st is that none of it would have happened without gorbachev decision to pull the rug on the eastern european communist regimes that was decision he took in june and which he announced to the german chancellor helmut kohl at the time and all the events that we remember now the jangling of keys in wenceslas square in prague the the torch is the candlelight the songs and so on all that was nothing but operetta it was political operetta it was froth on the tidal wave of history but it was not the cause of the tidal wave of history the cause i'm afraid was much more basic and much more realistic it was the decision as i say of the soviet union no longer to support. those regimes and once the support of moscow had been withdrawn

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order he said to fight the coronavirus pandemic my guest this week from budapest is voloshin to vacate hungary namea p. from the ruling c.d.'s party is the government being honest about its motives or is this new law or just the latest move to cement his oath oratory rule conflicts are . next to the public. good shape. most people have a lot to look forward to. that's when you're diagnosed with cancer everything's on hold. dr carson like talking to young people who are fighting back. and will learn about the latest developments in cancer treatment. in 60 minutes on. the global corona crisis you can find more information online at c.w. dot com and on d.w. social media channels. we are now nearing the end thankfully all the emergencies which. racially you're happy about that police excessive behavior the people believe that the country is in good hands for some years the government of hungary has been one of the bad boys of europe especially when it comes to issues about the rule of law but in march prime minister or ban secured an open ended right to rule by decree in order he said to fight the

the future, and this is what is the example of hungary is quite perfect. that is where ongoing disinformation campaigns, or i would say influence activities which pulls government or leaders towards their benefactors. in hungary, close relationship between the prime minister and jinpingt putin and xi allows in some ways those governments to work against when -- orropean union means that may take additional efforts to perhaps block russian activities. if a member state or to have already been compromised, they are not going to allow that policy to move forward which breaks the internal coherence of the european union when one or two members have made the decision to go against it. it makes it extremely difficult. when one starts following, then you see others moving in similar directions. a precedent is set. that is my other fear that hungry -- hungary is an early adopter of trends that other eu members, smaller ones in particular, may gravitate towards. it is and in norma's challenge. seth: thomas, one of the questions from one of the viewers is back to a

hevia the people believe that the country is in good hands for some years the government of hungary has been one of the bad boys of europe especially when it comes to issues about the rule of law but in march prime minister or band secured an open ended rights group by decree you know what he said to fight.

so celebrating passover that then to be in that part of hungary which was accessed by hungary my little sister was about nine months old and then to have questions and then and then about 12:00 o'clock with the next morning and then in the second night in the second city and then it was the shabbat night but after dinner and we are talking and then to deliberate by the red army and then four months later and then early morning they broke down the gate they kicked down the door kicking and screaming that they just simply kick in the door and then with the scheming. so then you wonder what he is talking about my mother said when she told us put on some clothing and get your boots on. and then we went to my grandparents to see how they are doing. my grandfather was 77 years old the strong man my grandmother's 75. and with that realization that this was terrible but then she said to my mother where are you taking this baby? leave the baby with me. i think about it and i can hear it and then a wonder if she left my little sister would she have survived. >> but many jews in poland but they al

george galloway as a georgian only hungary and austria seem to be pro israeli annexation of the west bank at this point the e.u. sets its foreign policy standards by consensus though so given that this is such a minority in favor of tacitly allowing israel to do this what will happen next. well the only thing that's ever been done by the european union by europe to punish israel for its egregious breach is of international law and human rights legislation is to force them to participate in the euro vision song contest which is cruel and unusual but not exactly punishment we even allow them to participate in european football championships even though of course they are not in europe so this is small talk and not our sun nothing else the european union will do nothing to stand up against what israel appears to be about to do i was going to say the european public opinion is something else and this will widen the breach between european public opinion and united states government policy but i want to a row of beans either so israel knows that it has a wide open field and it will go ahe

kleiss.rshal von ♪ an admiral, former regent of hungary. rhe tall man is artu from austria. he will be brought to trial. in austria, the last german armies in the south had already surrendered. lieutenant general brandenburger of the 19th german army came with his chiefs of staff to sign the capitulation, and the small austrian city of innsbruck. brooks hasneral ratified another victory. meantime, near a small town on the danish border, admiral doenitz, self-styled new fuhrer of germany, winds up the business of state. ♪ the surrender of his once great u-boat fleet, one by one they enter british ports under taken over by men of the royal navy. these germans, once the terror now like shipping, are all their colleagues in arms, nothing but prisoners of -- their comrades in arms, nothing but prisoners of war. ♪ the news of germany's surrender reaches the people of brussels five years almost to the day after the german invasion of the country. city houseay, every is alive with flags, every street alive with inhabitants. smoke flares, no longer needed for warfare, make effect

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hungary is complying with an eu court ruling that deemed the transit zones illegal. votes are being counted after the burgundy election day past peacefully despite fears of violence. the opposition has accused authorities of election fraud. there were few independent observers on election day. this is dw news live from berlin. ststill to come, she has capturd the imagination of children for 75 years. say hapappy birthday to pippii longstocking, the r rel and role model who continues to inspire readers around the world. the german airline lufthansa has confirmed it is close to sealing a deal with the german government to secure a 9 billion euro rescue package. airline and its subsidiaries have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. in april, fewer than 3000 passengers they traveled with lift anza compared to a pre-pandemic average of 350,000. reporter: there have been weeks of rambling leading up to this point. between angela merkel's conservatives and the centerleft junior partners, the spd. the rescue deal is worth 9 billion euros for lift anza, giving the germa

they've no intention of coming into line with your request to share the burden of the migrants poland hungary czech republic has no intention whatsoever. this is not true and we can see right now that showing solidarity in practice when we are relocating unaccompanied minors from greece right now in the pandemic crisis they are being relocated to other member states we started with 8 member states ready to do relocation and now we are have i think it's 111 ready to do some more are joining and i have been travelling a lot before the travelling restrictions jim and i met with all the member states to have a dialogue in close rooms on the new pact on migration and asylum and of course i know from the beginning it's going to be difficult there are different views and different ambitions from different member states but i must say that after this consultation with member states i'm more optimistic of their possibility to find a common solution than i was before i started this dialogue so of course a lot of things on being a commission are being are you working together a lot of things are of cour

all this all these organizations international organizations which are attacking poland hungary united states i mean mr trump they are using their position for their political goals and i know it's just political i can't really see their reason to even comment these attacks on the hungry poland and mr trump mainly at the moment it's just not true let's talk about the courts because freedom house said you were trying to convert the judiciary into a client political tool but you don't like talking about that we thought we did it and we tried it you're trying to do it you're trying to the european commission a lot right it's not that it infringement procedure against your government for your latest attempt to put the judges on the propagator control has now we are having drunk driving judges we are having judges from their martial law. and we have many many of those which you don't have from the communist times because most of the countries was not suffer as as we did so we have to clean that up to be straight this is what we promised this is our government was elected and i don't see the