union and the collapse of the european union in the ether. so therefore, mccomas companies which are trying to create reality and morally do a lot and free environment out of the case of i want to say you were talking about the free and 5. and one thing that is quite controversial is of course, the freedom of movement, specifically the wave of migrants that's been coming in study since 2016. now us, you have on demand says the european migration policy has failed. what do you think needs to change for everyone to feel happy? well, i think what they should believe the single phase 2 actors who wore the migration and the shooters stock put, apply to legal aid to prolong, on the over the coming that we don't know planning this is the main jewel manger will remain the main job a problem with the european union is very difficult to plan economy and this tumor is difficult to land the future on my glacier. we don't know how many people are going to trying to retreat. we don't know what is going to happen in the future. so it's very we don't know we

european union hasn't investigated one thing. they had an opinion based on political arguments that we are breaching certain european rules. we have been pointing repeatedly that every single provision in our law is similar or identical to other european member states. the process of appointing judges, it's much less politicised than in germany or france, it's very similar to the one in spain. it's less politicised than in uk or ireland because it's the judges, in the end, that appoint themselves, that promote themselves, that discipline themselves. and still, the eu believes that it is poland that breaches the eu regulation, while in germany, politicians can appoint and dismiss judges at their will, in the first four years ofjudicial career. european commission never had any problem with that. we as poland, we also don't have any problem with that because we believe every country has its right to shape its judiciary system, but only poland is targeted. well, yeah, but there's shaping a judicial system and then there's shaping it

european union hasn't investigated one thing. they had an opinion based on political arguments that we are breaching certain european rules. we have been pointing repeatedly that every single provision in our law is similar or identical to other european member states. the process of appointing judges, it's much less politicised than in germany or france, it's very similar to the one in spain. it's less politicised than in uk or ireland because it's the judges, in the end, that appoint themselves, that promote themselves, that discipline themselves. and still, the eu believes that it is poland that breaches the eu regulation, while in germany, politicians can appoint and dismiss judges at their will, in the first four years ofjudicial career. european commission never had any problem with that. we as poland, we also don't have any problem with that because we believe every country has its right to shape its judiciary system, but only poland is targeted. well, yeah, but there's shaping a judicial system and then there's shaping it

union and to good relations between the united states and the european union but of course we need to understand as several of your commentators have already said that he faces a very challenging situation in the united states so we are not going to see a return to what some people might have sold of as the golden era of transatlantic relations perhaps at the end of the dredges century or in the early part of the 21st century where we're going to have to reinvent this transatlantic relationship to the new realities of american politics i say we need to reinvent the transatlantic relationship how exactly do you see europe going ahead with that. well i look i think we need to recognize 2 fundamental things the 1st is that this relationship is essential for europe it is our most important relationship we're not neutral between the united states and china or russia america is still our partner of most important partner of 1st resort on the other hand we need to do more ourselves and we need to take more responsibility for our own defense our own security we need to find accommodations wit

unity if you are not protecting european well, yes, then you will get problems with the european union. for example, by cutting some of the funding hungary gets out of the budget of the european union and that there will be some developments in this direction. and this is all to come about the spread of the commission came up with this that or that is rasmussen, envisioned german politician and member of the european parliament. really appreciate your time, sir. thank you. to the queen, a pandemic now and here in germany, there have been a record number of new cases with nearly 24000 infections registered in the last 24 hours. half of all hospitals are reported to be stretched to capacity. germany was able to boost its number of intensive care beds during the 1st wave, but as we report, trained nurses are increasingly in short supply even the shell is an intensive care nurse. she finished her specialist training at the end of october. now she's caring for a coronavirus patient in intensive care at dessau of so university hospital having at the embassy in beirut, we've moved him around

the european union looks at giving the go—ahead to two vaccines before the end of the year. let‘s turn to the war on plastic packaging now. the cosmetics industry produces some 120 billion items of packaging annually and here in the uk alone we throw away half a billion plastic shampoo bottles each year. so could this be the answer? today cosmetics giant garnier is launching solid shampoo bars — packaged in recyclable cardboard for zero plastic waste. adrien koskas is global brand president at garnier, and he‘s in paris. thank you for coming to talk to us. thank you for coming to talk to us. so, talk to us a little bit about what exactly this packaging is. it‘s completely free from plastic, is that right? absolutely and good morning, nancy. it is a big innovation and more than the plastic repackaging is also the product itself which is a true revolution, a shampoo bar, so a full solid form of shampoo that delivers fantastic performance for the consumer. we know people are sometimes sceptical to use these products because they don‘t deliver as much but with these in

at the european union it's good to have you on the show i hope i got your your name right is mr rate is that correct. yes let's go right to the evening good evening do you agree with the european commission is amazon hurting competition and is the consumer paying for it because we're going to stations we are equally concerned that imus on good be using this commercially sensitive information it collects in its platform to unfairly influence consumers to favor i'm a song on products and here we're talking about sensitive information that could arrange for all the number of orders there are. units of products the sellers raving us on the marketplace the number of visits to sellers all 1st they to relating to shipping or to the said response performance will be talking about a switch done to the amount of data us executive vice president of the steiger mentioned and these practices might end up harming consumers in the need to mind the long term buy favor in it's own broader son making it harder for sellers to compete on a slim could be reducing consumer choice off on a broad sunset ars

and the orica goes to the european union. you with orchestra only 2 representatives of the orchestra were allowed to receive the award in person violinist money in class and clarinetist thompson, founded in 1960 e.u. y.-o. is one of the oldest international youth orchestras in the world. it's played more than $1000.00 concerts under the baton of the world's leading conductors. always playing it the 1st of the last time they gave ever sing it every moment. so it's 100 percent and above at every single that it's also very challenging for a conductor. they will never forgive you if you are not giving this 100 percent. the orchestra is made up of europe's best young musicians each year 160 new members are chosen from thousands of hopefuls from all even member states. candidates are between 16 and 26 years old and are chosen by a jury in their home country. for talented students. he's just inspirational. moves all of us to tears. places in a world that is very troubled. gives hope. the orchestra has experienced both highs and lows

union and include all the france germany and the rest of the european union to the european union in the east. so therefore, these crowds have gathered for a tense day in the armenian capital yerevan, demanding the prime minister's resignation over an unpopular peace deal with azerbaijan. activists formed a human chain through the city center, leading to an intense standoff of police and dozens of arrests. despite the protests, armenians are returning to not go in a kind of box main city, step on character which remains under their control. teams of russian. rescuers are now helping them to return artie's, but i've got to have reports. the war may be over, but the humanitarian situation here, instapundit here is still dial scenes, like these are repeated hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times across the city and left to their own devices. look, emergency workers would be overwhelmed. this is why russia has sent help aside from peacekeepers who patrol the routes and heights. russia also said civilian rescue has engineers, father, than builders. they gauge the devastation and the

union and include all the for germany and the rest of the european union to be the european union in the east. so all you for this saturday will see the final special performance in moscow, thirty's requiem, to mark the 75th anniversary of the start of the nuremberg trials after world war 2 . daniel hawkins got to see the hassles. verdi's requiem is one of the classical world's favorite musical creations. an ethic piece filled with passionate emotions . it takes us on a journey through life and death, or tonight's a special performance in moscow's headache on oprah is especially significant. views are taken back 75 years, almost to the day from nov, 19th, 38, and crystal locked in germany to the 20th of november 19th, 45. and the start of the nuremberg trials when those responsible for some of the worst atrocities in history had to answer for their crimes. we caught a glimpse of the rehearsals backstage varies. music alone is enough to give anyone goosebumps, but this production is more than just the regular choral performance, whining the dynamism of the composition with on stage ef

and there is a game—changing difference now in the european union. they are going to tie, it seems, financial assistance post—covid to all of these issues i‘ve discussed with you. now, you say that hungary doesn‘t have a single problem and that europe‘s got it wrong. your problem is, brussels doesn‘t see it that way, and your economy is very dependent on money coming from the eu. 45% of your gdp pre—covid was coming from the european union. you can‘t afford to fall out with the eu in a way that affects your financial future. so i come back to this basic question. are you in the end going to drop the defiance and compromise with brussels? actually, mr sackur, if i wouldn‘t respect you for your long experience as a well—known journalist, which i truly admire, i would more harshly refuse this kind of statement already formulated in your question like a blackmail. look, the hungarian people and hungary, had a very, a very big performance and successful economic performance throughout the last ten years. and of course we shouldn‘t, noâ

but the european union, the european commission, constantly tells countries that it needs that they need to open their borders, that they need to respect the schengen system, where european union citizens are allowed to move between them freely. these countries are allowed to extend these restrictions for short periods of time, but finland is due to review this again the middle of december, and it will either have to justify to the european commission why it believes it needs to keep the controls or it needs to relax them a bit. the other pressure comes from business thin air. the national airline is losing over a 1000000 euros per day due to the shutdown with lapland. of course, the host of santa clause finish the finish government is under a lot of pressure from, from its business side, from the tourism industry to relax the restrictions as well as in brussels. many thanks. he's a look now at some of the other stories making headlines this and if you have the and rights organization says that a local youth group, i did, but police and militia killed at least $600.00 people in a rampage

is that they explain why that is in the interest of the european union. it is in our interest that people in all over the world have access as soon as possible. it is not equitable, we have to be honest. i'm fighting for the best possible medical condition also in poor countries. since 30 years i worked in guatemala, i'm. i was a member of the development committee and it's an important target for me, but we will not be able to supply everybody around the world. at the same day, we will start in europe, and united states will start in the u.s. . i hope joe biden would change the policy of donald trump and also give backs in the poorer countries. but we will not do it the same day. we are voted in europe, i voted to europe, so i'm responsible for my people. and i cannot tell them we cannot vaccinate you because we have to give the vaccine tomorrow called. i think this is a dilemma, but we tried to avoid this style amount as soon as possible because of the some member of the european parliament and the health spokesperson for the largest political group in

then we have the european union were able to accept. so we want all the companies we also make associating with 5 other companies that they need to respect the european law. and yeah, that was necessary. that's why it took a while. but now that it's done ok, and by s a maze of course, even small, medium sized enterprises in germany. now as well as africa saying there are also huge logistical issues. the vaccine needs to be stored, for example, at minus 17 degrees celsius. most doctors simply won't have those facilities do 8 countries have enough storage facilities to be able to roll out this vaccine effectively. yeah, this vaccine has a lot of advantages. for example, that can be produced at large scale in a very short time. that will be important also for the rest of the work when we want to vaccinate, not only europe and the rest, but for example, western biocon or africa. as a disadvantage is the storage we need to sophisticated technology. the member states of the european union are responsible for this and they have already, you kn

union and include only france, germany and the rest of the european union to be european of them in the east or so before these crowds have gathered for a 10 day in the armenian capital here are found and demanding the prime minister's resignation over an unpopular a peace deal with activists formed a human chain throughout the city center, leading to an intense political standoff with police and dozens of arrests until about 6 scenes. meanwhile, russian peacekeepers in the disputed. what i care about creech enough now taken up positions agreed to earlier this month on to the peace deal on azerbaijani soldiers, accompanied by those peacekeepers are now entering parts of the contested region. that was seated by all means. well, the russian broke a truce, saw earlier this month, put an end to 7 weeks of deadly fighting in the contestant mountainous region. under the times, both armenia and azerbaijan will hold on to their recent gains, meaning that a large swathes of nagorno-karabakh, how fool now, as eric control, including the city of shame on me, also has to handover 3 of the distr

well, there it is, the rule among us, we respect to the diversity, you know, the european union is not the block. it is a mosaic, a very versatile nations, very different nations with different backgrounds, different traditions, even different institutions, and the richness of the european union. all also lies on this diversity. so we will take a hungry poland as are any other member states, asking them to trying the collective effort to prove us and asking them not to veto or tween p. the decisions that can see that all loss of our son, the decisions that are very important for the future of our common union with all due respect, foreign minister, they do continue to dig in and to undermine the values of the european union. it's not a question of diversity, it's undermining the set of rules that the european union has set at its founding. so how do you deal with that kind of intractable conflict? putting in place are the mechanisms that we create. we create 3 mechanisms. the lisbon treaty has the article 7. so under this article several 7, there are already processes going on against

this is a very obvious attack against the basics of the european union. if that does not work and there is no climbdown by those two governments, than the other possibility is that today figure out some sort of intergovernmental contract between the remaining 24, they raise the money on the financial markets, they figure this out illegally. it can be done, it is a bit complicated but it can be done in the end and that is what diplomats here call the nuclear option because it really would deepen the rift that we have already been observing for quite a while now between eastern europe and the rest of the european union. brent: thank you. before we go, the pandemic is not just affecting humans, the lives of lots of animals are also being disrupted particularly those in captivity, i want you to meet ray, a six-year-old african penguin, she lives in california's monterey bay aquarium but is closed at the moment because of the pandemic so she has taken to exploring her home as she waddles around following the staff and just like the zoo's human visitors, she ha

we see the european union taking issue with google for example. and now with amazon is the consumer in the european union, enjoying the, in your opinion, the best protection that it can get anywhere on the globe. us consumers in them are being, you know, we are in a privileged position compared to consumers in other parts of the world. not only regarding competition, ogleby sort of enforcement, but also consumer law that the protection of those deprived and however, is that we have talking about global companies. these situations on, on this probably need to be tackled globalise. so we also depend to something extent on others. each and actually taking action against against these companies is a very good point because the size matters with companies like this. augustine rainer with the european consumer organisation b e.u. . see this thread. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you very much. and i sitting well the day is almost on the conversation, it continues online to find us on twitter either at u.w. news or yo

we see the european union taking issue with google for example. and now with amazon is the consumer in the european union, enjoying the, in your opinion, the best protection that it can get anywhere on the globe. us consumers in them are being, you know, we are in a privileged position compared to consumers in other parts of the world, not only regarding companies or local visual enforcement, but also consumer law that the protection of those diprivan, however, is that we're talking about global companies. these situations on this probably need to be tackled globally, so we also depend to something extent on other trees and actually taking action against against these companies is a very good point because the size matters with companies like this, augustine with the european consumer organization be e.u. see this train, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you very much. and i sitting well the day is almost on the conversation. it continues online to find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can follow me at bra

well, i think in the european union, we have a very solid foundation which is respect for democracy, human rights and respect for the rule of law. and we have got proper mechanisms and institutions to ensure every member as to those values and principles. we sometimes do it very transparently, so transparently that everybody hears about it, which i think is very good in a democracy. whether it is hungary, poland, italy, slovenia, spain, we have this ina very slovenia, spain, we have this in a very open manner. mechanisms are therefore those who don't respect the rule of law and for those who don't respect, respect democracy and human rights, because at the end of the day, those are the values in which the european democracy is built. we have to end right there but foreign minister arancha gonzalez, i thank you very much forjoining me on hard talk. always a pleasure, stephen. hello. that was quite the weekend of weather, and to start the new week we find ourselves in between weather systems. so, actually, for a time there will be something drier and brighter. only for a time, another

but we know in the european union, we really see the nuclear option. where do things go from here and keep us out of the mushroom cloud? they really have to resolve this. i mean, they do have to do something and retreating is not an option either for european countries because they have also docked themselves in on this one of lawmaking is and they have sort of looked on what happened in hungary and lately in poland for years and they haven't interfered and now the patients sort of run out. so it really, resolution needs to be found. there will be talks over the next days and weeks till mid december. and the problem here is that it's only spain in particular, urgently waiting for the billions from the corona fund. they really need the money to revitalize and kick start the economies. and something that will happen is that the economic, that the emotional and the political fallout from this will not be forgotten. hungary and poland. that's a do not come back soon. asking anybody for a favor here. all right, you heard it 1st here. barbara believes long s

it is part of a european union naval mission. they had to abort their search after the turkish government protested to the european union mission. i am joined now by my political correspondent ons. what can you tell us about this incident? hans: the break it confirmed they wanted to search it. they give a couple of hours, once the waiting period had passed, they entered t ship and started the search. until that point, everything went reanably well, and the crew of the ship cooperated, but it was only once the germans had entered that turkey protested against this action, and is a result of international law, when such a process is recorded -- they had found nothing untoward in the ship was allowed to continue on to libya. brent: how customary is it former means to board ships and conduct searches and who is giving the orders for these marines to carry out the search? hans: it is not something that is veryhans: usual, but at the same time it is not completely unheard of. it is all based on an international mission by the european

the farmers we didn't think were being treated fair but the european union stepped up and we appreciate it by august of this year though the trade. com a bit with washington in brussels agreeing to scrap some of the tire of the could see both sides make an extra $200000000.00 annually. easing some of those tensions in a trade relationship that's worth $1.00 trillion dollars annually in matters of defense when it comes to nato when the e.u. member states donald trump has his mind on the u.s. is money and the money firmly on his mind many nations over vast sums of money from past years and it is very unfair to the united states in 2017 a very diplomatic german chancellor angela merkel stood alongside the u.s. president and acknowledged that some in the e.u. needed to pay more towards nato was gratified to know that the president underlined how important things nato is nato is its prime importance for us and it was not. without very good reason that we said during our summit meeting in wales that also germany needs to increase x. expense. by this summer that particular snafu going from bad

c, which lobbies for consumer interest and protection at the european union. it's good to have you on the show. i hope i got your, your name right. is mr rate, is that correct? yes, let's go right to the good evening. do you agree with the european commission? is amazon hurting competition and is the consumer paying for it? because we're going to station, we are equally concerned that imus on good be using this commercially sensitive information it collects in its platform to unfairly influence consumers to favor. i'm a song on products. and here we're talking about sensitive information that the range for on the number of orders, the units of products, the sellers raving us on the marketplace, the number of visits to sellers offers they to relating to shipping or to the sellers. bus performance will be talking about the switch done to the amount of oil they does, executive vice president of a steiger mentioned, and these practices might end up harming consumers in the need to mind. the long term by faber needs own broad dupes and making it harder for the sell

of course, we've left the european union. we have perhaps the promise of a more complicated relationship with the new american president, joe biden, who has expressed doubts about the brexit policies, expressed some doubts about borisjohnson and his leadership, as well. britain without the european union, in the words of one former british ambassador to the us, peter westmacott, "on our own, somewhere offshore from the european union, somewhere in the mid—atlantic, trying to create something called global britain." it is not going to be easy, is it? it's not going to be easy. but, you know, ever since the days of britannia ruling the waves and us having an empire that covered a third of the globe, people have been betting against britain. and we've always bounced back and we've always maintained our influence. and the reason is because britain is associated — despite being a small country, less than 1% of the world's population — with the championing of democracy, human rights, the rule of law, free trade. these are thi

all of this is based on an international mission by the european union. the headquarters of this mission is based in rome in italy. and this headquarters in italy, in fact, gave the orders for the german frigate to stop and search that ship. but that has happened. similar things have happened about half a dozen times in the last 6 months or so. in some senses was a coincidence that this was a german frigate at that this was a turkish flag ship. similar searches have been conducted in recent months by french frigates, by greek marines of ships on ships that are moving under various flags. so the fact that this was an incident in the end between germany and turkey in a sense was coincidence. but it is all based on international law and an international mission. and on an attempt to stop being transported into the civil war in libya, which is being prohibited by a resolution of the united nations. and what do you think that does is going to have any impact on bilateral relations between germany and turkey? well, the relations with korean, germany and turkey

explain why that is in the interest of the european union. it is in our interest that people in all over the world have access as soon as possible. it is not equitable, we have to be honest. i'm fighting for the best possible medical condition also in poor countries. since 30 years. i worked in guatemala, i'm. i was a member of the development committee and it's an important target for me, but we will not be able to supply everybody around the world. at the same day, we will start in europe, and united states will start in the u.s. . i hope joe biden will change the policy of donald trump and also give backs in poorer countries. but we will not do it the same day. we are voted in europe, i voted to europe, so i'm responsible for my people. and i cannot tell them we cannot rexin a few because we have to give the vaccine tomorrow called. i think this is a dilemma, but we try to avoid this style amount as soon as possible. physically, some member of the european parliament and the health spokesperson for the largest political group in the parlia

the farmers we didn't think were being treated fair but the european union stepped up and we appreciate it by august of this year though the trade war had calmed a bit with washington in brussels agreeing to scrap some of the tower of the could see both sides make an extra $200000000.00 annually. easing some of those tensions in the trade relationship that's worth $1.00 trillion dollars annually in matters of defense when it comes to nato in the e.u. member states donald trump has his mind on the u.s. is money and the money firmly on his mind many nations over sums of money from past years and it is very unfair to the united states in 2017 a very diplomatic german chancellor angela merkel stood alongside the u.s. president and acknowledged that some in the e.u. needed to pay more towards nato i was gratified to know that the president underlined how important he thinks nato is nato is its prime importance for us and it was not. without very good reason that we said during our summit meeting in wales that also germany needs to increase x. expense. by this summer that particular snafu gon

this will make the european union, the european commission maybe, one of the first global issuers of social bonds. at the same time, we decided big emission, the 750 billion emission, would-be partially through green bonds. 40%, ofhreshold of course, we know that the >> thank you for your time. we deeply appreciate it. thank you for joining us as well. happening in the markets, we are packing things up in europe. let's work our way through exactly what we are seeing. we will see the final numbers in a moment with the auction process done with. nevertheless, another positive session for european -- the stoxx 600 by 1%. we pushed up nicely. thestandard story today is continuation of the drop in volatility we have seen. we are also seeing continued strong bids for the euro, the pound has had a good day as well. the euro up by 8%. i'm told by the end of the week it will get up to 180. that would be a positive signal. the pound through 130. we have seen the governor of the bank of england didn't list for hundred 50 billion when it comes to qe. sending his fellow scheme through march. we a

and include all the from germany and the rest of the european union to be european in the east. so all for these final crowds have gathered for a tense day in the armenian capital vieira fan, demanding a prime minister's resignation over an unpopular peace. still with us or by john activists formed a human chain through the city center mean standoff with police and dozens of arrests. meanwhile, russian peacekeepers in the disputed nuke want to care about creech and have now taken up. all positions agreed earlier this month under the peace deal. and azerbaijani soldiers accompanied by those peacekeepers are now entering parts of the contested region, seated by on niña. so the russian break, the truce earlier this month, put an end to 7 weeks of deadly fighting in the contested mountainous region. under the times, both armenia and azerbaijan will hold on to their recent gains, meaning that large swathes of new corner have now fallen. and as ari control, including the city of shashi, armenia also has to handover 3 other districts to baku. the loss of those areas has prompted many

c, o 2 neutral by the year 25th was struggling with the coronavirus european union. countries are waiting for a 750000000000 euro emergency fund to help them get through this pandemic. but a diplomatic route has stalled. the relief effort leaders have been trying to resolve the dispute. now, hungary and poland object to a rule of law mechanism which would allow the e.u. to withhold funds from member states which violate democratic norms. something both of these countries have been accused of doing. while the politicians negotiate europe's health care workers face the full force of the corona, virus is 2nd way you know to do that in a hospital near to being in this hugging room is providing some comfort. the 2nd wave of covert 9000 is hitting italy just as hard as the 1st wave did in the spring, and the economic consequences are equally rough. italy, along with many other even states, is anxiously awaiting a multi-million euro finance package to help ease the covert 19 crisis. but the funds are blocked. hungary and poland, reject conditions set for the payment of the

they're the 2 main problems for the european union. at the moment. there doesn't seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel and getting agreement on either of them. on the line, the e.u. commission president said ahead of the summit on thursday that there needs to be an overhaul of the way that migration is dealt with in the e.u. at. that's been pretty much evident since at least the heights of the migrant crisis back in 2015. the way it currently works is that in 1st nation, the 1st member state, somebody seeking asylum arrives in, that's the one that is obligated to look after them or see that's not particularly fair on countries like greece or italy on the line says the current system is not fit for purpose and needs to be overhauled in favor of something. farah, the current system no longer works. each member state without exception, must support member states under pressure. the idea of more burden sharing isn't agreed on by poland and hungary. they say no, they don't want baths in poland, hungary also not on side when it comes to the conditi

union to be european in the east. so all the for all of these crowds have gathered for a 10th day in the armenian capital. if you are a fan, demanding the prime minister's resignation over an unpopular peace deal with as a by john activists formed a human chain through the city center legion to an intense standoff with police and dozens of arrests. meanwhile, russian peacekeepers in the disputed newborn i care about region and now taken up all positions agree to any of this month on to the peace deal. and azerbaijani soldiers accompanied by those peacekeepers are now entering part of the contested region. seated by all means, the russian troops side of this month put an end to 7 weeks of deadly fighting in the contested mountainous region. on to the tubs, both on media and as a by john will hold on to their recent gains, meaning that large swathes also require care about have now fallen on to a salary control, including the city of shashi on mean, it will so hostile handover. 3 other districts to baku, the loss of tho

but as in the european union usually is the case. there is always a workaround. now $25.00 countries, if slovenia doesn't really veto, but sort of just raise their voice and said, yeah, i have sympathy with the other $225.00. countries can get together at $24.00, whatever. and sort of do a sort of the intergovernmental contract. they can raise the money at the financial markets together and they can do birds disperse the money together, which would then mean of course that poland and hungary would get zouk, nothing 0 out of this fund. do they really want that? i mean, the french government indicated, for instance, last night, something that they, they are quite incensed and they say, you know, if they don't play ball, we will just have to figure out how to do this for ourselves. and the 2 will be out by the door. this will sort of, of course increase existing fractures within the european union by poland and hungary are really playing hardball here and playing hardball was the interests of their fellow member states. and that is something that nobody really looks

union with regard to trade he's describe european union as a foe whereas joe biden has described the e.u. as an indispensable partner of 1st resort we've had comments come in the last hour or so from the nato secretary general young stoltenberg well he's been really in the hot seat for the last 4 years as president trump has repeatedly attacked nato in 2018 according to a formal national security advisor john bolton trump was considering pulling out of nato so real relief i think would be how i would describe how allies the e.u. and nato allies are feeling at this time it's perhaps worth me telling you about a conversation i had i can't tell you who it was with it was with a senior e.u. official recently not a spokes person someone who holds a really quite important serious job and that person described the last 4 years the trumpet ministration as the worst period in relations between europe and the u.s. since the 2nd world war in there didn't hold back your contact ok so those are the allies who have reason to be happy perhaps i guess some other allies saudi arabia israel perhaps mi

took to leave the european union in june 26th. dominic cummings was the march the mind of her campaign, and he has since driven the break that process in government. so his departure from 10 downing street extremely significant. what will it mean for 10 downing street? how might things change them? what it means that new individuals are likely to become much more and influential within the johnson administration. new advisors are likely to come to look for perhaps existing advisors will become more powerful. new people may be brought into downing street. i think there's also a question of whether mr. cummings departure signals, a new approach from 10 downing street up until now. that general style has been very confrontational, particularly in terms of the soon the negotiations with the european union over breaks that will mr. cummings departure and the arrival of new figures perhaps lead to a more co-operative consensual approach. we don't know, but it certainly has a distinct possibility. ok, dominic cummings had said he wanted

and the european union. for people living on both sides of an invisible border on the island of ireland, the outcome couldn't matter more. we depend on stuff from built on a dollar every day to be able to cross freely. like ways for our vehicles to be crossed freely. i can't, i couldn't see it working if there was a hard border. i don't honestly see hope at work. we're at the border, you're on the mike. the traffic was passing by us both sides of the border traveling to various things on and say the border. it's all it's, it's just part of normal day life. and then there's the good friday agreement brokered by the united states in 1998, ending decades of sectarian violence across a heavily policed border line. the failure of trade talks now and possible return of border checks could threaten that fragile peace. the united states is once again watching closely 3 hours from the border inside the irish republic. the town of ballina is like it's famously salmon, rich waters swollen with pride, a distant sun vall

china and there are the european union countries the european union as a whole and the united states will be competitors since we are still in the midst of this pandemic we're still in the midst of reconstructing. economy here and there and this all will go along in some sort of competition with the chinese and donald trump originally fired to the e.u. . appointed an acting ambassador who has said in an interview that is a minimal contact with senior e.u. officials partly because of coronavirus partly because of the temporary nature of his position but it kind of suggests that you know under donald trump of ministration they weren't that bothered about even communicating with top e.u. officials do you think that joe biden that america will really care very much what it europe thinks. well given his experience and given that they're that they're still it's i would say it's in the mutual interest back to the big but we also have had. scientific research even about that going on the diplomatic stuff in the state department has been decreasing we have seen and they say you can defections

will most for you simply don't have left america's european. union states shown. he's will sentiments of wouldn't appreciate the fact is this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been made easy lash tam's it's america's friends if you look at. germany it's a cat. and he's done 12th or terry it's. been 4 years of donald trump europe's state of shock what you just saw is a clip from a new d.w. documentary by our chief international editor richard walker i can highly recommend it and you can watch it at youtube dot com slash d w news now if the past 4 years have shaken the world's perception of the u.s. what will the next 4 years do well that depends on the outcome of the election this week and the elections aftermath in its latest report the crisis group is warning that for the 1st time in recent history the violence erupting post-election is a real risk in the us and for the 1st time the group is advising us political leaders to heed the advice from foreign allies when it comes to respecting the rule of law and fair and free elections american