is europe's pro—ukraine stand sustainable? foreign ministerjan lipavsky in prague, welcome to hardtalk. hello and thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you on the show, foreign minister. i'm sure you as well as i have been watching the pictures coming out of ukraine, the swarms of kamikaze drones, so—called, which are now targeting ukraine's civilian infrastructure, leaving millions of people without heat, power, and looking at a very dangerous, alarming scenario through the winter. is this a signal that europe needs to do much more to offer ukraine military assistance? sadly, yes. we need to do more in terms of sending more air defence to ukraine to solve this, let's say, very specific issue of russia terrorism against ukraine's population. and it is a clear decision of vladimir putin to send drones, iranian drones to bomb civilian infrastructure and also to bomb civilians and such, and he's openly admitting it. so, it's a horrendous crime. those are horrendous war crimes, and we need to stand behind ukraine to b

so will europe get through the winter without russian gas? it's going to be a tough winter for you, especially if it's going to be a cold winter. but it doesn't mean that europe does not have any way out. they do have arthritis, they don't come cheap and some don't come in favor of the climate agenda. so i don't think europe is going to freeze like russia is telling us, but it will come at a high economic price. is ross, or on the other hand, going to find enough customers for its gas elsewhere. not immediately that will take a while, because russia relies usually on pipeline gas for, for most of its gas trade, and that pipeline infrastructure is primarily concentrated in europe. so russia really is not keen on using the european market. they can divert some of their gas to asia, but that will be at a slower pace is going to take a while to compensate for the loss of the to p and market. so the, and i think for us it's also a big loss of a very good customer. that is european union, crystal energy chief executive. carol, thank you very much f

that's what many people doing on the spam. russia has written europe, all europe is locked in, you more important for sure. you and complete a torch asia will continue and is actually speaking up to base as we'll see it. so in this particular case, if europe wants to commit suicide, which you are meeting as we speak, so, so be it. and again, as i write you state are people who were plotting best. and as usual game is called later because a real economy and certainly not competent issues of real warfare, you get all of our, all of our operational planning when your basic or whole career span or what our 30 years you, why there are no base read back or you, that there is all together, some guy, the insurgency, the samples with a saudi war. and they are how to deal with something which america, or for example, in college are since actually, since korea. and he will dam carriers. and i know, you know, i know that i had to jump in here gentlemen, we're going to go to a short break. and after that short break, we'll continue our discussion on flipping the scripts thing. ah, ah, ah, welcome ba

but the stakes go farther yondu crane and europe. -- beyond ukraine and europe. it threatens food insecurity. it undermines the fundamentals of military order which the france and the united states is committed to uphold the u.n. security council. sovereignty, nonaggression -- if russia goes unanswered, this could be the new normal. anywhere in the world, those who are attempted to pursue -- through aggression, invasion, and crimes could feel encouraged. we cannot have that. as president macron, the general assembly a few weeks ago in new york, we must push back and return to the age of -- [indiscernible] in the -- region. iran's nuclear ambitions fuel growing instability in the middle east and threaten the nuclear nonproliferation regime. russia -- increases in africa as in the central african republic. exploiting resources and carrying out -- use fiber as their new weapon. certain competition also increased and became even harder in the indo-pacific with -- certain aggressiveness as recently experienced in the strait of taiwan. every year democrat and rep alike

so again, russia had already year marked a lot of natural gas for europe, with europe, not buying it, that gas it right. gas right now is a surplus, and if europe needs it, it's going to most likely explore ways it can get it hands on that gap. so there's a new joint pipeline project that's being discussed between russia and turkey. what do you make of the prospects of this? well, 1st of all, we have to look at it from a reasonable perspective is not something that's going to happen immediately. this is not going to happen tomorrow, but in the coming 6 to 12 months in the coming one to 2 years. this is going to be prepared and we can see that the target president is russia counterpart, are thinking long term. it looks like the russian president wants a long term secure pipeline that he can release a large amount of capacity continue to service the european market. the european market share is important for russia, russia, yes, important for europe. this is a need need situation. maybe not a win win, but it need need situation. and again, both sides will try to explore ways geopolitica

in europe. he and unions. investment model is different from a chinese model fit as we're building what we want to create. and what we've done so far to create connections not dependency dependent yes. from the lithium salt flats of northern argentina to the glaciers of santa cruz and the size. it's a delicate balancing act to find ways to boost trade without destroying the environment. now to some of the other global business stories making use the german economy. he's headed for recession. according to the federal economy minister, the g. d. p of europe's largest economy is said to contract 0.4 percent next year. the government says inflation will hit 7 percent. the forecast comes as germany tackles rising energy prices and disruptions in supplies. international monetary funds says the russian economy has contracted less than expected. according to moscow, inflation has slowed and employment is high. with the i m f confirming that you saying the recession will be less severe than expected, due

western europe. i'm putting things a little bit crudely. we've solved western europe. now we have to solve eastern europe. so we've done the job, western europe. now we have to translate. these terms translates the nature of the success into eastern europe. and so there are a lot of success after 1991 in this regard. i've mentioned three of them, the three baltic republics that joined the european and join nato's. you have the expansion, the eu and the expansion of nato's to include for many former, you know, sort of countries that were under soviet that were under control and a lot of the same benefits follow the prosperity of the movement of populations. the ways in which old adversaries think of germany and poland for many hundreds of years, they've been adversaries in in in europe, poland in germany become equal members of the european union and the nato alliance. so in a sense, that recipe that had worked between france and germany, it works between poland and germany and other countries. after

n g to europe are now oh will. oh, they cannot deliver their desk to europe because the facilities of importance gas and the rigors, if you cations are full to capacity, there is plenty of gas that the europe can use right now. and so the price i believe is going to go down again. is that going to whole throughout the winter though once gasoline change also goes up? we see there is no deficit. no shortage of gas on the global market. the prices in europe are higher than the prices in a asia, and so the market appears to be a well supplied that might be about to change the prices that you were just talking about. now, at these measure is the you is working on right now. how will they, or would they affect the russian economy? yes, i think it does not just disease measures that are going to affect the russian economy . but if we're talking about natural gas, we see that it will some more very interesting phenomena because the europe is growing very fast doors independence over the russian supplier. and the e for gas

these days, most people vacationing in europe are avoiding eastern europe because of the war and ukraine, poland borders, ukraine, bella roost, and the russian enclave of cleaning brit. meaning it's right next door to war in crisis. that scares tourists but isn't justified. i want to check out a city that is usually overrun in summer, but visitors from germany and scandinavia with today i want to discover get dance with you. a port city on the baltic coast in the north of poland, when a good dance has a special meaning. not only for poland, but for the whole of europe. you want to know more. ah, you can't tell by looking at scenic advanced bit, it's city mark by feet. what happened to the city changed europe? well, the whole world. but 1st things 1st. i if you love last places, you have to check out the former good zones, shipyard. i will take you to a place of world history a day by the sea, no problem, and then it has its own seaside resorts support. ah ah, i spoke to city tour with sebastian and i blurt out the harsh reality. suggested if i take a look around, they are not that many t

. >> the countdown is on in europe. this is bloomberg markets: european close with guy johnson and alix steel. guy: u.k. gilt market is a mass. that's an understatement and it looks like it's going to continue to be a mess for the next few days. we are still up by around 30 basis points. you've got collateral calls coming up. regularly with the swaps being taken out, the pension markets, how would get fixed will remain to be seen. the pound at 11069. -- 1.1069. we are up by a percent. and we are trading, i think those two things need to be sort of sat back and digested. european stocks are lower. earnings season really gets into gear. i think we will wait and see what happens. taking a look at phillips today, stock down massively. and that i look at lvmh, buying everything. i think the stories fit together. having a really big impact on the sector. if you're in exporter you are still facing problems with staff in resolving those problems. and that is not going away anytime soon. you should come shopping here. europe is

it doesn't have to happen in europe this winter. but back when people are unhappy, they can express it through protests. they can reflect the ballot box if they get the opportunity. to what extent do you think europe is going to see the more extremist politicians in their political structures? capitalizing on this malays? we certainly see big political shifts and we certainly see voters pushing for change and looking for something different. it remains to be seen whether outside politicians will adopt extreme positions once they're in government or if they will try to govern at least somewhat toward the center. italy as of course we're all eyes are right now. you mentioned taxes, georgia, maloney has said she and her party would like to lower the tax burden on ordinary citizens and lower the labor tax burden. italy has one of the highest ones and yet find ways to keep the country's economy going. so it may be that she'll be able to do this and move toward the center. it may also be that rather than focus on the sorts of economic mea

i'm also sending production to, to europe. but you can see now the cuts are actually change this stance towards europe. and they're actually saying we cannot commit to europe for the upcoming years as we have as they have other contracts, especially with other asian conflicts. so i think that the minister cutty minister is right about his predictions and europe needs to actually find on their sources. and new developments this week, as i'm also been to ease the energy prices in europe or russian president to put an agree to set up a new joint project with counterpart. and that would turn anchor into europe's largest gas hub. present add on, says the project will enable the ease of access russian gas through to hear this, you need to get turkey a will be a hub for natural gas as well. in our last meeting, we agreed with russian president vladimir putin on this issue. and then we will create a hub here with gas coming from russia. and in his own words, putin announced to the world that europe can get its natural gas from turkey,

you know, check that box, but europe, the price of europe is very modern, high productivity economy. i mean, without cheaper energy, you don't have you. i think you go pre industrial. i mean, i don't know what europe is going to be maybe a destination for terrorists from india and china. the see what people used to live like because the prize is worthless. if it isn't, it isn't a high high productivity. larry. i posted an open thread on my blog the other day, asking people, what's your economic situation? i have a remarkable readership. i mean, people from around the world, they got comments from a lot from europe, asia, africa, australia, canada, we're in a global economic crisis. and what's coming out of europe is particularly disturbing in terms of across the board. these, the people that were commenting were saying, look, my bills have double, they've tripled people that have been, ex pats are now selling their property and they're leaving europe. try to come back to the united states because so bad. so the, the reality for the people, for the civilians, the populace. it is on a

n g to europe are now, oh will. oh, they cannot deliver their gas to europe because the facilities of importance, this gas and the rig is if you cations are full to capacity, there is plenty of gas that the europe can use right now. and so the price i believe is going to go down again. is that going to whole throughout the winter though once gasoline change also goes out? we see there is no deficit. no shortage of gas on the global market. the prices in europe are higher than the prices in a asia, and so the market appears to be a well supplied that might be about to change the prices that you were just talking about. now, at these measures the in you is working on right now, how will they, or would they affect the russian economy? yes, i think it is not just disease measures that are going to affect the russian economy . but if we're talking about natural gas, we see that it will some more very interesting phenomena because the europe is growing very fast doors independence over the russian supplier. and the e for

p. points out the need of finding new energy sources for europe. this is like, you can see that after the opec plus decision took up production, you can see that a lot of the gcc countries are changing their stance. and the are kept are actually the officially few months ago. they were, they were little bit more of a mystic production to, to europe. but we can see it now the cuts are actually change the stance towards europe and they're actually saying we cannot commit to europe for the upcoming years as we have as they have other contracts, especially with other asian conflicts. so i think that the minister cutty minister is right about his predictions and europe needs to actually find out or sources following the russian presidents also to set up a new joint project took year is set to become the europe largest gas hub. presidents are the ones phase, the projects will enable the you to keep getting rush and gas through turkey or this you need to get turkey a will be a hub for natural gas as well. in our last meeting, we agreed with russian presid

we are one of the lead players in europe. the leadership is expected from us leadership in the interest of europe, and what is decisive is not the plaza. the audience darken, global. what is decisive was the strengthening of europe. the more uncertain in the world around us is the more certain and we have to be about our shared path. concerned him often and click and in a candid look at this new era. good. who means asking ourselves so she's really good. awesome, difficult questions. the beds that since this is the turning point in history or well, it has become a different one from out in. and that means that we have to get away from the old ways of thinking and old hopes phones and we go from and this is particularly true rise. that of the way we see russians em long. i know that many people in our country feel connected to russia to its people, musical love, russian music and literature in austin, in eastern germany. because there are very different highly controversial memories of 40 years of history that still have an im

western europe. i'm putting things a little bit crudely. we've solved western europe. now we have to solve eastern europe. so we've done the job, western europe. now we have to translate. these terms translates the nature of the success into eastern europe. and so there are a lot of success after 1991 in this regard. i've mentioned three of them, the three baltic republics that joined the european and join nato's. you have the expansion, the eu and the expansion of nato's to include for many former, you know, sort of countries that were under soviet that were under control and a lot of the same benefits follow the prosperity of the movement of populations. the ways in which old adversaries think of germany and poland for many hundreds of years, they've been adversaries in in in europe, poland in germany become equal members of the european union and the nato alliance. so in a sense, that recipe that had worked between france and germany, it works between poland and germany and other countries. after

but it's actually russian gas which your re—importing via pipelines in europe. you want the europeans to completely wean themselves off russian gas, you're going to have to wean yourselves off russian gas and russian petroleum products as well, aren't you? in fact, that is an issue adverse that... ..all that is happened around the gas and supply of gas to europe, that is a big question of a russian monopoly in europe and now, we have the nord stream i and 2 which are cut from the supply of the gas to europe and so, ukrainian pipe is whether very important pipes today and taking this into account, decreased the volumes of gas and supply through ukraine. we stopped legally buying russian gas here from 2015. but the truth you're still using gas which originates from russia, right? today, we are producing ukrainian gas which we put in storages, but also we use imported gas. that could be any gas. you know that some of it is russian. it could be, some of it. but we buy it from our european allies. i know you do. i'm just saying there are some very bizarre outcomes at

i mean, as a european, does europe have the stomach for this? do they are leads or do they represent the popular well, i mean, is it something that people in europe are really gung ho for? because i mean, i can read the papers, i can see oil prices, i see energy prices here, and it looks very doom and gloom. is it all worth it? ok, because we're, we're facing a rupture here. i don't know why the russians would rebuild nor stream. i don't know why so someone can blow it up again. i mean, this is a, a turning point in european history. go ahead and brussels. yes, we see quite amazing situation. where are you c or v, sir? a european union member, see government, son on nato members. state governments are lining themselves on nerve inara, cheese on decisions. so to samsung, russia, we've, we've washington, or vo, i can see a mini peeper or a disagree. but to i, i knew were experts i know so military or peeper, or citizens who taught any disagree or we visser approach, delivering your weapon suit to ukraine, having sanctions against russia, which dum

that's europe was heaven enough. as a result, you have all these people who have been told and convinced that they know so they need to go to heaven and heaven is europe. so when they go to heaven, the flame, the deeds closed. and leslie, you have this migration chris is europe. and you have the raise of these so called populace national miss working power gradually by insisting that all want to see my guns, meaning black people. it's always ready to blue mothers. but taking responsibility to know, louis does not do that. it's very good at inflicting pain on us. but when you tease, asked quincy know what's happening, then the phrase excuses will not be in. ah, okay, an interesting view to share with you, not the economic warfare. school in paris, funded by a former french intelligence officer, has posed the question, who is the real enemy of france? the institutes argues or puts forward that the u. s. a traditional ally of the european nation has a quote war machine. the persistent, the undermines french national int

part of russia and europe. and now because this too is an area of contestation, and important -- in the arctic. russia is in many ways at the center of the world and russia is one of the world's two major nuclear powers. any conflict that involves russia involves all of us, it involves humanity because of the nuclear dimension. that raises the stature the war in ukraine i would say to a very high level. let's also understand the stakes of this war. there are times when countries skirmish with one another. they have a conflict over a piece of territory, over an issue and able to contain that skirmish within certain boundaries. those can be terrible affairs, they can be terrible episodes but it's possible to have what you could describe as a-limited war. maybe that's what russia had in 2008. but it's not what ukraine and russia had at present moment. this is a no holds barred existential war for both countries. if putin loses this war, i feel safe making this prediction, if putin loses this war, his presidency wi

that's europe was heavy on that. as a result, you have all these people who have been told and convinced that then hell. so they need to go to heaven and heaven is europe. so when they go to heaven, the find the deeds closed and little you have this migration chris is europe. and you have the raise of these so called populace nationalists working power gradually by insisting that all one to see migrant meaning black people with it's always ready to be my boss. but taking responsibility to know, lewis does not do that very good or to inflicting pain on us. but when you choose asked on this, you know what's happening with friends, excuses will not again mockery at noon n a there. well, for years now, the word dom bus has been synonymous with conflict, visual behind the barricades. there is a literary history with deep roots. today of all times, people are using the arts as a way for their stories to be told to stay with us. for a short documentary poets on the from when i would show same wrong one, i just don't know if

and in europe in general. maybe also in the world because there is an energy prices which are sky high. and we have shortages of supply, and of course russia knows it and we'll try to use it in what way we will see there is another important aspect also in the russian side, because the destruction of that bridge in crimea, the crimean bridge was seen as highly symbolic, we've seen some arrests already by the russian government. what do we know about who really it was behind that attack and how did it hit russia symbolically speaking as well. but speaking it hit very hard. the 1st moment nuku unions had a good reason to hope that it hit more than symbolically, but the facts will show that the automotive who transit transit could be recovered after hours and even the even the way going. so what we see is that this was more symbolic than really military target. i don't know if it's clear this was the goal of the ukrainians. i'm sure this was you quinn. secretary with that's no, no doubt about this. no other organ

that's what many people don't understand. russia has written europe off. europe is locked in, you more important for sure. you i don't believe a garage, bay doors, asia will you and it's actually speaking off to base as will be it. so in this particular case, if europe wants to go commit suicide, would you be needing to speak so well? so be it. and again, as i read you stayed, or people were planning down as usual game is called later because a real economy and certainly not competent issues of real war for you get all yeah for all of our operational planning when your basic or whole career and what our 30 years, why them base read back or really, or is all, all together, some guy, the insurgency, the samples with a saudi war, and they are how you deal with something which america you look at, for example, in college, are since actually since korea and he will dam carriers, and i know, you know, i know that i had to jump in here gentlemen, we're going to go to a short break. and after that show break, we'll continue our discussion on flipping the scripts today. ah ah ah louis gorda wit

effect on the actual peoples of europe. is it already started all kinds of demonstrations that america is going to have to scale back. if it doesn't scale back, then there will be a fairly nasty trade war, which a game, oddly enough, might lead to a final piece deal in ukraine is i don't think the european countries wish this war to continue any longer. the name of this act of reducing inflation, inflation reduction is a euphemism for, for protectionism. actually, the chinese do it. the americans do it. why not the european union just to protect their major industries and create more of a, i must say, a multi polar system whereby europe does not succumb to american business. dick kicked us any more. her european union became very dependent on the us from fortunately because they thought that he had not been set on geopolitics and support and ukraine against russia. and many you member states for our secure depends on the united states because we are protected by nato and soberly nuts. try to antagonize the united states and

and it was on full display recently when you chief diplomat, burrell compared europe to a garden and the rest of the world to a jungle in a speech to a diplomatic academy. the rest of the world must have the rest of the goal. it's a jungle. and the jungle could invade regarding the garden. it has to go to the jungle. the to be in. this has to be much more engage with the rest of the world. for that, why the rest of the world will invade us. it wasn't long before the outrage started rolling in both on and off line with the united arab emirates, for example, demanding an explanation from b e u mission to the u. e. and calling to remark, quote, inappropriate and discriminatory. meanwhile, burrell has tried to clarify his remarks, rather than just withdrawing them altogether. my reference to jungle has no racist, cultural or geographic connotation. some have misrepresented the medical as colonial euros. centrism, i'm sorry if some have felt offended. look at not like morale had a slip of the tongue. here he launched into a whole diatribe about the garden and the jungle that went on and o

welcome to the program liquefied natural gas is to provide europe's energy security in the coming winter amid the war and ukraine. russia isn't delivering the gas. it used to and trying to make itself independent from putin. fossil fuel deliveries. e countries have been buying a lot of l. n g from the middle east or the united states a times are bidding countries that are also heavily banking on liquefied natural gas like india, pakistan or myanmar. but now there are more than $35.00, l and g. latin vessels drifting off the coast of spain and around the mediterranean . spain has 6 terminals in total and has around half the re gas if occasion capacities of the entire european union. now spain's national gas grid operator already said that it may have to reject on loads of energy due to over capacity at its terminals. well formed us let's bringing james wattle. he's a senior gas analyst at the consultants, the group energy aspects. welcome to the w. james, so as there seem to be, you know, a over capacity at these terminals and spain has europe bitten of more than it can chew when going ar

god has only one that has all europe. it will for isn't even worse energy crisis next winter without rush and gas. this comes off of the walls, 3rd biggest gases for there has refused to divert more gas flows from asia to europe. this winter. you just don't have enough volume to bring in to replace the gas for the long term. unless you're saying i'm going to be building huge nuclear plants and going to allow coal. i'm going to burn fuel oils according to look at. sorry, melissa, europe doesn't have enough gas to get through this winter, but says that blood block will be hard pressed. once those reserves run out, are these india pets or anchor explains what european countries are doing to stay warm? the u. s. trying really hard to save its members from soaring gas prices while sticking to the goal of giving up on gas imports from russia. the european commission has just come up with a set of proposals. they include joint gas purchase, the creation of a liquefied natural gas pricing benchmark, and also default energy solida

other than outside of europe . it's a jungle you're not in the u. r. is turkey, part of that jungle? i mean, you know, joseph brown, he writes the very weird blogs. ok. but i mean, i think it's, this is that tainted neil colonialism. it's still there. go ahead and ankara. so turkey has nothing to jangle about very near to john goes to the garden. it all depends from your look courteous member of nato, 30 in the garden, 30 of negotiating with you to can you know, just middle clothes guzman, but they're still in the jungle. and this is why turkey is trying to make a party so of balance, you know, trying to do and trying to combine the changing job politics in duration. and in the church gives jeff between east and west like a fan which you know, cheese in the sandwich. what sites the pressure russia freshman on the one hand, the you know, europe and the medic oppression. and on the other hand truck is trying now somehow to get the 1900 century balance of power. it is not new for jerky, but one point is clear as my fr

this channel is banned in europe. let's talk about the way that black people die earlier than white people in the united states . let's talk about the human rights abuses within their own countries of the european nations and the united states. i think everyone would say all around the world should be looking inward at the gross ways that it executes predominantly people of color. and there also are also imprisoned. so, so many millions often ask just one more question. before we go, i'd like to know what you think about the backlash against their albertson's foreign secretary. he was urging football fans to respects the culture of cats or if they do pay a trip there. what do you think about that? said the response was a dead justified? yeah, i don't think he checked with the pentagon there. if li, if washington wants to start attacking doha, clearly natural gas is behind again. his statement about human rights, human rights cannot be listened to about, from any european politician, specially during an energy crisis.

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you are based in europe. | it is europe doing enough? mainland europe doing enough? is nato doing enough? figs europe doing enough? is nato doing enou~h? �* , ., europe doing enough? is nato doing enou~h? a ., ., ., ., enough? as of tomorrow, we will start a session _ enough? as of tomorrow, we will start a session in _ enough? as of tomorrow, we will start a session in one _ enough? as of tomorrow, we will start a session in one of- enough? as of tomorrow, we will start a session in one of the - start a session in one of the largest organisations which focuses on human rights, and ukraine are working shoulder to shoulder in this organisation which is called the council of europe. on the 15th of march we kicked out russia who was illegally here. we call on our partners to consider in the same manner to kick out russia from the un structures, specifically from the security council of the un, and moreover our recent application submitted by president zelensky to the speaker of the parliament and head of the government was timely, because the annual plans which we ha

the whole stronger europe. well, i dare say it's a little easier for you to be confident that you'll come through it than some of your own people, who are experiencing massive hikes in their energy bills, an overall inflation rate of i7%... many of them are having to choose between whether to heat their homes or feed their children, and it is feeding a new level of discontent inside your country, and frankly, vladimir putin sees thatjust as well as i do. vladimir putin tries to sow a disagreement into our societies — into czech society, into german society, into british society. we as politicians need to act in a way that we won't allow it. and the right answer, which is now happening and the czech government is doing that, is to have a proper social package and cap energy prices and compensate for that. and that's exactly what the czech republic is doing. and as i see, many other countries in europe are having the same recipe, more or less, because every country is solving that issue differently. we have a s