not a. democracy a good goal starts july 1st on t w. this is d w news live from berlin germany is planned for a year off and crisis a short while ago in the german parliament chancellor angela merkel and announced her goals for the 6 month presidency of the european council for biggest games they coronavirus recovery package and an expanded budget to get the e.u. through what she called the biggest crisis in its history also coming up

a new corona virus outbreak in berlin 8 entire apartment blocks is florentine authorities put it down to plan to living conditions and a growing complacency about the pandemic and to blow to the government of viktor orbán the top e.u. court rules that congress restrictions on non-governmental organizations are a violation of european law. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program germany's chancellor angela merkel has urged the e.u. to agree on a pandemic recovery package for the block before the end of july merkel made the call as she laid out for the bundestag her vision for germany's e.u. council presidency which begins july the 1st she said that europe's recovery plan will be limited in time and will involve borrowing on international money markets

she added that the economic fallout from the pandemic lockdown is the biggest challenge the e.u. has faced and its history. let's get more now we are joined by chief political editor michelle a cosigner she's at the german parliament in berlin where she has been following the story for us mikaela it's all about the money isn't it it always is when it comes to the european union forging those deals but of course this time is it's completely different it's all under the impression of corona and the economic fallout and there's more and more focus shifting towards that that's also something i'm going to make clear here in the parliament in her speech today that that will very much have to be the focus getting everybody around the table and helping europe the european union not back to the status quo before covered 19th but actually leaping forward into a more digitized future result all ground words but in the end it will be the

leaders who meet in the video conference tomorrow we don't really expect to see any kind of deal on the budget there or the recovery fund yet but when it comes to 1st physical meeting there's a growing awareness that they need to get the money distribution after the way to think ahead in the to the months and years to come very big questions for the future of the european union anglo-american calling for more solidarity within the union in these challenging times let's have a listen and then get your reaction. on the most. fundamental we must also admit that the pandemic has revealed how fragile the european project still a. the 1st reflex is including our own when national i'm not entirely european. this was as good as some of the reasons may have been above all unreasonable. than i knew by. the end because

a global pandemic requires concerted international action and mutual support it's. a call for action there a call for support mahela how damaged is the e.u. due to the corona virus pandemic. but his faith in the e.u. is actually uniting force severely damaged after. that initial reaction was national suddenly countries would no longer allow the free travel of goods people but particular those medical goods and after all those are the benchmark policies of the e.u. that kind of national even nationalist reflex was something the e.u. was designed to overcome while it simply didn't at the moment of crisis and there's a big concern that this plays into the hands of populist of right wing extremists even who have no interest in a united europe so that's the historic fact dropped to it and now it's really up to

the leaders to hammer out how money distribution will take place and what solidarity means in the end does it mean loans or free money. and there's a number of forces to to put it mildly working against that unity can you fill us in in terms of what angle america pointed out specifically. yes she said that europe must be united also towards its she called them strategic partners meaning of course china but also the united states is a trade war brewing there and as donald trump is becoming increasingly under pressure head of elections we expect that to heat up while the worst nightmare for the european union is to get caught in the middle to become the battleground in an all open trade war and that's something the e.u. must avoid but it can't if it continues to not have a common stance on key issues like the relationship towards china russia and the

u.s. so these are strategic questions that simply have to be resolved to make sure that the use voice is heard even when it comes to its own future chief political editor . thank you. and we have some breaking news just coming in and german prosecutors say that the killing of a georgian man in berlin last year was murder ordered by the russian state now the german government saying that it takes the prosecutor statement very seriously and that it may take further steps against moscow over the matter including imposing sanctions we'll bring you more on this story as it comes in but 1st the penn demick is back in the headlines in germany after more than $600.00 workers at a meat plant prep meat tossing plant in the northwest of the country tested positive for cove it if the latest outbreak attributed to poor working conditions and crowded housing for the migrant labor force in berlin an outbreak affecting

more than 300 households in one district has raised questions about a growing sense of complacency in the capital. as the new coronavirus hotspot in the german capital at least 70 people tested positive at 13 different locations in this multicultural district and entire apartment block has been placed under full quarantine it's mainly large families who live here and cramped spaces and for many the cantin is a shock. to the place and here not everyone is infected him most residents are healthy and to simply lock them all up not allowing them to leave a small apartment is very difficult and almost inhuman. not for my job and i mentioned. salema a doctor is allowed to leave under strict conditions police are present to make sure people are following the rules before. putting hundreds of people in corinth

as a challenge for billions of pharmacies the outbreak comes as germany gradually loosens its lockdown restrictions local politicians were not expecting this. it's almost a mock response to this especially dramatic that the corona virus spreads like wildfire because people live in. cramped conditions inside both the banks and authorities say the other possible reason for the new outbreak is callousness and neglect a physical distance saying. that's just where you're also a problem of it's quite problematic but in the last few weeks people are not exercising discipline they're not wearing face masks or following the distancing rules so people started thinking too early that life is now like before the coronavirus hit that reality you're showing us otherwise because you pick what you appeared to be open to in this pursuit of wealth or t's are still trying to track the chain of infection they conducting testing in affected neighborhoods to stop the spread of the virus in this city of nearly 4000000. and let's get

a quick check of some other stories making news this hour the u.n. says that refugee numbers hit a record high last year with nearly 80000000 people displaced worldwide 70 percent of those forced to flee their homes come from only 5 countries neon mark afghanistan syria south sudan and venezuela. india has held funerals for some of the 20 soldiers killed in clashes with chinese troops in a disputed border region in the himalayas both sides are working to deescalate tensions after the hand to hand combat beijing has not released and reports of casualties. and france has criticised a us decision to quit international talks on how to tax big digital companies france as finance minister excuse me. called washington's move a provocation and indicated that france would have posed a version of the levy this year the new tax will primarily affect u.s.

companies like google amazon and facebook. while the european court of justice has rules that a law in hungary which requires n.g.o.s to disclose their foreign donors is illegal the court said that the law introduced by prime minister viktor orban government breaches the fundamental rights critics say that legislation aims to silence opposition a claim that orbán denies the court rejected hungary's argument that the law promotes transparency. let's get more now we'll bring in our brussels correspondent barbara vessel who is standing by so barbara what sort of consequences could be looking at for hungry if any. hungary has in a way to obey this verdict and they have done so in the past because this is not the 1st time that lost a case in front of the highest european court and so what are they to arbor and the prime minister usually does is he does 2 steps up politically and then he retreats

one step and he is every time left was a little bit of what he thinks is a political gain so what he's trying to do is to sort of tighten the grip on his country he has already hobbled the independent judiciary has strength of the free press and this was the object this time off this particular law where the ngos that was civil society society people who would work was refugees people who would work for the environment all activities that he does not like in his country and so he will have now have to retreat a bit but of course the question is how many of these are going to his ations i mean the big international ones they can survive this but how many of these local organizations look back up after they have had this drought after they've had this bad time when they couldn't receive any funding from of the european countries for instance and so this is political game that the european union watches and somehow

it's a setback for our brain but just a little one just a little one a lot of the damage has already been done as you highlighted there you also mention that this is not the 1st time that hungary has lost a legal fight against the e.u. talk of the little bit more about the brussels approach to to countering many of these measures that orbán has taken which have been themed as as as as leaning in this authoritarian direction. that is the big problem the european union somehow liks courage here what they're trying to do is to sort of slowly saw away the law after law against the the autocratic rule that orbán is a step. bought can you win this battle legally and many people in brussels say no you have to hit him which hurts it was the money to cut off his european funding and that is something that the member states in the e.u. have been talking about for some years now but so far has led the courage to do.

hungary in fact one of the biggest beneficiaries of those cohesion funds that you're referencing their proper vessel joining us with a view from brussels thank you so much for your expertise. well to some sports news now the english premier league club chelsea have announced that the signing of team from rb leipzig will be for a fee of $53000000.00 euros that makes him the most expensive german player ever the striker is currently enjoying his best season to date having scored 32 goals in all chant competitions so far he will remain at rb leipzig for the rest of the politically this season and link up with his new team mates in london in july. and in midweek but to say the football minds made the trip to dortmund hovering just above the relegation zone near the bottom of the league a win would bring them to near certain safety dortmund have little left to play for except pride now that byron munich have clinched the title. dortmund may not have

much at stake anymore this season but they can still have some fun playing football says jaden sanchez. mines under often by a lot so on the other hand are fighting for their lives. did they simply want it more than dortmund on wednesday night it certainly seemed that way in the 37th minute when you're not tomboy card maybe one kneeling for the underdog. john fairly taito with the beautiful cross them for car getting his 1st ever born just legal. and just 4 minutes into the 2nd half lucas paced czech brought down danny lots in the box and mine had a penalty. stepped up to the spot and sent roman 30 the wrong way to nail and minds were literally jumping for joy. kimi had dortmund's best chance in the 74th minute. floor he managed to tip is free kicks over the

crossbar to nail the final score the result moves mines 5 points above the drop zone with 2 games left meaning they have a great chance for another season and the top flight. and with that you're up to date don't forget you can always get warner website dot com you can also follow us on social media thanks for watching take care. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w. how does

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