ah ah ah ah, this is d w news live from purely a you latest tackle the impact of russia support. surging inflation and an energy crisis are on the agenda a day after the book approved ukraine, and moldova, as official candidates to join in the future will be following the stomach, live the cell that as he grand orders its troops out of c better the next after

weeks of fighting authority say, trying to defend their positions, no longer make sense. russia wraps up its attacks on the city. ah, i'm anthony, how broken to the program this hour will be going live to an 8 you summit in brussels a day after. and a stark shift in europe, a you let us have approved ukraine, n, moldova bids for candidate status. the 1st official steps toward joining the european union. it's a political boast for ukraine as it faces big challenges on the battlefield. leaders from germany, france and italy had all back g cranes, application. but all 27 member states were needed to give the move to go ahead. yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah, we demonstrators, outside the council building here in brussels,

found their views reflected by the 27 european leaders meeting inside. all of them agreed to grant ukraine e u candidate status, along with moldova french president emanuel my call spoke glowingly after the vote . the pupil unusual to confirm that from day one of this conflict, europe has been reacting in a quick historic and united way body function. firstly with the sanctions. as van economic, military and financial support, laguna made it to annoy with this political gesture in it not suggest politic. the decision did not come as a surprise. mccall, along with 2 other powerful you leaders, germany, zoloft shots and italy's mario draggy had travelled to keep earlier in june, where they endorsed ukraine's e. u membership bid. many of the leaders acknowledged that russia's invasion played a large role in their decision making. these put the

whole european union in such a motion, they will, we see is a result of totally new i would say utmost within europe in council. it says, i would say this is a new european council at this moment. it's clear ukraine will have to fulfill a long list of criteria before being able to enter the union, a process that could take years even decades. but the possibility of a lengthy waste didn't dampen the spirits of ukraine's president who thank the council by a video link totally kuala naz. neither he's at least you to show property over. i believe that the flag of the european union will fly in every ukrainian city that we have to liberate from russian occupation for that great. the ukrainian and european flags will be together when we rebuild our country together after this war . from the states ye lini ross, you leaders will also have to discuss whether the union is even able to welcome new family members anytime soon. many here in brussels agree the block needs internal

reform 1st. so europe can compete on the world stage. and believe the war raging on its doorstep makes this even more urgent of a more, i'm joined now by the devilish brussels be rich if alexandra phenomena, alexandra, it's an historic step and it's done now. but how difficult was the path to achieve it? it was not an easy decision. i thing for you leaders. some of them were very skeptical initially saying that it, sir, not fair to lead to ukraine, jammed q, given that some potential a candidate countries have been waiting for years for such a decision. some of them were concerned that sir, are pointing to the fact that ukraine is a country at war occupied in many areas by the russian forces and you appear in union is defined as a project as a peace project. however,

at the discussion change of to friends, italy and germany through their weight behind this idea convincing others to follow . and so we had a chance to catch up today with one of the vocal supporters of this a decision. the latvian prime minister occur shot in currents and i asked him about the significance offer this decision to grant ukraine and moldova candidate status . it, it, it literally extends the hand of friendship and of openness to a country which is in a war right now with russia and mold of, of which is also very vulnerable. but may be more important for us. europeans is that we are once again in the business of looking to expand, looking to have the, the, the family of democratic nations grow ever larger. and i think this is a good signal at all of europe, because as europe has gained more and more member states,

and these are member states which are ready to join, which of undergoing the refunds, which have democratic governance, or the rule of law in all of this it increases all of our well being, so the well being in germany in france, in portugal goes up as more members states are coming to the union. so it's good that in these very troubling times. there are still nations that want to be like us . i also asked the luncheon prime minister, what kind of signal the decision sent to a moscow. and so he told me that the message is clear that if put in a thought that the war in ukraine would. so this unity among the europeans at the opposite is the case. alexandra, by a you stand is the decision to give you crank, candidacy was quite fast, but what does that mean for the rest of the process? now, does this now main that ukraine is on a fast track to official a you membership?

i don't think so. and actually we have been asking this question a lot here in brussels answer. the answer was always no. and with officials telling us that ukraine has to complete the whole process that it has to be done by the book that they have to fulfill certain criteria that they have to strengthen their rule of law, the fight against a corruption. and of course, when we look at our candidate countries in europe and they have been waiting for years, it is a lengthy process. and it is important to meet all the criteria that are requested of all the burning issues. and there are many for the you led us to talk about what are the priorities now as we look at the rest of the day in day the, the end of the some so leaders mad to day to speak about the economic situation within the block with soaring energy prices, inflation a germany sir,

chancellor of shoulds told us that the global economy, as well as the economy within the european union, is facing major challenges caused by the war in ukraine. so those are, of course, the issues that needs to be tackled. there are different proposals on the table. what needs to be done, for instance, with regards to energy prices, there are proposals to do more to buy energy together as the european union, of course water. and the whole union is also trying to do an end to individual members said they are trying to be less dependent on energy coming from russia. looking into the near future. now we eagerly await the final communique. there any clues at all as to what we can expect? well, yes indeed, because actually some conclusions that are part of this community were already

approved yesterday by the leaders, for instance, with regard to ukraine and granting ukraine and on bold, over and candidate status. and the leaders also agreed that work needs to continue needs to continue on sanctions, including their implementation and are preventing their sim, current circumvention and then conclusions on the western balkans. we're also approved yesterday. okay, now we are a certainly looking forward to, to, to seeing what kind of conclusions we are going to see with regard to the economic situation in the european union. they w's alexander phenomena in brussels. thanks so much. and ukraine has ordered the withdrawal if its troops from the eastern city

of seville at the netscape. after weeks of fierce fighting against russian forces that, according to the original governor capture severe, the netscape, the dumbass area is central to russia's push to sees a large suede of land in eastern ukraine regional authority, so fighting as intensifying and no town in the eastern region. is safe for residence? civilian evacuations are increasing. meanwhile, ukrainian trips have repelled an attack on the southern outskirts of near by lucy chance. the last fully explaining controlled city in the region of the huts. ah, ukraine is losing ground in the east lis. down near the city of las a chance has been devastated by shelling, rushing forces or concentrating the overwhelming fire bar on what is the last major ukrainian has city in the province of lou hands. they have already seen control of its due in cities. soviet done, it's forcing ukraine's troops to retreat in order to avoid encirclement of weeks of

treat by st. combat to just touch your thoughts are done, said you to prost another. there's no sense staying in opposition to me or have been destroyed during many months of fighting, but most of them had gibson ye me at some loosely. but the most we do with the number of casualties in the poorly fortified areas will grow every day by the mobile opening. and therefore, the decision was made for the sake of the defenders who are there for sure you got it on record yet back about share it. but the most that i was mad about was back. unless a chance many civilians are being taken to safety. but not everyone wants to leave up. it's the ukrainian army shooting at us. it is them that kill our children or not that we want. again, we breaking the story to cross love to brussels, where jim chancellor, olive schultz is speaking about a candidacy relating to you. and let's discuss even meeting as a mark on it. actually, we took that unanimous decision from the 2 carina double, the grand ones,

which often allow me among our candidates that is to your train. ah no, by puts conduct and startles for long hide grant. at u. m. a candidate wanted us to do on the ukraine and moldova, and send the precondition to that are necessary. so we said $27.00 times. yes. log we had talked about the, discuss the perspectives of georgia as we've dealt with your perspectives, mazda, 6 western long nations. these are dear to my heart, indeed, and important for me, it is important that we use the new dynamics for the new london. and he brought home nancy aforesaid new dynamics so that these countries will become members of the european union. some countries have undertaken great efforts, they prepared themselves and now when i need to see the opening of new chapters and they'll be in such a negotiation, those can take place. that's also true for especially for albania and north

macedonian are but not dollars as we are making grant and great efforts to make this possible. unfortunately, we have not made progress as much as we have liked to see um, but um the process cannot be to start observe. we will have the new and see new intensity out work that these countries will receive their just reward for the efforts they have undertaken. and with those past a year, when we know when taking such a decision, now of course, these decisions hit ourselves as well. and affect ourselves, we need to be capable to absorb new members. we need institutional reforms that are urgently necessary. linda, given the fact that we will see new members, these institutional reforms will become important. and let me just give you a couple of buzzwords, majority decisions to make sure that the rules of democracy in the rule of law are lied in the member states that the commission can enforce these rules.

we need to deal with the size of the commission out her new accessions. it may not lead them to cannot be that the commission in large as in disorder as the european union enlarge. and i don't think that will make sense, but we need to deal with these questions, but that was not the topic of this is a summit, but we have a unanimity here on the fact that we'll need reforms. and now we need to tackle reforms. and we have to good important decision was tied to high hopes, and i think this sends out a strong message for our european union and good message of a european union. that is a community that is for good. you can serve as a role model and some things on the form that represents dated picking out where it states gather or because they have a common out he's as far as so social market and economy of rule of law and democracy is concerned. it is urgent that we need to deal with questions pertaining

to the, or are russia's war of aggression aggression against ukraine. we need to deal with the question as to how we can lender contribution that immediately rein will receive a support. we talked about financial humanitarian measures and reform some more and, and we also talked about military assistance and we talked about the price precise sanctions that we impose. then we actually continued to look out further tightening the sanctions. and because some sanctions are not precise enough and these are the tasks lie ahead and we plan to tackle with stand in solidarity with ukraine. that is defending itself against a terrible war of aggression and has to defend itself and will need to defend itself against us. war of aggression uses energy security plays an important role,

a big role not good at just, but also eager consequence. on the war we discussed this question and for the moment as well, i think it is good that we are planned to continue to follow on this topic. we're going to receive reports soon that enable us to think about how we can actually channel and pool our resources and activities so that we have a better wellness bank to have on becoming independent of the importance of fossil fuels from russia while at the same time developing our community, our union in a way that we can focus also on the a expanse of expansion of the use of renewable energy is a good message of the here. and so i don't, this is do before, but i don't to so but let's see our decision that crecia will join the iraq zone. it's a good to set, develop manual i think many will be happy about that. it's also

a sign for been that we have in common in europe, that the euro is going to sleep something that is worth striving for and striving to for doesn't i am happy my, not those troops from europe the here much to include that i could insure my support to help them and i can say that i am certain that multiple german parliament will, i actually follow my lead. i have no doubt that the german parliament is going to agree with me. and my view here which women on which to go to cooper, i believe we have seen an important summer with historic decisions off with our new infant children support for europe. also as far as the western malcolms is concerned with a willingness to a reform institution. so that the european union becomes a stronger and more sovereign and a better you decide what is all about. so if i,

if we have a host of questions looking annoy home of the 30th broadcasting station, we annoyance differ from florida. and i took my children with us, he met in the university and talked about energy curity. but once again we did was the agreement which was not to be expected after the diverse summit. or were you tried in vain hope to actually agree on a buying energy? could you take note of the fact that there will not be a capping of the price on the energy or a common supply? and 2nd, when or in the european is going to start and accession nurse negotiations with the old menia and north of macedonia. and what you say are, with regard to the vote in the bulgarian parliament vendor festival toys. i have the firm convictions issues that we have embarked on a good parties to words are coordinating our energy policy. we took the necessary

consequences of them. there is no hard in the states have the option to voluntarily co operate when it comes to buying energy. new commissioner will take a bit of work and we discuss this. and there will be a careful of rewards on the various questions pertaining to market architecture. what can be done together, and we're going to discuss this next time the commission has proposed outbound a precisely that it wants to do its own work. and it isn't task to do this until the next time. so it was not a surprise, but we're all working hard to def, towards achieving this goal, hoping and we are in order to make sure that we become independent. we have to do our utmost. i to expand the energy production electricity production by the use of the wind and solar power by actually own and enhancing our goal so greatly by making sure that we can use hydrogen. all of this goes well together with our

projects and proposals that the commission is going to put forward. and we are going to make sure that we are quicker when it comes into in, in, in implementing these decisions. germany, it's also embarked on this path to bring about that in the necessary infrastructure, helps market. and in the plumbers where we are flowing are going to accelerate or planning procedures which cut what we're going to use a nuclear opportunity from reagan on top of that. we've seen the new european rules and also further accelerate law on the european level and still guns concrete. this is one of the tangible projects of the new one with the power you a program on like you. i am of the opinion that we're heading in the right direction and what's happening at the same time wondering we have coordinated

a better coordinated projects to unfortunate invest more. it's not just germany that of the building of pipelines and investing in linkedin, find natural gas terminals. or to get into the gas green other no, other countries will benefit that lucel would you don't have access to the sea into the ocean. i was, we were also enhancing capacities in the ports in west bend, euros. and we were seeing investments in croatia and greece in order to create, become more independent with infrastructure that enable us to import energy from other countries. italy is about to create links to african resources. this is happening and we are going to promote this together and we are going to actually mobilize the financial means from the various programs. and i believe actually we are seeing

a great common efforts. and we're going to see more of that as far as the security of gas supply is concerned, this is a topic that will affect us all. no one believes in the technical, technical reasons that that the russian side is mentioning because of a throttling off the gas applies. no one believes in that we are and preparing ourselves to do as necessary. what's necessary germany has taken our legislator measures. we have described this move, we house actually hobb plans and have the legal measures to become capable to act. we have created a legal instruments and on the by law we made sure that the storage capacities are in hands are faced with this difficult situation and to other countries rack the same way as far as the decision of the bulger and parliament is concerned. we need to look at it closely and analyze it carefully. i believe the

prime minister is committed to you didn't want them to achieve an agreement, whether this is a solution that can work for a north macedonia or i can tell without having analyzed the texas. but it was from my point of view, we need to do everything in our power so that albina and north macedonia will be able to have accession conferences very soon that we are opening negotiating chapters and that was a move ahead swiftly they did everything that is necessary and as european union we need to remain credible and act accordingly. yeah, i have, mike was becca the speaker magazine. we go from microsys and the bigger dust bigger mr. chance the ukraine has candidates. data, however, needs a full of fulfilled print conditions. and afterwards the council wants to decide on

further steps. why isn't there after the fulfillment of these criteria, the automatic start tune, i'm accession negotiations because they're not actually hooked cut guarantee for exceptions. seem that the example of turkey dos, guns feel for also to soften that malice. it is the normal way ahead that the preconditions need to be met and membership with something that can be gained by members by estates, if they fulfill all the preconditions necessary questions pertaining to a rule of law. democracy, the whole i keep company tear all the rules and regulations and its affective implementations due to not just intentions, but realities need to reflect that on all of this needs to be implemented. we have the topic of corruption and other issues. we expect this of all states which one should become member of the european union. it is

a big part that is full of prerequisites. but if you look at the decisions, this is exactly what i said is the language of the european union. and it's not surprising because these are our roles. the other way around. one has to say, if once countries have embarked on this path, then all conditions are met, then we need to make progress. and this is what i said with regard to albina and north macedonia. because in 2003, these countries have received the perspective to become candidate the have been candidate for many years. no one thought that it would take us so long. so this is why i'm pregnant because it is in our, its own vital interest. and in the interest of everyone, i love who decided for the him, european, who hath we need to defend our credibility by and actually make quicker progress as far as the western ball comes, is concerned. you may go fish idp on this next. yes,

you can. thank you very much. mister chancellor. i would like to ask you a question pertaining to the g 7. a crisis was going to be a topic today. we've seen a conference on the level of foreign ministers on global moon security group. now, has a summit going to result in the largest on the portion of the nation and a question pertaining to an energy not in stream. one is going to be closed down on july 11th for maintenance works there. our fear is that it will not go back into a black at work again before you share this new. we are preparing the summit and we are trying to put caesar reminds of michelle's for gonna come to precise common conclusions on pertaining to all topics and hand. this holds true

for questions pertaining to food security and how we prevent a threat of a major food crisis, not a famine. we feel responsible, but it is up to the summit and to come up with the concrete and tangible results. i don't want to pre suppose these because a servant mondays are going to come together and they are going to gather in. it is important to me that we discuss these questions when you go with those nations that we invited, not just international organizations, but also indonesia, india, senegal to south africa. in my view, it is sends out a strong signal that we gather in this composition and talk about and negotiate such questions which are so important for the future argument. as regards a question pertaining to of the maintenance work, the restorations are a repair, work excuse me, of the pilot plan. i don't want to spend,

and i think it was absolutely reasonable that we've started towards the end of last year to discuss what happens should the energy supply become more insecure due to the consequences of war. and we were well prepared when the war started. and this is why was able to announce that we're going to take measures for regarding the construction of l. n. g terminals are and that was able to announce legislative measures to make sure to be able to be prepped, be prepared for a difficult situation. and you can see we have made great progress as far as a filling of our storage is concerned, and we would not be as far without the measures that we took legislative measures and other measures. but it doesn't make sense to speculate what happens when we need to be well prepared. and this is exactly what we did very quickly. and this is

why we have come further than without this preparatory work. andreea's thinker, hoyt us, mr. chancellor, allow me to ask a follow up questions this morning. you optimistically said that by the end of the year, one can accelerate the process to find alternative suppliers of guards in order to maintain the infrastructure. could you be more precise in what quantities and an alternative sources will be available earlier than expected and one question pertaining to the euro. what you have hoped that bulgaria would also, i have received a offer to join the euro zone the album michelson. we are working at great speed and drain should be as quick as possible. and this is why we hoping that we are going to, going to be able to get things done in

a sped up fashion. it doesn't make sense to speculate on individual aspects for to name before and talk about things before they happen. but rest assured that we are working with lightning speed and made everything possible to be prepared for difficult situation progress. and as regards the question of guerria joining the euro zone, the same holds true for everyone. rules need to be obeyed preparatory things need to be concluded. and uh, from my point of view, the point of view of the euro group. and this is true for grace yet, this is why we were able to take this decision. you cannot take a political decision, it has to be a certain rules have to be fulfilled and everyone agreed. and the.