oh, recognize where exactly. it was fun and i've learned a lot. our culture history. all their d. w. travel extremely worth a visit. ah . this is dw news live from berlin. the european union is approaching a turning point. german chancellor, olaf shells prepares to outline his vision for the block during a keynote speech in prac ah,

i'm pablo foias. welcome to the program. german chancellor, olaf sholtes is in prague in the czech republic, giving a keynote speech on the european union's future. what he's calling a turning point, and you're just actually seeing live images from the chat capitol mal sholtes is expected to touch on major steps to reform, expand the european union in the rise of rising global challenges. and he's also set to reaffirm germany's long term commitment to supporting ukraine as its struggles to repel invading russian forces. it's shelters. first visit to the check over since becoming chancellor. develop that because, well, before we actually across, over to prag, at we're joined here in studio by our political correspondent, thomas barrow. good to see a thomas. now, chance her shelter is set to address the main concern for the european union at the

moment, which is of course energy. so what can we expect from him? with regards to that topic? i do imagine that he will touch on germany's dependence, for example, and russian gas and how the country has been trying to win itself of that dependence. and i imagine that he will do it not only explaining how germany as a country has come to terms with that and has been putting measures in place, but also from a european perspective, touching on european solidarity in terms of energy, but also touching on how europe can move forward when it comes to that germany, not the only country in the european union that has had problems. let's put it that way with deliveries from russia under such as we imagined that as part of this key note speech. he will talk about germany's problems about how germany has dealt with them, but also how this could be something where europe can work as a whole as a group. so that term european solidarity, which we often hear when it comes to these kinds of keynote speeches. i imagine that it will be also very important term in this speech by german chancellor shots

. now we're just seeing the images there. he hasn't even approached to stage just yet. what other topics i am are going to be discuss. we did touch on them there at the top of the show, and one is for example, migration. this is, this will be very probably a very broad speech outlining how he sees europe's future. he already had a similar speech here in berlin, just after the war and ukraine began outlining how he saw, or he would like to see germany's future. a speech that has been described here in germany sort of turning point. and this has been likened to that speech in february where he is now expected to talk about a european turning point, what the war in ukraine means for europe and how europe can then move together in the next years in the next a period together. so migration is certainly one of the issues that he's expected to touch on how europe can leave behind some of those problems that it face in the

past when it came to migration. those divisions that were out of the evidence. for example, during the 2201516 migration crisis, how europe could learn from that in the future? not only about migration in general about his vision of a boulder european union, something that i find particularly important, this is being described as a key note speech. it is probably not going to have a lot of detail, but it will be a speech on which his actions will be measured in a couple of years time. thomas, we're going to leave it just there cuz we're actually gonna cross over now to prague and we're going to at listen in to what at the german chancellor. all i shall husky say to this city. understood it was legacy and harrington. i'm far more european than almost any other city in a continental ocean. although she nissan service. this is instantly touching law, a parent situation, every american, a chinese tourist strolling across the child's bridge up to ranching cancels was that is why they come here or because emits did was medieval cancelled as bridges, catholic, protestant, jewish places of worship, and cemeteries, gothic cathedrals,

and our new little palaces with high rise buildings made of glass and quaint streaks with often but houses and a bunch of languages spoken. in the old town, they discover the esl self. what makes europe the greatest possible diversity lying in account space and safe progress? europe in miniature, then the chance universe, it is like the chronicler of our european history. so rich in light and shade your blunder. i called a few thir zips at o. p. o, i can't say whether it's found. i am perchance the full thought of himself as a european law. his biography suggest that this was the case of born with the opa he, me and 1st name of vance level, on your educated him lanyards, harris, son of a ruler from the house of luxemburg and hapsburg mother, german emperor, king of bohemia and italy, vinyl. evidently, it seems only logical that bohemians poles, bavarian and saxons completed their studious generally at his university. as

a matter of course, alongside students in france, italy in england. but because this university is in europe, it also had to endure the low points of european history. religious zealotry divisions along linguistic and cultural lines in the enforced ideological conformity during the dictatorships of or 20th century. even this book, it was the germans who wrote the darkest chapter of this history. the close of the university by the national socialist occupies the shooting of protesting stones. the abduction to german concentration camps are thousands of members of the university madison. these crimes, philip germans with pain and shame to this day, giving expression to this fact is another reason why i'm here to day on friday, especially as we often forget organ that for many citizens in central europe

holding. so lack of freedom, suffering and dictatorship, did not end with the german occupation and the destruction wrought by the 2nd world war. one of the many great intellectuals that this university produced reminded us of this fact back in the time of the cold war viola. in 1983 milan, condo me, land condemned, would you describe the tragedy of central europe, namely, how gun, when the polish check slovaks, bolts, and arians, romanians bulgarian, and eucharist last just woke up after the 2nd world war to discover that they were now in the east that they'd vanished from the map of the west of madison albert lumber. we are getting to grips with his legs. it too, especially those of us who were on the western side of the iron curtain. this rule about not only because this legacy lies part of european history, therefore of our common histories, european all but also because the experience of citizens of central and eastern

europe alone form for feeling forgotten, abandoned while behind an iron curtain is something which continues will cast if shadowed but to this day. incidentally, this also affects our debate about future about all europe are right now. we are again asking ourselves where the dividing line will run in the future between this free europe and a near imperialist autocracy. within the hub, i talked about a watershed following russia's invasion of ukraine in february, put in spotlight, whom had put in russia, wants to redraw boundaries by the use of for something else, but we in europe never wanted to experience again, dual credit. the brutal attack on ukraine is therefore also an attack on europe security architecture and you're on smith, alex lawson, and we are standing up to this attack with all you resolve. i need our own strength for this as individual countries in the alliance with our trans atlantic partners,

but also as the european union born order. and this united europe was born as a peace project with in urine ducklings was. it's objective lot was to ensure they would never again be war between its member states. even today, it is up to us and to continue to develop this promise act piece by enabling the european union to safeguard it. security its independence, and it stability from host also in the face of challenges from without the lessons of garbo robbers. madame on ladies and gentlemen, as europe's new pieces, mission was worthy mice and all that is the rights of robbery. mosul shall invest members of the public expect if you are a bosa west anti mister far content. luckily, here it is so far a stroke of good fortune that the presidency of the council of the european is currently being held by the check republic, which is a country which has long since acknowledged the importance of this mission and is

steering europe in the right direction wonderful, go check yas, germany's full support for this and i'm looking forward to working together with prime minister fiala pearson to find the right to european answers to this turning of the times yesterday. a lot. the 1st of these answers, the name was lance, unless we aren't fleeting, taking russia's attack on peace in europe, lying down as in the other. so we were not falls down idly by and watch women by a lament on the lung, children being killed, all free countries being wiped off the map and disappearing behind walls, around curtains, lawyers. we don't want to go back to the 19th or 20th century with laws of occupational totalitarian excesses are all our unit is united to peace and freedom awful. i lord, and is not open to all european nations who share our values above all. however, it is an active rejection of imperialism and autocracy. your peers,

on your unfortunate mission, would you go on to all the currents of the european union is not supremacy of subordination. rather, the acknowledgment of diversity, a level playing field between all of its members. plurality, the balancing of different interests signed over it is precisely this united euros that is such anathema to putting that because it doesn't fit into his world view where smaller countries are forced us, made into a handful of major european powers. and all this, all, the more important that we defend our idea of europe together. good afternoon. this is why we are supporting ukraine's here as long as in tango of water in london. this also goes off for the reconstruction of the destroying country, which will be a massive undertaking, absolute morbid, undertaking generations to accomplish it requires international coordination and an intelligent, dependable strategy. and this is going to be the focus about an expert conference that no president of the european commissioner has left on the line. and i have

invited ukraine, and it spartans from all around the world to attend in berlin. 125 october, who in the coming weeks and months we're done and we will moreover be sending you a new state of the art weapons such as air defense and radar systems, or recognizance strengths or to them by some people. just the most recent pay have arms deliveries is worth 600000000 ers down our objective, our modern ukranian armed forces applied able to defend their own country of who on a permanent basis. but thus on kia viva. we mustn't all content ourselves with supplying, give, with your equipment that we ourselves can do without judging. that's all we need. more planning might and coordination have with us together with another else. therefore, we have launched an initiative or less seeking to achieve the long term and reliable division of labor between all ukrainian partners. so for example, i can imagine was on germany will assume social responsibility in terms of building

up ukraine's or artillery in our defense capacity. the strong load has been the we shouldn't barometer a waste time reaching agreement on such a system of coordinated as support as underscoring our commitment to free and independent ukraine in the long run on as we did at the european council in june. when we joined our hands and all said yes, yes, ukraine's but the republic of load over and down the line, also georgia. and of course the 6 countries of the west and balkans belong to us to the free and democratic part of europe. their e, you accession ease in our interest. fronted us immigrant. i could explain this in terms of demography or on economics or milan in keeping with milan corner from a cultural, ethical and moral perspective. when one of these reasons are valid, was of a high decline again, let something which is clear to day than ever before, is the geopolitical dimension of this decision. we've taken hungry ald politic in the 21st century, does not mean for putting values on the back burners and sacrificing partners in

the order of a lazy compromise. round politic must mean involving friends and the partners whose values we share, supporting them, so that we can be strong together in global competition. and this, by the ways, how i understand a monro microns proposal for a european political community, a truly shambles in against without saying that we have the cancer of year the i received the early cd, least in partnership, the european economic area, nato. older, all of these are important forums in which we, europeans are co operating closely, even beyond the borders of the you. what is our level here is a regular exchange at the political level of foreign arts and which we hence the state and government of the you and of our european partners, meet once or twice a year. to discuss the key issues which affect the continent as a home, such as security energy, the climate connectivity, so young to them such

a groupings may come through. and it's important for me to emphasize this is not surveys to be an alternative to the upcoming you enlargement life of the barton involved. after all, we have given our word to the accession candidates. and in the case of the gunners lewis the balkans that was almost 20 years ago. and these words must finally be followed by actions were unfilled in for gangland beyond the financial dr. them in recent years, many people have rightly called for a stronger, more sovereign and geopolitical european union on plots in the union field of what is it in aware of its place in the history and geography of the continent and act strongly and very safely all over the world gung.