accordingly, from this side, there are very clearly legally prescribed procedures that do not in any way prevent ukraine from moving towards the european union. and tell me, before the decision to start negotiations was made, it was possible to overcome hungary's resistance, but in exchange for the fact that they said that the issues it raises, the issues of national minorities there, will be part of these framework negotiations, what this will mean in practice is that we will conduct a separate track with hungary. will the european union itself impose certain demands on us, which must be met for admission? and the other thing, mr. vitaly, because the bilateral track between us and hungary started a long time ago, even before ukraine signed the association agreement, we have been negotiating for a very long time both regarding the rights of national minorities and regarding language legislation, and we must not forget that starting from july 1 this. year,

and this is literally in a week, hungary will take over the presidency of the council of the european union, accordingly, we all understand, and this was announced during the meeting of the ambassadors of the member states of the european union union at that meeting, where preparations for the intergovernmental conference were actually unblocked, that hungary will keep this issue under control, now we can say that they have found a more diplomatic way out of the situation, which gave this way out and this decision made it possible, including orbán to say that his demands have been met and they will continue to monitor closely, and yes, you are absolutely right that we will have to have this dialogue and prove our progress not only in brussels, but also in our bilateral negotiations with in hungarian side, and i correctly understand that this first stage of negotiations will generally fall on the hungarian presidency. not quite, because we

still don't know what the dynamics of our dialogue will be in general about these parts of the first part about fundamental reforms, that is, we will definitely be able to open this chapter during the hungarian presidency, but how the dynamics will go on, here is very real a lot depends on the ukrainian side as well, how quickly and how dynamically and efficiently we will fulfill those obligations. and those reforms that are prescribed in this section, well, here too a lot will depend on how the european commission will actually be rebooted and updated, how key positions will be distributed, because one way or another it also affects the dynamics of the negotiations and, in general, more comprehensively, the processes and attitudes towards the future expansion of the european union, so here it is impossible to on the one hand, to underestimate the influence of hungary. on the other hand, it cannot

be said that it will be some kind of disaster, but you can explain why the european leaders could not agree on the new leadership of the european union at their last meeting, believed that it was just such a, i would say procedural moment of the dinner where everything would be agreed, and nothing was agreed as a result, well, in fact, that's what they were going to do, they were going to get out of this formal informal meeting of theirs, because there was also a formal part, there was also... a closed informal part of the negotiations, at least with a specific list of candidates for key positions with political agreements to support these candidates, this did not happen and did not happen for various reasons, firstly, as the results of the european elections showed parliament, this is a kind of cross-section of sentiments on the european union, the next composition of the european parliament will be quite colorful, the various

camps are quite divided, despite the fact that even the key party of european conservatives, the ip, has strengthened its positions, but and they alone are not enough to approve, for example, the same ursula fondeliaen as the head of the european commission, and negotiations are ongoing now, primarily they are ongoing regarding this position of the head of the european commission, because it is one of the key positions, and here it is important to remember that... it all comes together as a package, the mathematical principle has a strong influence, that is, everyone just sits and counts the votes, whether there will be enough votes in the european parliament for this approval to take place, and for a sufficient number of votes was, the ruling party that won will now have to negotiate with the social democrats, and with the liberal group, including the group that is led and...

led by ms. some drastic changes, but everyone understands what is here the situation... is such that it will not allow them to rest from august until the end of october, when the new composition of the european commission will be approved. thank you, thank you mrs. maria, maria golyb, an expert on european integration, we had bilateral relations between ukraine and the european union on the air from brussels, and now from europe to the middle east. aria zayden, israeli political scientist, reserve lieutenant colonel of the israel defense forces, we will be on the air now, congratulations. madam, sir, good afternoon, good evening, so 261 days of war in the middle east, already too solid figures, i would say, and until a few days ago it was believed that such a moment

of reconciliation, at least a ceasefire, could come, president biden presented his plans, there were proposals from mediators between. israel and hamas, now they are talking not so much about this, but about a possible new war between israel and husbollah already on the territory of lebanon, what is really happening, and what can really become the most important thing in the coming weeks? please, i don't think that the next stage of intelligence on the events of the war with hezbollah, which has been going on for 8 years months, can be called a new war, this is part of the military mind. it is simply a transition from positional warfare to maneuver. it is clear that the hizballah does not know how to maneuver, only the tzagal can maneuver, they are built in such a way that, ah, the tzagal

makes such deep strikes, as you always do , at 20, 30, 40 km, and hezbollah at this moment is hitting ... er, israeli, and as you know, hezbollah is mostly based in the northern part of lebanon, its main units and missile units are located there, ah, well, now the tasks, the main task will be to... this kind of development is not only possible, but logical, yes, we fought in 2008,

most likely, it will not be possible this time, and... if the issue was only military, then all this would probably have happened six months ago, the issue of maneuverability in lebanon is not purely a military issue, more a political one, and when we talk about the fact that in lebanon there are approximately 50 thousand lebanese with canadian citizenship, a total of 150 thousand with citizenship. of the united states, when the united states is not very interested in the way this war developed, and kesballa himself itself is not very interested in this, and israel will also, if possible, want to resolve

this issue diplomatically, so in my opinion, after all, we end up with very serious rhetoric and one way or another ... we will come to an agreement in a few, in a few months, after the south ends completely, after the tychs come to the rising front, after i fly, they are ready to cross the border now, and that's when the peak will be like this, and after it will be, and tell me, here after netanyahu officially renounced military... cabinet, which united representatives of the ruling coalition and opposition forces, how does it generally affect the war and the domestic political situation in israel, it does not affect the military situation in any way, it acts completely independently, the quality of the decisions

made today by the cabinet today there is no prime minister or cabinet either, and... one way or another , the decision was made by the prime minister in the cabinet itself, that is, nothing has changed, absolutely nothing has changed, if possible, even with the existence of the cabinet. there was an opportunity for netanya it is not just me to say, this is the cabinet, today it is only netanyahu, but we continue to live in the same, in the same pattern, in the same parodigniculigo waiting for some positive externality, in the south, the destruction of sylvar there or some possibility of the return of more hostages , and every time it is so external. will be used to tell us, yanam, look at everything that, ah, all

the suffering you're feeling enough, it's worth it to have some small positive result in it this time, and so here we are we will continue, rather, you know, the war, no, we, we will not hear the announcement of the end of the war. months, only after, most likely, it will end on both fronts together, after there is development, and tell me, these accusations of the prime minister against the united states, the prime minister of israel, that all this is happening, because that it is not enough that the united states provides weapons to israel, how serious is this from a military point of view, do american supplies of weapons to israel really have, let's say the same importance, as well as american supplies of weapons to ukraine? they don't have the same importance as the supply of american weapons to ukraine, it's not

quite, it's not the whole truth, the fact that completely all the supplies, even on the contrary, all the supplies are working, there was a quality supply of bombs, you could see more of that, i think , two weeks, so two more naval subs of the ship for the marines came to make them big, we didn’t have them yet, so that it was possible to somehow maneuver the marines, probably in lebanon, and maybe in other places that is, statement by statement, as i said, rhetoric on the one hand, actions on the other, and you and i think we need. watch and analyze actions from both sides, and not listen to their statements.

yuland, the minister of defense of israel will visit the united states soon, i understand that now both washington and jerusalem are taking this visit quite seriously, commenting on what he can provide in terms of understanding the continuation and end of the war? the end of the war, i don't think it will lead to anything. with yov galalan fulfills the mission of the third this time mediator, between netanyahu, netanyahu and biden. yoavgala came to washington in order to say: there is netanyahu, and there is the state of israel, and i, as its defense minister, as an elected politician, as a representative of the israeli people, carry with me this... about what we adhere to, adhere to the convention, we adhere to the understanding

of the united states that the war must be fought effectively, but still yes, listen and care about the population, its public, and everything that the americans want to hear, that is the purpose of the secretary of defense goes, well, it is clear that if the medical... from a political point of view, let's look at it, he does not earn an electoral shaft, uh, for him it is a source of political strength, another one, for that, that is, the galan does not completely lose in that regard , in no way, netanyahu knows how to deal with such and such politicians, when someone allegedly takes one of his positions, he simply does not pay attention to it at all... it is attention and attention and thus gives these waves about it pass and

then he continues to act, and say, in in principle, if we talk about the situation related to the general views of israeli society on the finale, there is a unity of understanding that this is still a long war, that it can continue, if not for years, then for months, as far as now, after the 261st day, we can talk about a common understanding of the security situation, uh, despite the fact that israel is not built from... parts of society that do not always find understanding with each other, the majority still has to, has the understanding and readiness for this, so that to continue the struggle, not to continue the war, to continue the struggle, there is a need for

the victory to be clear and... accurate, and it was accurate, blabbing, such a picture, so rosy of that victory, there is, there is a desire of society not to repeat it, so that it would not be, as in we're being told one more round to finish it off and we had some other, ah, another story with well, at least from the title sector, it's clear that they want this one to become a co-star, but everyone understands that spetsbav... at this stage we cannot destroy, i.e. there is such an alleged dissonance in the north, we wish one thing, but we understand that there will be no other, different result, there is hope in the south that after all, the result of our actions today will be a new, new, new presence, namely

the stay of the american special envoy amos hochstein in israel. in pouring, it helped to defuse the situation at least a little, it does not look like that, it supposedly gives some hope, but this happens so many times that in society and in other circles, if you like, even in the economic and financial, and its foreign investors do not see anything in it at the moment, but... foreign investors investors are not returning, domestic investors are also investing more abroad than in the local market, and in this regard, the development of events is not very positive for the israeli economy in general,

we can say that after this iranian attack the situation is in this direction. . at least it stabilized a little and that such actions cannot be expected in the near future, that iran, at least in the form in which it was, left the game, so even though the bloc was not at all iranian, iranians, persians, they still people ah practically, and they understand that the, that level, to which development, to which... they have reached and the level of israeli development is higher than, ah, than they would like, and therefore there is no sense, and i am definitely convinced of that , that they act from such a protic point of view, what they do effectively, what they don't do effectively, they checked, they understood that

direct attack is not effective, they continue, diet by proxy, maybe they are better today. which is to increase these terrorist investments and develop the houthis or to continue develop pezbags or increase the number of shiite militias in syria, it works well, so they will choose, they will return to the way we worked before the attack, are you not surprised by this information about what russia is preparing? accept palestinian refugees on their territory? you know, i understand that this is completely non-sunni, and i'm just russian new propaganda, they, they always use every opportunity to destabilize the situation in the middle east in the beginning, as we were there months ago, i after

when israel declared that it supported ukraine, they immediately asked... yes, let's return to the issue of that alexandria yard, again they started talking about the fact that they supported ukraine's autonomy, and again we are invaders, give them more a little more time and they will return, and to talk about from the propaganda was spent talking about the fact that zaharnytsia zionist troops are carrying out punitive raids on the territory of the gas sector, as was customary under the soviet era. so i don't at all, you know, not even, i don't think it can be some serious statement. also the same statement, as i don't know, that ukraine started a war in donbas. this is the end of the support for the palestinians, there will be a lot of damage. but

the very fact that russia absolutely concretely moved to the position of the absence of any balance, so between israel and the palestinian authority, and by the way, between israel and hamas, you can say, you can't even talk about autonomy, they uh... . are actually ready to meet with the hamasites, is this a change, a change of position? i think it's true, they are returning, all these, you know this for sure, this whole path that russia is taking to return to the soviet ideology, return to the soviet gardenian internalist ideology, and in this regard, we are returning to the year 59, when the americans support the 56- and the year when the americans support israel in... in the soviet crisis, and the soviets, diplomats and troops were supported by the arabs, today they support terrorist terrorist

organizations, and look at what they only support terrorist organizations, they support iran, they support, they also support hamas, maybe we will wait until we support it, maybe we have already supported it as a simpleton, thank you. thank you, ms. arie. arie zayden, israeli political scientist, reserve lieutenant colonel of the israel defense forces, was on our air. from the near east, we are returning to europe, now to france, maria oleksa, journalist, editor on french television is on our air. congratulations, ms. maria. congratulations. well, today we received a message that the rating of french president emmanuel macron, after he announced extraordinary elections to the national assembly of france, collapsed sharply. it can be assumed that most people do not understand logic at all. actions of the french president, absolutely, for three weeks france has been living in a state of alarming chaos, for the second week, sorry, yes, this is the shortest election campaign

in the history of the fifth republic, all parties took this decision of emmanuel macron as a certain shock, surprise, surprise, even the far-right, for whom it is quite profitable, because they counted on the fact that they would still have three years to prepare for the elections, planned in 2027. and so basically they only have three weeks, and although they are in such a position after all still privileged after the european elections in view of their ratings, it is very difficult even for them to assemble their team in every department of france in to each of the 577 constituencies to present their candidate, the same reaction from the left, from the left side, and the same reaction from the associates of... macron himself, because he did not warn them. this decision was taken at a closed dinner, together with macron's advisers, who are not politicians, in fact, it's just

the inner circle, these are people who are engaged in communication, political technologies, there were six of them and six months ago, at least this is the study carried out by lumond magazine and determined that yes, it happened somewhere six months ago, and macron decided in a very narrow circle, if... there is a failure in the european elections, he dissolves the parliament, and if he expected to be de gaulle in 1968, when after the may protests, at that time de gaulle managed to mobilize the french around him, then most likely he will become de gaulle in 1997, when the then president dissolved the national assembly, thinking that he would strengthen his position, as a result he ended up in cohabitation, that is, cohabitation once... with the socialists, and macron is actually threatened with the same thing now. it is with the socialists, what with the national association of marina le pen? look, the latest polls

give 35% to the far right, i.e. lupine, 28% to the alliance, the alliance of left forces, which despite macron's hopes, or rather, how to say, he didn't expect it at all, he wanted them not to unite, and they are united, all leftists'. france, they are given 28%, and macron's parties give 22%. that is , the scenario here is either cohabitation with the left, who , well, to put it mildly, hate macron, or cohabitation with right-wing forces, which ideologically, as if, well, should be incompatible with macron, but maybe it comes to that, and here there is already a theory that this is a crash test for the far-right, that macron wants to let them into power. already now, so that by 2027 their ratings will be blown, so that they will not be able to cope with their tasks, well , that is, this is some kind of game with the fate of ukraine

actually. just so that the far right does not come to power in 2027, i will tell you frankly, the leftists , at least in the moral state they are in now, with macron will not want to rule the country, because the entire campaign and all the previous years of the existence of the left forces were directed to criticize macron's policies. how they will go to him in the government, well, i do not see it realistically. much more likely, however, is cohabitation with the far-right in... although the far-right is also not very happy, jordan bardela is potentially the next prime minister, this the leader of the party, marine le pen is, as it were, the honorary president, but she is not the president of the party, officially, it is already preparing for 2027, and bardela said that if he does not have an absolute majority in the far-right parliaments, he will not go to the position of prime minister, because he also understands that living with macron is a very risky game and the country

can be blocked. in decisions, in legislation for months, if not until 2027, and it benefits no one, and least of all, it benefits the french, who in fact may end up with a completely ungovernable national assembly, but on the other hand, the left wants to prevent the far-right from coming to power, this is their main task, in fact they have united in this popular front under this slogan, and here suddenly they are abandoning the coalition with macron, which may be the only chance, so as not to form in the extreme right. "how it will look, yes, it is absolutely true, it will look very strange on their part, and i think there will be, well, there will be interpretations, there will be negotiations, there will be negotiations, i don't know what concessions macron will have to make, that they would agree to be in his government, after all macron's policy has shifted so far to the right in recent years, and it is so different from what the left proposes that their coexistence is, well, technically

impossible. roughly speaking, the left says that the first thing we will do when we come to power is to cancel the pension reform. macron says, only through my corpse: the pension reform is all that i fought for, i spent many years to prepare it, the reform remains. also, there are talks now about another reform, which concerns the subsidy, people who are on unemployment benefits, so livy himself says, we are canceling this reform, it is bad, macron defends it behind his mouth, i.e. here again is the situation of a completely blocked legislative body, which cannot agree on anything, so the far-right also wants to cancel the pension reform, the far-right, by the way, also has a very interesting story, they are for, they are against the pension reform, but they are ready to postpone it decisions on the market, well, that is, they also leave such, let's say, space for maneuvering in case of a coalition with macron, the only thing. what about

they stated very firmly, but here macro for macron, this issue is perhaps less fundamental, it is electricity prices, very recently they have taken the economy seriously and gone through some points that will be difficult to realistically implement, but i compared the two programs like this, and these are exactly the points that are missing from macron's program, i.e. there should not be any very sharp clashes on these issues , here is also a very interesting issue on... although, for example, on the issue of europe, the far-right is absolutely determined that in the future france must pay much less to the european budget, in general, france has to withdraw from a number of agreements, including electricity, everything related to energy, and here, even with macron, they actually have a lot of differences, that's why i say that none of the scenarios currently, given recent polls, is not

optimal for the country to advance. even though it was moving in some direction and somewhere, did he really have a chance not to hold these elections ? absolutely, no one obliged him to make this decision, the european elections are not a reflection of the domestic one he had no national policy and no legal obligation to hold this vote. european elections in general are traditionally considered in french society to be a little detached reality from national politics, and that's why the turnout is very low, somewhere, it seems, 51% of french people only went to the european elections, while the turnout to the parliamentary national elections, it is still many times larger, it can reach 70%, 75 there, there were even such parliamentary elections, so it is still considered that these are two such parallel history, and no one forced him to do so, which is why this decision surprised everyone so much, on the other hand.