>> tensions between china and the u.s. threatened to derail the -- to be e held since coronavirus outbreak began. we will get the latest from our beijing correspondent. restaurants and churches will reopen. questitions being asked about te lack of a europewide -- india extends its locked onto the end of the month, but it has

hit the country hard. workerparking a migrant crisis. welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. the first assembly of ththe word health organization since the covid-19 outbreak began is being --d by videocon -- thismes amid nations is what the chinese leader xi jinping said earlier. >> we have turned the tide on the virus and in protecting the life and health of our people. openness,ted with transparency, and with responsibility.

we have provided information to those who and the relevant countries in the most timely fafashion. we have released the genome at the earliest possible time. we have shared their control and treatment with the wororld witht reservation. beijing -- about to join us. charles, australia is going to propose a resolution calling for an inquiry into the international response of the pandemic after initially calling for an inquiry into the origins. is this s still directed att beijing? if we listen to xi jinping, at the beginning of this assembly at also at -- the statements coming out of the ministry of foreign affairs, seems like beijing is on board thatthis new resolution has been proposed d by austrtra.

-- it promotes cooperation. why are they on board with this comparar to the ininitial propol from a australia w which demandn inquiry y into the origins of te virus? first, it doesn't t make specifications about the origin of the virus, just tasks for a comprehensive, independent and -- independent i inquiry into te pandemic response. are askining for an inquiry that will be led by an independent committee within the committee that belongs toto the world health ororganization. it works well withth beijing. the speech does show how beijing

is on a defensnsive position, having to justify having to counter axtxt position, narrative that says china's response left a lot to be desired. >> the taiwan n issue will not e discussed, specificalally whethr or not to give the island the statusus at the who. the island has been excluded sincnce 201717, why was thiss ququestion rsed agagn? >> taiwan was excluded from the world health organization 71 whwhen the u.n. recognized mainland china as china. as relationships between beijing and taipei improved, taiwan regained observer status until 2016.

i issue coming back? it is because taiwan's response to the pandemic has been used as an exampmple of how to deal with it. they've only y had half a dozozn deaths, just over 400 cases. ththey have used soft power very wewell, using their mask diplomy to countnter beijing's which was more heavy-handed, requiriring countries to a accept masks s oy if t they made a pubublic endorsement of beijing's response. to shohow taiaiwan's savvy in ts of soft popower, taiwan was the country that asked that this resolulution not be presesented, saying now was the time to discuss how to couounter the virus, not discuss taiwan. >> thank you.

of confinement, many european countries are easing restrictions. people are beginning to venture out. it has changed the atmosphere at landmarks and on the streets. let's take a look at this collage. >> ♪

>> [singing] >> ♪ >> joining me is alberto o alum anna, process for -- professor at eu law. seeing images of european cities slowly coming to life. no europeans to be wide strategy in place to deal with the easing. if anything, it has been peaceful by nature. his brussels t to blame? you're right in suggesting national restrictions are

converting travel. despite the attempt by the european union and the commission to coordinate the reopening of these unrestricted these space space, remains in limbo together with the lives of millions. it is a dystopian future for which we can probably lame the european union for not coordinating action, b but particicular member states. we have many countries imposing border control and also quarantine measures. i imposing on all entrants, a quarantine. as a result france's reciprocating. answers --n who enters from spain into france will enter quarantine.

freeee movement should be guaranteeded to everybody. >> what does this mean when you talk about freedom within the eu especially as we are heading into that crucial summer holiday period? the driver behind the attempt of the european union to reopen bordrders, it is pretty much tourists. terrorists play an important role bank -- play an important role. at the same time, we have to remember that these bordeder control measures play a limited effect in terms of health. they're not entirely justified or proportioned itit. will takeect t that it some time to undo those measures

and unless the e eu will go afar those cocountries, it t might be difficult to have e -- [no audi] what i am m more concecerned abt tourists,s, the not fact that myand unless the eu wr those countries, it might be difficult to have -- [no audio] forms of [indiscernible] >> as a result, is this going to ?eaken the conceptpt of the eu the situation will have a heavy weight on the future of the european union. agree o ontates cannot how to coordrdinate actions, the is little hope they could agree on any other possible common answers in the future. what you're talking about is one of the major achievements of

europe. those border restrictions should never have set up. now that they are there, it would be better if we could go back to where we are. we are beieing pessimistic, bute should not have allowed member states to her rectum borders that didn't -- two erect borders. that didn't make sense. was a major strategic and political mistake. europe will unfortunately pay a high price for it. the millions who will be affected by y the lack of f a capacity f for that you to not only p pervert -- to not only preserve what we have but -- >> thank you. india has extended lockdown until the end of the month.

the rules apply to all of its citizens, making it the world's largest lockdown. the measures have hit the country's poor hard. it even sparked a migrant worker crisis. jump in its biggest day cases, india declares lockdown, extending confinement measures for the e fourth time. , hotels andools places of worship will remain closed, the government issued new guidelines relaxing some restrictions. haveonfinement measures provoked a migrant crisis. many of their places of employment close, tens of thousandnds of migrant workekere attempting to flee the bigg cities for theirillages. [ [indiscscernible]

>> with transport services suspended, many migrants have fled on foot, walalking hundreds of kilometers. dozens have perished to accidents or exhaustion. hopes of alleviating economic consequences, india's finance manchester -- india's finance stimulus-- the measures include free food for migrants for months. >> [indiscernible] ryan airir has released results while announcing a difficult year ahead. our business team as more. thing to happen is the airline is going to be

cutting jobs. it is planning to cut tree thousand jobs, 15% of its workforce. it is going to be negotiating with unions and staff about things like a salary cut and unpaid leave. and results this morning, the airline said they had revenues of around 10%. up 13%.as that is good news. this year is going to be a different year from the one before. they're expecting 200 million euros in the seconond quarter of the year andnd have also cut thr passenger target down to 80 million per year.. a sharp reductionon in original number of 100 54 million passengers for the coming years. we don't know whwhat the demands going to be like f for busy sumr

holiday seasason. ryanair is planning to review 40% of its flights by july. the carrier has refused state aid, even criticized other airlines who have accepted and taken advantage of government bailouts. ryanair is s seen main cononfidt about product -- prospects and opportrtunity for growth. that is partially because they're sitting on cash reresers of 4 billion euros, which provides the carrier with a little bit of mamargin. this is reassuring investors says trading opened in eururope. shares jumped nearly 8%. via videoconference later, emmanuel macron with angela -- to spur that

you's recovery. thatat is it for this editition. ♪ -- to spur that you's recovery. that is♪ >> 2020 was meant to be a middling year for the global economy. in a few months, things have been turned on their head by coronavirus. now we are heading for the deepest recession. how should policymakers be are therehis and opportunities to improve the lives of citizens? i am joined by the head of the organization for economic cooperation and development which designs policy for his 38 member countries. in many parts, we are looking at the start of lifting lockdown measures. in economic terms, does that mean we are at the beginning of the end of this crisis?

it is a new place. knonow whether there will be recurrence. it is good that we are into the reopening. i can imagine a process where maybe it would be stop and go. that we m move into opening because already there has beenen this very high cocompliance. paid -- high compliance period. we s say that t for every monthf ---- of heart confinement, there is a 2% drop in the gdp. speeded of the war against the as a and how we beat it direct bearing on n the economoc consuencnces. >> we are hearing this

expression the worst recession since the great depression. can you put that in terms euros can understand? ---- in terms viewers can understand? >> it is difficult to compare it with the depression. it was 80 years ago. coconditions were e different.t. we are n now seeing first quart, practically evevery country in e red. see countries, you will worse numbers inhe second quarter. of april andct parts of mayay will be seen the. numbers, we havee not yet gone through the worst.

in tererms of recovery, what do you see? what are the consequences of the virus? massive unemployment. halt investments. had very serious prproblems with the trarade tension. drop inausing a investments. ped gdpady had drop growth beforore the pandemic. now we have read numbers all over. massive unemployment. 36 million in a few weeks in the united states. france.the workforce in

you see everywhere the need forr cocountries to protect employmet and not dissolve e employment links between the companies and the emplployees. lest there be a longer-lasting impact. then therere is any ququality. it is hurting the most vulnerable. opportunities, then t there is gender. angle.ke onone 1.5 billion children should be in school. many of them have never seen a tablet. teachersot have

qualified to teach onlinine. unit they did have conductivity which many don't have. you talk through some of the elements being affected, what signs should be be looking for but it can tone -- when it comes to a recovery? shootshould we see green when things are to improve? beat thee a army -- beat the enemy. dodothy -- throw everythining we have gotot add. throwining out the rurulebook in terms of expenditure. lessooner you beat it, the onerous -- the faster it wilille to go back t some normalityty if

ever we are e going to get back. be a newrobably normal. it is a dilemma to s s you have to c choose between n lives andd lovevely hoodsds. as soon as you deal with the question of lives, the better you will do with livelihoods. on how youou n eye deal with the rerecovery p perid later. we are not out of ththe woods y. we are dealing with the firstt anand second stage, this reopeng in many cases. organized or as coordinated. >> you talked about some of the support schemes in place, theoughing employees, half

workforce in france on government supported subsidies, is there going to be a debt crisis? considering how much government moneney is going into the econo? there is s going to be more debt. there is going to be more debt companiesvernment, and househololds. isever, what thisis should do sobriety in terms of how fast we are going to recover. a uthink we're going to have shape recovery. how long is the lower part? -- imagine things you are in a runway. you're trying to take off.

you're trying to fly. susuddenly you d discover your s are heavy. the wings are heaeavy with debt. the takeoff is going to tatake longer. you'rere going to need a longer runway and more power. in order to take off. this is what is going to happen. not possible. we will have a recovery because the numbers are going to be bad. going to be looking good regardlesess. but, are we going to be able to recover very y fast? this is whehere the question of debt comeses in. i don't think we are in for a debt crisis like we had in t the past. everybody is aware what is going on. everybody is aware of the consequeuences of what we e are

doing. everybody agrees that we have no choice but there is going to be a price to pay. we have to be aware ofof that. the recovery is going to a longer than we want. simply because of the measures we have to take to deal with the problem today. >> government is very focused on dealing with this crisis. that meaning other issues being left by the wayside. what is happening with major projects your company has been involved with? said despite this crisis, deeds to push ahead. -- this needs s to push ahahead. itself, , we of covid e focusing allll of ourr

competencies,, skills, expertise and exririence in the digital produced upwards of 80 -- having to do with policy briefefs. vaccines, but also millions of -- threatened because of this crisis. tourism. how do you deal with h the opening in the question of the confinement and absence of a vaccine? producing -- we are doing our normal job.

we seem m very focused. i invite all to look at it. to findll be able something useful for policy purposes. are we going to

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