well joining me now from brussels is our chief international editor richard walker richard they've been talking for a long time and there's still lots of tensions and there are. yes i mean the tensions are really quite extreme at the moment between china and the west as a whole really going back several months of course you know the context for that you know many things relating to the covert outbreak which of course began in china there are lots of questions about whether china could have been more transparent in the early days of the outbreak whether that contributed to just how far and how fast the pandemic spreads also there are concerns just voice very recently by the european union outright accusing china of mounting dissin from asian campaigns within europe around the covert outbreak and then on top of that we just saw in the report human rights in jang in the province in western china more than a 1000000 people in so-called reeducation camps their rights being severely curtailed something the doctor well as reported on a lot and of course hong kong with this new national securit

and you know you chief international editor richard walker joins us now from brussels with more on the e.u. coronavirus fund raiser richard before we get to the money what's the political significance of this event. you know well of course i mean the money in itself does have significance in fact the total just over 6000000000 euros has been raised with 5000000000 coming from the european commission and sums of money coming from other donors to germany pledging just under 400000000 or so and you know going to a variety of different aspects of this attempt to coordinate internationally in the fight against the pandemic but if you do step back and look at this from a political point of view i think it's really another instance essentially of the europeans trying to step in and fill what emerges is this void that the united states might have filled in other times i mean looking back at previous health emergencies for instance you know the last really large bowl of pandemic a few years ago the united states really a leading role in leading the international coordination there together with

chief international editor richard walker joins us now from brussels with more on the e.u. coronavirus fund raiser hello to you richard so tell us what can we expect from today's fund raising summit. yeah well it's the latest in a series of events that have been aimed at raising money but also awareness for the importance of the global corporation in the fight against the coronavirus and today's event is something of a hybrid really we've had politicians taking part we just saw was a lot of underline in the clips there from the european commission but also a lot of entertainers so there's been some of events like a sort of mini panel discussion that featured the prime minister of norway and miley cyrus and then there was quite a long interview with one of the bad guys from game of thrones so a little bit of a hybrid going on today later on there's going to be a concert also with a lot of big stars performing in that but they have been some concrete results like the 5000000000 we just saw from the european commission the german side also chipping in more money seeing 38300000

chief international editor richard walker is in brussels here's his take on whether european leaders are any closer to getting what they want from china the presidents of both european council and the european commission to part in a press conference after those talks and they were pretty clear that the 2 sides remain very very far apart on a large number of issues and it's really is exposing the tough time that europe is having in really trying to calibrate a coherent stance towards china as china gets more and more powerful more and more assertive on the world stage now the thing is that europe wants better relations with china particularly on the area of trade and it really wants to find progress on this investment deal that they were talking about today but that investment deal has been years in the making already the negotiations on that go back fully 7 years and the 2 sides had said that this would be the year where they make a breakthrough but the implication from the 2 presence today was that they remain very. far apart that china still needs to make a lot of concessions and

it is richard walker in brussels now let's take a closer look at the proposed security law in hong kong beijing insists it's needed to ensure order critics though say it will crush freedoms as well especially free speech as well as the city's autonomy from mainland china. explains why from hong kong. just ring up as an empress to knock hong kong's leader carry them in attendance a flattering palestrina played a unique hope one of the host of headliner the oldest satirical show in the city. today the team is framing the final episode of the 31 year old program produced by at hong kong's public broadcaster has always been bowed in its criticism of the turd tories top leader but now it's been suspended due to allegation of insulting the police. headliner is has indicator of hong kong's liberties if you can assist him is the authorities are tolerant to learn to accept good sense whether in public institutions or otherwise it manifest how the climate has changed. her how hard it. is closure has intensified concern over hong kong's remaining freedoms especially when beijing is pushing for a n

they have chief international editor richard walker was following the video summit from brussels and he sent this report by all accounts there was very little progress made it was really just a bit of an exchange of views and exchange of perspectives and those perspectives in many areas remain very very far apart but i think it's really because there's a there is a broad recognition of the political pressure to come up with a solution here to come up with an agreement we've had a leader after leader from also love found alive through angela merkel many times in recent days but also in recent weeks saying that this is the most serious economic crisis that europe has faced in its history the history of the european union so for europe to be saying that sort of thing but then not to be able to find a common solution a common way forward would be a huge embarrassment it would open the doors potentially to further growth and populism on the continent there are huge stakes specifically for germany because germany within the next couple of weeks takes over the rotating presidency of the eur

is our chief international editor richard walker who joins us from brussels welcome richard a sort of on the line there sounding very optimistic is the consensus really that solid. well i think there is confidence that an agreement will eventually be reached but not really because of anything that came out of this video conference that has just taken place by all accounts there was very little progress made there it was really just a bit of an exchange of views and exchange of perspectives and those perspectives in many areas remain very very far apart but i think it's really because there's a there is a broad recognition of the political pressure to come up with a solution here to come up with an agreement we've had a leader after leader from also love underline who we saw in the clip there through angela merkel many times in recent days but also in recent weeks saying that this is the most serious economic crisis that europe has faced in its history the history of the european union so for europe to be saying that sort of thing but then not to be able to find a common solution a com

that need to be build that's clear but it was a very constructive discussion and let's bring in richard walker who has been following this story for us from brussels so she said a bear very constructive can discussion therefore how high is the hope for consensus yeah well i think most sides are reasonably confident that some agreement will eventually be found but that's not necessarily because any real progress was made today but more because the stakes are just so incredibly high the pressure to come up with agreement on this is intense and you know i'm going to mark over the last few days the last few weeks has been speaking to that herself talking about this is being the biggest economic challenge that the european union has ever faced so having raised the stakes that level if the leaders are unable to come up with some kind of agreement some kind of answer to this then it really would be a huge embarrassment not least for germany itself because in just about 10 days time it takes over the rotating presidency of the european council so this is going to be absolutely top of uncle americans t

dw's chief international editor richard walker is in brussels. is his take on whether european leaders are closer to getting what they want from china. richard: the presidents of the european council and european commission took part in a press conference after those talks, and they were pretty clear that the two sides remain very, very far apart. on a large number of issues. this really is exposing the tough time that europe is having in really trying to calibrate a coherent stance towards china as china gets more and more powerful, more and more assertive on the world stage. the thing is that europe wants better relations with china, particularly on the area of trade. it really wants to find progress on this investment deal that they were talking about today. but that investment deal has been years in the making already. the negotiations on that go back fully seven years. the two sides have said this will be the year where they make a breakththrough, but the implication from the two presidents today is that they remain far apart and china needs

italy and spain who are the ones who will profit the most from that recovery fund ok colleague richard walker's also been looking into some of the challenges ahead and in getting europe back to work let's take a look at that. credit pandemic just health crisis for europe has had a massive impact on the economy today just like the virus itself the economic and social aftereffects hitting some countries hard. things greece and spain who suffer the most so in the last few. members egregious and so special recovery fund to keep the economy with money borrowed centrally on financial markets that's being seen as a big step for europe but there is still a lot of details to work out and some of them are huge and very very complicated so we've broken them down for you into 4 main things 1st of all the signs how big should the fund be the numbers in play range from 502750 1000000000 euros next. yes fenice which countries should get funding and how much and should be given how to scrubs loads that have to be paid back. to focus what should the money be spent on the e.u. would like to see lots of green dig

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s chief international editor in brussels richard walker to see if the money raised will be enough. certainly these few 1000000000 euros are not going to solve the problem to be fair was a lot of underlined the president the european commission is quite open about that i mean she has said many times that you know this is a step by step process and tens of billions will be needed over time. but still i mean here in brussels in a couple of weeks' time there's going to be a summit of e.u. nations trying to find agreement on a recovery fund to get e.u. economies moving after the pandemic as they as they emerge from it and they're talking of raising 750000000000 euros so more than 100 times what has been raised today so i think many of our viewers watching perhaps from poorer countries in the global south might be watching this and thinking well ultimately you know the west you have rich countries that are more interested in helping out other rich countries than than helping more vulnerable countries so i think it is going to be a really interesting test in the next few months if the pan

of what money they would like to see so many challenges and in fact i'm gay arc our colleague richard walker has been having a closer look at some of those so we just have a quick look at what richard prepared and then we'll get your reaction there after . the corona pandemic isn't just a health crisis for europe it's had a massive impact on the economy today and just like the virus itself the economic and social aftereffects hitting some countries harder than others here opinion thinks easily greece and spain will suffer the most so in the last video meeting here members agreed to set up a special recovery fund to kick start the economy because the money borrowed centrally on the financial markets that's being seen as a big step for europe but there is still a lot of details to work out and some of them are huge and very very complicated so we've broken them down for you into 4 main things 1st of all signs how big should the fund be the numbers in play range from 502750 1000000000 euros next. fandom's which countries should get funding and how much and should he be given out his grants load

s chief international editor richard walker richard so what came out of today's meeting. well christine to be honest not a huge amounts the e.u. leaders the top leaders the presidents of the council and the commission held a press conference. after those talks and they used quite sort of familiar language really talking about having had an open and substantial exchange also on issues where they're far apart from the chinese side but on the concrete issues where they say they really want to make progress on this investment treaty for instance that you just mentioned there they said that that progress has not been made and they really urge particularly urge the chinese side to come forward and also on the very difficult issue of human rights where china is threatening to impose this national security law which she will rights groups say will release a very undermine the freedoms of people in hong kong there was tough language from love on the line in particular from the president of the european commission but nothing really threatening that the european union would impose

s international editor richard walker in brussels well there are a lot i think essentially all that they've really agreed on is the need for there to be a recovery fund and one quite important thing that has rubicon that has been crossed is this idea that the european commission will borrow the money centrally on the financial markets and then distribute it so there's consensus on that much but almost everything else is still open the size of the fund the commission wants $750000000000.00 euros there's a small group of countries that have come to be known as the frugal 4 who say that's too much should the money be distributed as loans that have to be paid back or grants that is essentially a free transfer of money there's big debate about that according to what criteria should the money be distributed so all of these are very very big questions they're not as minor details that this is going to be the source of an awful lot of haggling in the weeks to come. some u.n. high commissioner for refugees is calling for global action to help the world's displaced people during the coronavirus crisi

obstacles to reaching a deal of this coronavirus recovery fund is the w's international editor richard walker in brussels well there are a lot i think essentially all that they've really agreed on is the need for there to be a recovery fund and one quite important thing that has rubicon that has been crossed is this idea that the european commission will borrow the money centrally on the financial markets and then distribute it so there's consensus on that but but almost everything else is still open the size of the fund the commission wants $750000000000.00 euros there's a small group of countries that have come to be known as the frugal 4 who say that's too much should the money be distributed as loans that have to be paid back or grants that is essentially a free transfer of money there's big debate about that according to what criteria should the money be distributed so all of these are very very big questions they're not as minor details that this is going to be the source of an awful lot of haggling in the weeks to come. time u.n. high commissioner for refugees is calling for global act

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