actually achieve and what are the obstacles that he's facing the w's brussels correspondence christine manuel has that story have arrived in paris to day? because france has taken over the presidency of the european union and for the next 6 months. the agenda for europe, if you want to call it that will be set here in paris. what's clear is that the french president emanuel cron has big ambitions for europe. he wants europe, in his own words, to be more powerful in the world. in the heart of paris, the countries most recognizable monument now wears a circle of stars to mark the e. u. presidency france last held 13 years ago. the position gives the french more influence over the future of the european union. a more capable europe with its own army is paris is top most ambition. it's referred to as strategic autonomy. what that means is a more suffering, more independent europe, particularly when it comes to the issue of defense. do you feel that europe needs to be more stronger? well, i'm not sure that that's a good idea, but i, i, even, i, i think that we are, we depend too much on the united

w. correspond, christine manuel has been following those talks for us. hi, christine. how much does what we just heard from both entity, blink and answer gay lover of their reflect? what you have seen coming out of the negotiations, assuming those talks are in paris, were told lasted some 8 hours or they were described as the russian official as very difficult in nature. but it appears the remarks coming outside of that meeting are more conciliatory. and there was a lot of talk about agreeing on certain issues. the bulk of those discussions were on the situation in the don bus region that is in east and ukraine, where i have to remind you to me that 15000 people have been killed. they, since 2014, when a separatist conflict broke out, now the russians were, their part said they are not party to that conflict. but coming out of this meeting, the diplomat or the representatives from moscow did say that russia was willing to exert its influence on the separatists in the don bus region. we're also told that they're going to be meeting again in about 2 weeks time. and we be

christine manuel, reporting from the streets of paris. there were that protest is taking place as teachers on strike today. thank you so much, christine. now, to some other developments in pandemic, the world health organization says vaccine mandates should only be a last resort in the pandemic. and that they should be temporary. the w h o also says the risks should be communicated transparently. denmark plans to start eating some of the restrictions that imposed due to a spike in our macro infections, including reopening movie theaters and museums that is despite new infection, remaining near record levels, and a group of doctors in spain, as criticized statements by the government, about changing its approach to dealing with cobit 19, saying it is too early and that the restrictions in place are still needed. you're watching d. w still to come on our show. we had to ukraine's far eastern don bass region and here from the people there living in the shadow of a potential russian invasion. but 1st, let's get a round up of some other headlin

being reported, dw correspondent christine manuel is following the story for us in paris. this elementary school at the center of paris is potty close today. many staff members are taking part in the stay away. they will be coming into work today, so only a few classes will be running. we understand that some parents associations have also encouraged their parents to keep children at home today to show support and solidarity. now, the signage, from the unions actually reads that people are demonstrating today to show their anger. and indeed, much of that anger is directed at the governments at the education ministry. specifically, they accused the authorities of constantly changing the cove at protocols and that under the current conditions they say it is impossible at to effectively facilitate teaching and learning across paris. today they will be as some demonstrations and we know that across the country as well, people will be mobilizing and demonstrating as well. poland, foreign minister has warned europe is closer to war than it has been in 30 years. his comments come

w correspond christine manuel reports from paris. if i'm to, the taste have become part of daily life in france and testing facilities are struggling to cope with the growing demand as cases skyrocket across the country in shelter called i. e. my, it's a huge workload. we have more and lots of people coming and many of them test positive facial by at 400 people that i test. there are at least 150 positive cases to we can see it's really coming back lamoya on 4th, many people are showing up at official centers like this one to confirm positive results of tests taken at home. i was tested positive by antigone this morning about 2 hours ago, something night. and i just want to be sure by them positive because i have no santa nothing's. so that's why i prefer to do a b c, a death in case that matches any was fake. actually it is, you go now i hope the 1st test i did was a false positive because otherwise my class will be in quarantine for a week. and we won't be able to go to school. that would be no fun if abroad and he got up to him. m