these are the questions we talked about supporting the european union and the state of the informationthe european commission about which we will now talk about with the next guests von der leyen, the head of this european commission , in fact, the european union is above the executive body, so there is the european commission recommends to punish hungary in the amount of 7.5 billion euros on sunday, i.e. today, the european commission recommended not to allocate 65% of funds to hungary under three programs from the key eu fund due to problems with the rule of law, their decision was made on sunday, today's decision and a clear demonstration of the commission's determination to protect the eu budget and use all the named tools to achieve this important goal , i said, its commissioner for budget issues, it was not the commission's statement in the statement that it proposes to suspend 65% of the obligations for the three operational programs within the framework of the cohesion policy, as well as the ban on entering into legal obligations with passions of public interest for programs th

european union and are the countries of the european union ready for this step or will they go exactlyy of depriving the right to vote ? the qualified majority vote or the simple majority that you mentioned are two mechanisms that really allow if any country is against it does not mean that the decision is blocked but precisely the issue of foreign policy between state relations is still valid. this principle of unanimity is where hungary uses this opportunity to block any foreign policy decision that, from its point of view, there harms, grows, is there the foreign policy interests or the foreign policy interests of the european union, in the opinion of hungary in this case, and precisely this desire to bypass this blocking trap has been expressed repeatedly , including by the federal chancellor of germany, ole von schulz, that the voting system in the european union should be changed, however if we look at the entire history of the existence of the european union and the initiatives that were taken with which countries to reform the adoption system decisions precisely in the field of

to join ukraine to the european union union will not happen until the end of the war, we all understand and realize it, and it is obvious that no one can predict when it will end, it is obvious that we cannot predict what the actual results of this war will be for the economy of ukraine for its infrastructure what about the president spoke, by the way, also the energy infrastructure is one of the critical a-a how much money will be needed to restore ukraine er-e how will it affect the social sphere and how will the economy develop, will it be liberal or will it still be social oriented er, well , the social-democratic lesson, they say that what bohdan was talking about, speaking of the key political forces or ideologies that are present in the european union, therefore, i think that these are continuous, or rather the totality of these factors, it will influence a on all the decisions of ukrainians and it is obvious that ukrainians , just like all other peoples of the european union, they will think first of all about their well-being, and about those decisions that will make it possibl

with us , people's deputy of ukraine, head of the committee on ukraine's integration into the european union and ex-prime minister on european and euro-atlantic integration, we welcome you good evening well, of course, let's really start with the extent to which these international meetings are defensive, do they generally contribute to... i would say the consolidation of efforts around the support of ukraine and the very entry of ukraine by these international a community that is now trying to stop authoritarianism as such, you can say that, you know. i think that these military meetings in the rammstein format, which constantly expand the circle of states that participate in them, are probably a successful format because it goes more widely there than the member states of nato are hornets among the member countries of the european union and attracts er well, let's say such a coalition of those willing or ready er to support ukraine and the democratic spirit of the world. i think that this is about a much broader issue, not only exclusively the support of ukraine and the restoration of the

and systematic efforts to undermine the main values ​​of the eu and for the first time in the european union as a member of a non-genuine democracy and called on the european commission to refrain from approving the national recovery plan until hungary fully will not implement the relevant recommendations and will not implement the existing decisions of the court of the european union and the european court of human rights . obligations to the european commission so that eu funding is not blocked, according to the hungarian minister for eu affairs, tibor navračych, hungary wants to fulfill these obligations and hopes that the measures the state will be enough to convince the european commission of sufficient steps to protect eu funds, and already a day after the decision, the colleague of the european commission and the minister of justice of hungary yudit varga announced that the hungarian government will conclude an agreement with the european union by the end of the year, stressing that her country has not yet lost the money of the european union. on the same day, the parliament received

agreeing to talk today, june 23, ukraine received the status of a candidate country to join the european union, however, ukraine began its european integration path long before it signed the agreement about the association with the european union, and first of all i would like to talk about the fact that now with this agreement, to what extent ukraine is progressing on the way to implementing the plan regarding the association agreement, indeed, we have been living in a certain new reality for several months now, where we have proved to the whole world that by fighting the biggest one of of the largest armies in the world, we can still win victories during this war . and the association agreement actually became the basis for such a decision to be made, because usually the candidate country even receives from countries after a long number of years of negotiations and evaluations, and in this context, for the past 8 years, together with the european union, we have implemented all reforms as a basis for corporate reforms, public procurement reforms, various sectoral changes, after all , there wa

baltic states, we are talking about germany and other european countries, about threats from the european union, that is, why am i saying that today russia is fighting with its army in ukraine, but at the same time, russia is fighting a hybrid war in the european continent with the european union and shanta gas blackmail oil blackmail e-e creation of a food crisis creation of a migrant crisis disinformation cyber attacks all these are elements of a great hybrid war on the european continent created by the russian federation and russia therefore fatigue from the war in ukraine leaving ukraine alone with russia is will be only the first step to the next steps of russia's advancement into europe, and of course the only salvation is the unity of europe, the unity of europe among itself, unity with ukraine, unity with other partners with j7 countries, united states with great britain, that is, in unity, we will be able to get through this winter with those gas reserves and with the gas production that we have, with diversification, with the rejection of dependence on russian energy resources, which

i am almost sure that russia will stop supplying gas to the european union by 100%. it will be better to burn this gas in the air, dump it. will not sell to the european the union will be left without transit, and here our operator of the transport system must be ready in such a situation, well, for the transit of russian gas, the initial contract remains a little more than a year until the 24th. maxim, i see that you agree with mr. volodymyr, and the europeans are ready to such a gas blackout, if we can call it uh, the euro-month claims that they are ready for exactly this, they are building up uh, reserves in warehouses so that it won't be a challenge for them, well, a surprise. however, i think that it will not be a deception - a momentary exclusion from after pressing the button and that's it. i think there will be a long period of confrontation there and manipulation, because let's see how they work now. they work with everything. they are not focused on the prices in the news of real deliveries, but on stock prices, and stock prices are like that . ports it depe

ukraine is grateful to the european union that we had the opportunity to join the european power gridsreally, help is coming back to our conversation olena sotnyk, adviser to the vice-prime minister on european and euro-atlantic integration of ukraine ms. olena, a month ago we were at the airport that we fulfilled about 70% of the eu conditions have statistics changed during this time or have they improved, and if so, thanks to what decisions and laws? well, statistics in general are such a manipulative thing. i would say here we better let's look at how quickly important european integration reforms are adopted today, this is one of the priorities of the parliament of ukraine, the expert, and in general, there is a principle of operational laws that have been brought into a social format, and even a special resolution was adopted. changes to the regulations are being prepared to speed up the adoption of decisions. and what will be relate to euro-emigration initiatives, that's why the statistics are definitely higher now, although, for example, we simply stopped being attached to numbe

do you mean membership in the european union or for or yes membership in the european union?first wave is a large fund so now these funds are barely smaller , europe is second to us because this is our way of life, thinking and breathing, we are part of this europe, we prove that we are part of europe and why will they take us, yes, because we have a large added value, a country with a large added value nfl-steyu what is it for viewers what do you mean added value is a potential that can be materialized to expand it and develop a very, very big perspective up and further and far away as they say, that is, a country with such territorial human potential and such strength of spirit and with such material resources, which we should understand by material resources - this is one of the main factors of the russian attack on ukraine, yes, material resources, just how many of our minerals are directly occupied by the russian federation, they need everything seize ukrainian it's just a looter, yes, so that the european union has understood what it is all about, what is the state of u

, although it was said that the countries of the country as a candidate for the european unionulfilled certain requirements will be considered only next year. so what do these agreements mean as of now? participation in the meeting of the association council of ukraine eu already in the status of a candidate and this meeting was very successful as we can see there are results with signed agreements there are results with agreed common positions i.e. a normal state of ours a normal start of our candidacy let's say this is the second important aspect that i would rather highlight from the policy of the diplomatic point of view these days, especially after the visit and after the communication with scholz and after the visit to germany, we have seen, in principle, positive signs that things are changing berlin is not even officially ukraine so much as the chancellor's offshore. well, let's remember that it was scholz. well, in his decision regarding the supply of weapons to ukraine not only from germany itself, but also from other countries that used weapons, it was scholz who ess

but as for the european communities, before the european sauce. unioneuropean economic community. tolls drove offended yes, yes, what did he want to do there, the war began and so now there is a systematic destruction of the european union of the european union when they should be disintegrated - either the european union will be weakened or integrated, and the barrel, you know what he answered putin began to cackle, - he says, i say anti-fascist here, but he himself is afraid. he sent peter to the camp, firstly, the barelnik qualified the russian regime as a fascist, we enter into a parliamentary exchange of views, on monday a member of the question he referred to a statement made, moreover, by the speaker. first they sent us a printout of the transcript. you came, you didn’t send, it was important that life is a statement of social activity, and the entire track record of the barrel if this house of night he is aloof, he has always opposed the franco regimes, participated in the anti-franco struggle and the defense of democracy and human rights. he wa

actually, a whole directive of the european union was adopted that each of the countries of the european union should be prepared in this regard, and as far as we saw from the very beginning, it was noticeable that russia, to put it mildly, did not like it very much here, because they understand that if the european union is not in the heating season, that is, the autumn-winter season will enter with full gas storages, this means that the ability to manipulate gas there will actually be much less gas pipelines, and that is why this whole story with the nord stream began. what, oh, we are closing it here for repairs. oh, we are reducing volumes here, and so on, that is, from the very beginning , a kind of game began, but as far as we have seen, in principle, the european union was able to thanks to the norwegian volume of gas, for example, and they are now, in principle, reaching the indicators that they hoped for, because in germany, if i am not mistaken, it is about 86%, and they have filled up so far , that is, most of the european countries are really here reaches the planned indicato

this time, we are also determined to accelerate the full integration of energy markets with the european union. after all , we all already feel the benefits of energy visa-free synchronization of the ukrainian energy system with the european intossi system against the background of the eu's efforts to reduce dependence on russian energy carriers, the export of electricity from ukraine can replace significant volumes of gas imports from russia, ukraine also has the largest budget for underground gas storage in europe, part of the volume of more than 30 we can offer billions of cubic meters of these storages to our european partners for the formation of their gas reserves in conditions of unreliability of gas supplies from the russian federation and an unstable market. we highly appreciate the solidarity and support of the eu in the field of trade. the unprecedented measures for temporary liberalization of trade already provide ukrainian producers with concrete opportunities to increase exports. to the european union strengthen our economy and contribute to further integration into the eu intern

to provide guarantees that russian nuclear energy will not fall under the sanctions of the european unionnoted that in the first sanctions package of brussels, it was said that nuclear energy should not fall under the epicenter. we call on the european commission to guarantee that all brussels institutions national bodies and banks working in europe will comply with the provisions - says siyarto e-e what is the interest of hungary here why are they so worried about russia as with oil and gas and nuclear fuel hungary is 100% dependent on russia and, unfortunately, is not going to to give up dependence, there is one nuclear power plant in hungary that operates on russian nuclear fuel, unlike, let's say, the oil that hungary receives through the druzhba oil pipeline, which by the way goes through ukraine, nuclear fuel they also receive from russia, but for example westminghaus er western he has already developed er his own fuel adapted it to er power plants of the soviet model the same nuclear power plants exist in ukraine operating er there are in slovakia for example and operating er these

the european union condemned the holding and falsification of pseudo-referendums in the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine. this was stated by the head of european diplomacy, jose borel. the european union condemns the holding of illegal referendums and their falsified results. human rights, we highly appreciate the courage of ukrainians who continue to resist and resist to the russian invasion, ukraine is preparing the next exchange of prisoners, in particular in the format of all for all , this was announced during the briefing by the representative of the main intelligence department, andrii yusov, he emphasized that the conditions of detention of ukrainian prisoners of war do not comply with the geneva convention, and that if representatives of the red cross were allowed, there would be no such cases in general according to yusov, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion , 20 official exchanges were carried out and about 800 ukrainians were returned home excise tax on fuel the returned draft law was signed by president volodymyr zelenskyi and, accordingly, the decree has alre

to what extent is this an independent position of the european union well, the european union in its of course, has never had independent positions. eh, this is at best the totality of the positions of the member countries and being such. she reflects. sometimes , uh, at the level of the minimum common denominator, this collective position of today's 27 countries, well, in international affairs, politics, the european union stubbornly deliberately loses an independent video, who spoke with different mouths for a long time. remember this was the term of strategic autonomy. well, where is she today, i don’t even remember. well, if you look at the representative of the european, diplomacy of the head of the european, diplomacy, josep, barely, then there are a lot of questions about the diplomatic department in general. of course, i have known mr. barrel for a long time since 2006, he then held a completely different position, he was the chairman of the european parliament. but there were questions to him even then, that is, this is a natural evolution, in your opinion, his position, wha

i will start right away. of the european union, he started the union a-a in your opinion is this really possible such an option, we all jump in again, well, how will jump in, no harm, well , let’s say, this new textbook was a little bit upset and saddened and n- the lack of any proper reaction gives the impression that hungary is really the farther one goes, the less one feels like oneself, and in this single european family, on the same wave , is it? в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в в между the hungarians said, yes, we need to separate hungary and the hungarian government, that is, the government of peter, er, viktor orban, peter orban, i don't know what this is. the media image of petr orbán, uh, actually, uh, that part is the first thing that the hungarian government, led by the hunchback , does. european union in relation to of hungary, it consists in the fact that if the hungarian government, which has been in power for more than 10 years already so stubbornly, begins to break away from the choir of western european states, then for them they set certain guid

a small summit, where they talked about how the association agreement between ukraine and the european union is being implemented. so today before the european commission flies the ukrainian flag, the ukrainian delegation is headed by prime minister denys shmyhal from the european union, already for burel, as usual at such meetings, new agreements are concluded in the european commission, ukraine has already informed - that is, they signed four agreements, one of them on additional half a billion euros of budget aid for kyiv what else was agreed upon with her? my colleague hryhoriy zhigalov is with us in direct communication from brussels. so, what are the other results of this meeting, and what is shmygal returning to kyiv with? for this meeting, check the clock blade, conditionally speaking, see how the association agreement is being implemented. i understand that in the light of recent events, well , also in the light of the fact that ukraine received the status of a candidate country from the european union. this is the association agreement. it may not seem so important anymore but ther

and so that's what i want from the european union, is that european union should step into sold, dismantle problems of those sites that you visited. is there any one that stands out as the most egregious, or absurd in terms of the lack of connectivity? so this one which is at the border between this you and your in latvia, which is perhaps the most crazy of all. if you go from vilnius, the capital of lithuania to doug pills, the 2nd city of latvia that used to be possible up until a few years ago. but now the train stops in the final village on the lithuanian side of the border, political to a man to us for just 218 habitants. and the train could cross just 20 kilometers further to reach the city on the left hand side. but it doesn't run any more. no you would need would be a tank of diesel fuel in order to manage to facilitate that connection. and when i was there, there were people crossing the sport on foot because they actually needed to get to lithuania. and so those are the sorts of things that i discovered missed just very sad when you discover something like that. and there was ano

to partially return the market of the european union, which has always been and will be attractive form, we saw this after the 14th year after the illegal annexation of crimea and after donbas, and unfortunately the reaction of both the european and the world community was weak then and the energy crisis actually deepened, we hope what lessons will our partners learn and in the future there will really be even more diversification and rejection of aggression aggressive or energy ee needle on which russia always wants to stick and even wound her by the way we are talking about him he also in the background wants to renew our ability to export energy against the background of the russians. i mean, well, under the sanctions, let's not forget to provide our comprehensive support to the russian federation in the war in ukraine . understands that iran is also partially waiting for a certain a certain moment in order to, against the background of an even greater aggressor russia, in principle offer the same opportunities to its western partners, and now, after all , consultations regarding th

he issues and key areas and when it comes to the european union, the european union has focused on the other -- on other issues like cyber -- cyber defense. we must not forget, if you look at the balkans, there are tensions there it is fair to say -- and it is fair to say that it will be, with the united states focus on the -- china and the pacific. europe must take a bigger responsibility for the region's -- many of the baltics and the mediterranean area and denmark can play a role. it is a matter of priority when it comes to troops and how much we can be involved with the baltics -- balkans and other places but we are ready to take part of any other issues and that is why we have the referendum and bear is -- there are fields to plate when it comes to taking responsibility. >> you believe by 2033, it is a long ways away but you will be able to meet those commitments with the reprioritize -- you mentioned troops and sending troops to other places and what other reprioritize nations will come with that -- we prioritize -- it is agreement -- >> running up to 2023, -- as many other defen

so the european union should step in as i see it, but the european union says ok, we want railways to work, but they take her hands off approach. and that's why the european union has know that she said to the governments of last year in with your, in your po, porch, golden, spain, hey, look, you've got a problem there. you need to actually sold this practically. and so that's what i'm trying to do with this project is and say, hey, european union at many different prod, borders you've got these types of projects, it's time to get them fixed. all right, that's john worth founder of the cross border rail project. thank you very much. thank you. and that's all for us for now. you can find out more about these and other stories online at d, w dot com slash business check is on youtube as well, or under the deed of you news channel. you can, beardsley in berlin likes watching off the coast of greece. russian oil is being sold illegally an investigative team. humans, the criminal activity on the you can see as greek ship toners hunt oil from russian tanka. they violate the you, oil embargo

so the european union should step in as i see it, but the european union says ok, we want railways to work, but they take what a kind of hands off approach. and that's why the european union has know that she said to the governments of last year with your annual poll portugal in spain, taylor, you've got a problem there. you need to actually sold this practically. and so that's what i'm trying to do with this project is to say, hey, european union at many different problem borders, you've got these types of projects, it's time to get on, fix them. all right, that's john worth founder of the cross border rail project. thank you very much. thank you. and that's all for us for now. you can find out more about these and other stories online at d, w dot com slash business. check us out on youtube as well. we're under the dw news channel. you can beardsley berlin, thanks for watching into the conflict. so with sebastian sham referendums in the occupied regions of ukraine and more russian troops are drafted into battle. i guess this week has his own unique protest, very spun very off. a fore

for serbia are in fact the agreement and probably the promises of the west, in particular the european unionfacilitate the acceleration of the european european future or the inclusion of kosovo and serbia in the eu because if we look at these statements made by both borel and the representative of the usa in the balkans, they say that it is necessary to stop talking about serbia and and it is necessary to start talking about serbia and kosovo is europe . well, i will remind our viewers that on september 1, the republic of kosovo planned to ban the use of serbian documents and car number plates for its citizens. this was already the second such attempt in belgrade. took over a very sharp threat to provide the kosovo serbs with even force protection and the conflict could have started on this ground even a month ago but after the consultation of the usa and the european union in kosovo, they took a one-month break, serbia, meanwhile, hung up on the border with kosovo, and the explanations are issued more precisely they recognize the document, the documents, and not independence, ms. maria, in

in the european union at the expense of the european union this regime is getting stronger andonger, and in the end he expects that the european union will collapse one day and they will do whatever they want there, so that president urban believes that the war in ukraine can last until 2030, that ukraine may lose a third or a half of its territory allows the disintegration of the european union in the next decade well, he said that he was fine if ukraine was not helped there, it would end quickly, mr. dmytro, so what next , what is orban counting on, what this is the money they need from the european union, russia for them until they continue to throw up and throw up yesterday the european commission said that minus 7.5 billion they are now considering the issue of no deficit about what to cancel cancel the provision of 7.5 billion to hungary and under orban, i remembered yes mr. dimytriv mentioned a ukrainian proverb. maybe they are not very appropriate. but it seems to me that it is appropriate to say that the proverb says the horse is forged and the frog puts its paw . this

by the way, if we are talking about hungary, while the countries of the european union refuse russian energy resources, gazprom is really looking for new buyers, the only member of the european union that is increasing gas imports from russia is hungary, and since september 1, it has increased supplies by almost 6 million cubic meters of gas per day above the contractual amount. china and india have also significantly increased volumes import of energy resources from russia only in the first days of a full-scale war with ukraine, they bought $24 billion worth of oil, gas, and coal from the federation of ukraine, that is, more than putin is trying to find a way out of the situation in which he is currently. oleksiy, what are the ways in your opinion at the moment? if i could predict this madman, it is possible that there would be no war if only they know well, you see, with mobilization, we manage to predict it, it’s even more interesting, let me, uh, with mr. peter, we understand the energy industry. let ’s leave it to those people who understand military affairs, absolutely, absolute

the european union would be an appendage of the economy of the united states, that is he clearly saidis but but we all understand that this is that this was done to russia precisely in order to bring the russian e-e between the european union and the united states for this it was done because it is the strategic task of russia e-e without this split e in essence, russia has no chance in that war with ukraine and the west as a whole, but on the other hand, volodymyr, well, let's imagine that they achieved their goals, divided ukraine, won everything here, the tricolor over lviv, we her until the pipe is still not there, it is not there, it is not the same what can be taken well, come on, we quickly outnumber them and in general, they destroyed the object for billions upon billions, well, tens of billions of dollars, and both at least left it the unfortunate nord stream-2 just in case. now ukraine remains and the turkish stream, the turkish stream into it the license is revoked mykola and there is no yes, it can work, but until a certain moment, before the first crisis arose, they actua

they will say no to such a european union, we do not need the european union, which has promised thatdel. the dangers of eternal peace in this europe covered with blood, where for centuries there have been different peoples faced such a european union was needed by the european people, but i am deeply in love with the other european union. this malicious geopolitical e, and at the same time such a european union, which is on america's errand, may not be needed by the european people, we 'll see, but i'm sure that russia will definitely have relations with the european peoples, but it doesn't matter with these political structures european political structure or individual national governments there. i think the relationship will be, i would say not so much more pragmatic as much as more technical, because there is always some kind of relationship. yes , there you need to send notes to communicate about something, and therefore there will certainly be technical relations, and then a lot will depend on what word is in the next few. the european peoples will say, if they say a word in fa

hazem: let's talk about italy's dealings with the european union. it has been said by one of giorgia meloni's opponents that the european union will lose an engine and acquire a brake. do you expect things to be contentious or is she going to have to make compromises? >> it depends what you are talking about. it is clear that giorgia meloni is very keen on the european fence that will flow from the eu covid recovery fund. she wants to spend it to different things that the proceeding government was going to spend it on. when it comes to that, giorgia meloni is not going to rock the boat. she likes that money. however when it comes to immigration, she is definitely not going to sign up to the plans that some of the european commissioners have in mind for immigration. she actually wants to follow the danish and british model to sort of and the migration chaos and to do that she is looking at outsourcing asylum processing. people should understand this is actually in itself unrelated to whether you want less or more migration. it is basically a way to m

from the first of january - it's the same the power that helped us, the european union will alsorse everything is with you and we will do everything that these victories , uh , would be even on the entire territory of ukraine. to get the so-called long- range projectiles of the attack missile, we understand that the key issue is the increase in the number of highmars and not only highmars, how is this matter progressing now and whether it will be possible to convince the white house to make this important decision about increase in real long-range military aid well, as he always said to his ukrainian brothers that he always has two fronts , not only eastern but also western, we need to go to washington. he talks to the americans with all the capitals, but uh, symbolically, the secretary of state of america was with you uh, a couple of days ago, it's very much, uh, not all the countries of europe, he travels . he himself went to america to see what they were saying does i think eh if we do a good job eh you will get all this but not only from america and britain and sweden this is

real steps on the way to european integration by ratifying the association agreement with the european unionned the day before. let's see in the plot september 16, 2014 verkhovna rada simultaneously with the european parliament ratify the ukraine eu association agreement today ukraine's choice regarding the european future depends on our will this is a choice the decisive and final decision was supported by 355 ukrainian and 535 european parliamentarians, the president signed the document directly in the adjacent hall, tell me that work on the agreement began in 2007 during the presidency of viktor yushchenko, six years of disputes and consultations, and in the fall of 2013, the document was ready for signing, it was drawn up of two parts, the political one envisaged reforming ukraine according to european standards, the economic one, also known as the agreement on the free trade zone, the creation of a common market, the last moment viktor yanukovych under pressure from putin, he refuses to sign the document. then there was the euromaidan, the annexation of crimea and the occupation of donb

the european union regarding visas for russians. is this still not enough?eally the step that became a compromise, because we all know how international law and from practice that the issue of issuing visas or not issuing them is the sovereign prerogative of a specific state and each state looks at the necessity and possibility of issuing a visa in its own way, here national security issues and economic issues and everything else are taken into account, so agree on some position on levels of a total e-e ban of a total ban on issuing visas within the framework of the european union was not imagined. it seems possible to me from the very beginning because there are many states that profess slightly different approaches in this matter and that's why such a step that was taken seems to me to be optimal at this stage and, in principle , it puts serious barriers on the way let's say so to this, er, russian tourism to european countries, well, er, are these the last steps? i think that this is not the latest decisions of the european union may be followed by toughe

all, let's watch the material, then we will tell you this the window to europe has closed the european unionspended the agreement on the simplified visa regime with russia, instead of multiple long-term troops in the european commission, the european commission advises european countries to issue russians with only short, one-time permits, the visa fee for russian citizens increases from 35 to 80 euros, visa applications will be considered for two weeks, and in some cases for a month and a half, there is no reason to trust the russians anymore, the russians cannot to be tourists on the territory of the eu is a privilege , we no longer want to give this privilege to the russians , this is already the protection of europe, it will make it difficult to use europe cynically by those who do not want anything does not want to change, fight against the war, but just wants to consume and have fun, as if nothing is happening in europe, as if there is no russian terror . four europeans of ukraine have gone even further. trips, for example visiting relatives of citizens, is not only a matter of securit

now they have decided to arrange the same concept in the european union, but all the elites. aid the european united states of america, all those who are called the ruling classes, they said, we never quarrel at the level civil society. we always support the institution and civil society. tourist exchanges and in general, remember the classic ssoras world without borders, yes a world that can be a covered world, yes, an open society. yes the open society and its enemies. so we had such a book that was very fashionable at one time, but now we see that there is no open world, and this is an open world. we are building. not us, but it’s us that are being closed and the fact is that we are just building an open world, the real one you want to see, uh, come and see beautiful russia, but do you understand what's the matter? the prices are very different. the price of freedom now for them is the price of their own security. and one very important thing must now be noted. since those moments when america forced europe to close, liberalism does not exist, but ivan alekseevich well, uh,

, they will talk about what he is doing in order to bring ukraine closer to membership in the european unione are adding to our conversation natalia forsyuk , director general of the government office for the coordination of european and euro-atlantic integration, mrs. natalia . i congratulate you on the air. with ursula fenderyan, with whom they had a telephone conversation, they considered the possibilities of the european commission's rapid assessment as soon as ukraine fulfills the family of recommendations, that's what i want to hear a comment from you, what does it mean. this is the phrase that came from the mouth of the president, so i cannot interpret the president's words there, but it was clearly stated in the conclusion of the european commission that they gave us in order for the decision to grant us candidate status to be made that by december the european commission will conduct an evaluation of the implementation of the seven recommendations that we have to implement, they mostly relate to anti-corruption judicial reforms and so on, we know that one of the most sensitive recom

it's very dangerous for, for the rest of the european union do appear leaders, european countries. so we are strongly against and his position, but have him do you think under a ga, maloney that italy could potentially withdraw support for the sanctions against russia? ah, i fear, i'm afraid that these point could be one of the 1st point of discussion within their coalition. in case of victory on the, on the right site. or of course we will be, we would be strongly against because we think that sanctions they have to continue . now you're here in berlin also to talk to a german chancellor. we'll have show to his from your sister party, the social democrats here in germany. and there is the debate in germany, which i'm sure you're aware of about at the delivery of combat tanks to ukraine. the s b d and all sorts of very reluctant would you as prime minister to support the idea of germany delivering combat tanks to you? we have to help ukraine. that's for sure. and we have to continue helping ukraine. or of course, the good, the tools, the mod, the details. i have to be decided that

i do not see the political will for this in the european union.individual countries can make such a decision so that all the countries of the european union make such a decision. i also share these feelings, i want the russians to feel firsthand this visa-free regime and what putin is doing, and that he will actually be the iron wall between russia and the civilized world, but we must also say that let's open up to questions for putin - it will be a problem if the russians are completely prohibited from handing over the schengen troops to the russians there, and there is no problem for him in this, and he may even be happy about it to a certain extent . yes, but this is your home, where i’m going to rule here, listen to me, and then you don’t need him anywhere, so what really brings us closer to victory is the topic of revenge , and it’s absolutely us, we deserve to get this feeling, they deserve this revenge but this is not what brings us closer to victory, it is necessary to understand clearly and not to deceive ourselves. it is a little more in

to that, the first thing she should do is ensure close and constructive relationships with the european union and key european nations. hardly any trade agreements. any agreements the u.k. has signed were just rolling over existing agreements the u.k. enjoyed as a member of the european union. and those new trade agreements were far from beneficiary for the u.k. itself. her record is poor and if she is to continue down this path, the intellectual dishonesty of the position that a global future exists far away from its closest neighbor and trading partner, i do not expect success. the key is in re-engaging with the european union constructively, building a closer relationship because our challenges are common and only joint solutions can get us out of the situation we are in. folly: what about the so-called special relationship with the u.s.? president biden has been critical of the northern ireland protocol issue. where do you see the relationship headed? rod: continuity primarily. boris johnson always pursued that, i'm sure liz truss is going to do the same. in part it signals a break with e

if you look at the european union there is no division among the states within the european union andwith that new structure and buttress every country more or less moving forward and a new structure meaning most host ednation support and more troops to the east and there is absolutely no discussion about that. >> there is so much discussion of the words garden and whether or not to consolidate any gains or territory and to capture all that territory. how are those conversations going with you and your counterparts in the alliance? do you see yourself as supporting ukraine as a very likely prolonged effort to recapture territory or is it about consolidating and making smaller gains incrementally over time? >> ukraine belongs to the ukrainian people. we cannot havee a europe where the military force on the other side of the border. we left that with the cold war and the berlin wall to be completely attacked not only on ukraine but all that we have worked for so ukraine belongs to ukrainians and ukrainian people and it's up to them to assign the future of their country. as long as they

us, as well as the reasons why such quite serious upheavals are actually taking place in the european union in the context of energy security, because russia is the main instrument and the cause of all this, but we are actually also on this we have to work and present arguments to european politicians for their societies to really show all these reasons and show how we bravely defend european civilization from the russian autocracy in more detail about energy blackmail and in general this behavior of the kremlin’s rhetoric as it can be because and they blackmailed europe by what they they freeze, there will be no gas, but they already said that by the end of august 31st, not 80% had already been pumped into the gas storage, that is, several months earlier what will russia's future rhetoric be? which of them is unlikely to change even if, er, europe, the european union will, er, pass this er heating season quite normally, their rhetoric will definitely not change, because they are telling lies, do you think that's all we understand, that is , each of them will highlight every crisis, even a

cause huge damage to the russian economy in the european union, there is a man whom all the bureaucrats in brussels simply hate and this is the hungarian prime minister viktor orman. ke because he announced that he was going to let the people vote in a referendum on whether russian imports should be sanctioned. the european union has sanctioned all european goods, they are trying to destroy russia, destroy it. in any case no nothing the european union hates more than the fact that ordinary citizens have a say in their government their ultimate goal is to establish an absolute dictatorship where they can simply get rid of all this business in the form of an election of a hungarian prime minister. order. he said that the decision on the sanctions was not made democratically , but by brussels bureaucrats and european elites. although the citizens of europe pay. for this price. nobody asked them, there was no democratic process to see if they wanted to the european union to participate in this war and do they themselves want to fall under all the sanctions imposed by the us and nato

to receiving full membership of the european union, and this visit is the third. we have already announced plans even in two years, in fact, to try to complete this, let's say, hundred-meter trip to the european union, but as you mentioned, this is the third visit, but we see that there is a fundamental change in style communication with the city of communication where today we see the most important challenges in our relations with the european union. i think that the most important challenge is actually connected with the fact that a-a let's say that within the european union, of course, there are certain contradictions, including in part were also caused by the sanctions policy, and it is not always possible for european governments, which very quickly adopted sanctions packages, well, at the beginning, they calculated all the consequences, social consequences. i think that one of the challenges here will really be that for the european union to be able to mitigate these certain social challenges that are in the bottom of the countries and on the one hand and thereby strengthe

from ukraine has paid a much higher price on its way to the european union, and we are adding to our conversation ivanna klympush-tsentsadze - she is the head of the verkhovna rada's committee on integration vice prime minister of ukraine to the eu, responsible for european and euro-atlantic integration of ukraine in 2016-2019 and ihor lutsenko, people's deputy of ukraine of the eighth convocation and activist of the euromaidan, we welcome you to our air please tell me please tell me please next door to us, the country is called poland. during the revolution of dignity, and now it provides us with so much help, but if you look at them, they have been in the european union for a long time. the european union was won well, probably precisely because the ukrainian political elites were not ready to make an unequivocal decision and without such uh detours and did not try uh polish political elites did not try to sit on two chairs, they understood that it is a difficult path, but it is the only way to achieve success, and that is precisely why ukraine, which has repeatedly changed i

this, which we succeed in today, but thirdly, it is the support of the western world and the european union. the european commission actually play a key role. the united states of america, great britain and the countries of europe are the three components that today provide enormous assistance to ukraine. during the renegotiation with zelenskyi in kyiv, it is the granting of full access to ukrainian manufactured goods to of the single market of the european union, what are we responsible for, what opportunities does it give us, what obligations does this place on us? it seems to me that, well, i understand the war and our production has fallen, but all the same, it is a huge lot of trust and opportunities for ukraine. this is another step of ukraine towards membership in the european union because the market of goods and services is what functions today in the european union and when we get full access without quotas without restrictions, it means that we actually become very, very serious players already on the market of the european union union and this huge credit of europe's trust, beca

going to let the people vote in a referendum on whether russian imports should be sanctioned the european union has sanctioned all european goods, they are trying to destroy russia her. in any case, there is nothing the european union hates more than the fact that ordinary citizens have a say in their government, their ultimate goal is to establish an absolute dictatorship where they can simply get rid of all this business in the form of the election of the hungarian prime minister orban. he said that the decision on sanctions was not made democratically, but by brussels bureaucrats and european elites. although the citizens of europe pay. for this price. nobody asked them there was no democratic process to to see if the european union wants to participate in this war and whether they themselves want the americans imposed by the us and nato under all the sanctions, while allocating a new package of military assistance to ukraine for 1 billion 100 million dollars, in particular, the package includes another 18 hirs multiple launch rocket systems 150 armored suvs, as well as pentagon radar and an

electricity to knock down these european prices, we will be able to provide for the shortage that the european unionxperiencing due to the undersupply of gas to the european market, and we will be able to help the european union in the matter of electrical energy and make money from it, but we have fears that due to the russian occupation of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, we may not be able to cope with our obligations to export electricity, how serious are these concerns? well, we have no obligations to export electricity at the moment, we are trading that is, we can regulate this market, the offer that we can provide, no one expects us to be obliged to supply some crazy volumes, and therefore our citizens can somehow feel some restrictions no, indeed , ukrainian citizens remain a priority for us, and what we can additionally supply and sell for it at very high prices will go on export, well, let's go back to gas. crazy figures that are now published in the news almost every day break records there, 2,800 € for a thousand cubic meters now seems to have fallen a little bit well, but a little