the council of the european union and the presidency of the european council, these are two small, veryn the context it is important, because the european council is a council of presidents, governments and states of the european union, and the council of the european union is a council of ministers, who are engaged in different questions, that is sectors that belong to the european union, so there is that difference, that is , european, the european council is a council that decides the main issues, and the council of the european union is a council that decides issues at the level of ministers and each department, let's say which deals with certain issues, so belgium will deal with its own issues... which are related to the decision of the sectoral, if you can call them that, ministers, but let's not forget that normally the european council is still run by charles michel, who is also a belgian, who belongs to the liberal, i.e. right-wing, party of the european union. mr. zanone, well , we understand what is coming. the shadow of hungarian prime minister viktor orbán over the european

is huge. plus as far as it will go underpinned by money , because european integration is not only about the flag of the european unionnd not about beethoven's ninth symphony, which is the anthem of the european union, it is about money, it is about transportation, it is about the agricultural market, it is about transit, it is about working power, about ukrainian land, who will take care of it, whether ukrainian traders or traders, for example, german ones and so on, that is, this is a huge, huge... problematic case. on the other hand, we understand that the european union during a full-scale invasion and war, which, it is not known when it will end with our victory, in what format, will putin be there, will putin lie in the grave and some patrushav shoigu will come, what will be done with our system of power. europe always tries to delay the decision of such global things, that is, what do they have for this? protocol number 57/60. the four maastricht charters amended at the meeting of the european commission after 10 years and so on and so on, that is, they have a powerful bureaucracy that allows them to drag out t

the european central bank. the official unemployment rate in the european union in november twenty-three was 5.9%. amounted to almostare in greece - 165%, italy - about 141%, france - 1120%, spain - 110%, belgium 108% and portugal - 107.5%. the industrial production index has been consistently declining throughout the year, which, in fact, is also evidenced by eurostat data. november of the twenty-third year, this figure fell by 5.8% during this period compared to the same period of the previous year. the largest drop in industrial production was recorded in ireland, -30%, belgium -1.5%, bulgaria - almost -1%. the netherlands -10% and germany, which once played the role of an economic locomotive of the eu, almost 5% (minus 5%) here the united states of america constantly, through controlled media, through its experts, and some discussion platforms, directly say that the world community is primarily of course, the european union has nothing to worry about in terms of its energy and its provision, there is also gas. there are also non-russian naves, take it, buy it, they say in washington, provide for yourself, in sho

the permanent representatives of the european union agreed on a preliminary proposal from the europeanssion on the use of income from frozen russian assets. tell me if you have any idea how what can european officials really do and how should we respond in this case? you know, as far as i understand, today they do not have a final decision on what the mechanism for transferring these funds to ukraine could be, it... has been developed, there is an opinion of the european central bank, that is , the central bank of the euro area, which is quite categorical, that any attempts to do this will lead to undermining the prestige of not only the european union, but also specifically the common currency euro, on the world market, this is the first, second, which means they, as far as i understand... they were only able to outline, as it were, the first phase of this process, that is, to collect this money in one special escrow account, and then decide further, but this in itself, of course, is also the next phase of what we in russia, without obbeniks, call theft. other people's money, if so fa

we see that the european union is ready to limit and authorize the provision of funds to viktor orbán's for non-compliance with certain european union norms. it is not directly related to ukraine. but in reality, this is a way of influencing orbán, who may be deprived of the right to vote. we see the position of orbán himself, who says that already... was suitable for the allocation of 50 billion , the only thing he requires is that it be approved every year, he is convinced that in one way or another the european union will make a positive decision and support ukraine, especially since this is important for the european union, given the processes that are taking place in the united states of america, and many in the european union are wary of the victory of donald trump, who proclaims isolationist slogans and about. eu and in relation to nato, at the same time, responsible european politicians want to use this, to show leadership in order to on the contrary, to make the european union even stronger. germany, for example, takes such a position, and in the field of defense as well, so th

discussion, this is a matter of negotiations from the ukrainian side with our other partners in the european unione poles benefited a lot from the fact that poland became a member of the european union, because they actually received these huge subsidies for our agriculture from the eu, and we can either lose everything or, on the contrary, gain. and it depends on the expertise of our government , which will conduct negotiations to protect our ukrainian agricultural producers, among whom there are farmers, and there are also large landowners, large latifundists, and the future of our agriculture will depend on how the government will conduct these negotiations , a the market is also shrinking naturally due to the decrease in meat consumption, for example, more people are becoming vegans, agricultural technologies are being used more, so the harvests are much larger. the climate is changing, it is warmer everywhere, and because of that, of course, there are few sales markets, and people are fighting for their sales markets, but at the same time , exports from poland to ukraine are increasing, that

whole professional professional. agricultural associations that unite all member countries of the european unionean farmers, who are not just dissatisfied, but shocked by the dumping of ukrainian agricultural products, block highways, the central streets of large cities, they paralyze the work of government institutions in their countries, the work of eu- wide structures, which is what the western media have been doing for more than a year they tell. about the need to save the world because there is famine now it will come, and russia is to blame for everything , what are they doing, when those in the west who are really involved in issues of food on the ground, not resale, not speculation, who are engaged in food production , went out into the streets, got into their tractors, trucks went to their capitals in order to tell the truth, the western media do not notice this, they are focused. on russophobic propaganda, and this topic, namely protests within the eu, farmers and agrarians, is touched upon only in passing, in fact, the true scale of the problem is deliberately hushed up, in fact, just

, who will be inside the european union leadership positions, let's see, germany, germany, france, can the alliance other countries, but in general the european union realized that it is necessary to maintain solidarity and to help ukraine. in the united states , we see that they are guided by the decisions made in the european union, we see delegations from europe who came from britain and europeans who come to the united states and say that this is a defining historical moment, and we must support ukraine, and i i see that... sometimes they are leaning towards the fact that aid will be provided to ukraine after all, because they have signed the budget, there are already such signals, well, i am watching, at least signals that republicans and democrats have agreed, for example, there will be no shutdown on the budget, and this will allow the government to work rhythmically and give time for negotiations, inter-party negotiations regarding the ukrainian, israeli, taiwanese issue, let's say, and the politics of migration pol

, european solidarity, then act on article seven of the treaty on the european unionungary is temporarily deprived of the right to vote in the voting of such decisions, such plans are considered, but as a last resort, but let's say this, the fact that such plans are considered also indicates... that the situation in the countries of the european union is not easy, so to speak, there is one important retort: ​​the situation in the european union is more predictable, more consistent than, for example, the current situation in the united states, in the us congress, but i cannot say anything, for sure, whether there will be aid from the united states to ukraine, regarding aid from the european union on address of ukraine, i i can definitely state that this assistance will be provided, and i have no doubts about it, because it is in the interest of the european union and the mechanisms of the european union allow such assistance to be continued, especially since there is no other way out for them now, otherwise the russian troops in a year or it will be several years , tha

, but also about reform within the european union. of the union and the need to ensure that thesen parallel, so that in no case is our ability to join the european union dependent on how far the european union completes internal reform, this is a key issue for us, and here we are supported by obviously all countries , which on today are either candidates or have open negotiations with the european union, and also a large number of members within the union, well, you are talking about cooperation, about reforms, about an urgent situation, did you manage to talk or find a dialogue with the representatives of the parliaments of those countries, well, again after all, it is not their fault, but in general those countries where there are now certain problems in relations with ukraine, economic, political, starting from the blocking of the border, which is already being stopped, let's say, it should be stopped in poland, but there are others.. ... some nuances, again yes, the position of hungary, which can preside , again, we know that orbán can replace charles michel, has it been possi

europeans. and, of course, according to the classics. now the european unionssia for its migration problems. uncontrolled immigration and poor integration of migrants over the past few decades has become a literally toxic combination for many european countries. let me remind you that many citizens of these very countries asked questions to their regimes, their politicians, why is migration policy being conducted this way, why? thousands and sometimes even millions of citizens of other countries from other continents are literally recruited deliberately, without any program of migration involvement in the life of certain countries , what all this will lead to, such voices were not heard, they were simply suppressed, they were called differently and called names, they were marginalized, and now that countries... the european union is fully faced with a problem that they cannot let alone solve, or even control; they needed someone to blame. this situation was aggravated by outright foreign policy adventures, to which the european union was egged on by the united

the head of european diplomacy, josep, said this today during a speech at the european union central estment forum in brussels. according to him, for to protect this principle, the european union introduced a whole series of sanctions against russia, and she, they weakened its military machine in vain, however, and this is already bad, adds the main european diplomat, russia is still fighting in ukraine, the intensity of the fighting is increasing, light, according to josep borel in the end of the russian tunnel is not in sight, but at the same time he called on european partners. continue to put pressure on russia and the kremlin with sanctions, but do so in close cooperation between all eu member states. that is, the emphasis is on the fact that it should be cooperation. if you are a member of the european union, then please, together with others, do what everyone else does, not like some countries. well, europe should continue to help ukraine and even. to increase the amount of financial and military assistance, the contribution to the victory of ukraine, at the same time, should b

the european council. hungarian prime minister viktor orban. the fact is that from july to december 2024, hungary will preside over the council of the european unionhe rules, all eu member states chair the council of the european union in turn, and in the absence of a permanent president of the european council , this position passes to the state that actually chairs the council during this rotation period. so, if a candidate to replace charles michel is not found quickly, it is not excluded that the prime minister of hungary. orbán, albeit temporarily, will perform the same functions that the president of the council usually performs. this may give hungarian prime minister viktor orbán greater influence in the eu, the financial times notes. viktor orbán, let me remind you, actively uses anti-western rhetoric, despite the fact that hungary is a member of the european union, meets with putin despite russian aggression against ukraine. and at the summit of the european union, i will remind you, he vetoed the a quadruple package of financial assistance to ukraine in the amount of 50 billion. what do brussels think about the prospects of viktor orban'

significant weakening of european integration, to a decrease in competitiveness and level the lives of ordinary europeans, perhaps this will threaten the existence of the european unionhose politicians who find themselves at the helm of the european union today, that is, well, as for other politicians, look, here, probably, it’s not worth looking for now dissenters where there are none, yes, that is, of course, some european capitals - they - still have the ability to show such a certain sobriety in assessing their own national interests, they have doubts about the effectiveness of the course chosen by brussels, but at the moment there are no such european politicians who could stand up and say that it is time to end the conflict, and the first step should be refusal. the european union from the military support of kiev, there are no such people, but what about hungary, slovakia, well, they are also cunning there, of course, but it seems that they are not ready to supply weapons, or this does not mean anything and... the next tranche for compensation to the countries participating in military supplies, okay, then the european commission has come to the rescue. now th

will make a positive decision and support ukraine, especially this is important for the european unions that are taking place in the united states of america, and many in the european union are wary of the victory of donald trump, who proclaims isolationist slogans, both regarding the eu and nato, at the same time, responsible european politicians want to... use this, show leadership to make the european union even stronger, on the contrary. germany, for example, takes such a position, and in the field of defense as well, so they will do everything to ensure that support for ukraine grows, especially since right now everyone is talking about the danger that russia poses to the countries of the european union . in view of this, i think that everything will be fine and we will receive support. well, you said very correct words about the fact that europe shows leadership, well at least some. europe, the european union are showing leadership, perhaps not all of them can be said that way, but by the way, this does not depend on the size and budget of the countries, because leadership is sho

very optimistic decision for us, which puts the beginning of negotiations on our accession to the european unioneu summit rushed to this decision despite the position of some european leaders, the already mentioned orban and hungary, but let's not bewitch. the path can actually be extremely long, and we will be on this path of negotiations and not only the implementation of agreements, perhaps even for decades, historical examples of this also exist. together with ukraine , moldova, georgia, bosnia and herzegovina have received certain euro integration prospects, bosnia and herzegovina may get the opportunity to hold negotiations, if it meets the terms of the negotiations, yes well, that is, it is a step forward in everyone's case. each country is definitely different, but there is a trend and there is a signal, a political signal from the european union that they are ready to accept into their ranks countries that, some of them are very traumatized by the russian federation, but simply because of territorial integrity or non-integrity, this is important remarks, kristina, because let's be compl

he called this decision a good one, adding that plan b of the european union is plan a of budapest. will remind you that the leadership of the european union. decided to work out alternative ways of providing assistance to ukraine by february 1, because at the december eu summit, orban blocked a four-year plan to support ukraine in the amount of 50 billion dollars. well, information has already appeared about what the european union can offer and what it might be plan b. orban thinks that it is plan b, ee during which they listen to his position and to his. demands, but the western mass media say that no, the european union is thinking about allocating us 20 billion euros, but bypassing what orban says and what he wants to be done in brussels, well, let's wait until february 1 and see and what will happen there, and in unison, unfortunately, with viktor orban, his neighbor also speaks territorially. minister of slovakia robert fico, according to him, the strategy of the measure to help ukraine, simply put, does not work, the head of the slovak government has regarding the supply of

the european elections and the change of the leadership of the european institution, that is, the belgian prime minister alexandre decro promised to advance this issue, he also promised to stimulate the discussion reforms of the european unionitself, but he has no ambitions to achieve the abolition of the right of veto, said that he will fight for simpler ones. tackle simpler, more real issues, belgium currently has a leadership role in the field of using russian frozen assets for the benefit of ukraine and will make efforts to spread this practice and find a solution for the entire european union. i would like to remind here that last year belgium was the first to introduce the mechanism of using income tax from frozen russian assets, i.e. not of the assets themselves, not the income from the assets, namely the tax on this income in favor of ukraine, and this is... a considerable sum of 1.7 billion euros, and now belgium is looking for a broader legislative framework within the european union, the european commission is also engaged in this in order to force itself and to introduce this system to others. force russia to pay for the damage and destruction of the task to ukraine, belgium will also help strengthen the registe

well, the council of the european union extended the global regime of sanctions against violators of for 3 years until december 8, 2026, the decision confirms the obligations of the european union, well, this regime of sanctions, who exactly is it, how exactly does it act, it is worth understanding and again, if the person understands. her rights are being violated, how should she react to this, so that these sanctions are used against those who violate these rights, please know, the european union is very careful about the issue of the rights, well, people of the european union of the union in general, the rights of people, which are guaranteed by the states, that is why a number of such , well, laws and... institutions are created, which stand on the fact that they really guarantee and preserve the rights of citizens and, in general, individuals, and stand on that , to monitor what is being violated, they are not being violated, that is why such a global regime of sanctions of the european community in the field of human rights, it has been implemented for many years and allows. th

the european union is getting closer to making it impossible in the future for similar members of theirrbán or fitso allows themselves. the european union is in the process of this wave of expansion, they have been consulting for a long time, and they want to find a formula that will make such behavior impossible. another president or leader of the state is the self-proclaimed president oleksandr lukashenko met with putin this week and said that russia provides belarus with many opportunities, regretting that ukraine and the baltic countries are moving in a different direction. let's listen to what lukashenko said. i am projecting, but what prevented ukraine and the baltic countries from working with us in this way? this is our world. we built it for several decades, we won together in... this terrible war, well, let's move in this direction, no, we don't want to, they are looking for a better life across the seas, mr. oleg, the very end of our conversation, i am talking about lukashenko wanted to hear, he has already come to terms with the fact that he is a fellow student of putin's wa

the european parliament and considered, in particular, the draft resolution of the friend of ukraine, the lithuanian member of the european parliament andrius kubilius on the relations of the european of the unionith russia, political relations between the eu and russia, and this resolution is interesting, these reports, the resolution is interesting in that it considers the question of how the european union should be... relations with russia during the war, after the end of the war, and the draft resolution it clearly states that the war can end only in the event of ukraine's victory over russia, and also considers the measures that must be taken already a year after the end of the hostilities, and this resolution precisely states that the european union should strengthen and increase aid to ukraine, ukraine, in particular military aid, because... only in this way will ukraine be able to defeat russia in this war, and i will remind you again that the key event is february 1, 2024, when there is a leader in brussels. will gather for the summit, and precisely during this summit, at the request of chancellor olaf scholz , an inventory of modern plans for assistance to ukraine in the military sph

to simply become part of the civilized world, their world, part of the european community and live in the same way as the european union, great britain, the united states, japan... and australia live , that's why we we just need to do everything they want from us, everything they ask us and say: please, you don't need to invent nonsense and say that ukrainians are somehow different from south koreans, or different from australians, or different from americans, we are the same, and we have the same successes, and all our inspirations and the same diseases, and we just need to be treated from these diseases with inspiration... work for the development and well-being of our country. thank you very much for joining, thank you for your expertise comments konstantin dzhevago , an entrepreneur and philanthropist, was in touch with us. and now , yuriy fizer will tell in detail about the main events that happened outside of ukraine. the white house administration supports the adoption of a law that would allow ukraine to transfer frozen russian assets worth $300 billion. journalists of the bloomberg agency reported this with re

, through the mouth of its head of european diplomacy, made a very good promise to us that the european union will always be with us, and for the words... josep borel, the head of the ministries of foreign affairs of the member states of the european community, also discussed the preparation for the next eu summit, which is scheduled to take place on february 1 of this year, and at this summit the leaders of the eu member states are to discuss another aid to ukraine, the allocation of a long-term program in the amount of €50 billion. and the allocation of this aid is now, unfortunately, blocked hungary, but josé borel once again emphasized that it is a priority for brussels. well, thank you very much. well, during today 's meeting in brussels, the ministers also tried to prepare the basis for reaching an agreement at the upcoming extraordinary eu summit, which i already mentioned on february 1, regarding long-term... financial support for ukraine, the minister of foreign affairs of belgium said this before the start of the meeting , adja lyabib, followed by a short quote from the minister: we

on the way to membership in the european union, ukraine will have to'. to do a great job, and how willizens feel these changes, what will change for us in parallel with how the country will change the legislation, implement european norms, i think two main things, three things even, first, these changes will be felt by business, because regardless of the field, there is transport, logistics, services, there is food security. the rules are the same, the conditions, or rather, the conditions are the same , the rules and requirements are different, the conditions are free competition, that is, this is a very, very big change, because now we actually have such state control, the state establishes everything completely and the business somehow survives there , here he pays taxes and understands that every day something can change, first, the conditions that are established, they are established systematically, they... are the basis of the functioning of the economy, they do not change every day, and this is free competition, that is, only conditions are established regarding safety, quality

is ukrainian, it cannot but meet the production standards in force in the european union, otherwisewould not export there... and we just see, and this is such an example of when well, this was also the case with the accession of poland to the european union, when we see that our business, well , is actually quite competitive, and it competes with foreign business, and foreign business uses any tools of influence in order to, well, reduce opportunities for your competitors, that is, give us just a limited ether. i want to understand whether we can have any influence on what is happening now from the point of view of the embargo, and from the point of view of blocking the borders, if from the point of view of the embargo, well, this is another situation, we understand, it is necessary to understand it, so some not everything not everything is so clear in this aspect, because we understand for them we are competitors and accordingly they have some arguments why they ban, but look, we have a situation where several people are already blocking two the border for months, actually question

it has already been made public, this is such a bell that went out, but be sure that inside the european unions going on in this direction, just like that... and work is going on in in the direction of making those basic the principles on which the european order existed since 1945, it continues in the future, including the territories that today are occupied by russia, not only ukraine, many other european countries, mr. igor, thank you for the analysis of the international situation, igor kharchenko, extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine in many countries. of europe and japan, the diplomat was with us, well , as they say, we need to return to the globe of ukraine, we will do that, globe of ukraine, today is the 20th birthday of the ukrainian wikipedia about knowledge, about some such distribution of at least popular information is important, it is important, as a minimum for the new generation, and for several. we will come back and talk about our internal ukrainian affairs further. kratal contains natural components that carefully care for your heart. kratal improves blood sup

belonging to the european union, raised the question and expressed his opinion about what is real. andr. szijart, this idea was voiced. we understand what is happening today. today there is one force, this is one anglo-saxon company, washington and london, which are interested in maintaining control for the coming decades the international financial system, international trade and, in principle , global issues of definition. world order, after the collapse of the union they felt quite confident, even russia agreed to this in many respects, but russia asked: do not interfere in our affairs, let us develop in our zone of influence, but why were they afraid, they saw that thanks to the fact that russia has risen economically and is trading with europe, qualitatively, it is rising, europe is rising, more independent voices are beginning to be heard there and china, which was absolutely right from germany. it is focused largely on trade with the european union; china's trade with the eu is several times greater than that of the united states, even. china is seriously tied to the american ma

we put the signatures and started a serious process, this is a huge plus, how much it will be supported by money, because european integration - it is not only about the flag of the european unionnd not about beethoven's ninth symphony, which is the anthem of the european union, it's about money, it's about transportation, it's about the agricultural market, it's about transit, it's about labor force, it's about ukrainian land, who will take care of it, or ukrainian traders , or traders, for example, german and so on, that is, this is a huge, huge problem case. on the other hand, we understand that the european union is currently full. headquarters invasion and war, which is not known when it will end with our victory, in what format, whether putin will be, whether putin will lie in the grave and some patrushev shoigu will come, what will be done with our system of power, europe always tries to delay the decision of such global things, i.e. for this they also have that protocol number 57/264 of the maastricht charter amended on... after 10 years and so on and so on so on, that is, they have a powerful bureaucracy that allows them to drag out the process in time until they are r

the us congress must still vote next year and the european union must also give its approval. for 50 raine, the lack of these decisions, in your opinion, mr. volodymyr, both the united states of america and the european union will, after all, do everything to get this money, because i think that both in washington and in brussels they absolutely understand that these money means exactly at this stage of the war, especially in 2024. that year for ukraine? well , mr. serhiy, i think that the middle of january will be very positive for ukraine in this regard, i hope that the congress will allocate this money, and the european union will find tools to quickly help ukraine, that's all perfectly understand why and why. in addition, let's not forget that now, thank god, they have become more active. talks about the confiscation of russian sovereign assets in the west, and this is not 60 billion, it is 50 billion for four years, and this is more than 300 billion. and if this decision is finally made, a political decision will be made, first at the level of seven, and then it will definitely g

, parliaments, countries of the european union and partners, the european union, in particular, as ukraine, which is a candidate for membership in the european union, yes, mrs. ivano, we are back, once again, i congratulate you, yes. congratulations. so. so i would say where you are. the cossack conference is a conference of committees in the affairs of the eu, parliamentary, parliaments of the countries of the european union and partners. how important is it, i understand that it is important, what are the main tasks facing the ukrainian side, which represents our state, a state at war, at this important gathering? please. yes, indeed, now i am in belgium, precisely because today belgium presides in the european. and that is why this meeting is taking place in namur near brussels, and we must understand with you that this is a platform where the challenges facing the european union, each country presents its priorities for the presidency, including belgium today, the minister of foreign affairs and european affairs, presented six main topics, which are priorities for belgium. a

macro-financial assistance to ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros from the budget of the european union and from freezing of financial aid to budapest, the minister of foreign affairs of the country, peter szijjártó, said during a press conference. by according to him, the european commission has no right to delay the allocation of these funds, and therefore the hungarian government expects to receive them in any case, regardless of ukraine, the position of the moon or mars. china and russia should strengthen strategic communication and cooperation in issues related to the future of humanity and the whole world. this is what the minister said. of china's affairs, vaani said during a telephone conversation with the head of the russian foreign ministry, sergei lavrov. he called both countries responsible great powers and added to this that beijing is convinced that russia will be able to successfully implement its important domestic political agenda, preserve state stability and development. there are 10% discounts on pshik in psyllanyk pharmacies, you and the economy. hello, woman, what

set of these social goods are already determined by national ones. that is, each country of the european unionn view of its capabilities, and this is probably the topic of informal conversations between the ukrainian side and the national governments of european states. stefanishyna said , allow me to quote here, which is not a direct position of ukraine, that ukrainians should go back and therefore aid to them should be reduced, noted that this is the end of the quote and... the government official also said that this discussion is ongoing. kyiv needs, you know, its own people at home to restore the economy, as well as military service, in particular, in the eu, on the one hand, they understand this ukrainian, the ukrainian desire of some citizens to return, and the ukrainian authorities, which are trying, let's say, to encourage this process, on the other hand, they see that ukraine is still not safe, so what to do with the ukrainians who were fleeing the war in the european union, the ministers recognize and also talked about this in the morning. from migration, that this is a difficult iss

the european union will still exist, i can’t say for sure , in a year or in 5-10 years, one day, perhapsuropean union, what will remain of ukraine, this is my opinion. waldemar, indeed, in the post-soviet space they are accustomed to the simplified term west, presenting it as a kind of consolidated force based on... now, on january 8, all of germany will go to barricades, i hope that we will push through the decision to change the government, but the question arises of who to change it to, all the others are also soros, they all passed there. this school , they were given grants there, they were pulled into these positions, they were put in these positions, that is, this is a reserve , a washington reserve, personnel, which will change among themselves , in principle, everything will remain the same where it is, only the strongest popular movement, which is now it’s approaching, a critical mass is accumulating, it can interrupt this friendship, like... friendship with our overseas colleagues who set themselves the goal of dismembering russia, destroying europe and thereby stopping the de

the provision of ammunition and financial support to kyiv? see further. protection of european borders and the rule of law. a day before the start of the presidency of the council of the european union, belgium announced its priorities. one of them is support for ukraine. belgium takes the rotating presidency at a time when there is... the european union stands at a crossroads, overcoming the consequences of russia's criminal aggression against ukraine, pandemic, energy crisis and renewed conflict in the middle east. the focus of the presidency will be on providing unwavering political, economic, military, humanitarian and legal support to ukraine. it is during belgium's presidency that several meetings of the european union, which are important for ukraine, will fall. so in february, the union leaders. will consider a new package of sanctions against russia and the allocation of 50 billion in aid to ukraine, will already vote in the spring for the negotiation framework for the accession of ukraine and moldova to the eu. belgium understands the historical mission and responsibility in the context of this presidency, during which important decisions will be made and the foundations o

be for us to conduct negotiations on the coordination of all that is called integration into the european unionecause believe me, now the eastern european countries have risen, because on it affects them directly, and believe me, that others will rise as well, because ukraine can really... make a revolution, in particular with agricultural products on the entire european continent. it will be very difficult for us, we need to prepare for it now, in order to make arguments and convince the european union that this will not actually be a disaster for them, but believe me, there are opportunities, every country has gone through this path, including and the same poland, the same, the same romania or other eastern european countries that are now... alarmed, passed, yes we will pass by ourselves. the only question is that they did it without a war, and it will be even more complicated for us because in the east er and in the south this terrible, terrible war is raging. therefore, here we just need to prepare the right arguments, er, develop and work out the tactics of our diplomatic steps, work at al

the united states of america, that is, if donald trump wins them, and therefore he called on the european unioncome closer and stronger, so as not to remain, well, somewhere on the sidelines after that . the european union can not only increase the production of munitions in order to then transfer them to ukraine, but will do so by the end of this year, the minister said before the start of today's meeting with colleagues in brussels defense minister of estonia hanno pevkur , according to him, the eu can jointly produce 1 billion 400 million artillery ammunition, while he added that it became one of the axes of the three main goals of the united. the european community in the field of defense, the other two include sending weapons to ukraine and increasing their own military budgets in order to be ready for a possible attack from russia. well, against the background of such statements about western aid to ukraine, resisting the enemy's onslaught is somewhat strange, although in the end, why it's strange, we're somehow getting used to it, unfortunately, statements from china sound like this. off

the problem of the european union? oblem of the european union and ukraine. which aspires to be a member of the european union, but there is no question of any restoration of the atmosphere of trust, because both siarto and orbán are, well, this has long been proven by time, well, if not hooligans, then putin's cronies, they, they are not stupid people , they are perfectly informed, but they can never be taken to the camp of friends of ukraine and count on the fact that... maybe there is some commission there, some 10 points, 11 points, but that is not the question, it reminds me very much of the situation in to the american congress, when there seems to be it is about the need to find a compromise, and then trump steps in and says that nothing can be done, i will come, become the president, i will decide everything, this is orban's situation, orban will want to play the ukrainian card in the future, and this is not the solution commission of bilateral issues forces orbán to be lenient. because he , he, he, he, he, he,

from the sidelines of the european parliament, where another plenary session, and today there was a very interesting issue on the agenda, compliance with obligations by the european union regarding military support to ukraine. this is the question that was discussed today by the european deputies, before whom the vice president of the european commission, mar', spoke. shevčević, there was an interesting discussion that showed, of course, the existence of problems, and also, unfortunately, in the session hall of the european parliament, this is something new, probably before the elections to the european parliament this year, which are scheduled for june 6-8, sounded more the voices of putin's friends are loud, here we have in strasbourg, a few words about what european commissioner marush shevčević said about the prospects of military support. of ukraine from the european union, of course, he said that ukraine remains a priority, that the european union will support it as long as it needs it, and in particular provide military support. he reminded that the european union is increasing the capacity of defense production, and very soon , the european union will finally b

the import of ukrainian agricultural products into their territory. this was announced by european commissioner for trade valdis dombrovskis. the european parliament and the council of the european union will be offered to extend the duty-free regime for exports from ukraine until june 2025, but not as it was that year. they will be certain reservation. in particular, the european union intends to control the volume of agricultural supplies and block imports if this will lower prices in the countries bordering our state. we will talk about this and more, in general about trade wars and trade partnership. as an ambassador on special assignments of the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine, an economic expert, she joins the broadcast. good evening. greetings, good evening. mrs. olya, well, here it is today. the visit of the prime minister of poland mr. tusk to ukraine is such a significant event and at the same time such a lenient decision representatives of the european community towards poland regarding agricultural exports, in your opinion, is there something interconnected here, or has poland made some concessions in the agricultural issue, and in the future ukrainian agricultural

vice-president of the european commission marush shevčevych spoke before the deputies, and he actually stated that the european unionis going to increase military support for ukraine, for this purpose, the defense industry of the eu states is once again increasing production capacity and... he once again promised that very soon the european union will reach the production potential of one million munitions per year, and these munitions will actually be directed to ukraine, which is for us. it is important, in fact, that the conversation about the eu's military support for ukraine will be held on february 1, 2024 2018 at the summit of the leaders of the european union in brussels, and the key debates on wednesday were devoted to the preparation for the summit of the eu leaders, and on wednesday the president of the european commission ursola fonliajen spoke to the deputies, including the provision of macro-financial assistance to ukraine for the next four . years, this is exactly what orbán blocked in december, 50 billion euros, and good news from ursela fondelaien, she still believes that orbán can be persuaded and

the european union was just beginning with the free movement of people and goods between borders. en visa-free for a long time, they have been traveling through the european union for a long time, now goods have started to travel, but the reason in this case was not economic. the reason is to create a real corridor of solidarity. and so the polish carriers received permission to strike, simply put, they were allowed to attack the corridors of solidarity. who did it? the government of the law and justice party, which at that time had already lost the elections, but still remained in power, so the construction workers were carefully guarded by the police. the blockers put forward the following demands. the first demand of the blockers is to return the old permission system. but on november 15, the european commission threatened poland with a punitive procedure if the border was not unblocked. and on december 4, the profile european commissioner adina velyan confirmed. the second requirement is to prohibit the registration of companies with capital from outside the eu. in this way, th

, the entire european uniond, because the european union understands that if trump becomes president, the european union, which has always placed more hope on nato, as an alliance and of course on... then now we have to think more about ourselves and there is a lot of talk about it here, there are even initiatives to create such a commission of commissioners that should be responsible for defense, a lot of people say that europe should have its own army, even its own ... together joint purchases, own weapons, because it is necessary to understand that the nato alliance, as such, does not have a budget for the purchase of something in the alps, or the preparation, for example, of the border, or something like that, on the other hand, the european union has this budget, has this money from which it is possible to finance, or even joint joint purchases weapons, and in fact, there is a lot of talk about it here now, and our country, our... friends, but certainly not only ours, representatives of other countries also

well, actually , the european union will obviously have the biggest problems with the quantity in the medium term, because we see that the countries of the european union are trying, so to speak, to move away from of their practice of the last several decades, starting from the 90s, when they paid a lot of attention to their military-industrial complexes, let's say, and they focused all the main resources primarily on the civilian economy, now they have to as quickly as possible, turn everything around by 180°, and here we must understand that in reality this is a colossal problem for our western partners, because all our western partners are, firstly, democracies, and secondly, developed countries market economies, and there in a manual mode, since the russian führer regulates it, yes, that he transferred money from one pocket to another and at the same time absolutely did not care that his population would be barefoot and hungry without eggs, excuse me and sit too, well, no one cares at all, our... western allies have to spend much more time on this, because , after all, the market

in the middle of december, after the decision of the european council to give us the green light to start the transition to join the of the european unionan extremely important historical decision, it has not been underestimated yet, in fact it was a turning point in the policy of the european union, when it first, for the first time in history, first took responsibility. range first and the initiative, europe always made a decision after america, america makes some important strategic decision, then the europeans join in, look at the coalitions there, this tank coalition, there is the missile coalition, the aviation coalition, so the americans should have said all this, but europeans mean to support them, for the first time accepted, took responsibility, because they realized that the policy of the united states could change in the year 24-25 after coming. trump, and they have to save both ukraine and themselves on their own. and, in fact, this decision of the european council was russia's response to the ultimatum it gave to the west in december 21, remember? when demanding from the west to divide the spheres of influence in europe, t

when great britain was still a normal state from the european point of view was returned to the government of great britain, part of the european unionmeron, and how everything has changed in terms of the pressure of great britain in foreign policy immediately, because david cameron , unlike those many politicians who came to power in the country as a result of brexit, this is immediately. it must be said that this is a change of political alliterations, immediately returned great britain to the foreign policy that we all remember, to the policy of cooperation with europe and pressure on europe, and the ability to talk with the americans accordingly, as part of this common space, and that everything was lost, so i understand that ukrainians are very pleased when someone comes to kyiv, who is under siege, says beautiful... words, but before that this person does everything possible to cause the situation in which we are ended up because she could have realized it at the time, that lust for power, lack of political intuition, unprofessionalism, by and large you understand that when you leave the european union, you create in moscow the