or despite tensions between the 2 of the old bands paused, attempts to block e u. a to ukraine. the visit seems to have smoothed relations. is that alone? now there is a completely different relationship between ukraine and hungry. it's comb, crazy and we acknowledge a mutual interest for women. say, you mean to this whole bonds diplomatic efforts and prove ties to face ukraine and russia. but in doing so, he is rustled many feathers in brussels, a correspondent emily. so when in riga has been following this story, she told us what the criminal and hopes to achieve from victor o'brien's visit. i mean, this visit is something that i think what he may uprooted and has been waiting a long time for he made sure as we heard him out sound by to portray or by not only as the leader of hungry, but also as an e. u. official, he pointed out that he has the rotating you presidency and you know, he's been waiting for western leaders to kind of come to him. he's been waiting in a way for western leaders to get tired of the war and ukraine. now that hasn't happened, but the optics of this vis

but meantime hunger is taking the role of the e u presidency this year. and a reaction from e. u. member states regarding what happens uh, i guess, continent wide piece initiative, a lot of anger and that's not surprising. of course, it's no surprise because whoever goes against them is shamed. but as you've mentioned hunger we now hold the e u presidency seats. and because of that, the use seems to be a little bit stressed as good the hungry is talking on their behalf. we have the sonya prime minister who came out saying that victor, oregon is exploited in the presidency. and essentially suppressing that the e. u is united and stands behind to play the live when you and president also emphasized. and it follows that same sentiment saying that if you truly want fees, you should stand by ukraine in a while. this would have 5 minutes there. on the other hand, was asked by a journalist what he's message to 5 minutes service to oregon would be well within the native framework. i don't have a mess because it has an e. u member, i do have a message along with many other e u leaders. so

and now the e. u. has a new green project, coal plants in china, india, indonesia, south africa, and yes, even the united states. that's according to new reporting led by the investigative media outlet box, europe and the european investigative collaborations network. and what they found was that b, u green funds regulated as quote, promoting environmental as social goals and matters by western and financial firms like black rocks, goldman sachs, and a subsidiary of the italian banking giants in tessa. some pablo have dumped at least $65000000.00 into dirty coal expansion, but the e. u has been going around lecturing. nicholas will south, in particular on the need to do what 180 degree turn on cool. i guess. and we are working closely together on how to move from fossil entities to green entities. and we will have a conclusion of that. and the dawn declaration signs together also apply mia virtually between our ministries of the economy and to n. c. we bothered with any due diligence on those supposedl

parties economic plans which include cutting taxes and raising wages will fuel inflation and brake e u deficit rules classes with the code week and the euro and to stabilize the whole continents finances. the party also wants to withhold part of francis contribution to the budget of the party has long had a strong anti immigrant stats. it's pledge to prioritize french born citizens for welfare benefits and housing, which is also against the rules. critics say it would formalize discrimination against immigrants at a time when the continent is struggling to come up with a common emigration policy. whatever happens in the 2nd round a voting manual and my call will still be president likely have to share power pointing a prime minister from another party. the presidency are radically directs foreign policy. the cabinet and the national assembly must sign off and pay the bills. setting the stage for in fighting and paralysis, and one of the use founding countries are correspond, rosie birch. out in brussels, is covering the story rosy, frances centrist, and left. his party say they will co

member, i do have a message along with many other e u leaders. so i think you should be kept for the not me is using the president and suit for doing trips that could be considered to be looked upon as, as a, as b q for the, for the whole of the you. i think that is a, that is a mistake and i think the hungry now that we re, the, the reactions they actually have asked for. well, these guys sound a little bit triggered, clear your bond is reading there. no safe space. there are no reports coming out of the western press of the use. stablish ment wants to punish or bond for his outreach efforts and threatening it's 6 months rotating mandate. quick someone actually is doing some work over here. can have that. when the french president, $800.00 in mac hall, had the same gig during the 6 month french rotating presidency, he had a logo made that looked like it incorporated a stylized version of his initials, e and m. pretty groundbreaking stuff did absolute wonders for the lives of europeans. if the only ones were allowed to get anything done a substan

the visit is being heavily criticized by e. u. leaders who say that or by and has no mandate to speak for your comments or button has been critical of the you for his reluctance to pressuring ukrainian to negotiations with russia. well, or bonnie is not exactly there on official e business. this is what president bruton said he expects from this. this is pretty much the best for you, but i understand that this time you have come not just as our longstanding partner, but as our president of the european council. what should i expect you to tell me your position and that to the european partners on ukraine of correspondence. emily sherwin has been following this, so she told me what the criminal hopes to achieve from or buttons this i mean this visit is something that i think flooding their futon has been waiting a long time for. he made sure, as we heard and not sound by to portray or by not only as the leader of hungry, but also as an e. u official. he pointed out that he has the rotating you presidency and you know, he's been wa

a package that is not only money that would go directly to ukraine but would also repay e u. member states for their assistance. so truly this in gary and presidency, i just is more on top of the problems that hungry has been causing in the support for ukraine now for more than a year. so that terry dw cost momentary shots in brussels. i set you up today so i'll have more well news of the top of the our next on the w out of environment show plenty of a looks at the solutions to the build up of landfill sites containing gulf, which sounds next. good. the this video change the world. it says us so to is killing civilians in the rock roll off to posting it. julian, his sons became a wanted man. 14 years later, the we can make found it is fine and the general is done during the traces, the stories of a soldier under survivor of the attack, they speak to each other for the 1st time, a captivating story about this struggle for forgiveness. i'm sure. guardians of trees. julian, his sons and the dark secrets of war, starts july 27th.

she, agents with russia, we're from, it's pretty well or bon isn't exactly there on official e u business. this is what president booting said he expects from this this a pretty much the rest of the by understand that this time you have come not just as our long standing partner, but as our president of the european council. what should i expect you to tell me your position and that to the european partners on ukraine corresponded emily, sherwin she is in re good. she's been following this visit. she told me about the kremlin hopes to achieve from victor or bonds visit. i mean, this visit is something that i think flooding may of who to in has been waiting a long time for he made sure, as we heard and not sound by to portray or by not only as the leader of hungry, but also as an e. u. official, he pointed out that he has the rotating you presidency and you know, he's been waiting for western leaders to kind of come to him. he's been waiting in a way for western leaders to get tired of the war and ukraine. now that hasn't happened, but the optics of this visit of an e u official essentiall

and once exemptions from e u environmental rules, the netherlands is a small country, but as a major trading partner for germany among others, some of the new governments priority is clash with the european union. another blow to the block, which has seen right wing and t e u, governments take power and multiple member countries. the wild card is head builders. the netherlands longest serving m p and leader of the far right freedom party which caught the most votes. he selected hardliners from his party to the new cabinet. it's unclear how he'll effect the government, but he's a vocal and visible presence with wide public influence. because of all, there are obstacles. however, even before the swearing in youth groups including from 2 of the coalition party is we're already pushing to limit the new governments asylum plants. the government is expected to release detailed plans in september. i correspond to jack petrik has been covering the story and joined just now from brussels. john, how much could the netherlands change now that this anti immigration government has taken office or

so it really is the question as to why the rest of the e. u is having this a moment where they're frustrated and upset with the country because at the end of the day, i guess both one piece, at least, that's what they say, but the prime minister of it for organs, the visit to moscow was nothing more than diplomacy. he's hoping to bring some sort of piece to the region piece back to europe and follow in his thoughts with present inputs. and he did emphasize that this is the 1st step to restore some sort of dialogue. and he did acknowledge the fact that the views of both p as in moscow are still far away from one another. it may and meantime, but china is getting dragged into this big old debate now because of apparently there's a war of words erupt in between nato and china over the consulate in ukraine. i'd love to know more about that. i mean, of course to they cannot finish without mentioning china, one of process allies. a sultan burg wasted no time at firing shots at china. form insane in relations with ross. so claiming that right, the ch

presidency as mom e u. member states a rather unhappy about this. right. of course, there's a lot of anger that's not surprising per se, and it's no surprise because whoever goes against the narrative, of course, is to be shame. but this is the extra special here because hungry now has the you presidency seat and the rest of the you is now saying that hungry is not representing them, is not talking on their behalf. in these negotiations with the russian presidents, historian, prime minister said that evan is actually exploiting. he's you presidency and trust that the you is united and stands behind you pray. they live when you and president, also eco, that same sentiment and say that if you truly want peace, you will stand behind your brain. and while the sweat as prime minister was asked by a drawing list, what he's message to the hung, gary and prime minister. this is what he had to say as well within the native framework. i don't have a mess because it has an e. u member, i do have a message along with m

i am not negotiating on behalf of the e. u. i am simply here to promote peace and he's made that play get in. so they have all these accusations that are being thrown out by showing michelle, the president of the you council. that's something i wonder, you know, he has no right to speak on behalf of the well my husband said that he's been, you'll be, i'll be here. he's just in the same that i, you know, i'm us doing the policies that i pursued since february 2022, which is to bring about peace. and that, which is the most important thing for the you are bank on to them. but you're absolutely right that the, the, the, you don't seem to have no respect, that's all for the solver in the quality any, it's constantly factoring and bullying hunger. it's more ironic is that it's only a few years ago that the you want the nobel peace prize mobo piece with quite an all that and here is the you absolute pricing bitterly to keep a well going. indeed, i don't remember that day myself why i did chuckle when i hood, but uh, well, you know, w

the e. u country quits the built and road plan of the examples into the greek port of periods, which was far as the thoughts formed into major logistics hub and an entry point for the chinese goods into europe. china also funded the hainsley point scene, nuclear power station in the u. k. as well as a high speed railway network, connecting the sub it and hung gary and capitals, and to find the plaza themselves. and i'm jello. gilly. i'm a says that is in indeed you does start taking over time. is it because it would be shooting itself in the foot? what keep in mind it sees the rest of us as it is but side you see there's uh, we are in the process of the, the reputation. and i think at this point when he comes to china, those are still words with just a week for action. so keep in mind that the last 30 years, the west has been decent industrialized and is massively invested even to china to be manufacturing. so in reality, this far more than as she tried, the crew actually sees with chinese not

all those e u member states were granted exemptions from an e u wide band on russian oil exports introduced in 2022. it was the prime minister about fee to have the phone call and talk with his would create an account of bonds saying that, but i just loved that will not be a quote how stage to ukrainian russian relations. meanwhile, both the boot, the past and the practice, i have reached out to the european commission over the situation. while the responds was quick, has the block said they didn't see any immediate oil supply risks to the you. also the hong gary and foreign minister threatened to stop you funding to ukraine onto a key every seems a transit of a russian crude. i know we've heard from george, somebody a senior research fellow at the global policy institute. and he explain why blocking those funds might also heard e u member states the if i'm the re blocks the 6000000000 euros that was supposed to be provided for the member states of the you. if this is a basically like a reimbursement for member the d u member states, they have to be reimbursed for all the funds that they ha

e. u. c. ok, and egypt were added. this is important and serious for the life of bricks because it has created the expectations in the international community regarding the philosophy behind bricks and why it has been expanding so rapidly. we can refer to, for example, the 21st century, and after the end of the cold war and that bipolar world in the us actually follow this approach along with several of its allies to adopt a unilateral approach. unfortunately, this has been accelerating since that time, by the us and its allies because they focused on themselves and their allies as the foundation of what they are doing. and the apex of this kind of approach was the time that the us and its allies tried to utilize and exploit international tools in order to advance their own interest while neglecting others. for example, in the areas of security and defense or economics does not pay attention to others in terms of interference in various regions of the world, especially in the asia pacific west asia in north africa, we

e. u bid the russian s v a and said washington has already given the green light to oppositional forces to begun. will begin starting, protest switch should get this coincide with the autumn pilot, surprise, surprise. but the morning comes as the e u or balance is putting on ice the process of to police these accession to the block. you usually just have agreed to hold george's e. u accession process, the intentions of the car, george and government the wrong clear to be using is it is still unclear whether it will be part of the next big wave of the you enlargement. i sincerely hope that it will be in the off to the october elections. we will resume our work and managed to ensure that georgia becomes part of further you enlargement. all right, all these are the encore and now expanding on the biggest criteria that you use. that's the countries wishing to join the blog. i'm the possible reason spiked for years. teasing countries with e u. membership has been a foreign policy favorite of br

and the e. u is that's according to various media reports. germany is taking it one step further training or the buttons, actions of closed collateral damage. we must see how from greece, german ship and the council will proceed in the future. we are now on day 12 of the hon, gary and sherman ship. and it has already left behind a lot of collateral damage, poetry or bon, takes the helm of the rotating presidency of the council of the european union. so all the ministers of all the member states and or mon ends up seizing the opportunity to run all around the globe, talking to people with views that actually diverge from the establishment. russian president vladimir putin, she's in pinging china and now former and potential future us president donald trump. this week during a trip to the us for the new summit. effectively demonstrating a bit of tolerance and openness to argue logical diversity to supposedly western democratic values. and he's apparently writing up these discussions and confidential

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we need a serious re, single product and go and the e. u now requires old chemicals to be registered, which involves manufacturers submitting documentation about how safe a substance is. only those of very high concern a subject to authorize ation. although in the case of p fast that could soon change the you is considering a radical proposal, the production marketing and uses o p fast to be restricted to the chemical industry is up in homes because exceptions aside thousands of existing p fast could no longer be used in the you, the proposal is now being evaluated by scientific committees, which will deliver their opinions to the european commission. and recent, oh, i'm usually the bond covering not just individual substances but the whole not for me to mr. yeah, this is very and usually a 1st and in fact in many cases, dfcs not only monthly toxic, but that also it's streaming persistence, which means they can't get out of control to ok. also for political hawkins, when he's in front of they concluded that due to this persistence problem a

since its invasion of ukraine. european council president shaw michelle was one of several leading e. u. voices who condemned opens trip to moscow. wrote a nato chief in stoughton bug, also distance himself to tall scot. this and this will be what is important is that will allow us to also hungry the degrees. that's a, that's a rush. i use the pressure on the originally. so it's possible for the war and up to uh, ukraine's territories integrity and 70 must be respected. full bonds visit to the kremlin, comes just days after a trip to keith to meet president fellow demand zalinski. despite tensions between the 2 of the old bands paused, attempts to block e u a to ukraine. the visit seems to have smoothed relations. is that alone? now there is a completely different relationship between ukraine and hungry. it's concrete and we acknowledge a mutual interest. russell will say, you mean to this? the vans diplomatic efforts improve ties to face ukraine and russia? but in doing so, he has rustled many feathers in brussels. yeah, they're talking about those ruffled feathers. i'm joined now by o

which i have to be uh, which have to include not only of russia and ukraine, but also washington, n e u is the external access to our, our off hold is as, as you say, i do apologize for jumping in for the future, but as you say, india will bring something important to the table when it comes to a potential resolution of your daughter. what all sky is, director of the national research institute of world economy in international relations of the russian academy of sciences. a real pleasure to have you on thank you so much for your time today. thank you. and i thank you for joining us as well as all the international life from moscow. without soon the of the land man. what is the more than a $100.00 to $1.00 that's a real thing to some like if you have a video of what all of the bill, the much initial data formulas of a nearby church of mine. and the mom was and i took a shot it's, i'm always, i'm always put them on one soul because they gave me the night. bad one most shifts if so yeah, there's all the way i can. i mean, if i'm right now like where is it like more, more for somebody, i'm

out of the e u. a now that will be down to david's, allow me the new foreign minister. he will be one of the people who will be tasked with trying to mend those the that relationship. let's talk about the breakthrough . i'm all of the reform party and they were surgeons of, of module for raj. uh, what does that parties stand for, and why could it be a prep, a new for us and british quotes. so let's just understand what the policy is. so the reform policy is headed by nigel fraud. he is a populist right wing politician friends with trump. so he definitely a comes from that side of politics. he used to be a, an m e p. so he was a member of parliament for the european parliament, very. your skeptic is basically because of him that the u. k. came out of the you, he basically forced breaks it upon a conservative government and this referendum. and he is now doing everything that he can to try to pretty much as he said, bring down some of those conservatives. he wants to make sure that immigration is going to come down. he doesn't like that. he wants to make sure that they're

michelle was one of several leading e. u voices who condemned all bonds. trip to moscow wrote a nato chief in stoughton bug, also distance himself to tall scot this and that will be so what is important? these thoughts allow us to also hungry the degrees? that's a, that's russia is the pressure on the originally so responsible for the war and up to uh, ukraine's territory integrity on 70 must be respected. oh, bands visit to the kremlin comes just days after a trip to keith, to meet president fellow demand zalinski. despite tensions between the 2 of the old bands paused, attempts to block e u a to ukraine. the visit seems to have smoothed relations. is that alone? now there is a completely different relationship between ukraine and hungry. it's comb crate and we acknowledge a mutual interest for women. so you mean to this whole bonds diplomatic efforts improve ties to both ukraine and russia. but in doing so, he has rustled many feathers in brussels to support now and then the quarter finals of the road 2024 foot bull champi

so the e u has mostly been united around the idea of if this is really not a moment to have a ceasefire, it's just that it's hard to argue against somebody who says, i want peace. i want to cease fire, we must end the conflict. of course, that's attractive. it's just not the world we live in. and so that brings us to, to, to what we've been entering at, hey, a big, big be of, it's a whole bunch of power and ones for russia. and it's present in what you believe is behind that as well. so again, or ben could see that the, you was going to cut crucial funds that were by needed to maintain his government, which is i think by all measures the most corrupt government in the u. and so when he saw that the was closing in on him and possibly cutting a lot of the funds that he needed to pay off, his supporters and his oligarchs, he looked for money elsewhere. and so at 1st he went to russia, which actually gave him quite a lot of support subsidies for building a new nuclear power plant. but now of course rushes falling on harder time. so or bands real attention in the last year or so has been to

could victor open now use hungary, e u presidency to do more of that? no, the rotating presidency has actually no additional impala. it is that to moderate and to find common ground amongst the member states and hungry is the only member of state that is opposing the coming position. all other member states of the use support ukraine. it will do so as long as it takes and the same also a place applies to nato, but hungry is also on a very lonely position. the $32.00 other member states is it'd be one to support you for him, but hungry up that out of a long term plan of nate to, to support hungry. edward support you frame. sorry, bounce. thank you very much. that was our correspond to bounce. we get there in brussels and nit conley in ukraine. let's catch you up on a few other stories making headlines around the world states. israel's military has ordered post indians to evacuate parts of cum eunice in southern gaza. the move could means the return of ground troops through the area several weeks after they pulled out. israel's military service. the milit

the e. u country suddenly quit the belt and road plan. other examples include the greek porto, could ios, which was transformed into a major logistics hub button, an entry point for chinese goods into europe. china also funded, but i think key point c nuclear power station in the u. k. is one of the highest speed railway network connecting the so it'd be and, and the hung, gary and capital. well, it depends on the financial consulting, the angelo giuliano. besides that, if indeed europe does start taking of a chinese infrastructure, it would simply be shooting itself in the foot. what keep in mind that the seas, the russian says it is but fine. you see there's a, we are in the process of the, the reputation. and i think at this point when he comes to china, those are still words with just to wait for action. so keep in mind that the last 30 years, the west has been decent. industrialized, and is massively invested even to china, to be manufactory, suitability this fall mode. that as she tried to include, actually sees with chinese nothing

the cypress does not acknowledge that politicians, but none the less joined the e. u was already in nato. they managed to have half a century of peace for north korea as well. and south korea also never acknowledge that line of control. and unless they go to it, they get on with their lives. so it's very important to actually see that the kind of back to the what to what the, which we're going with these tools is not some kind of yell to a style cub, such as the one that ended the world war 21945. it's going to be a ceasefire. and that was really the crucial point about this. about these negotiations. chris, what about the russian position? all they also thinking along those lines of maybe a sort of frozen conflict we had recently criminal and spokesman. dimitri pascals welcoming the ukrainian foreign ministers. comments about ukraine's readiness for negotiations with russia saying hey, that's in line with what most goes position always was. do you have to sit for a just what we hear officially from the crumbling and what we're hearing privately or what's being discus

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he usually does have agreed to hold george's e u. accession process. the intentions of the car, georgia and government or unclear to be using is it is still unclear whether it will be part of the next big wave of the you enlargement. i sincerely hope that it will be in this off to the october elections. we will resume our work and managed to ensure that georgia becomes part of further you enlargement. but russell, this cell is of to set so role in kalamazoo, cherry picking kind of input e u a session, as all say is don't quote the experts for years. teasing countries with e u. membership has been a foreign policy favorite of brussels with its criteria for entrance, depending on just how unquestioningly they follow orders from the west. now the georgia's stepped out of line with its new for an agents law. the news top diplomat is threatening to wash any hopes of joining the block and intensify the west's propaganda war on george's elected institutions. a pro western block of 6 george and opposition parties has formed vowing to democratically liberate th

and he said that b e u foreign policy chief statement about the alpha got to need to event. he's ironical, given the devastation caused by the lions on the african continent. i do not find sprain or be this. is it sure my you rest how me this is the way. yeah, thank you. so we can have some of the staff or some she said this, they do not need practice. we don't have to take the hassle agent does that we are able to construct our own director of the ration given. i'm just to say basically yes, as be a big shift are to, to i was side instant one that we, that we just like choose then having the needs to be protected against people for jammed up from russia. china, or even in yeah, or nothing very. so from on and some of the same as this entire i'm if you remember that early read said that when ration from the 17th and his best to be that or pick you nation based out, remember, says very organization on that's close. so much damage when you're suffering and just in the content on the basis that sort of my now india is relationship with the us is the but that it's ever been budd

from the west on the on getting problem is fit to most of the well, not only is hungry part of the e u, it's also the chairman of the european union commission for the next 6 months, but the reaction has been uh, quite to vivid and get to open. a softly speaking has been under a lot of fire from other senior european union officials. and it seems to me personally that for some of them, his a trip to moscow also came as a surprise. they say that he does not have the mandate to hold negotiations with russia on behalf of the european union and that his trip to moscow. and this meeting with vladimir putting undermines the you repeat your game unions stance on your brain. here's a few examples of what was being said. it is clear that whatever the messaging around the trips from the home gary ends and from time into so old on the substance of this truth. so this is not the right one. this is about about appeasement. it's not about peace and we believe that it undermines the unity and determination that we need to show in order for this war to end, hunger and prime minister victor oregon is v