council chief francis emmanuel mccall and ursula fund a line commission president plus standing tallest of the mole mark reiter from the netherlands. he had led the group who'd limited the grants and made them conditional what i was aiming for and i think we have achieved the emergency brake i mean emergency break at the level of european council to be able to enforce the reforms in member states if they are not taking place against the broker of that particular member states. have to agree with european commission. states like poland and victor all bans hungary they insisted though they hadn't been boxed in by any of. the rule of law and budget. was. packed was successfully rejected despite underlying problems that haven't gone away maclin macor say the e.u. works. after a very long session we have reached a good conclusion and i am very happy about that therefore. europe has shown that it is prepared to take new paths in what is a very special situation i believe that is necessary extraordinary events and in this case that's the pandemic that has reached us all demand extraordinary ne

the flash germany's angela merkel and france's emmanuel mccall had already agreed and all that's enough for most e.u. problems friday seems to phase with optimism and good humor. good bye monday morning mccoll sounded very different was listening but i mean here you know it's finished but it's difficult. he and macko will be calling on all their diplomatic skills to bridge some significant splits within the bloc they need to reach a group calling themselves the frugal so austria finland denmark. the netherlands and sweden they want loans more than subsidy. when we savages leone's you know they need reforms here from ford but if it's all said out west of a number of countries the most countries all can the it's not hard to learn she subsidies they only want. to know what there's a crisis with us not only because of the last name the procedures are. there now whirling around that idea of putting conditions on the money. it's getting close no. hungary's leader viktor orban is at the center of this fight over linking subsidies to rule of law in his country and other issues elsewhere. i don'

breaking news french president at wafa leap has handed in his government's resignation to president emmanuel mccall now felipe's decision to stand down paves the way for a reshuffle which was widely expected there was no indication as to why. felipe will stay on as the head of a new government and we will of course bring you more on this story as we get it while meantime the u.s. has reported a record number of new corona virus infections where there were 55000 new covert 1000 cases on thursday that is as the country gears up for a holiday weekend the 4th of july is usually an occasion for parties and fireworks but with many u.s. states re imposing restrictions among a steep rise in cases this year celebrations may be more muted let's look now at data showing daily new cases from the beginning of the outbreak in the u.s. because after rising steadily you begin to see the curve flattens and then cases they level off they even dropped from the end of april to men june but with the widening easing of lockdown restrictions we see the curve ticking up new infections skyrocketing again and amid the pande

personnel but also today's may have been fighting during the covert 1000 crisis for this country emmanuel mccall has been facing a lot of criticism that he has mishandled the corona crisis can you characterize for us the kind of pressure is blogger well there has been a lot of pressure on him he's been criticized for example for the 1st round of the local elections just before the lockdown was put in place here in france and people have been criticizing him all throughout the crisis his approval ratings have only gone up a little bit but he is trying to give new temperatures to his time in power 2 years ahead of the presidential elections he also recently reshuffled his cabinet but that has not gone down very well with everybody here's my report from paris. was these protesters are carrying gender equality symbolically to its growth. was they say the 2 recent appointments deal a death blow to the promise president in monaco made when you came to power 3 years ago. if a starbucks. is accused of having raped a woman in 2009 disappointment is it insulting to all women who are victims of sexual viol

council chief france's emmanuel mccall and ursula funding line commission president plus standing to a list of them all. from the netherlands he had led the group who'd limited the grants and made them conditional what i was aiming for and i think we have achieved the emergency brake and emergency brake at the level of european council to be able to enforce the reforms in member states if they are not taking place against the broker of that particular member state. has agreed with european commission. states like poland and victor all bans hungary they insisted that they hadn't been boxed in any. connection between the rule of law and budget. was. hacked was the 31st fully rejected despite underlying problems that haven't gone away maclin macor say the e.u. works. after a very long session we have reached a good conclusion and i am very happy about that therefore. europe has shown that it is prepared to take new paths in what is a very special situation i believe that is necessary extraordinary events and in this case that's the pandemic that has reached us all demand extraordinary n

package that has been proposed by the commission on the basis of her own plan with french president emmanuel mccall we know that some of the member states the frugal for the northern states are not terribly eager to see this money loaned on the grant basis to southern states that have been hit hard by the economic consequences of corona 2 things going for the chancellor she is known as a very skilled and pragmatic negotiator she's definitely in favor of this bold action germany needs if germany depends on the economic welfare of the rest of europe and this will be the 1st meeting in 9 days where all of these leaders will be live in person and frankly that makes negotiation a lot easier than it is when you're doing it in a video conference richard walker in brussels i'm guessing that that everybody there is really glad that the safe pair of hands in europe is in charge for these next 6 months how will the chance of a brussels work together. yeah well i think there is a sense that this is the perfect moment for germany to take on the e.u. presidency you know it's a total coincidence you know this is

turn your attention to europe the french president emmanuel mccall has appointed a relatively unknown figure as the new prime minister john kass stacks a senior civil servant and local mayor has been chosen to replace philip haystacks orchestrated the successful exit from coronavirus locked the cabinet reshuffle is seen as an attempt to revive the post quarantine economy. the skulls of 24 algerian resistance fighters who were killed by the french during colonisation had been returned to the north african country the president. gave the war heroes an official welcome with the 21 gun salute soldiers brought the coffins. of military planes and carried them to a funeral marching band the remains had been treated as war trophies by french colonial officers at the time and then stored in a museum in paris will now be on display in elegy. libyan government forces say they have on earth another mass grave in an area that used to be controlled by the warlord holy father after 5 bodies have been found earlier forces backing the u.n. recognize government said they discovered the remains of more

wording of the political english and very clear we have made no progress at all france's president emmanuel mccall has warned turkey against maneuvers in the eastern mediterranean and is calling for the e.u. to consider sanctions it follows ankara's move to send ships into the waters on an energy source in mission the conflict in libya has proved to be another source of tension between france and turkey turkey backs the un recognized government of national accord in tripoli while france has been accused of providing military support to warlord honey for have talks. on if he. doesn't let me be done. in this part of the mediterranean which is vital for all of our country's energy and security issues are central today and they are at stake in the power struggles of turkey and russia in particular which are increasingly asserting themselves and against which the european union still carries too little weight would be a serious mistake to leave our security in the mediterranean in the hands of other players this is not an option for europe and it will not be something france will it happens. that has m

calling for action and sanctions on nations that violate greek and cypriot meyer's time space emmanuel mccall has warned turkey against maneuvers in eastern mediterranean it follows ankara's move to send ships into the water is on in energy sourcing mission tension between the 2 countries have been rising as they also support opposing sides in libya take a backseat un recognized government of national accord in tripoli it's fighting for control of the country against eastern based warlord 24 have tough france has been accused of providing military support to have tar china says it's considering ways to stop the recognition of british national overseas passports held by many people in hong kong it's in response to the u.k.'s decision to open a special pathway to citizenship for 3000000 hong kong residents starting in january this follows china's imposition of a national security law in hong kong which critics say freedoms you unify the country that given the british side broke its commitment 1st the chinese side will consider stopping recognition of b.n. no passports as valid travel documents

same dilemma during the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman's last visit to paris president emmanuel mccall was asked about the issue. to human abrasion of the clare blessed with a secure it did lobby so did he go on the exam thank you many and again the population here in. the french president is pursuing the same policy embraced by his predecessors on both ends of the political spectrum. between 20122017 the volume of weapons supplied to saudi arabia has tripled from 400000000 to 1300000000 euros. in 2015 when the war intensified in yemen it didn't slow arms exports quite the contrary. it governorship us dollars to refuse to face you go check on the french government has continued to approve arms exports to a country accused of possible war crimes by the un. this sparked uproar in the french parliament in new york called other mulford about for it this is all michael janda really are these the ruling old enough force you just got gold of having said . no only of our buddies are going to come or the only baguette the last leg claire to divulge it down to me don't ever eat sauce or tories a

she says a president mccall and his government's failures and accuses them of deliberately lying to the public with mourinho paris correspondents morning charlotte dube and ski. emmanuel marc bolan adding the french government are again under pressure this time it's over the initial response to the code 19 crisis the backlash has already seen several more seats and even of all the men treating firey now the leader of the national rally marking the pen has waded in to the debate you might guess what i realize that the new government isn't promises of repeating more or less the same mistakes as the previous one even though dozens of other countries are seeing a substantial increase in coronavirus cases and that a new territory hospitals are putting in terms of kid missions for people coming over turning from abroad in this book the coronavirus book from fiasco to a place the party claims president back calling his government to misled the public during the pandemic many issues have been raised 1st there's the wearing of face marks it points out that when the look down was announced stocks of mosques were taken by the government with pharmacies but for the selling them t