to fight uk. i overbid to scrap brexit checks." -- eu to fight uk-_ eu to fight uk.yet another troubling * eu to fight uk. | think this is just | yet another troubling development eu to fight uk. i think this is just - yet another troubling development in the situation in northern ireland. the uk signed up to the northern ireland protocol, which put border checks down the irish sea in order to avoid the need for border in ireland. borisjohnson lied and said it didn't do that to northern ireland, which it did. that shows the situation with which the prime minister takes in northern ireland, which is not very seriously, unfortunately. for him it is very much a secondary consideration to the ideological brexit, the clean break he wanted to pursue. and unfortunately this just gets at the conundrum at the heart of brexiteers which is the good friday agreement which is the good friday agreement which allows people in northern ireland to feel they are irish or british as they so wish — it is very much predicated on there being no border checks between island democrats irela

now, the eu will have none of that and the eu _ the eu will have none of that and the eu will have nonenisms under international law and _ these mechanisms under international law and we _ these mechanisms under international law and we are going to invoke them and what _ law and we are going to invoke them and what are those mechanisms? 0ne, enforcement— and what are those mechanisms? 0ne, enforcement proceedings which we have already heard about from your previous _ have already heard about from your previous contributor, but also a more _ previous contributor, but also a more standard dispute resolution mechanism under withdrawal agreement itself. mechanism under withdrawal agreement itself but— mechanism under withdrawal agreement itself. but we may see that the eu says. _ itself. but we may see that the eu says. look. — itself. but we may see that the eu says, look, if you come of the uk, have _ says, look, if you come of the uk, have turned — says, look, if you come of the uk, have turned off all his mechanisms, then that _ have turned off all his mechanisms, then that entitles us

this decision was unanimously supported by all eu leaders during that time and brussels after that the high representative for foreign policy and security jose borel said that the european union immediately starts the procedure of preparing for the integration of ukraine, but the georgians demand from their authorities to fulfill the conditions of the eu in order to obtain the status of a candidate for membership in the center of the country's capital, tbilisi, a large-scale anti-government protest has gathered, the organizers say that the current action - this is a continuation of the rally back home to europe in support of european integration that took place last week, now its slogan is georgia without oligarchic rule the participants want the authorities to fulfill the agreement concluded between the government and the opposition through the mediation of the president of the european council, charles-michel, and the georgian people must take responsibility for carrying out reforms to fulfill these demands, the rallies gave the authorities a week, otherwise they promise indefinite p

you, it seems, are intent onjoining the eu, and in the next few weeks, the eu is going to give you ang you as a member state. are you sure, in the current climate, that's a wise move? what a wise move in a democracy is to do what the people want and to modernise the country and our society for many decades already, want us to be in the european union, and that's what we're doing. for example, the ministry that i have the honour of representing here is called the ministry of foreign affairs and european integration, and it has been having this name for over 15 years. that's a widely supported foreign policy priority. 0ur society and, of course, my government is an expression of that, is that we are a european country with a european language, our language is romanian, it's already an official language of the eu, we have a european history. our economy is deeply integrated with that of the european union, and we want to bring our country into the european union. this is what we're doing. we just applied on the 3rd of march for eu membership, and in the next days and weeks, we are looki

ministers insist the moves would not break international law but the eu but the eu disagrees and hasrelations between the uk, ireland and the eu. but the democratic unionist party says that — until its concerns about the protocol are addressed — it won't allow the formation of a new devolved government in northern ireland. our ireland correspondent chris page explains. the northern ireland protocol means there are checks on some goods arriving here from the rest of the uk. that has led to extra costs, processes and paperwork for businesses who get supplies from across the irish sea. but the protocol also gives companies in northern ireland an advantage. they can sell goods directly into both the british and eu markets without tariffs. the economic reality for manufacturers here, for food processors and many other parts of the economy, is that the protocol works incredibly well and the protocol needs reform, but it doesn't need a wrecking ball. and what is being proposed potentially today is just that. and representatives of the meat industry say removing the protocol would put at ris

the eu coffers have become somewhat thinner.rue, even this decision about 9 billion euros, which was adopted, mentions that financing can be provided in addition to the european budget by individual individual members of the eu or the eu can borrow these funds on international markets . that is, it will increase the public debt of the european union itself, if there is such a speed, and we we all understand very well that the damage caused by the russian federation will not be 9 billion, it will be hundreds of billions of euros and the eu will have such funds. well, it will be very difficult to find such funds, and therefore we will again have to borrow on the international financial markets, and then there will be a question between the eu member countries because there are different opinions and different groups of countries that have different attitudes towards public debt, southern countries are more inclined to take money, debt and are there countries in the south, or first of all germany, which is very uh-uh, it’s because

european leaders -- of the eu block. the european president making the announcement. >> are deciding today -- >> let's hear from the president of the european commission. >> i am deeply convinced that our decision we have taken today strengthened are resolved and strengthen our countries in the face of russian aggression and the strength of the european union because it shows the european union is united and strong in the face of external threats. >> they are with emmanuel macron holding the fast best press conference -- they are -- holding the press conference and let's turn to that. >> the logic remains the same. when we talk about our neighbor and we just if we want to stay as a neighborhood, we have to let them into our home and the idea is that we need to have a neighborhood which is part of us because the eu will set limits. there is tension between geopolitical -- part of doing that and also the deepening of what we have already. their staff serbia -- serbia is committed to this process but it is demanding. then g

with the eu.government has published plans to get rid of parts of the post—brexit deal it signed with the eu in 2020. it wants to change the northern ireland protocol to make it easierfor some goods to flow from great britain to northern ireland. it is as disgraceful, it does nothing to serve the interests of people here, it flies in the face of international given that he himself negotiated. we'll have the latest on that from our correspondent in washington. russia has aged bridges in a avoidance, warning that it is now official —— impossible to leave the city. ukrainian troops must now surrender and or die. that is according to the russian forces. a us congressional hearing into the storming of the capitol last year has revealed new information mr trump's efforts to overturn the election result. on the second day of hearings, the panel focused on donald trump's unfounded accusations that the election was rigged — and claims that he knew these claims were false. let's hear from the committee chai

there , we have snakes in his mouth, his statements about the eu that ukraine will be in the eu in 1015 years, but there were other statements, the essence of which was reduced to the fact that the conflict in ukraine should end according to their opinion uh, some kind of compromise, some kind of agreement with russia, why does this all appear, i see two, well, big reasons. is it possible to be more precise, this is a context that we just have to take into account, uh, in europe, uh, the socio-economic situation is getting worse, uh, inflation in the eurozone has already reached a record since the appearance of the euro in 1999, and europe is certainly one of the parties to this confrontation with russia, which, together with ukraine and russia, suffers the most from this war because, for example, if we take the united states, there are also problems there but they are not so dependent on what is happening on the continent, that is, they do not suffer from this war as much as the ukrainian economy, as well as the russian economy now due to sanctions and the european economy, and there

thus, the country got a chance to start negotiations on full eu accession the gypsies are here. now let's imagine that ukraine is already today in the eu, the decision to expand the union is adopted unanimously , so the new candidate has to agree with everyone who is already in the elite club, and sometimes without political very painful compromises cannot be avoided. what can hungary demand from kyiv? the problem is that each new wave of eu expansion will be more problematic than the previous one. kyiv's demands regarding the ethnic minorities of transcarpathia, i.e., the precedent that is being created inside macedonia does not predict anything good for ukraine, every country that hopes to join the eu will pay a high price for the mistakes made the european union in the past, therefore, in ukraine, will definitely have to make unpopular decisions. but before that, it is still necessary to do homework in the eu resolution, it is clearly stated that they are waiting for real and not facade reforms and overcoming corruption, and it seems that the open door will turn into a dead e

and this was a strategic mistake of the eu.'s the big countries that decide anyway, not the newcomers, the european union has become much more fragile and much more complex. uh, it has become a more complex design, uh, in identifying common interests with russia, if we suppose we could in 2003 to take let's say rather expensive. so for the four common spaces, then after that, of course, we did n’t even dream of such a consensus on relations with russia until, again, somewhere in 2004, the fifth year, if my memory serves me right, we had russia’s eu summits every six months, in- first, and secondly, at almost every one of these summits we managed to adopt joint statements on political issues. i can't even imagine it now. yes, we were somewhere a little bargaining, uh, both those and others wording, but still 90% of us had some kind of common common vision, but there was some kind of turning point in replacing the european, neighborhood policy with the eastern partnership. this was also, of course, a milestone moment, and we spok

moldova also received the status of a candidate for eu membership. this is a good day for europe.r zelenskyi. i have sanda and the people of ukraine and moldova. this is a decisive step on your way to the european union. part of the european family, our future is together and today's historic decision of the leaders - this is confirmed by the artistic front under this name presented the exhibition of modern art in the capital wants to sell 40 works to help our military what works are presented why is it important to support our artists further in the story of my colleagues i think the exhibition is very cool and everyone can find something for themselves here in one of the capital 's restaurants, the apple will not fall anywhere the exhibition art front begins its the work of 40 paintings by 20 authors decorated the walls of the kyiv institution, all this for the sake of helping our defenders. the goal of our project is , first of all, to help our army, because everyone defends their own front and it is necessary to support and the economy and our army and everything, who is capab

my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you said, "we have divorced. "it's always complicated to divorce and it is difficult "to find a new balance." well, many months have passed since then. why are you still failing to find a new balance? well, i have no personal experience of divorce, thank god, but i'm told by friends that it's always complicated. and this one has proved to be complicated, to be very frank. it was a traumatic divorce, let's be clear. we sort of co—existed together for almost... ..almost half a century, and then through a democratic process, which we fully respect, a decision was taken which is a serious one with a number of consequences — so i think we're still addressing a whole range of consequences of this decision. it takes time to stabilise. yeah. i mean, ther

the eu is wedded to process.r nations which are desperate to join the european union and they don't believe in queuejumping. they also don't believe in offering accession to countries which have a war on their territory — and they also don't believe in offering accession to countries which don't meet basic standards of governance, including tackling corruption. you can't get around those eu rules and conditions, and at the moment you don't meet any of them. yes, of course, it would be naive to think that we operate only with argument related to the lives people has paid for the european choice and basically putting the application for membership, let's say, argument the fact that we have the war on opposite, basically it's recognising the basic fact that over this time the since 2014, including now more than 100 days of war, ukraine has shown to be a reliable and trustworthy partner. in fact, we have become, been a reliable partner over all gas and electricity crisis over the last 15 years, and even now, in time

accession, and by the way, the ukrainian authorities submitted an application for accession to the eu in the first week of the war. when the russian army was attacking kyiv. my colleague hryhoriy zhelalov is with us in connection with brussels. this happened, but what exactly happened for me, for example, the candidacy for joining the eu, it's like how in ukraine they issue a ticket for a train going to the eu, but i didn't understand when it's going or if it's going at all, how do you explain it from brussels? i'll start with the fact that the european commission usually tries to prepare such decisions that will be ready to support the countries, that is, there was a lot of hidden work here. well, not only the hidden intrigue began to pour out even the day before, when the head of the three, well, not influential, macronidragy went in fact, the countries of the european union in kyiv supported the candidate status for ukraine and this is how it was formulated today by the president of the european commission, ruslan von der lyagin, in a second we will analyze her statement literally

yes, the eu negotiator— eu have also referenced this. self declarations, and will be eu find that sufficient regiment and can be uk authorities enforce that —— will the eu find that sufficient? we have got to look at market processes and administration and we hear from businesses that they don't have to deal with this currently so it's almost like we get rid of one set of problems but we are going to substitute them for a brand—new set of issues and we are back to square one again of trying to find a solution to our problem. a problem we should really not have.- we should really not have. thanks for “oinini we should really not have. thanks forjoining us- _ we should really not have. thanks forjoining us. thanks _ we should really not have. thanks forjoining us. thanks for - forjoining us. thanks for explaining so clearly how this works. i think this will have helped a lot of people at home who are slightly baffled by this story. thank you very much for your time. the latest official figures show that the uk economy shrank for the second

ukraine is a step closer to becoming a member of the eu. met in brussels, where they approved the application to the blog. moldova was also granted candidate status. membership is not assured for either country in the process is expected to take years, but as far as ukraine is concerned, the move represents a huge geopolitical shift in the face of the russian invasion. >> of course the countries have to do homework before moving to the next stage of the process. i am convinced they will all move as swiftly as possible and work as hard as possible to implement the necessary reforms. i am deeply convinced our decision we have taken today strengthens us all, strengthens ukraine, moldova, and georgia in the face of the russian federation, and the eu, because it shows once again to the world that the european union is united and strong in the face of external threats. anchor: now to the latest in ukraine. russian attacks continue in the eastern donbass region. moscow has not let up in the south. kyiv says three cruise missiles hit a southern por

states at the june 22-23 summit in brussels, and the first step towards ukraine's membership in the eu, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi on twitter welcomed the positive conclusion of the european commission on granting ukraine the status of a candidate for membership of the european union, he noted that this decision brings our victory closer and also thanked the president of the european commission , ursola fond deryan, and every member of the european commission for the historic decision, now ukraine expects a positive outcome of the european council meeting next week british prime minister boris johnson personally received a letter from six-year-old ilya kostushevich from mariupol, the boy's parents died as a result of russian shelling of the city, and he himself was saved by volunteers in may. ilya learned about boris johnson's appeal to ukrainian children and decided to write him a reply with thanks and congratulations to everyone to the children of britain, the boy added a painted flag of ukraine and a photo of himself with his beloved cat to the letter, ukrzaliznyts

. the negotiations between the uk and the eu-_ and the eu. _ and the eu. boris johnson says that what he is _ and the eu. boris johnson says that what he is doing _ and the eu. boris johnson says that what he is doing is - that what he is doing is perfectly reasonable, it's no big deal, he is entitled to do it. european union, as we have discussed, says it is breaking international law. does the white house take a position on this? ~ ., , this? well, not being in the white house, _ this? well, not being in the white house, i _ this? well, not being in the white house, i would - this? well, not being in thei white house, i would guess this? well, not being in the - white house, i would guess the position is that this is the same person who touted this agreement and this protocol three years ago, but what they are saying diplomatically is they would rather this be dealt with between the air you and the uk, which would be the easiest way. i will say that when it comes to the united states response, particular from the democratic party that is in

that was the arrangement agreed by the uk and the eu. now causing upset among unionists in northern ireland who see it as a division between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. so, under borisjohnson�*s new plan, goods that are destined only for northern ireland would be part of a so—called green lane with no checks needed. but goods heading into the eu via northern ireland would have to be checked and go through a so—called red lane. in a moment we'll ask what the eu is likely to do next but first, here's our political editor, chris mason. brexit is about borders, about different rules either side of them, but borders usually separate one country from another. and yet here in belfast, there is a border, checks when goods there is a border, checks, when goods arrive here from the rest of the uk. those checks happen because of a deal the government signed up to. but now it doesn't like what this means for northern ireland. people can't access the goods they need to access, we're not able to implement the same tax benefits in northern

decide what the situation is with ukraine, will there be a different procedure for admission to the eu, we understand that ukraine is currently involved in a conflict and now we are doing everything it is possible that ukraine could become a member of the eu under a simplified procedure. he compares ukraine now with other european countries that at one point or another became members of the european union, for example , albania, etc. what are we talking about stabilizing the geopolitical situation? ukraine plays an important role on the part of france today we understand the weight of their efforts of the european parliament in relation to ukraine, now the door is open for ukraine to stabilize the situation, the european family, there are no certain restrictions on the territories, move on and let us have more freedom of speech is political and makes it possible to expand the borders of the european union. bearing in mind the economic context, we must also act ahead, but from a continental perspective, we would not act like that, we understand that now there is a certain system of stom

ukraine does not mean that ukraine does not meet the criteria, even candidacy for membership of the eu and how the tv channel defends the right to broadcast, see more for more than two months without almost half of the viewers, on april 4, the state broadcaster rrt concern unreasonably turned off espresso from the t2 network. during this time, we tried to reach to all possible authorized bodies, and the human rights and cultural communities, media activists , scientists, domestic and european politicians and all expressed their support for the channel to no avail, there is still no espresso in the digital network, and ukrainian officials continue to disown the illegal decision that threatens to lose the jobs of almost a hundred patriotic journalists, and this is a real pressure on free media, says the chairman of the board of internews ukraine, konstantin kvort, for me, the main marker is, you know, the above-mentioned silky collaborationism channels, they were not noticed at all. this is very important to understand. there is a difference in this. well, if, for example, the emergence

well sa-most the main driver of inflation in the eu was, of course, fuel and its prices. you are now like q- they are sasha , they have reached a historical maximum. details. now i'll tell you. the oil embargo against russia will turn into a price shock for europe and rising inflation, this conclusion was made at the brueghel european analytical center, where inflation is expected to significantly reduce the purchasing power of the eu population. accelerated even in a pandemic, but the anti-russian policy. the west worsened the situation in the us the eu indicator breaks records and exceeds 8%, and specifically in lithuania, according to the results of may, 18.5% in annual terms, expensive oil stimulates an increase in the cost of automotive fuel and, as a result, the transportation of goods, which is reflected in their price, for example, in the united states during the presidency. joe biden's gasoline has doubled in price per liter , it is already asking for a dollar with a third of gas stations in greece after the embargo was introduced, the price tags changed several

this is direct blackmail the european trinity in kyiv promises ukraine the status of a candidate for eu membership and new heavy weapons - this is the 113th day of russia's war against ukraine we tell the main events of the bbc news broadcast live and from london the leaders of france, germany , italy they came to kyiv because of a certain zelenskyi, the support quotes verbatim ukraine will be supported as long as it is needed, the room where the weapons are issued, the bbc got into the military command center, the western powers are coordinating efforts to supply arms to ukraine and left to fend for themselves, the sister of a moroccan man sentenced to death in the so-called dpr told the bbc that no one cares about his fate, the leaders of france, germany, italy, romania came to kyiv, met with president zelenskyi , assured of support for solidarity with the ukrainian people and declared that they support the grant ukraine 's status as a candidate for membership of the european union we will talk about this in detail later. mario of italy, dear chancellor of germany olafsholz and presid

bethany: two thirds of russian oil imports arrive in the eu by sea.ll be banned immediately. but there will be a temporary exemption for pipeline oil because of objections by hungary. it says its economy can't cope with the ban. germany and poland have volunteered to wind down there pipeline imports by the end of this year. that leaves arod 10% of pipeline oil from russia, which will continue to go to hungary, slovakia, and the czech republic. the eu is also taking measures against russia's biggest bank and people accused of war crimes in ukraine. it's taken weeks of complicated negotiations for the eu to reach this compromise deal. earlier, sanction packages were agreed quickly, but the oil embargo has exposed divisions among european countries. eu leaders say they want to wean themselves off russian gas, as well as oil, but that's likely to be far more complicated. the oil embargo will cost russia billions. with oil prices surging, it will hurt europe too. in ukraine, fierce fighting continues, especially in the donbass region in the east of the cou

but there's concern the price to pay will be worsening relations with the eu.t of the protocol, because they can sell goods into both the uk and eu markets without tariffs and don't want to jeopardise those arrangements. we would see the protocol as something to build on. we would be concerned about anything that damages trade, obviously the risk here is trading into europe. but it's notjust about the business practicalities, it's also about the politics, and getting the functioning government back for northern ireland now depends on the irish sea border problems being resolved. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. the irish government has warned westminster that plans to override parts of the northern ireland protocol would �*deeply damage' relations between the uk, ireland and the eu. we can speak to katya adler in brussels. so this has just happened, what is the reaction there? we so this hasjust happened, what is the reaction there?— the reaction there? we heard the prime minister _ the reaction there? we heard the prime minister this _ the reaction there? we hea

the eu says it would break international law.he prime minister says changes to the rules over checks on goods crossing the irish sea will be easy to implement, but he's faced criticism from several quarters. not a big deal, we can fix it in such a way as to remove those bureaucratic barriers, but without putting up barriers on trade moving north—south in the island of ireland as well. it's also a new low in terms of the relationship between britain and ireland, which is something that many of us have worked so hard to protect and enhance. we'll have reaction from brussels. also this lunchtime... campaigners and migrants wait to hear if asylum seekers will be removed from the uk on the goverment�*s first flight to rwanda. farmers are urged to produce more home—grown food, as the government's food strategy is published. but there's criticism as it doesn't include plans to tackle obesity. as hundreds of civilians die in the ukrainian city of kharkiv, amnesty international says there's evidence russia has used cluster bombs. and engl

if we do get the status of a candidate for eu membership, how many years will it take us to become euthink everything depends on ukraine. no, it really depends on ukraine. the next step, which will be very important for us, is this . the opening of negotiations, we see that the opening of negotiations e takes some time because it takes place according to the same procedure, that is, there must be a conclusion of the european commission that they recommend opening the negotiation procedure and then uh, hmm, the same all countries and members must vote for the fact that the negotiations will be opened at the negotiations, we will actually already agree mainly on the term of delaying the implementation of this or that eu legislation because the legislation is supposed to be part of our legislation at the time of membership yes and this is very it is a serious matter, so the negotiations will not actually concern this, but they can be opened in a year, in six months , in 3-4 years, that is, the main thing is that it is not like it was in croatia, which has been waiting for 10 years, thank

, will lead to full membership, and secondly, it gives us e-e access to the structural funds of the eu, which is very important now because these are financial instruments that are available only to candidate countries and are not available e-e to other countries that are provided not only on the terms of a loan, but on more favorable terms, in fact, almost free of charge, and the most important thing for today. i think that this gives us the opportunity to have a stronger position in our peace negotiations, which we hope will take place soon, and our position is already lacking this moment is completely different, but the most important thing is that the status of a candidate gives the opportunity to obtain the status of a member of the european union in the future. do you think that for our country, ukraine can become an obstacle i don't see absolutely any obstacles , it will be a long bureaucratic procedure in any case, because there are certain stages that we need to go through, first of all, it is to fulfill the recommendations indicated in the conclusion of the european commissio

the eu trade commissioner, valdis dombrovskis, says the uk must still cooperate with the eu to make thethern ireland protocol it negotiated work, he was speaking to our global trade correspondent, dharshini david. regard northern ireland protocol we clearly expect uk to respect the agreement which it has negotiated. we know there are issues related to the practical implementation of northern ireland protocol but we have come also with a number of proposals including bespoke arrangements, others practical concerns can be addressed. we know from _ concerns can be addressed. we know from our sources that a number of major countries within the eu and big companies are already what retaliatory measures they could take. is that uk taking this seriously enough? that uk taking this seriously enou~h? , ., ., ., ., enough? they do not have actual louistical enough? they do not have actual logistical measures _ enough? they do not have actual logistical measures in _ enough? they do not have actual logistical measures in stage - enough? they do not have actual logistical measures in stage at i log

it didn’t happen before, but the reluctance of the eu, the lack of political will in the eu, the reluctancethe ukrainian elite to change. both of these things, what do you think? i would add the last fourth - this is a change in the position of the west in relation to the russian federation after february 24, because we will not hide and say that this is not true, but until that date, everything that the russian federation did was perceived well, almost as a norm . so-so they allow some certain no no no no good things, but in general we can live, we will earn from the russians our next hundreds of billions of euros , dollars, pounds, etc. but on february 24, it changed the attitude of western politicians towards russia , because already against this background it was simply impossible not to see and not want to see more accurately what russia was doing. by the way, i want to thank great britain for its leadership in this regard , because it is the british and americans who are showing the flag today. that is, these are the countries which clearly and clearly stated that they will not tolera

the eu can encourage candidates for constructive competition. of them will advance faster and be ready for membership against the background of general calls to award and inspire ukraine with the status of an eu candidate in paris . and she is not yet visible to zheledit, to be honest, so as not to had illusions it's over

that's lacking for the eu itself.nd can't rely on the us for critical combat capabilities. that's going to be a very long term process. it doesn't help militarily. it really is just that morale boost. help militarily. it really is 'ust that morale boosti help militarily. it really is 'ust that morale boost. let's go back to what's happening _ that morale boost. let's go back to what's happening on _ that morale boost. let's go back to what's happening on the _ that morale boost. let's go back to what's happening on the ground. . that morale boost. let's go back to i what's happening on the ground. i've mentioned there's been huge losses on both sides, and some have asked whether it is worth it to ukraine to defend this area. do you believe it has strategic value? i5 defend this area. do you believe it has strategic value?— has strategic value? is very exposed. — has strategic value? is very exposed. it _ has strategic value? is very exposed, it was _ has strategic value? is very exposed, it was always i has strategic

it is important what wording will be used in the final resolution according to the results of the eulists there is already a first draft during the discussion. of course , it can still change, but for now there is a positive conclusion for ukraine and detailed requirements, and all three countries that are currently embarking on such a european integration path. if you want ukraine-moldova with the status of candidates, georgia with the conditions for obtaining it in the future will be considered each time separately, the eu will not combine them into cases uh, um, so to speak. criteria, i would pay attention to one more phrase , including the ability of the eu to accept new members, that is, the european union also leaves a fuse for itself , in any case, less than a day is really left before this historic decision, we will follow tomorrow live and broadcast from brussels we start traditionally on the 21st, so i can only add to become a reminder to myself join to follow the european union summit together thank you grigory what about the results tomorrow we will watch listen to you to

svitlana said that it is necessary to divide the candidate into eu members and directly eu members so we must note that there is still a third type - it is a candidate for candidates. and these are the potential candidates, yes, such are kosovo, for example , the existence of which is not recognized by several eu states, or, for example, bosnia and herzegovina, where a strange the management system is called the so-called non-binding so-called dighton agreement in 1995 on ending the war in the balkans, and this system, according to experts, does not work, and actually if the eu decides to equate ukraine with them, it will be unacceptable , but it is not up to us to decide, but we can influence this without actually demonstrating such decisions as the dismissal of the ombudsman in violation of the constitution and legislation or, for example , the disconnection of broadcasters from the digital airwaves, it is important how to say if speaking in the british language intelligence, don't lose operational momentum here and don't lose er connection with reality, too, because the reality is

countries, were the first to announce that ukraine would be granted the status of a candidate for eu the visit to kyiv, we must admit that this is a unanimous vote of 27 member countries, we will have to find a common approach, but i am quite optimistic that we will be able to cope even with those countries that were against ukraine's bid to join the eu, they are changing their decision. the netherlands was one of the first to change its decision. a week ago, government officials declared that kyiv does not meet the criteria of the european union. currently, dutch prime minister mark hutte supported the idea of ​​granting ukraine the status of a candidate in the eu, saying that it was a reasonable decision and discussed it with the president zelenskyi and how else can the netherlands help with the supply of weapons and the situation with the status of a candidate for eu membership for ukraine if ukraine receives the status of a candidate country, it will the fastest such decision in the history of the eu, however, actually joining the european union may take years, currently five sta

and this despite the fact that to prepare for joining the eu, lithuania gave the obligation to ensureansit. now, vilnius is moving the arrows to brussels, lithuania is doing nothing. these are european sanctions that began to work on june 17, and in this case they are implemented by the railway. it's done after consulting with the european commission, in accordance with its recommendations, but after all, the european union also assumed obligations, moreover , written in november 2002 at the russia eu summit, the parties separately dissuaded the issue of transit and adopted a special joint statement of the parties recognizing the unique position of the kaliningrad region as part of the russian federation of the side separated from the rest of the federation by other states agree to make special efforts to alleviate the concerns of both sides in connection with future transit people, cargo between the kaliningrad region and other regions of russia now, the head of european diplomacy, barrel , brushes aside the essence of the issue, dragging ukraine in here too. lithuania began to block

and you think that in the eu they can do this. it is quite clear that the principle of unanimity is used. today i am a serious obstacle to the adoption of a whole series of laws. i have already mentioned the policy regarding migrants and in denmark the asylum commission put forward its proposal on the issue of migration two years ago. but we still cannot decide anything despite the fact that the management of migration and migration flows today are one of the main problems facing the european union and we cannot adopt such a policy due to the lack of unanimity, so i believe that we should think very seriously about the possibility that would allow the european union to move forward in certain sectors without such unanimity if certain countries do not want to take participation in certain things, they can simply be removed. by the way, this is exactly what we did with the schengen area, which allows the free movement of people within the european union, which member states did not want to participate in this because they didn't tak

istanbul convention and emphasized that this is a good signal for ukraine's further accession to the euring his visit, gilmar visited the places where war crimes were committed in ukraine , what he saw. it is a genocide, as well as how it will help ukraine in documenting russian crimes, our roksolana lisovska spoke with him about all this in the temporarily occupied territories and what needs to be changed in ukrainian legislation regarding minorities for the further accession of ukraine to the eu. of the person by eamon gilmore street you ukrainian have you already congratulated your ukrainian colleagues on the ratification of the istanbul convention, you are quite delighted with the decision to ratify the istanbul convention, this is wonderful a signal especially for women in ukraine, but also in europe. and i think it is very telling that this decision was approved. literally in a few days, the european commission recommended that ukraine be granted the status of a candidate for membership in the european union and irpin, yesterday you were in buch and irpin. what are your impression

festival if the eu responds — stormont? festival if the eu responds it _ stormont?if the eu responds it will not only - stormont? festival if the eu responds it will not only be l responds it will not only be northern ireland businesses that will be negatively affected, it will be the uk as a whole because if the eu responds it will be in the form of trade sanctions, and that will have significant implications for everyone in the united kingdom, not just those of us in northern ireland. it also, i think, just those of us in northern ireland. it also, ithink, makes just those of us in northern ireland. it also, i think, makes a negotiated outcome more difficult. we are effectively asking the eu to devolve to the uk government responsibility for the protection of the single market. why would the eu trust the uk government at this point in time if the uk government is constantly threatening to break the international that it signed up to? so we have got to rebuild that trust if we are going to make progress. that's the best outcome for northern ireland and the best out

and that fundamentally changes the nature of also the eu itself in the long run.jacob, in the scenario where you have ukraine becoming a larger physical part of the eu, in terms of from a fairly economic perspective, the drag is going to be on certain countries, are there certain european countries that are far more exposed to taking on those costs? jacob: i think you will -- you have already had that articulated by the portuguese government and others that are afraid too much financial resources will be channeled toward ukraine and there will be too little left for others. i guess i would say because, in my opinion, a comprehensive integration of ukraine will require further fiscal integration in the eu, that is the best possible news that european union as a whole could have, that the euro area can have, and certainly the highly admitted countries in southern europe have in the central bank, one of the previous guests talked about, this is the best possible news also for the ecb. they further physically integrated eu is one in which quite frankly we will have to