capable europe to become one of the poles of a multipolar world? will she be able to get rid of the total influence of the united states to restore her independence? such questions are asked by swiss journalists, politicians, my colleague zinaida kurbatova gematan spoke with the author of her new books about the fate of europe and hello , thank you very much for agreeing to the interview. uh, the presentation of your new book, which is called the confused continent, as i understand it , is taking place at the university of pedagogical st. petersburg the confused continent is europe or the european union. you absolutely yes indeed, but i do not see much difference between the european union and europe itself because i consider the continent as a whole, given that the eu occupies most of europe so why do i think that this continent is my our continent europe is confused and disoriented because i believe that it has lost its foothold, in theory, today the task of europe, with its history, with its culture and rich past, is to become one of the poles o

it seems everyone except europe. are wejust naive in europe? strong capability. i take france as an example, i take the uk as an example, germany, italy, spain and a few others. and they have a strong capability in — also in some of the assets that relate or to some of the aspects that relate to space in terms of technology that is required. but this is a mind—set. crosstalk. are you telling me that the mind—set in europe is going to have to shift? what we don't have is a european capability and i think this is a discussion that is needed. do we want to rely, country by country, on this excellent capability, by the way, or do we want something more of a european structure and a european response? and there today, we have very little to offer — this is absolutely true — with a few exceptions, i should say. so, russia could shoot down european satellites. there's no way that any european force could shoot down russian satellites. i wouldn't say that. individually, this might be possible. but why would russia do that? why did russia invade ukraine

they both were essentially what was fought between europe or at least central europe. in the case of the 1st world war and russia. it's often forgotten, this point is often overlooked picky from western perspective, because if your british or french, you know about the trenches in the, on the western front, but the, the war on russia, for example, in 1914, the, the 1st declaration of war was i, austria, against serbia and the 2nd declaration of war on the 1st of august, 1914 was by germany against russia. so the focus of those 2 world wars, and of course, even more so in the 2nd world war was between europe and russia. and as i say, while the soviet union then from 41 to 45, was of course on the allied side that was a small parenthesis. and so in other words, if you look at it in the round, we've had no more than a 100 years of major and constant jubilant of not constant, but very, very largely constant geopolitical confrontation between europe generally and russia. and that is now come to a head with this, with this latest war in a way that few people for saw and in a

can see what steps are being taken to increase the minimum payments. minimum wages in europe. the european commission also actively works under such conditions and sends its employees to the best experts. thank you for the results of social work . to compare and implement, therefore, as mrs. president already said, we already have key stages, especially regarding the presence of women in leadership positions, this is important, the new coalition will make it possible to make progress in this aspect. we are also talking about digital pro digitalization is about the fact that we strive to regulate hypoconcentration on the main players within the framework of europe, the first general provision on the protection of personal data, we have only started to take the first steps, the first correct steps within the framework competitiveness when we talk about such digital giants yes, when we talk about the sovereignty of europe, when we talk about the shelter policy of europe, it is also a gradual approach, a very large and ambitious package we received from the european commission and

we are cooperating with europe. clean and renewable energy technology providers to help reduce demand including u.s. companies. we can reduce demand by the limited technologies such as smart irmo grid technology energy efficiency and productivity improvements battery storage offshore winds and clean hydrogen. we are cooperating on these well before the outset of putin's work. we are all feeling the impact of high energy prices due to the war in a cramp in march and the united states and the iea announced a strategic petroleum reserve. these releases at 240 million barrels of global supply. it's the largest release for the united states and the largest release from other countries in history and will support american consumers in the global economy. these actions result from the administrations unwavering focus on doing everything in our power to help american families who are paying more out-of-pocket for gasoline at as a result of putin's work is strengthening europe's energy security is a high priority for the bid

ukraine is europe. we are already talking about political victory. what a day, and we are also talking about our return home to the european family, and i will say that historians have been talking about this since the beginning of this meeting in brussels. after all, we have very old and intense cultural ties with europe. and how will these ties help we will integrate into the european community in the future. we will talk with a french french cultural expert and also with a ukrainian historian about the significance for ukraine of this step towards full membership in the eu about the support of ukraine about what can be the victory in the war that russia unleashed against ukraine. i spoke with mrs. ambassador of great britain melinta simmons. we will show our conversation in this hour with a marathon. well, before starting this conversation with historians about what historical and cultural ties we have with europe, i wanted to i would like to say that in the history of ukraine, there are enough facts

the, the older europe and new europe there be, you know, as rumsfeld said, but i mean, how can, what's going to be after the conflict the mean? is there still going to be internal contradictions in the european? i mean, how do they move forward here? when they're not even unified, now go ahead, keep going. exactly. i think division, division and more bricks it's, you know, i see there's a, there's a streets that there's really a line right on the middle of the, you countries, you're on the right. you got a number eastern european countries to a much more crow atlanta to assist a more pragmatic above their role and, and a very wary about getting brussels more power, more federalist superpower. and so i think come, i think we can seek to vision more chaos. and how does that translate? that translates of the pose in 2024 to from or fall, right. m p 's getting seats, which in many ways you know, any you, a mandarin will tell you, is the beginning of the end for the european union. so i see on the doom and gloom for the european union. let me, let me just here, let me get in the loop before

the, the older europe and new europe there be, you know, as rumsfeld said, but i mean, how can, what's going to be after the conflict the mean? is there still going to be internal contradictions in the european? i mean, how do they move forward here? when they're not even unified, now go ahead, keep going. exactly. i think division, division and more bricks it's, you know, i see there's a, there's a streets that there's really a line right on the middle of the, you countries, you're on the right. you've got a number eastern european countries to a much more crow atlanta to assist and more pragmatic above their role and, and a very wary about getting brussels more power, more federalist superpower. and so i think come, i think we can seek to vision more chaos. and how does that translate? that translates of the pose in 2024 to far more far right? m p 's getting seats, which in many ways you know, any you, a mandarin will tell you, is the beginning of the end for the european union. so i see on the doom and gloom for the european union. any jazz here, let me get in the loop before we go

europe has to defend europe. as mrs.america does. >> i'm a -- believer that says nations should spend at least 20% on modernization. -- it is a great moment, if confirmed part of rado will be to help diplomats and the agency of the united states to convert those good intentions into facts. >> what about legislation i'm working on? >> i would rather not comment on legislation if you don't mind. >> thank you. >> thank you, senators sylvan. --- sullivan. >> thank you. i ask the following questions. since you became an illegal -- a legal dult have you had any sexual requests or -- ? >> no. >> -- what countries are taking in the millions of refugees from ukraine? >> that is an amazing story and heartwarming. as you know, early on, my command was directed to prepare for assistance for americans coming out. but we anticipated needing to help with the refugees. we correctly anticipated about 6 million refugees in europe. it was unnecessary. the people of poland, romania, hungary and slovakia have opened their doors and hearts to

, entire europe, entire united europe. it's aggression against us, against our shared values. and therefore we should be united in our response to de ukrainians or in the front line fighting against the russian strikes. but we are not alone. and the today's meeting to today, sir, former to prove that we understand each other fully. we know, and we understand that we need to, to reinforce ukraine, ukrainian defense hockey. bully bought any short memorial abroad. scattered annoying is not a good. could you do it? economy shouldn't be there, i'm get a natural, grow my john, the community that him get nothing to draw with. obviously we're unique, we will do of him. but on, as long as we have analyzed her, our common possibilities of for addressing the food crisis that has been provoked by the russian federation. and we need to do all we can so as not to allow the russians to, to move on with those. but put you on your brother would i would like to welcome a mario drunken prime minister for you to live. would like to welcome pr

and not only the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe as a whole. it also includes the committee of ministers. it is the minister of foreign affairs of all the same countries that are members of the council of europe. assembly of the council of europe, because the previous time they themselves left as a sign of protest, and then some members of the old europe asked them on their knees to return, and now we got the result, secondly, we expelled them from the committee ministers and now lavrov does not have the right to participate in the meetings of the committee of ministers, in fact now they do not have the right to participate in the european court of human rights, although we made a mess here because we understand that this is for the citizens of russia and not for putin and his leadership we extended for six months the opportunity for russian citizens to apply to the european court of human rights. in fact, the council of europe as a body did an incredible thing. each of our resolutions is a kind of road sign . what to do next. that is why our d

russia expects the aiding europe in shotgun --as fixie a europe in shotgun fashion.t are the risks? >> the risk here is russia is playing this game of cutting it off and the europeans and in particular the germans would be like the frog in the water that is being heated. the risk in europe is letting this happen. from what we are seeing so far, the risk is getting smaller. it seems the germans, the greens no less, have decided to fire up coal power plants. but only about 1/5 replaces natural gas. about 30% for industry. those will be harder to replace. they will have to start looking into that. they may do the unthinkable, which they denied today, continue losing -- continue using nuclear power. it is scheduled to be phased out by the end of the year and germany insists they will do it on time. manus: for those people who are tuning in this morning, we will see futures in europe began to trade again a little later on. we are showing the equivalent on european gas futures. in this rolling a series of supply risks am i am very surprised that gas futures in europe are n

what, what does europe get out of all of this? because all i see is a lot of downside and subservience to washington. and to some degree, london, london, they, they left the european union, but now they're back through the back door of nato. it's amazing. a drill in london . i think that no one is pretty much sure. what is the end game? i mean, the game, i mean most people familiar with the case from 2014 until now. i think it might be in the worst case scenario, a nuclear war. but people in the west not very much king, to pay attention to what the moscow is saying. they are not very much king to pay attention more. the independent journalist and analysts are saying, i my so most of the conducted interview process, jeffrey sachs, who work worn at the united nations. the father escalation of the company might lead to the potential nuclear exchange between the western russia. but people don't, don't get it. i think that's because of the fact that the west hasn't seen war for many years. people somehow don't get it. they seen it on t

the united states and europe are now united in our determination to stand up to russia, to ensure europe's energy security and accelerate theclean energy transition . the united states is leveraging multilateral diplomacy to invest local shortfalls and assist european countries in finding alternatives supplies. this will take time. in 2021 russia provided approximately 45 percent of the total natural gas imports and27 percent of the oil imports . putin's war and subsequent natural gas cutoffs on bulgaria, finland the netherlands and others have destroyed the illusion that russia is a reliable supplier of energy. the eu's announcement in march that it's repowering to cut dependence on russian natural gas by more than half the end of 2022 and to achieve independence to pro-russian fossil fuels by 2027 was an important second. as early as last fall we warned that russia was deliberately preparing to meet europe with extremely low levels of natural gas in storage for the winter. the united states engaged in major natural gas producers worldwide to understand the capacity and their willingness

i mean, europe needs russia far more than russia needs europe. can people understand that gilbert the, i think they originally made there's and you're getting because they had in the larger but they were very strange. no. nobody notices is really words. they don't have their own equipment anymore. it ended up stage, destroyed the industry domestically and had very little reserves, and very little to themselves said the american presence. and that is why they don't mind somebody i issue the remarks about procedure that there are some of the actually learning about germany. we are in germany, we arms the potential, it can be an independent force. whereas now is germany to step out of line 9 has no song. therefore, we are going to turn in your relation and your be your and russia. things in the back of the economic catastrophe. you're in a governess preparing by their 6 package of sanctions as to results your course it would be painful for your to disappear as a consumer drivers. well, what about the other way around gilbert? what about the other wa

of their responses. law bit of a good day in europe is by your side of football. it will remain so for as long as necessary, either until victory is achieved and label in the form of a return to peace in a free and independent ukraine. the opposite of the consequences of the barbarism that we have seen together this morning in air pin high in a joint press conference in keith, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski called for more heavy weaponry of positioning his country as europe's eastern flank said. the wanted shot a here near russia does not choose whom and when to threaten equally pu in europe, to ground safety. the russian aggression against ukraine through is aggression against all of europe, a very simple against the united, your aquatic she, against every one of us, each of them against our values. dollars last brought in last speak seamlessly. our response of you must be united inertia vp. now president, the european leaders pledged more military aid and backed immediate candidate status for ukraine, joining the european union. okay, now go on thought uk

the division of europe without the gray areas of a europe that is truly united and that knows how to protect itself, its values, its future , today you adopted one of of the most important decisions for ukraine in all 30 years of the independence of our state, however, this decision is not only for ukraine, i consider the biggest step towards strengthening europe that could be taken right now, so we congratulate each and every ukrainian on such a historic by the decision of the european union meanwhile, the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, stressed that ukraine should do its homework before proceeding to the next stage of the accession process and expressed confidence that it will move forward as quickly as possible in this direction, referring to a series of reforms in the seven spheres , in particular, it is necessary to continue the reform of the constitutional court, to appoint leaders in the sap and nabu and to strengthen the fight against corruption and at home what the ukrainian government was informed that our state expects to implement the recommen

europe has been so dependent, a has been the main exporter into europe.e were a complete cut off now, europe would be completely unprepared. steps are being put into place in terms of new gas important lng facilities, new contracts, we've seen some german companies in the last several days making contracts with middle eastern countries. and for some u.s. gas. but these are longer-term solutions that are going to take a couple years to come into place. speaking to analysts over the last few days, a lot of them are saying they don't cfo cut off because it is still in russia's interest to sell some gas into europe. it would go against russia's own interest to cut off that source of income. so there is still potentially some kind of a negotiation around there for the russians to use that as a carrot or a stick, some of the analysts we are talking to say they don't see that completely, but for sure it would be a big issue for europe. tom: what do you see as the main factors within the oil markets of the white -- at this point? we solved that drop from about $1

how can europe today protect itself from such e.e.ssian dependence on gas, given that the situation in the same united states with liquefied gas has now become more complicated. and this is just possibly the second factor that affected the price of gas. they have such opportunities well, maybe there are such. despite the accident of the lg freeper in the gulf of mexico, and for three months, as they say, the company was forced to reduce its export opportunities, to be more precise. on the supply of gas to the european union, the accident is quite strange, but if there are no other reasons, then in principle the united states will not be able to cover all the needs of the european union in liquefied gas and gases in general, but in one way or another, european countries will be able to contribute the union has now actively taken up the issue of revising some decisions, particularly at the national level , regarding, for example, the closing of a number of coal-fired power plants. now, precisely at the national level, in countries and n

and what about europe itself that europe was interested in the middle east crises that would provoke,states well, she received a huge number of migrants, and what was europe's interest here, what was europe's interest in afghanistan at other points and even if you do not take russia, then eat before europeans ripen here to some pragmatic relations of equal mutually beneficial with russia, they need to realize that they represent themselves. and what they want, in fact, not only with russia, but with china, the same thing. and where is where, so to speak, the interests of europe in the policy of the united states to contain china. for example, i don’t see them at all, but nevertheless, they trail behind, so to speak, that’s american foreign policy. and what the us wants i'm perfectly aware of what they are, so what lies at the heart of their actions. i am i also represent everything very well. well, what is the basis of the actions of the eu for me remains a big mystery? thanks a look at the kaliningrad problem from germany, the author is true, apparently of greek origin kostes coffee

that is, he, as it were, stood up for the poles for europe, aggressive russia attacked europe sometimesery european mother and , accordingly, he, where the germans crossed, concentrating on the kingsberg. the current kaliningrad in that all the forces crossed the neman into lithuania, respectively, fled already. yes, i'm not exactly today's coven. yes. uh, kaunas uh, by the way, the russian emperor was in vilnius at that time at the ball. well, well, a lot of coincidence with what we are now seeing. yes, it is e. and by the way, how did napoleon justify his campaign against russia in this historical famous name, which is there it was printed, then all over france, that it was time to put a final end to this very harmful influence of russia on europe well, now, now remove the names, mental block, last name, date. please remove it, it's all the same. we are going through the exact same thing right now. that is, they have learned nothing from repeated experience. e trips to russia, they still hope to rave about this idea. uh, remove russia from the world map, weaken its influence on europe

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europe is in a different position. they have put themselves in a hard position and we applaud them for that. we always say think it is a right direction to go in youth help them identify alternative sources in the process. obviously energy is a sensitive issue not only in europe but globally. i expect you will see a sustained effort to find ways to reduce not only -- for example, europe is depended on russian oil, but -- from its energy sales. >> this will probably be a simple answer from you, but one of our top priorities is not to do anything that will destroy the unity taking place between us and our european allies. >> certainly the level of partnership we have seen between the united states and europe, among g-7 countries, and others, is in our view critical to the response. i think it sends a much more unified message about the international community rejecting russia's behavior, and it also obviously makes workarounds and evasion much more difficult. it is far more difficult for russia to avoid or lessen the imp

, entire europe, entire united europe. it's aggression against us, against our shared values. and therefore, we should be united in our response to de ukrainians or in the front line fighting against the russian strikes. but we are not alone. and to today's meeting the to day, sir, former to prove that we understand each other fully, we know, and we understand that we need to, to reinforce your korean ukrainian defense belief boards. so that was the ukrainian president vladimir, as the landscape speaking at a press conference in kiva just a little while ago. and with me in the studio to unpack some of that as d, w as chief little editor, michelle christner. hello miss halem. so the landscape really underscoring how important this visit was to show unity. what does that mean concretely? well, it means that he was hurt by the 3 d, just that the for actually including romania who came to visit him. because what they did bring is the packing for you accessing kansas station for ukraine. you cry and cannot join nato. it doesn't

but we love it already is in europe. so with the expect many people to hesitate to bang you came in. on the other hand, there's the small pressure because of the war that may push politician to, you know, at least in principle to pull the entrance of ukraine, or whether they will do it or not. they don't know, it may take a long time, and i don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. and the fundamental question is, what will remain of the train when the war ends? my thanks for joining us. hey, we're naughty international as always, plenty more to be found on our website. artie dot com. ah ah! because of the conflict in ukraine, europe and russia are going there different ways and like a divorce separation is full of anguish and finger pointing. the biggest loser of all in this, of course, is europe. washington couldn't be more please. it's a gemini, is being sealed with hello, nicole shadeen and i saw you are welcome to a new edition of a nurse maker coming to you from the syrian capital damascus. it was an interview

well, she received a huge number of migrants, and what was europe's interest here there was europe'sfghanistan at other points. and even if you don't take russia, that is, before the europeans mature, they need to realize what they are like. and what they want, in fact, not only with russia, with china is the same. and where is where, so to speak, the interests of europe in the policy of the united states to contain china, for example, i do n’t see them at all, but nevertheless, they lag behind, so to speak, that’s american foreign policy. and what the usa wants i can perfectly imagine what they are doing, so what lies at the heart of their action. i also represent everyone very well. well, what is the basis of the actions of the eu for me remains a big mystery? thank you a look at the kaliningrad problem from germany, the author is true, apparently of greek origin kostes georgas coffee grain is written on the ears of wheat from ukraine and the barrier, he says, you should be ashamed of the blockade of kaliningrad this is a chinese view of the situation. lithuania and the gentleman r

a lesson that still stands true to day of parts of western europe. a pricing for crippling hate this weekend with some temperatures in some areas expected to rise above 40 degrees celsius. 5 fathers in spain are already battling a series of forest fires, brought on by the soaring temperatures. smoke rises over the spanish countryside as multiple forest fires erupt across catalonia. spain has been sweltering under severe temperatures for almost a week. the earliest, some a heat wave in over 40 years. the country is already battling severe droughts brought on by an unusually dry winter and spring. now, surging temperatures have sparked a series of blazes that fire fighters of struggling to contain. and experts worn that the heat wave is spreading. neighboring france is bracing for weekend temperatures as high as 38 degrees. $10.00 to $15.00 degrees higher than the seasonal average. alyssa, but upon yeah, it's not the 1st drought, nor the 1st heat wave in southwestern france. but we've never seen such an early and intense heat wave in june. before going

this is what is called a vacation in europe.ctly understood that europe would accept them, that the group would give them money, they came to hope there and they would give housing and work, despite the difficult situation in their homeland. some refugees remained so optimistic that their everyday life really looked more like a tourist trip with travel notes and sightseeing tours than a struggle for survival. square however, the hopes of ukrainian refugees for long carefree life at the expense of european taxpayers, apparently not destined to come true in the same hospitable germany now, in order to receive benefits, ukrainians must provide data on their movable and immovable property, as well as on all income , in a word, if you arrived on the latest bmw model, then it would be good to sell it for a start, and only then enjoy all the benefits of the migrant's social package. here is such an apartment for such an apartment you can count on in a state from ukraine, that is, fit into the amount of 600 to 600 euros for four four, a

, europe is getting more expensive. the energy from the united states and americans domestically are paying more for energy because the marginal flows that we would normally go to to fill our refineries. and so our pipelines aren't, aren't, aren't there. they're all going. they're all going exported by 10 years. you know, elegy terminal down in louisiana and shipped over to, to, to finland in germany and the rest and poland. and it's insane. so everybody is losing peter. and again, i reiterate this point, this is done on purpose. the goal is clear from these people. they want to take the world off of hydrocarbons and their think that at the same time they can then also split russia off from opec bigger safe. i guess they believe that the, that the arab states are so dom is to not realize that these people are hostile hydrocarbons and that, you know, gold gladly take up the slack of the market share like you got silica pack is refusing to, to, to, to, to back down here and even take biden's phone calls and i, i watched t

and the way i look at it is having had gemini over europe. well, it's a pirate victory for the us because it's a worthless the asset at the end of the day. go ahead. tom was full, it's funny, you saw the, i just saw some recent headlines to the fact that i'm, that we're, we're shipping, we're exporting more oil and more natural gas to europe than we have the forum we're looking ever have before, and prices here in the united states or off the charts. so all that's happening here is that we're seeing, you know, everybody suffer, i guess not just europe, europe is getting more expensive energy from the united states. and americans domestically are paying more for energy because the marginal flows that we, that would normally go to, to fill our refineries. and so our pipe ones aren't, aren't, aren't there. they're all going. they're all going exported by 10 years. you know, ology terminal down in louisiana and shipped over to the, to, to finland and germany and the rest and poland. and it's insane. so everybody's losing peter. and again, i reite

and the way i look at it is having had gemini over europe. well, it's a pirate victory for the us because it's a worthless asset. at the end of the day, go ahead. tom was full. it's funny. you saw the, i just saw some recent headlines to this fact that i'm, that we're, we're shipping. we're exporting more oil and more natural gas to europe than we have the forum we're looking ever have before, and our prices here in the united states are off the charts. so all that's happening here is that we're seeing, you know, everybody suffer, i guess not just europe, europe is getting more expensive energy from the united states. and americans domestically are paying more for energy because the marginal flows that we, that would normally go to, to fill our refineries. and so our pipe ones aren't, aren't, aren't there. they're all going. they're all going exported by 10 years. you know, ology terminal down in louisiana and shipped over to the, to, to finland and germany and the rest and poland. and it's insane. so everybody is losing peer. and again, i re