look at what‘s going on in the european parliament. g, for example, no? as you point out... why is it a problem when hungary is requiring this is a legitimate democratic and european value issue. transparency is, you know, the, the main principle of every commissioner. look at what‘s going on in the european parliament. they are requiring 150% transparency when it comes to ngo funding, for example, no? as you point out... why is it a problem when hungary is requiring the same thing? as you point out, you are thejustice minister, i‘m merely a journalist. but as a journalist, i am interested to know whether you care about press freedom in your country? of course. press freedom is guaranteed by the constitution, so it is among the values, the framework for the media regulation was actually approved already by the barroso commission and the venice commission also approved it. so this is fully in line and in harmony, all the regulatory framework for press freedom in hungary. so what is the question? hang on, all right. so let‘s measure your

spokesperson for the largest political group in the european parliament. the e.p. be a very good day, sir. what is he doing to help developing a nation secure a vaccine supplies? now we're doing a lot. a lot of the european union was the 1st block that promoted this global effort was left on the line already in may. he invited the rest of the world. and many reacted, unfortunately not donald trump, to create a global effort to really get a vaccine to everybody. and our treaties that we have done with the pharmaceutical industry are including a clause that we can give sent to. so that countries and that is most likely to happen because we have treaties already with 6 companies. and if every project is successful, which seems to be quite likely. now the results are promising, but it's not safe because european medical edge of say, the agency didn't really check it. we need to wait for this check, but it is possible that we have twice as many doses of vaccine as we need in europe . and then it's already clearly planned that we give a lot of these vaccines to

you can sit there in budapest, i guess, and compare the european parliament to some sort of communisto say that hungary is right and that all the other member states of the european union are wrong. but that really is a very dangerous position. i'm not talking about the european parliament only. well, it's a very difficult and maybe dangerous position you're taking. i'm just going to quote you one senior eu official, the vice president of the commission, vera jourova, who said very recently that your prime minister, your boss, mr orban, "is fond of saying he is "establishing an illiberal democracy. "the truth is, i would say, he's establishing "a very ill democracy." hungarian democracy to those seniorfigures in europe looks as though it is very sick right now, and it's sick because of the decisions that your government is taking. do you think the statement compatible with the role of a commissioner, who has to be colour—blind? she's making political statements, she's attacking and actually damaging the reputation of a country without any kind of legal evidence and even if she had any

looking at the latest lines, christine lagarde's briefing to the european parliament, she is still takingpean lawmakers. her statement focused on the monetary side, the role of pep and tltro's, and the need to get the recovery fund. she is taking questions from lawmakers and says the ecb delivered in the first virus wave, and will continue. you can watch her on live go if you have a terminal. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: the vaccine raise. the phase 2 study confirms the immune response in the elderly patients. a phase 3 trial expected within weeks. new york city shuts schools once again. the country surges and cases from coast-to-coast. eu leaders will attempt to salvage billions in virus relief today. hungary and poland threatened to derail it.

understand the importance of that then alarms also sounding in brussels this from a member of the european parliament before looking at the chaos across the atlantic i'm more certain than ever that europeans are stronger together in an uncertain world he says whatever the outcome the e.u. needs to take its destiny into its own hands. let's bring in course ski here he's chairman of the european parliament's delegation for relations with the u.s. and for polish foreign minister thank you very much for being with us he joins us from warsaw by the way so what do you make of donald trump claiming to have won before all votes are counted well that's a lie he's not winning either the. all the electoral college. but i think they have a cost to. pennsylvania and some other places because. we need this by losing the popular vote. these past few years have been a rocky time for transatlantic ties to say the least you chair the european parliament delegation for relations with the us what it contested us election mean for that relationship. well it will be in now the marquee against. america's soft power this ti

came during a virtual conference of the european parliament's foreign affairs committee. activists were invited to brief lawmakers on the situation in russia and out of parliamentary elections next year. france is trimmed pose a new tax on big tech firms from december 2020. the digital services tax targets companies that earn over $25000000.00 euros annually in france. like u.s. tech giants, google, apple, and facebook. the move is to go ahead despite u.s. threats of increased taxes on french imports. argentinian that football legend, diego maradona, has been buried on the outskirts of point assayas. his casket had been due to lie in state in the presidential palace for 3 days, but authorities cut the wait short after scuffles broke out. among crowds of emotional mourners jostling to get inside. human rights activists are trying to use the courts here in germany to prosecute the perpetrators of 2 chemical weapons attacks against civilians in syria and 20132017 . the activists want members of syrian president bashar al assad's regime to be called to account for the atrocit

>> tomorrow, when we discussed in the european parliament -- discuss in the european parliament, we willalk about the importance of having in the contract public awareness, to show publicly these things, like where the vaine is to be developed, so we will be aware of it. i also find it really important that we know about the access and also how the price will become a the cost of the vaccine. there are several things that need to be public. this is one of them. brent: so we don't know yet if the vaccine will be affordable for everyone in the eu. has that been decided? >> this is one of the things we in the parliamendemand from the commission to showhen the contract and show publicly, because we want to know how that is to be handled. we really want to focus that we know that the access is key for us. and the liability is also key. we really need the commission to show how that is handled. brent: the commission's work is certainly not done yet. from the eu's public of committee, we appreciate your time tonight. brent: belgium has one of the highest covid-19 death rates. a sharp increase i

cindy told of the green party, a member of the european parliament. thank you for talking to double pleasure. now the most important time of the year for retailers has began with amazon and others vying for shoppers attention and their money, of course with have to discounts mainly online. now. meanwhile, it could be a solver shopping season for many bookstores. because with the pandemic forcing people to stay home, they are already challenging battle against the competition online has only become more difficult. downtown washington d.c. seems deserted. employees of the many think tanks, banks, and international institutions based in the u.s. capital, are working from home before the pandemic, at least 15000 passengers took the metros redlined to work every day. these days it's just 1500. that's one reason why small shops in the city center are losing customers. like this antiquarian bookstore, washington is free from a virtual ghost town. 90 percent of all for traffic has ended between people not coming in. the worship or community is not going on th

and alarm also from sounding there in brussels this from a member of the european parliament. he says looking at the chaos across the atlantic i'm more certain than ever that europeans are stronger together in an uncertain world whatever the outcome the e.u. needs to take its destiny into its own hands. let's bring in course ski here he's chairman of the european parliament's delegation for relations with the u.s. sent for polish foreign minister thank you very much for being with us he joins us from warsaw by the way so what do you make of donald trump claiming to have won before all votes are counted. well that's a lie he's not winning either the popular vote all the electoral college votes. but i think they have a cost to remarking pennsylvania and some other places because the chance of winning this this by losing the popular vote. these past few years has been a rocky time for transatlantic ties to say the least you chair the european parliament delegation for relations with the u.s. what it contested us election mean for that relationship. well it will be in the marquee a

and that would trigger a serious crisis for the european union with european parliament talks at an impasse, convincing hungary and poland to get on board with the package will likely be a job for europe's national leaders instead. well, would have likely ramifications of this for the e.u. earlier correspondent barbara basal in brussels. normal negotiating is over and it has never happened before at this point in time that the e.u. budget had been vetoed. there was always a lot ahead going and going back and forth, but after the summit and after the european parliament has said, ok, we agree on this or that package that was it done deal, but this time now the both countries i know sort of really sticking to putting a stick into the spokes at the very last moment. what happens now is that they can be found technical work around the european budget can just continue on the basis of last year for a while. and the corona recovery fund can buy a complicated procedure made into a different type of contract that only 25 european governments agree upon. but all this is going to take time and create

i'm fighting for the idea that the european parliament should convene in strasburg. because if we accept that it only gathers in brussels, where done for strasburg stands to lose a lot economically without the parliament's regular visits. that's one of the reasons why french politicians tend to agree with mark wrong. but pm pharma. strasburg may or fabienne. keller says, the city close to the franco german border has a bigger, more symbolic meaning. strasburg is the natural setting for the beating heart of democracy and hijos should the horrors of war that we help never to see. again. it was the e.u. founding father's dream. they wanted us to look towards the future together, or who's also got loud voices shares the few of many any peace that this thrust book had. quarters should be a thing of the past, not least used to the annual bryce tag of 140000000 euros. that comes with it for very important debates. she still goes to the parliament building in brussels. she can only have one staff member around the have to wear masks and keep their distance high. she rules a s

it wasn't a ruling coming from the european parliament. look, here's the... hy we believe this is all politically motivated. no, i'm sorry, this is not political. this isjudicial. this is the european court ofjustice. you said yourself this is a q&a exchange, so, please, let me answer to your questions and assumptions, because otherwise this wouldn't be an exchange. go on. why we believe that it is politically motivated, in 2008, before we took over, when our predecessors were in power, thejudges in poland also protested against certain reforms and they applied to the european commission also to bring a procedure before the court ofjustice, and the commission answered very clearly, clearly, that this is not a matter for european union to take, to get involved in the judiciary. once we took over, it immediately changed, it immediately started to go the other way around. and that is why when we look at the history and we look at the facts, the procedures of appointing judges before we took over were very similar, if we speak about the constitutional court, but n

from the european parliament in brussels, we are joined by ska keller. mep from the green party and co—leader of the green's european free alliance. from kenya, i'm joined by elizabeth wathuti. elizabeth is an environmental campaigner and activist, and founder of the green generation initiative, which encourages young people to be environmentally conscious. professor sir partha dasgupta — a renowned economist at cambridge university who is apparently leading a review for the british treasury into the economics of biodiversity. partha joins us from cambridge in the uk. and here in london, i'm joined by the entrepreneur and green energy consultant michael liebreich. welcome to you all. and now, to ourfirst question of the day. it's hans from the usa — hans is a biochemical engineer, i think that's right, isn't it? what question do you have for our panel, hans? my question is, the ipcc says that we must reduce the use of coal to 2% or less of current levels by 2035. they say this cannot be accomplished without nuclear energy. new technology nuclear reactors

but some members of the european parliament did want to hold e.u. institutions to account among them german green party m.e.p. spending gold that's a problem in the european parliament asked the european banking all 13 and the european securities and markets all thorazine to launch an investigation it took months because the national supervisors didn't want to. according to google those at the national level like member states finance authorities delayed the investigation to prevent their own failures from coming to light it took pressure from the european parliament to put the investigations in motion there still ongoing. citizens lose faith that the state is there for everyone that's very dangerous if people feel there are 2 kinds of justice one for the little people who have to abide by the law and who get severely punished if they're caught and another for the powerful who say this wasn't a crime at all it was just a trick i mean they take. after years of draining state revenue the practice of comic share trades does seem to have dried up but th

when would the european parliament vote on that?e: we will start process with the english text and then translated into all the linguist ics have to be done. that will be done by christmas and the possibility will be on december 28. maria: so you do believe if we get a deal and that is a big if, it would be ratified by european parliament and it has to be to be operational. it would happen december 28. that is where we are headed? be thege: this could timetable, but this means we have to conclude negotiations this week. this timetable will not be possible. then, the negotiators have to talk about extension of the period, so the process can be done and the 27 member states want to look into the deal and even this is not possible in this short time. maria: to be cap everything, for you to be able to vote this, moving clearly to december 28, there has to be something on paper this week. the irish say they believe there could be a deal by the end of this week. is that something that we are operating on? by sunday, there will be a break

it wasn't a ruling coming from the european parliament. look, here's the... eve this is all politically motivated. no, i'm sorry, this is not political. this isjudicial. this is the european court ofjustice. you said yourself this is a 0&a exchange, so, please, let me answer to your questions and assumptions, because otherwise this wouldn't be an exchange. go on. why we believe that it is politically motivated, in 2008, before we took over, when our predecessors were in power, thejudges in poland also protested against certain reforms and they applied to the european commission also to bring a procedure before the court ofjustice, and the commission answered very clearly, clearly, that this is not a matter for european union to take, to get involved in thejudiciary. once we took over, it immediately changed, it immediately started to go the other way around. and that is why when we look at the history and we look at the facts, the procedures of appointing judges before we took over were very similar, if we speak about the constitutional court, but nobody ever

the european parliament ruled that broke the law. >> we e worried about the rul of law, about gay rightree press. we believe it support to safeard theule of law. >> opponents say the measure was empt to undermine judici independence. the polish government says none of this is any of the eu's business and that t budget oposal unfairly singles out their country. >> we say a resounding no to all the mechanisms that punish us like naughty children which treat poland and othe member states of the european union unequally. >> the budget can only be approved with a unanimous vote of all 27 member states, and those who support the initiatives say it is the other side who has backed down. >> those states unwilling to accept compromise must be aware that in the end there citizs will also pay a pre. this is a responsibility we must shoulder together. >> our brussels correspondent the seriousness of the standoff. >> i think the standoff is quite serious, and even the delayed is causing is serious, of the stimulus package. in particular, it was on track year, and several member states of the europea

officials but also from the members of the european parliament you top diplomat of burrill said on to twitter to the american people have spoken and while we are waiting for their votes to be counted the european union remains ready to continue building a strong transatlantic relation ship based on the shared values and history so a very diplomatic statement with no direct reference to president trump claim that he won the election but still pointing to the fact that we don't have results yet more outspoken about what's happening in the us are the members of some members of the european parliament. would you call for for example a member of the german greens said that the war trump said today is an unprecedented assault on the american democracy that the word has not seen since the foundation of the united states and munfordville president of you were pm people's party in the european parliament also said that he very concerned about what's going on and that it's a wake up call for the european union to get less dependent on the united states thomas what's the view there from berlin i

it is the european commission, it is the european parliament. all the majority, all the european council and the chair of the presidency includes the proposed rule of law mechanism, is violation of the cheat it's it's a shame violation. hold to cheat. article 2, which specifies the values of the european union should be respected, but you don't. but do you oppose it? but do you not on a legal basis or do you oppose it on a principle basis? because because ultimately, let's have a look. for example, at the, at the, at the concerns that have been raised by the commission that they have been trying to take action on, on for years. for example, they've raised concerns about various aspects of your justice reform, which began when your party came to power. they have raised concerns for digital independence. they've launched multiple infringement proceedings in 2017. it even launched article 7 proceedings against poland for clear risk of a serious breach of rule of law by poland. the independence of the court is, of course, a cornerstone of rule of law

we're now joined by german politician and member of the european parliament rasmussen, grayson. he also sits on the palm and l g b t. i intergroup mr. address and appreciate your joining us here in the w. . you tweeted about the strategy put forward by the e.u. commissioner commission, i should say saying this is huge. explain to us just how significant this is. well, 1st of all thanks for inviting me. i mean, the day has been historical, historical for european elton p.t.i. who are threatening a lot in their countries. right now you've been through kogut the situation for many l g b t. i have been wesson's and many activists so called the european union called the european commission for coming up with a strategy for 6, hearing equal rights in the european union, and for the 1st time in history, they are doing so. and of course, this is a huge step in and yet historical moment, not just for but for citizen rights in the european union in total. so what does the strategy include in detail? well, the strategy is including further steps to secure freight sound flow. legal rights r

it is the european parliament. all the majority, all the european council and that you have presidents include the proposed rule of law mechanism, is violation of the cheat it's it's a shame violation. hold to cheat. article 2, which specifies the values of the european union should be respected by due to the union. but do you want close it? but do you not on a legal basis or do you oppose it on a principle basis? because because ultimately, let's have a look, for example, at the, at the, at the concerns that have been raised by the commission that they have been trying to take action on, on for years. for example, they've raised concerns about various aspects of your justice reform, which began when your party came to power. they have raised concerns for judicial independence. they've launched multiple infringement proceedings in 2017. even launched article 7 proceedings against poland. for clear risk of a serious breach of rule of law by poland. the independence of the court is of course, a cornerstone of rule of

the european parliament urged e.u. leaders not to take part in the g 20 summit due to the saudi government's human rights record that european commission president ursula evangelion and council president shall. michel said they simply couldn't sit out a meeting of the world's most powerful countries when there are so many crises that need global coordination. they did promise to bring up the human rights record, including specifically the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi at the hands of agents links to the saudi regime. now what's on the table is very much focused on getting a vaccine for the coronavirus. ursula vanderlei and wrote a letter along with some other leaders to the g 20 meeting urging leaders to make up a $4500000000.00 shortfall in one of the w h o's programs that would ensure an equitable distribution. it's not clear what the answer to that will be, but vonder lyon and other leaders are very much pushing for the entire world to come together behind this effort. that was teri schultz in brussels

cindy told of the green party, a member of the european parliament. thank you for talking to double the pleasure of the most important time of the year for retailers has begun with amazon and others vying for shoppers attention and money, of course with hefty discounts, mainly online. meanwhile, it could be a somber shopping season for many bookstores, because with the pandemic forcing people to stay home, they're already challenging battle against the competition online has only become more difficult. downtown washington d.c. seems deserted. employees of the many think tanks, banks, and international institutions based in the u.s. capital, are working from home before the pandemic, at least 15000 passengers took the metros redlined to work every day. these days it's just $1500.00. that's one reason why small shops in the city center are losing customers. like this antiquarian bookstore, washington, it's become a virtual ghost town. 90 percent of our foot traffic has ended between people not coming in the worship or communities, not going on the stree

and so to clear the european parliament hurdle is going to be very difficult if this rule of law mechanismhit hard on both sides of the atlantic. throughout the autumn cases soared in europe and the united states. this chart shows new confirmed cases per capita. but then in europe something happens — you can see the curve has begun to bend downwards, in just the past few weeks. the same cannot be said for the red line here — the united states. cases there are still rising — currently averaging about 150,000 per day. matina, you've been covering coronavirus in europe for the new york times — what do you think might explain why europe's managed to bend the curve, and the us hasn't? it's clear that in europe we have not had a uniform approach to the coronavirus outbreak, and in fact very few countries have had identical approaches. very few countries have had identicalapproaches. every very few countries have had identical approaches. every country has its own cultural, economic, social, geographical conditions to contend with. and so certainly we don't want to make out like europe is covid l

it is the european parliament. all the majority, all the european council, and that you have a presidency, including the proposed rule of law mechanism. violation of the cheat. it's a shame violation. hold the cheaters. article 2, which specifies the values of the european union, should be respected by due to be in union. but do you oppose it? but do you oppose it not on a legal basis? or do you oppose it on a principles basis? because because ultimately, let's have a look, for example, at the, at the, at the concerns that have been raised by the commission that they have been trying to take action on, on for years. for example, they've raised concerns about various aspects of your justice reform, which began when your party came to power. they have raised concerns for judicial independence. they've launched multiple infringement proceedings in 2017. even launched article 7 proceedings against poland. for clear risk of a serious breach of rule of law by poland. the independence of the court is of course, a cornersto

he marred by manipulation of european parliament then every politician greets a russian for the coming election election in the very simple way. if some people not allowed to participate the results of such a lesson will never be regarded. nice. now vali is in germany where he was treated in hospital after collapsing on board a flight to moscow from the siberian city of tomsk last august. laboratory tests subsequently confirmed, he had been poisoned with a novacek nerve agent. the main question that we should ask ourselves, why these people poisoning killing and probably gates? and the answer is very, very simple. my, me. so european union and russian oligarchs even teach the kremlin, has denied any involvement in of on these poisoning. he is only the last in a row of russian crime than critics who have been gunned down or poisoned in recent years, if not the 4th one. and unfortunately, it will not be the last one. boy isn't all killed or treated in this way. it is that despite surviving the poisoning attempt, the hassles for nevaeh in the main not be over. russian police raided the mo

a spring in russia spot should course here he's chairman of the european parliament's delegation for relations with the u.s. senate for polish foreign minister thank you very much for being with us he joins us from warsaw by the way so what do you make of donald trump claiming to have won before all votes are counted well that's a lie he's not winning either the popular vote all of the electoral college votes. but i think they have a pos to mocking pennsylvania and some other places because that's the only challenge so far winning this this is by losing the popular vote. these past few years have been a rocky time for transatlantic ties to say the least you chair the european parliament delegation for relations with the us what it contested us election mean for that relationship. well it will be in now the marquee against. america's soft power. this time based on the constitution you know. the votes of americans are not equal i have an american wife who has voted in maryland and have won she is almost irrelevant because maryland goes one way any way. i would love to be able to say we

i'm joined now by you to go to learn from the european parliament's public health committee. it's good to have you on the program. so we're talking about 300000000 doses secured for europe. the e.u. has a population of 450000000. this is, this is better than a good start, isn't it? absolutely, this is really promising and this is a better situation than then. we would expect that stale, if we must say that there, there is the 3rd face to go through with the last they can call chiles. so we must keep that in mind, but still it's really a problem seeing and assuming that the vaccine is approved and is successful. do we know exactly how it's going to be distributed within the european union? and i would not say so, but there is, of course, a plan from the commission, how to do it, and also make sure that the member states focus on the vulnerable groups, professional groups that needs to, to work with health for example. so of course there is supply, but me personally, as a parliamentarian, we're not going to doubts. what about the massive logistical problems that could be encoun

those deals have not moved forward and the talks are deadlocked between the european parliament, the european commission and the european council. there will be the issues of how bad the recovery will be, how deep the reef -- the recession could be, or to agree to the measures already put in place. anna: are we any closer? you mention the blocks in the way of the recovery fund. we were talking about east-west tensions and that conditionality to the money being dispersed. are we close to any approval here? yes, if there is any upside over the difficult two weeks for the european union, there is real political pressure on the european parliament to produce a deal to unlock the recovery fund and come to a conclusion on the european budget, to get a deal going quickly. it would be difficult, some say baffling, to explain to europeans at a time when the economy is in a lot of pain, and into a second wave. we are seeing that pressure on hospitals. to not cut a political deal that is so badly needed by so many economies, yes, there is more pressure building on the european parliament to cut

challenges of our time live now tonight is marius professor of institutions and former member of the european parliament. thank you for joining us on the program this morning. and for europe. how significant is it joe biden? victory? well, it would be business as usual, meaning that the europeans that would like to have a more closer relations to a say the united states. so it turns out that the relation of, say, understand, would be more closer and the united states would be more active in international politics. this means that they will stop war europe. what that and also they will dry $2.00 and you can sneak since also international trade. at the same time, i think that the usa would be a more cooperative in that himself. nagle. so nato would be more active. i think it in a europe, it would be more strengthen and to some extent, i understand that they form a border state, though what russia i would be more hostile because that is a big phobia in europe and they, i think lewis the new administration under biden had this say will, did they do rate and american granulation stay behind and not come acro

i'm joined now by you to go to learn from the european parliament's public health committee. it's good to have you on the program. so we're talking about 300000000 doses secured for europe. the e.u. has a population of 450000000. this is, this is better than a good start, isn't it? absolutely, this is really promising and this is a better situation than, than we would expect stale if we must say that there is the 3rd face to go through with the last they kick all childs so we must keep that in mind, but still it's really a problem seeing and assuming that the vaccine is approved and is successful, do we know exactly how it's going to be distributed within the european union? and i would not say so, but there is, of course, a plan from the commission. how to do it and also make sure that the member states focus on the vulnerable groups, professional groups that needs to do work with health, for example. so of course there is supply, but me personally as a parliamentarian would not going to doubts. what about the massive logistical problems that could be encountered here? we kn

maximillian crowd, german member of the european parliament. thank you for joining us on the program today. parts of the u.s. mainstream media are seeking to eliminate all doubt that joe biden won the race to the white house going so far as to brand reports on probes into alleged voter fraud . as misinformation come up and explains questioning the u.s. election results is tantamount to sack relig. the media is outraged that anyone would talk about ballot fraud, especially this new york times columnist. facebook is absolutely teeming with right wing misinformation right now. these are all among the 10 most engaged on the platform of the post 24 right wing information. so what is this misinformation that he feels is so dangerous and unacceptable and that well, perhaps the reason that this information is deemed to be so dangerous is because those headlines are actually true. and what about this guy? 2nd, pennsylvania u.s.p.s. whistleblower claims postmaster ordered late ballots picked up and separated. while the washington post came forward and sa

tying eu funds to the rule of law was an initiative of the european parliament, with the support of severald the commission is already pursuing infringement proceedings in this area against the two members. it referred hungary to the eu's court ofjustice when it passed a law making it a crime to help people claim asylum. hungary's government opposes mass migration into europe which has often put it at odds with the eu. the eu also took action when hungary forced a university run by george soros, an opponent of the government, to shift its activities abroad. the european court ruled that broke eu law. one of the countries leading the drive against hungary is the netherlands. here's the prime minister. we are worried about the rule of law, in effect, for example, in hungary. about gay rights, the free press and democracy. we believe it is important that there would be an instrument to safeguard the rule of law. poland has been found to be in breach of eu law for trying to force judges into early retirement. the measure was seen as an attempt to undermine their independence. the court ofjustic

that's exactly right, and it's notjust about the european parliament passing it.ry single country in the eu have to ratify this agreement. that means it has to be translated and go through all of these versions are and that takes time. this is one of the reasons why we were told that these deadlines have to be a couple of months before the end of the transition phase, but we did have some reports in the uk at the start of this week that the europeans, or at least one european, said, as long as there is a deal, we can have some sort of fudge about the ratification period. even so, they do need some time to get this through and agreed. as ever, we are heading and hurtling to this deadline, and we don't know what it will look like on the first of january. so what impact is all this going to have on the uk economy? it is likely to create confusion. if we go back over the last few years, what we see is investment in the uk as a percentage of our gdp has suffered, say, compared with france or compared with germany. that's bad, because basically, if we think about invest

he marred by manipulation, i ask european parliament and every politician to treat a russian forthcoming election election in the very simple way. if some people, lots of dissipate the results of such election will never be regarded. nice. now the only is in germany where he was treated in hospital after collapsing on board a flight to moscow from the siberian city of tomsk last august. laboratory tests subsequently confirmed he had been poisoned with a novacek nerve agent. the main question that we should ask ourselves, why these people for reasoning killing and fabricating? and the answer is very, very simple minded. so european union and russian oligarchs will exhibit of each the kremlin, has denied any involvement in of on these poisoning. he is only the last in a row of russian crime than critics who have been gunned down or poisoned in recent years, if not the 1st one. and unfortunately, it will not be the last one. boy isn't killed or treated in this way, which is that despite surviving the poisoning attempt, the hassles for now of on the may not be over, russian police raided the

and in fact, lawmakers, the european parliament asked european commission president ursula wagner lion in kelso presidential michelle not to take part because they felt that would be rewarding. this study regime for a record that simply can't be tolerated under law in a show, michelle said look, this is a meeting of the world's most powerful countries. we've got some very big crises to deal with, and we simply can't sit it out. the leaders, the e.u. leaders did say they would be bringing up these rights abuses, including very specifically the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi at the hands of agents linked to the saudi regime. now in a statement german chancellor angela merkel has said the goal is to distribute 2000000000 doses of coronavirus vaccines by the end of 2021. a. let's see if we can take a listen. both. it's also an all out interests to improve global pandemic preparedness in the long term. to this end, we need to sustainably strengthen the world health organization. we need reliable funding, better cooperation, greater independence. and the g 20 can provide importa

faced international criticism over human rights concerns ahead of the event, members of the european parliament commission president. the lion and the president of the european council shall michel to boycott it and outspoken critic of saudi arabia's government murder action, a saudi consulate. blogger arrived at dar, we publicly flogged and sentenced to 10 years in prison. paul, educate the insulting islam activist lucchino loud troll, detained for seeking the right to drive. those are just 3 examples of human rights violations in saudi arabia. the country hosting this year's to 20 summit since assuming the g 20 presidency, the government of saudi arabia has been hard at work trying to rebrand its image. so there's a large public relations campaign underway in order to encourage investment in the country. and yet behind these initiatives and reform, the reality on the ground is that there is a brutal crackdown being led by the it's against its own nationals. that's the reason why european lawmakers are taking a stand. you cannot remain silent. last month they passed a resolution calling on the

but somebody, notably not from the european parliament said to me today, that if necessary, parliamentr christmas. so brace yourselves for that. i think it basically boils down to the fact. in the new year? yes. if there is a deal to be done and the eu is really not sure that there is a deal to be done therefore the two sides to reach. but if there is mine and proper progress is made next week, than the eu is not going to wa nt than the eu is not going to want this deal to dissolve over process. how would they accept that? i think there is a question about how with covid in downing street, how much the two attention the government is actually going to do this as talks go day after day after day. a bit earlier on, i spoke to michael gove, the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster to give his very full, grand sounding title. about whether or not with only a couple weeks ago, government is really concentrating on this in the way that they should. michael gove, in the same time as you can't give complete certainty to business about how this is going to work. you have got people in governmen

and it is the european parliament. all the majority, all the european council and the chair of the presidency includes the proposed rule of law mechanism, is violation of the cheat. it's a shame this violation. hold the cheaters. article 2 which specifies the values of the european union should be respected by duty. but do you oppose it, but do you oppose it? not on a legal basis, or do you oppose it on a principle basis? because because ultimately, let's have a look. for example, at the, at the, at the concerns that have been raised by the commission that they have been trying to take action on, on for years. for example, they've raised concerns about various aspects of your justice reform, which began when your party came to power. they have raised concerns for digital independence. they've launched multiple infringement proceedings in 2017. it even launched article 7 proceedings against poland for clear risk of a serious breach of rule of law by poland. the independence of the court is, of course, a cornerstone of ru

the european parliament urged e.u. leaders not to take part in the g. 20 summit due to the saudi government's human rights record that european commission president ursula dandelion and council president shall. michel said they simply couldn't sit out a meeting of the world's most powerful countries when there are so many crises that need global cornish, and they did promise to bring up the human rights record, including specifically the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi at the hands of agents links to the saudi regime. now what's on the table is very much focused on getting a vaccine for the coronavirus. ursula vanderlei and wrote a letter along with some other leaders to the g 20 meeting urging leaders to make up a $4500000000.00 shortfall in one of the w h o's programs that would ensure an equitable distribution. it's not clear what the answer to that will be, but vonder lyon and other leaders are very much pushing for the entire world to come together behind this effort. one other thing on the table, it's

the european parliament urged e.u. leaders not to take part in the g. 20 summit due to the saudi government says human rights record that european commission president has lived under lyon and council president, shall michel said they simply couldn't sit out a meeting of the world's most powerful countries when there are so many crises that need global coordination. they did promise to bring up the human rights record, including specifically the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi at the hands of agents links to the saudi regime. now what's on the table is very much focused on getting a vaccine for the coronavirus. ursula vanderlei and wrote a letter along with some other leaders to the g 20 meeting urging leaders to make up a $4500000000.00 shortfall in one of the w h o's programs that would ensure an equitable distribution. it's not clear what the answer to that will be, but vonder lyon and other leaders are very much pushing for the entire world to come together behind this effort. as teri schultz there 2 yea

let's take a closer look at transatlantic trade with found lying at chairman of the european parliament's committee on international trade welcome mr lang it now the last 4 years have turned the transatlantic trade relationship on its head is there even any going back at this stage. of calls. were made for good cause. serious problems. in the last 4 years. the. expression. the. approach was to draw. the poison for the international trading system now before trump became president the u.s. on the e.u. were negotiating a trade deal should biden win this election would you like to see that back on the table. i'm sure that mr change the attitude of her traditions she mentioned quite clearly that he would stick to his image as a system that he could give a more emphasis to the w t o. but in conflicts through the road based system. of cause. possibilities to place in our partnership but it's also clear because of our you know that's a different situation some areas of competition and regarding different interests the new possibility to never come for heads of trade agreement like 3 to 5 in the

in the next 4 years, we ask the band, laga is the chairman of the european parliament's committee on international trade . how a byte and presidency would influence transatlantic business ties. i'm sure that mr. change the attitude of trepidations. he mentioned quite clearly that he would stick to the much better system. busy that he could give a more emphasis to the w t o. but in conflicts through the road based system of cause possibilities to place in our partnership. but it's also clear because of our, you know, that's it, different situation, some areas of competition and regarding different interests, that would be no possibility to have a comprehensive trade agreement likely to fight in the teeth in the decisions. let's take a brief look at what else is going on in the business world away from the u.s. elections. jobs numbers show that u.s. employers added 638000 jobs in october, keeping a job growth on pace, but not enough so far to regain most of the jobs that went during the pandemic. when 22000000 people lost their jobs, this brings the unemployment rate to 6.9 percent for