ramstein , president zelensky says that ukraine deserves to be a part of the negotiations in the european unionalistic do you think this is? we are also saying this to the european parliament, they adopted it just because of the resolution and uh, delaying the beginning of negotiations makes no sense uh, and well , bureaucrats . to do more slowly, but it is necessary to start negotiations, both for ukraine and for the production of the union, because the integration of ukraine into the european union is necessary not only for ukraine, but also for the european union itself, because the integration of ukraine into the european union brings not only economic m-m benefit, both for ukraine and for production here, it brings very big big hepatic changes in the entire continent, if indeed it is the most big strategic need today, eh, why the labor continent and the beginning of the negotiations, how to measure the progress of ukraine, how to help ukraine understand, in what places is it necessary to make efforts for reforms, etc. and if you look at our experience, the experience of central europe in t

now with the people of turkey and syria, the european union is ready to help cope with the consequencesdy on the way to european integration in the capital summed up the ukraine eu summit, which was held on february 3 in kyiv , listened to the opinions of experts. and our correspondent dmytro didura is with us on the link congratulations and we have become one step closer to membership in the eu, what experts say. congratulations to angelika. congratulations to all viewers of the espresso tv channel. as the experts noted today, we have taken another step on the very long and difficult path to european integration, and today, in particular, during the round table on the results of the summit ukraine, the eu, told that at the summit it emphasized the euro , integration, integration, integration of ukraine , there was also a security aspect, but they made such an emphasis on the diplomatic ones, which must be fulfilled at the time of the entry into the the european union noted that in the spring we will receive an interim report and this was an achievement of this summit, but they said tha

the recommendations of the european commission in order to promote the process of joining the european uniontant to give priority to quality, not speed . of the parliamentary committee on european integration, she reminds that the verkhovna rada passed the law on the constitutional court, but in brussels there were questions about the path to the european union and how the eu can help ukraine win the war. let's see the interview as a candidate country, we will now be evaluated by additional major you know with a magnifying glass and the quality of the performance of each task, each condition, each recommendation, she is principled ms. klimpish sensad for we sincerely welcome you to the first channel of public broadcasting thank you very much for the invitation on february 3, the ukraine eu summit will be held in kyiv. we are recording this conversation just before this summit and there is a huge difference between this summit and the previous one because for the first time and now ukraine will be at this summit as a candidate for e members of the european union how are you as the head of the

you told me what they are ready to do. two reforms are necessary for joining the european union at the is still not enough on all sides regarding the danger of corruption . how do you think it affects european integration? are related to specific facts in europe, they always treated it warily well , to be honest, ukrainian corruption is not alone in europe, we see the strange corruption situations of the european union, they are already there, and we no, you know the corruption of people, even in the uzhgorod parliament, here is a wonderful story. yes, they must somehow see their problems here, but of course in ukraine it is necessary to do ... will win not only on the military front, but can help win on this front in the fight against corruption, the last actions that we saw, of course , are the actions of the structures of the special structures of ukraine, just gives hope that um, that 's some concessions to whom - then they will not be in ukraine and not from the other side. i would like to see that ukraine 10 years ago there 15 years ago we saw what happened to georgia itself when

you refer to the founding fathers of the european union. these key personalities awakens the 2nd world war who dreamt up is european project with new promises, more promising future for europeans who had been traumatized by the 2 tragic world wars which have devastated european continent. all of us here on the home is that through our families, our parents are great. our grandparents who lived through these horrors of the 2nd world war with base all the european projects, peace and prosperity as the key to a better future. these are the key to our european projects and our generation. your generation now have come together around this comment us you. goal is common destiny. we need to take the right decision to ensure that peace and prosperity can remain the key values of the european project. and that these can hold his way across all of europe in the coming decades. we are absolutely determined. and i would just say in conclusion, speaking here in brussels, i would like to repeat what i said a few weeks ago in addressing the ukrainian parl

continue the program without the old access to the market, so goods without tariffs can go to the european union from ukraine, as it was last year. this will also be the case this year, and ukraine will join european programs, which must also be without any fees for membership in of this and participation in this program, of course, we discussed how russia should pay for the brutal destruction it caused, we discussed options for this, and therefore the violator should actually pay and be responsible together we are gathering evidence of war crimes, we now have the appropriate prosecutors and we are discussing what institutions and structures are needed now, but it is also important that there is political will so that russia pays for what it has done to ukraine, your russia and russian society, the economy is already paying a heavy price the price due to the sanctions that we imposed on them, the 10th package is already on the way, we aim to actually accept it by february 24, it is worth approximately 10 billion euros, this is again a significant package of sanctions for the plant so that it can

ah, which is been used now as the european union anthem for some time. so i think we're finally about to hear from the ukraine, ukrainian presenters about address they pull session of the european parliament. now again, this is only the 2nd time that ha, that laudermill zalinski has left ukraine since the russian invasion began on february 24th a year ago. and the other trip he took was to the united states in december, where he addressed a joint session of the us congress. let's cross back over to our correspond alexandra phenomena who is on the scene there covering this historic moment. so. so what are we looking at there? alexandra, this is a, an ex, extremely important moment for both the european union and for ukraine, there's been a lot of talk of ukraine, actually joining the european union. any chance that we can see ukraine on a fast track as the e has promised? that is, of course, a key question here for a president zalinski because i think it was a week ago when he was meeting with the leaders of the institutions in ki, if and stressing how imp

well, they make it quite clear to us that you aspire to the european union , reform yourself, and thereo indulgences. uh, global military successes and when we defeat the russian federation , there will still be reforms. above all, the european commission calls on ukraine to take all necessary measures so that the legislation on the constitutional court de oligarchization money laundering and national minorities was in line with international recommendations . this was reported by the commissioner for good neighborhood and enlargement, oliver varhey . on me i ot p olezhe yesterday we witnessed the great anti-corruption activity of the ukrainian law enforcement system, the fight against corruption is also one of the requirements for us to minimize it, so be it, this is what will help us to join the european union faster. did it somehow affect our partners who are in kyiv today? is there any feedback? i am convinced that these are the actions of the ukrainian authorities. searches, when they see the initiation of criminal cases, when they see dismissals , they believe that this is a since

when ukraine becomes a member of the european union , mr. presidentenko ursola, i thank you for the recent joint work of the government of ukraine and the european commission in kyiv in our country, where we discussed not only our defense issues , but also our future, discussed our the movement of our integration, that is, our real life, it is the protection of those things that ensure a normal life for ukrainians. i am sure that for all europeans, it has just ended, especially for the leaders, euhegetic peace in europe is becoming only when ukraine wins and becomes a member of the eu and nato, this is the kind of unity. today we managed to build unity in the fact that the european union will be with us and ukraine until the victory of ukraine, and ukraine will be in the european union . talks in brussels, our talks today were quite specific about what gives security. about what protects life about what guarantees stability about what restores justice and all this fully corresponds to both ukrainian and european interests a simple example we

, in general , according to sharn michel, as the leader of the european union, he believes in what in the future, i will build in ukraine and ukraine will be in the eu and we will be in touch analyst of the center new europe marianna fakhurdinova expert of the center ukrainian prizma oleksandr kray i welcome you on the air and the first question for both of you is whether this met the expectations of the ukrainian authorities ourselves, that is, oleksandr, let's start with you, in fact, in many ways, we heard those messages, and first of all, the ukrainian authorities heard those messages that they expected , the support of the european union remains. keeps his promises and at the same time we need to understand that the main part of the summit was behind the scenes. that is, we understood that this summit is a certain intermediate assessment of our candidate status and this summit had for us to show when, after all, the european union will be ready to start negotiations with us about the beginning of the accession process, of course unfortunately , this information remains closed

and here we see two countries that are so affected by the european union.ve two countries, we have one ukraine because the european union will not influence russia. russia is not going to join the european union and it is absolutely not to be sneezed at . what does the west think about it? and they will be able to impose such conditions on us. ukraine likes everyone, they say let's liberate all their territories, but the same

we maintain our representation in the european union in the same way as the european union has its diplomatic representation. e in moscow and i believe that until then. in the meantime, uh, we have diplomatic and political relations, and with the strange members of the european union, such relations will be maintained with the european union itself, nevertheless, of course, it should be noted that the european union has gone to the curtailment of all political contacts, and with the russian federation with regard to the external political line of the european union, there was a complete almost complete merger, and in terms of nato's external political priorities and through e, this is nato's european union. the interaction turned out so that in the field of foreign policy in the field of security, the european union today has become a tool for serving geopolitical interests and goals of the united states of america, which, of course, imposes this. i would say, well, a fundamental imprint on the very character and very nature of our relations with this association. continuing the conversation

i came up during the european union. words of the european council president, let's make this happen. can it happen and when? i'mjoined by the make this happen. can it happen and when? i'm joined by the deputy head of ukraine's presidential office and thank you forjoining us on the bbc news. with each make of the meeting? the war here in kyiv, we have ukraine — the war here in kyiv, we have ukraine summit and the college of coming _ ukraine summit and the college of coming together with the president and talking about the relations. a film and talking about the relations. a right you — and talking about the relations. a right you are, we spoke about potential— right you are, we spoke about potential membership of ukraine to the european union which is very important — the european union which is very important. finalising the implementations which were suggested to us by— implementations which were suggested to us by the european commission and to us by the european commission and to tell_ to us by the european commissio

european commission on and at the level of those seven requirements of seven the criteria that the european unionw set before us in order to proceed to the procedure of direct negotiations for the start of full membership, and we see that now all our european partners , accordingly, evaluate exceptionally positively the achievement of quality results in ukraine according to all these, in principle, seven criteria , the day before which will take place on friday and on february 3, literally today the full composition of the european commission is coming to kyiv and right before all the positions will be agreed upon at the horizontal level between the government of ukraine and, accordingly, the european commission, which is the working executive body of the european union. well, in order to come on wednesday or friday the third directly to the political part of this summit, i am deeply convinced that this year's summit will be in including historical ones for ukraine, because last year we know that it did not happen . well, the year before last, on the 21st year, he was also in kyiv, where our part

it’s the european union. of the european union symbolically . the incredible indignation of the italians and the whole thing started anew, and it was literally just recently, well, that is , you can always find, if you are populism, an opportunity to invest somewhere in terms of ambition, like but i think it is much better if we were all europeans and it is also important that transcarpathian hungarians, i would say ukrainians of hungarian origin, felt comfortable in ukraine , knew hungarian, learned ukrainian, studied the hungarian sea in schools and, at the same time, could compete on an equal footing with their ukrainian-speaking peers when they take the external examination and when in attacking a ukrainian university, this is exactly what hungary will try to stop when we join the european union, as strange as it sounds. therefore , we need to establish communication with our transcarpathian hungarians from hungary we need from hungary and we need to talk to france and germany about this to pay us the nec

, what the european union and the european union live by there are a lot of problems, challenges, threatsand he struggled with the consequences of the pandemic and now the european institute. strange members, they just mobilized on an anti-russian basis , you know, therefore, in current situations. that is, even if some european capital has some suspicions , so to speak, it will still have to remain silent, because now the most important thing is that no one sees any crack in the euro-centricity, and unfortunately, this is a fact. well, you mentioned. uh, a number of countries. there are probably a few more countries. yes indeed their national the government they rather boldly. and in modern times, this is really the courage of groups , political courage openly, but declares that, in general, and these sanctions they hit on, uh, the economies of these countries, but nothing more. i am kirill mikhailovich. another topic is the taking of our property, our money. and this is not european money. this is money that would not have been lost, that was put aside for the future. uh, we are all cit

be it the support for the ukrainians that are free, hooton's bombs and are in the european union. this is all topics that are being pushed forward, including the sanctions on the european level that we are working on. but at the delivery of military capabilities is a suffering decision of the member states. thank you. to the 3 president's president lensky to you and your team safe travels back to the one we have i think be watching that special cur press conference there. you see the 3 president are on the line of the european commission president vladimir zalinski of ukraine and the president of the european council. that's the body that consists of a heads of state of government, of the 27 members of the european union. so the ukrainian president has had a busy a couple of days. he's a in brussels this morning that he was addressing the european parliament this afternoon. he attended a meeting of the european council in the last half hour or so. we heard the shout. michelle, talking about the military, political and european, the destiny of, of you, craig, we heard from the ukrai

of course, they talked about ukraine's aspirations to join the european union. e have already managed to fulfill the association agreement by 72%. it means that our regulatory legislation corresponds to the european one by about this percentage , and president zelenskyi said that the final committee after that will record ukraine's desire to move to the next stage as soon as possible, namely to start negotiations on membership, but it will not be so easy, we know what is needed 27 er, yes, the flower of 27 eu member states in order to move to the next stage, as well as to become a full-fledged member, and actually we will hear more details in direct language. of course, this is about what should be beneficial for everyone, so there are no but there are goals that must be achieved before entering into this situation of ukraine, and after that negotiations begin regarding the accession itself , and the accession itself, if you look at the history of the european union, it all started with six . they also agreed that there will be a provision of 1 billion euros in t

we have not heard any and the summit of the leaders of the european union countries. president of ukraine also spoke after the european parliament - this is not a fair for arms dealers, although it is still a chance to be in the same room with 20 leaders of seven countries, many of which do supply weapons to ukraine, and try to convince them to increase and speed up these supplies from brussels, as bbc correspondent jessica parker arrived today in the heart of europe in capitals he was greeted very warmly at the european parliament, ukraine is europe and the future of your people in the european union, rising to the podium, he knows well how to work with the public and wants to achieve a result. but this does not mean that individual member states are ready to give kyiv exactly what it wants today. great britain said that the president will not transfer british fighter jets in the near future zelensky may want to talk about the supply of weapons and fighter jets, but in fact this summit is not for that ukraine emphasizes a sense of urgency, but some of the european lea

european commission, they did not give a mandate to accept the countries that are part of the european unionng war with a nuclear state , let me remind you that in the spring of the 24th , elections to the european parliament will be held and a new composition of the european commission will be formed. to look for opportunities to inflict economic, first of all, economic blows on the european union, because i think that the viewers of espresso know that there are certain economic problems, such as the rise in prices , the rise in interest rates on mortgages in many european countries, and today no one will give 100% their guarantee that the european people's the party will continue to dominate as it currently dominates the politics of the european union . there is no such guarantee. no one will give it in a year. elections in poland to parliamentary elections in slovakia, which can change the political configuration there to a certain extent, influence the situation there, but the war is the most convincing second obstacle - it is an internal inconsistency, because it is not currently a euro

all, for sovereignty for ukraine, of course for the children, but also for membership in the european uniond that is why we need a year and charko. in the lyubar union, eh, but you know i have one more question, just because we have another meeting, and please thank you, mr. president, i want to congratulate you brussels - i want to have such a practical question, i have met them about fighter jets, but i want to ask you a question. how satisfied are you with the way the european union gives you weapons, how satisfied are you with the speed of equalization and what are your expectations from today's meeting , this visit is symbolic . do you think that it is possible to provide a lower one soon or is this a decision that will be made at the level of the european union, thank you for the question and i do not have the right, i simply do not have the right to return home without results, it depends on the partners and on me personally , for me it is very it is important that all the negotiations should end with a result, and even if it sounds impudent now, this is not cynicism on my part, it i

wars well, the european union will not stop supporting ukraine despite the threats of the kremlin, the head of the european council , charles-michel, said this after the results of the ukraine eu summit . how did the summit end, what are the prospects are looming before ukraine from this and let's start today in kyiv, the 24th ukraine eu summit was held, this is the first summit in which ukraine participated as a candidate for membership of the european union, despite the fact that a full-scale war is ongoing in ukraine , the leaders of the european union, led by the presidential european commission, arrived in kyiv by ursula fondtreline , the delegation also included 15 € commissioners , the president of the european council , charles-michel volodymyr zelenskyi, on the eve of the summit, said that ukraine deserves to to start negotiations on joining the eu already this year, but how realistic it is, we will talk about this soon well, in the meantime , my colleague iryna sysak was watching the summit, she joins our broadcast iryna my congratulations how did the summit end well, what pr

last year , the largest partner of the eu in trade, for example, ukraine, was the european union.re was a period when it was russia, but gradually after , as far as i remember, 14 in the 19th year, we began to orientate ourselves economically, at least in business, on the european union, and in the circumstances in which ukraine, our financial system and our business are now, do you see this integration, the strengthening of this integration well, as usual in business, it is profitable and profitable both for european counterparties and for our business, for our country, and if you are, obviously yes . because if we say in general , our exports decreased by 14 billion dollars last year, or about 32%. these are very serious indicators of the limits of exports to the countries of the european union increased this period and in terms of value and physical dimension by more than 1.5 billion e-e dollars, we are more exported to the european union than in 2021, this shows that yarynka are partners with whom it is worth cooperating, but we also understand that currently the main part of

we are aware of this and everyone in the european union is aware that there is a war going on to try ukraine, which is being carried out by the russian federation. and here is the question: will the europeans be ready to somehow more clearly voice the demands for the democratization of ukraine, the harmonization of our legislation and our practices of using this legislation to the european standard, so because it is very often in the foreground and this is natural. so it is a question of war and direct military aid for ukraine. so, in your opinion, will the european representatives of the european commission put certain emphasis on helping european integration and so on, this is all a certain parallel process, but the process i suspect that ms. maria could, well, now let's hope that she will return to our air. yes, ms. maria, well i will have to repeat it again for sure, but yes, in abbreviated form, yes, about the problems with priorities in the negotiations between the representatives of the european union and our authorities, this is how we understand it. first of all, the war and

the european union should understand that we are no longer guided by the actions of the european unionbecause our trust in is repeated from time to time plus uh, we must not forget that this package is probably the only one that was drafted on a specific date, but at the same time the european union forgot , that on the same date, but the similar statement of the seven was made up literally and in general, i don’t think that the european union does not understand this, what the rest of the world understands. uh, that's why everything from the words of the eu people that they are committed to the charter, and the united nations, in general, is an empty phrase. and yes , indeed, the european union for the first time included, and in the sanctions package a ban on e. transit through the territory of the russian federation e goods, but dual-use, which go to a third country. in principle, this is nothing more than an attempt to put pressure on, e, trade. third countries that is, yes of c deliberately creates artificial barriers, and on the way of uh these uh routes for the delivery of goods

has integrated into the european union under such conditions, but this is not only a problem, also an opportunity because it it is also important for the european union to show that the values ​​and principles on which it is based are not just things that are written somewhere on paper, but they exist in reality, and by accepting ukraine as soon as possible after fulfilling all the requirements, they they will simply be able to confirm the fact that the activities of the european union are really based on democratic standards and they will follow these standards in the future, and the factor of the european parliament elections is now being written about a lot in the 24th year

will get as much international support as possible for this tribunal. the nato tribunal or the european unionage of the widespread international support. what do you think about the real euro-atlantic european prospects of ukraine? i am relying on the estonian experience, because you know that there is a great desire in ukraine for this to happen . be the speed at which you count, well , first of all, let me tell you that i was very disappointed when ukraine asked for candidate status and received it only 3 months later, in my opinion, you should be it was immediately in march, when they again declared well, this is what we discussed for three months and we are talking about candidacy status, which legally, it seems to mean nothing, this is a strong political signal, unfortunately it would not be, i do not see that today there is a readiness for expansion in the european union, it is not only a beauty ukraine, this concerns general expansion. i feel that the european union still has people who believe that the expansion is history and that another state has joined us. it was a mistake. ukrain

we have representatives from every european union country. so, it's a show of support on this anniversary. it's been one year since russia provoked its invasion of ukraine, a dark chapter in ukraine's national story and europe's history. by launching this major offensive last year, vladimir putin declared his imperial ambitions to strip ukraine of its sovereignty, democracy and right to existence. for putin, ukraine was supposed to be another step in his policy against europe and transatlantic security. we we have seen lives lost and millions displaced. we've witnessed the uncovering of countless atrocities committed against the people of ukraine, atrocities that vice president kamala harris recently labeled, crimes against humanity at the munich secured a conference. putin has failed. one year on ukraine's stands at the epicenter of our fight for values and backed by the unrelenting support of north america, europe, and its partners around the globe. victory for ukraine's victory for us all. the ukraine story is one of resistance and hope. r

cities are subjected to rocket attacks every day, even representatives of the european union, in particular the president of the european commission , ursula fondelain, frankly says that it is about symbolism, that is, of course it was possible to do in calm and quiet brussels as usual, where there would be no problems, but the whole path of ukraine to the european union is permeated with symbolism, ukraine's efforts to break free from the clutches of the moscow empire, to gain freedom and prosperity at the european level, just as it was symbolic that the ukrainian miners signed this application for eu membership on the fourth day of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine on february 28. last year , bohdan's life, to what extent is european integration possible for a full-fledged country when part of its territory is in temporary but occupation is a problem but again, we can draw some conclusions from precedents and presidents here, cyprus can be a member of the european union also on may 1, 2004. like poland, a neighbor of ukraine, it became a member of the european union, about 30% of th

moreover, remember the history there before the european union became its own european union, and forxample, there were european and economic communities there and greece, for example, entered it, it generally entered very quickly, it was in the middle of the 70s, yes, that is, uh, that's why, in principle, hm, such uh, that's why i think that's why i think that uh, what ukraine says about that that it could become uh happen very quickly yes that it's also absolutely possible, that is, it can't be. yes, there's some kind of there, uh, clearly, the terms of the terms of some kind, they're not set , what's up, there's no less, no less than six months, to be in this status for less than there, or the other three years will be. this is absolutely absurd and there is no such thing, that’s why here it is precisely according to the fulfillment of the position according to m-m and again yes there according to eh well when the feeling is that it all works or eh even we again see in recent history when many countries were is accepted , including for such a very large advance a then problems als

has not integrated into the european union under such conditions, but this is not only a problem, it is also an opportunity because it is also important for the european union to show that the values ​​and principles on which it is based are not just things that are written somewhere on paper, but they exist in reality and by accepting ukraine as soon as possible after fulfilling all the requirements, they will simply be able to confirm the fact that the european union is really based on democratic standards and they will follow these standards in the future and the factor of the elections to the european parliament is currently being written a lot about this in particular and in the 24th year no they will fight back after that well such technical solutions, the european commission will be formed in a new way here. also, it is probably possible to perceive the 23rd year exclusively as an intensive year for integration, this will have some significance for these elections, which means that there will be even a bureaucratic one, because we understand that when bodies change, yes, t

and here we see two countries that are so affected by the european union.nd we don't have two countries, we have one ukraine because the european union will not influence russia. russia is not going to join the european union and it is absolutely not to be sneezed at . what does the west think about it? and they will be able to impose such conditions on us. we like ukraine, everyone says, let's liberate all our territories, but we understand their democratic state, we liberated them, then complaints from public organizations begin, and russia, let's say , imagine the ideal option, not putin's democratic, with which the west wants to contract and it is russia that allocates huge amounts of money to russian national organizations in crimea in a well-organized, democratically democratic russia . the union of russians named after academician sakharov is not for me. russians in crimea are 70% or their rights. well, and so on. well, and then it will turn out that the ukrainian parliament will vote for it . if i remember everything correctly, it was formed in croa

the whole of the european union is in this with ukraine for the long haul. and we will stand up for ukraine as we stand up for the fundamental rights and the respect of the international law. and thus, my 1st point is indeed, you mentioned it to ensuring economic security for ukraine. we made a promise last year that is stable, predictable, financial support. and we've kept this promise to weeks ago, we delivered the 1st tranche of our 18000000000 financial assistance for 2023 over all the european union's economic schuman italian and military support for ukraine. amount since the beginning of the war to almost 50000000000 euros snarl. it is important for us to give economy security to our friends in ukraine. we are also helping to ensure the energy security you mentioned it to put in unremitting attacks on ukrainian infrastructure are targeted. he tries to subject the ukranian people to a brutal winter with little heat power and water. but we are working together tirelessly to restore our vital energy infrastructure. it starts in ukrainian homes from this w

events of the week and we will start with the visit of our president volodymyr zelenskyi in the european union, he visited paris , london and brussels, the seeds of the european parliament. vitaly, i wonder what you think . this trip was only to negotiate weapons and ask for support. strengthened. does it still have some deeper meaning? i think that the main meaning of the president's activity in general during this year, and this is an important part of his work, is to maintain the world's interest in helping ukraine. what else can the president do in a situation when, in fact, the survival of the state depends on the armed forces and the armed forces depend on foreign aid, but we have to realize a simple thing : public interest in ukraine is related to the president's virtual speeches in the parliaments and what the russians are doing barbarians on our land, that is why we have seen it many times. i will say that even in 2014, if the russians had not destroyed this plane, a small business . i think that there were no such sanctions that will be introduced against the russian federation. beca

we keep up the acceptance that exists in our country, both for the freedom of movement in the european union and a control migration of skilled labor. i think also to do your colleagues. the 2nd major topic that we will tackle at the european council is european competitiveness . the commission has already hinted in very sensible proposals, and this will be the basis for our consultations. like how we can help our companies to transform in of you all for the climate change and our challenging times. and the aint same time. i do not agree with those who for months have come up with dire prospects regarding the de industrialization of europe or the migration of the future technologies. none of these dark scenarios have materialized so far and they will not, because germany and europe set their sales in the correct manner when it comes to the energy transition. the availability of raw materials when it comes to compare, it is nice and the promotion of innovation. the retail prices for energy are not as high as they were. they have sunk down to the pre war level, sometimes even lower thanks to o

matsola says that there really is a european union of european politics should stand with ukraine tohat if in essence last but not least, volodymyr zelenskyi just came, as i already mentioned, on a two-day european tour , at least in order to ask for the event and to convince them of the need to provide ukraine with the very fighter jets you mentioned . and here are exactly these fighter jets. of how zelensky had a word about them , ms. metzola mentions in her speech, let's listen, we help in reconstruction, we train your military, we provide military equipment and defense systems that you need for victory. and now countries have to quickly to consider the next step to provide long-range systems and fighter jets that you need to protect the freedom that so many people take for granted after that uh after the applause you already heard uh our viewers heard on the air after that ms. matsola once again assures ukraine is already part of the european family, mr. zelenskyi is heading to the podium where he is to speak before the european parliament, the ovations were so powerful, so long

k. relationship with the european union. the net, the last few years, a very tense relations can we say that we are now firmly putting those bad things behind this those of us who've been following back said for the past 7 years, as you said, brand, they really there was a lot of talk to break the impasse over northern ireland as like squaring the circle. and the question is, is this the day re she sooner definitely has a success on the way he had a different approach. he didn't threaten the european union like some of his, pri, this, as, as he wasn't aggressive, he sort of tried to get a pragmatic deal over the line. and the, you actually did grand, quite a lot of concession. so something that other british prime ministers had demanded they had demanded that goods that remain in northern ireland would not have to undergo checks that they would, you know, could just go into northern ireland. how the other british prime ministers have demanded that. or had suggested that, but now the e u has made this major concession. so it'

and the european union for that matter. very good. thank you. well, as we heard from be a good one of the major sticking points for union as an brooks or tiers has been the application of law from the european court of justice known as the e. c. j application about walton, northern ireland, ahead of today's deal. they said only british law should apply to the prob, it's now the leader of the union. it's d u p. political party says there are circumstances when it can be applied. take a listen. well of course the e c. j applies were e you law applies, and that's why i think a key focus for us and examining this agreement will be to determine what she new laws apply in what circumstances do they apply and white they apply. what i'm saying is that the c j only applies where you law applies. so the key question is the application of, you know, joining me now is neo o doroty, professor of political science at the university of galway in ireland. professor, it's good to have you wear this. we just heard from the leader of the d. u p. unionist party ther

temporarily occupied territories of ukraine integration rammstein for ukraine's accession to the european union, it was proposed to create a new format in the european parliament, says a member of the european parliament, a former prime minister prime minister of lithuania adres kubilyus says that the geopolitical integration of ukraine to the west is no less important than leopard pants or abrams for the defense of ukraine and emphasized that putin is fighting against such a geopolitical perspective of the integration of ukraine because he is afraid of the success of our state in this part, let's talk with petro malyshchuk, a political scientist , peter, we welcome you, we congratulate you good evening , we will talk about our european integration at the beginning , president volodymyr zelensky, reflecting on the theses of some euro officials regarding the fact that we still need to do a lot and carry out reforms in ukraine, not to integrate, in particular, the legislation with the european community , he noted that we are preparing new reforms and waiting news from the eu summit, it's very im

the european union the european union is winning dear friends, maybe before some people did not feel full power of the european way yourpn way of life and now we together ukraine and the eu countries have made our miss obvious why this is possible because we combine principles and energy, we are all equal in that we represent europe and conscientious in that everyone is the leader of europe in their specific lives, we do not rely on words, we act, we we do not pass before the enemy we stand we do not lose time we change and we change europe will always remain free as long as we are together and as long as we care about our europe care about the european way of life i thank all of you i invite all of you to ukraine glory to all ukrainians ukrainians who in the battle glory to ukraine , the national anthem of ukraine sounded in the european parliament, you and i listened live to the speech of our president volodymyr zelenskyi at the plein-air session of the european parliament , and now for your attention the program of refugees from angelica season book in which we tell the stories of

, why do i say the european union? union is not really about the military, so the decision is more about the economy, finances, but now it has been mixed , that is, the rammstein format. nato is also the majority of the member states of the european union . i believe that first of all the decision will be made between berlin and paris, if we are talking about the eu, then london and washington , that is, italy, in the context of support or non-support, as far as the scandinavian countries are concerned, i agree, i think there are no, let's say, such special cautions, but the scandinavian countries will be equal to the key yes, such giants, let's say, of the european continent , if this decision is made along the lines of washington, berlin - paris, i think then all the others will join in and i will start about this after every e-mail transmission is the armament of a new stage , so to speak, of the staged transfer of weapons, as machine tools were before this, with long-range artillery . i ask our interlocutors. for a

and once ukraine has become a full member of the european union, zalinski strip to brussels, kept off a busy 2 days of diplomacy, in which he urged european allies to keep the military and the economic aid flowing to keys. images for the history books, president zalinski and the you parliaments, president met sola, standing side by side to demonstrate that ukraine is part of the european family. it is this family and its value. so lensky emphasized in his address that the people of ukraine defend every day on the battlefield. sir massey of robin, this is our europe. not these are our rules. this is our way of life. it no grain him for ukraine. it's away wholly away to its home slash this whole dormer zalinski priest, the chamber for its early backing of you. kennedy status. will ukraine pointing out that this support motivated his country to be strong and to stay the course? president lensky. speech was her powerful and it was moving the fact that he spoke with such character and passion for joining our family here in the european union. we have been walking this path for the past yea

the chief diplomat of the european union reproached the europeans for receiving applause in brussels.vladimir zelensky while their capitals are in no hurry to transfer their weapons and the supply of leopards means millions of euros spent. we must look into each other's eyes and do more to provide additional resources and finally take them out of the arsenal into the tanks standing there idle and send them to ukraine before russia begins its spring offensive of the eu and the country. nato reaffirmed its commitment to support ukraine for as long as necessary and continue to put pressure on russia today european commission president ruslana presented the european commission proposal for a new tenth the package of sanctions against russia is supposed to be adopted before february 24. among other things, it is planned to introduce new restrictions on imports to russia. according to the draft package , brussels will include 47 types of electronic components that can be used for the production of weapons in the trade sanctions regime. to russia of any goods that must be transferred to othe

the west them balkans saw the largest number of migrants crossing into the european union every year in member say, decide to send thousands of migrants back to their home countries. but only a few are of actually returned. the european commission is proposing that the block leverages visa and trade policy agreements to get 3rd countries to accept for attorneys. but some european countries say that's just not enough. austria, one of the countries feeling the effects of the balkan reed, is urging the commission to help finance the building offenses along the bulgarian turkish border to reduce the flow of asylum seekers. the austrian prime minister even visits is bulgaria last month. this delays understood suppose its austria supports the position that the commission needs to finance the expansion of the 2000000000 euro border fence so that it can properly protect didn't use external boulder. who do i will be israel. the commission however, says it is willing to finance board infrastructure and equipment like drones, radars, and other means of surveillance. but no fences. meanwhile, as

they need the european union only as a cash cow, where they will sell it, it is an appendage of an appendageh is this poland of the commonwealth, all the rest europe , here is the policy of the poles by the way, they don’t need the european union, but they still don’t have their own currency . yes, zlotys are also related to european. union is independence. they are trying to be less dependent, including including pursuing such a policy. ah, because there is, uh, firstly, i think that the hegemon of the world, yes, who consider themselves a hegemon, the united states of america, they are not interested in a strong european union, they are interested in a weak european union, but in poland just that worm, and in the apple, which well spoils, uh, the overall convoy of harmony and economic viability of the european union after all , we know who is there, but hmm, the locomotive is germany france economy, yes spain. a well, england is no more, so here she is playing the role once churchill said that she is the hyena of europe, she continues. here in this role and correspond. in my opinion and to

if northern ireland and its relationship to the european union, the u. k. and to the rest of the island of iron. or today u. k. prime minister receive su neck said that he has achieved what has eluded perhaps, even eviscerated prime ministers before him. an agreement on northern ireland that will ensure peace as well as trait. tonight, a breaks it break through that could possibly also break breaks it. i break off a berlin. this is the day ah, we have now made a decisive break through the new winter frame of respect and protect our respective market. today's agreement delivers smooth, flowing trade within the whole united kingdom. it protects that very hard burn piece of the valve. good friday agreement protects northern islands placed in our union. we can now open a new chapter in our also coming up a ukrainian oil maker on the war and how it has changed europe, especially germany, considered the words of german chancellor, olaf sholtes from one year ago. i've am, if you have heard olivia franklin, ukraine. we're going to the new era in key if that he shot

comment for the first time at a high level on whether ukraine has come close to joining to the european union in the last seven months, and it is possible that kyiv may not like some of the assessments, nevertheless, this is the first ukraine-eu summit with such a large representation of the european commission. by president ursula von der leyen, as many as 15 euros of commissioners came to kyiv, despite the fact that a large, full -scale war is going on in ukraine, for tom themselves , my colleague, the correspondent of radio svoboda, iryna sysak, is monitoring the preparations for it. she joined our broadcast. wait so kindly , the visit is taking place in an extremely secret manner. neither the locations nor the program of the meeting are known in advance. the journalists of radio svoboda saw the recommendations to the european commissioners before the trip to ukraine, and they said, in particular, that they should not take from with large suitcases, but only light backpacks or to be more mobile in case of emergency or unforeseen situations, as well as euros . yesterday, today the european