of the european union function, as you know , the main tools for the military assistance from the europeans the so-called phantom european peace fund, it was created in order to by definition, as it was called , to pursue different life, various peace initiatives, as a result, this fund is engaged in this and implements peace initiatives. but in the form of arming ukraine, this fund is filled. the fund is filled by member countries. recently , a decision was made to replenish the fund in the amount of 2 billion euros, and all member countries of the european union were also informed that it is necessary to increase the pace of production and procurement of the necessary necessary ammunition in order to ensure the needs that ukraine has declared for the further effective defense of our country, and we see that these decisions are made quite quickly in any case, including the allocation of the specified funds directed specifically to providing ukraine with ammunition is a very timely step on the part of the european union thank you mr. vadim vadim galaychuk people's deputy of ukraine first d

and the european union was doing just that, allocating, but to strange suppliers. s, uh, from the mentioned european peace fund to compensate for these costs, so, uh, there, uh, in particular. yes, here is the main update. uh, it lies in the fact that the european unions, including the ones you mentioned, they have, and the ability to buy, uh, and for ukraine and shells for themselves. well, let's just say warehouseman. yes, that is, but the european negotiating agency. now developed a mechanism for joint procurement. and it provides for the execution of these contracts with equipped companies, so to speak, according to a simplified scheme. and today they expressed it in this scheme. er, the desire to participate is about twenty countries, including non-eu countries, norway. therefore, i think that there will be no competition here, but on the other hand. uh, today, basically in this european peace fund. eh, a lot of things. they are not completely are registered. and perhaps, you mean, including the publications that have appeared today concerning estonia, in princ

requirements that we fulfill or do not fulfill our steps at the eu meeting . accept e-e ukraine in the european unionpansion of the expansion of the european market ah and eh well, a very large country eh and mmm for estonia, taking into account its interests in the european union and eh and countries from scandinavia well really assume that they will be the biggest allies and helpers of ukraine in this process. as for the purely technical side of joining nato, the european union is wandering around. there is a very accurate description, that is, for joining nato, in principle, it is quite political decisions a-a as for joining the european union, this procedure is significant for a-a and is long due to the fact that it is necessary to harmonize the law. of the union to combine with the legislation of ukraine to lead from the legislation of ukraine compliance with the requirements of the already existing european directives this is, as a rule, sufficient we went through a long process from 1997 to 2004, the future of the country as a candidate for the european union. but it took us 7 years, how many

yes , but the european union is very torn. ah. all, if brussels is very eager for a strange member, of course, they are well aware that the economic integration association of which the european union is, it is completely unprepared to transfer its economy to e, military rails, that is, to take on any free resource by and large, too nowhere a and in principle, the european turnover industry. it is not in a position to now carry out large-scale military production, such as breaking news. yes, this and uh, the eu members are faced with a shortage, and components for the production of ammunition, that is, we need new sources of supplies and i admit that this issue will also be discussed at the forum, as well as the supply of weapons to ukraine to ukraine and uh, military equipment soviet and russian production, that is, in other words, such an attempt will be made to mobilize military-export, and the potentials of countries that have the arsenals needed by the west in the interests of a-and ukraine well, as for the attitude of the pa

second is the enrollment of the european union. you have a a private business in that effort this is something we ukrainians like more than we like to fight. we have shown we like to fight we are very peaceful growers. >> in the private business point is incredibly important. sometimes it's institution and massive loan packages but they are smaller scale. >> may jump in on this point? after russia invaded close to 1 million of the youngest, brightest tech savvy russians left the country. they are not coming back. in ukraine, they are there. they are honing their skills in ottech not just supporting the energy grids but also in the social media and everything that they do. this human capitol reconstruction is is important as a monetary capitol. ukraine has it in spades. so, when the war is one i am convinced that peace will be one as well for everything that yout have said but also because ukrainians themselves are on the ground they will grab it piece by the horns as they have grabbed war by the horns. course i think that's a perfe

and what the european union has been doing all along. since the beginning of the invasion, the atlantic council is remained firm in its commitment to the people of ukraine. the war has brought us back to our core mission, we were established over years to promote. we are stronger together and the transatlantic partnership must remain front and center. we've mobilized across our 16 program centers. our eurasia center leads our work in ukraine. our europe center shapes discussions on how europe is changing across the board. our global energy center focuses on the energy dimension and europe's energy decoupling from russia. the geoeconomics center for strategy and security lead support for ukraine in the military elements. our geographic center covers the regions across the world that have brought ukraine's story to all aspects of the world. as we mark the solemn anniversary, we keep ukrainians story front in mind. that backdrop, it is my honor to welcome the ambassador of ukraine oksana markarova, the ambassador of the european union stavr

more positive signals than quiet ones that should worry ukraine, so let's add such a topic, the european union fully supports the ukrainian the president of the european council, charles michel, stated that, according to him, right now there is an effort to rally the international community around the proposal of the president of ukraine, he emphasized that the international the community supports the ukrainian peace formula because it is based on the principles of international law. we support the just peace formula that was proposed by president zelensky, it is based on the un charter and on respect for international law . we are working hard to unite the international community around these peace efforts. made during the voting of the resolution of the un general assembly calling for the withdrawal of russian forces from the territory of ukraine, i will remind dmytro vasiliev political consultant with us live tonight dmytro well, we have already heard positive signals from the european union regarding the ukrainian peace formula many times. but will this trend spread further in your opinion

e that in the lexicon of the european union, peace is war, and war is peace, and therefore, there is to be surprised. but for the third , this fund is already there. as they say, you can’t get it, but it is planned to allocate an additional half a billion euros from the main budget of the european union. uh, but uh, as soon as money smells , the poles immediately appear on the scene, and who calculate in advance that this money should basically be intended for them. yes vladimir alekseevich everything a time when in european relations , uh, there are some disputes, which are all the more related to money and the prospects for spending this money. there are conflicts all the time. i mean within themselves. eh, the eu itself correctly said that poland , well, it turns out that it demanded, yes, but it hasn’t demanded it yet, but hinted that it might demand this money for military assistance. and if there the same germany suddenly demands. and well, apparently, watering is counting on the fact that the germans are already rich, and i will go. but poland uh need money. you know, this is

we begin with the european union leaders. they are meeting in brussels, have endorsed a new deal to supply more ammunition to ukraine. their summit is taking place after the chinese president's high profile visit to moscow. earlier this week. that was a strong show of support for vladimir putin and it has sparked even more worries. here in europe. ukraine says it needs more ammunition to fend off russian attacks and fast. that's why european union leaders are giving a rezoning rubber stamp to plans to send ukraine $1000000.00 artillery shells over the next year. but will this promise meet the scale of the challenge? it depends how, how far, and how long the war relies will is, or will this be enough for or not. so that's why we need to have and use all the tools that we have. political pressure, validity, dollars, selection, economic sanctions to put the pressure on russia to and this war, not everyone is impressed by europe's voe to keep arming key if beijing accuses brussels of adding fuel to the fire of war. and when the c

and by the way, the countries of the european union also faced this.here was an initiative, i forgot another 10 + 1, it seems that it was called there, what did it change to this one of such large chinese of investments from which the baltic countries participated, the balkan countries from which they eventually refused , that is, uh, i think well, uh, this is the policy of ukraine should be active in relation to china and uh, in general, any countries of the world tim it became clear that the world really revolves around us , but we have to be realistic and not give up on dialogues , don't try to use the same china, even though it is a global player, and use it as a lever of pressure on russia the federation, but it is enough to perceive it all. it is a very important event for ukraine . it is about the fact that the european union states have reached an agreement on the plan to provide ukraine with a million artillery pieces of ammunition . this is the statement of the high representative of the european union for foreign policy and security jozep bu

you have to remember the european union's 27 countries.ometimes they have to take regional governments into account. and every time an agreement was signed, they more or less stuck to an agreement and the british government imploded and found that it could not implement or stick with the agreement it had signed. boris johnson more or less disowned the agreement he made in 2019. i think from the european union's perspective, they are very much hoping that this is the beginning of the end because the relationship will still evolve. brexit has not even taken root just yet. this is more about laying down the framework of what the relationship will be going forward. the mood music was very good yesterday. ursula von der leyen was describing sunak as "dear rishi ." >> can i bring you in from london? it is all about the mood and the murmurings that come because for northern ireland and for the government in westminster, it has to think about a whole load of things, doesn't it? northern ireland's integrity, its relationship with the eu, issues of

thank you, oleksandr, for joining oleksandr matviychuk's broadcast. the european union, one of the mainio svoboda correspondent zoryana stepanenko zoryana is following the events in the belgian capital . we are waiting for the final press conference of the leaders of the european institutions, the leaders. i apologize to the european institute. well, in principle, during the day there is quite a lot of news . this was mentioned in their joint declaration, which has already been made public. therefore , the plan, which was called historic, was finally approved. one million ammunitions for ukraine during the next 12 months, the presidents the prime ministers emphasized that this will not harm the security and defense policy of the member states. 155 mm shells are in short supply at the front now, as the ukrainian military-political leadership said, they will go there from the warehouses of 19 european countries. these are 18 member states of the eu+ norway, just as many and these countries now they are ready to join the project well, they will be able to replenish their stocks by speeding

der lein, even the europeans call it the main agent of influence of the united states in the european unionuropean commission. i’m not talking about the countries of the european union, but tursunov, he may be going to beijing, but, but, but xi jinping himself travels to moscow , and many say that perhaps even next week he will visit moscow, this will be the first foreign comrade xi's visit after his period of birth, as the chairman. e people's republic of china is very short of your expectations. and i want to remind you that exactly 10 years ago on march 22 2013 newly elected. the chairman also made his first visit to moscow. and then a new era began in russian -chinese relations. uh, here, a special chemistry arose in relations with putin, now look too. we have just approved the first visit to the state post of the president of the people's republic of china. eh, it will take place. uh, again, to moscow, this is deeply symbolic. and we can expect that a new era will begin. this is a new campaign that the chinese have announced for themselves. we will also start. uh, new trip, but natural

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

i will remind you, is not just a country that claims to be a full- fledged membership in the european union, we already received the status of a candidate country last year. so, when the europeans evaluate our movement, our progress, they look at a lot of parameters, there is a bureaucratic parameter, we will not be able to get anywhere from here and never will withdraw from it because there are specific obligations, laws, how they are adopted, as you rightly said, then they are implemented , there is a political structure, the political vector is the strengthening of our political geopolitical cooperation, the integration of ukraine into the geopolitical economic space of the eu, so when the ukrainian side reports on certain figures this is, of course, very good and we have every right as ukraine to talk about this progress, but it must be understood that the european side will then evaluate it, uh, according to the quantitative components, yes and in terms of quality, because our large-scale bilateral agreement on association has not gone anywhere, let me remind you that it is more than 2

and on thursday, at the council of the european union, i hope we do a step forward in finding a suitable from that, aren't you, minister? within the european union. we are very far away from an agreement. that's true. because we don't have a solidarity mechanism, but that's what's missing. the heart of the pact is the solidarity mechanism and the voluntary mechanism we agreed last year. listen to that — it only relocated less than half a percent of the 2022 arrivals. less than half a percentage point. and that's a big problem. we have to end on that rather bleak note. minister notis mitarachi, i thank you very much forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you very much indeed. thank you. hello there. the weather on thursday into friday could be very interesting. more on that later on. but we're going to find a bit more snow across more of the country in the next few days. so far, most of it has been falling across northern scotland and the snow is continuing to pile up here. cold start to tuesday, icy conditions as well. temperatures not quite so low for the south where we've got more cloud. we

document of the public movement, the power of the people and the parliamentary majority in the european union congratulated the cancellation of the scandalous initiative by the georgian authorities, the eu representation in georgia also called on the country's authorities to resume european reforms in order to obtain the status of a candidate . 590 more russians die , for which the defenders packed in black bags , a total of 156,000, 120 occupiers returned to their families within days of the ukrainian non-working order the defenders transferred five tanks, 13 armored combat vehicles, several artillery systems and the enemy's anti-aircraft vehicle, a car and one unit of special equipment of the invaders were also completely crushed in the general staff, these data are approximate so far, this is all the news lesya vakulyuk and andriy saichuk, stay with us, i feel chained to stool , everything is starting to annoy me , there is no convenient moment for pain, but there is yellow cream dolgit, cream dolgit helps to eliminate pain and has an anti-inflammatory effect, dolgits is the only yellow cr

is certainly in our interest as the only frontier between the european union and, and the united kingdom. we are default line as a war. i just want to address briefly the point about about the union is position not being paired during the negotiations. it's worth remembering that the u. p. held the balance of power in westminster during trees. amazing administration between 20172019. and indeed, the reason may have to humiliatingly withdraw from an agreement which he had already entered into because the d u p. leaders and said it wasn't hard enough from their perspective. so there's no question that the union is perspective was an integral part of the british governments to go see if you position, but it's bryan pointed out in a way they have become the victim of their own success. and getting the kind of breakfast that they campaigned for and it's, it's kind of a utopian practitioner, it's an ideological one, it's not one that serves the interests, economically north nations. and indeed, what has been trying to happen now with this agreement is to salvage what can be done becaus

and on thursday, at the council of the european union, i hope we do a step forward in finding a suitableng way from that, aren't you, minister? within the european union. we are very far away from an agreement. that's true. because we don't have a solidarity mechanism, but that's what's missing. at the heart of the pact is the solidarity mechanism and the voluntary mechanism we agreed last year. listen to that — it only relocated less than half a percent of the 2022 arrivals. less than half a percentage point. and that's a big problem. we have to end on that rather bleak note. minister notis mitarachi, i thank you very much forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you very much indeed. thank you. up to now, most of the snow that's been falling has been across more northern parts of the uk, especially northern scotland. and we've got some snow and ice here at the moment, but that cold arctic air has swept down across all areas now. and coming into that cold air, this weather front is sliding in from the atlantic. that's bringing some wetter weather, a mixture of rain, sleet and some snow, snow pe

but it shows a real turn in european union thinking here in brussels. we saw with the joint purchasing of coven 19 vaccines. we saw with the collective taking on of debt to try and come out of the coven 19 pandemic. and this is really a step on from that ny where there is a shift towards the collective i zation of responsibility for these kinds of things . there were many countries that were a little bit uncomfortable by to and that's why any 17 plus no way, not a new member state have signed up the european union. foreign policy chief said he hopes that more will sign up to this as the national procedures go forward, but it is a really significant step and one that the ukrainian foreign minister dri, dimitri calibus, showed, says, showed that the european union has demonstrated its relative resolute leadership once again for ukraine, they've been calling for weapons for a long time. this ammunition is going to be very welcome. w's jack pair with the latest light from brussels. jack is always thinking or the devastating effect of the climate change is h

he has to give himself, which means that he is answerable to the superior body of the european union uropean parliament , which is one of the pillars of the french country, and france is a permanent member of the united nations security council, which has the right to veto and even if in the worst possible case, a verdict against france be issued in international courts, here the work in the security council is that france can use its veto and make it ineffective. in such a situation, we are witnessing the dual power of the executive institution and individualism, that is, the french in the shadow and institutionalism. europeans try to convey an image to the international system, and on the other hand, when the discussion of the behavior of the statesmen and politicians of this country and the way they face the public demands is brought up , you see a completely different image that dr. eshraqi, an expert on international issues, really presents to us. the addition of mr. dr. shahin, hello, good time, hello alaikum and may god's mercy be upon you and all the audience members of the pr

minister, look, this russian aggression would never have happened if we were a member of the european uniond most importantly, if ukraine were a member of nato , obviously these conversations were held even before the beginning of the aggression, somehow this process dragged on for a long time now . maybe it has accelerated this process, but still the war allows us quickly become a member of the european union and become a member of nato, you are a person who communicates with your colleagues , european colleagues, you know what is happening inside these institutions . please tell me your professional opinion. really estonia, i'm sorry, ukraine can become such a member of the european union. well, nato, and i can hear somewhere now that you're lying to the military, and l note, such a big attack on a nato member . in fact, this is a very big security guarantee that after this war, ukraine should become a full member of nato and if people are competing, if someone has any doubts or fears, it means that they are er that russia will come for them later in order to prevent such a development of

but there are 2 in, in, when you exceed the european union, the countries that enter and then the european union has to, you know, be able to take them on board and ukraine. ukraine has 45000000 inhabitants. it would be the 3rd largest country in the european union. so it's, i mean, it's not something done just a politically and have to really be, be prepared very carefully. and it absolutely positive that the officials understand. that's perfect. you personally have suggested that fast tracking ukraine would be unfair to of the candidate countries we've had a long wait, i'm sorry, but already of those other countries having their towns and villages bombed by an invading superpower. that women right, that children deported them and tortured and shot in the back of the head in the cause of defending european values. because if and not shouldn't they perhaps seed their place in the queue to a country that is enduring. all that for the sake of the entire continent, you included, they have a lot of these countries have waited more than 10 years for even becoming a candidate country ball. then

now let's focus on the pragmatic interests of our country, as well as nato and the european union. what we mentioned a few minutes ago was the statement of our minister of foreign affairs, dmytro kuleba, why leave us on the periphery - this is not good on the contrary, russia will constantly be encouraged as a whole to aggress against us. not only against us, but do you see from the statements that have already been made about the potential accession of ukraine to the european union and the alliance that we have moved from the position of standing on the periphery to the position well, slowly but surely are moving in the direction of these associations, well, of course, this trend is true , we must understand here that the west is still in the process of transformation, that is , well, we remember the statements that were made a year ago and we remember the statements that were made back then, well, i i don't know. there at the end of the 21st at the beginning of the 22nd. yes, about ukraine's membership in nato and the eu, and we understand that what we are hearing now from brusse

european union leaders in brussels have approved an increase in aid to ukraine. the plan will see one million rounds of ammunition over the next year. talks come as concerns grow over china's show of support. you're watching dw. after a short break i will be back to take you through the news of the day. we will be right back. qññ >> this is "love from paris." -- this is "live from paris." and ninth day of protests over pension reforms. here in paris, protests have turned violent. the president of ukraine appeals for new easing of sanctions against russia. and the ceo of tiktok faces a grilling from lawmakers in washington, who consider it to be a potential security threat. good evening. the eu's 27 leaders are at a two-day summit in brussels where ukraine is very much the focus of the summit. amongst the issues under discussion, the plan to send one million artillery shells to kyiv over the next year. the ukrainian president addressed the leaders today and urge them not to reconsider sanctions against russia. united nations chief antonio guterres spoke to the sum

of our people, i will not change the support of ukraine on this path of integration with the european union the struggles for our land and for our lives today, a-a-a diapersistent together with other high-ranking guests of ukraine, brother and by participating in the special conference that we are holding in lviv, the first to be held in lviv under the name of the youth of this time, united now justice as a researched lawyer as a person who is well-versed in the work of european institutions and global structures mr. levits personally and the republic of latvia as a whole i am confident that i will be powerful assistants for us for ukraine in bringing to justice all the russian murders of terrorists there katy on the right fludno touched on relevant issues, including the creation of a special tribunal on the crime the aggression of the russian federation against ukraine, the process of preparing a vote on the general assad conditions for the ukrainian resolution of cooperation with the international criminal court and legal institutions of the european joint one of the aspects of russia's r

how long can the european union keep doing this? and what's interesting brand is in this plan for those 1000000, ryans, there's also a plan for the european union to go collectively, at least the 17 countries that have signed up to it, to go and start buying ammunition together. and also a plan to increase production in the european union. one of the things that we know with the war in ukraine is that countries have been sending, but a lot of countries haven't been telling us exactly how much they've been sending because they don't want other partners other players in the world to know how much that stop power depleting, but it's clear with this plan that a lot of them are starting to get a bit nervous about that. and that's why as part of this agreement, while ukraine says it needs the ammunition while the you partners won't be able to send it. they know that they need to increase production and increase purchasing as well. the ukranian president pulled him insulin ski today delivered a video message to the salvage, and it's clear

because the european union, or rather, not even the european union, but to whom it is subordinate, because european union cannot be considered a completely sovereign forest fence. and not only belarus emphasized. eh, the questions of migrants in finland are not worth estonia, but why is the construction of an iron fence being carried out there with the russian federation, and for finland such a huge thousand kilometers. uh, it's the first moment of the second moment occurs and more and more new restrictions are being introduced on obtaining visas for the movement of citizens. e in london why because london has e groups of lobbyists in the baltic countries in poland in finland , also the same one that, uh, through uh, us through russia, there is a transit of not only our russian goods. yes, well, first of all , chinese goods london and great britain she , uh, did not sign any framework agreement on leaving the european union, and by and large it is beneficial for great britain today to worsen the negotiating positions. e of berlin brussels, paris, they are already weakened by the european u

a really big shift in european union thinking. this was created as a piece project. >> that speaks to the incredible significance of this. >> is a major shift in eu thinking. it may not sound like much of a big deal but it shows a real turning in european union thinking in brussels. we saw with the joint purchasing of covid-19 vaccines, with the collective taking on of debt to conduct come out of the covid-19 pandemic, this is a step on from that. there is a shift toward collectivization of responsibility for these kinds of things that were -- many countries were a little comfortable about it. the european union foreign policy chief says he hopes more will sign up to this as the national procedures go forward. it is a really significant step. this is something the european union has demonstrated, its leadership once again. in ukraine, they have been calling for weapons for a long time. quick thank you, jack. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a criminal case against national criminal

the european union is about money , human rights, trade corridors , trade flows, and so on.nd so on. and about the supply of ammunition to us well, you say everything correctly, in fact, the world is now on the verge of such an arms race, when we had a disarmament race, now there is an arms race, accordingly, when we have national er, with the help of national parliaments, weapons are transferred, respectively, with the consent of the partners of the united states and representatives of er, nato member countries, and they replenish this stock with subsequent production, and it is probably in our interests to er this happened as quickly as possible because what is already ready and needed for victory, to speed it up, our partners will transfer not only from nato members, but also from the rammstein system , and a tapping such a platform was created. therefore, these things are for sure. this is a positive story. ukraine will have the opportunity and the opportunity to defend itself, as far as i know, these negotiations are not being conducted between the countries of the euro

an approach that could at last helped the european union strengthen its military capabilities, says reza, you can have it shania, vice chair of the european parliament's defense subcommittee today is a momentum. does that to think an auto realistically does that real steps for her to build our entropy an air gap abilities, because before that it was only worse details of the plan to ramp up ammunition production still needs to be hashed out and approved by you members. but a majority of them seem to be ready for clothes and military cooperation. let's take a look now at some of the other news making headlines around the world. un secretary general, antonia who tara said, and he crowns. president vladimir soleski have called for the extension of a crucial deal with moscow that allows ukrainian grain exports. the agreement allows ukraine to ship grain from its black, see ports and russia to export fertilizer and food moscow. a signal it might block, the extension francis controversial pension reform bill has passed an important hurdle. on thursday, the senate approved one of its key articl

so lossless, local, an approach that could at last help the european union strengthen its military capabilities, says, rasa you can have a chain year vice chair of the european parliament defense up committee to day is a momentum. does that to think at auto realistically? does that real steps forward to build our a p n ag up abilities? because before that, it was only worth details of to plan to ramp up ammunition production still needs to be hashed out and approved by you members, but a majority of them seem to be ready for closer military corporation. international women's day passed off around the world with women and their allies rallying to defend rights that are coming under increasing attack with the taliban vending women from universities in afghanistan, tyrants, repression of women's rights protests. and new us restrictions on abortion rights. many protests to say international solidarity is now more important than ever. ah, women like freedom chant these kurdish women in serious commission lee. the slogan was made famous by the women's rights protest in iran, sparked by the death of a

at the same time, the european union approved an increase in the budget of the european peace fund by 2 billion euros. the fund's funds are used to finance military supplies to ukraine with us. vladimir chizhov, first deputy head of the federation council committee on defense and security, former permanent representative of russia to the eu, is in touch, i am glad to welcome you. we haven't talked on the air for a long time. well, it looks like the europeans arming is already insolent to the point that our former mig-29s of the warsaw pact, which mr. gorbachev kindly provided them with his time. eh, now these moments are our moments, but in essence they will fight against us. how do you like this perspective? well, you know, during this time, the european union has turned, rather than into a military power, but into an e- supplier company for a supplier of various types of weapons, but to unscrupulous clients, and what is the kiev regime today, with regard to e mig-29 , yes, well i would uh i ventured to suggest that this is already the last remaining stock, and samples of e soviet ru

who is interested to allows lawston through an approach that could at last help the european union strengthen its military capabilities. says rosario novi cheney a vice chair of the european parliament. defend subcommittee to day is a momentum. does that to think or auto realistically? does that real steps forward to build our entropy an air gap abilities? because before that it was only worth details of the plan to ramp up ammunition production still needs to be hashed out and approved by e. u members. but a majority of them seem to be ready for closer military cooperation. if a more on this i'm now joined by did of these brussels bureau chief who found that report alexander phenomena is following the meeting of the defense ministers for us . alexandra, is there any agreement for a joint effort to buy ammunition? while the european union foreign policy chiefs jasa burrell, told us after the meeting, that there is a general agreement. but there are still questions that they need to discuss. and of course, to those questions, are we in need to say that one of them is the question whether other

you can say about whether the european union can actually afford all of this. some are talking about this idea of a state subsidy off. so in a sense, a tit for tat spending war, which will just lead to a drain in public finances and french president emanuel my call. he's been especially outspoken about this. he has actually called the us inflation reduction act, a threat to the west saying it will fragment countries. and so i think at this point, investors are really hoping that they'll be some diplomatic action. and european commission president also found a line is actually in washington state for it talks with you as president joe biden . and there's some hope that they will come to an agreement that will lead to a kind of a free trade zone for clean energy. and that would certainly qual, fears that we're about to embark on a another era of transatlantic tre tension and no subsidy raised. then hopefully kate ferguson. my dw business colleague there. thank you so much. germany's economy minister, robert havoc and agriculture minister 10 austin here are travel

and this is significant to the frank president decide to bring the big names of the european union along with him and he goes now in the past, jack, european politicians have been closely watched and often criticized for their visits to china. will that be different? this time? with the tone already set in this direction, it probably would expect it to that criticism was really leveled at the german chancellor la shots. he did a trip in november 2022 where he took business leaders. and it was clear that what he wanted to talk about was the trading relationship and the economic ties. and he was heavily criticized for not pressing enough on some of the geopolitical issues on the ukraine war on those issues of human rights. i think there is a sort of understanding among e u circles and we've seen actually coming out of some of the messaging of the european union and the way that they're writing in to the documents and the statements that come out of a major meetings to the ones to take a stronger hand. and there is also a growing understanding that the e u as a trading block has much more p

we are part of the effort of the european union, of nato, we are supporting the defence capacity buildingin both ukraine and moldova. we arejoining the european peace facility, including the recent deal to acquire together ammunition. we are part of the 17 eu member states, together with norway, which are a very consistent part of this arrangement, which was recently agreed on monday in brussels. let's talk urgency. i just spoke to the president of the czech republic, petr pavel. he says the need right now to back ukraine militarily is urgent because he says there's a window of opportunity this year for ukraine to make significant military gains. he fears that if they don't make those gains this year, the will of europe, particularly to back ukraine, will begin to dwindle. do you agree? yes, i think it's very important to support ukraine now, because the following weeks and months are crucial for the fate of the war in ukraine. do you feel a sense of fatigue with this war in your own country? in my country, no, but perhaps in other countries, which i'm not commenting on, it might be. as f

russian-ukrainian war , in fact, they yehorova, you already mentioned china, the relationship between the european union china, let's ask another question about china, that's a whole floor european leaders are going to china . the leader of the heavenly kingdom should ask zinkovny about any change in the attitude towards the russian war in ukraine, in your professional opinion, will they be able to convince panasi ? i think it is quite difficult to predict now. purely to trade, so there were moments related to the accusation there of chinese spies, industrial espionage, industrial espionage, but in principle, europe is ready to become more involved in the affairs of the pacific ocean region, and this can be seen from the visits of european leaders to india, they understand that china is already there, and china from india are the main economic and political rivals, and therefore they are more involved in the affairs of asia, and they understand that the future will have the largest gdp there there will be the largest population and therefore it is necessary to work with them in some way, well, explain t

what is the timeline of european union low making? well, it's quite speedy. so she says she's delighted when she was asked. will this be enough? she said, well, it depends. how long this war lawson, of course, we have had dire warnings. for example, from the nato secretary general against oldenburg saying european countries should prepare for the long haul. here, e u nation say they will stay by ukraine site for as long as it takes, and this new plan is about delivering on that promise. and we're also expecting ukrainian president full of volunteers lensky, to address the summit of the video link. what you expect we might hear from him. claire, what i expect is what zalinski often says needs addresses lease leaders in brussels, and that is one keyword speed, speed on delivery, weapons, speedo, delivering on promises and speed own sanctions. remember, the european union has already slopped 10 rounds of sanctions on moscow over its invasion of ukraine. that includes, for example, an embargo on russian coal and about on imports of most russian oil key of wheat.