barbara vessel or is that the european parliament there in strasburg? i'll get you general impressions in a minute. barbara book, i'd like to start if i may write at the end. did i hear her? she lafond a lion saying that a present the landscape ukraine has now formerly applied to join the european union . yes, she did say as far as i understood that she has filled out forms 5000 pages of forms for the accession process in order to get it going. and she of course welcomed this. and then we heard this very emotional and very strong message towards the end of her speech was where she said that your future is our future and your democracy is our democracy. and the 2 are really entwined. and so she very strongly of was pleading to include in ukraine in what ever men or even maybe in a provisionary manner into the european union into, into the communion of countries. as we know, that member states have some member states have rather different ideas and think it shouldn't be done too quickly and is too dangerous. because as long as there's a war waging, we don

today's events in strasburg, i'm joined us now. welcome, a barbara. i'm pick some, a couple of highlights from, there's a speeches if you would, from emanuel micron, ursula on the line fortune one was probably, europe will have to change. it will have to take action change very quickly if it is, will going to survive if it wants to have a future at this democratic and peaceful future. and that also funded line, and manuel mccracken referred to several times in their speech. this was in a way full if you want the counter event to what we saw this morning in moscow with the rocket launcher and general sent aggressive and sort of for military language. and what we heard here in strasburg, of course, was talk about democracy and peaceful or the peaceful living together of european peoples. and this is what this is about. but there is tremendous pressure on the european union and everyone knows this. it this whole exercise here talking about talking with citizens and then instead of taking their proposals into account, had started over a year ago in more p

bob available was following events from the european parliament in strasburg. welcome barbara. i'm presuming this was a routine shed. you will speech that now appears to have gained significance because of president putin speech this morning. so what should we expect from the front lines? some sort of repudiation of president putin's words. she will probably so leave that to the french president monro mcclung who is going to speak a bit later here. and i presume that the main political message will be coming from him. the answer to putin must come from another head of state might what she will be talking about is europe's answer to the changed association. it finds itself in and to this conference of, for the future of europe that you mentioned has been thinking about one year citizens from all member states have been thinking for a one year about what should be done to make her europe more flexible at the same time and more united to make it fitter for the future. when these people were talking together and, and thinking about this, they didn't know yet that there would be a w

we're in a straus in strasburg. now to the fighting on the ground in ukraine, russian air strikes have hit levin counting power and water supply to parts of the west in ukrainian city, close to the polish border. russian forces also struck train stations in the center and west of the country. according to a railway official, plumes of smoke could be seen rising above levine, the cities may. it said, the strike hit 2 power substations. the wave has been fed the worst of the fighting so far with only a handful of strikes, hitting civilian and military infrastructure. meanwhile, russian forces continued to bombard areas in east and ukraine. the regional governor don yet says russian attacks killed at least 21 people there on tuesday. russian forces are also launched a renewed assault on the as of steel works in matter you poll. some residents were evacuated during a brief ceasefire, but many more are still trapped there. safe at last, after weeks under constant attack, these people have escaped the as of south steel pl

we have this from strasburg. reporter: today's event and strasburg may have been about the future of the european union , but there was a distinctly ukrainian color running through the entire day. ukraine of course not at this point and eu member state. several ukrainian refugees who had been invited to participate in the event, there were many of the european participants wearing the colors of the ukrainian flag read and in all of the high-level speeches given by european figures, mentions of the war in ukraine and why it was giving an impetus to the european union to make reforms to the way its own democracy functions. that included emmanuel macron, who gave an impassioned and long speech and he talked about how the war in ukraine had showed up in europe's own vulnerabilities from its defense capacities to its food security. on the issue of ukraine's potential membership of the european union, well, things are a little bit fuzzy. joining emmanuel macron saying ukraine is part of the european family, but not goi

called on the a you to ban oil imports from russia fonda line address the european parliament in strasburg. she outlined a 6 package of sanctions against moscow over its war on ukraine and called for a phased embargo on russian oil imports. by the end of the year. he is walt, the a you commission president had to say to day we are addressing our dependency on russian oil. and let's be clear, it will not be easy because some member states are strongly dependent on rational oil. but we simply have to do it. so today we will propose to ban all russian oil from europe. this will be this will be a complete import ban on all russian oil seaborne and pipeline crude and refined. we will make sure that we phase out russian oil in an orderly fashion. so in a way that allows us and our partners to secure alternative supply routes and at the same time, be very careful that we minimize the impact on the global market. and this is why we will phase out russian supply of crude oil within 6 months. and we find products by the end of the year, they don't really correspond. marina strauss is in at strasburg

campaigner. counting puts my purse comfortably ahead and reform or fall apart. european union leaders in strasburg here, citizens demands on making the blog stronger and back ukraine joining the block. ah, hello everyone, i'm layla iraq. it's great to be with you. russian president vladimir putin has praised his armed forces fighting the war in ukraine and promised to push on with the invasion. mister bruton was speaking in moscow's annual victory day parade, celebrating its 1945 defeats of nazi germany. thousands of troops and military vehicles paraded through red square. mister bowden repeated his claim that western countries provoked the attack on ukraine. and he went on to claim falsely that western countries plan to launch attacks in east and ukraine. and that ukraine tried to obtain a nuclear weapon. and that the lot and, and that he launched his so called special military operation. only after exhausting every other bid for peace. take a lesson. but i see you presume russia calls on the west to an honest dialogue, to search for reasonable mutual solutions to take into account each other's i

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and we find products by the end of the year they w correspondence. marina strauss is in strasburg.

then let's cross over to w, corresponding multinational, susan strasburg, at the meeting of european parliament. marina. how effective can this you, orland bog on russia, beaver? it's not in place till the end of the year. it depends on who you ask. of course, if you asked the european commissioner was the laugh on the line that you g a you commission chief, which has heard then of course, she said it is efficient and it will put pressure on there. and the russian economy who is heavily dependent on the experts of oil and gas, of course, but also the, the e commerce, you commission officials, it's mids, that are, they don't know how a protein, how the russian president will react to this span. and what he did in the last couple of months was very unpredictable. so there is a risk, for example, that he just cuts of some e o countries of gas them supplies, or of oil supplies, like he did with bulgaria and poland just recently there. and then when you talk to members of the european parliament, there also some major concerns. the 1st concern is why don't we are. so let us cut off gas if

barbara basil, at the european parliament in strasburg joined now by for brea said. j. as a former nato director of policy planning is now chief executive officer, political consultancy rasmussen, global welcome to the w talk. and so that the top idea that better sprung out at you today from either emmanuel macro or from the european commission president. i think essentially this is what your correspondent was to say. my coin in fact is coming back with the regional idea of multi speed europe. and i would say this is the one biggest he wants to set for himself for the next 5 years. he's not just saying, i think new policy to the european union is reshaping the very geometry of the european union with this multi century union. and he, i believe you formulated that 5 years ago when he was running for president the 1st side. and clearly he's sick now to try to achieve that. let's see if it works. and how could he do that? there was so many things in these, these, the speeches that you just, i mean, even the idea of getting rid of unanimity, this qualified majority voting.

they w correspondent, marina strauss is in strasburg, at the meeting of the european parliament. i asked her how efficient this long phase out will be yeah, the commission president was the laugh on the line said that i will repeat it because it's important. she that your plans to you are that you commission proposes to face out accrued all within 6 month and a refined old by the end of the year. so it's a long traditional period. so some time for you members, states to repair and am would be hearing from the commission from you. officials is that to you, countries will be given even more time or namely hungary in slovakia, maybe even a year or longer to face out a russian oil because otherwise they would probably not agree to this deal because they're heavily ra reliance on russian oil. so is as efficient a we, we don't know, and they're just very different opinions on this matter. of course that you commission says, clearly yes, we don't, they don't know how russia, how vladimir putin or will it react because he's clearly unpredictable. that's what you kamisha says, what, what

despite little recent progress also on the program reform or fall apart. european union leaders are in strasburg here. citizens demands on making the block stronger and more democratic. ah.

and we find products by the end of the year t w's. marina strauss was in strasburg for that you parliament meeting. i asked her how useful a long term phase out of oil would be encountering russian aggression. and surprisingly that your commission president was a funder loza funder line self advocacy. she said that it is efficient because a cutting off for russian oil, even if it takes a bit longer, will hit the russian economy at its core. because russia is very dependent on its exports of fossil fuels, of orland, of, of gas. obviously, i'm also hearing from commission officials that, of course, they don't know how, of anatomy, beauty, how russia will react to this span. because we've been, we've been seeing this over the last couple of months, but it is unpredictable when it comes to the situation in ukraine. so when you talk to our members of the european parliament, their dear friends or concerns regarding this span. so some say, why don't we also, why don't we also not bye, bye bye, don't be ban gas as well, because russia also delivers a lot of gas european countries. others say, are

yes and i know my call was speaking earlier today addressing the parliament in strasburg, in his speech in that because france as of rotating presidency of the european union. and it was in that context of macro was making this speech. and he was talking about how the you needs to be overhauled, reformed, and re re thought if you like. and one of the things that he proposed was perhaps talking about that you becoming more of a community because it takes so long for a prospective members to become part of the you paths that could be are the ways that a country such as ukraine could before they perhaps receive full membership one day can become aligned with the you. he talks on another of other things. in his speech in strasbourg, including the need to bolster the use, you saw her to take in terms of defense and energy. and that is something that we heard of in his press conference with the german chancellor, bartholet schultz. i am out on my car talking about the important i was trying to reduce the european union's dependency on russian energy exports. we know those ongoing conversation

the new sanctions proposed in strasburg will also target several large russian banks and other financial institutions. we finally de swift spell bank. spare bank is one of the is the largest russian bank. it was round about 37 percent of the whole banking sector and we will also de swift to other major banks in russia. by that, we sit banks that are systemically critical to the russian financial system and proteins ability to wage destruction. the notable absentee from all this is russian natural gas. in a sense, it's the elephant in the european living room, too big to be ignored, but also too big, unilaterally to be done away with, without seriously damaging economies across this continent. and that's the problem facing e u leaders. they want to act fast against russia, but they're stuck with the reality of decisions that governments across europe made over decades when they thought that it was in their best interests to make deals with president putin. doner kane, al jazeera berlin, alex schindler, is the president of energy intelligence. he says, countries like hungry will find a par

he's coming from strasburg, where he attended an e conference on the future of europe. president, my call are welcomed by german chancellor, all of shorts with military or honors, as we're about to see at the federal a chancel read. the 2 leaders are expected to were holder talks with the focus on the war in ukraine. and then mikaela, carson, archie, political editor, it is a at the chancellor. we mckayla, can you tell us a little bit more about the military honors? there are about a to kick off or where you are. yes. the g to take place behind me, a man or michael we just saw his car passed by actually saw a to saw the economic advisor of the german chancellor ross across the scene here. so an amount of my call very much being on time. although having been rather late to come out of that conference about the future of europe, and that's certainly something that the 2 leaders will be talking about as well in relation to ukraine, which would like to be within the european union rather sooner than later with him on my call having put a damper on those hope saying it could take years or

the sanctions proposed in strasburg will also target several large russian banks and other financial institutions. the notable absentee from the list is russian natural gas. in a sense, it's the elephant to the european living room. too big to be ignored, but also too big, unilaterally to be done away with, without seriously damaging economies across this continent. bottom line, as you will probably not be able to replace rocky gas any time soon. we're talking about a $150000000.00 billing cubic meters of gas that russia says west that's coming down at the moment. but we're still gonna face a shortage of, of quite a few bcm out there. the russian government condemned the proposed embargo and said sanctions are a double edged weapon, which will also hurt europeans economically. and that's the problem facing e u leaders. they want to act fast against russia, but they're stuck with the reality of decisions that governments across europe made over decades when they thought that it was in their best interests to make deals with president putin. dominic cane al jazeera berlin holes in the

what else did the president have to say at this event in strasburg? yes, this is why longer a speech by the french president, france has the rotating presidency of the european union. this is why he was talking today and what is a europe day now? am i know micro talked by the war ukraine. he said that the you, of course, continues to offer all of its support to ukraine, but he also said that you are not at war a with russia. he also said that it was very important for the european union to really rethink its future. and he sets out a bit of his vision of for the blog. he said that the, you needs to become more sovereign, particularly in areas of defense and energy. such air is becoming particularly relevant. now. he said because of the war in ukraine that the you, for example, at to reduces dependency on a russian energy impulse. he also talked about the future and the actual structure and mechanism of the you said that needs to change because people across the european union wasn't simply becoming quite fed up with you in many ways and continued to b

what else to the president have to say at this event in strasburg? well, this was a speech of the french peasant made as part of the celebrations for a euro per day in a stress for france has the rotating presidency of the european union at the moment . so that is why mono michael was invited to make this speech. he touched on a number of issues. he talked at the beginning about ukraine, about the war there. he said that the european union is certainly not at war with russia, but a very much supported ukraine, ukraine's vice to sovereignty and would continue to do so. he also continued to set out his vision for the european union. he said it was absolutely fundamental that the, you become more sovereign in terms of things like defense and energy. all those issues underlining the importers. those issues even more is the word ukraine. he said, we seen, for example, that you try very hard to try and a cost to reduce its reliance on russian energy exports over the past few months. we also talked about how the european union should be reformed and overhau

the new sanctions proposed in strasburg will also target several large russian banks and other financial institutions. we finally de swift. spank. spank is one of the is the largest russian bank. it was round about 37 percent of the whole banking sector and we will also de swift to other major banks in russia. by that we hit banks that are systemically critical to the russian financial system. and proteins ability to wage destruction . the notable absentee from all this is russian natural gas. in a sense, it's the elephant in the european living room, too big to be ignored, but also too big, unilaterally to be done away with, without seriously damaging economies across this continent. and that's the problem . placing e u leaders, they want to act fast against russia, but they're stuck with the reality of decisions that governments across europe made over decades when they thought that it was in their best interests to make deals with president putin. dominic cane al jazeera berlin. well, david nymph is chief economist for the k b c bank in hungary. he joins now from budapest. thank you v

as on one knee journeyed, the sanctions proposed in strasburg will also target several large russian banks and other financial institutions. the notable absentee from the list is russian natural gas. in a sense, it's the elephant to the european living room. too big to be ignored, but also too big, unilaterally to be done away with, without seriously damaging economies across this continent. bottom line, as you will probably not be able to replace rocky gas any time soon. we're talking about a $150000000.00 billing cubic meters of gas that russia says west that's coming down at the moment. but we're still gonna face a shortage of, of quite a few bcm out there. the russian government condemned proposed in bog and said sanctions or a double edged weapon, which will also hurt europeans economic. and that's the problem facing e u leaders. they want to act fast against russia, but they're stuck with the reality of decisions that governments across europe made over decades when they thought that it was in their best interests to make deals with president putin. dominic cane al jazeera berl

the new sanctions proposed in strasburg will also target several large russian banks and other financial institutions. we finally d swift. spec. spamming is one of the is the largest russian bank. it was round about 37 percent of the whole banking sector. and we will also de swift to other major banks in russia by that we hit banks that are systemically critical to the russian financial system. and proteins ability to wage destruction . the notable absentee from all this is russian natural gas. in a sense, it's the elephant in the european living room, too big to be ignored, but also too big, unilaterally to be done away with, without seriously damaging economies across this continent. or dominant cane joins us live from berlin now and donate the big issue. of course is the banding of russian oil propose, but tell us about the whole sanctions package involved. the thing that matters here carry is that what's happening today? what has been happening since the war began is the european union has been moving in the eyes of some people to slowly in the eyes of others, perhaps too quickly tow