teri schultz has been following this story for us in brussels she said there is still much work to be done to enjoy e.u. citizens might get back on what we heard out of the foreign ministers video conference today is that there really hasn't been a lot of progress in bringing home the 250000 or so e.u. citizens who remain stranded all over the globe e.u. foreign policy chief joseph breaux pointed out of that commercial flights are cancelled that transfer hubs are shut down and so people can't even take off because they might get stuck on the way so there have been about 10000 citizens brought back by special military flights but he emphasized that no one should be thinking this is the way they're going to get home this is only a means of last resort when there is really no other way to get people out of what could potentially be a dangerous situation so german foreign minister heiko moss at the meeting today pointed out that yes little by little people will find ways to get home but it can't be excluded that those who are right now sitting in the colombian jungle or on some island in

let's get more we are joined by dint of your correspondent teri schultz in brussels so terry foreign ministers have actually been discussing this what's the update well actually is it's a really small proportion of those flights that are paid for and arranged by the european union that is not their 1st choice when it comes to getting citizens home they believe that people should be paying for their flights also that national government should take the lead in this and what the foreign policy chief justice burrell said is that $250000.00 people are still stuck this is a figure that we've heard now for days so they are still stranded around the world as as more and more flights are canceled as transport hubs are shut down he said it's going to take a long time little by little these people will be able to come home but it is going to take some time we actually heard yet even more realistic perhaps impression from german foreign minister heiko moss who said look we are bringing people home but we can't exclude the possibility that you know one in some colombian jungle or in some filipin

story with a happy ending as old as flood into one company for some special seasonal treats the teri schultz reports from belgium. this easter most belgian confectioner's have chosen covert $1000.00 confinement with the rest of the population genevieve live trip paul who runs a one woman artisanal shop in lawns a southeast of brussels relies on easter profits to survive until christmas the lockdown had her worried and otherwise. problems trying to market her handmade wares online posted a photo she received of chocolate bunnies wearing face masks to show a sense of humor and resilience the next morning her phone started ringing off the hook with people ordering masked rabbits at 20 crazy crazy crazy and i said what do you know it's not me but after that brief moment of panic she thought why not her people are being asked to make masks to panu she could do that in her own sweet way and by donating all profits to her local hospital network she could help health care workers when they were doing that. in union with what's happening in the world her biggest hope is that people will purchase bunn

teri schultz has been following the story for us in brussels she said there is still much work to be done to ensure you citizens make it back home. what we heard out of the foreign minister's video conference today is that there really hasn't been a lot of progress in bringing home the 250000 or so e.u. citizens who remain stranded all over the globe foreign policy chief joseph breaux pointed out to that commercial flights are cancelled that transfer hubs are shut down and so people can't even take off because they might get stuck on the way so there have been about 10000 citizens brought back by special military flights but he emphasized that no one should be thinking this is the way they're going to get home this is only a means of last resort when there is really no other way to get people out of what could potentially be a dangerous situation so german foreign minister heikal moss at the meeting today pointed out that yes little by little people will find ways to get home but it can't be excluded that those who are right now sitting in the colombian jungle or on some island in th

non-correspondent teri schultz is following this story for us in brussels terry tell us more about what's in this deal what the deal doesn't cover everything yet it was a preliminary a preliminary step but there's a lot of relief that countries have agreed that the euro euro group finance ministers have agreed to take more of a joint approach to dealing with the economic fallout now some of the major elements are that there will be an employment insurance fund for companies so that they can cut employees hours and not jobs that's a huge concern with so many people sitting at home so many people having lost their jobs already so this is expected to help businesses keep more people on the payroll they will also loosen credit lines for both businesses and for governments and that's a big deal it of course doesn't go as far as many governments like italy and spain would like to see at the moment but it will provide some relief some assurances for these countries that they will not have to borrow at record high levels while they're going into so much debt at the moment well it wasn't easy to r

non-correspondent teri schultz is following this story for us in brussels terry tell us more about what's in this deal. well the deal doesn't cover everything yet it was a preliminary preliminary step but there's a lot of relief that countries have agreed that the euro euro group finance ministers have agreed to take more of a joint approach to dealing with the economic fallout now some of the major elements are that there will be and employment insurance fund for companies so that they can cut employees hours and not jobs that's a huge concern with so many people sitting at home so many people having lost their jobs already so this is expected to help businesses keep more people on the payroll they will also loosen credit lines for both businesses and for governments and that's a big deal it of course doesn't go as far as many governments like italy and spain would like to see at the moment but it will provide some relief some assurances for these countries that they will not have to borrow at record high levels while they're going into so much debt at the moment well it wasn't easy to r

that medical supplies are delivered are let's take the story now to brussels our correspondent teri schultz is on the story for is evening good evening to you terry talk to me about what nato's role is in the pandemic has it become an arm of the european union in a way. well nato is looking for its role in the crisis brants knowing that it it has resources to to really play a positive and effective role it is not it is not exactly cordoning with the european union but it it does have the chance to sort of out shine the e.u. you know on on one side of brussels you've got ministers debating how much economic aid should be sent to the countries that are hardest hit how much debt should be neutralized by nato side they'd like well we've got these big planes and we could fly supplies around to so it's it's it's sort of a you know. a much easier decision to make when you're talking about just basic capacities with a lot of the politics sure in a way so nato really does have the opportunity to to shine here and that's what it's done it's got some some shared capabilities in strategic airlift for e