is in in the process of implementing 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

union, and for this the europeaner in a different way, to make an important geopolitical decision, including those related to expansion of the missile union from the integration of ukraine into the european union, that's why i don't have hope somehow, but when i have hope in general, how do i have some troubled times, i then say that it is necessary to do remember the times of the grand duchy of lithuania and start thinking about the unification of ukraine and lithuania, and then i have a question as to how exactly germany united, and i became the european union for 90 hours in west germany. we can solve this problem. we have no borders at all. we need you to unite with poland, then i don't think there will be many supporters of such a union in lithuania or ukraine. well , let's see if belarus can help us with its democracy . the topic of corruption was discussed as a topic that can seriously slow down the european integration of ukraine, and now we will talk about all these anti-corruption events with our next guest

and the european destiny you have asked for candidacy status in the european union. and i think we can be very proud of the fact that the european leaders decided so quickly to grant candidate status to ukraine for your membership. since then, despite the ongoing war, you have bravely and so good, great determination implemented reforms. we are very impressed with all the progress that has been made in just a few months. we know what to do. so what brings you to that after the summer, there will be a report from the european commission. my responsibility will be to ensure that the council live subject. it's responsibility is by the end of this year on the basis of the commission report. and we can decide on the follow up to this integration process for one with ukraine in the european union. these are the 3 main messages on a military support. political diplomatic support and support for you. ukraine's european destiny adjusted by way of conclusion. but i would just say that the european union will maintain its determination to put pressure on the kremlin sanctions ar

so, ukraine submitted an application for accession to the european union immediately after the full-scalerussian invasion . this application was very quickly supported in june . yes, in ukraine, the status of a candidate for accession and a list of the european commission promises to give an interim assessment of the seven requirements that kyiv must fulfill before starting negotiations, in particular the requirements for judicial reform, already this spring, and the representatives have stated that there is no time frame only the goals, but not only ukrainian european integration, were discussed at the summit in kyiv during the meeting, the leader of the register supported mir zelenskyi's formula, the right of ukraine to occupy all its territories, including crimea, in addition, the eu supported ukraine on the issue of bringing the russian leadership to justice for the crime of aggression, the european union will coordinate the creation and the work of the international center for prosecuting russia for the crime of aggression in asia is still ready to immediately invest a billion euros

, then the fact that we came here on the 24th - ukraine and the european union itself are in the middle of a war, and yet we we are talking we are building the future of ukraine in the european union listen to this the best evidence is better than a thousand words you should act today but let 's talk about different aspects of energy here 35 million light bulbs is just one example if we take this example that we will go to 15 million chips all over the whole of ukraine, then this will allow us to save as much electricity as is produced by one reactor for nuclear power plants, this is a simple way, we can save energy , we can develop in the field we also discussed various issues such as to support energy security, well, at the moment , generators are important so that electricity continues to flow and we have already secured the supply of half 1,400 generators. we are also involved in the repair of the infrastructure infrastructure so that the power grid worked at the beginning of the war when we quickly synchronized our power grids at first ukraine supplied electricity to the eur

the week should be full of european integration. we are waiting for news for ukraine, we are waiting for the decisions of our partners in the european union will correspond to the achieved level of cooperation between our institutions and the eu and our progress, which is obviously even despite the full-scale war. well, this is the european union began immediately after the declaration of independence and since then have been constantly deepening over the next decade, the verkhovna rada adopted a number of documents in which european integration was announced as a long-term strategic goal of kyiv, discussions about the possible format of unification ended with the paris summit in 2008, at which ukraine and the european union agreed to conclude an association agreement, which provided for a transition from partnership to political and economic integration in 2013, an attempt by president yanukovych to disrupt the adoption of association with the eu caused mass protests the revolution of dignity removed yanukovych from power and in 2014 the political and economic parts of the association agreement were successively signed in 2017 for of ukr

, so the fact that we came here on the 24th is the most honey with ukraine of the european unionhe middle of the war but nevertheless we say we are building the future of ukraine in the european union listen to this the best evidence is better than a thousand words god this is the reality that you have to act on today let's talk about different aspects of energy here 35 million light bulbs is just one of the examples we will get 15 million light bulbs in total

, 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

language is heard in the european parliament and this has already been ensured and we will make it part of the usual european practice. 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 exam

union is necessary not only for ukraine, but also for the european unionof ukraine , the upper chechen union, brings not only economic benefits, both for ukraine and for production, the main one brings much greater benefits, such as geopolitical changes in the entire european continent, what is really needed is the most important strategic one today, eh. what is the reason for the labor continent and the beginning of the negotiations ? eh, it will be noted that new tools have appeared, eh, how to measure the progress of ukraine. for m-m reforms and if you look at our experience in the experience of central europe in the late 90s , when we started negotiations for lithuania , let's say it took 3 years to finish the negotiations for poland, this country it took more than four years, that is, the beginning of the negotiations, then you can give a very good report. when ukraine can , by the way, be a crappy european film according to our calculations, according to the calculations, and the one who is recorded in various documents of the european parliament , s

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

the head of european diplomacy, josé borel, also expressed his views. now with the people of turkey and syria, the european unionhelp cope with the consequences of the tragedy 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 a

, a person who says that tomorrow we will become members of the european union , i think d not be taken seriously, what is the main obstacle for us now on the way to the eu, this internal internal inconsistency is there a political lobby in the european union or a war? well, what is the main reason, because the voters of the euro countries of the european union did not give their politicians the current leaders of their countries and the european parliament formed the european commission, they did not give a mandate to accept the countries that are part of the european union is waging 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

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

catches on the eve of the summit in kyiv, which gathered european officials in the ukrainian capital, meanwhile , the european parliament adopted a resolution calling on the european union to work on the start of negotiations on ukraine's accession to the eu . we will talk more about this with our european by the correspondent bohdan tsyupin, who joins the broadcast from london bohdan i congratulate you, can ukraine, according to expectations , join the european union even before the end of the full-scale war unleashed by russia ostapa, i dare say that these two things certainly cannot be connected with each other because ukrainians want the end of the war today, right now, and in particular, representatives of the european union and western partners and allies of ukraine say that it can end immediately, because it is enough for putin to give an order to stop the fire and take away russian troops from sovereign ukrainian territory to honor internationally recognized ukrainian borders. if we are talking about the process of ukraine joining the european union, then here , for example, if we take croatia, the last country to become a member of this organization, it acquire

, that's why actually the speed of this process usually depends on the european union, but also to a large extent on ourselves, what danger for the european integration of ukraine can be the so-called bilateral conflicts, bilateral claims well, i think you understand what we are talking about , i will give as an example the blockade of north macedonia, bulgaria, the negotiations you are smiling because you know what we are leading to, and before that greece, hungary from italy . to be honest, yes, i said that when we talk about the issue of the law on the constitutional court, we must realize that now we believe that these are problematic issues, but this is only the beginning, and i think that precisely the issues of ukraine's accession to the eu will be much more interesting cases in our country than there were with north macedonia or, before that , just macedonia. minorities or issues that we don't even talk about today as problematic. yes , today we ask, we concentrate on issues such as the rule of law, anti-corruption, economic reforms, but for the membership. maybe at the

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 ukraine, your president, much of what he said was about thanks. and then we heard from and we also heard a questions there from the floor. i corresponded jack park. i is there in brussels and was following these, these discussions today. what do we know jack about about what was achieved today in he said closed meeting with the european heads of state and government. yeah, that's a big question. so it was a very interesting press conference there. the 1st time the vladimir zalinski has been to brussels us since the outbreak of the war. it was a huge event here in brussels. i think it's hard to over states, the sort of frenzy arou

possible after fulfilling all the requirements, they will simply be able to confirm the fact that the european unionreally 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, they waste some time in order to come to an understanding of the processes that are taking place , it is possible to establish some new contacts if some key people leave and others will come, but i do not think that they will somehow radically change the results of these elections for example, the consensus regarding the support of ukraine and regarding integration, we now see wh

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

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

well, in particular, in democratic countries in the european union, in the states , in canada, in other countries, and they will be those transferred to ukraine, by the way, mechanisms are being developed in the european union, the first theses and statements of the leaders of the european community countries have already been voiced, that in principle they have an understanding and a vision of how much this is a real story in general, how quickly since we can run out of time for this mechanism to work, the speaker of the verkhovna rada of ukraine as a well-known and professional lawyer absolutely rightly says that the initial issue is the responsibility of the russian federation, the russian federation has committed an international illegal activity the russian federation must bear responsibility for it and before the russian federation bears this responsibility in full. we cannot talk about peace or normal relations with the russian federation or even about the conclusion of a peace treaty. of course , the best and easiest option is if the russian federation agrees to pay reparations,

you don’t want to join the european union. the logic works the other way around. ith all those reforms to join the european union, and then the ato was on the contrary, well, two joined organizations at the same time, but again, we are like that, well, that we will join nato. to rebuild all our economic ties to rebuild our entire economy, it will turn from the socialist republic to a normal democratic state, this was our goal. and we also had an opportunity. how are you now supported by us under the regime and we just used this window, i really hope that you will use it with the help of those who are helping you now, tell me, this is it , finland will now join nato - this will increase your security, do you think or increase it finland's security well, you know, in principle, finland is such a close partner of nato that, for example, on some issues we cooperate with finland much, much more closely than with some other nato allies. no naively, he saw these maps that you showed when you were general gerasimov, they didn’t make a difference where nato nato begins, whe

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

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

ukraine will be a member of the european unionaine what ukraine is winning as a member of the european union the european union is winning dear friends, maybe before some people did not feel the 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-a

we want to realize it as soon as possible by integrating the european union here, and in this regard,elations between the politicians of the european union of ukraine and the leaders of ukraine are very good. which are based, well, on the one hand, on some official uh-uh moments, on the other hand, on good, simply human relations, then of course they do not need to be used if the only well, there really is such an opportunity, and after that we will be able to really to say well, with full right that the terms of ukraine regarding integration into the european union were different, but ukraine in this regard well can really create a certain precedent , taking into account the whole situation in which we are and complete all official procedures faster than everything happened, for example, in other countries right there one should not forget two points. the first point is that ukraine actually started this path of integration long enough after 2014 and we have done a lot on this path. now we are just finishing what was not done before for various objective reasons , and the second poin

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

is a top twenty, and the european union, then let's leave the european union and expel it from therepean countries to leave if they have their own representative, with what statistics, well, seven, this is god bless him. let me take the eighth chair and put a stool there, and the european representative is sitting there. i remember a few years ago. e hmm well, also a little, as if not very beloved, but the dear leader , such as erdogan, he showed in general to the europeans. in particular, so to speak , the representatives of the european commission, ursula fondor, are too lazy to place her place in general. therefore, the relationship, yes, the relationship of a man is sitting. and you get out of here, and our relationship is this reverent to the european. the union needs to be changed, because europe, which we counted on a few years ago, and europe, and in the guise of nato or the european union, is our enemy, but we will agree with the nation-states, we cannot agree with the marovets or dick scholz, because and who they are being replaced. he suits the same. or maybe even worse, t

so, the president the european commission believes that ukraine will become a member of the european unionand she stated this today, thursday, during a joint meeting of the european commission and the government . the european commission will help ukraine get closer to accession , i quote, until the day when the ukrainian flag will be raised where it should be in front of the bergamond building in brussels, this building is where the european commission is located and in front of it the flags of all the member states of the european community are hoisted. well, we invite to our conversation maria ionova, people's deputy of ukraine, member of the verkhovna rada's committee on foreign policy and inter -parliamentary cooperation, we congratulate glory to ukraine that on the agenda of joint e-e meetings by the european commission of our government that on the official agenda and what do you think is on the unofficial agenda? well, let's start with the general yes. what we welcome is what exactly is happening, it is really very symbolic, especially on the eve the parties in russian federation a

union, which european union do you want to see, is it the union where all the countries leadit where brussels makes all the decisions, thank you hetman's energy welkom and if all this is for me, then ah the european union is not working, but it is not working. i am very grateful for everything. for you to do the garbage, she said, i think i listened. i wanted to hear it, but, but i guess we want too much, but i heard that after the recommendation and the results, well, after our recommendations, we can start to open a dialogue about our future. in the european to the union, that's why my question to all of us is that we need unity, so of course we need this issue, and we really want to have it. to motivate ourselves and, by the way, to motivate our army because they are being attacked by russia and aggression, but we are fighting for, not against. first of all, for sovereignty for ukraine, of course for the children, but also for membership in the european union, and that is why we need a year and charko. in the lyubar union, eh, but you know i have one more question, just be

as long as it takes, the european union's support for ukraine. this is a few days after putin's criminal and unprovoked war of ukraine. our speakers will be ambassador stavros lambrinidis, ambassador of the european union to the u.s., ambassador oksana markarova ambassador of ukraine to the united states. representing the swedish eu presidency, ingrid ask. that the moderator is ryan hea th of politico. i want to draw the attention to people who are not in this amazing in person audience, to the virtual audience. we have ambassadors in the room from luxembourg, spain, the czech republic, the slovak republic, denmark, the european union. from ukraine, as i mentioned, romania, lithuania, bogue area, croatia -- bold area, croatia. 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 ambiti

, 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 prospects are looming for ukraine that the western partners said, tell the country yourself, the eu ended without loud statements , but not without positive signals, at the joint press conference of ursula von der leyen , charles la michele and president volodymyr zelenskyi, many such statements were heard regarding accession of ukraine to the eu, the leaders of the european union confirmed once again that the future of ukraine is in the european family. an

last year , the largest partner of the eu in trade, for example, ukraine, was the european union. e 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 t

of foreign ministers of the european union, while speaking today in the european parliament. chief diplomat of the european union reproached the europeans for receiving applause in brussels. le 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 product

he also spoke about how the supports by the european lawmakers and the european union was the motivation for the people of ukraine to continue with their fight to continue defending their territory. but also european values, and he then described her a latimer pollutant and his regime as the most and hi european force in the world. so that was of course is something that said there, lawmakers, we're eager to hear. and i think it was remarkable that the focus of his speech was definitely on the topic of becoming a member of the pure european union of speeding up the process. that is what he and his government are hoping for. they hope for the commitment from the european union and its members said to get a fast track membership, because that is what you queen needs according to vladimir zalinski. and that mr. leslie didn't bring up the issue of a fighter, jasper bay, the president of the parliament did. yes, and that was also very a remarkable. and i think she was the one robert m at saw the president of the european parliament who mentioned a request for fighter jets in her speech. calli

the european commission is located. and in front of it are the flags of all full members of the european union, and with this statement jursola von derlian once again confirmed that such a person will become a member of the european union, the main question and the main intrigue when no one names specific dates or terms, although a few days before the summit, the prime minister of ukraine denismagal declared that they have such the intention to join the european union in two years , at the same time, the chief diplomat of the russian federation borel stated that he is not ready to name specific terms of terms today , the reason for this is, in particular, the war, which today is still continues in ukraine and now ukraine has received a report based on the results of a questionnaire that was sent earlier and they are also continuing the transition of bringing ukrainian legislation into compliance with the norms of the european union even today, as president volodymyr zelenskyi said, all seven recommendations from the european union will be implemented soon , direct speech of the president of ukraine now let's listen ukraine an

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

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's

, there is the european parliament, the european commission, which forms the policy of the european union, and therefore it seems to me that uh, well, it is important to realize that we do not give a part of our sovereignty to anyone, when we, on the contrary , demonstrate a willingness to take into account european rules when forming our independent we still do not have courts in the constitutional court, other courts are foreign courts, although it is possible that many in society believe that this would add virtue to certain courts, but it is very important that these courts had an impeccable reputation. for example, the anti-corruption court has a very high reputation in society, and once again i want to remind you that it really is, with the help of expert opinion and ukrainian e-e experts from professional representatives and international ones, and it seems to me that this would only add transparency to the constitutional court now how great is the danger regarding the pension court delegated by representatives of one political force if it is about the parliament and from the judic

fact that the majority people in northern ireland voted against breaks it voted to stay in the european union. and that's something that sometimes lost in this debate because the d p get such attention because of its opposition to the european union and each the protocol. and of course, many, the changes that have come about as a result of this agreement had been made to assuage the fears of the d u p. but it's worth remembering that g p got 21 percent of the vote in northern ireland during the most recent elections. brian fini, in belfast, i mean where do you see the process as is at the moment with prime minister soon like heading to northern ireland in terms of the way that he's got to deal with the unionists now and the dare i say the power that they hold is that power that they hold? well, it's very important for sure not to try to get the d u p on board to get them to support this thing. i mean, it is a good day on a certain day people in britain elsewhere said would never happen, that the european union wouldn't agree the problem for sure not as an, as the d u p. decide not to go back

eyes this change of paradigm and attitude towards ukraine on the part of european politicians, how has the attitude changed of the european union to ukraine, how has the perception of ukraine changed ? good evening. well, you know, i am not exaggerating if i say that it has changed completely from the beginning. very few european countries objectively believed that ukraine would survive, and this was actually one of the reasons why they did not sacrifice in such cases. they have weapons like now and ammunition because no one expected that the ukrainians would fight so much about it now openly, in particular, high-ranking officials of the eu are talking about it well, now here they admire the resilience and courage of ukrainians about it, in particular in the joint in statements to the anniversary of the war, the leaders of the european union and nato countries mentioned that from doubts in ukraine, the west went this way to the certainty that russia does not intend to win in ukraine, in particular, the german chancellor said today that vladimir putin was defeated in ukraine, and actually to the extent that ukraine fought as it

romania is a member of the european union. she can to stop any initiative of yours. and we must realize this. we talked about it yesterday with mr. ukubilis, the members of the european parliament and the former president of lithuania, and he says that there is a desire to reform in this way. the european union so that there would be no such right , vyta, but i don’t really believe in it. all attempts to reform the european union so that there would be no veto right have always met with the obvious opposition of a larger number of members , because this is what small countries in terms of population size and influence fear most of all. because all their influence is in this project, it is obvious that germany or france and italy have other leverage , they give huge money to a european ally, such an economy, and the countries that receive the money have nothing. they don't have this opportunity to listen to them, this is one point, another point is that in any case, all sections of these negotiations need to be closed. even if we imagine that the negotiations will begi

already in the spring or fall, so that ukraine becomes a member of the european union, if thist happen, then they start looking for the culprits, and why is this so ? to love in the european union, that is, the formation of these under elevated and inflated expectations is also dangerous. but hmm, if politicians have declared such a high bar, then they should systematically move in all the directions we said sectoral, that is, to do our work in an increased and increased speed in order to unite these areas and eventually for ukraine to become a member of the european union, this imposes obligations on us, but as we see sometimes in our country, you know , look not at systemic things, but at indicative ones as you said about the arrests, the dismissals, that's all , let's stop there. well, the system is not changing , the institutions are not changing, the institutions of power are not being strengthened, like the judicial reform, we have been hearing about it for several years. how can we change it there before the fall, for example, when they come there to inspect us, well, it

the european market in parallel with the accession and in parallel with the preparation of the accession saw last year with the decision on mts, this is joining the electrical networks of the european union with the formal completion of preparations and joining the common transit system - this is a large part of the customs procedures that we and the european union have now become the same in common, and this is the discussion of the decision there on roaming, which is now there are many other topics being prepared that are less common, but nevertheless they all testify to the fact that the process of preparing for admission is ongoing, but it will not be easy , so you are now for achievements, and here are the challenges and the problems that exist now because you have listed the achievements and thank god there are many challenges and problems we will fulfill. the problems are no less difficult to predict . all of them cannot be fulfilled, none of them, well, starting with those who are more ready to adopt legislation on the media and on minorities , nevertheless, there are comments, there are discussions in ukraine and, in fact, in the european union , so we are waiting very much for

happening at this meeting would be the discussions about a candid did you crave a accessing the european union? everything that that, that lays the past to that there are some specific agreements as we heard about a specific, a grant for example, being able to export without charl into the european union that candidates usually do not half. but of course, the most important discussions will about be about the accession process and how far ukraine has gotten there would not be an official assessment yet. that's too early for that. but i think the signals that the europeans would be sending in these meetings to was the ukrainians. this is what people who are really watching for at the moment. mathias spelling there. thank you so much bethany from keith. and to pick reminder of our special coverage at this hour, the eas top officials are in key for a summit to discuss ukraine's financial business and energy needs. european commission president, 1st left underline and her team are part of the biggest delegation visit since to start a fresh invasion. they've also been discussing new sanctions on mo

what more can ukraine do to bring the european union to its cause? , it needs to adopt legislation and then implement this, right? legal standards and economic standards, the single market regulation of the european union has to be adopted into ukrainian law, and not just on paper, but this has to be implemented. that takes a bit of time, so to start as early as possible i think is a very important step. >> do you think ukraine has quite an uphill battle ahead of it if it wants to join the eu? >> well, let's be clear, first, we have to have peace. that means ukraine has to liberate its occupied territories, and we have to help them, but once there is peace, i think we can then talk about a very, very determined road to membership for ukraine. but first, peace has terrain -- peace has to reign. >> that will certainly mean pushing russian forces out of ukrainian territory. today we have seen russian -- russia lashing out at the west. how well do you think the message would be taken by russia? >> russia's aggression against ukrae did not start 24th of fe

the ukrainian cabinet and the european commission and not it's just about politics and pro-money, first of all, this is the tenth package of sanctions, what the european unionpreparing against russia and what should be adopted already this month , secondly, this is a grind about the common economic market, export, import between ukraine and as a club of european states, we already have a bunch of canceled customs duties from the eu and de jure this thing is temporary and permanent it looks like it can become free roaming from europe such a digital visa-free ukrainians will be able to talk to loved ones in the european union in the future at the rates of the european free roaming zone without subscriptions experts internationalists believe that until the war, the official membership of ukraine in the eu remains a very ambiguous thing, and probably these three presidents understand it very well. it is important that the victory of ukraine becomes a real common cause of europe. we have a common goal to put an end to this war. with the aim of respecting the sovereignty and integrity of ukraine, and that is why the initiative of ukraine regarding the peace formu

sign of quality yes or uh hm or like yes if you can say spurs against during the reception to the european union dmytro, in your opinion, what changed after february 24, 2022 in the context that until that moment we were essentially kept at the door ? the prospect of ukraine's accession to the european union is gene-gene for the field for the forest there after a decade, and after february 22, all the processes were suddenly activated , although, in fact, there is a direct correlation of some kind between the full-scale attack of russia on ukraine and the movement of ukraine to the european union, so you can't draw a straight line, nevertheless we see how now everything has accelerated, just for a decade that has changed, it has accelerated, yes, here. although i want to say that there are actually enough skeptics regarding ukraine, skepticism is actually enough. yes, it’s just that in these conditions, uh, and well, it’s not even somewhere, it’s not even obscene, yes, to talk about what uh, well, to express somehow, although ah, you see, the president even mentioned this about decades, and he a

. of the union and ukrainian flags were at the presidium of the european union. that after today's meeting , the fact that ukraine will be a member of the european union no longer exists, but there is still much to come struggle, because immediately after this successful resignation of president zelensky, passions flared up around the posts of the head of the president's office, andrii yarmak, who first wrote an article about the fact that the case with the transfer of f16 fighter jets to ukraine has already been resolved, then yours was corrected, which apparently i am now free quoting this i say, judging by everything, everything will be okay, but the situation is still in the process. well, let's hope that it will be the same as with the tanks. when we were told that the tanks would come later, well, then germany was against it. and then tanks were given more than originally planned, this project speaks big lviv, we say good evening to all, we congratulate you glory to ukraine to our heroes glory and thank you for being with us thank you for watching this broad