Welcome to this broadcast germany today takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union. Is about to discuss how plans for the 6 months with lawmakers in the federal parliament the bundestag guide the course of the block at a time of huge social and economic upheaval triggered by the global coronavirus and make germany kicked off. By projecting the words together for your. Iconic Brandenburg Gate the slogan is a reference to the damage caused by the virus pandemic which just plans to european economies into recession johnson. Has described it as the greatest challenge the e. U. Has ever faced. Were reaching and im going to michael to begin how to dress for the job but in the meantime im joined by Political Correspondent nina. You know the motto for the e. U. Presidency is together for your recovery what is angle of michaels plan. The German Government will throw all its weight behind efforts to get the European Union out if theres very existential corona crisis of course the German Government had completely different plans for its e. U. Presidency that always takes a half a year but then came corona and now the chancellor has understood that she does need to take drastic measures and to get the approval of all the other Member States in the European Union to push through a plan rescue fund that is worth 750000000000 euros to help the countries that have been hardest hit by the Current Crisis and get it out and of course that is going to be an extremely difficult process but today here at poona stock shes going to try and convince german members of the palm and that this is vital because also it makes germany Germany Economy depends very much on the European Market germanys an export nation some 70 percent of trade is done with its European Partners so its very much in germanys interests to get the european economy going again you know we have to talk about the 750000000000 euro rescue plan from the from the e. U. 500000000000. 00 or euros of which are coming from france and germany but are there any other priorities that germany will have during these 6 months. Of course there are a lot of crises and challenges that are not going to go away just because we have a virus pandemic across the weald there is of course the Climate Crisis we have to remind ourselves that the e. U. Wants to be climate neutral by 2050 and there is a lot on the table there that needs to be done for that to happen then the European Union still doesnt have a functioning migration and asylum system and with the crises around the world of course that issue is not going to go away there will be refugees coming into europe and the e. U. Needs to agree on ways how to deal with them and then. Wanted to host an china summit in september she did postpone that citing corona reasons but the issue of china is of course high on the agenda also in International News also today so the e. U. Desperately needs to find a common strategy regarding china that those are some of the core issues and last but not least we also have the deadline for the brics a transition looming in december and if the e. U. And the United Kingdom cant agree on a deal on their future relations that might mean that the United Kingdom will crash out of the European Union at the end of the year so a lot on the table for the German Government but a lot of this also requires consensus and better than simply whats going to be really whats going to be required i think im going to. Take our viewers straight to the German Parliament not because john slanging a buckle has begun how to dress to members of parliament. And i president of the bundestag in my introductory words years since it is the 1st. Presidency is now assumed by german aid in a difficult time germany has assumed the presidency of the council of the European Union and not surely a presidency will be overshot of a shadowed by the corona pandemic our efforts to contain it and to return to a new normal if you like of 2 weeks ago i asked for your support for the unprecedented recover i plan that we have in order to achieve the economic and social recovery in europe of autopsy or playing accounts on the 52 weeks ago i just looked at this and we agreed that we find ourselves in an unusual situation and we need to have Unusual Solutions that you have or can emerge from this unprecedented crisis. Im scared that. The oppositions are very different the president of the European Council michel has got a an as invited everyone on the 17th of july to discuss this issue and there be many tops that would be necessary and i for example will also be involved in these now working closely together with others i would like to achieve a union as quickly as possible so that the economic recovery can take place as quickly as possible and sustainable is why whats important is that the economic recovery benefits everyone and that its not just about companies and employees but that we also retain and strengthen social cohesion and you have it and that means that the opportunities for young people in europe must be preserved and this is why in our presidency we will be pushing him for a youth guarantee the possibility for every young person to get a job the income that they were not in the 6 months ahead. We wont be only dealing with combating the crisis but we last to be working intensely on terror we can address climate protection digital stuff when a t. And europes role in the world in the future. 2 weeks ago i discussed this in some detail and today i just like to refer to a further challenge facing us in the presidency of the e. U. That is the question of the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom the progress made here to be cautious about it have been modest what we have agreed with the u. K. Is that we will accelerate progress here so that in autumn we can have some kind of an agreement that will be then ratified later i would push for a good solution but we must and should in the e. U. And in germany prepare ourselves for there being no deal with colleagues here at the expectations of germany and. Your presidency are high and i can say on behalf of the German Government that we are determined to do everything in our power so that as europeans we can make progress together for europe within europe and with our International Partners and i would like to ask all of you and your contacts to the parliaments in the Member States. To support our targets within the german presidency because only if we get the support from the National Parliaments in all of the e. U. Member states will be able to tackle the major challenges facing us so the motto of our presidency is one that we need to fulfill with life together making europe strong again thank you. With this brings us to question time and the 1st question is good for it go here from the f. T. Madam chancellor according. To the newspaper her said that the police belong on the dumps but if they meant what you say that this is an attack on the rule of law in the state you didnt want to have the minister of the interior scrutinize this you didnt want responsibility here you just want to the left wing press to be able to commit libel left right and center are you clear of the fact that you are preventing the minister. For whom you created an internet. Act and that this is being. Used to incite a hatred against the police in the leftwing taps newspaper. Referring here to a satirical article. So what is it that makes to you muzzle our minister of the interior. And allow them to. Attacked the police and 19 were injured in the rights and should god the german minister of the interior has of course the full support of the chancellor and the German Government for supporting the Law Enforcement agency and Police Officers need us support and that this is a matter of great concern its not going to. Increase the German Parliament laying out germanys priorities over the next 6 months as germany takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union making a number of points a bit of a spark of the main priority there for the German Government is the coronavirus Recovery Plan for the e. U. You can go straight to our correspondents in berlin we have nina and bob are of a zone in brussels need not like to come to you 1st it was rainy along expected lines wasnt at this speech the coronavirus Recovery Plan front and center. Yes and i found it striking that. The german chancellor called on the german bundestag on the parliament to give her its full support for all the measures that she feels she has to take in the coming months that are vital to get the e. U. Out of this corona crisis she says we have to find progress for europe we have to move the European Union forward and we can only do that if all the National Parliaments agree of course and when you look at the rescue fund of course that is a very controversial issue there are a couple of Member States in the European Union that are extremely reluctant when it comes to that proposal that was put forward by german chancellor Angela Merkel and the french president so a lot of convincing needs to happen in the capitals across europe lets go across to brussels where barbara various understanding by. Barbara germany really does have its work cut out for itself doesnt it trying to convince the other members to get on board with this coronavirus Recovery Plan. Its a hugely difficult task really because what america will have to do is balance interests the interests of the northern and the socalled froogle states the netherlands austria denmark and the swedes that they will not have to sort of shell out for the summer in a countries which will then sort of the waste their money that is the main issue that is at stake here that is what they are afraid of what they fear that they cannot sell politically at home and on the other side the south so where the politicians are really clamoring if you look at spain and particularly italy for help and quick help from brussels from the European Union to overcome the deep slump the economy is falling into because of the corner crisis and she will somehow have to give something to everybody that is always the very difficult task of the u. Presidency she will have to make little parcels and offer something to the netherlands as somehow mitigate mitigate the problem they have with having to give money to this house and on the other hand she will have to sort of tell the south you just have to rein in your expectations you have to be content with what we can give you and make the best of it and then she has Eastern Europe also who want a share and a piece of the cake so it is very very difficult and its sort of compromise making of on the very very highest level but baba should really be optimistic given the recent past record of a lack of consensus building particularly in relation to for example the migration policy in the e. U. Consensus has been hard to come by use germany confident that it really in fact be able to build consensus and one united voice on the coronavirus Recovery Plan. Relatively confident because they simply have to find a compromise i mean this is absolutely this absolutely needs to happen and everybody in the end even the dutch and the austrians and the other northern countries who are sort of reluctant to sort of the dip into their pockets and put money on the table also they know that theyre all also their political survival its their economic survival thats at stake and that is something that im going to michael has started saying again and again and i suppose its going to be one of the main slogans one of the main sentences of her e. U. Presidencies it presidency it is in your own interest so she will have to go to micro to the dutch Prime Minister and say it is in your own interest if you help saving the european science because if the e. U. Falls apart the dutch will be will be falling apart too their economic economy will fail and so she will have to sort of sell this idea to everybody and she will just have to make a very clever and very smart little compromise bits and pieces of compromise that people can take home and say yes we got to wave relatively well out of this big struggle for the money in brussels and she will in the end be able to do it because it is not really it on the arising that one of the 27 Member States will in the end say no well say no to this we walk away its it has to have it never happened before a bot it is going to be super super difficult of course the other side of the concerns is going to compromise as you go and you do barbara need. And an american 1st serve crossed red line didnt she when she along with Emmanuel Mccraw agreed to the
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