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Way we live the way we work the way they are providing for ourselves but there are Many International challenges none of which we can showed on our own as a nation states member countries in the video countries. And we are noticing. That this had already happened before the pandemic but became more strongly pronounced during its monthly lottery cooperation. Is under a lot of pressure many places sort of pressure which we didnt know for many decades and it changes the world and particularly pandemic i mean looking back at the history of pandemic and actually exacerbate such developments which is why from my angle its extremely important that we fight against these tendencies for the renationalisation and increasing protectionism doesnt mean that one cannot be sovereign in certain areas but all together joint cooperation should really be enforced. But equally we understand. The in part a very aggressive world that we are faced with this. Is a world where we on our own as one member state of the e. U. We cannot do much this for me is the art of year of thank you europe is called upon to act thank you but. With all. The matters that sometimes divide us when the European Union there is still a common set of values that we rest our. Common interests and values and interests these are often in a tense situation in many questions particularly Foreign Policy but we always try to work with them in the best sense and im very grateful to the foreign secretary in this respect because speaking for germany he has actually managed to create an alliance of multilateralism with european car colics which is to radiate globally and thats the very spirit in which he is also leading Foreign Policy is if the german presidency when it comes to the Council Meetings should be held tomorrow and the next day we are going to discuss our relationship because of the china you know you know that there was going to be china summit to be held in night 6 for the reasons of the pandemic this is impossible instead were going to a Video Conference between the present the commission. Myself and the chinese president and we have made very clear and 1st we are interested in having a fair trade with china since 2030 in the commission or on the home of the member countries have been negotiating an Investment Agreement with china not much progress has been made and now we want to try to give a new impetus to these negotiations always on the basis of reciprocity. And market access. And we want to try to make decisive progress maybe. Even achieve a political breakthrough but i cannot really promise that but we would like to see that happen by the end of the year you know i think its not in dispute that when it comes to climate protection we have to work with china china is the largest emitter worldwide. And its extremely important. For trying not to contribute to the if its against climate. For climate protection and unlike other emitters china at least which is very encouraging is standing by the agreement entered into and in front of the Un General Assembly china made very clear c o 2 you neutrality by 2060 years to be achieved and you know they want to see that before 2030 china will have peaked when it comes to tier 2 emissions and looking at the Development Challenges for china these targets really are ambitious and they should provide an inspiration for us and europe as well to live up to what they said and also our promises of course you know dialogue with china also me. But we very clearly express our different opinions after all we have fundamentally different social systems just look at the way in which Artificial Intelligence is used in china. And so obviously we have pointed. Out we are deeply concerned about the development in hong kong we have the system one state 2 systems but that is being increasingly undermined and we are going to have people dressing that just as we do with the dreadful and often horrible treatment of minority rights in china thank you theres no doubt if youre male. And we fight for the freedom of opinion human rights and as weve discussed in the Council Meeting tomorrow this will also apply to the relationship. That we do. Not recognize election of president look. We call on him to enter into a dialogue with his popular without interference from either the east or west. And we condemn the daily happenings in this country by the way when there are no democratic processes when there is via no violence against Opposition Leaders i am going to meet his deal on all scales one of the Opposition Leaders thought of missing the courage of the women out on the streets to find my love of everything and not corrupt lives i can only say i admired his deep. With letting him see doing good for me off of this in principle the goals will also regulate our relationship with europe with russia and we have called on russia and i repeat this here and now to. Transparently and completely. Resolve the issue regarding the attack against mr navarre leading Opposition Leader this is something which happened on russian soil it violates the Chemical Weapons Convention so it is also International Matter were still waiting for the. Organization and the ban on chemical weapons to come to its ruling and then within europe we will discuss what necessary reaction would have to be taken and ladies and gentlemen my mother is this busy tomorrow the day after tomorrow concerns the relationship with turkey fuchsia our issue with turkeys turkey is manifold and we see that on the one hand. We are a Santa Barbara human rights developments but on the other hand this we also see the tension which exist in the Eastern Mediterranean between greece and turkey cyprus and turkey which are a grave tensions its hard to imagine just. How little distance there is between a military commission and under peaceful resolving of the situation turkey is a nato partner. Turkey is achieving. A great an amazing deal when it comes to housing refugees then the country which has the most refugees of the whole world is full well you know now so we have to weigh in very carefully how we can contribute to resolving this issue but also how we can find a way of dealing with the refugee issue in a humanitarian way and this means we have to rebalance our relationship with turkey on a constant basis but many him pull on this it will rely on ration with a country like they didnt gentleman in recent days weve seen dreadful images not from turkey when it comes to dealing with refugees i want to make that very clear but these pictures came from lesbos which is part of a member country of the European Union and i think it was right for germany to act to help. Them do of course we are aware that this is not a sustainable solution of the problem which is why i am so grateful that the European Commission has now tabled some suggestions how to deal with the overall area of refugee homicide. And the proposals made now indicates that a really complex thing probably on the base is something which will be dealing with for 10 to 34 years i would even say that for decades to come there and that is why the commissions proposal has to be started to know must also say the question how to implement this proposal. Is difficult the minister of the interior is working hard on that the question of implementation is going to be a testing ground for europes cohesion because in the long run we need to fire. And Common Ground when it comes to migration is among the member countries because if we dont it will be a great burden for europes ability to have access and thats why i find it so good that now. We are attempting to do something head of the commission has really tried personally to achieve that a situation where lesbos will set up a Reception Center for refugees under european guidelines and that is very important its a european project after all we can talk about of european policy if they dont act on the european basis here but not ladies and gentlemen shows that only a united europe will be a stronger europe a europe capable to exist in the future and that is why i pose the pandemic we have to take a leading role in technology in society in everything which is why given the Historical Office going to me we now really have started a very special way of looking into the future apart from the traditional ways we are doing traditional liked if it is. Good and good may be e. U. Of the next generation even there but it is part of the german presidency to try and make sure that all of what we manage it can be available from the 1st of january and there are quite some obstacles to overcome in the we are currently negotiating with parliament and apart from the only financial questions which need to be resolved theres also the question of the rule of law particularly in context with finances but i dont want to go into the native british let me just say were going to face a very tough negotiation is there. And then there will be a very focus proses when we look at how to use own funds also here in germany where a decision will have to be made and ready requests corporation here are between the government and the parliament but these are not the only efforts were making before that we also provide. The ground for loans to be taken out a short time later. Ruthless it seems nice so the European Union is trying to give the really strong loans that are the challenges of the day and that is why i believe this is one area where we have showed demonstrated you can we fix mr speaker. And youve been listening to german chancellor Angela Merkel there addressing lawmakers in the bonus dog and her annual budget speech the speech is also coming just before an important e. U. Summit we have Team Coverage with me here in the studio is t w Political Correspondent hans blunt and in the bonus todd is our senior Political Editor mckay to welcome to you both. For ranging speech there from the chancellor covering a lot of territory and of course the pandemic featuring very very prominently in her speech will start with you make a bow what struck you about the speech she delivers a budget speech every year it must be said that this is a very special year. Absolutely and i have to say what struck me most is that she didnt mention the United States she mentioned china she mentioned russia she had a lot of criticism for example of better routes she then song the praises of the European Union said that this is the hour of europe a europe that is still not capable of finding a common voice when it comes to. Not being able to implement sanctions there and she doesnt mention the United States the morning after there was this very controversial u. S. President ial debate well once again the sitting president voided questions whether he would peacefully hand over power so i thought that was the most striking element but she started out with how the bread and butter issue of corona that is her has become a bread and butter issue and how that money is to be spent also naming a lot of deficit status becomes so apparent in this Current Crisis from digitalization in the state of german schools mainly education issues but also digitalisation on a larger scale in germany which clearly is something that her government missed its a weak point that becomes apparent after 15 years of Angela Merkel in government turns your main takeaways from the. I think apart from the corona crisis which obviously was rates going through everything that you have to say the emphasis on multilateral issues on the need for moderate actual issues i think to some extent that was a little bit. The question that i raised that the United States was not mentioned emphasize the very very strongly are important in her mind especially in this pandemic. Issues were and in that sense also obviously she emphasized the need for the European Union to stand together and find a stance against china which she spent a lot of time on but a pro presumably also against the United States thank you so much Political Correspondent and the. Cheap Political Editor and youve been watching special coverage. In. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. 19 special next on d w. 3 d. And for our planet. To bring you more conservation. How do we make cities scream. How can we protect our so. We can make a difference. To the environmental series of movies on. Its the largest disruption of Global Education systems in history. When the pandemic 1st heres around one and a half 1000000000 students around the world were sent home our schools closed their doors. And some have since reopened but class isnt in session for harf of the world school children. The lucky ones were able to pursue their studies online. But for many even in developed countries that is not an option. The world was already struggling to come to grips with educational inequality now the United Nations warns the covert crisis is making it worse disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable and threatening to wipe out decades of progress for this generation and possibly beyond. This is over 1000 special im Kate Ferguson thanks for joining me at the height of the pandemic schools in some 190 countries close their doors many have since reopened but the experience of lockdown heightened major inequalities in education and even richer countries like germany have struggled with the challenges of going to. Pencils a shop and books are out and students are back in the classrooms but it seems not much of the Digital Learning put in place during lockdown has survived here at the smiths causeless school and. Teacher says many of the challenges involved in Digital Learning remain. The foundational problems are still there a lot of parents dont understand technology a lot of families dont have internet or Digital Technology at home but the schools are much better prepared so we are able to have clouds and Messenger Services and email that is all. In accordance with Data Protection laws which was not the case before the corona crisis has made schools realise how much still needs to be done and in most classrooms teaches and students still refuse analog tools and learning materials to change that the German Government has put aside 5000000000 curios to digitalize the classroom money desperately needed says coprincipal sure nuff said when looking at his equipment this is. It is definitely the case that teachers and parents are investing their own private resources to digitalize this course staff and initiatives by the state but that always comes with a lot of bureaucracy which we see now as well with the current funded so in the end you have to make sure you take all that you can get one can come. Until now only one of over 1200 students at this school has received a tablet financed by the state students our way of how slowly things are moving and want to see change. If you ted if you go as room for improvement in the digitalisation of our school to say the least theres not enough equipment for all students it was not enough to make proper home schooling possible. But some students think that they are now better prepared in case of another lockdown. And learn from us what i dont know at the beginning it was new for all of us the system the computer is working at home now i think that it was well better than the 1st time. But the ideal classroom that can switch effortlessly from the school to each students very unfair means at distant goal. That talk to professor fernando reamer as he thought director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative Harvard University professor eamon thanks for joining us youve said at the current disruption to learning could cause the biggest educational setback in history could you expand on that for us. Absolutely im delighted to be with you the currency has to be set in the context of the fact that over the last 7 decades the world experienced the most remarkable silent revolution in the history of humanity as a result of the expansion of boxes through school which went from including about one of 2 children in school 70 years ago doing clearing just about everyone now this pandemic through 3 mechanisms is going to create a major said by the 1st mechanism is that because schools have to create of ways of delivering education in a limited time with limited professional preparation to teachers those mechanisms have not reached of students all students equally well in addition the kind of support that is available to students are home varies depending on the level of education of their parents and other social economic level and as a result for the students who have not been reached effectively and who do not have adequate support at home they are not learning and they are not engaging in school well that means is that some of them are going to have a very hard im continuing their studies window and then he is over and some of them are going to drop out altogether in some cases caused by the a memory consumption of these as a cause of children to begin to work to help their families survive and finally the 3rd mechanism is a piece pandemic is creating enormous Financial Burdens in some states and as a result of. Being available for education so those. 3 mechanisms are the ones that are going to cause major setbacks in how many children are able to return to school were going to see many of them drop out and were going to see that for many children even those who continue there are going to be significant gaps in their knowledge the schools may or may not be able to help them recover so some huge challenges that youve spoken to educators all over the world whats the most surprising thing youve heard from them. Correct over the last 6 months i have been doing Extensive Research with colleagues of the o. E. C. D. And of the world via what has really surprised me the most are 3 things number one the tremendous concern for education the fact that you gauge an e. C. M. Im of a pandemic when life is what is at stake as a very very serious concern and that speaks to a major cultural shift in humanity if you think about the last pandemic of 1918 education was not one of the top 3 was not even one of the then comes ours and the fact that he is this speaks very well about how we as as the as a Global Community have internalized how important the development of the talent and skills of the next generation are the 2nd thing that has surprised me is the professionalism of many teachers who have demonstrated to them and you creation is not just a job its a life mission and they have worked extremely hard to create alternative ways to continue to reach their students sometimes with the support of their local governments state governments sometimes in the absence of support the 3rd thing that has surprised me is the remarkable create the media i mean the nation has resulted from a lot of racial collaboration among teachers within schools among schools corporations are organizations of civil so. I think that some of those innovations have been facilitated by the teachers who are connected to networks of people outside their jurisdictions that communication extensive communication whos a teacher in touch with others in places are on a wait has created be a equivalent of a many chief act and marriage effect is a term used to refer to what happened in florence several decades after the taliban and then when lawrence for the many. Cd iraqi of art and intellectuals on science. Rb. I help your fellow out of not current versions of great minds in a small ways. The ross house and i think there is a i for some schools these communication these collaborations going to really bring. In some schools but sidelight it out into on a hopeful note there professor fernando reamers thank you so much for speaking with us because i prefer thank you very much for having me time now to answer one of your questions about the car on a virus over to our science correspondent eric williams. How do you decide which parts of the population get vaccinated 1st. Theres a lot of worry at both the national and International Levels that when a vaccine does become available it wont be distributed to the people who need it most on an equitable basis but who does need it the most while lawmakers are already coming up with lists of of who should be at the front of the line and with some variations its what Health Authorities around the world will hopefully carry through on in assuming that politicians are able to grasp the idea that this is a global issue that wont be solved by that scene nationalism which is a big if but supplies will also be limited initially at least so there needs to be a framework in place to maximize benefits. The Vaccine Alliance or gobby which is the International Organization that plays a vital role in Vaccine Development and distribution all over the world its come up with guidelines and theyre providing the most benefit for the most people worldwide even with limited resources over 150. 00 countries have now signed up to its kovacs initiative it recommends that the 1st people to get a vaccine should be those most exposed to the disease which are the health care and and social care workers on the pandemic front lines thousands of them all over the planet have died from covert 19 already next in line would be older people over 60 fives alone with those at high risk if they catch the disease like like people with with Underlying Health conditions most countries will probably also prioritize professions that are deemed to be essential for people like caregivers and rest homes or Police Officers or those who work in and Key Industries like Food Production which already clear is that children will be far down on the list and not only because of it 19 is less deadly in general for them but also because itll take more time to produce and test vaccines that are specifically tailored to kids. And finally for many adjusting to the new normal means avoiding social gatherings not setting foot in restaurants but thats not good enough for one company in japan theyve unveiled a new robotic away sir and they hope will help people enjoy while keeping their distance softbank from posix says the ai driven robot is designed to keep customers and restaurant staff safe. Theyre bringing food and drinks with a little risk of infection they are driven robot will be alone dash to select restaurants and this winter. And thats all from me thanks so much for watching take care. India. Nora in brad just down is a special bill is a smart village residents Work Together to ensure a dignified quality of life with a safe water supply and basic amenities. And they are creating jobs. How Ruth Community takes pride in the way of life. And 30 minutes. In the art of climate change. The transmitter says. Instantly. 90 years to the head of their future. Dot com africanamerican serving in the making. 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