that you speak to officials and diplomats a lot of the time you would hear, not a lot of progress, going round in circles, not much to tell you. then, critically since around january there was certainly a sense of people saying, i cannot speak to you too much about this at the moment. ijudicially got a sense that what was going on behind the scenes. and of course we have seen all these documents published and what was going on behind the scenes. the deal is never done into is actually done. our brussels correspondent, thank 0ur brussels correspondent, thank you. just picking up on you. just picking up on what was said they make these negotiations, some of these things are not entirely clear, one thing was the green leaves. it is an article in the telegraph this morning suggesting that green lanes will not be like in an airport, they will still be checked. the prime and are strictly in his interview on today, that these checks will be only where the
ms kaili had been a strong defender of qatar and its government. she s currently being held in custody and is due to appear in court on wednesday along with three other people. later this morning, the european parliament will vote to strip her of her role as vice president. our brussels correspondent jessica parkerjoins me now. so, that vote is taking place even though she would say she has not had a fair hearing get but as we were discussing yesterday, the parliament is very concerned about reputational damage? is very concerned about reputational damaue? , ~ , ., ., damage? yes, i think there is a lot of damage damage? yes, i think there is a lot of damage control, damage? yes, i think there is a lot of damage control, or damage? yes, i think there is a lot of damage control, or efforts i damage? yes, i think there is a lot of damage control, or efforts at i of damage control, or efforts at damage control, going on here at the european parliament. meps who are gathered here in
bbc news, kyiv. the european commission is expected to outline proposals for eu countries to reduce their gas consumption by up to 15%. there are concerns russia could reduce or stop supplies to the eu this winter. moscow has already significantly cut supplies to a dozen eu members. our brussels correspondent nick beake has more. europe may be in the middle of this heatwave, but there are pretty dire predictions about what might happen in the winter. specifically, that president putin may choose to reduce further the amount of russian gas flowing to eu countries, or even stop supplies altogether, in the worst case scenario. so that is why the european commission, the executive arm of the european union, is going to outline some proposals in a couple of hours or so. and among them will be the suggestion that individual eu countries will cut their consumption of gas by around 15%.
we re not talking notjust about eu budgets more normally, but substantial sums of money- in terms of covid 19 recovery funds. so, a lot of cash in- potentially at stake there. however, i would get to that - by saying that what we re looking at here is a regulation which have certain processes need to be - followed quite specifically requirements in terms . of what would count as a breach. in the eu or brussels perspective, there are deep concerns about judicial independence in poland, deep concerns i about media freedom in hungary, but the current conservative - nationalist governments, they say that the eu - is overreaching its powers, . including through the courts. i m joined by daniel tilles, editor in chief of the independent news website notes from poland. as our brussels correspondent said, there is a lot of cash at stake, not least because the commission has delayed releasing covid pandemic recovery funds. what is the actual impact this ecj ruling will have on poland and hun
european leaders are meeting in france for a scheduled summit which is now focusing on the emergency in ukraine. our brussels correspondent jessica parker says a central issue is the rise in energy prices, and what it will mean for european economies. so, the eu leaders, i think, are going to turn their attention to the economic situation, whether that is fears about rising energy prices, of course we had already seen rising energy prices across europe, but given the sanctions that are being imposed on russia, given the move to try and move away from russian energy as quickly as possible, that is very high on the agenda, with some member states really very worried, i think, about the consequences of what rising energy prices could mean. also food prices, as well. that s a concern, given the conflict in ukraine currently. leaders, though, i mean, they talked late into the night, they seem to emerge around two in the morning local time after discussions last night,