a single dose of hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the covid i9 pandemic has presented the european union with an unprecedented test of its cohesion and competence. right now, the scorecard looks decidedly mixed, with many member states facing a third wave of infection while the vaccination roll out lags far behind that in post brexit britain. my guest is the former president of the european commission, jean claude juncker. he once bemoaned a loss of collective eu libido. is the performance problem getting worse? jean claudejuncker in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. yeah, it s my pleasure to be here. pleasure to have you on the show. there you sit in brussels. of course, you re no longer the president of the commission, but you still watch events very, very closely. how disappointed are you by the eu s failure to deliver a speedy vaccination roll out? i have to say, i m disappointed by the performance of the european union. that s not the fault of the commissi
hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the covid 19 pandemic has presented the european union with an unprecedented test of its cohesion and competence. right now, the scorecard looks decidedly mixed, with many member states facing a third wave of infection while the vaccination roll out lags far behind that in post brexit britain. my guest is the former president of the european commission, jean claude juncker. he once bemoaned a loss of collective eu libido. is the performance problem getting worse? jean claudejuncker in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. yeah, it s my pleasure to be here. pleasure to have you on the show. there you sit in brussels. of course, you re no longer the president of the commission, but you still watch events very, very closely. how disappointed are you by the eu s failure to deliver a speedy vaccination roll out? i have to say, i m disappointed by the performance of the european union. that s not the fault of the commi
rich will be here later. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the covid 19 pandemic has presented the european union with an unprecedented test of its cohesion and competence. right now, the scorecard looks decidedly mixed, with many member states facing a third wave of infection while the vaccination roll out lags far behind that in post brexit britain. my guest is the former president of the european commission, jean claude juncker. he once bemoaned a loss of collective eu libido. is the performance problem getting worse? jean claudejuncker in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. yeah, it s my pleasure to be here. pleasure to have you on the show. there you sit in brussels. of course, you re no longer the president of the commission, but you still watch events very, very closely. how disappointed are you by the eu s failure to deliver a speedy vaccination roll out? i have to say, i m disappointed by the performance of the eur
now on bbc news it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the covid 19 pandemic has presented the european union with an unprecedented test of its cohesion and competence. right now, the scorecard looks decidedly mixed, with many member states facing a third wave of infection while the vaccination roll out lags far behind that in post brexit britain. my guest is the former president of the european commission, jean claude juncker. he once bemoaned a loss of collective eu libido. is the performance problem getting worse? jean claudejuncker in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. yeah, it s my pleasure to be here. pleasure to have you on the show. there you sit in brussels. of course, you re no longer the president of the commission, but you still watch events very, very closely. how disappointed are you by the eu s failure to deliver a speedy vaccination roll out? i have to say, i m disappointed by the performance of the european union. that s not t
we look at what that means for global inflation. i m sally bundock. in many countries around the world everybody is concerned about rising prices. let s start here in the uk, where injust over an hour from now the latest offical inflation figures for december will be released. prices here and across the world have been rising, as supply chains have been hit by the pandemic and energy costs soar. inflation rose to 5.1% in november, that s the highest level the uk has experienced in ten years. one of the main reasons is the rising global price of energy. this has meant higher energy and transport bills for businesses, many of whom pass on the extra costs to customers. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been up the coast in scarborough, where the family behind an old hotel are having to make tough choices to keep providing warm beds and fresh breakfast. this is a lot of windows. and a huge ceiling. to this is a lot of windows. and a huge ceiling- huge ceiling