the european parliament criticizing the situation of the refugees at the external board of the european union several triumphs and we organized several events in the european parliament and we wrote a lot of letters to inform the european commission and the european council about the illegal group pushbacks the greek or her eighty's and in those 2 totally unacceptable and other european you parliament to leave decided that we have to reform the dublin regulation and always need you can cancel you now want to talk about the new component of the european parliament. i will come back to the arrangements in the course of let's let's talk about the european border agency frontex which works closely with the great coast guard in the mediterranean for why doesn't it stop a step in and stop any illegal action. yes we have a real critic of you on the activities of frontex. frontex have the duty. during their jobs to comply with the fundamental arrives and we are very concerned that they did not act in that way and for example. when we have a look at the route will illegal pushbacks we are wonder

as you said the european parliament will have to look very closely at this agreement now after a very difficult negotiations what do you think and will this deal get passed. well they still as it stands will certainly not pass because obviously the european parliament has important points to make so basically when it comes to the recovery package this is the 1st time when that we take up corona bonds from the market and spend it now when it's most needed so that's the move forward and the breaking of taboos in europe but. the spending of the money that it is not going to the common future programs of the union such as education we search adaptation to climate change and so on so the european continent should insist that more money is spent on the common future programs of the union to make europe stronger and most importantly the deal on the wall of floor is far too weak we need tougher rules on member states which break from that fundamental well use of the union it's been 4 long days getting to this point as you were watching it as well all the negotiations happening how do you feel

parliament is the voice of the people the only directly elected bodies so we are here to add more european perspective so it's the 1st time in history you sort of rule of conditionality might be introduced you must be happy about that well i would be if it was clear how it's going to announce and the interpretation of these few paragraphs is rather different and this is what worries me a lot because we need a strong conditionality between financial means and the rule of law we are seeing the rule of law deteriorating in a lot of member states and we have to stop that viktor orban for example the hungary in prime minister you've been criticizing him a lot so that there's no conscious analyse did he understand something wrong that's exactly the question have there been some kind of deals behind closed doors we don't know this is why we want much clearer formula i mean what we have now is not a legal text yet we have still to see the legal text that comes out of the council and we will really focus on the rule of law there this year was very hard for us and we're in an emergency situation her

we show we show respect for the important tool of the european parliament. and as you know we may need to insert many contacts with the european parliament unless we stood the last months and of course we would have. to do to maintain the destruction so it was the members of the european parliament and its chief for the european democracy process of course and just in time you are right we need also to show respect for the responsibility of the national parliaments meant to do there's a strong signal there's a sort of message why because $27.00 heads of states and if it's of developments they took the decision to axe together and did our sponsible before the national parliament i know that probably because it's the democratic process it will be difficult the minute you really need to to explain the what are the arguments what are the reasons for our decision that transparency is also very essential for this truth each process. really genes that we split it you louis louis particular courage to. turn student dale archer it will be possible to implement what w

been watching some scenes there from the european parliament in brussels we saw the european commission president jose left on the line speaking there about the unprecedented challenge for it presented by the coronavirus pandemic and just before that we saw chancellor angela merkel delivering a statement outlining germany's priorities for a 6 month you counsel presidency which it took over in july 1st we should say this was the chancellor's 1st trip abroad since the pandemic and she talked about the need for cohesion and solidarity in taking on the challenges of this pandemic and we have our chief political correspondent a crane with us here in studio and a richard walker has been over in brussels listening in to those statements as well wisher we'll start with you there in brussels we heard from chancellor merkel a pretty wide ranging speech she was really drilling down on some of those shared values in the european union how do you think that's going to go down there in brussels. well i think it was the kind of speech that we would have expected from. you know appealing on all sorts o

vice president of the european parliament ali insisted the parliament was the voice of the people and would take its chance to make this deal better. disparity your leaders described a deal they struck as historic what are the words you would use for it. well it was a compromise and it was a compromise between leaders of member states and so you see it as well a mixture of interests of member states but the european parliament is the voice of the people the only directly elected body so we are here to add more european perspective so it's the 1st time in history a sort of rule of conditionality might be introduced you must be happy about that well i would be if it was clear how it's going to announce and the interpretation of these few paragraphs is rather different and this is what worries me a lot because we need a strong conditionality between financial means and the rule of law we are seeing the rule of law deteriorating in a lot of member states and we have to stop that it's all on for example hungary and prime minister you've been criticizing him a lot so that there's no conscio

by the european parliament and meps in the european parliament are not happy. about what's taken place over the past five days not only was that amount of grants lowered not only- work countries who threatened to veto. kind of as mepc it rewarded for their bad behavior by being given it rebates. but in order to pay for those rebates. major cuts were made to some. slightly odd areas considering that we're in the middle of a pandemic they made major cuts to health. climate even the scrap of that was to keep small businesses from going bankrupt during this coronavirus crisis so meps are not happy to say the least the reality though is that it's highly unlikely that they would reject this deal that took so long to negogotiate the risk is that if the european parliament tried anything funny here by acting as they were back to the drawing board and maybe there would be no funds at all the thing is. so no that's reality soso many to read the e europeas going make in order to change the content of this deal are going to be greeted by the councill with some skepticism t

as you said the european parliament will have to look very closely at this agreement now after a very difficult negotiations what do you think it will this deal get passed. well they still as it stands will certainly not pass because obviously the european parliament has important points to make so basically when it comes to the recovery package this is the 1st time when that we take up corona bonds from the market and spend it now when it's most needed so that's the move forward and the breaking of taboos in europe but. the spending of the money it is not going to the common future programmes of the union such as education we surge adaptation to climate change and so on so the european continent should insist that more money is spent on the common future programmes of the union to make europe stronger and most importantly the deal on the rule of law is far too weak we need tougher rules on member states which break the full not fundamental well use of the union i do want to ask you about climate protection because this deal earmarks 30 percent of the entire package for climate protec

summit and that is basically good news as you said the european parliament will have to look very closely at this agreement now after very difficult negotiations what do you think will this deal get passed. well they steal as it stands will certainly not pass because obviously the european parliament has important points to make so basically when it comes to the recovery package this is the 1st time when that we take up corona bonds from the market and spend it now when it's most needed so that's a move forward and the breaking of taboos in europe but. the spending of the money it is not going to the common future programmes of the union such as education we surge adaptation to climate change and so on so the european continent should insist that more money is spent on the common future programmes of the union to make europe stronger and most importantly the deal on the rule of law is far too weak we need tougher rules on member states which break the full not fundamental well use of the union i do want to ask you about climate protection because this deal earmarks 30 percent of the entir

parliament. -- ther, and let european parliament has a lot of power to negotiate this. there will be a few tweaks into this deal but i do not see the european parliament blocking this deal because that would be to the detriment of the whole european union. tom: absolutely fascinating. we are thrilled you could be with us today, alexander stubb, former prime minister finland, professor of european history. folks, just amazing to get the map out as an ugly american with helsinki to the east of athens and really on a longitudinal line with istanbul. i did not know that. the sprawl of europe is just extraordinary. oring up in the next hour, conventional economics. futures up 23. a booming stock could but a fragile american economy. ian shepherdson will join us with pantheon? economics. this is "bloomberg." ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." coronavirus vaccine in development by oxford and astrazeneca showing promising early results. this comes as california, florida, and arizona all reported a slowdown in an increase of new cases. joining us is oksana pyzik. co

he did his marina strauss caught up with catalina ali vice president of the european parliament which is looking at the deal finally insisted the parliament was the voice of the people and would take its chance to make the deal better. disparity your leaders describe to deal they struck a sorry what are the words you would use for it. well it was a compromise and it was a compromise between leaders of member states and so you see it as well a mixture of interests of member states but the european parliament is the voice of the people the only directly elected body so we are here to add more european perspective so it's the 1st time in history you sort of rule of conditionality might be introduced you must be happy about that well i would be if it was clear how it's going to announce and the interpretation of these few paragraphs is rather different and this is what worries me a lot because we need a strong conditionality between financial means and the rule of law we are seeing the rule of law deteriorating in a lot of member states and we have to stop. it all by for example the hunga

brent: for more, i'm joined by the chair of the china delegation in the european parliament. he is also the foreign affairs spokesperson for the germaman green party. it is good to see you again. international reaction to this security law in hong kong -- it has been very tame, almost muted, and that includes the european union. why hasn't brussels been able to come up with a concrete statemement in reaction?n? why haven't we heard anytything yet? >> firstst of all, on this d dai think we should all say thank you for the courageous defenders of democracy in hong k kong, and exexpress our great level off solidarity with them. itit is a fact that the european parliament in its last sessision did adopt a resolution that spoke out very clearly, a and we idenentified meaeasures that shd anand could be taken if beijing indeed follows through withh ths imposition of a law contrary to the promimises to the citizens f hohong konong and contraryry alo inteternational law. a lot of t t steps that we have advocateted would be to take the pepeople's republblic of china o the international

what we need to do now is work with the european parliament or groups in the parliament need to like leaders did over the, just weekend. is democracy at play? i hope that what pevails is importance of agreeing to an important packag quickly that can provide a response to the millions of europeans that are waiting for this recovery fund to be put in place. ♪ laura: the u.s. and the u.k. have agreed to end a legal loophole that allows the family of u.s. diplomats to claim immunity from criminal prosecution. this comes after anne sacoolased was invon a car crash that killed teenager harry dunn last august. she was allowed to return to the u.s. and now can't be extradited to britain. here is our correspondent. >> harry dunn was 19 yrs old, on his motorbike, when he was hit and killed by a woman apparently dving on the wrong side of the road last august. it happened close to the american british air base in northamptonshire. the driver was anne sacoolas, wife of an american officialst to the intelligence base. northampton shire police wanted to arrest and charge her with causing death b

european union is a democrac what we need to do now is work with the european parliament or groups in the parliament need to work to find anme agr, just like leaders did over the weekend. i hope that what prevails is the importance of agreeing to an important package quickly that can provide a response to the millions of europeans that are waiting for this recovery fun to be put in place. laura: the u.s. and the u.k. have agreed to end a legalop le that allows the family of u.s. diplomats to claim immunity from criminal cosecution. thes after anne sacoolas was involved in a car crash that killed teenager harr dunn last august. she was allowedo return to the s. and now can't be extradited to britain. here is our correspondent. >> harry dunn was 19 years old, on his motorbike, when he was hit and killed by a woman apparently driving on the wrong side of the road last august. it happened close bo the americtish air base in northamptonshire. the driver was anne sacoolas, wife of an american official posted to the intelligence base. northampton shire police wanted to arrest and charge her

is to run hard break up the chair of the china delegation in the european parliament joining us tonight from here in berlin we hope to talk with you again soon mr protocol for if and when we do see action from europe thank you for your time tonight. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the united states has balls almost the entire world's supply of a drug to treat cope with 19 deaths of a year helps feeble recover more quickly it's manufactured by gilliam which has sold almost all of its output for the next 3 months to the united states government . german unemployment numbers were slightly in june to 6 point 2 percent as the overall number of new cases continues to slow $40000.00 workers registered themselves as unemployed during the month germany's labor department credits its short time work scheme which keeps workers on the payroll for the relatively low numbers. for germany has taken over the rotating presidency of the european union council's standing in front of berlin's brandenburg gate today german foreign minister symbolically re

members of the european parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. and not as a matter of greek minister for immigration and asylum joins us now from thank you for being with us mr material here is the great coast guard actively pushing back migrants in the aegean sea. absolutely not we fully abide by the not in an utopia no to gutting the protection of lifetime secrets in a few days when facing a crisis which begins 9800 that i haven't seen plenty plenty and not dumb bastard would understand for the overcall that comes in the silence of his but we are protecting aboard this the coast guard is up to be that to protect human life at sea and i am pleased to be part of in 2021 of the few have loss of life ever in the d.n. we have on and off one passed on in the 1st half of clinton went the standard at the bottom but opposed development for the protection of human life you may have seen those pictures of must men pushing back those boats in the a

needs the european parliament there are huge challenges ahead that require enormous effort we need parliamentary debate we need political coordination kill cultural the translation and mediation between different countries and regions and so we need you and it is a particular honor for me today to present the priorities of the german presidency there are 5 priorities i feel that the current juncture fundamental rights cohesion climate protection digitalisation and europe's responsibility in the world these 5 priorities are very important because we need to sustain about change in europe to safeguard preserve europe only in this way. with europe cope with the lightning speed of change and ensure its sovereignty and responsibility and fully live up the 2 with role we're all aware that my visit to day. comes at a time when the european union is facing its greatest challenge ever the global pan. demick has hit people hard in europe over 100000 lives have been lost in europe alone many citizens. would not able to visit loved ones because of strict quarantine rules bid farewell to them as they passed

parliament they will also have to go back to their to their governments many countries including for example the netherlands has to get any decisions made here in brussels through their own parliament so this is a by no means the end of the discussion about these budgets they will now will go home they will have to sell their agreements sell the deals they've made to their publics and you know we'll be discussing this with the european parliament when they come back into session in the fall terry shoals and brussels thank you so much . scientists at oxford university say a coronavirus vaccine being developed with pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca showing promise after its 1st human trials but they're not the only contenders working on a vaccine dozens of big fun affirms in the race astra zeneca seems to be pulling ahead of the competition it's a vaccine was given to more than a 1000 volunteers they all produce an immune response. the potential vaccine is one of at least $100.00 being developed across the world for covert 19 at least $23.00 of them are already in human trials accordin

parliament we have proof for. new regulation on clinical trials that this technological vaccines carry produced easy. and large scale but we will have a problem and we don't know where the 1st vaccine will be developed if it is united states china europe or wherever and if it's not enough for the hooks we need to make a bed that we have also the option to share an audience and to group produce it in as many places as possible because we cannot afford that about free will exists but we don't use all of the possibilities to produce it at last so then take us through that potential scenario sam vaccine is found in europe do you then support compulsory licensing so that it can also be issued in other countries now i'm sure that would not be necessary because we were clear from the beginning you're not with us on the line maybe it's because friends let in conference europe wants to share everything with the rest of the world so i think europe will be ready to share the vaccine and the knowledge of produce the vaccine w

parliament out of concern agreed by the european parliament out of concern over agreed by the european parliament out of concern over what was described as systemic damage to the rule of law and to democratic values. he said he did not want this hanging over his head so this recovery fund is not linked to the behaviour of states and there is a concern that in the long run this is going to allow some of the members of the block who have been drifting away from some of the principles, drifting toward autocratic rule, although supporters would say we are doing what hungarians want. number two is the question of monitoring. one of the compromises that was made for the frugal states led by the netherlands was there should be tougher monitoring not just netherlands was there should be tougher monitoring notjust by the european commission but by the member states. what about italy? it is one of the most needy states and regarded as needing the most reform and root and branch comprehensive reform. is not going be possible? or is it for years to come like the greek crisis? journalists who cove

joining me now from our studio in brussels is felipe lembergs he's a member of the european parliament for the green party mr lambert's how optimistic are you that leaders will be able to reach an agreement on the recovery fund at the summit. to be honest i am totally at a loss because so i cannot truly that they will rise to the occasion and. find a deal but i cannot rule out by a 3rd that national league henri's morph some not all but off saw him have the upper hand and the seventy's is a failure so i see i see a 5050 chance of success now and you know frankly my message today would be to say well will anything be new 15 days from now if there's a new summit well no treaty except maybe a renewed 2nd wave of the pandemic as we see it all night as you indicated and. that should just raise the sense of urgency i mean the they like to call themselves leaders but now is the time to show leadership i don't know whether they will rise to the occasion why do you believe there has been a lack of solidarity in coronation between member states throughout this crisis. well 1st because. 2 health

president so the president of the european parliament yesterday made clear that the european parliament will not vote on the deal as it stands now they want to increase the pressure and they want to make changes to the areas that they can max and our correspondent in brussels thank you. let's turn to some other news we're going to get the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic now more than 15000000 people have been infected worldwide according to johns hopkins university the u.s. brazil and india have recorded the highest numbers of cove in 1000 cases south africa has reported a record daily death toll with a 24 hour increase of 572 deaths it brings its total number of fatalities to nearly 6000 the country is the worst affected in africa and in germany anyone entering the country from high risk areas could be tested for the virus when they arrive at airports the rules would apply to germans returning from holiday as well as foreigners. thousands of demonstrators in the bulgarian capital sofia have filled the streets for the 14th day in a row demanding the government that resig

nostrums caught up with catalina bali vice president of the european parliament which was looking at the deal bali insisted the parliament was the voice of the people and would take a chance to make to do better. disparity your leaders described deal they struck as historic what are the words you would use for it. well it was a compromise and it was a compromise between leaders of member states and so you see it as well a mixture of interests of member states but the european parliament is the voice of the people the only directly elected body so we are here to more european perspective so it's the 1st time in history you sort of rule of conventionality might be introduced you must be happy about that well i would be if it was clear how it's going to announce and the interpretation of these few paragraphs is rather different and this is what worries me a lot because we need a strong conditionality between financial means and the rule of law we are seeing the rule of law deteriorating in a lot of member states and we have to start. it all on for example the hungry in prime minister yo

therefore by the uk parliament and the european parliament. for the la st the european parliament. for the last four years, it has been my honour to represent the eu in these negotiations, with all of the back—up of the various teams and i am working for an orderly brexit and foran am working for an orderly brexit and for an agreement. we have done part of that. the divorce, the institutional political divorce has been done in an orderly manner. now we need to get to the next bit and it is my objective to get a deal for the economic and trade aspects of brexit. so far, we are not there yet. the next question is from oliver right from the times. you have hinted on several occasions by the european union is prepared to compromise with the uk in areas such as fishing and the european court of justice to get agreement. why in this case have you not tabled an explicit written offer to the uk government in these areas? translation: well, that is out exactly how you do negotiations of such complex areas —— not exactly. a few weeks ago, i did, as part of my mandate, show certain area

parliament is involved. next generation you'll comes with a great responsibility and we are determined to bring about reforms and investment in europe. nevertheless i must also mention a difficult point. in their search for compromise leaders have made far reaching adjustments into the new m.f.f. a next generation you for example in health migration external action invest you they have not taken up with the solvency instrument this is regrettable it decreases the innovative part of the budget even if more than 50 percent of the overall budget m.f.f. and next generation e.u. will support modern policies and so finally to conclude europe as a whole has now a big chance to come out stronger from the crisis today we've taken a historic step we can be all proud of. but another him porton step remains ahead of us 1st and foremost we now have to work with the european parliament to secure agreement. we have a lot of work ahead of us but tonight is a big step forward towards recovery thank you. thank you madam presi

parliament today in the e.u. acknowledged its own fate. today we are remembering one of the darkest days of modern european history and one of the most tragic crimes committed in europe since the 2nd world war europe has not forgotten what happened in 70. and our own responsibility for not being able to prevent and stop the genocide instead going to. europe failed and we are faced with our shrink commemoration events are also being held in bosnia and herzegovina every year on the 11th of july our relatives of the most recently identified victims gathered for a funeral he has been speaking with 2 survivors the massacre here in. the center froze us takes her back to a pharma peaceful life in the hills of spread parineeta until the age of 45 so little had a happy life but then yugoslavia fell apart serbian forces shelled the town and tried to stuff its residents out now i go to. the mornings where the worst every day at not even one am i had children in front of my house begging they wanted something to eat but we d

members of the european parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. our correspondent joins us now from brussels on the story hey barbara it appears that there is overwhelming evidence of these push backs essentially people being denied to come ashore which is illegal so why has there been no outcry from the ranks of the. i mean e.u. observers here christine call the reaction of the official european union union a deafening silence there has been some reaction now because just on this monday the european parliament put this on the agenda and within one of its committees the commissioner for refugees over your hansen was heard and she said yes of course the european union cannot defend its borders and at the same time violate its regulations its laws its values and so she called again for these events to be investigated the problem here is who's going to do that basically even when the when h.c.r. last the refugee organization of the united nat

parliament today the e.u. had knowledge to turn fadia today we are remembering one of the darkest days of modern european history and one of the most tragic crimes committed in europe since the 2nd world war europe has not forgotten. what happened in 72. and our own responsibility for not being able to prevent and stop the genocide in 72. you know failed and we are faced with o'shane or commemoration events are also being held in bosnia and herzegovina every year on the 11th of july our relatives of the most recently identified victims gathered for a funeral he has been speaking with 2 survivors of the massacre here in. the center froze us takes her back to a farmer peaceful life in the hills of spread parineeta until the age of 45 so little had a happy life but then yugoslavia fell apart serbian forces shelled the town and tried to stuff its residents out now i go to. the mornings where the worst every day and not even one am i had children in front of my house begging they wanted something to eat but we didn

so that's not a cross live to notice mario a former european parliament member professor of a human institutions at the university of create wealth come how significant is today's vote for russia and its people notice. well i think it's very important because so many changes have taken place in the world and it's very obvious and that not only russia but also other countries are a changing the constitution is very important also what they call it the social agenda we see is included in the amendments russia and the rest of the world are going to phrase. the economic consequences of. 4 coronavirus and it's very important for a country like russia to have social protection for its own citizens i understand that there is an amendment which guarantees that the minimum wage that should not go below the living of standards also that is an index. of 4 of the pensions these are very important i think privileges for it's a citizen not only in russia but also another countries and they understand the source. of the constitution is very important as it also guarantees the public health access to education

parliament today the e.u. acknowledged its own failure. today we are remembering one of the darkest days of modern european history and one of the most tragic crimes committed in europe since the 2nd world war europe has not forgotten what happened in 70. and our own responsibility for not being able to prevent and stop the genocide instead going to. europe failed and we are faced with our shame commemoration events are also being held in bosnia and herzegovina every year on the 11th of july our relatives of the most recently identified victims gathered for a funeral has been speaking with 2 survivors of the massacre here in. the center froze as takes her back to a pharma peaceful life in the hills of spread parineeta until the age of 45 so little had a happy life but then yugoslavia fell apart serbian forces shelled the town and tried to stuff its residents out now i go to. the mornings where the worst every day is not even one am i had children in front of my house begging him they wanted something to eat bu

parliament we are approved for. new regulation on clinical trials that this technological vaccines carry could use easy. and blood scale but we will have a problem and we don't know where the 1st vaccine will be developed if it is the united states china you're all wherever and if it's not enough for the holbrooks we need to make sure. that we have all of the option to share on it and to breed produce it in as many places as possible because we cannot afford that the battery will exist but we don't use all of the possibilities to produce it at last so then take us through that potential scenario sam vaccine is found in europe do you then support compulsory licensing so that it can also be issued in other countries now i'm sure that will not be necessary because we were clear from the beginning you're not with us on the line made this big conference let's in conference europe wants to share everything with the rest of the world so i think europe will be ready to share the vaccine and the knowledge of how to produce t

union and when it's done says they the european parliament in the plenty would be discussing a need to be nice at the pentagon thanks aggression i do want to talk about the eve aspect of this in just a moment but i'm still want to push a little further on the question of what's happening in the aegean because we do have those reports of the boats the migrant boats being attacked and pushed back i'm just want to i want to ask you point blank are you aware of those reports have you looked into them and how do you account for those reports the hellenic coast guard is full of the spec think the utopia a big nation for the protection of life on c.n.n. international you know we've gotten on the phone well what climb up to do with that is the whole of these woods are not open a thing always and with that difference these them prevent and rescued these both before they crossed into utopian was that you just thought and what do you say to allegations that greece is forcing migrants to endure inhumane living conditions in the camps that they are being held. we have asked for european funding

has been some reaction now because just on this monday the european parliament put this on the agenda and within one of its committees the commissioner for refugees over your hands and was heard and she said yes of course the european union cannot defend its borders and at the same time violate its regulations its laws of values and so she called again for these events to be investigated the problem here is who's going to do that basically even when the when h.c.r. last the refugee organization of the united nations. few weeks ago called on greece to investigate these events it is it ends up with greece investigating itself the european union simply has no prosecutor it doesn't have a police it doesn't have simply have the the possibilities to do this in an active manner and so this is something that sort of turns in itself and i'm sure we get to of infringement procedure would takes a long time we are just sort of running in circles. right. company but i'm hearing ok so why is the e.u. having so much trouble agreeing on a common refugee policy and a common aside and policy. that is q

parliament is involved. next generation e.u. comes with a great responsibility and we are determined to bring about reforms and investment in europe. nevertheless i must also mention a difficult point in their search for compromise leaders have made far reaching adjustments into the new m.f.f. and next generation you for example in health migration external action invest you they have not taken up with the solvency instrument this is regrettable it decreases the innovative part of the budget even if more than 50 percent of the overall budget m.f.f. and next generation you will support modern policies and so finally to conclude europe as a whole has now a big chance to come out stronger from the crisis today we've taken a historic step we can be all proud of. but another him porton step remains ahead of us 1st and foremost we now have to work with the european parliament to secure agreement. we have a lot of work ahead of us but tonight is a big step forward towards recovery thank you thank you madam presiden

members of the european parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. and not just greek minister for immigration and asylum joins us now from thank you for being with us mr material here is the great coast guard actively pushing back migrants in the aegean sea. absolutely not we fully abide by the not in an utopia nobody got in the protection of our times because in a few days when facing a crisis we experienced 9800 islands in 2020 a lot number has doubled understand for the overcall that comes in the other side into the system but we are protecting a boat this the coast guard is up to be that to protect human life and sea and i am pleased to be part of in 2021 of the few have loss of life ever that indeed we have on and off one platform in the 1st half of clinton when the standard at the bottom but a positive development for the protection of human life you may have seen those pictures of must men pushing back those boats in the aegean sea in

test 1:00,r chancellor angela merkel addresses the european parliament. she will debate priorities of the german presidency and set out her country goals over the next six months. later today, president trump counterpartxican -- posts his mexican counterpart at the white house, the firstborn visit since taking office. -- first foreign visit since taking office. reports the u.s. may punish banks in hong kong and destabilize the currency peg to the dollar. we will get that next. ♪ matt: welcome back. this is the european open, on what looks like could be a down day in the middle of the week. here are today's top stories from the terminal. civil rights advocates have criticized facebook after a meeting with top executives, including ceo mark zuckerberg. social network is not taking demands to combat hate speech seriously. one report said facebook treated the call like a pr exercise. facebook says they know they will be judged by their actions, not their words. president donald trump says the u.s. is considering banning the way thep tiktok, one chinas looki

and to that end europe needs strong institutions the commission the court of justice and the european parliament fundamental rights are the priority i see at the start of the prints of the presidency and that brings me on to cohesion. europe will only emerge from the crisis stronger than ever if we are willing to overcome our differences and identify shared solutions if we are willing to view the world through the prism of of there is. europe will emerge from the crisis stronger than ever. if we strengthen cohesion and solidarity no one will get through this crisis alone we are all vulnerable european solidarity is not just a humanitarian gesture it is a sustainable investment european solidarity isn't just a political imperative it is well worth our while it will yield benefits and that is the light motive of our presidency together for europe's recovery. i will work together with the german government and invest great passion to that end but i need you to we need to safeguard europe we need the parliament to that and you. mediate between the different views and how to strike a compr

parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. israel's plans to annex parts of west jordan have increased tensions in the region in the palestinian enclave bait in the west bank residents are now facing an uncertain future. this tunnel road leads to the palestinian village of beit exile next to the security barrier that separates israel from the occupied west bank at this particular spot the fans of the israeli barrier was built around a house belonging to one palestinian family there i have slipped in this almost unique enclave right next to a jury said. and the entrance gate and cameras are remotely monitored like other palestinian solders and i had wonders what will happen to his home if the settlement becomes officially part of israel a move based on the controversial you as peace proposal put forth in january. i consider the annexation that we're hearing about to be a show of american and israeli arrogance in order to confiscate more land

parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. israel's plans to annex parts of west jordan have increased tensions in the region in the palestinian enclave beit xa in the west bank residents are now facing an uncertain future. this tunnel road leads to the palestinian village of beit exile next to the security barrier that separates israel from the occupied west bank at this particular spot the fans of the israeli barrier was built around a house belonging to one palestinian family that i have slid from this almost unique enclave right next to a jury said. them and the entrance gate and cameras are remotely monitored like other palestinian sat as they have wonders what will happen to his home if the settlement becomes officially part of israel a move based on the controversial you as peace proposal put forth in january. i consider the annexation that we're hearing about to be a show of american and israeli arrogance in order to confiscate more

parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. israel's plans to annex parts of west jordan have increased tensions in the region in the palestinian enclave bait in the west bank residents are now facing an uncertain future. this tunnel road leads to the palestinian village of beit exile next to the security barrier that separates israel from the occupied west bank at this particular spot the fans of the israeli barrier was built around a house belonging to one palestinian family that i have slipped in this almost unique enclave right next to a jury said. and the entrance gate and cameras are remotely monitored like other palestinian solders and i had wonders what will happen to his home if the settlement becomes officially part of israel a move based on the controversial u.s. peace proposal put forth in january. i consider the annexation that we're hearing about to be a show of american and israeli arrogance in order to confiscate more land the

parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. israel's plans to annex part of west jordan have increased tensions in the region in the palestinian enclave beit xor in the west bank residents are now facing an uncertain future. this tunnel road leads to the palestinian village of beit exile next to the security barrier that separates israel from the occupied west bank at this particular spot the fans of the israeli barrier was built around a house belonging to one palestinian family that i have slid from this almost unique enclave right next to a jury said. and the entrance gate and cameras are remotely monitored like other palestinian sarge as i had wonders what will happen to his home if the settlement becomes officially part of israel a move based on the controversial you as peace proposal put forth in january. i consider the annexation that we're hearing about to be a show of american and israeli arrogance in order to confiscate more land. t

parliament so it seems unlikely that they'll be pushing for more stimulus anytime soon but on the monetary policy monetary policy side the european central bank has indicated today that it would be willing to keep in place its stimulus efforts through the middle of next year whether that will be long enough is still a bit of a question but they do seem ready to pump more money into the economy financial correspondent chelsea dillon anythings joining us. now in the same week as congress called them 2 powerful america's biggest tech firms of showing they're only getting stronger with impressive q 2 figures facebook came out on top reporting an almost doubling in profit despite an advertiser boy culture in the period meanwhile amazon posted its highest profits ever and apple beat wall street's revenue expectations however google's parent company alphabet announced its 1st ever decline in overall revenue was due to flagging abseiled. staying with tech a u.s. national security review of popular social media platform tick-tock is expected to land on president donald trump's desk any day now the

members of the european parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. all straight is sick and city of melbourne has been awarded back into lockdown for 6 weeks from midnight on wednesday after a single day rise of 191 new corona virus cases the move comes as the border between the state of victoria to neighboring new south wales is sealed for the 1st time since the spanish flu pandemic more than a century ago. read it through a map of the surviving a scene of distress and frustration a mother trying to reach our son confined inside a tower block after a resurgence of the coronavirus home government and that was the melbourne housing complex was originally at the center of the latest outbreak but now alarming spikes in the wider community mean lock down for the whole of the victoria state capital. and that is war of the public health 3 have advised me to re-impose stage through a stay at home restrictions for a period of 6 weeks there is simply

parliament which is the next level as to whether this will actually be put into practice ok so many short and also long term economic factors in play also some some harsh realities there we need time germany holds the e.u. council presidency how much of this was merkel success. but is a great success for her at least it is a good signal for the beginning of the germany your presidency which is only just started and it's the last big project that is for sure it's a self declared final term as german chancellor and she is the e.u. use longest serving democratically elected head of government so the big sense was really if she can't achieve this who else could possibly do this at the same time we are seeing you which is in a pretty bad shape we are seeing movements not just north again south but east against the west and this will continue to remain a constant struggle throughout the german presidency to get these very very different viewpoints and the major friction line of the rule of law where there are articles 7 procedures already in place against poland and hungary at bay of the

parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. israel's plans to annex parts of west jordan have increased tensions in the region in the palestinian enclave bait in the west bank residents are now facing an uncertain future. this tunnel road leads to the palestinian village of beit exile next to the security barrier that separates israel from the occupied west bank at this particular spot the fans of the israeli barrier was built around a house belonging to one palestinian family that i have slipped in this almost unique enclave right next to a jury said. them and the entrance gate and cameras are remotely monitored like other palestinians wonders what will happen to its home if the settlement becomes officially part of israel a move based on the controversial you as peace proposal put forth in january. i consider the annexation that we're hearing about to be a show of american and israeli arrogance in order to confiscate more land. the israeli

parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. israel's plans to annex parts of west jordan have increased tensions in the region in the palestinian enclave bait in the west bank residents are now facing an uncertain future. this tunnel road leads to the palestinian village of beit exile next to the security barrier that separates israel from the occupied west bank at this particular spot the fans of the israeli barrier was built around a house belonging to one palestinian family there i have slipped in this almost unique enclave right next to a jury said. and the entrance gate and cameras are remotely monitored like other palestinian solders and i have wondered what will happen to his home if the settlement becomes officially part of israel a move based on the controversial you as peace proposal put forth in january. i consider the annexation that we're hearing about to be a show of american and israeli arrogance in order to confiscate more lan

parliament and the un high commission for refugees are demanding an official investigation they say greece has the right to defend its borders but it must do so within international law. israel's plans to annex parts of west jordan have increased tensions in the region in the palestinian enclave bait in the west bank residents are now facing an uncertain future. this tunnel road leads to the palestinian village of beit exile next to the security barrier that separates israel from the occupied west bank at this particular spot the fans of the israeli barrier was built around a house belonging to one palestinian family that i have slid from this almost unique enclave right next to a jury said. them and the entrance gate and cameras are remotely monitored like other palestinian solders and i have wonders what will happen to his home if the settlement becomes officially part of israel a move based on the controversial you as peace proposal put forth in january. i consider the annexation that we're hearing about to be a show of american and israeli arrogance in order to confiscate more l

parliament where we say that we count on cooperation and diurnal so i would prefer that the ads themselves were cooperate with companies. outside the us to produce a draft but it's not the international law for peace composites relicensing so it's not something that we invent in this policy in the emergency situation and i think we are in a way. the cruise industry has agreed on a new hygiene plan to get the giant liners sailing again most are in dock some are still stranded at sea with crew aboard and ports refusing entry many vessels saw outbreaks of coronavirus routing many vacation my colleague been physical and went to hamburg to find out if anyone will ever want to take a cruise again. most of these big boats aren't going anywhere i was never a fan 2016 was my 1st and last cruise i caught the number of virus i was sick as a dog ever since then i've kept my distance this is as close as i'll get to the giants of the sea hamburg germany made port but i am one of the few despite health scares and the sect is huge topping footprint business has been booming until the coronavirus. now oper

parliament in brussels the chance for them laid out her vision of germany 6 months which will be dominated by economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. welcome the commission's plan for a recovery fund for a struggling for struggling european economies. but the chance of a 7 member states would need to compromise in order to sign off on the recovery fund before next month's summer recess diffidence than it might in some and if we are willing to overcome our differences and identify sched solutions if we are willing to view the world through the prism of others europe will emerge from the crisis stronger than ever if we strengthen cohesion and solidarity no one will get through this crisis alone we are all vulnerable. islands and 5 went. straight to brussels that we joined did of these that chief international editor richard walker welcome richard european leaders have been calling for greater unity amongst member states since forever so how does our going to merkel plan to make it happen this time. sensually she's saying the she and germany are prepared to provide leadership to the

parliament where we say that we corporation and die in iraq so i was perfectly odds words cooperate with. us. but the international law. relicensing so it's not something that bends it is for you to. think we are in a. irish finance minister pascal don't know who has won a vote to lead the blocs financial policy on the making on the euro group or whose style himself as a consensus candidate for both northern and southern yours are members and had the backing of european conservative party's base the spanish deputy prime minister that you have a new who is favored by the likes of france and italy or who will help oversee the euro e.u. used 750000000000 euro corona recovery plan. let's talk about her daughter who with our own irishman. the e.u. is under pressure to close those notorious corporate tax loopholes is an irishman the right guy to do that well it certainly puts him in an instant position then so that pressure that you spoke of a lot of the pressure is internal pressure within the e.u. says a lot of different opinion among the member states as to what exactly they should do