e.u. trade deal begins to be understood there are going to be a lot of unhappy people on both sides of the channel and a very warm welcome to tom not old berlin bureau chief of the british economist who says the deal reflects the british desire to reduce market access and trade links in exchange for a greater degree of sovereignty in that limited to risk. he says it can be considered a success. thank you all 3 for being here today interesting statements that tanya turney a. professor from very free university here in berlin. history has been made britain has gone how does boris johnson deliver it. i would say no boris johnson has not delivered because he promised that britain would take back control and i don't see that britain has actually taken back control it is still subject in directed at least to e.u. regulations because i mean they agree that there can be divergence but only as long as fair competition is guaranteed and this is decided in the end by the e.u. u.k. partnership council

will outline plans to partially stop exports of vaccine doses produced in the e.u. the block is into spirits with astra zeneca asteroid emerged that the drug maker would not be able to fulfill its delivery targets to the e.u. . coming up next is our future series doc film with the seeds of profit thank you for watching. can you hear me known for years we don't need you and i love stairs german chancellor will bring you what i'm going to call and you'd never have been surprised to so it was just possible who is medical really what moves. some who talk to people who follow the way marm.

e.u. trade deal begins to be understood there are going to be a lot of unhappy people on both sides of the channel and a very warm welcome to tom not old berlin bureau chief of the british. he says the deal reflects the british desire to reduce market access and trade links in exchange for a greater degree of sovereignty in limited respect he says it can be considered a success. thank you all 3 for being it's a very interesting statements that turn your turn to. professor so from the year for university here in berlin. history has been made britain has gone how does boris johnson deliver that. i would say no boris johnson has not delivered because he promised that britain would take back control and i don't see that britain has actually taken back control it is still subject in directly at least to e.u. regulations because i mean they agree that there can be divergence but only as long as fair competition is guaranteed and this is decided in the end by the e.u. u.k. partnership council so

but also produces its vaccine in the e.u. and now with this transparency mechanism that the you suggesting is a clear signal to the industry that they are now ready to play hardball because of course what the you could do is say we will look exactly how much vaccine is being delivered into the u.k. or so elsewhere into the world the u.s. for instance for in case of astra zeneca hasn't even started approval so nothing has been going there but the you can you can clearly monitor now where things are going and in case they have the feeling that too much is going there that should be going to europe they could even introduce a ban meanwhile there have been reports and german media that the astra zeneca vaccine is essentially ineffective for people over the age of 65 and that really has stirred controversy can you tell us more about those claims clearly zoomie i'm not a medical expert so i can't exactly comment on that issue what i can tell you is that astra zeneca has disputed these rumors as they say and what i also can tell you

e.u. trade deal begins to be understood there are going to be a lot of unhappy people on both sides of the channel and a very warm welcome to tom not all berlin bureau chief of the british economist. the deal reflects the british desire to reduce market access and trade links in exchange for a greater degree of sovereignty in limited respect he says it can be considered a success. thank you all 3 for being it's a very interesting statements that tanya turney a. professor from the year for university here in berlin. history has been made britain has gone house boris johnson delivered. i would say no boris johnson has not delivered because he promised that britain would take back control and i don't see that britain has actually taken back control it is still subject in direct at least to e.u. regulations because i mean they agree that there can be divergence but only as long as fair competition is guaranteed and this is decided in the end by the e.u. u.k. partnership council so it's not dec

e.u. trade deal begins to be understood there are going to be a lot of unhappy people on both sides of the channel and a very warm welcome to tell not all berlin bureau chief of the british economy. since the deal reflects the british desire to reduce market access and trains links in exchange for a greater degree of sovereignty in the limited respect he says it can be considered a success. thank you all 3 for being it's a very interesting statements that turn your attorney a. professor from the year for university here in berlin. history has been made britain has gone house boris johnson delivered. i would say no boris johnson has not delivered because he promised that britain would take back control and i don't see that britain has actually taken back control it is still subject in direct at least to e.u. regulations because i mean they agree that there can be divergence but only as long as fair competition is guaranteed and this is decided in the end by the e.u. u.k. partnership council

he is the e.u.'s envoy to the u.k. the e.u. says he should be given the same staff as a national ambassador. benedict has more from london. >> the argument that is being made here by the foreign secretary i that the european union is an organization, not a state, so he is refusing the foreign office is refusing the full status of an ambassador here in the u.k. they are called ambassadors to the court of st. james and they are not giving him that full status. what is interesting is that downing street has waded into this today backing mr. robb's refusal. they say they are working out something or working on a settlement with the e.u., they say that he and his team are being given the same, the privileges that they need for their work, but for the moment, we see no progress and certainly no full status. brussels and its spokesman says that the u.k. as a member of the e.u., he is underlining that it gned the lisbon treaty which established the european external action service diplomaticetwork andts representative in the u.k., it w

e.u. has yet to reach 2 out of $100.00 residents 2 doses per $100.00 residents so that gives you a feeling where we stand in terms of numbers of course if you care compared to the u.k. the u.k. had a head start because they did a emergency approval for the astra zeneca vaccine this so they are earlier also we're just looking at the numbers of the 1st dose here that's why in the e.u. for instance denmark is also ahead and it will be possibly different if we have the numbers of those $1.00 and $2.00 which applies to most vaccines and that's what the u.s. you hopes that in the long run they will be ahead these delays are of course causing a lot of frustration right now. and brussels thank you very much for your analysis . germany's health minister against spawn has backed the calls for more export controls on vaccines made in the block he told the w.c. chief political editor mr it was about fairness. with me now is germany's health minister again spawn the spawn so well you know i asked the e

this is due every news live from berlin the e.u. threatens retaliation after vaccine maker astra zeneca cuts its deliveries to the block the u. commission is now calling for controls of all vaccines manufactured in the e.u. before they are shipped abroad germany's health minister says it is not about europe being 1st it's about being fair. but i can tell german and u.s. citizens suspect scenes produced in europe are available all over the world but not in europe. also coming out of india's former stage mass protests on a national holiday they are demanding that the government drop the aquaculture reforms they say would destroy their livelihoods. and house democrats in the us deliver a single article of impeachment to the senate launching trial proceedings against donald trump for inciting and insurrection. i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us the e.u. commission is calling for tighter controls on the exports of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine produced inside the block those calls come amid growing frustration at t

you have 10000000 e.u. citizens living on the authoritarian rule we can not tolerate for a seat in europe yet we have not crawlers only the revolt. the insurrection in washington has focused attention on the apparent fragility of democracy in the us but how strong is democracy in europe my guest this week from germany is going to critique pound the m.p. from angela merkel's c.d.u. party and chair of the e.u. affairs committee in the federal parliament why the big gap between the e's rhetoric about rights and the rule of law and the dismal reality in parts of the union. going to create a problem welcome to comfort zone. money when borland took over the rotating e.u. presidency it's set itself the tasco of protecting fundamental values and rights in the european union and i want to look 1st at whether it met that objective in any way at all according to human rights groups you have now almost 10000000 citizens living under the authoritarian rule in hungary aren't you ashamed of the. well i am not totally sati

and now the e.u. commission has said and that is why they pushed for this contract to be published today is there is no order of deliveries and there is no hierarchy of factory clause in that contract in other words the e.u. has 3 pate has prefunding and has built up capacities and what the company has now told them within a week suddenly that instead of 18000000 they will only get 31000000 doses so what the e.u. has been saying is and young spawn the german health minister put it really nicely in a nutshell is what they are pushing for is not a europe 1st strategy but a europe fair share strategy that if that global company faces delivery problems wherever they may be and apparently they are invalid they're taking place in belgium the burden has to be shared with all countries that receive those vaccines including the u.k. it's a contractual questions was a political question as it has it seems did the e.u. not know that the u.k. have these special arrangements with us for seneca that is exactly the

you have 10000000 e.u. citizens living on the earth or a tarion rule we cannot tolerate democracies in europe yet we have not crawlers only hungary poland. the insurrection in washington has focused attention on the apparent fragility of democracy in the us but how strong is democracy in europe my guest this week from germany is going to critique down an m.p. from angela merkel seaview party and chair of the e.u. affairs committee in the federal parliament why the big gap between the e's rhetoric about rights and rule of law and the dismal reality in parts of the union . going to create a problem welcome to comfort zone. when borland took over the rotating e.u. presidency it's set itself the tasco of protecting fundamental values and rights in the european union and i want to look 1st at whether it met that objective in any way at all according to human rights groups you have now almost 10000000 citizens living under or thora tarion rule in hungary aren't you ashamed of the. well i am not totally satisfied

and that has left the e.u. serious because it says it's invested a huge amount of money and astra zeneca money astra zeneca says it hasn't received much of the moment but it does seem that the e.u. is now moving towards a europe strategy a strategy that it's often criticised when it's been deployed by other countries. and charlotte mentioned in her report shortages are being particularly felt in spain where they too must populous regions have halted their vaccination campaigns and are blaming the e.u. we must stand up to brussels and demand more doses we need more vaccines and more tests and everything the destruction this task will prolong the fight against the virus. catalonia and the madrid region have used up almost all their doses with remaining files needed to give 2nd shots to those who already had their 1st one that ruins government plans to inoculate most of the population by june and they had of the countries backs nation association says the shortage is nationwide so. the number of doses we're receiv

so, actually, i think the e.u. -- and i am really delighted i can say that seriously -- the e.u. is actually coming out of this triple crisis. i mean, covid-19, the transatlantic dispute about nato, etc., and, of course, brexit, the e.u. is coming out relatively unharmed and maybe even slightly stronger and hopefully better prepared. and i am so glad that we can now hope that the incoming biden administration on day one, hopefully, as i understand, will announce that they would rejoin the parents climate accord -- the parents climate accord -- the paris climate accord. speaking of climate, that is what you in america call low hanging fruit. everybody in europe, from the far-right to the far-left, will applaud that decision when it is taken by the biden administration. there are a number of things that biden administration can do or has already announced that they will do, which would be seen in europe as most welcome decisions to bring the transatlantic community together again. not working against each other, but trying to work together. the big one, my concluding point, the mos

e.u. commission adopted an export stream that will hold vaccine companies to their contractual obligations this approach is built on trust transparency and responsibility commitment needs to be kept and contracts are binding advance purchase agreements need to be respected today we have developed a system that will allow us to know whether vaccines are being exported from the e.u. this increase transparency will also come with the responsibility for the e.u. to authorize with our member states these vaccine exports to berlin our dominant cain joins us live and could tell us more about what's behind these export controls . it's a very strange situation isn't it that one e.u. agency positively referring to the astra zeneca vaccine as being a key part in our 3rd vaccine approved for use inside the e.u. supposedly to provide relief to people that there's extra weapon as it were in the fight against corona virus and yet a colleague of hers from a different part of the e.u. institutions effectiv

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and astra zeneca over vaccine delivery delays the e.u. accuses the company of not fulfilling its contractual obligations the contract in question has now been made public. this contract is at the heart of an ongoing feud between the european commission and specter swedish family company astra zeneca over delays in vixen deliveries the e.u. has made the contract public but many of the crucial parts have been blacked out by astra zeneca a scandal so members of the european parliament from the from your column are simply not acceptable that pharmaceutical companies which gives a lot of european money to her experience miley. i'm not really. it's those who all of the information last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its big scene deliveries to the bloc especially because the e.u. has paid hundreds of millions of yours to. because projection and because supplies to the u.k. do not face the same shortages the dispute prompted the use introduce the scheme so monitor vaccine experts but the e.u. commission

well that approval from the e.u. comes amid a bitter dispute between brussels and astra zeneca over delays to the delivery of vaccine supplies brussels accuses the drugs money factor of failing to fulfill its contractual obligations the company says it is working hard to overcome production problems but that its deal with the e.u. requires it to make its best efforts to supply vaccines with no clear delivery timetable reducto ad copy of the contract has now been published. this contract is at the heart of an ongoing feud between the european commission and spread his swedish family company astra zeneca over the laysan vixen deliveries the e.u. has made the contract public but many of the crucial parts have been blacked out but astra zeneca a scandal say members of the european parliament draw. the vote you're simply not except that pharmaceutical companies which gets a lot of european money taxpayers' money. i'm not really. it's those who all of the information last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing

one e.u. agency positively referring to the astra zeneca vaccine as being a key part in our 3rd vaccine approved for use inside the e.u. supposedly to provide relief to people that there's extra weapon as it were in the fight against corona virus and yet a colleague of hers from a different part of the e.u. institutions affectively introducing export controls on vaccines created in the e.u. well that appears to be particularly targeted exactly at astra zeneca people making this vaccine we were hearing about the approval in amsterdam but disapproval as it were in one sense or disagreement about what's happening with astra zeneca from brussels the point here is the company and the e.u. the european commission are at loggerheads with each other over this a very long contract between the 2 the central parts of which which are in dispute are what happens with the vaccine created in the e.u. which then gets shipped to the united kingdom and what happens in terms of the number of doses of the vaccine

well will the e.u. has made some wrong bets early on in independent make they haven't scaled up production at the same speed as other countries have been laid out to make the deals and therefore they are having more supply issues to and then the u.k. and also the u.s. at the moment. and will these export controls affect the use vaccine supply. well i think the problem is that in the d.'s controlled everyone loses out right because you have to look at the broader than just x. part of a few if finished vaccine right that goes a lot of ingredients into the vaccines in the 1st place the come from all over the world you need syringe is unique while vials and also you need feel and finish in other places so the moment we don't have a free flow of medicine across borders the whole production will actually eat it is at risk of being being hold it so i think it won't benefit the e.u. a lot you know you would get maybe a little bit more of the vice of axioms if it stopped a 1000000000 plant folks exporting that t

dear friends in the e.u. and britain's trust a level of trust in the e.u. was very low or through through the process of negotiating this breaks that deal this physically the commitment in the so-called internal market deal to breaking international law and breaking a commitment already made so britain can only achieve that through practical action what british companies what british citizens do and how they behave if britain can make a success out of breaks it that will pose a challenge to the european union but at the moment it doesn't look to me particularly politically where the britain is capable of turning brakes it into a success because the british government is that incapable of setting a direction let alone actually implementing what it says 60 which. is. sounds a bit like. doesn't want to be a success i would be a little bit careful because i agree i made it would be beneficial for both sides if britain came out of that. strong because we need britain britain was an extremely good member i mean despite all the. rhetoric written was. an exemplary

e.u. has yet to reach 2 out of $100.00 residents 2 doses per $100.00 residents so that gives you a feeling where we stand in terms of numbers of course if you care compared to the u.k. the u.k. had a head start because they did a emergency approval for the astra zeneca vaccine so they are earlier and also we're just looking at the numbers of the 1st dose year that's why in the e.u. for instance denmark is also ahead and it will be possibly different if we have the numbers of those $1.00 and $2.00 which applies to most vaccines and that's what the u.s. you hopes that in the long run they will be ahead these delays are of course causing a lot of frustration right now. and brussels thank you very much for your analysis germany's health minister has backed the calls for more export controls on vaccines made in the bloc he told the w.c. chief political editor mr la kisha it was about fairness. with me now is germany's health minister again spawn mr spawn so well you know i asked the european un

within the e.u. will manage to pass the new pact on migration and asylum will depend on its member states but they are as far away from reaching a consensus as they were 5 years ago. and when it comes to migration 5 years of agonizing debate have shown that there's nothing left to say all that's left now to be honest is different sides insisting they were right who made the right call in 2015 those who wanted to close the borders or those who wanted to show humanity i hope we will manage to cut through this gordian knot and admit that both sides have valid points and we were in a situation where this migration policy has been blocked for several years and that in my view means that those that have the lowest ambition on migration has actually been able to set a standard and we are paying a price for the trust between member states who are paying a price when it comes to solidarity between member states and migrants are paying a price for the idea behind moria has failed but what will happen with the

you have 10000000 e.u. citizens living on that wall for a tarion rule we can not tolerate democracies in europe yet we have not crawlers only. the insurrection in washington has focused attention on the upon fragility of democracy in the us but how strong is democracy in europe i guess this week from germany is going to create found an m.p. from angola merkel see the new party and chair of the e.u. affairs committee in the federal parliament why the big gap between the ease rhetoric about rights and the rule of law and the dismal reality in parts of the union. country from welcome to comfort zone. when borland took over the rotating e.u. presidency it set itself the tasco of protecting fundamental values and rights in the european union and i want to look 1st at whether it meant that objective in any way a toll according to human rights groups you have now almost $10000000.00 each citizens living on the authoritarian rule in hungary aren't you ashamed of the. well i am not totally satisfied with the results

within the e.u. will manage to pass the new pact on migration and asylum will depend on its member states but they are as far away from reaching a consensus as they were 5 years ago. when it comes to migration 5 years of agonizing debate have shown that there's nothing left to say all that's left now to be honest is different sides insisting they were right who made the right call in 2015 those who wanted to close the borders or those who wanted to show humanity starts and i hope we will manage to cut through this gordian knot and admit that both sides have valid points and we were in a situation where this migration policy has been blocked for several years and that in my view means that those that have the lowest the bishan on migration has actually been able to set a standard and we are paying a price for the trust between member states who are paying a price when it comes to selling data between member states and migrants are paying the price the idea behind moria has failed but what will happen

sir is the e.u. putting the blame on astra zeneca for its own inefficiencies in meeting vaccination targets. i mean i'm not a contract lawyer so i'm not really able to say whether or not this partially redacted contract says one thing or the other but i think it is clear that you know relative to other countries the united states the u.k. israel it's issue of the e.u. signed contracts relatively later and f.p.s. to have been more price conscious than these other large potential buyers which like it or not in a market economy means that if astra zeneca or other companies for that matter have somewhat over promised if you like that then if these country companies are forced to thin decide which country over each contract be partially reneged on they're likely to renege on the one that has the lowest price so this may not be so relevant in that his best resenting it because it's nonprofit and all that but overall i think we should still be clear that you know this is a marathon this is not a sprint and

from i'm going to love to see the e.u. party and chair of the e.u. affairs committee in the federal parliament why the big gap between the ease rhetoric about rights and the rule of law and the dismal reality in parts of the union. going to create from welcoming to comfort zone. money when bush took over the rotating e.u. presidency it's set itself the tasco of protecting fundamental values and rights in the european union and i want to look 1st at whether it met that objective in any way atoll according to human rights groups you have now almost 10000000 citizens living on the authoritarian rule in hungary aren't you ashamed of the. well i'm not totally satisfied with the results to be that we are just any way we are able to achieve the 1st step to come that financial aid from the budget of the euro e.u. led to the respect of the rule of law just wasn't quite my gma wasn't my question about hungary you have 10000000 e.u. citizens living under our fora tarion rule and you have the commission's vice president e.u. commission vice president vera sure e

the e.u. calls for stricter controls on all vaccines before they're shipped abroad and the growing frustration over astra zeneca delivery delay warning. and house democrats in the us deliver a single article of impeachment to the senate launching trial proceedings against donald trump for inciting an insurrection at the capitol. and a foolish to have you with us tens of thousands of indian farmers have driven convoys into the center of the capital delhi in protest against agricultural reforms that they say helped big business at the expense of food producers the protests began weeks ago but today is a major national holiday in india republic day and the rallies have been one of the most public signs of discontent with narendra modi's government yet. they've been protesting since september calling on the government to repeal what they call look black floors i but as the nation marked republic day india's farmers lost patience. i wanted to look at the new look at this all of us here there are fa

e.u. had already made its other adjustments with only a day to spare the trade treaty had been signed and sealed within the shores of this island nation british politicians say sovereignty has been fully restored the political slogan we must take back control had gone down well with the majority of voters now it's going to be put to the test it's good to be better we need to govern ourselves and be our own bosses it's going to be a lot of stress between everyone anyway because it's a very unknown people don't do a change. in legal terms it was 11 months ago that the u.k. left the e.u. nearly a year of transition followed with the trade deal now in place brics it is set to show its true colors. the u.k. may have it's done but there's still a lot of haggling ahead the fisheries agreement seen by many in the industry as a sell out come to proper fruition for 5 years and that will be subject to negotiations decisions still have to be made in the services sector which makes up 80 percent of the

e.u. correspondent teri schultz is standing by in brussels terry what will this agreement mean for the e.u. wide rollout certainly gearhart this is it's hoped that once the vaccinations are received this can speed up the rollout countries are coming under significant criticism for being too slow to get people vaccinated so 600000000 is obviously much better than 300000000 the european commission was accused of acting too slowly and ordering insufficient numbers with this 300000000 initial order from biotech pfizer now of course buying them is only part of the problem you also have to ship them and store them and with this vaccine in particular this is been a problem because of course it has to be shipped and stored in ultra cold conditions so that has created some problems and back ups in getting the shots from the initial purchase into the arms of the public european union the regulators have also allow doctors to draw up to 6 doses from each single vial of the vaccine made by bone type w

later this week e.u. regulators are expected to approve the astra zeneca vaccine which is cheaper and easier to distribute than its competitors but hopes for a quick roll out have hit a snag on friday astra zeneca said it was cutting its the greed upon vaccine deliveries to the european union by some 60 percent prompting dismay and criticism . the european union wants the order and pre-filing months doses to be delivered as soon as possible and we want our contract to be fully fulfilled the european union wants to know exactly which doses have been produced where biassed design occur so far and if or to whom they have been delivered. astra zeneca has blamed the cut on production problems at a plant in belgium but the e.u. health commissioner has called the drug makers justifications unsatisfactory the uncertainty is jeopardizing the e.u.'s goal of vaccinating 70 percent of its adults by summer. germany's health minister against spawn is pointing at the pharmaceutical companies she told data abuse chief po

last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its big scene deliveries to the bloc especially because the e.u. has paid hundreds of millions of fewer stupid because projection and because supplies to the u.k. do not face the same shortages the dispute prompted the e.u. should introduce a scheme to monitor vaccine experts but the e.u. commission emphasizes this is not an expert ban we are not in competition or in a race against any country the only race we are in is against this virus this comes as the block is facing criticism for its slow vaccine rollout so it is days are relieved that the vaccine has been recommended for use in the block this spider difficulties with astra zeneca it's a 3rd vaccine to gain approval but. let's get a quick check now some other news from around the world the brother in several allies of kremlin critic aleksandr wali have been put under house arrest for allegedly violating coronavirus restrictions by calling for people to join protests the court decision c

from angela merkel see the e.u. party and chair of the e.u. affairs committee in the federal parliament why the big gap between the e's rhetoric about rights and the rule of law and the dismal reality in parts of the union. going to create from welcome to comfort zone. money when borland took over the rotating e.u. presidency it's set itself the tosk of protecting fundamental values and rights in the european union and i want to look 1st at whether it met that objective in any way at all according to human rights groups you have now almost 10000000 citizens living under or thora tarion rule in hungary aren't you ashamed of the. well i am not totally satisfied with the results to be that we are there any way we are able to achieve the 1st step to come that financial aid from the budget of the euro e.u. learned to the respect of rule of law just wasn't quite my gma wasn't my question about hungary you have 10000000 e.u. citizens living under our thora tarion rule and you have the commission's vice president e.u. commission vice president vera su

you have 10000000 e.u. citizens living on the authoritarian rule we cannot tolerate the sick democracies in europe we have small problems only hungry oh. the insurrection in washington has focused attention on the apparent fragility of democracy in the us but how strong is democracy in europe and i guess this week from germany is going to cric down an m.p. from angela merkel's c.v. you party and chair of the e.u. affairs committee in the federal parliament why the big gap between the e's rhetoric about rights and the rule of law and the dismal reality in parts of the union. country from welcome to comfort zone. money when borland took over the rotating e.u. presidency it's set itself the tasco of protecting fundamental values and rights in the european union and i want to look 1st at whether it met that objective in any way at all according to human rights groups you have now almost 10000000 citizens living on the authoritarian rule in hungary aren't you ashamed of the. well i am not totally satisfied with

the e.u. is facing a storm of criticism for this slow pace of its vaccine rollout. well that e.u. approval comes amid a bitter dispute between the e.u. and astra zeneca over delays to the delivery of vaccine supplies brussels accuses the pharmaceutical company of failing to fulfill its contractual obligations all the companies says it's working hard to overcome production problems but that its deal with the e.u. requires it to make its best efforts to supply vaccines with no clear delivery timeline and redacted copy of the contract has now been made public. this contract is at the heart of an ongoing feud between the european commission and purchased swedish pharma company astra zeneca over the lace and vixen deliveries the e.u. has made the contract pop lake but many of the crucial parts have been blacked out by astra zeneca a scandal so members of the european parliament. your. pharmaceutical companies which groups a lot of your mom. i'm not really. it's those who all of your information last week astra zeneca shocked e.u. states by announcing significant delays in its big scene

has warned the e.u. that it is considering its next steps after the block restricted the export of covert 1000 vaccines to northern ireland the e.u. wants to prevent northern ireland from being used as a back door to move vaccines into the u.k. while it's tussling with the person company astra zeneca of that delayed vaccine supplies it's now invokes a protocol that allows it to override parts of the price that agreement which says there should be no export restrictions between the e.u. and northern ireland it's meant to avoid a hard order between northern ireland in the irish republic which is a member of the e.u. stis gustus now with political commentators jonathan lissie joins us from london via skype just put this into some perspective for us how how serious a crisis could it become. well i think it's across so many levels it's very destabilizing who you take your relations see there's the 2 sides assigned to the brics a deal and already there's a real hostility is very destabilizing to the island of

there is not much that can be done at the e.u. level. the vaccine rollout on the e.u. side, the approval took longer. the reason was to try and build confidence, frankly, with a public that is skeptical about the vaccine, so the fact that regulators took more time was i think intentional, to build confidence among the public, a larger sector of the population is waiting to get vaccinated. one reason the u.k. has had a one-month start is because regulators moved more quickly. not much can be done there. the other is supply constraints. the vaccine is not being produced fast enough. it is not surprising some are seeking to run production. that will take time. logistics domestically where the supply is available but has not been properly rolled out, you will see variation across the member states. the french are obviously really struggling. the picture is mixed. that is all marginally at the national level. it is not clear what the e.u. can do. it can procure more vaccine and put more pressure on regulators. i think the picture is mixed and will remain mixed for some time

fury but the e.u. seems policy no less to stop critical supply shortages from job manufacturers we're covering it all this morning. but coming as both france and germany entry from states with new mutated covert strains of detective moves criticized by business leaders and opposition parties who say it's going to damage the economy. plus the u.s. business so to get death threats it even on the phone for posting that her husband backs donald trump speak to the woman direct. one gentlemen actually said she was coming to kill me one person 3 babies and i can tell you that it was bad enough that law enforcement had to get. to our moscow time at the weekend good morning from us here then it's kevin 0 in there with the latest from me for you from hearty this saturday morning good start well 1st off the e.u. has removed export controls on covert vaccines to northern ireland after a few reaction from britain. the u.k. has legal and binding agreements with facts and supplies and that would not expect the e.u. a

as early as his 1st election campaign in 2016 donald trump has called the e.u. unfair citing the trade deficit at the start of his presidency the amount of goods the e.u. sold to the us was worth about $147000000000.00 more than the goods the us sold to the view to punish the e.u. for perceived trade abuses lushington slapped a bluff with steel and aluminum tariffs in 2018 and here's a related occupation that the high share of exports destroys american jobs trump singled out german carmakers in particular that's even though german automakers have long since stopped exporting their cars from europe and instead produce them locally employing thousands of american workers despite repeated threats car tariffs never did materialize but the tariffs that did didn't accomplish much. i think there will be a lot more. you know mending relationships with previous allies such as to your in union but also multilateral approaches for common problems at the w t o level the world trade organization so overall a much more consistent a more predictable presidency in terms of trad

e.u. trade deal begins to be understood there are going to be a lot of unhappy people on both sides of the channel and a very warm welcome to news it's all not berlin bureau chief of the british economist who says the deal reflects the british desire to reduce market access and trade links in exchange for a greater degree of sovereignty and limited respect he says it can be considered a success. thank you all 3 for being here today interesting statements that tanya tanya. professor from the year for university here in berlin. history has been made britain has gone house boris johnson delivered. i would say no boris johnson has not delivered because he promised that britain would take back control and i don't see that britain has actually taken back control it is still subject in directly at least to your regulations because i mean they agree that there can be divergence but only as long as fair competition is guaranteed and this is decided in the end by the e.u. u.k. partnership council so

the e.u. commission is calling for stricter controls on exports of covert 19 vaccines produced inside the block the e.u. is worried about a shortfall of vaccines after a manufacturer astra zeneca an ounce it would delay deliveries to e.u. members the company is blaming supply chain problems but brussels has accused it of failing to keep contractual promises all 27 e.u. countries are struggling with slow vaccine rollouts. this may sting a little but it's over in the blink of an eye getting vaccinated maybe a speedy affair but vaccine rollouts across the you have proved painstakingly slow the blocks executive is pointing the finger at the pharmaceutical industry the european union wants the order and refinance doses to be delivered as soon as possible and we want our contract to be fully fulfilled that's a message for a vaccine developer astra zeneca the u.k. based firm recently announced it would be unable to fulfill its you orders in the agreed time frame astra zeneca says that's down to suppl

and the e.u. is far from happy. all the burden falls on the doctors who have to make a very difficult choice they can be brave in saying that no statement changes the. if you continue to do abortions and back east they will be sued by the state and we will help them but this is happening it's like pretty madness it's scary and there was thinking is that back to the european union and european community doesn't do anything to help us with this i don't want to leave palin because it's my country and i don't want someone to push me out for their actions i'm going to fight for the country's future as long as i have strength and the hope that things will change so this new law is strict it bans even terminations because of incurable diseases all risks to the baby's health it means 90 percent of previously legal abortions have been criminalized a punishable by prison time the law now only allows terminations because of rape incest or risk to the mother's life that law was passed by poland's constitutional tribunal back in

but can this e.u. think locally about china and the way the chinese uses hard power to infringe on the sovereignty of others. it is not just the issue of human rights in xinjiang and the uighurs in tibet, but it is this hard power aspect of china, and the implication on other countries as well? amb. ischinger: the are literally at the beginning of a process in the european union -- we are literally at the beginning of a process in the european union of creating what would deserve to be called as a china strategy or policy. let me be very blunt about this. let me start with my country, germany. until very few years ago, the approach taken by german leaders, left, middle, and right, was that china is our biggest export market, full stop. it was mainly a trade and investment issue. essentially, there was no developed strategy, no developed approach to china regarding such issues as hong kong, the human rights issue, etcetera. i think all members have begun to understand in the interim that if we try to de

except that far fewer e.u. citizens will be able to receive the vaccine for the next few months after the company cut back what it could deliver to the block astra zeneca a british swedish firm blames production problems at some of its plants and said it can only deliver fewer than half of the $80000000.00 doses promised the europeans have complained and decided to protect all vaccine stocks made on their territory as a commission because a lot of strictly targeted measures that will allow us to go up information about the production of vaccines and where manufacturers intend to shoot them. as a measure is time limited specifically applies. in vaccines that were agreed to by advanced purchase agreements as the measure is intended to run until the end of march although on the face of it this measure could apply to fires a biotech more downer and astra zeneca it appears most targeted at astra zeneca the root of the disagreement between the 2 sides lies in the contract they agreed last year the company says it pro

members and of course that's important because e.u. rules do in fact prevent individual member states from conducting their own separate negotiations to get hold of facts saying so i mean it's it's an important sort of political hot potato as far as the health minister is concerned anyway and her is germany's health system coping is this new stricter lockdown not having the desired effect well i think there have been problems with people of paying the rules but what we have seen for instance looking at mobile phone data they suggest that mobility over the christmas period has been a lot lower people are moving around a lot less really important because experts say that even private meetings between just a few people really do excel rate the spread of the disease that's where we've got new restrictions in place in germany now we've got schools closed for a bit longer and so on so a lot of measures in place to try and turn this situation around nationally because simon you thank you for the. let's take a look at some of the other develop