A 750000000000. 00 Euro Recovery Fund to help the bloc ounce back from for such. Also coming up riot police in hong kong moved to start the protests as the government moves to pass a law that would make it a crime to insult the Chinese National anthem. Im simply someones got a couple have you with Us European Commission president was enough on the line has unveiled a plan worth 750000000000 euros to help Member States bounce back from the recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic the plan includes a 500000000000 euro Fund Proposed by germany and france based on common e. U. Debt a funny line said the fund was an ambitious answer to the challenge she also said the European Union was facing the choice of each country going it alone or responding together as a call. That caused a lot of the pandemic is the president actually is. In the crowd doesnt it is linked in to a number of different front lots of. Friends there is economic the interdependence of our economies its not only the countries that have been severely affected by the crisis like italy spain or france that have suffered economically you know its also countries that depend on tourism countries with we could Capital Markets or countries where industry is very much dependent on european and International Value chains from on the story lets bring in our correspondent in brussels a barber of a so i barbara weve heard that this rescue package is unprecedented what makes it so significant. It is so special because for the 1st time in history in the history of the European Union the European Commission is allowed or it hopes that it will be allowed to take up a debt they want to go to the Capital Markets and say we need 750000000000 please here and we will give this to the Member States to sort of weather the consequences of the crisis and to sort of reform industries to sort of set their country up for the future so that is really new that has never happened before at the same time the European Commission also wants its own money they wont be able to be able to take in money from from the. Trading the emissions trading system so in sorensons for they would raise a corporate a certain a small segment of the Corporate Tax a plastic tax so they want to take some money in not to be so totally dependent on the contribution of the Member States although that is also new so this whole thing and then 500000000000 out of this are supposed to be given grants that has never have been before either that such a huge sum would be disbursed to the Member States so all this whole package really is it is a huge jump forward is it is a wild political gamble trying to keep the European Union together and trying to sort of keep countries and begin to streams from going under through the consequences of the krona crisis that comes at a time where germany is actually about to take up the helm of the e. U. Council presidency this rotating presidency with an ambitious plan for the next 6 months ahead lets talk about in a moment but 1st lets take a look at what that will. The governor crisis struck in the midst of merkels preparations for germanys e. U. Presidency suddenly forcing her to focus on what shes most known for crisis management. In my view europe the European Union is currently facing its biggest challenge since it was founded. It europe was already divided before corona struck until 3 months ago the commissions green deal on Climate Change and finalizing the next budget along with bracks it looked like the hardest issues to overcome this year now america will still infamous in europe Southern States over her handling of the euro and financial crises may face her biggest challenge yet. She will have to pull europe back from the kind of nation state thinking that kicked in as the initial reflex when the corona crisis struck here being europes longest serving leader who heads its largest economy could help. Machall has already started pledging german money for the 1st time accepting joint e. U. Debt as part of a joint 500000000000 euro Recovery Plan with french president michel she may drop red lines see you our goal is to see europe emerge from this crisis closer and stronger than before hes a comment whether im going to merkel can push europe to take a leap of faith into the future may prove decisive for the stability of the e. U. It will certainly be decisive for her entry into the history books. Are over this really is the time of a Global Pandemic a lot of responsibility that germany has to pick up in the next 6 months. It is huge in a way its good luck for the European Union that germany is taking up the presidency because im going to america is going to steer the ship during the next 6 months it is all the responsibility that we just heard about on her shoulders and her shoulders alone and she cannot possibly fail in this huge task i dont think she will because she is of course the most experienced politician in the e. U. Is shes the leader who knows all the others she knows their problems she knows how to deal with them she knows whole backroom deals are made and so on is force and she knows how the whole mechanism this very complicated mechanism here in brussels works so all of that is on her side but she is going to need all her experience in all his stamina that is quite fabulous to sort of get through these 6 months because it is a big time she really with her own hands has to keep this European Union to gether she has to keep those centrifugal forces that are sort of threaten to tear it apart she has to sort of get people to talk to each other and say we dont want this to fall apart we need this for a future it is in everybodys interests this is really the main argument that she was going to use again and again towards the Eastern European countries who might be angry that the south was going to get so much money. The northern countries who dont want to spend if the socalled frugal for who say we dont want to give grants we dont want to you to make debt and the southern countries and sort of control them into into reforms could jordan internode just wasting on this money thats going to come their way but to really invested wisely it is all going to very different be very difficult among them we have some small things like Climate Change and almost forgotten brechts that she will also have to deal with in the next 6 months so if this is the the last huge time. That she has to fulfill in her a long time in office it might probably be the most taxing and she will really have to get some sleep before she gets into its and starts with it all right barbara vessel reporting there in brussels thank you. Now in Hong Kong Police have fired pellets at crowds of prodemocracy protesters and arrested some 240 people in the city center right police had surrounded the Legislature Building in anticipation of protests the territorys prodemocracy demonstrators want to voice their opposition to a bill criminalizing disrespect for chinas National Anthem which lawmakers have been debating. And earlier i spoke to tom grundy editor in chief of Hong Kong Free press shes been following the protests and standoff with police. While a bit of us can stand up at the moment and were up to about a 240 arrests some of them children in uniform weve seen pepper balls have to spray been fired by police we understand 3500 officers the quoit in this huge security operation today with alleged theyre surrounded by water. And now it seems we may be descending as we have throughout the day in some sort of. Situation between the protesters and the police as monk called the shopping districts of polls a day and the central districts Central Business district became sort of giant. Of the police and protesters giving chase but a lot so arrests today with them being loaded on to at least. Tom we understand that protesters today are protesting against this National Anthem long we dont do know that other countries also criminalize desecrating the flag or the National Anthem so why are they out protesting this law today. Well the difference is in hong kong this law is passed as it most certainly well people could face prison or 3 years or a large fine for mocking the insulting or parodying the National Anthem but this comes in tandem with the National Security law as well which many here will be an affront to Civil Liberties and freedoms and freedom of speech so thats something people on the streets because that will be inserted directly into hong kongs mini constitution just in the next few months without any oversight tom we see the police there just lined up right behind you and president xi jinping said china is going to be stepping up its military preparedness so if these protests continue to ask to turn violent what kind of pushback you think we might see from beijing well the oh the local Army Garrison chief has also made a similar threats we do hear these things about you know the military in hong kong but the idea of this National Lead just National Security legislation is that it will empower hong kong itself as well as the National Security services you could end up being faced. To prosecute people for succession sedition and suppression unfortunately we dont have clear answers as to how exactly they may that may affect the Civil Liberties and freedoms and core values that were used to in hong kong as a semi autonomous region and tom weve been speaking to protesters i mean what are they saying in terms of what they expect from international support. Well weve seen some support i suppose from donald trump in that he will make a strong statement this week also sign when taiwan but just around the corner here ive seen people are dealing with overseas countries to intervene but this is one of the things that may become outlawed just in a few months along with our mocking the National Anthem maybe even calling for an end to one rule for the chief executive to step down thats the big thing about this law we dont know what it will in style. Seeing how these laws are rolled out in the mainland there is concern that we may never know the exact definition of what is allowed and what is not because its often this fairly applied in a very vague and broad manner all right tom grandy editor in chief conferee press reporting there on the streets thank you so much for the lets check in on sports now the biggest game in anybody dislike a season is for a settlement against byron munich and with other major leagues still on hold because of a pandemic the eyes of the world were watching start and needed a win to keep their season alive but as is so often been the case before biron how their nerve to take home the win. The biggest game of the season had arrived at the 1st fallen star the bye and munich took on the closest challenges for the title in a stadium that would usually be rocking but was instead empty. 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