Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The coronavirus pandemic has presented europe with a massive challenge. And the response . Well, so far the European Union has struggled to cope as the death toll has mounted, and the economic damage worsened. European solidarity and co ordinated action have been in short supply. My guest today is the long serving influential dutch mep sophie in t veld. Has this pandemic exposed weakness at the heart of the european project . Sophie in t veld in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. You are a europhile. You make no apology for your enthusiasm for the european project. I wonder then how disappointed you are with the European Unions response to this massive coronavirus challenge. Well, look, frustration is part of life, but if i look at the development of the European Union over the decades, i note that every time it was a crisis that triggered further integration and development, and, look, everybody is stru
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The coronavirus pandemic has presented europe with a massive challenge. And the response . Well, so far the European Union has struggled to cope as the death toll has mounted, and the economic damage worsened. European solidarity and co ordinated action have been in short supply. My guest today is the long serving influential dutch mep sophie in t veld. Has this pandemic exposed weakness at the heart of the european project . Sophie in t veld in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. You are a europhile. You make no apology for your enthusiasm for the european project. I wonder then how disappointed you are with the European Unions response to this massive coronavirus challenge. Well, look, frustration is part of life, but if i look at the development of the European Union over the decades, i note that every time it was a crisis that triggered further integration and development, and, look, everybody is struggling with t
This quaint look, orange jumpsuit, orange hair. Every channel was there and it was an hour of nothing happening. He did not say anything. So when you think about why do we do that, i know why we do it, because people tune in. So they are giving people what they want to see. But i think thats the worst part of it. As far as encouraging others to kill, there is an element, but it is a small one. The bigger part of the problem is the offensiveness, the negativity of that. You have, for example, an Academy Awardwinning actress for playing a florida serial killer. Or years before, mark harmon who at that time was the leading man of hollywood and he played bundy. What right do murderers have to have some famous actor or actress play them in the movie. I do not mind of movies about crimes as long as the killer is like a very small part of it and you dont have a star play the role. Goahead. My question is along the same lines. He said not to make those who are committing mass shootings, can yo
Distort and distract and must find someone else to blame is charting a very dangerous path no president will ever have dominion over objective reality let us resolve to be allies of the truth and not partners in its destruction. Also coming up tonight north and south korea. And the same fate if a Nuclear Conflict were to ever break out but come next month theyll share something very different teen spirit. And the south and north korea will march together under one flag at the Opening Ceremony of the pyongyang Winter Olympics and. We begin today drawing parallels between a u. S. President and a soviet dictator just as the first year of the drunk presidency draws to a close today in a speech before the u. S. Senate but clearly written for a global audience u. S. Senator jeff flake a republican from arizona ripped into u. S. President donald trump for terrorizing the truth he said that trumps use of the term fake news had alienated americas allies any embolden the worlds despots and he ac
I think we found one time over a threeweek period that any of the nature candidates. Voters do care more about health care, but i think the point that the democratic leadership is making is that you can walk and chew gum. There are certain committees that are designated to handle issues that if this was an impeachment referral, and we dont know if it was yet, there was language in there that read as if mueller intended for congress to weigh these issues of obstruction, and that is their statutory duty to do so. And so i think that from a messaging standpoint, you have Many Democrats like sherry bustos, head of the dpoc, saying, for the love of god focus on health care and infrastructure, but you have the Committee Chairs that feel compelled in their duty. This is yet another infrastructure week that ended well. There goes infrastructure week again. By the end of the week, nancy pelosi was accusing the president s attorney general of being a criminal. Is there any possible way they work