Hungarian president warns EU measures not in line with public opinion
According to [Hungarian President] Ferenc Madl, in the European Union the political will promoting big steps often is not in accordance with public opinion, and the special position allocated to publicity is asserted in practice with great restrictions.The president, who was at the Hungarian-German forum in Berlin, also said that if the state is unable to protect the values important for people, this will lead to populism using grievances to take the public stage and oppose Europe which is...
Programme summary of Polish TV news 2030 gmt 14 Apr 97
1. 0014 Tops.2. 0056 Video report on Polish-German forum in Bonn on European institutions, showing talking heads, archive footage; street scenes.3. 0332 Foreign news.4. 0451 Video report on a meeting of Polish and European parliamentarians on adaptation of legislation, showing meetings; talking heads.5. 0611 Video report on EBRD session allocating some money for Polish enterprises, showing meetings; speakers; audiences; buildings.6. 0911 Headlines.7. 0933 Video report...
Putin, Schroeder say Russian-German relations improving
[Presenter] Today is the second day of the Russian-German forum in St Petersburg. A meeting between Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schroeder began two hours ago in the Mariinskiy Palace, one of St Petersburg's most handsome buildings, in which the State Council met at the beginning of the century.Question No 1 in today's talks was that of Russia's debt to Germany. Andrey Rumyantsev reports on how the meeting, which is so important for Russian-German...
Relations with Germany are Poland's top priority - minister
Warsaw, 27 January: Prime Minister Leszek Miller assured participants in the 10th Polish-German Forum in Warsaw on Friday [25 January] that Polish-German relations are of top priority for the government.He explained that mutual relations and the process of society reconciliation pertain to matters on which a consensus in Poland had been reached.The prime minister stressed the importance of the enlarged EU where Poland and Germany would be able to create the EU eastern policy,...