russia is very much a board for the european union -- important for the european union. if you look at the recent re are alreadyy are already sanctions. you can have already the scenario that is playing out right now with respect to russia which is more important to the european union. if you have european companies and washington withdrawing from the russian market, this would be way worse, i think, than the follow-up we are witnessing now. thenot really see given escalation of the european union in the past, but supporting the u.s.t -- the uris jurisdiction. how this might be solved in a constructive manner. i wanted to find out the spillover effect with respect to russia. >> anyone has any comments on that? >> yeah, it is true. i think the people who are involved in the russian market are learning a lesson that people -- the europeans involved in the russian market are learning, which is that risk is very big and scary. it could be very costly. it may cause you to wind down certain relationships. the u.s. sanctions policy makers are proving themselves more and more in

ministers in brussels on tuesday european commission president has suggested using the european investment bank as a way around u.s. sanctions legally european business is not bound by u.s. foreign policy but ignoring sanctions could affect their business interests in the u.s. the e.u. is resistance to the new us sanctions on iran could hit european companies where it hurts and that's because most large european enterprises have some sort of business with the united states and are likely to be punished if they continue to cooperate with the run but european policy makers say they won't permit washington to dictate e.u. trade policy. that it was yes. i think there is a true realisation a realisation among all european states. that we cannot keep going in the direction that we are headed in today. she's a direction where we submit we submit to american decisions. we want to submit or do we prefer to become independent in sovereign swung. the question is how to go about protecting european interests you may have suggested instigating so-called blocking regulations that use most powerful but u

but how can the europeans trust. but how can the europeans trust iran when the government continues to imprison women like the british woman who went to visit her family, who according to all observers at that iran is in no way guilty of the crime she has been convicted of an just appears to europeans to be an egregious human rights abuse? let's be very frank. europeans, any time that something happens to one of their citizens and ah van, at their assumption and conclusion at the first minute is that they are innocent and the iranian government is guilty, even if, for example, american hikers, the answer iran illegally and this is definitely a crime, this is breaking law, the american government says i know, they are innocent and this is a human rights issue. —— iran. therefore, as far as the americans and europeans, they have no respect for the legal system of ah van and immediatelyjump up, then we're not going to resolve any humanitarian issues. ok, then let's persist with trust a little longer. 0ne persist wit

and what lies more closely than the open european market? so we expect a deflection of trade from countries such as turkey, or iran, coming toward the european union. reporter: the economic minister is disappointed as well in germany. >> todayay's decision by thu.u.. governrnnt is wrong. it is harmful for europe, as well as the united states. reporter: the eu is already preparing retaliatory measures. >> this is a bad day for the world. the european union cannot react to that without any kikind of reaction, so we will immediately inintroduce a settlement dispute on the wto. reporter: the year considering -- and the european union is considering duties on motorcycles, bourbon, cranberries and origin -- or just. mexico and canada are also contemplating countermeasures. brent: i am joined tonight by our correspondent clare richardson and georg mathis. clare, how has the commerce secretary from the u.s. defended the american decision to slap allies and its biggest trading partners with these tariffs? clare: wilbur ross tried to turn this on its

for not offering an alternative for monitoring iran's nuclear compliance european signatories are to meet with iranian representatives next week to discuss the way forward iran's supreme leader has accused of lying with other officials suggesting that tehran is no longer bound by the terms of the agreement. was outrage in tehran and parliament iranian politicians wasted no time condemning the u.s. for violating a deal signed only three years ago the. on the streets iranians read the news that their economy is once again to face u.s. sanctions. and the money shot on this means more pressure will be exerted on the people of iran and the country will go back to the days of resorting to smuggling goods into the country and bypassing sanctions only one image must be will be others involved. as an iranian citizen i expect our president to withdraw from the nuclear deal just like the american president who pulled out of it was. on tuesday u.s. president donald trump signed a memorandum to reinstate harsh economic sanctions on iran most notably in the oil and energy sectors all efforts by eu

groby to go dark it too but they have no serious commitment towards european a further european policy should decide by don't show people this will come but everybody have to be you know . respected the treaties before that happens and before there is actual to speak here and what we have right now is one speed europe. and there are large here a skeptic movement and you know it's there those are people who have exactly the opposing views of the orse and they actually go to the parties you know and i think a lot of european countries see the rise of those parties their reject some or all things right now this people are being ignored you know they're like whatever if you don't want to be european you don't have to but they're actually european do you think this continued ignoring of this part of the electorate could blow up now they're not been in or be in the selection and the whole europe has been the one who contest. the majority of the. public opinion look what happened in print mrs. depend who lost the election due to the european engagement of mr mccrone the debate was when the di

voiced clear opinion the european not the european companies in order politicians seem to follow this and we are not ready to obey the orders from the united states in these questions its vision of the european what they are going to do with iran ok the full hour talk now we had a bit of a chat and you said that the big business is it's a very different situation than for medium and small sized businesses why is that and what is the end result of that big difference well for become phonies who have own set ups in the united states for example it's not that difficult for the states simply to put them under pressure our lion's share of exports to iran is machinery and plants and behind these exports a large number of small and medium sized companies a lot of them have limited business with the united states and they definitely will continue to deal with iran ok so what do you businesses need to stay in iran because many of them will be looking at what's going on with the us and that sanctions are proposing i'm just saying it's too big a risk even if they don't do much business with the

or do we want our european serenity the european parliament. in order like you to a few hours here to an out in your presence you mean has decided together with the commission and the member states to the side a rules of procedure and this is the kind of life that we want to follow my goodness and i am deeply convinced that we have a dish and there's. several ran a t two ability in order to accompany the i thrust to protect our citizens and to avoid the. unfairness rules area where some pay no taxes should be sent the need to protect ourselves against the threats on a daily basis for what we. make decisions from our and they are decisions they are essential aspects who is going to decide that the. external of all or us or ourselves who are we going to let take those decisions we know that energy and climate decisions take time but a sustainable solution can only be built if we can. ourselves on the european level field if we know where. on. carbon if we pose attacks outside of the border of the worst decisions if we have an ambition i . have. m

european union cannot. react to that we've told you kind of reaction so really you need to introduce a sort of a dispute. on the on the w t o love of country knowledge and it is covering all those. measures do you consider is in part to tease on u.s. products such as motorcycles whiskey cranberries and oranges mexico is also contemplating countermeasures. are everybody's trying to digest what this all means let's bring washington correspondent claire richardson and correspondent derek motus to help us make sense of all this clare want to start off with you if i may how is the commerce secretary the senate the american decision to slap its allies and biggest trading partners with these terrorists. well when the trump administration first announced these tariffs back in march they said that the tariffs were essential for national security reasons that having strong u.s. domestic production of steel and aluminum was important for national defense now of course key allies see them as unfair trade practices and

and european union more broadly have been insistent almost from day one the day after the referendum took place that they will stand by island and that on the border question the has to be a solution that is acceptable to the republic of ireland they've not budge from that position now the u.k. government has come up with a whole variety of slogans and cliches since that referendum saying there will be no return to a hard border that we no infrastructure the british women's already hinting that rowing back from that no you infrastructure because it's talking about technological solutions well you technology has to be put in place somewhere i wouldn't want to be the first person in strand to install border installations it's not just myself that would say that the chief constable of northern ireland has warned that it would be reckless to try and install anything at the border to try and reinvigorate a border there was a conflict about that border that cost three thousand six hundred lives only recently to try and reactivate a border which was you know which had largely gone silence a

we are working in defense of european citizens. we want to protect european citizens. we want to implement our new rules about a protection. we want to the respect by the different companies of the rules of european union. this is our engagement. we will work hard and defense of our citizens. first of all, for european election 2019. guy: ok. one final quick question. something about closer to home for you. do you worry that the new italian governments could pose a risk to the rosen project? do you worry that this could be an existential threat to the eurozone project? what do you see happening in italy? as the president of as members of my party, i disagree with this them.ent between it is not good for italy, it is not good for europe. thank you very much, indeed for your time this morning. interesting conversation. president of the european parliament. let's get back to the market. >> let's start with britvic. it is up 6% at the moment. on the downside, i am looking at euronet. sells been downgraded to and dropped the most since november of 2017 in this session. what

this is something we have to wait to see, but there are ways for europeans. you remember in the mid—1990s, when the us imposed sanctions with a territorial impact on iran and the europeans, they decided to pass blocking regulations in order to support european business with iran and to resist the us extraterritorial behaviours. this is one issue, whether the european union would revive relations or not, this is one issue. second, whether iran and the eu would be able to manage the financial system. they do business in euros, not in dollars, because whenever the business is in dollars, it comes to new york for a u—turn and we would have a problem with the us. but if we can have business in europe, then we would face much less capacity for the us to go for punishments. all right, so your view is... the europeans, whether they would be able to do it or not, i really do not know. your view is that it is going to be very difficult. explain to me one thing. if it is going to be very difficult — and the europeans have an important decision now to make about ho

could a breakthrough be around the corner after president all chant extended a tariff exemption on european metals washington says talks with brussels could reduce trade tensions. as the old saying goes plenty more fish in the sea except when there's not the e.u. says it's time for a strict new quarter so. i'm helena humphrey in berlin good to have you with us and germany is losing patience with washington's trade brinkmanship the german economy minister saying raising tariffs is the wrong way of going about things that would hurt jobs in germany europe and the u.s. says delaying the decision as trump did just hours before the midnight deadline is also a big problem especially as businesses have no way of planning for the future. that's die of relief for the european steel industry at least for now the next four weeks the e.u. can continue to sell steel and aluminum to the u.s. with that additional tariffs. back in march donald trump signed off on plans to impose tariffs of twenty five percent on steel imports and ten percent on r.u. many m two weeks later he granted the e.u. and several co

mark zuckerberg faces off with the european parliament. the european lawmakers for the recent data scandal at the social media giant he says the company was too slow to react after user data was manipulated and he was given a warning that europe considers facebook to be among.

oh efforts by european allies to dissuade him had been in vain the european union's foreign policy chief it did he come again he couldn't hide her gret as she urged for unity the european union will remain committed to the continued and effective implementation of the nuclear. we fully trust the war the competence and the autonomy of the international atomic energy agency that has published reports certify that it on has fully complied with its commitments. even if europe remains many fear that trumps move or will prompt a backlash by iran president a son rouhani said his country might resume nuclear activities if a deal without the us will not guarantee its interests. or. tech try to reach out to not we've witnessed an important historical experience cish fadi what we've been saying and repeating for the pos forty years has now happened once more iran is a country that is low to its commitments and the united states is a country that has never stuck to its commitments to hold. us back in washington donald trump said he wants to work with the u.s. allies to find what he called a real sol

the european union ambassador to the u.s. it talked about the trump administration decision to withdraw from the nuclear agreement. this event in washington dc also includes a discussion about iran. this is an hour and a half. i'm really delighted that we are bringing together all of our work at the atlantic council under the iran source. i suggest all of you look at the source. and you can also tweet today's event. were not quite sure what. we are going to look at sanctions and aspects in particular what it's going to mean for sanctions. the last minute addition to our experts in that as the ambassador david o'sullivan is going to make some keynote remarks. with our penile penal true after experts. let me just briefs fully introduce them. she is a veteran of the treasury department. we also have a new speaker here. they followed the negotiations that led to the jcp '08 in great detail another veteran of state department where he worked on developing the sanctions that are now going to be returning. he promises to have a very

european union. under the treaties of european union you must have a border that judges goods moving across to eu to non-e.u. border. you have to have a way to put on tariffs. you have to have a way to control the movement of persons and services. more importantly for the uk, all of the regulatory issues that go along with the movement of a good. so the question becomes how do you put a border between ireland and northern ireland without completely upsetting the peace accords that came about after the result of the end of, as they call it the troubles. this is really the heart and soul of the problem. it is 310 miles of border if you look at all the craggs and crannies between northern ireland and ireland with 400 crossing points. nobody has been able to figure out how to get around that. what is on the table right now, the european put forward a withdrawal proposal, their tax or their way to fix it which effectively creates a border along the irish sea. treat northern ireland and ireland as one area

european union cannot. react to that we've become the reaction so really you need to introduce a sort of a dispute. on the. love of country knowledge and that's covering all those called the balance sheet measures do you consider is in part to tease on u.s. products such as motorcycles whiskey cranberries and oranges mexico is also contemplating counter-measures. well now that everyone has had time to digest the news let's find out what it means with washington correspondent claire richardson and correspondent. in brussels good evening to you both clare want to start off with you how has the commerce secretary defended the american decision to slap its allies and biggest trading partners with these terrorists. the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross has essentially said that the european union failed to convince washington to extend an exemption on these tariffs and if you remember back in march when they were first announced to there was an outcry in the united states granted these exemptions to some of it

being awarded that charlemagne prize for his efforts to forge greater european unity and call dr europeans to reject nationalism and division and then her speech introducing this is the german chancellor angela merkel said that europe could no longer rely on the u.s. protection. thanks for watching. a generation is leaving. thousands of young jews are leaving france fearful of anti semitic violence. is one of. anti-semitism is increasing the only solution is to go to israel. is immigration the only option. friend and a new anti-semitism. in thirteen. and i think one day this war will be considered cruel and unjust war. and certainly all citizens will crain every man woman and child when the friend their homeland is the enemy invades. no one wants russia here which is. rebel against the mighty google news that matters. d.w. made for modern. israel seventy. two displaced nations that owns over one homeowner featured in i want to program. when rabin and ignore friends agreed on peace but an assassin put an end to that train them to return a nice boost to the displaced people are still going t

when european union behaves turkey that on that turkey needs european union turkey needs european union and european union needs turkey we are everywhere of this but some european countries unfortunately don't see the fact so why so you don't leave you any man or you said your meal time trees in the european union actually against turkey your membership made big my shirt off the e.u. countries you member states actually are in favor of turkish actually you know when membership anymore he said you struck not you have the air as it were the reaction to this is the reaction of the country who has been waiting at the door for sixty years ok sixty years so i was away that it is turkey is a mistake so why they said yes so why threaten europe in march last year when the diplomatic pressure what can what kind of threatening in march last year when there's a magic route with germany was at its height your president said that if europe continues this way no european in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets that's what he said. that's a threat now it's a design or rather a stretch k

deal the leaders move to ban european companies from complying with u.s. sanctions for a live at the leaders' summit in the balgair in capitals sophia also coming up a controversial referendum in boon to people in this piece african country votes on whether to extend the president's term for up to sixteen more years tensions are high in a nation that's no stranger to political violence and toward all wedding fever excitement builds among the fans of the british royals ahead of this weekend's big day right making marco meanwhile confirms that her father will not be attending her wedding to prince harry so who will walk her down the aisle. it's great to have you along i'm leyla rock the european union has sent a strong signal that it will keep the iran nuclear deal alive despite the decision by u.s. president donald trump to abandon it european commission president john kline juncker has said the e.u. will we activate a blocking statute it's used more than twenty years ago to counter u.s. sanctions against cuba libya and iran alone makes it illegal for compa

the gaping budget hole in europe being created by after britain leaves the going to fill the gap the european commission wants major economies to contribute more to its budget and it says it's ready to cut funding to countries who violate democratic freedoms also coming up. strong. signs of a breakthrough. political crisis the ruling party says it will back this man nicole. prime minister certain conditions. and these migrants have a journey to reach the united states but for many the real challenge is only now beginning as they try to cross the u.s. border to apply for a. good to have you with us tonight europe is preparing to write a check to pay for a wife after today the european commission and build an ambitious new budget to follow on from britain's withdrawal from the european union well spanning the years twenty twenty one to twenty twenty seven it's worth close to one point three trillion euros an increase that has ruffled the feathers of member states who will be asked to contribute more to european coffers. the e.u. has a pretty big budget hole to fill britain's departure from the

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it also most importantly has to pass the european union. we're talking about negotiations going on here. there are no negotiations essentially between britain and europe happening. all the negotiations are inside of britain and not just inside of britain, they're inside london. not just inside london, but inside the conservative party between people who don't like each other, don't trust each other, who think theresa may is worst leader possible except for all the others. that is the kind of climate we're talking about. matthew can give a more authoritative answer to that question. >> to that point - >> and jennifer. >> let's talk about may for a second,because it sounds like no one really loves may. no one wants this job, at least until after exit day. so, how safe is she between, you know, over the next 330 days? but give us a sense of her range of manueverability. let's talk about continuities, if she was to go, jacob mogg, is he a real possibility? >> according to all reports of the cabinet meeting on wednesday which was, of course, whe

european union cannot. react to that we've called the new kind of reaction so really you need to introduce a set of a dispute. on that over on the w t o. do you is considering in part judy's on us products such as much as cycles bourbon cranberries and oranges mexico and canada are also contemplating countermeasures. on george and i by our washington correspondent claire richardson and from brussels our correspondent. to both of you good evening clare let me start with you how has the commerce secretary from the u.s. defended the american decision to slap its allies and its biggest trading partners with these tariffs. the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross really tried to turn this on its head saying that european negotiators failed to convince washington not to extend i dig zemke chanson these tariffs either another temporary one or a more permanent solution now this comes after months of anxiety about what the united states was going to do here we saw personal lobbying efforts by french president and man

when the europeans in the u.s. together had the sanctions in place, now these sanctions are also directed when i are imposed in 18- days against -- in 180 days against european companies doing business is. these are secondary effects of the sanctions. this is -- frederico marguerite he has vowed she will protect these interests and there are some ways you can build workarounds to the sanctions and maybe protect these interests. but of course this will harm iranian interests as well because many german companies, banks, will not be reluctant to go into iran and do business there. so this is a real conflict of interest here. but still, paris, london and berlin have declared tonight they will stick to the deal and continue to work with iran is nobody knows what donald trump is up to, how he will have the leverage to force iran to go back to the negotiation table and to prevent them better from now not to build nuclear weapons. brent: bernd reigert and clare richardson, thank you. israel's prime minister benjamin netan

friday the european commission launched a process same to preventing e.u. firms from being hit by u.s. sanctions under those plans european companies would be able to get compensation and loans if they were affected. later on monday the president plans to meet the leaders of the left leaning five star movement and the right wing northern league party to discuss the formation of a new coalition government meanwhile the poll finds most italians backed the largely anti e.u. program agreed on by the parties. must do something about immigration because it's a mess and like the color plan of course who want lower taxes especially for businesses so the league got too harsh on immigration we need to solve this problem but with a more moderate approach but i'm worried about five star and the league are going to make good on these promises it will be difficult because the powers the strong the. new prime minister may also be put forward on monday the coalition is expected to nominate a law professor just said be content is a relative unknown in political and public l

now the european commission has triggered legislation aimed at protecting european companies from u.s. sanctions on iran on wednesday the blocks leaders decided to activate what is called the blocking statute its main purpose is to forbid e.u. companies from complying with the extraterritorial implications of u.s. sanctions also the european commission is allowing the european investment bank to support you investment in iran and encouraging member states to explore the possibility of one off bank transfers to the central bank of iran the european union is committed to mitigating the impact of u.s. sanctions on european businesses and taking steps to maintain the growth of trade and economic relations between the e.u. and iran that began when sanctions were lifted. or the blocking statute was created more than two decades ago but never has been applied for but has never been applied before the decision was taken after several major companies announce that because thing ties with iran amid the threat of punishment from washington. no arguing with it america and europe had something spe

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sanctions european companies will be able to claim compensation and loans if they're affected france's finance minister added that firms working with iran should continue to do so. we're going to do everything to protect french companies in iran because it's in our economic interest there are dozens of french companies who have lawfully invested in iran and are doing business there and they must continue to have the right to do so. financial analysts shabbir razvi believes the e.u. is unlikely to cave in to pressure from the us regarding iran. i don't think the european union is in the mood for listening to washington dick tut at this moment yes mr macron had a wonderful reading in a washington a. few weeks ago where mr buck broad has probably decided to become washington's pimp in paris however the other european union countries particularly germany is in no mood to listen to washington on the business relationship that they have developed with. iran over the years it's not in the interest of anyone to create huge distances between iran or the nuclear deal. the longest bridge in europ

threatening some type of sanctions against its european allies over iran. well some european diplomats in brussels say this is the only way you can read it because these sanctions imposed unilaterally without the european union involved in this is different to the situation we had before that you're around you when the europeans and the us together at these sanctions and plays and now these sanctions also directed when they are imposed in one hundred eighty days against european companies doing business these are the so-called secondary effects of these sanctions and this is a real threat to the economic interests of these companies and as i said today we can mobile really has vowed that she will protect this interest and there are some some ways you can circumvent that too you can build some work arounds to these sanctions and maybe protect the interests but of course that this will harm your anian interests as well because many german companies and banks for example would not be reluctant to go into iran and do business there and so this is a real conflic

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when european union behaves turkey that only turkey needs european union turkey needs european union and european union needs turkey we are everywhere of this but some european countries unfortunately don't see the fact so why tell you don't even the men want to go to new countries in the union union actually against turkey's e.u. membership many big measures of the e.u. countries e.u. member states actually are in favor of turkish you know what i'm a little more membership anymore he said and you struck luck your ally really are they were the reaction to this is the reaction of the country who has been waiting at the door for sixty years ok sixty years so i know why that it is turkey's mistake so why for years so why threaten europe in march last year when the dollar had a examine what can what kind of three things in march last year what is the sematic route with germany was at its height your president said that if europe continues this way no european in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets that's what he said that's a threat now is a direct threat no it is not a

is making it illegal for european companies to comply with u.s. sanctions on iran it's only the second time that the european union has threatened to use the so-called blocking statute the first was back in one thousand nine hundred ninety six as a response to u.s. sanctions in cuba but it was never introduced now as a slew of global firms announce they're putting out over on e.u. leaders are scrambling to stop european firms from doing the same. the blocking statute is aimed at protecting the small and medium sized companies operating in the country it would also provide compensation for sanctions related losses although german politicians have said that can't be applied across the board the picture is much more complex for a bigger european corporations with close financial and corporate ties to the u.s. the prospect of severe penalties over sanctions violations as well as the loss of financing from u.s. banks and other potential consequences already has some european businesses looking to exit iran the world's biggest container ship or a mall o

the european commission wants major economies to contribute more to its budget and it says it's ready to cut funding to countries who violate democratic freedoms also coming up after a day of strike action and mass protests are signs of a breakthrough in armenia's political crisis the ruling party says it will back this man nicole the former prime minister but under certain conditions. i burnt off it's good to have you with us tonight you're preparing to write a check to pay for a life after breakfast today the european commission unveiled an ambitious new budget to follow on from britain's withdrawal from the e.u. now spanning from the years twenty twenty one to twenty twenty seven it's worth close to one point three trillion euros an increase that has ruffled the feathers of member states he will be asked to contribute more to the european kitty. the e.u. has a pretty big budget hole to fill britain's departure from the bloc will leverage about twelve billion euros less well off a year the man responsible for drafting up a spending plan says member countries are going to have to cou

melinda: we do have a european union. we are talking about austria, czech republic, romania, who sent their delegates to join the americans for the embassy. they are part of the e.u. will they support everything may or juncker are bringing? you see macron from france and angela merkel -- macron is young, energetic, once to bring france into as much as -- we have seen a big -- great deal he is done. about foreign policy is the marathon. they are not even putting their shoes on. there is no clear policy for the e.u. let me -- nora: let me just come in. melinda: quickly, because i want to get to iran. nora: when you look at european efforts to keep up the jcpoa -- melinda: the nuclear agreement. nora: exactly, it is more than just a show. to europeans try to stand up the americans, to some extent, although it is not a position we want to bn. we want to be in a working partnership. we see the german, french and british foreign minister stand up together, trying to work out how we can salvage. it is in our own security interes

the former vice president of the european commission. because not except that the americans dictate the terms of the business the american policy of taking hostage other nations and companies to be it has to be partnership to do is obvious. but the ship between the united states and do you opinion is entering a new new age it's it's not like it was in the past. and more or less the americans are to your shirt to see if. the europeans accept it that americans have to do the ship and the americans. enough to provide security i think that's finished. it is already international and the party is hoping to form italy's next coalition government are seeking the blessing of the country's president for a radical programme of action a poll has found sixty percent of italians support the largely and t.e.u. ideas agreed on by the left leaning five star movement and the right wing likud party. must do something about immigration because it's a mass i love the color plan of course who want lower taxes especially for businesses so the illegal immigrat

operative word as the european commission we have the duty to protect european companies so we know me to act and this is why we're launching the process of activating the blocking statute from one thousand nine hundred six. what you're a business doing is using a statute initially developed to circumvent washington's trade embargo on cuba the law basically protects european states from laws or sanctions implemented outside of europe if you can see a political resolution prompts bully boy tactics haven't gone down well in europe the block is finally showing its teeth. what do we want to be able to be blinded to what americans tell new or do we want us europeans to say economic interests move want to have economic relations with russia what can you say every relationship has its bumps its just that some bumps and in divorce. ok let's discuss this a bit further to now with the best the secretary of the european movement cane joins us in the event we welcome kate we're hearing there from that package not sure how much you heard of it but the e.u. says it will protect european companies fr

there are some many issues involved i mean the fate of the european. exemptions from tariffs on steel and aluminum is still very much up in the air mr trump is supposed to make his decision until june first now there is a threat of. secondary sanctions we are talking about a very very large chunk of the economy do you think all these economic issues and i'm trying to phrase it very carefully not to be accused of russian bias but still do you think these economic issues are going to be featured in the political discussions on the run sure i mean the first thing you need to say about this is that from your from europe's perspective iran does not matter economically so whatever decisions europe makes these of the the g c p u a are going to be national security could decisions and political decisions if they want iran to stay in the g c p a way they're going to have to offer some additional economic benefits but that's not because europe is deeply in amort of the possibility of trade with iran i do think though to your question your broader question. europ

stupid and tragic the european union has filed preliminary complaints but the w.t. was seeking to pressure the trumpet ministration by targeting u.s. goods produced in states that don't go into the white house you know we're talking about on holiday davidson bikes produced in response and you know whiskey from kentucky etc. it seems to be a very specific case of mixing politics and economics you know you try to pinch us economically we will try to hurt you when it hurts the most politically is that a fair game as far as europe is concerned because the europeans have long been very moralistic when russia tries to mix politics and economics what would you. trump is doing what he does he's doing what he does because it she'd into his electorate but i'm asking you do you think it's a fair game of course is a thing what's wrong with well i mean what's wrong when you subsidize got gas for your neighbor and expect a certain political outcome to happen there what's wrong with bad but apparently you know in your crane the european union didn't like russia having both economi

berlusconi has never been anti-european politician never. never said we should go out of the euro he said we should change something because otherwise some countries like italy will be too much penalized with respect to others that's perfectly true. what's happened today is different. it's the first time in the western democracy where two populist parties are trying to be aligned together and set up a government this is something that never happened before. i can understand the tension on the back of the markets because both parties have been strongly anti-euro and anti-european union. this is the point. this is why i think that we should very much be careful for what is happening in italy now what is at stake is on one hand a populist approach, not realistic things, but catching the feeling of a big number of public opinion that are against euro and want to have more perspective. on the other hand, the struggle with other political forces is more realistic, more moderate and say we cannot get back from the european union architecture, from

expense of other partners in the european monetary union it has an european approach in which way in what way because we're talking about european reforms and overhauling the euro zone but the germans are against that right well or at least the majority of german economists would say very much in favor of getting back to everyone swear to the strict rules of the maastricht treaty and these rules have not been obeyed in the last ten years they were strict they were strict rules but they were never in full they were not really in force and the new italian government all seems to knowledge that they do not own the careful that but it's absolutely important that we come to a monetary consensus if you want to make this monetary union exists x. why can't we have both strict rules and more integration well integration should not be. a target in itself we have to ask what shall the integrate and what shall be left to competition he wants we must never forget that the strength of europe is its diversity this has brought this continent to the top of all other countries and this is the source o

decline european person isn't. and are not at all in this line because it's not true because there are new generation what they call their national generation the new generation the majority are they what they are as fear is for more europe the point that the leadership today in europe has not been able to give good news to the people they have not be able to understand they have not even implementing the treaties that had not been excerpted the capacity of european union and so the new generation more european i know for my family my my daughters. my son of the people that are critical with the e.u. institution today i want something as you are critical of the institution with the leadership and others in the un you know what of not people cannot renounce the what has happened cheever europe. so these message that you were trying to convey everywhere that europe is free and europeans hard on decline is not right now and i mean you heard what what the people talk about you refer this isn't i mean marion le pen almo

over we begin the day with the european scolding of facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg and i say scolding not grilling today facebook's boss sat down with members of the european parliament arguably the most critical and most tech savvy group of lawmakers zuckerberg has ever encountered and yet what the world witnessed via live stream was not an attempt to get to the truth through an exchange of questions and answers this was not forensics fact gathering instead this meeting quickly morphed into a series of time consuming statements and threats the message desired we protect private data better than you we consider facebook to be a monopoly and we may break up your company give us a reason not to max hoffman picks up the story from there tonight in brussels. lots of fake zuckerberg demonstrating in front of the european institutions. but inside the parliament not so much the hearing of the facebook c.e.o. was supposed to take place behind closed doors so that gave some the impression that the privacy of mr zuckerberg was more important than the privacy o

mark zuckerberg has agreed to speak with leaders of the european parliament about his company's data sharing scandal but the meeting me happened behind closed doors instead of the public testimony zuckerberg faced in the u.s. last month british firm cambridge analytic or shared the data of nearly three million e.u. based facebook users without constant. huge clouds of ash spewing from hawaii is a killer we know have prompted a writ alert for aircraft traveling in the region is the first such warning since eruption started twelve days ago explosions have intensified with the volcano shooting out ballistic blocks and earthquakes some two thousand people have been evacuated. e.u. leaders have reiterated their pledge to keep the iran nuclear deal alive they also said they would only discuss trade barriers with the united states if washington does not impose caliphs on european steel in alan minium the leaders are meeting with their balkan counterparts in bulgaria at a summit that is offensive believe about fostering closer ties between the balkan region and the european union but the gro