the justice of the european parliament these are mostly already closed issues between the the european commission and the so. in general brad wrestles have lots of demands when it comes to hungary and there you know actually saying that if hungary doesn't meet those demands whether it's judiciary or frame or pratt or immigration they're actually saying that well may not find you in the next year budget so here's i think it's only that whatever you give the only makes up six percent of your budget first of all is it worth it is is that money worth doing everything they want you to do because i know that mr a bank has said you know we don't have to live off german money anyways well you know hunger is interest is european union to be strong because we. a strong conquering needs a strong european union because we have a very open economy and seventy nine percent of our exports goes to the european union we have an export over g.d.p. ratio around ninety percent so you can imagine how significant for us it is the european union to be stronger and european union to have a competitive economy

but this is also, european foreign policy. the european defense. this is a very important, for the future european union. thank you for being here. you have the floor. [applause] >> president of the european parliament, antonio. president of european commissi commission,". ladies and gentlemen, members of the european parliament. for 50 years, for the first time, the german president at the time, described european unification as an exemplary experiment. this was ten years before the elections to the european parliament. about time the european community was still in its infancy. a lot of the achievement such as the internal market, revisionary project. the foundation has been made. hundreds of years of worse and the citizens of europe, were over. for the first time, they had a stable peaceful future. i had of them. today, i am here with joy, but also with gratitude. in front of the greatest parliament of the world. we have 751 members from 28 countries that representing half million people approximately 7% of the world's population. in this house,

politicians are european. to express the same sentiment that you know we should just wait down out as we hope to wait outrank do you think that is a sustainable approach do you think that kind of those kind of political forces. temporary and a more permanent be honest i'm not a politician and i don't do soup or to this government or in order to go in there just a new story and story just as a straight to theater to see things from an objective point of view even do word the popular in the sometimes is a wrong word in my opinion we have a new political movements in europe we have to respect from the point of view is no to correct to just to define does movement as a pop would is that which means balkan is very often means extremist to know because of this movement to the they have success also because they represent the will of the population to brutus in front of some through problems that we have we we have next year elections in the european free more we will see which will be the result of this so called th

unless it becomes even more important that we stand side-by-side if europeans that's the european union more than ever needs to respect both the interests of its own members and of others. we need to understand that tolerance is the center of your. it's essential component of what makes europeans. only together, with you, can we develop that. to ensure that we also take account of the needs of others as well. and that, rings us to the core of europeans solidarity. without which we cannot be successful. this solidarity is being found tolerance. it's represents our strength as europeans. which we can find nowhere else. three reasons for this. we have to work for each other. it is essential, the prerequisite. for families, villages, for sports associations as well as communities such as european union. solidarity is a component of the european that treaty. it's a central of our values. is a cornerstone, of your. supports economic development and also helps combat unemployment. we are faced, either with terrorist attacks or other attacks on our bodies. we have european crisis, so-called whi

union the european parliament if the european union is not sufficiently democratic i agree but this is not especially the european parliament the other way around this is the only directly elected institution in the european therefore this is completely mons but the elections that brought you to the presidency twice these were decided behind closed doors there was an election but it was decided beforehand who was going to win i had to run in the parliament that i had to to get a majority in the bottom in twenty twenty fourteen what was once a liberal and close those you know in twenty fourteen you actually cover president of the parliament you must run in the parliament and you must guide right i understand that i'm able to get a majority of the parliamentarians how can you say this was behind closed doors but wasn't open election an open boat with the overwhelming majority but in twenty fourteen you actually point to the post was announced by gabrielle vice chancellor a full eleven days before the so-called vote was in that he announced that i am your arguing president you know tha

well you know since there are a european people and european citizens to vote on the e.u. elections i think we should leave it to the europeans number one number two we are part of the biggest european party family european peoples party and the strongest and the most successful party of the european peoples party so we hope that our party family will be successful and the hope that we can change the general attitude of the people's party which is now well migration by migration attitudes and so present and your prime minister obviously get along very well present and meyerson store brand greatly do you think this could actually be a real help in some way for hungary or is it just an ideological liking while you know under the democrat administration under president obama we suffered a lot because the american that time administration the made open attempts to interfere into our domestic. internal politics now such kind of attempts are not happening anymore for us it's great in many cases we receive things in a similar way but we have to understand that they are the number

what he believes none of that is true and under european law but to negotiate individually with european countries is that there is what he fareed is streak in the u.s. administration and yes mr bennett i'm going to need to the european union i'm going to give mr by the last would this clip ashleigh because we don't have very long left the can the european union remain united against this trump presidency do you think it is not united on on a number of issues for example the north stream dealing with russia there are divisions already and the administration if it still wants can play divide and rule very effective the europe that's why countries like germany france really need to invest very hard in maintaining european unity there now. of pills are probably have to swallow as germany along the way that means we cannot go against the liberalism domestically of poland hungary as forcefully as we would like to if we want to keep for example and hungry in the board in confrontations with china and. and the us and russia saw a tricky situation but we have to keep trying mr bennett thank you

the european union on many issues. noways one of the countries having the largest portion of foreign labor from the e.u. countries in the way and we depend upon the workers and labor force from from other european countries. i think we see a more optimistic picture looking at the developments in europe than we had just a year ago and the economy is looking better and unemployment is the creasing and there hasn't been any domino effect. the reason why our model will not be a good fit for u.k. now is that we have the four freedoms including the movement of labor and part of the reason for u.k. wanting to leave the european union was not to have a free moment. neighbor so i think. for obvious reasons this will not be your case model because we also need to implement all the regulations for the single market with less decision making power than u.k. has today. so i think they want to have the first freedoms and the single market regulations and a mission perhaps and just say here opinion and i don't know. what that intervi

when the european union. and others began to talk about a foreign policy european foreign policy or free and defense policy and people in washington reacted very strongly because the worry is that. europeans would to get together without the us make some decisions and then come into nato as a collective body and make. you know force the u.s. to two to. agree to a european position we're going to take a short break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to matthew morrison battering cia analyst and a former national intelligence council who is also taking part in twenty eighteen ammar attack conference stay with us. with this manufactured consensus in public. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final. we can all middle of the room. well you know they were kind of adopted because we were called pirates for so long . they're in the small ball of sticks they don't harp on ships and it's. up to. the limit to be told fish already. got. the collar. cons of fifteen scoops seventeen tons and t

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

well the europeans made very clear in brussels and they have been consistently making it clear to the u.s. president since october when he decertified the nuclear deal that this deal is not up for negotiation there has been a possible space and suggestion given to doing some signed agreements with iran that address some of those areas where president trump seems to be most fixated on it which is missiles programs and the issue of social so-called sunset cruises but before the europeans can even consider that they need the full commitment of the u.s. to this nuclear agreement i think their priority for now will be to keep the u.s. on board but at the same time and in parallel they should be looking at contingency plans whereby they can offer juran a peaceful plus one deal that keeps the obligations in place on both sides ok it will look at that people plus one i did just a little later in the program first i want to go over to ali see how difficult it's going to be to keep from all sides in the deal with the europeans as it stands i mean how close was he to walking away from it. look i

and the european union the prime minister of the u.k.'s recently promised there will be no hard border so in theory everything's fine but what barack said again and touched upon in practice it's pretty unclear how this is supposed to work not having a hard border there and he said there will be no back slipping on that no backtracking on that we really need to stick to that not only for economic reasons but especially for political reasons and also for the sake of peace and that's just very briefly if you can what else can we expect from this debate mistrust are today . it's really a well you know home game for rutgers here because most at least most european parliamentarians are on the side here so you don't know you will have a lot of conflict in this debate but it's something that's supposed to bring the general idea of the european union and the value of the european union back to the forefront that's the idea of this whole series of debates that it was a very highly symbolic. start of the series with the prime minister today did have

union because our interest is to have a strong european union under it can be strong in a strong european union and this is the this is the focal point of the debate how to make european union strong again and there's a big clash between the some western european and to slip through the strait were pushing for a european union which should be stepping into the dimension of post christianity. and post nations and our goal is totally different we want a strong european union. it's been strong member states and we want a europe which sticks to its christian heritage so we're number one we don't want europe to get rid of the christian heritage and we want member states to stay as member states we don't want our you know give up our nationality we don't want to give up our culture we don't want to give up our heritage and so on and so forth so this is a big clash between those who want to see european union as post christian as post national and us who want to see europe as a christian continent based on strong member states european commission is also undertaking legal action against hungary

the european council invited the commission, the european parliament, and the council to take the necessary steps to ensure that the agreement can can enter into on the 30th of march, 2019. provide for an orderly withdrawal. theure piian council approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european council restated the determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of today's conclusions as it contains the sense of our meeting. ahead of us is a difficult process of ratification as well as further negotiations. but regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days. >> yes, indeed. it is a day on which we're satisfied with the results we have obtained. it's a very sad day to see a country like the u.k.. and the same would have applied to any other country, a country leaving the e.u. doesn't give rise to the raising of champagne glasses or

we need a strong european union, i see support for european integration amongst young people, that is the next generation of leaders, is very strong. they are becoming more active, more engaged, more mobilised, so actually i am quite optimistic. frankly, looking at brexit as an example, all one can say is that there are increasing deep divisions between demographics, different age groups across europe, not necessarily helping the eu. a final thought, the guy you work closely with, guy verhofstadt, in the eu parliament says that actually brexit is a sign of failure. it has to be accepted as a failure for the eu and part of the bigger picture, which is relevant to what we have been discussing. would you accept that? well i think, in political terms, i don't know, but i would feel it is a sense of failure as well. at the same time it is also serving as a wake—up call, both in the uk and the european union. i think trump is another wake—up call and we have a few others, like putin. but i think the wake—up call is working, people are being mobilised, they are speaking up. support for

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

the general secretary of the european trade union confederation here is that conversation. and immigration is an issue that has divided the u.s. labor movement in the past before they reached their current pro immigrant position but immigration also is a key component of europe in politics and in recent years this issue has been continually controversial mr general secretary what's the what's your position on immigration and the specific problem and choices facing the e.u. . what within the the european union and europe more in general were not able to address this emergency in the proper way international rules were not respected few countries including he told me my own country were completely left alone you know addressing this emergency and inserting a rescue people at sea and trying to avoid an immense a strategy to a tragedy to happen but that was already coming from the large majority of member states of the european union the didn't give an end at all to eataly greece but also to some other countries like germany and sweden the tried to welcome some of these refugee

kingdom leave the european union. they have endorsed it this morning. the announcement came from the european council president donald tusk and came less than an hour into the meeting of leaders. after months of intense negotiations, the two sides have reached agreement on two separate texts — a legally—binding withdrawal agreement and that much shorter political declaration, which sets out what the relationship between the uk and the eu might look like after brexit. the last—minute hitch over the future status of gibraltar was overcome yesterday. theresa may, who arrived at the summit a few moments ago, —— aboutan —— about an hour ago, will still need to win a vote on the deal in the uk parliament, and that is looking tricky. we'll be bringing you all the latest here from brussels, examining the deal, and what it might mean for the uk and europe. we are expecting press conferences in the next hour or so. as those press c0 nfe re nces in the next hour or so. as those press conferences take place, we will

european union is a uni and that crosses state boundaries and that's like a core principle of european union and european union is based on principles of liberalism your country is and nation based conservative country which is not a good thing or a bad thing russia is the same way so. on the ideological level there are like just so many differences in the basis it's not about economics like why do you want to be part of the union so much that opposes everything that you guys stand for where the chile. is not everything is opposed the very things you know if you know if you look at the statistics for example how many infringement procedures are going on against us and others you will see that we are some they are in the middle so there is nothing extraordinary in this regard yeah we we have definitely debates based on ideology as well for example you know when it comes to the fact that when. and the election is not won by the liberals then the system is immediately goes to a does not a democracy which is totally unacceptable if the liberals do what we need to be a democracy of course s

the future of the european union should include a true european army now that is the goal of french president today we learned that it is also the vision of german chancellor angela merkel where you'd think that this would be music to the ears of pay your fair share u.s. president donald trump well tonight tone deaf and flouting the facts trump accusing europe of military designs against the u.s. i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. isn't it and it gives you an we should be pursuing the vision of one day creating a true european army he shot the deficit plan on me it wouldn't be an army against nato come on romney could compliment nato forces know and intends to call into question our traditional the mind says and then. nationalism and self centeredness must never again have a chance in europe but the fear then that fuel in play and when nations don't respect one another and when unions such as the need of nations created as a result of world war one failed even great to horace followed. also coming up tonight being first lady was never her first choice michelle obama her new memoir becom

say also i still saw that yes there is a deep feeling in european union that number one european union does not protect. the people from two phenomenons invasion by chinese manufactured goods that destroys the industry and number two for us immigration that's for sure and but also i think that the maj auriti of european citizens and a stand that if you don't have a strong united europe no way that you can resist so. you're saying you need more of europe right more brussels i don't i think that we have to have a united europe ready to resist yes to that so there's a matter of probably shoes to the chinese rich and readier to also not to upset the american pretension to impose us there. their loads like the way they ordered the unit then company european to leave to get a chance to protect their like a tap dance to washington's two and they've been doing it for decades in this is what you get from a crown wants to privatized everything on the american model and look at those results here john in edinburgh jump in. we have to understand what the utopian union is it's early incarnation the

as we need a european foreign policy with a european defense. this is very important for the future of the european union. chancellor, thank you for being here. [applause] over 50 years ago, the german president at the time unificationropean as an exemplary experiment. this was 10 years before the direct elections to the european parliament. union was still in its infancy at the time. foundations had been laid. there were hundreds of walls and dictatorships. time, they had a stable, peaceful future ahead of them -- ahead of them. i am here to talk about the servitude in front of the greatest parliament of the world. we have 750 world members, from 28 countries, representing half a million people, approximately 7% of the worlds population. democracy. heart of this is -- of the this is one of the greatest strength in europe. we have a commitment to compromise. we need to come to results that are to the benefit of our community. in 2007, germany took over the presidency of the council. i talked about diversity. about the piece we have , that we nee

european parliament ta ken that? what role will the european parliament taken that? we want to have a constructive, good relationship. we are very united on that. we want to keep the damage and therefore we will try to be very helpful. i think there should also bea helpful. i think there should also be a joint committee between the uk parliament and european parliament, that we could jointly control the process of the negotiation. great -- grateful for your time, process of the negotiation. great -- gratefulfor your time, thank process of the negotiation. great -- grateful for your time, thank you. that is the thoughts of the european parliament. a short time ago, we heard from jean—claude juncker, the european commission president. he urged the british lawmakers and mps to ratify the brexit deal. theresa may has negotiated that with european nude leaders rue warning it won't be modified or reopened. good deal, sad deal, not the deal itself but brexit is a sad moment for the european union, and i want to say for br

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

>> president of the european commission delivering his state of the european. he talked about the importance of a strong and united europe and the ongoing brexit negotiations and this was held in france. it's an hour. >> mr. president. honorable members. ood morning. sometimes, history moves discreetly. when we are talking about the work of a commission, which only has a five-year time to make some change, over such a short time, you can't bring about a big change in the state of affairs. the current commission, like its predecessors, is an episode of a brief moment in time in the long history of the european union. our plan has not yet come. our commissions are not yet going to take stock before you of everything we have done over the past four years. on the contrary, i will tell you that work will continue over the coming months. to ensure that our imperfect european union becomes even more -- becomes a little more perfect every day. we still have things to do. which is what i wish to discuss with you this morning. no satisfaction modesty taints my results. t

union i know very intelligent europeans very politically interested europeans astute europeans who do not understand the european union it's simply too far away and even if the intent might be to be democratically accountable the fact is the european union is not democratically kind of that because people don't really understand what's going on and they don't and they don't they aren't consenting to the kind of gradual loss of sovereignty of their elected governments to the e.u. speaking about this this is a democratic deficit that we hear a lot about in the e.u. i want to put in i were brussels correspondent this georg it's good to see you you cover the european union on a daily basis what i mean what do you say about this that that truong and trump's allegiance to this or famously of the nation state that that is something that the european union could you know take a lesson from. i think we should start this conversation here with a very common misunderstanding and that is the picture that european affairs are run by brussels by a euro crack ticket leap that like its supra national

president, i was born european. part of a new generation of political leaders that were born after our country's joined the european union or its predecessors. beeneasure what has received and share the vision of the founders for further integration and cooperation. while i have always lived with the benefits of european membership, i have never taken them for granted. i very much value what was hard-won by past generations and with a sacrificed for us. that vision delivered peace in europe and opened the door for peace and prosperity in my own country. these values of solidarity, partnership and cooperation that are central to the european projects have brought ireland from the position of being one of the least developed member states when we joined, to one of the most prosperous today. for us, your enabler transportation from being a country on the periphery to and ireland -- an ireland at the center of the world. haspromise of europe allowed us to take our place among the nations of the world. so long with other

what he believes none of that is true and under european law but to negotiate individually with european countries is that there is what he fareed is a streak in the u.s. administration and yes mr bennett i'm going to need to the european union i'm going to give mr benton last would this clear the ashbrook because we don't have very long left the can the european union remain united against this trump presidency do you think it is not united on on a number of issues for example the north stream the dealing with russia there are divisions already in the administration if it's a wants can play divide and rule very effective the europe that's why countries like germany france really need to invest very hard in maintaining european unity there are no. of pills we're probably have to swallow as germany along the way that means we cannot go against the liberalism domestically of poland hungary as forcefully as we would like to if we want to keep for example the line and hungry in the board in confrontations with china and. and the us and russia saw it's a tricky situation but we have to keep t

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

what he believes none of that is true and under european law but to negotiate individually with european countries is that there is what he fareed is a streak in the u.s. administration and yes mr bennett i'm going to need to the european union i'm going to give mr bennett a loss would miss clode ashleigh because we don't have very long left the can the european union remain united against this trump presidency do you think it is not united on on a number of issues for example the north stream dealing with russia there are divisions already and the administration if it still wants can play divide and rule very effective the europe that's why countries like germany france really need to invest very hard in maintaining european unity there are no. of pills are probably have to swallow as germany or along the way that means we cannot go against the liberalism domestically of poland hungary as forcefully as we would like to if we want to keep for example born and hungry in the board in confrontations with china and. and the us and russia saw a tricky situation but we have to keep trying mr b

leaving the european union. but of course this has been a decision taken by the uk. if political conditions in the united kingdom were to change significantly, then, i guess, but this is just significantly, then, i guess, but this isjust a guess, that more would be given, a significant amount of time would be given, for the political, if you like, dynamic to u nfold political, if you like, dynamic to unfold within the uk. at the moment, this is not what we see happening. it seems to be still, the conditions do not seem to be right for that kind of complete change of heart in the united kingdom, so as i said, at the united kingdom, so as i said, at the moment, the european union is simply sitting back and observing this, feeling there is not that much it can actually do. thank you very much. we arejust it can actually do. thank you very much. we are just learning that the european commission has also posed at the end of 2022 be the cut off date for the extension of any transition. that person, once britain leaves

say this is a victory of multilateralism that this would be the european solution uncle americal how promised and that she delivered but in the end both party boards have to decide this is going to take place this sunday ok and i have said a little earlier that everyone is going to go get some sleep this weekend doesn't like anyone's going to get a sleep at the c.s. you want all the time to say yes we want to decide germany's migration policy because of the electoral success of the far right germany here is the party leader alexander galland speaking today. the fact that many in the c.d.u. oppose these demands from the bed varian c.s.u. is strengthening us because people say yes if something like this is going to get in acted then obviously only with the a.f. d. because there are plenty in the c.d.u. who don't know whether they want to continue with the refugee policy from twenty fifteen will drop it's. sort of a bit of elvis alexander galland right will they strengthen the. well like it or not he definitely has a point there because what we have seen in the last two weeks is that th

the europeans normal europeans i think see no threat from russia there sequel the wars in the middle east they don't want to europe to support these surgeons in syria they don't want europe to ball believe beer in order to kill their you know qaddafi and plunge the country into the civil war but if you look at what has been going on since one thousand nine hundred two the european union actually started more was the united states i remember how how the whole thing in libya started it was not the united states it was such a crazy and the french planes that boarded first. how did the yugoslav war began begin there was a large you can look which said some people think that the united states started all of this no paris a lot of them asked you know they will all of the united states to go together with them in india it was like that in course of the united states was providing air support the ground operation was conducted by european troops if you look at the history of european union since one thousand nine hundred two they didn't make peace with any of you know the united states at le

stands and when european judges. like you to hide the details of the expenses instead of practicing transparency the european court of justice is just rude it would be a breach of any peace prevails see if they had to provide the public with details of expenses invoices repeats you know like normal people. all this is a delay message you can get away with anything here which is a reading of the european court of justice this is a debate which has been where we're now following for several years in this european parliament the member states have different national standards you have some countries where any piece have to reveal every detail of the monthly allowance they get in other countries this is different for some reason four hundred sixteen year any pay in general expenses which they don't have to tell. me what happened to . us. i wouldn't have any problem if the rules were changed on this issue but in the moment this is a situation that this is something really which will have to be decided between the group le

speed the same european cohere ukrainian definition to claim that they have that european spirit in fact they believe that they are at the forefront of defending the european no member of the sentence of a victorian call of each of the of the go when he said that we are a european county but we have the spatial relations with russia but when he said we are you will be an accounting means the worries you create easy in europe if we can see that you will goes from the atlantic ocean to the mon things. easily you boys russia then so part of russia is there but can we include a part of the russian do opinion to or does the russia wish to be part of dupion union we have to wait skeptically in front of this over this option the problem is that when we seduce a new members of a peon you know we should think about a consequence of this in the bailout the release of that counter with depleted use friends and partners such as russia and ukraine well too late for that i guess professor thought i have to take a short break now but we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. you cannot ope

as a step in the right direction but european council president. it will be difficult to implement even if they may be announcements of libya's coast guard said one hundred more migrants afia dead after their boat capsized in the mediterranean also on the program. second chances the football world cup in russia is down to the final sixteen. to take the top spot in croup she will bring you the highlights of. the group's other. i'm phil gale welcome to the program a huge lead is a celebrating reaching a tentative deal to migration but the signatures have barely dried but more news emerged of migrants risking their lives at sea to reach european shows the libyan coast guard says it rescued three hundred people from several boats and run into difficulties off the country's kunst in a separate incident on the same coast about one hundred people are believed to have drowned after their boat capsized. the e.u. migration plan is ambitious though lacking anything in the way of detail european council president donald tusk admits that it was too early to cla

finland was hosting the c s c european. the security in collaboration or cooperation conference nineteen seventy five we spoke about confidence building measures and i think that is what the world needs confidence and confidence is based on on common rules i strongly believe in that and the u.s. and europe have you played a big role in that the united states has been. a partner in creating that rule based system i'm afraid that that. true if forwards and especially language president trump has been using. i'm not that confident that the contribution of the united states to that rule based system is as relevant as it has been. let's talk about european trent's worrying transpiration as i know that according to the latest data. that european union may be facing at demographical crisis in a near future i mean your neighbors with the baltic states and their numbers have problems i mean really dropped drastically and a lot of people are actually thinking twice between actually if we're actually getting pregnant so i'm thinking i

well you know since there are a european people and european citizens to vote on the e.u. elections i think we should leave it to do europeans number one number a speech we hate cheating each other we have even told openly here in russia that we will never break the unity of the european union because unity. on the other hand made it very clear that there must be a dialogue there must be a discussion an honest discussion a straightforward discussion about whether sanctions have been successful or not and then let's see things factually but the european economies but the retell the russian economy or of the read help to go down with the russian economy whether it's hard to implement the music agreements and so on and so forth so there are very straightforward questions and there are very easy answers yes or no and then after giving honest answers to honest questions we should make a decision about the future now the current italian government. seems to represent the same position nor to mustique roll over and the discussion must be made as these they are a strong country a

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

vision, the european in these negotiations, for the european voice. that is my goal this week in the u.s.. i will spend two days in the new york meeting ambassadors from the united nations, stakeholders , three days in washington the minister of trade and minister of finance, the chairman of the federal reserve said many other people. capital, i mete congressman and members of the friends of ireland. just to explain what is it stake, what the agenda of the is, why we want to reach an agreement with the united kingdom, and also, to these the limits of negotiations. one point that i mentioned in my that none of my meetings in these last five days , did i listen to somebody telling me that i was here to devalue the brexit. none of them. the same in europe. faraj, i met him in my office and it was a very stimulating meeting -- [laughter] he was not able to give me proof igel far mys a --n last question after meeting himrage. farage -- when i first , i wanted to ask him, what do you see after brexit? you were one of the leaders of the brexit campaign. how

european union was on that path for many years the european union it wasn't the path of an lodgment but just last march the european commission issued their white paper in which it described five possible scenarios for its future and none of them mentioned either the integration of ukraine or the e.u. enlargement in general do you think that has crystallized over the last four years or do you think even before the my down in bounds that was more or less understood then the european officials who are very active during the night on process of protest in encouraging that probably european sentiment was it were essentially misleading the ukrainians and the onus but the evidence of this. would be learned is to to study on the diplomatic papers when we would have access to these i think that the. strongest senior g very often between the european union and nato. in nato we. see the role of the prominent role of the united states of america and the united states they have the cup ability to to make pressure on the other members of nato in order to go in in that in that direction and when they

finland was hosting the c s c the european. the security cooperation or cooperation conference nineteen seventy five we spoke about confidence building measures and i think that is what the world needs confidence and confidence is based on on common rules i strongly believe in that and the u.s. and europe but he played a big role in that the united states has been. a partner in creating that rule based system i'm afraid that. through air force and especially language president trump has been using. i'm not that confident that the contribution of the united states to that rule based system is as relevant as it has been. let's talk about european trent's worrying transpiration as i know that according to related state of. that. european union may be facing at demographical crisis and the near future i mean your neighbors what the baltic states and their numbers have probably i mean really dropped drastically and a lot of people are actually thinking twice between actually if we're actually getting pregnant so i'm thinking is admi

this parliament gay people the right to choose whether to remain in the european union or leave the european union. we sought numbers of people voting that we have not seen before it was a great exercise in democracy in this country. i believe that it gets this parliament and instruction which ensures that they leave the european union as a people voted. thank you mister speaker. there are no people more powerfully and passionately british and the people of gibraltar. they have the withdrawal agreement. the significant and important safeguards to them in the protocol. will it make it clear. under no circumstances will she permit that text to be reopened to the safeguards at risk. to seek to exclude the people of drew balter. >> can i think you and say to my honorable friend we are absolutely steadfast in our support for gibraltar. it is covered by our exit negotiations and we been committed as we exit the european union. we are making a deal that works the whole uk family and that deal has worked for gibraltar two. i'm pleased that we had agreed to this. that will form part of a wider packag