and it is twenty one as to the completion of the banking union of the reform of the european stability mechanism and with the maker economics. tools well these are important reforms and we have worked on them intensely together this is a political commitment that we undertake together this. all so require technical into ministerial work could until the end of the year fight after that and certainly in the following year we need also changes in the treaty that need to be streamlined and adjusted to this new policy then the european stability mechanism needs to be. equipped with and budget from twenty twenty one who also need to find common ground on the common

eurozone budget well much needs to be done you cannot just settle this in just a few discussions in a couple of days no. if there is no political agreement and a common vision to act to these future challenges we will not have success and this has become very clear out of the defense policy and the migration policy well by enacting them we will react to the current challenge more. european sovereignty more european solidarity and with strong views that are shared between our two countries and also with a willingness to convince our partners to follow along these lines and madam chancellor has also remind us of the common agency in arrows.

is there also artificial intelligence as climate protection or with the climate protection goal of twenty fifty our willingness to work ever closer together and also the fiscal convergence this. was also a project at the lizzie and we decided very early on to work together on this. fiscal conversions for corporate taxes and this remains a steadfast component of our policy and at the european level and we are also in agreement on the digitalisation issue that's what i wanted to remind you of once again i want to think. chancellor merkel. for all the efforts that we have undertaken together and we believe firmly and profoundly that it's exactly in these times that we need to take decisions these are decisions by which we will be judged and i wish that we can take

a common view at the future. we both once events of the. times come back you have been watching a press conference where the chancellor angela merkel and french president called the big topic of the day migration ahead of a key youth summit next week but the chancellor also touching on economic policy foreign and security policy both leaders stressing the need for cooperation and to make europe more sovereign and more united and we have our chief political editor with us here michelle occur in our studio and simon young our political correspondent who is at maze a big castle that is where the french and german leaders have been meeting michelle let's start with you your thoughts on what you've heard from this press conference so far but i would be interested to go even further and see what questions will be asked about the detail because that both leaders in principle want to take europe forward that's something we knew before we got some further clarified. ation that

there is supposed to be a common eurozone budget that also is due to be an investment budget to somewhat soft and conversions in germany basically bring european countries closer together in terms of economic strength in their competitiveness and that i would say almost once again there is a pledge to turn the european stability mechanism which is the bedrock of this kind of rescue effort particularly for greece. into something like the european monetary fund so additional safeguards that no mention of a european finance minister that is something i'm unaware mccall certainly wanted and the big question for me he is still is how much money will be backing this in the end and i think this is what they talked about when they say that they will work out more details clearly this is a position here that they want to have something to bargain with when the end to those crucial talks at the e.u. summit coming up in just under two weeks time or in some broad strokes as you're

seeing there michelle are coming to you simon because you know this comes at a time where migration is such a big issue here in germany and we understand that the interior minister who has been putting the chancellor under pressure to find a solution on migration in two weeks' time that he is also there and made the book . indeed we just saw his motorcade arriving here about fifteen minutes ago during while that press conference is going on just around the corner and of course the this meeting here a meeting not just of the t. heads of government but also the cabinet of both governments ministerial bilateral is going on as well the purpose of these regular meetings that germany and france hold is to make sure they're on the same page on policy as far as possible and they know where their differences lie if there are any differences or say how for of course the man who's at the center of angular medical's government crisis if we can

call it that at the moment because he's demanding tough a noisy zone migration from angle americal he's given a two weeks essentially just a deadline to come out with a new policy and i'm not sure that we've exactly heard that today we've heard some positive stuff from. across saying you know that there's a new chapter there's a new sense of sovereignty in the relationship and he was emphasizing the idea of protecting european citizens and he said that two or three times just there when it comes to migration making sure that they feel protected from risks from outside well that's not exactly the same language as angle americal uses he talks about the importance of the humanitarian imperative and europe standing up for its principles but there might be differences in the language but they're both saying that europe needs to work better on this central issue of migration yes i mean the chancellor

spoke specifically on the question of migration a little earlier let's listen to exactly what she said. we see this as a common child. when you first and foremost we have to look at how we can combat the causes that drive people to leave their homes so this means peace. in regions such as. ukraine with the minted first but it also means development. for the countries of africa and a few of us are in favor of having a coordinated approach a european approach would be very common all the best option but this seems to be quite difficult this is why we can look at raising you to join the countries because i remains a european response to the challenges. are it to michelle listening to those words from the chancellor nothing particularly new in her approach to migration is this the step that's needed now for her to survive this crisis going into the e.u.

summit next week what she just reiterated no it certainly isn't i think we would need to see some concrete results some signatures on the sidelines to get anywhere close to the point where she can avert another potential showdown with her own c.s.u. sister party who basically is the party of her own interior minister but it struck me even in that press conference on monday when she was so under pressure and fending off she just struck a compromise with her rebellious e.s.u. party as she was still talking about the big picture and this is something she clearly refuses to do to narrow it down to the bilateral to question that a common european approach is the only option when really the facts current they are speaking against she just doesn't want to give up that principle that the has to be a pan-european onset to what is a european talent so with you can you can sense with how much resistance she must

have given in to this compromise of her forging several bilateral agreements. dead last now set herself within less than the next two weeks so simon hearing that from michele if we can bring us simon back in here if you still there simon there you are listening to me shiloh there how much press or pressure is america under here and do you think that in the next week or so before this new summit that she will be able to gain enough momentum. i think it's going to be very difficult for her we are hearing the softer noon that she's already set up a meeting with victor all bomb one of the troublemakers if you like on the migration issue to hungary and leaders very much opposed to increase migration flows but she set up that meeting for off to the summit the fifth of july so it'll be off to next week's european summit and that already that just that timing if it's correct suggests that you know this is a much more complicated process than just

a few meetings even if new signals can be sent in as you've said what we've heard today is positive words from a man who a mark role and angela merkel together but i don't know that we're really hearing any new detail the process of continuing to persuade all the european leaders that they need to work together better and for in common solutions well that's a long process and it's going to take longer than two weeks so this the trouble for angle americal here in berlin with her government i'm afraid that continues intensely critics indeed say michel i love that the chancellor has been working on this since two thousand and fifteen now to find a european solution should she have seen this crisis coming. well depends on which crisis you mean i think you see generally didn't see the crisis in her own government coming that it was full force she and that is the tension going to say once this summit is over difficult compromises that need to be made but the bottom

line is there is no consensus on this issue and a meeting with viktor orban is not expected to bring a lot of results unless of course there was significant pressure or national interest because clearly this is a government that has declared that it will act much more in the national interest and has no appetite for giving up any sovereign need as it sees it to any kind of european wide solution well as you said michel of the chance or a sticking to a plan to find of by a bilateral and also european solution to what's happening let's bring in our correspondent barbara vale who is in brussels for well for us with the european perspective barbara following that press conference how much support do you think america is finding in mark or how strong is this german franco franco german rather partnership. well mccrum sudden you will have her back but the question here is what good will that do her because he is not the problem in his game he has said sort of tighten the rules in france for migrants and refugees

a little while ago and he has closed the border to each of the already on the bases off off an old agreement between the two countries now those are pass that i'm going to america cannot take she has to find different solutions what. with than two weeks the best i would say is probably something that sounds striking was regard to better border control giving a lot of money and giving a lot of people to police european borders better but what she cannot achieve for instance is a very clear agreement was it only about what it's only once migrants to be taken off their hands they don't want them to have them sent back from bavaria via austria into into the onto an italian territory so this just short view makes completely clear that european countries are at counter purposes regarding to this issue and the problem is that everybody talks about said solidarity but very

few countries are willing to show it and france among them so until america doesn't really have many allies if she is really fighting for a european solution this cannot and will not come at the next european summit solidarity is in question barbara not just on the question of migration but also on the eurozone and that's something we heard both of those leaders speaking out as well these broad strokes that the home was mentioning on an e.u. budget as well as an you find in spanish or a banking union how realistic are these proposals. some of that will probably take place and then marco had to make concessions to among them a crumb that is clear when you hear her talking about the eurozone budget something that the government in berlin had before completely rejected so whatever it is behind it it's supposedly a limited amount of money that will be put into that budget and the purposes and the rules well that will still have to be defined so the devil in these things is

in the detail and we already know that some countries like for instance the netherlands opposed the further integration of the euro zone so every step healed will be hard fought and hard won it's no easy sailing on any of these issues from going to market in the next weeks. of baseball for us in brussels thank you barbara very much and our chief political editor michelle the christian are with us here in our studio good to have your analysis. and reminder of this top story that we've been following for you a chance or angela merkel insisting on a unified your only response to migration calling for greater solidarity between countries on the issue that has been meeting with president tomorrow macaw france to hammer out e.u. reforms the pair also proposed setting up a euro zone budget. thank you for watching did everything.

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