of the euro zone which is almost twenty years old now yeah it is twenty years ago we got the euro and we got the eurozone but we didn't get much more european integration for a long time and these are now efforts to get closer to that we've seen the banking union. in twenty fourteen that isn't completed yet but there is no talk of for example a finance minister or a euro finance minister however there is progress on a joint e.u. budget the finance ministers agreed to continue in that direction to develop a plan for a joint u. budget. system but it's their reporting from trying to thank you so much. now german car bosses are due to meet u.s. trade secretary robert light hyson later today executives from dime law folks line and b.m.w. will be trying to persuade the u.s. not to follow through on

a threat to slap tariffs on european made cross so what could their arguments be well first of all all three car makers have big factories united states b.m.w. in a spot in burke in south carolina mercedes in tuscaloosa alabama and fox in chattanooga tennessee also interesting together these plans employ forty nine thousand people including suppliers and service providers and their dealers sell around one point three million vehicles each year looking at the trade balance here german comic has export more off their u.s. made cars and they import from germany making them net ex portis so can the meeting reduce tensions perhaps a little bit but straight talks of course the responsibility of the european commission and not come a chris meanwhile the french government is reportedly preparing to suspend a planned hike in the cost of diesel fuel it was mentioned earlier on the program

the move would mark president in manuel mccall's first significant u. turn on the major policy since taking power in twenty seventeen the plan to tax hike had sparked violent protests in france with the unrest having real effects on the country's economy. both patience and fuel in short supply in france as the so-called yellow vest protests continue. gas stations in britain have started to run dry as protesters block the deliveries. and in paris ambulance workers join the strikes. the accuse the government of president a manual macall of ignoring their demands. that. we absolutely must be heard just. government complains about not getting any clear demands but when they have spokespeople to talk to and clear demands they

don't do anything and that cannot continue. the at times violent protests started over a planned hike in fuel taxes and have morphed into a larger critique of mccall's economic policy which protesters claim disproportionately favors the rich. and the unrest is having a real effect on the country's economy. but i can tell you today that this impact continues to be serious. since we now see as a client business turnover of fifteen to twenty five percent of depending on which sector. he saw. the images of violence and destruction are already hitting france's tourism business as visitors cancel their plans. it was used live from berlin well coming up at the top of the hour maybe just this little news flash as it comes in you top courts decided that britain ten leaf brick

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fulfilling their dreams that. danger to democracy in the philippines political freedoms of fast disappearing. participation and comes to your vote these are essential features of a modern democracy that is majority consensus rule with respect for minorities as a political opposition freedom of speech freedom of the press all citizens are subject to a constitution which protects such basic rights and a democracy protects itself through separation of powers and all people are equal before the law. in many places in the world's democracy is under threat last year citizens of as many as seventy one countries saw their political rights and freedoms massively compromised take the philippines here the political opposition

is being systematically repressed. it's the drawing of a new day but it remains a dark day for democracy in the philippines. a prison in the south of manila senator lugar is being taken for. here she dared to criticize president rodney go to charity and says this is the payback senator german t.v. is all this just three telly ation against you. it's persecution pure and simple is mr tacked on a personal vendetta against you definitely. dilema was arrested in february of twenty seventeen after being accused of taking bribes from imprisoned drug traffickers many believe the charges are trumped up because de lima has repeatedly called for an end to the bloody killing a suspected drug dealers.

pressure has been applied by the man at the top who from the start didn't hesitate to employ dissent from asian discrediting and character assassination against opponents. he did begin to believe you all know you are already here.