capital of the european union.e honest with me, how much attention do you pay to what is happening in british politics right now? well, we do pay a lot of attention to what is happening there, because we know that the discussion on brexit is one where time is of the essence. we have a two—year period to negotiate a good deal with the united kingdom, but three months have gone already and the time is ticking. so we are ready to go to the table to have a good negotiation, but i think now the moment has come to really start talking, to get beyond the theatrical rhetoric and to get down to business. you say that, if i may say so, with such gentility, but i get the sense that frustration is creeping into the european position. i can quote to you the eu parliament chief participant negotiator in the expected brexit talks, who also happens to be a former leader of your political party in belgium. he said this, on twitter, just a few hours ago. "we are waiting impatiently for a negotiating position of the uk government. th

and i think a british and european citizens. and i thinka uk british and european citizens.d i think in a global world. and i think in a global world, at some point, you have to make an evaluation and say who are my allies? who is the person they see as an ally? is donald trump and ally? is that it viewed in an ally? is emmanuel macron or angela merkel and ally? i would go with angela merkel and emmanuel macron any day. —— an ally. but that is a decision that the united kingdom is to make. a very interesting perspective. and i want to come back to those global point you made. i don't want this entire interview to be just about britain, that would not be right, given your position in europe. but a final point on britain, in your heart of hearts, do you still think it is possible that britain will actually reversed its decision, and decide that it does not want to leave the european union? who am i tojudge? ifi not want to leave the european union? who am i tojudge? if i would bea union? who am i tojudge? if i would be a british citizen, then i have the right to vote, and the

let us remain german europeans and european germans. then we'll have good prospects for a future in peace and freedom. melinda: alan posner, you said in your opening statement that chancellor kohl squandered -- sorry. you said that chancellor merkel squandered kohl's legacy. she was in fact mentored by helmut kohl. she would not be where she is today if it were not for him. which she subscribed -- would she subscribe to those words we heard from him in regard to the fact that we need to be european germans and german europeans? >> oh, yes, willingly describes anything anyone says, you know. the question is, how has she acted? the fact is the two chancellors since kohl, gerhart schroeder and angela merkel, have both been german nationalists first and europeans second and that's why europe is in the fix it is today. think it's clear for gerhard schroeder, the previous -- the social democratic chancellor, he was an anti-american, anti- moscow ist flirted with and although merkel attacked him, basically her policy within europe has always b

i would hope that the european union would hope that the european union would see the benefits of thatt an earlier stage. thank you, mr speaker. i think the prime minister needs to reassure the members of the european parliament. i was if brussels last week and i heard petitioners from this country and other countries talk about their concerns. previously when i asked the prime minister would she address the prime minister would she address the european parliament, she said she was waiting for an invitation. however, she must know she doesn‘t have to have an invitation, she can volunteer to address the european parliament — will she do that?|j think parliament — will she do that?” think the honourable lady — and if i canjust let think the honourable lady — and if i can just let her know that my right honourable friend the immigration minister, will be meeting some meps i think later today to talk to them about the proposals that we have put forward. i have been in discussions with the president who has spoken to me about the possibility of my going over to the european parliament and s

it's not a united pan-european movement its opponents that the european federalists tried to make this but that's not the case i mean in britain years system is led by the conservative party which is the oldest and most traditional party in western europe and everything's done through parliamentary methods and the the we had those in the the two kobe u.k. and spread said to be totally abandoned by the electorate so britain's very very different from some of these other countries and in holland and fronts we sold the . electricity reject the we had the type of you are skeptics right alan thanks up for this wonderful interview with been talking to alan scott founder of the u.k. independence party professor emeritus at the london school of economics talking about britain's divorce from the european union in light of the latest snap election in the country that's it for this edition of so fan cost the next. i'm stan collymore and i'm neil harvey. we are going to be your hopes for the tree thousand and seventy confederations cup right here in russia we're going to be visiting the host citie

a single european taxation system a single european finance minister trying to drum up a kind of qantas strategy to what they see is a european populism but the fact is that most european citizens don't want more integration instead of wanting more europe they want less erupt and so the elite are in danger. of. you know producing a program which the population in europe will reject. so in an interview a while back he told me that a u.k. acts it will cost other exits from the e.u. that france may leave cetera but so far nobody is leaving in step there are talks over form as breck's it scared european voters into liking the e.u. instead of inspiring them to leave it to a certain extent the propaganda the media propaganda in europe since breaks it has been that you know bush and has become a dreadful place and suffered terribly economic goody which isn't true because the economy has done fine since none specs. however this being a kind of the bund of the european economy to some extent. temporary or permanent this is still to be seen the remains a degree the greek tragedy is still playing

it's the european single market in action.from across europe with no hold—ups at the border. if we leave the customs union it could spell trouble for some. we don't want our components stuck abroad, we don't wa nt components stuck abroad, we don't want ourcar is components stuck abroad, we don't want our car is going to europe stuck on this side of the channel. it's keeping that free flow of product going. one compromise would be to stay in the customs union where goods can cross borders within the eu without import taxes. but that's not government policy at the moment. it wa nts government policy at the moment. it wants out. for me it's about getting what we promised the british people, getting control of the laws and getting control of the laws and getting control of the borders, you cannot do those things if we remain inside the single market and inside the customs union. if you want the benefits of brexit, being able to get new trade agreements to access the growing markets of the world, that requires the model we set out.

that the united kingdom will stay in the european union.ouse speech, and the article 50 letter, and in speeches and comments between and after been very clear that the united kingdom will be leaving the eu, we will not be leaving europe, we want a deep and special partnership to continue with the european union and we remain committed to playing our role in ensuring europe's security and defence. thank you. so, that was the prime minister, just speaking on day two of that brussels summit. saying that her proposals about the rights of eu citizens living in britain is, that she said that several leaders have reacted positively to her offer, but actually, donald tusk, the european council president, who we heard just before theresa may, said rather the opposite. he said that her offer was below our expectations and risks worsening their situation. so a pretty hostile reaction therefrom donald tusk. i think we can go over to correspond and adam fleming, whose live in brussels. what did you think of theresa may's comments there? think what is cl

/european relationships. i agree this will not be the breakup of this long-standing relationship, but i think it is a lot about looks and appearances, and donald trump has made so many mistakes, and i think it is a very dangerous point. is a shift, and not to the better. talking about angela merkel's comments, anna norma's change in political rhetoric. -- an enormous change in political rhetoric. >> it was a big shift for her. she is normally calm, and cautious. for her to send up -- to start talking about this and we need to look out after our own interests, it was a shift for merkel and it is newsworthy. a lot of papers read about this and it was an important shift, but it is not the end of the world. hisp responded by saying -- spokesman said it is good the europeans will start setting up for themselves. there is nothing wrong with that. trump seemed irritated by going on twitter and using all caps to say that germany has a massive trade surplus, so when trump goes to all caps, you know he is probably upse

intoe seeing it reporting the european space. european markets on the front foot. aware of that. why is that significant? a bunch of the stocks are london-based. stocks tend to go ex-dividend on the third day. s rolen to the downside. next group, ex-dividend. a bunch of these names all the way down here are going ex-dividend. ignore those. the real story is on the upside. the dividend story out of london is something to pay attention to. matt: absolutely. i want to pay attention to central banks after a little bit of chronic confusion. i week after signaling near zero interest rates, the bank of england governor suggested yesterday that the time is nearing for a rate hike, sending the pound higher as we have seen in a few charts. comments from mario draghi bolstered bets that the ecb is preparing to unwind stimulus, he unwound those comments little bit later. joining us now is cameron wants, senior advisor at rock rock. thank you for joining us. let me ask you what you think to say- i don't want coordinated. we had central bankers from the top three central banks i

european parliament has been at the forefront of climate action within the european union. today, there is an important vote on this. our growth -- certification and entry into force. we must be proud of this achievement. we must also continue to work with the united states, its companies, it cities, and states, on other fronts. we have set ourselves the most ambitious target in the world. we are strengthening, showing our commitment -- we are aware of this global agreement. as we are able to forge a strong alliance between european and developed countries. and developing countries. this is fundamental. i want to thank the european commission for the strong engagement on this issue. in which the nations of the world, big and small, united to defend a higher cause. today we have the honor to have with us mrs. hilda, the president of the republic of the marshall islands and share the ambition of the coalition. madam president, you know very well the effects of climate change, especially in the most vulnerable. this is about most importance for us did mrs. president, you have

welcome back here to the european union.ons about this announcement from theresa may that eu citizens in the uk who have been in the uk for five years will be able to remain in the uk beyond the point that the uk exits the eu. john says, does this five years mean before the brexit vote and will everyone else be deported? we do not know the exact cut—off dates although we know the uk government is targeting a date somewhere between when article 50 was triggered in the uk is scheduled to leave the eu. regarding anyone an deported, we have no details on that. rahman says, how will cross—border security issues be tackled? we will turn to that issue and how brexit fits into that in a few minutes. the short answer is, we don't know, but i spoke to the prime minister of belgium earlier and i asked him if he was concerned about this and he said, we can have smart cooperation once brexit occurs. there is a willingness to make it work. ali says, what is eu status mean? regarding citizens, it means if you are a citizen of a european un

france, president emmanuel macron met with european leaders to reaffirm the shared pro-european viewshead of a european summit next week. after a meeting with the dutch prime minister mark rutte , macron called on european authorities to do more to solve the problem of social dumping, where workers, to work in western european countries. my wish isacron: that we are able to build in the deepest sense a stricter agreement that will allow us to stop social dumping in europe, double respect each country in its specifics. it will pave the way to having a real open labor market based on talent and merit, not because there are work is the cost less in certain countries than in others. this pulls us all towards the bottom. together, we are going to build a good compromise come in particular with the central and eastern european countries, so everyone will find interest and elements of convergence. anca: online retailer amazon shook the markets by announcing it has by the u.s. organic grocery store chain whole foods market for $13.47 billion. it is the latest foray into the grocery industry,

to some extent, these domestic thats are the ones european citizens and european governments will have to work out to their own satisfaction and find a balance between these humanitarian impulses and ideas of protecting their society. we americans must stand in solidarity against what evildoers do. against evildoers whom murder vulnerable populations to achieve their ends. i look forward to learning from the witnesses today on how the united states might be able to lend a hand to our european friends under attack and threat thathis faces us. of going pleasure after one terrorist attack in boston with my ranking member at .he time we were there in order to see if there could be cooperation between russia and the united states in dealing with the terrorist threat. i would say that when we left i was very satisfied that the russian government was willing to work with us and they actually gave us information which was very valuable in analyzing what had happened in this massacre of people at the boston marathon. time,hat said, since that our relations with russia have gone down so dramatic

to speak europeans are finally starting to look at the european union as a solution instead of a problem. he must also tonight. list to what the concerns of europeans all around the block are. genie: part of that good feeling comes from the new french president emmanuel macron. he's going to be in brussels today for his first summit. how is he likely to be received? like a cold drink on a hot day. very good feeling about having a very enthusiastic pro-european young french head of state in the room. they are excited about the proposals coming from france and germany. some people said they were irresistible. hollande was more representing the southern block. there are excited and enthusiastic about the integration plan he has for the eu. .thers worried he has set up a meeting tomorrow to discuss their concerns on many issues. brussels,ore going to president macron help the first meeting of his new cabinet which is the second cabinet since he was elected five weeks ago. the reshuffle came after his did well in the parliamentary election over the weekend. >> little-known names among a new l

when what's going on in european union right now i met quite a lot of european politicians officials and most of them are saying that maybe there is a little too much integration maybe there is a bit of effect amongst the people about the integration so in your opinion if that's the case how should the move forward without a consolidate it. especially if people are a little tired of it. being tried to avoid kind of. fundamental discussions of both the more europe or less europe we have to be privy to. there are areas where we need more integration there are areas where probably we could reverse some of delicious leisure that sometimes appears to intrusive but frankly i don't think this is always helpful to have discussions of ideological philosophical debates about more or less europe because based on my experience of living u.p.a. and commission ten years what i have seen was that even in times of crisis the most acute financial and sovereign debt crisis we had in europe at least since the second world war it was possible for you pinion to make progress for instance we have now some

they want to kill americans as much as europeans. and we must stand together with europe and fight this battle together. frankly, our european partners have put up with dangerous extremism far too long. groups openly advocating islamic law, calling for the end of democracy and supporting a brand of islam shared by isis operate freely across the european continent. the groups are breeding grounds for extremism and grounds zero for terrorist recruitment. we must not allow our western values to be exploited by those who seek to destroy those values. and we must not allow the technology born of our free and enterprising societies to be exploited for murder by terrorist groups. terrorists today use social media and apps to spread their hate, to fund raise recruit and advise untrained supporters how to carry out murder. they even offer plots on how to build bombs on social media. we must fight the terrorists both in the battlefield and oj. twitter, youtube and facebook have taken some steps to shut down extremist accounts. we applaud those

but how could these europeans be united when they are also different?s the blood of many races, not to mention different line which is. they might smile each other, but his neighbors they have nothing in common. sometimes the frontier was a natural barrier, who more often than not it was merely an invisible line across fields of trees. an invisible line and an attitude of life. yet even in the time of occupation, there were those who realized already what must be done. >> it is not the movement of parties, but a movement of people. it must be all for all. europe can only be united with a heartfelt wish and vehement expression of the great majority of all the people, of all the parties, in all the freedom loving countries, no matter where they dwell or how they vote. fort was all very well winston churchill to make speeches in 1947. he had self-respect. he had enough to eat. he had a place in which to live. europe was the theater in which the plant such things. unity was down on the list of priorities. it was supposed to extend from united nations. their

accident the rise of euro skepticism scaring european politicians into promises of reform while the downturn in relations with the west is making brussels think about a tighter union in europe but with so many different voices inside the bloc can really pick a single direction to move forward it how will the powerhouses of the union bring the newer member states in line and will the powerful stronger integration lead the e.u. to new horizons or the complete breakup. plus one hundred virus so it's really great having you on our show today welcome to pleasure so they're talking about what's going on in european union right now i met quite a lot of european politicians officials and most of them are saying that maybe there is a little too much integration and maybe there is a bit of effect amongst the people about the integration so in your opinion if that's the case how should the move forward without a consolidated. idea especially if people are a little tired of it well among opinion is and is always being that voice kind of. fundamental discussions about the more europe or less europe we ha

let's look at european markets ftse 100 trading 0.4% lower. it seems to be ignoring politics, a lot going on in brussels today we'll come to that with willem in a few moments time. xetra dax down 0.2%. as is the ftse mib and the cac huge focus on the financial sector overnight the u.s. financials along with consumer staples were two sectors which were soggy, which helped to negate the fact that healthcare in the united states was a very robust sector what do we have here today not a lot. very small amount of movement. that's despite the fact that left, right and center there are big financial stories including the fact that the irish government has hailed the success of the aib ipo the new finance minister is in, paschal donohoe, he says it is a significant milestone and a strong platform for the state to recover the money it poured into the bank after the ipo was priced at 4.40 euros raising 3 billion euros in gross proceeds. the offer was four times oversubscribed bank of ireland initially opened higher, boosted by the aib news but has since

he tied germany into the european union. totally. he took care of business in many ways in the east of germany which is often at the moment not being talked about enough, how much he did stress relations to east germany. his passing really does open up german politicians to the idea that they can become more proud of being german. as alan was saying, in the 1980's and most of the 1990's, people singing for german action was a sign of fascism. most right-thinking germans would never do it. this generational change, you are allowed to be proud of being german. you are allowed to waive the german flag. that is something that was not possible during his time and that era. coming into germany being a normal country which it wanted to do for a long time. i saw him on a lot of occasions and he always stressed when you go to france in you greet the french flag, you do it twice. in other words, you make france bigger and germany smaller. that was his idea, to make german reunificatition possible. his idea, the way he thought was, we need germ

theresa may holds her first meeting with a european leader since the election. meeting with a europeanxit is top of the agenda. meeting with a european i think there is a unity of purpose among people in the united kingdom. it's a unity of purpose, having voted to leave the eu, that their government gets on with that and makes a success of it. mrs may insists that the brexit negotiations will begin next week, as planned, despite the political uncertainty. also tonight: inflation jumps to a four—year high — squeezing family incomes and outstripping wages. how children are starving in a country with one of the largest oil reserves in the world. president trump's attorney general denies allegations he colluded with russia in the election campaign. i have never met with or had any conversations with any russians or any foreign officials concerning any inferference with any campaign. interference with any campaign. and harry kane scores a double in paris — but was it enough to beat france? coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, it's now two defeats in four matches for the lio

a step vital too for european unity.nd placed the federal republic for late within -- firmly within the western orbit and out of the no man's land. that was 1955. since then, old europe has seen much. meetings, frustrations, hungary, cuba, and yet all the while a changing stage. now, in the heartland of europe, the contentious forces of nato provide routine spectacles. by now, they have been around more than a decade. but familiarity does not always breed contempt. many of the bystanders were themselves born when the atlantic pact was signed. they were more interested in how things work than why. why was not so clear as it once was. why in the heartland can there still be seen men and women wearing uniforms of states far across the ocean? why nato today? today, the river rhine is too busy to consider hostilities. it is a long haul from switzerland to the sea, and the customers are waiting. besides, the rhine is now bridged in more ways than one. nato exercises are ferried across, not for the purposes of conquering the ot

european union, european parliament, we support your position. thank you very much. >> and so colleagues we continue the debate and i now give the floor for one minute to madam demato. >> translator: thank you very much, president. according to calculation that's have comedematteau. >> translator: thank you very much, president. according to some calculations that have come from the united states, we could have 1.4 million tons of co2 released as a result until 2020. that will damage the economy and agriculture. these are huge numbers and we can't simply pretend that nothing is happening. this is the time that the fourth industrial revolution, the circular economy, the 2030 agenda, the paris agreement. this is the ideal place for us to plan for a more sustainable future -- >> slow down a little, please. thank you. >> translator: the european has got responsibilities, not only to its own people, but also to less-developed countries around the world. it's now time for us to take a central role in scientific and technological terms to increase inves

the pasty is protected by european protective food name. it is a european scheme thatis food name.re reassured that will continue, but it is not guaranteed yet so the cornish pasty association i work with closely is very keen to move things along, it is working, business as usual as far as they are concerned, but, that, those assurances and those defintives can't come soon enough. speaking of pasty, let me grab this i spotted earlier, you see this, this is a pasty flavoured bag of crisps. i mean, iam proud and cornish but this feels possibly a step too far. i don't think so at all. many of our customers would disagree, it is by far our best selling flavour of crisps. have you tried them? yes they are made with real beef and everything you would expect to be in a pasty.|j real beef and everything you would expect to be in a pasty. i didn't get a chance to try those crisps but if any of you watching in cornwall let me know, i was not convinced about them but there we go. in a minute we will speak to three of the biggest names in cornish politics about brexit and how it fits into whet

vonnie: we software for all european widen -- we saw proof real european widen as well. what you see the big risk? at it. the market looks now with greece looking like it i happen short-term, to think at the moment, presupposing nothing happens over the european summer before the german elections, we will have a situation where italy will tighten on who has the greatest yeild. they are outperforming the other peripherals in the post-macron rally. at the moment, a nice calm summer in theory as long as there is no political risk going through. all of those things staying the swans over the horizon, i imagine that they would tighten up -- no black swans over the horizon. i imagine that would tighten. nejra: thank you, you can find his columns on the bloomberg. let's get a check on the first word news. courtney: good morning. evidence that russians targeted election systems and 21 states according to homeland security. an official at the department will not identify the states. the acting deputy undersecretary said the states that were affected are aware. bloomberg reported

you know the european union and the eurozone has an architectural problem.n 2015, it was pointed out the difficulties and the problem is that the eu had in dealing with the greece crisis which was not really a greece crisis but a european crisis, could have been sold. —— solved. it turns out the eu leaders had no interest whatsoever. at the end, the realisation came that perhaps in order to change the european union or the eurozone, you needed to start from greece first. my needed to start from greece first. my point is, in essence, mr tsipras has betrayed the mandate that he was given in 2015. let me quote you the words of a greek economist who says this. " greek prime minister tsipras didn't change greece or europe but they simply changed themselves from an anti— systemic austerity rebels, they have turned into implementers of the new troika greek deal, that being the europeans and the imf." he says," they denounced it as treacherous deals all the way back to 2010. " he has a point, doesn't he? i would disagree with that. i would say this government has ch

the presidents of the european commission and the european council have both said the offer does not is in brussels. adam, this was supposed to be one of the easier issues in the negotiations, but it's already proving a little bit tricky. that's true. what theresa may did last night was make a brief proposal to her fellow eu leaders about how the uk intended to tackle this issue of what rights eu nationals living in the uk would have after brexit and in return, what rights you the nationals living abroad would have after brexit. she called the offer is fairand after brexit. she called the offer is fair and serious, but it's fair to say her fellow leaders have responded in a fairly lukewarm way to what they have hired. officials are waiting for more details to be published in parliament on monday, and then negotiators here at brussels will go through it line by line, work out the things they like and the things they don't like, we got today from the man who chairs these summits is the president of these summits is the president of the european council donald tusk. here's what he had t

is it the european. union and you can bet when attacks like this happen politicians on both sides news numbers and emotions drive home the point but whose numbers are actually correct and who's convincing the voters in states way of living social media and everything else you know people following figures that they just pick up and they haven't looked into the backing of it they're looking at he's saying it rather than what's actually being said as in any recovery the first step is acknowledging you have a problem figuring out a plan to fix it is another story entirely but there could be a clue in these vague numbers we see follow the money. in london in de france. we leave you tonight with a recap of our boom bust special coverage of brecht's it when your later as of now the u.k. remains committed to leaving the e.u. one year after voting to leave but the circumstances of britain's official exit as well as the effects it will have are still unknown even a year later we still don't have an official cutof

german unification in combination with european reunification -- german reunification and european unificationstopher: he is always called the father of german unification, is a that justified? -- is that justified? >> in a certain way it is. of course the german reunification started with a movement within east germany. this was in no sense a driving process that led to reunification but it led to a transformation into high polities. the transformation of a civil movement into high politics. christopher: explain the link between german reunification and european unification. >> he was very concerned to seek a reunified germany within european unification in order to avoid a single standing german hegemony. he was aware this was one of the greatest problems german history could face. christopher: many thanks for talking to us. and we apologize to our viewers for the poor quality of that audio. in the studio, we have him with us because he was a teenager in east germany when the berlin wall came down. you were in east berlin, how did people like you view helmut kohl ? with the something of a he

on paper, european states may be all inclusive. but this often differs in practice, which is -- as well here in the united states. as a result, some communities are forgotten or isolatedand susceptible to radicalization. so we've got to focus on what we cando to try to prevent those from being radicalized. and so i look forward to engaging with our witnesses to discuss how the u.s. can learn from and help our european allies who are under attack. and i thank you, and i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman from new york. without objection all members may have five days to submit questions, and without all objection all witnesses' statement will be a part of the record. if you see a red light come up in front of you, that means stop. i'll introduce each witness and give them time for their opening statements. mr. hughes is the deputy director of the program on extremism at george washington university. he's an expert on terrorism, home grown violent extremism and countering violent extremist. martin sillcox potentialized innational s

european union. that could take 1—2 years. period of uncertainty. in terms of physical focus companies focused on the fight to get european courtjustice out of the way and to have british courts in control of what happens. he's focused on the idea of an international arbitration setup. instead of the ec]. that might be in every and which the european commission wants ecj involved. we've read some information about what happens with european citizens in britain. theresa may said those that have been you for five years would be able to get similar rights to british citizens. that's something the european commission weren't happy with. they said it hasn't gone far enough. labour says it should be all european citizens, notjust those that have been every five yea rs. those that have been every five years. the disparity between what british citizens would have the right to and what european citizens would have the right. european citizens, david davis said, would not be able to vote, but they would have access to the nhs. he did sa

scotland has not consented to leave the european union or to have our rights and protections as europeanrn up without our consent. holyrood today heard nicola sturgeon say she was responding to voters who don't want an independence vote, but also that she has not given up the fight. her opponents say she isn't listening. her party hope this is no more than a rain check, just a temporary delay. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. yet more tower blocks around the country have failed fire safety tests. the total now is 95, in more than 30 councils in england. the government has appointed a panel of experts to give advice on the immediate changes that can be made, to avoid another grenfell tower disaster. here's our home editor, mark easton. the grenfell tower fire is turning from sickening tragedy into national scandal. the blaze appears to be exposing hidden risks and confusion over fire safety that stretches across the country. every sample of cladding from 95 tower blocks, across 32 english local authorities, has now failed government tests — although the communities department, who ordere

looks like an iron curtain to me what i mean this is one of the misconception that exists about european union is that sometimes this debate about the two speeds comes cyclical already and in the eighties there was some ideas about having to do speeds europe in fact the current treaties allow for integration in some areas of the country that want to do it provided they keep it united for those who want to join later you see until now that article was not used and it's not true it's completely false that france and germany will always want to go ahead and view and some others don't want to come by the way france voted against the coastal treaty it was a founding member it was not new member states it voted against the new treaties you see so there are some how can i put it some prejudices sometimes inside the european union in terms of debate my experience is that yes it is definitely important that france and germany are together. if they don't cooperate there is not progress but it's not sufficient who also media others and it's very important to avoid any kind of directorial in the eur

i am in the european council, just a couple of hundred meters away from the european commission, thes as well. what is interesting is that leader after leader arriving today was emphasising that we‘re notjust here to talk about brexit, and far from it. the issues that they raised as priorities: migration — there are still many thousands of people coming into the eu — and how the eu discourages people from doing that or manages them when they arrive is still a pressing issue. then there is defence and security. there are regular terror attacks in the eu at the moment. and there are lots of questions about how the eu organises defence. then there is the economy — jobs and growth getting a lot of emphasis. let‘s bring chris back in on the issue of the fence, because i think people in the uk will be quite surprised to see the eu moving so far so fast on this. there are many issues, but one of them on which the uk has held back the rest of the eu has been defence. for years, the uk has been defence. for years, the uk has been defence. for years, the uk has been the country saying, we have

speaking about european defense policy because it is no european army and i don't think that it would be any utopian army less europe is united politically which i don't see it's really happening in the next serious atlas to say things diplomatically so in fact what is happening on the european side is to try to. let's say better utilize exist of the sources to optimize for things and to reduce the how can i say the duplications that exist among european armies because if you take it up here in union you see twenty eight or twenty seven european armies and they duplicate in many things so this is an effort which is going to take place bought and here i have a clear ideas about it this is not going to be an european army in any way. and german chancellor angela merkel is saying that here of can no longer rely on others and that that's a quote europeans have to take their fate into their own hands do you agree or do you think the e.u. has been too dependent on the united states for example well i don't know you know because it is very difficult how can i say to say to judge a policy of

now, the rest of european union.hose clearing houses to move to the eurozone two years ago. they were blocked in the european court. once we leave the eu, if they do not like what they see here, if they do not think the regulations are working, they are taking the right upon themselves to force those companies to move to the continent. how likely is that? well. they say it is an exceptional circumstance, but what they are basically saying is, they will insist these companies are regulated by them, even though they are based in london, they want the regulated by authorities in the rest of the eu. in exceptional circumstances, if they think those companies are so important that there is a systemic risk to the euro if they are not in the eurozone, they will insist on a moving. they do not say they will do that, but they are basically taking the power to do that. that is a big threat to the city. the city is the biggest financial centre in europe. it employs hundreds of thousands of people. clearing is only one small pa