funds another of course marine le pen the president of the national rally party she claims that there's a witch hunt on against opposition figures like south. also. this situation is unacceptable this is a grave violation of national principles and of our democracy i'm probably being tapped intrusions for months and now the left wing those in power have now see the entirety of all exchanges contacts nouns documents of the team main opposition parties affronts i find it extremely serious macro is completely you must understand that it has been elected very very few people is it doesn't have a lot of electoral basis and so it's like a flight flight forward so you want to show you wants to to shun responsibilities for instance today was nominated appointed a minister of the interior only it doesn't have any competence in the police is only a friend of a close friend of a member in the cross we only blackmailed him saying if you don't appoint me i quit or quit all the other governments so it's a sign that he wants true true like a. true true with close friends and not with very professional

in the european parliament a charge also leveled at another political rival marine le pen he's also being investigated over the expenditure of his presidential campaign against not. anastasiya he says the searches were based on trumped up evidence he's now calling for the offices are not going to be raided alongside his new interior minister suggesting they had also irregularities in their campaign expenditure although mellon sean came fourth in the presidential election last year his party has been a thorn in my side france also miss raking in organizes and is involved in the trade union protests against forms and minshull is known as being a man of the people something much corn has struggled with. mel and sean has said his party will publish its poll accounts online in a bit to clear its name. ski altie paris supporters of the left wing party chief came to protest what they called an attack on democracy. it is a political show folks it's an attempt to destabilize democratic opposition in our country i think we should take it very seriously it's great that so many people came here to sh

in the european parliament a charge also leveled at another political rival marine le pen he's also being investigated over the expenditure of his presidential campaign against not going austere he says the searches were based on trumped up evidence he's now calling for the offices are not going to be integrated alongside his new interior minister suggesting they had also irregularities in their campaign expenditure although millen sean came fourth in the presidential election last year his party has been a thorn in my side france also mis ranking the organizes and is involved in the trade union protests against forms and surely commission is known as being a man of the people something might call has struggled with. mel and sean has said his party will publish its poll accounts online in a bit to clear its name. ski altie paris supporters of the left wing party chief came to protest what they call an attack on democracy. it is a political show folks it's an attempt to destabilize democratic opposition in our country i think we should take it very seriously it's great that so many people

the look pen name but mario marshall is part of france's famous far right political family his marine le pen leader of the anti immigration national front party marshal quit elected politics last year to embark on a new venture opening a conservative institute called essent in the french city of lille q did you separate the idea of essentialist offer an alternative education one that will train new leaders in politics or economics with a new approach elites who are patriotic and rooted in culture and history. there were sixty students at isa and more than a dozen lecture is the marshal a former m.p. the school is another way of doing politics only a dozen different and more are in a dozen different critic i saw today we are seeing a moral and political capitulation in this country there's a sense that france is weak and no longer wants to be powerful we are not political activists our teachers are not elected officials that we have a political approach in the noble sense africa's politics for me is serving the community. he said student take nair is a young prison or to preserve involved in

marine le pen's far right national rally gaining support.ng with this populist line of punishing the brits if they walk out with no deal. i think the wording here is remarkable. obviously, the rights of eu and uk nationals is of one of the first things to be discussed and got over the line in brexit talks. here emanuel macron says they will be illegal immigrants. he sees the benefits of a no—deal brexit. he sees france as being the go to place, especially for business and financial services, if that were to happen. i think it's a little too much to say he is actively pushing for it but you will see the benefits of that. i'm surprised by this language. for someone surprised by this language. for someone who surprised by this language. for someone who sees surprised by this language. for someone who sees the benefits of immigration on free movement, this is purely political and i think a bit nasty. his government is proposing it, it says. not over the line yet. staying with emmanuel macron. as you are here george, the new statesman tomorrow, i

here in italy, deputy prime minister matteo salvini and marine le pen have met — are promising a revolutionf common sense in europe. i've been talking to one of mr salvini's closest colleagues. people understand when someone talks like that, live like that and clearly they are the opposite applies, they understand when politicians are not like that and when they lived on a pedestal above them. we'll be live here in milan with people involved in this country's turbulent politics, and commentators, tweet us your questions and we'll put them to them, the hashtage is bbcos. let's bring you some breaking news — an investigative website has released the name of the second hundreds of tourists and locals around and a guy over there who was working through an extensive rock back catalogue, he assures you that it will be stopped, we will be looking at populace in both here in italy, as the government is a populist government and across the continent of europe. let's bring you some breaking news — an investigative website has released the name of the second suspect in the nerve agent attack in salisb

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funds and the alleged financial irregularities in presidential run of last year right wing leader marine le pen has been targeted by a similar probe she dismissed that as political persecution publisher and journalist in america more hill believes that mark trance cracking down on the opposition because he's threatened. macro is completely you must understand that it has been elected very very few people is it doesn't have a lot of electoral basis and so it's like a fly to fly forward so if you want to to show you wants to to shun responsibilities is for instance today was nominated was an appointed a minister of the interior it was only it doesn't have any competence in the police is only a friend of a close friend of a member not wrong we only blackmailed him saying if you don't appoint me i quit i quit all the government so it's a sign that he was true to rule like a in the band the latter was due to rule with close friends and not with very professional of people because if eels are very threatened threatened by either they anger other people and i think it would be. knows it will know a ve

alleged financial irregularities in mel and sean's presidential run of last year right wing leader marine le pen been targeted by a similar probe which she dismissed as being political persecution because picked out her emerick building as the french publisher and journalist could even see emerick we we heard him saying that his persona is sacred because they're saying no one can touch me what about the building itself or by law can the police raid the headquarters and even his. yes is the roads are legal but completely of normal complete exaggerated the the in this to geishas into alleged misuse of the e.u. founds and the misuse of campaign expenditures are very commonplace are are quite acquired by now. it's true that they didn't deserve to be treated like gangsters like that because it's the way they were treated is completely political it is a show of force of the new of the new government and it's a kind of what the english called a double standards because of the during this summer the been allowed a fur it was a kind of a private militia founded by the french president to micro. said to t

here in italy, deputy prime minister matteo salvini and marine le pen have met — are promising a revolution

but around europe, polling evidence suggests that mr salvini, that marine le pen's party in france, thats as far apart as poland, hungary, austria, you name it, they have the political momentum. polls suggest they'll be very strong in the next european parliament. bavaria at the weekend, it was the greens who were actually the surprise, if you like, vote—getters. and there are new figures coming out, wednesday you should watch out for them, about the mood across europe. definitely politics is polarising. i chair the european parliament, and increasingly when i call votes, you see that the extremes on the right and left vote the same way on issues. so it's not just about ideology here. there's something else happening in the body politic. i mean, i would worry about whether the centre can hold. we're seeing the social democrats be quite fractured, and our own epp, christian democrats, that could be a quite difficult election for us. that's point i'm making, that you two, the mainstream blocs, the epp and the european socialists, to many people, according to the opinion polls, not to me, b

elections, the brits won't be voting but around europe, polling evidence suggests mr salvini, marine le pen's hungary, austria, you name it, they have the political momentum. the polls suggest they will be very strong in the european parliament. in that area at the weekend, the greens were the surprise, if you like, vote getters and there are new figures coming out. wednesday, you should watch out for them, across europe. definitely politics is polarising. i chair the european parliament and increasingly when i'd call votes, you see the extremes on the right and left about the same way on issues. it's not about ideology here. there's something else happening on the body politic. i wonder whether the centre can hold. we've seen the centre democrats quite frank should. our own christian democrats, that could be a quite difficult selection for us. -- quite difficult selection for us. -- quite frank should. the main blocs, the ep and european socialists, too many people, according to the opinion polls, they look like a tired old brussels elite is who have not delivered. you see, you're using the

about bolsonaro, he comes not from this modern alt-right movement, the type of donald trump or marine le penthe cold war far right that carried out enormous atrocities in the name of fighting d domestic communism, which is what bolsonaro believes his primary product to be. he recently vowed to cleanse the country of left-wing opposition, which he sees as a communist front. the threat and the ideology is far more extreme than anything the democratic world, but the dynamics as far as why he won are quite similar in that it was driven not by a sudden far right ideology convergent on the part of this population of brazil, but anger and desperation on hopelessness about the failures of the establishment class. amy: during an interview with brazilian television program ago, -- a must 20 years ago bolsonaro said -- "through the vote you will not change anything in this country, nothing, absolutely nothing! it will only change, unfortunately, when, one day, we start a civil war here and do the work that the military regime did not do. killing some 30,000, starting with fhc, not kicking them out, kil

>> matteo sell beanie is meeting -- salvini isa meeting with marine le pen. , lot of people looking atthe markets, which have driven up yields on italian 10 year bonds and widened the spread with german bonds. anna: thanks so much, kevin. the investment director at m&g is still with us in the studio. when you look at political risk see regard to italy, do you the emphasized italian equities on days when italian politics are at the four? >> when you look at the italian issue has been very much contained within italy's borders. the biggest ramifications are the bond market, clearly with those bund yields versus the btp spreads. if you look at two-year treasury swap rates, the german swap rates, they have not moved much. that is typically your hedge which means not a european issue, but an italian issue. the biggest impact we have seen is on italian banks. that is the biggest risk. if we look at italian banks more broadly, they have improved their balance sheet. i'm skeptical of them more generally. we like certain companies within italy. when you look at european banks more generally, th

if you look where marine le pen's-- very heavily in northeastern france the most the industrialized part the country that had the industrial kind of heartland of france in the 19th century and its gone into this long-term decline and so there i think these economic factors can explain a lot of the voting patterns. >> ryan, we will give you the chance for the last word. >> i think i agree with what francis just said. [laughter] i think you have a-- depending on which country are talking about you have very serious assimilation issues which you referred to earlier in the sense of identity, which is much less credo and much more rooted in the history of the country and so there are some places you really cannot assimilate very well and then when you increase the amount of people who didn't grow up in a country greats a particular backlash and i think that's what we see in stark numbers across the continent. >> francis, brian, thank you. [applause]. >> c-span launched book to be 20 years ago on c-span2 and a sense and we have covered thousands of authors and book festivals including over 30