armin laschet has many faces -- he's a dedicated european unionist, catholic, and carnival fan. the past four years, he's been prime minister of north rhine-westphalia, germany's most populous state. close ally of gela merl, in january, he was named head of the conservative christian democratic union and quickly made known that, above all, he stood for continuity. armin: all europe is keeping a close eye onho germany puts in charge during this phase. when it comes to problems that ve a globadimension, we need multilateral solutions. reporter: but does he have the right stuff to become germany's chancellor? the polls indicate that a majority of germans aren't quite willing to entrust him with the leadership of europe's biggest national economy. in recent weeks, support for him and the conservative cdu has slumped to a record low. the competition has pulled ahead. but laschet is determined. at age 40, annalena baerbock has already made history. she's the first candidate the greens have ever fielded for chancellor. she and her party have big plans for change. annalena: we've come t

juliette: armin laschet is prepared to step aside as the head of germany's cdu after the conservativeoral defeat last month. in a video call, he said the cdu needs new blood across-the-board. the social democrats say they got off to a good start in coalition talks with the greens and the pro-business free democrats. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. dani: thank you so much, juliette saly in singapore. with rising energy prices and bond yields, the ftse could follow suit, but why is there a disconnect? we will discuss that, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ dani: welcome back to "bloomberg daybreak: europe." i'm dani burger in europe. rising bond yields in oil prices have been creating havoc in the stock market, but with a quarter of the index leveraged, the interest rates and energy, the ftse should stand to gain. how is the market reflecting the scenario? the faces here being that rising yields and energy should help the ftse 100 does not seem to be playing out tha

armin laschet has signaled he is prepared to step aside as the head of germany's cdu after the conservativet last month. in a video call with party members, bloomberg understands laschet says the cdu needs new blood across-the-board. meanwhile, the social democrats said they got off to a good start in coalition talks with the greens and the pro-business free democrats. ireland is ready to sign up to a global agreement for a minimum corporate tax rate, a climb that removes a key hurdle to the unprecedented deal. on the eve of a key oecd meeting between 140 countries, the irish government said it will join the push for a floor of 15% tax on company profits. and we will be speaking to ireland's finance minister, pascal donohue, in an exclusive interview at 10:00 a.m. london time. the u.k. has eased entry rules to 47 countries and territories that were previously subject to the tightest covid restrictions. visitors from south africa, mexico and brazil are among those who will be able to avoid a 10 day hotel quarantine as they are removed from the so-called red list. the u.k. will also recognize

chancellor and former mayor of hamburg, narrowly defeated the conservative block or cdu/csu, led by armin laschets party's successor to angela merkel. but in order to form a government, they'll need to engage in coalition talks with smaller parties, such as the greens and the free democrats, to reach a majority. in the bundestag, which would lead to germany's first-ever - [ siren blaring whoa is that our rudy giuliani news alert siren? the siren we had installed in the studio to tell us whenever something funny happens to rudy giuliani? wally, throw out all the cue cards about germany. >> nein. >> seth: what? >> sorry, sorry. i meant, do you want me to throw out all nine of the cue cards about germany. [ light laughter ] >> seth: oh, i see what you did there, wally okay let's see what rudy's up to. >> fox news has reportedly suspended former president trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, from appearing on any of its shows >> his favorite tv outlet has reportedly banned him. he's been benched for almost three months, in part because of the vote counting conspiracy theories that he pushed, whi