terry the e.u. wants to avoid the was consequences of no deal breck's it insulter day they have clarified some plans some contingency plans really what could be addressed for instance is financial services that but london is particularly important for that some clearing houses for instance could remain open for a year and it also includes information about goods coming into the european union trucks for instance they could be excluded from from a close daughter so they could continue for potentially a year if the u.k. is willing to allow the same for the e.u. and then there's also the every nation sector the number of planes could continue flying and also safety sufficient to to ficus for airplanes could continue to be operational for a year now brigs opponents in the u.k. have been painting a picture of huge disruption of trade and port traffic is that reflected in the news no brook no deal breakers that scenario. i think it is first of all if there's no deal we won't have a transition face so from

the e.u. preparations are practical measures and the e.u. emphasizes these are unilateral directives that are being made by brussels and they can be taken back at any times and they are as they are sort of set up to ease the worst for instance the trucks british trucks are still supposed to roll in europe and they get sort of like an extension of their permits because otherwise if the e.u. wouldn't do that there would no not be any british trucks anymore and european roads they would have to stop at the borders because they don't have any plummets anymore it's stuff like that that is one of the big issues for instance because otherwise the british exports would completely sort of stop on day one on march thirtieth another issue is for instance the financial markets passport being ns that has been repeated about three times today by the e.u. commission that means financial services kind operate in the e.u. anymore and there is one exception that the derivatives clearing that will just carry on for a while the citizens' rights for instance the

the e.u. and the u.k. are now busy pushing contingency measures in place with the knowledge that a no deal drugs this would actually be a pretty big deal well i am joined tonight by the barber of a's old from brussels barbara has been on the front line of the battles since day one she has chronicled every twist and turn in her bra diaries some of her more recent entries are entitled wives and anarky the dream has died or how about this one a monkey piet's on mad house in westminster. barbara why monty python is it if greg says that funny or is bad. it is maybe funny only for the outside of service but it is a rather man and served like many of monte python sketches for instance recently after the no confidence vote against series m a from this side of own tory party in a sort of parliamentarians voted against her because she was too soft on vets it afterwards you know the dead parrot sketch came to mind and the question is the prime minister politically dead or is she just resting or is she after all naile

and the e.u. will be defined if an agreement cannot be reached by the end of two thousand and twenty the transition phase may be extended by two years if there is no agreement at the end of the transition phase and imagine see regulation the so-called backstop will prevent the installment of a hard border between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. many fear the civil conflict called the troubles will be reignited by customs and border control posts the deal what ensure that more than three million e.u. citizens in the u.k. and one million britons in the e.u. could carry on with their lives as before following the transition face. and joining me here in the studio is john worth he is a political blogger who blogs a lot about breaks and he's a regular commentator on breaks and here on the day it's good to see you again john . this irish border dilemma i mean it's not going away and it seems to be just as install day as it was two years ago and it s

so many e.u. countries have just signed up to the un global migration pact which will also lloyd even further immigration into the e.u. now how is that going to work when you've got countries like greece and spain for example with on employment youth on employment and the thirty and forty percent what you have is this is a corrupt toxic empire that's what we need to understand on the solution is not more of it the solution to it is much much less of it and that's why whether people like it or not the rise of populism i feel across the european landmass and countries like italy and hungary etc is pretty much unstoppable and even in france even in france when the little emperor mark crown him self is finally target from his perch it could be madame le pen who were ok david is a missionary in the air so all the time the young let me jump in because i want to be fair to renault in paris i'm going to give in the last forty five seconds of the program go ahead sir in paris. number one i don't think at a

asked the e.u. to get the deal of the nine to agree a deal time recognise the strengths of concern in the house of commons and that's what i will be pushing to do that. i don't expect an immediate breakthrough but what i do hope these that we can start to work this quickly as possible on the shore and says this is necessary. put to reason may she must hope that the words of president john called younker of the european commission but with intelligent use of clarification and interpretation there may be a way ahead but central to this is how can the same form of words be acceptable in brussels and unexceptable in london and vice versa that is the question that dominates the proceedings here the question is is of such importance that it's hard to see what sort of resolution that can be given what the governments concerned certainly the german government but also the e.u. institutions have said that there will be no renegotiation. let's introduce the panel joining us on skype from london julian who is

creches our jeff the e.u. without a deal we have to avoid a hard border between north and ireland and ireland this should be avoided in all cases because there we talk about peace the far right alternative for. germany party or f.t. is the only party in the german parliament that thinks beck said it's a good thing let's have the ability to let the british go and prove that there is life after leaving the e.u. and then after some possible difficulties in a transition process no one will remember why they were ever part of this continental european circus. not quite a circus but madness was the description some m.p.'s use for the current situation in the u.k. but still the vast majority of them think i know it will be good neither for the u.k. nor for germany. let me not bring up today if it's on the stories making news around the bond is really efficiency of honesty in a shot and killed two israelis in the occupied west bank now the two are said to be who did the shooting happened near the jewish settlement of

and the e.u. will be defined if an agreement cannot be reached by the end of two thousand and twenty the transition phase may be extended by two years if there is no agreement at the end of the transition phase and imagine see regulation the so-called backstop will prevent the installment of a hard border between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. many theah the civil conflict called the troubles would be reignited by customs and border control posts the deal what ensure that more than three million e.u. citizens in the u.k. and one million britons in the e.u. could carry on with their lives as before following the transition face. and joining me here in the studio is john worth he is a political blogger who blogs a lot about bricks and he's a regular commentator on briggs and here on the day it's good to see you again john . this irish border dilemma i mean it's not going away and it seems to be just as install day as it was two years ago and it

and the e.u. will be defined if an agreement cannot be reached by the end of two thousand and twenty the transition phase may be extended by two years if there is no agreement at the end of the transition phase and imagine see regulation the so-called backstop will prevent the installment of a hard border between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. many fear the civil conflict called the troubles would be reignited by customs and border control posts the deal what ensure that more than three million e.u. citizens in the u.k. and one million britons in the e.u. could carry on with their lives as before following the transition face. and joining me here in the studio is worth you as a political.

is in these disputes with the e.u. over its twenty nine thousand budget has been settled details are not yet known but the e.u. commission has approved a new plan meaning that rome finally cave in to brussels demands for sticking to the rules. a new pharmaceutical giant is in the making glaxo smith kline and pfizer and also joint venture that will create the biggest over the counter drug supply. and how moscow. he wants you to go to work soon and one of his tells us of course boss on an underground train. this is it of your business i'm going to have health as well the european union has accepted italy's revised budget proposal the details of the new spending plans are not yet no but it's likely to include measures to avoid increasing its deficit beyond the level the e.u. deems that sceptical so the country will avoid it fine for breaking the blocks fiscal rules. italy's capital room now it seems the country and the e.u. have reached a consensus the italian government promised to set new debt at two point zero four per

but the e.u. wants the backstop in place for as long as it takes and for it to only apply to normal and. let's bring in our panelists in london we're joined by jonathan this deputy director of the british influence cloud maurice a labor member of the european parliament for london and chair of the european parliament civil liberties justice and home affairs committee and again in westminster catherine mcbride seen economist international trade and competition unit at the institute of economic affairs welcome you all to the program i'd like to begin with you catherine in london has britain made the wrong decision. no i don't think you can ever say that this is a democracy they went to vote they had a very extensive period before the referendum and the people voted to leave and i think that it was and the government had an obligation to an act that referendum decision which both the conservative party and the labor party put on their manifesto in recent two thousand and seventeen election pledge and

as a country choosing to actually get out of the e.u. so the e.u. project is absolutely tottering on its on its fate isis i suggest that it will eventually as all want to be empires do fall over and collapse and a good thing to john you know in looking at the media coverage particularly of what's going on in france and and maybe to some degree we're brigs it but with the yellow vests here at least in the anglo speaking world here. in the very beginning there was some sympathy and you know this is part of france's tradition they like to protest they like to demonstrate and then it started to change and you start seeing words like populist neo nazi fascists and things like that. is that a fair characterization of just so many people that are saying enough is enough i mean this is all you have to do is to protest this that is and there's an important caveat here it doesn't excuse anyone committing violence or any kind of crime and they should be held account ok but from what i could see that is not the by far the by any extent measurable the majority e

is far behind the e.u. germany, the european union itself, also now australia, have come out with proposals even for further study on how big data firms are suppressing, oppressing, and exploiting. and i agree with ranking member klobuchar that it is time for the united states to take a more active position. thank you. cantor. the: mr. the, andr: chairman members of the subcommittee, i am honored to participate in this discussion and humbled to a happy alongside my fellow panelists. i deliver my remarks to the lens of an antitrust lawyer with 20 years of experience. that experience includes appearing before state antitrust authorities, federal and european antitrust authorities. i've had the pleasure of working in private practice as well as this u.s. federal trade commission. the remarks today are my own, they do not necessarily reflect the views of my law firm or its clients. as a protection are on the panel, i guess you could consider these articles from the front lines. i would like to share a few obser

an exit from the e.u. . our i mean look at you know one sweep past the point where reason may's deal is voted upon in parliament by the twenty first of january in or likelihood according to the numbers in parliament voted down at that point all sorts of other possibilities come into play one of them of course is the dreadful to many prospect of a no deal briggs it's an area that's of particular concern here in the and it has already been suggested by the irish prime minister earlier live rocket at that point the united kingdom parliament should consider an extension of article fifty essentially buy more time to renegotiate to come up with some sort of solution that avoids a no deal breaks or other options on the table involve possibly a second referendum possibly a different kind of deal a norway plus deal there are all sorts of things being floated all sorts of things that the the focus now is on trying to get to resume a deal through parliament before january the twenty first china how there for us live fr

discussions with my e.u. partners including presidents others have shown that further clarification following the council's conclusions is, in fact, possible. discussions are continuing to explore further political and assurances. we are also looking closely at new ways of empowering the house ensure that any has sion for backstop democratic legitimacy. background noises] . >> this is very irregular. the statement must be heard. there will be a full opportunity but the statement by the prime minister must be courtesy.heard with prime minister? >> empowering the house of commons to ensure that any backstop has a democratic legitimacy and to enable the house to place its obligations on the government to ensure backstop can't be in place indefinitely now just over 14 weeks until the uk leaves the e.u. and -- many ny members members of this house are to take athat we need decision soon. am i right? the leader of the house will set on thursday in the usual way. confirm today that we intend to return to the meaning

the e.u. presumes the contrary. even the e.u.'s highest court has recognized this and its intel decision. because of judicial -- because judicial review is so attenuated, it is unsure if this will affect the commission at all. the e.u. penalizes the existence of monopolies. the u.s. prohibits extension. it -- the e.u. regularly punishes the possession of monopoly powell -- power. far as toven go so target companies that may lack monopoly power, that possess a successful business model. and actions involving companies -- ranging from soda manufacturers to digital platforms, they have allowed access for less successful rivals. competition policy is kirk -- is perfect -- purposely subject to politicization. commission is a policymaking body charged with enacting an agenda. the goals of the european competition enforcers are diverse and untethered them economic thinking. under article 102, firms can be arele for practices that unfair, place trading partners at a disadvantage or impose obligations on other non-contracting parties. but

some britain still mind leaving the e.u. without an agreement and a hard break that others here the economic consequences. but whatever happens it's likely to get turbulent from a european perspective of course it would be best if brics had failed and britain remained in the e.u. but of course the current divorce agreement would have to fail to if it does fail in parliament we don't know what will happen a new referendum which could be good for europe or a hard breaks it which would be very bad. the vote on the negotiated breaks a deal is now expected to take place by january twenty first and it's anyone's guess how it will end. italy's prime minister. offered the european commission a compromise in the dispute over his country's ballooning budget he proposed a deficit of around two percent of g.d.p. down from two point four percent. but it's not for me to first see now what the final reaction of the commission will be surely our proposal was judged important and significant we will continue to work i trust for a positive so

well for more on e.u. preparations for a no deal bragg's it let's talk to our brussels correspondent. we just heard about aviation what other key areas would be affected in this scenario. terry you mentioned those eight sectors and there's a number of proposals in these sectors clearly finance top of the agenda there as well apart from aviation because very close ties here for example regarding the clearing process when it when it comes to a eurozone currency there's a lot of things happening in london which the you ryssdal relies on then of course there is the civil rights and trade you have issues like customs so there will be a proposals on how to guarantee your continued visa free travel how to get guarantees and securities of for ex-pats e.u. k. ex-pats living in the european union but to be clear all these proposals are time limited they are there they can be ended unilaterally so they're not the small little deals that some breaks the tears are now thinking about when they talk about a managed breck

and the e.u. will remain open something everybody wants but under the draft agreement northern ireland will behave as if it was still part of the e.u. in terms of trade and the movement of people this would either effectively create a new board it within the u.k. or else the whole of the u.k. would have to keep e.u. trade conditions both of these options race fierce opposition amongst brics it is everyone seems a bit fed up by not. well they could be dealing with it anyway really i think they think. they've been really unclear about what they do and what they're doing it's i mean the point is i voted against it so i don't think anyone expects to get sick really understands highly it's making could be good she says so far delivered and not with her hands towards and she herself as it were might say she is the most and on and on and on when it talks. to interest. theresa may will head to brussels seeing to talk this out but brussels has already said it once he negotiates. and here's some of the othe

and the e.u. will remain open something everybody wants but under the draft agreement northern ireland will behave as if it was. still part of the e.u. in terms of trade and the movement of people this would either effectively create a new board within the u.k. or else the whole of the u.k. would have to keep e.u. trade conditions both of these options raise fierce opposition among brick city is everyone seems a bit fed up. i'm not sure they could be easy to get anywhere really i think. they've been really have been clear about. more that during it's i mean the point is. hard to get states or they think anyone expects to get sick really understands hard this may be just as good she says hard to live or work or hands towards she herself is in my thirty's this was the. moment i would have told your students. may now heads to european capitals in a frantic bids to rescue. our. and for more on the story let me join our correspondents max hoffman in strasbourg and bomber of reason is standing by in lon

response from what the e.u.can do a little later in the discussion as far as one gets an idea of who is viktor orban while he gained wide recognition for his speech in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine when he demanded soviet troops leave hungry and free elections he's one of the founding members of the feathers party which shifted hungry from the center right to the far right obama became prime minister for the first time in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight he returned in two thousand and ten and has won three consecutive terms since then he's been criticized for his anti immigration policies and for weakening hungary's democratic institutions. oban is on track to becoming the longest serving prime minister in hungary in history what is his appeal we are about he has done a lot to get here he has started with a very small park in the one nine hundred ninety s. won the election in one thousand nine hundred eight with a broad coalition with a lot of different writing parties and by two thousand and ten

well i'm not sure the e.u. is really looking at it in terms of it being their move i mean it's really up to the u.k. it's to decide what it wants to do or the u.k. parliament to decide what it wants to do. i think there is a possibility of a vote of no confidence in parliament following a defeat on this withdrawal all agreement would most likely some the country back to new elections but certainly the tories don't want. labor is pushing hard for the . opposition leader gerry corbett as a state stated that is his primary objective at this point but i don't see that happening frankly. i think it's much more likely and perhaps here i'm advocating as opposed to analyzing because the uncertainty level here is so high. i think it's probably much more likely that there's a decision to take back the questions of the people that is a second referendum to clarify matters give the parties guidance they seem to be lost right now and having a difficult time finding their way out of this jam different do you think there's an

leaders in the european commission before this week's e.u. summit but still not clear specifically when that's going to be but she wants to discuss changes and address m.p.'s concerns but we don't have a date for every new devote to when this vote will now take place and that is a great source of anger among politicians in the chamber many of them with desperate to finally have that say on this rather chaotic gregg's that process make claims that she's listened to her critics into the concern that people have and that she's going to do everything she can to seek assurances from the e.u. over the issue of the irish stop well a lot of people would say that she didn't listen that she should have those in her own party will say she should have. on the say that this wasn't a deal that they wanted a tall and that's what the leader of the labor opposition party jeremy corbyn had to say the government is in disarray. is building for business people are in despair at this stage of these failed negotiations the prime minister is trying to solve one las

as britain prepares to exit the e.u. people in power investigates disturbing allegations about the tactics used by the we namely campaign we know that the law was broken and we know that campaigns and we know that russia tried to build a relationship with one of the campaigns. paid bricks it people in power are now just zero. and again you're watching out is it a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.n. secretary general says warring sides have reached several agreements in talks to end the conflict in yemen they include a ceasefire in the port city of data and finalizing details of a prisoner swap deal they agreed earlier. the u.s. senate is voting on whether to end american military support for the saudi and iraqi coalition in yemen it's also looking at a separate resolution condemning the killing of journalist. israeli army's looking for a palestinian who shot dead two soldiers at a posh stop in the occupied west bank the attack came after the army carried out several raids killing two palestinians. the british

is rebuffing her requests the e.u. won't help her and day she now comes back empty handed and of course her enemies are circling already they have renewed calls from her opponents within the conservative party and the hard line breaks the cheers who say she has to stand down we don't want to carry on with her guilt from the. to have a deal is better than no deal surely a disorderly brags it is not in the interests of the you is it. richard you name it a deal is better than no deal but it's also true that no deal is better than a bad deal and that is something the e.u. like the u.k. has to consider as well so there are concerns here that if you cross too many red lines and the you has made a number of concessions to theresa may if you make too many of those you run into all sorts of difficulties endangering the stability of the internal market for instance one of the main achievements economically of the european union so that is not on the table and also there is a tactical consideration here you know any concession bi

and the e.u. it is an insurance policy it has to be open ended it can't be unilaterally breached want to reserve main wants from the e.u. therefore a legal issue and that somehow the backstop isn't. what it is is a legal assurance that can't be given which is why all that was ever old offer from the e.u. with clarifications not renegotiation to reason may still hope some legal sleight of hand can be performed to persuade doubting in peace to back her deal the message from this e.u. summit is probably not journal al-jazeera brussels france's president has paid tribute to the victims of the attack at the strasbourg christmas market emanuel necron visited the scene of the shooting the market reopened for the first time on friday after the attack which claimed the lives of four people the suspected gunman shot checkouts was shot dead by police on thursday after a two day manhunt brazil's president michel tama has signed an extradition order for society but the far left activist who is wanted in italy

by e.u. regulators by showing goodwill towards brussels and a willingness to compromise on their original budget proposal many italians now want to see that government make a deal. it's all very messy band so i think that something may be finally moving and maybe little by little in a strange way will finally become real europeans. trying to be part of europe to siloam even if it often we haven't been very happy with and it. will be able to i hope the budget law will be approved. and that the e.u. understands the problems we have been. giving i hope that material salvini and our prime minister giuseppe concha manage to do something good for italy. will bear they will believe. but if the budget plan is rejected and italy is sanctioned by brussels that could trigger yet another election in march and even more insecurity in italy citizens. in frankfurt a compromise is in his government and the e.u. seems to be on the horizon that's good news for the euro is it not it is absolutely good news for

leaves the e.u. would somehow get through parliament facing her detractors as she was forced to admit she was badly wrong as a result if we went ahead and house the post tomorrow the deal would be with you guys but. we will therefore to further that chance will for tomorrow. and not proceed to divide the house at this time politicians of all stripes angry with a reason may they were loud calls for her to quit. this house mr speaker this is a bad deal for britain a bad deal for our economy and a bad deal for democracy our country deserves better than this the prime minister is trying to buy himself one last chance to save this deal if she doesn't take on board the fundamental changes required then she must make way for those who can. well and he's passionately debated inside parliament outside there was that mentally of pro and anti breaks it demonstrates is. that squabbling representative of the mood of the nation. it is a half hour trade off the trade is with your opinion and also so i don't conside

all the other e.u. countries they will discuss where to go next but it's worth making the point reiterating that despite the the warm meeting reception that the reason they got here in brussels that she got in the hague that she got in but only as you referred to in your question to generally iran she also got the cold reality of we're not renegotiating this she's perhaps going clinging on to the suggestion from president that there could be intelligent use of clarification and interpretation but the reality is publicly at least there appears to be absolutely nowhere to go with this deal other than what's already been agreed and as we know is that members of the british house of commons have been saying they don't like that deal well that's the only deal that's on offer from here in brussels but even if there is movement dominick and she comes back with movement from the european meeting thursday and friday on the idea of the backstop and the hard border between the province of northern ireland and the

theresa may can't get her party to agree to it and it looks like the e.u. is not willing to give any more handouts to the prime minister rediscuss the backstop no way. stands by this agreement intends to proceed through as a certification that it's not open for. the head of the summit politicians in london put pressure on me to reopen the negotiations with europe in the end the e.u. gave the british prime minister some reassurance but no substantial changes. in this and we see if assurances are needed because we haven't agreed all the details during the transition period then we want to move beyond that as quickly as possible. may have been hoping for more significant concessions to help sell her briggs a deal to u.k. lawmakers but without more gains in brussels she's unlikely to see an immediate breakthrough. of get more now from brussels we are joined by correspondent matt says so they are what are the contingency plans but the e.u. is discussing if this deal collapses. two things sarah basically we're looking at a list of technical notices for a range of

artificially close to the e.u. and you know this lot of talk in london about to resent need being weak and also the fact that she said she will not stand in the next election how is all this being viewed there in the context of banks it. i'd say you you have some sympathy here among e.u. leaders for the predicament the reason may of finds itself in on the other hand you also have member states here who say well she put herself into that situation we've been waiting months and weeks for the record to get something else other than red lines from from london but having said that however at the moment a reason may is the best option to get an orderly brecht's it and that is something all member states agree they see it as a lose lose situation but they do want to avoid a cliff edge directed a no deal scenario not at all costs but it is an important thing to achieve that dr jiang give much his indices going to be a busy day for you there thank you very much for that. let me now be up to date with some other stories maki

and the e.u. do not find a future relationship that would avoid a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. in that case the backstop would come into force and it would keep northern ireland locked in the customs union and parts of the internal market in fact and that was a concession made by the e.u. because the reason they demanded that the whole of the u.k. would then remained locked in the customs union parts of the internal market and the concern here is of brics to tears it would lock the whole of the u.k. for eternity in the internal market and may want to guarantees that that will not be the case so we have to see what happens there charlotte in london tourism me one the vote of confidence but how much has she been weakened by the challenge to her leadership. well the reason may we'll be breathing a sigh of relief this morning make no mistake this was the biggest challenge to her leadership so far and there were no guarantee that yesterday e

e.u. as well so that is how the ballots are works if it so you either it's acceptable to the e.u. in which case it's not acceptable to parliament or is acceptable to parliament in which case it isn't acceptable to the e.u. so there's nothing she can do on the deal to make it palatable so she has to admit defeat and go to plan b. now some m.p.'s are talking about the so-called norway option for plan b. which is the new way past actually which is to keep us in the economic instruments of the e.u. the single market and the customs union but not having a vote or a veto on how those instruments work which would be economically for. politically democratic very damaging because it takes away control it doesn't give us control but but but would that get through parliament do you think because it has the the the apparently logos freedom of movement the so many people want want to stop using the be a majority for those it's very hard to say the moment to reason maze incredibly opposed to the idea of

i think as much as our interest is to join the e.u. i think the enlargement to cover balkans is also in the news interest i think first and foremost the european union is of this project and it's a successful one because we have for the first time in history a long term peace in europe when you say that but i know you have made it clear haven't they they cannot and will not import bilateral disputes junko dunker said it last year that's pretty clear isn't it and it's clear they're not going to point to a dispute with kosovo it is absolutely clear you don't settle it there you're not going to get in and that is normal to me i think that's just natural thing to do i would ask that if i were the e.u. as well we should say year ago you advocated the united states of europe a new constitution for europe you said any country that didn't adopt it should have to leave the european union by this draconian stance who wants who wants a united states of europe these place me for example i wanted i suggested because i think many others really. in t

and the e.u. to get the deal of the nine to agree a deal time recognise the strengths of concern in the house of commons and that's what i will be pushing to colleagues today i don't expect an immediate breakthrough but what i do hope is that we can start to work this quickly as possible on the shore and since it's necessary. put to reason may she must hope that the words of president jiang called younker of the european commission but with intelligent use of clarification and interpretation there may be a way ahead but central to this is how can the same form of words be acceptable in brussels and unexceptable in london and vice versa that is the question that dominates the proceedings here the question is is of such importance that it's hard to see what sort of resolution that can be given what the government's concerned certainly the german government but also the e.u. institutions have said that there will be no renegotiation. let's introduce the panel joining us on skype from london julian wh