e.u. commission puts the aftereffects of that price fixing of that fixing of the contract to the delivery contract to apple. as a follow price of about a billion euros and. sure the customers will have paid the price because qualcomm in some way has to get back of course the money that it paid to pull in order to ensure it's the sole distributor their second followed the commissioner for competition market best ago also point out pointed out that customers don't have the kind of innovation the kind of new developments at hand if the person developing the chips qualcomm in this case is sure that there's not that much competition it doesn't have to put all its resources into developing new and better products better than the competition because a child at the competition is the first us giant tech giant to be hit by the european union the e.u. is also laying into facebook into google and apple to what end. to the end consumer benefit again that he did not defrauded the competition comes back competition seems struck but in the end that means best products at best prices and best development

the european commission is giving ninety e.u. countries a final chance to comply with air quality standards today's summit in brussels comes at a time when the outlook for the diesel engine could hardly be worse also in the program software giant s a p announced as its first billion dollar acquisition in years will get the reaction from frankfurt and capping cash payments china is trying to regain the upper hand over a fast moving internet community. business d w business on crystal folbre welcome. farsightedness pledge never to experiment on animals again c.e.o. mafias miller described the practice as an ethical and repulsive and promised to investigate reports that german carmakers finance tests in which monkeys as well as humans are exposed to toxic diesel fumes in an effort to defend the diesel against revelations that it is pollutants cause cancer now the revelations about these questionable tests come at a time and europe's car industry is effectively fighting for its life these legends lead the market in most e.u. countrie

but that's not good enough for the european commission germany now has until the end of next week to present measures more quickly bringing pollution down to e.u. standards if these are deemed insufficient the commission could take legal action at the used top court. bant i think it joins us from brussels bet how are they going to actually achieve that in particular germany because it doesn't even have a government right now germany is not going to achieve anything with the measures presented here today because they are only. effective in the mid to long term and the commission asked for short term measures that came nothing. and very mentally minutes that was more or less empty handed she said she personally would say that the carmakers sort refit the cars with filters and something out that to make it more efficient but that would be very costly and so far the german government has denied to do that and this bill be part of the coalition talks and b. don't know what the outcome will be so far the german government protected car makers from these costly solutions and we have to wait until the new government is there and then we've got all the

e.u. commission approve the deal unconditionally to maintain competition on the german market as well to talk you know the country's economy has proven its surprisingly resilient despite political uncertainties that are still some dark clouds on the horizon despite strong g.d.p. growth inflation remains a problem and it's making it increasingly difficult to make for many took to make ends meet. activists suddenly had to get used to serving tea for the last four months he's been working as a temporary waiter in this istanbul coffee. he'd never imagined things could come to this only last some a move that was the proud owner of a small hotel he was the boss but the economic crisis runed his business he went bankrupt was forced to sell up. because if you do not have any. details fulfil to crash like that it's just such a huge difference between what i was and what i am now. doing my house is mainly european tourists in my hotel. but they stopped coming and i started to lose money on what's happened in the last two years my business collapsed completely. lots of turkey's businesses have gone the

e.u. commission took up that quote but on this right away here in strasbourg at the e.u. parliament and he's not the only one nigel farage also did so which is of course a little bit well bizarre because nigel farage was the one who really was in favor of a brags of with his you could party the party that initiated the whole process you could say but apparently their allies now in a way we talked to nigel when he was walking down the corridors here today and he said he wanted in fact a second referendum just to make it clear to everyone that the brits really wanted that brags it and he thought that would be even more in favor of a brags that although polls seem to indicate something else overall bennett seems like younger and two square sensing sort of an opening because of the discussion that nigel for raj started in the last days but whether this will really lead to anything is up at the stars and it does get stranger and stranger we've also got these latest calculations from boris johnson what's the response to. this and i haven't heard anyone talk about that here beca

e.u. commission the first time that a country in this circumstances has the presidency so there's a lot to do and for example the minutes of parity of sofia is trying to clean up the streets the smog and the garbage and everything that is clocking the streets as they try to brush up the image that might be difficult because many parts of the book area are still very poor and have a long way to go to adhere to the standards of the european union did bantry good for us in brussels and thank you for that analysis. well bog area will be hosting a number of the high level meetings over the next six months giving diplomats a reason to visit but the country's capital sofia is also a tourist destination in its own right the city is a treasure trove for history buffs and word is getting out with mountains in the background the bug area and capital and it's perhaps most famous landmark the alexander nevsky could feature. sophia has been shaped by seven thousand years of history under the roman prison time and also among them was. stunning stuff cancer cough is an actor and tour guide in sofia he's v

but that's not good enough for the european commission germany now has until the end of next week to present measures were quickly bringing pollution down to e.u. standards if these are deemed insufficient the commission could take legal action after he used top court. bant get joins us from brussels ben how are they going to actually achieve that in particular germany because it doesn't even have a government right now. the german is not going to achieve anything with the measures presented here today because they are only. effective in the mid or long term and the commission asked for short term measures that came nothing hendrik the environment and vironment of the minister was more or less empty handed she said she personally would say that the carmaker refit the cars was fitted on something that that to make it more efficient but that would be very costly and so far the german government has denied to do that and this bill be part of the coalition talks and we don't know what the outcome will be so far the german government protected car makers from these costly solutions and we have to wait until the new government is there and then we'v

e.u. commission summoned nine environment ministers including germany's barbara hendricks to brussels for an air quality summit today giving them a final chance to comply with air quality standards here's correspondent ben regard on what that means. we are in the middle already in the middle of an infringement procedure and that means that you commission is ready to take these countries you mentioned to the court to the european court of justice and the court then can issue some hefty fines after the trial and to avoid that the car industry especially the countries have to come up with a plan to curb the pollution and the commission said no this is not really a summit it's a it's a hearing of this country's had the chance to present your plan and come up with something reasonable but so far that many doubt that germany has some new measures through to present it today bad of diesel cars from inner cities is one of the options being discussed what is germany doing in order to improve quality with hendrix the environmental mina's the prisoned a plan his so-called action plan she is promisin

e.u. commission president john clune juncker earlier and put the question to him was let's hear what he had to say. that's why you worry does taking too long in germany which i hope they'll hurry up but i don't think it will cause any problems for now . here this might be translated into take your time but hurry up really of course everybody here watches is quite clear during this year two thousand and eighteen there is a number of big questions coming up reform of the eurozone that's something that paris in particular hopes for reform of the whole immigration system there is tremendous political pressure on that question and then of course there brics negotiations and everybody knows that nothing really can be decided in europe without much germany having a government in place that is capable of making those decisions so everybody's waiting was baited for us in brussels no more than in paris lisa you know it was a french president call who laid forward these proposals for reforming the e.u. and he's essentially waiting for an answer how is tara saying all of this. but that different aspect

e.u. commission has summoned nine and vironment ministers including germany's barbara hendricks for an air quality summit today giving them a final chance to comply with air quality standards the meeting ended a shoulder while ago and i asked our correspondent band record what came out of it . germany and the eight other countries pleading for more time basically they say we are a good way but we need more time to match the pollution targets and it's not clear whether the commission is village to give them more time because the infringement procedures against these countries are already running for three years now and this is a question if the commission is willing to give in he didn't. indicate what he's going to do he just said another time and he wants more details until next monday and the commission can take these countries now to court or the commission can also say you have another two or three of months to cook to come clean with the plans and this is hendricks tried the german minister tried to set her action plan as she called it she will spend one billion euros this year to buy

e.u. commission brussels many other players in the world they really want to stable german government what would you say to them that we want a social europe we want a social germany we want strong workers' rights for example we want a penny in politics in germany that is good for the people here because many people fear to be poor when they're when they're getting older also we want the end of the austerity politics and if we look at what is happening now is a grand coalition we can see that so this government is also not going to be good for you pin partners so i would call at our european partners to trust us and also to fight together for a strong and socially europe and for coalition options and governments which support these ideas and i don't see that the c.d.u. . it's doing any of that looking at their refugee politics looking at what they're doing with their us territory politics to greece for example and i think that we can support that and tech can't take that any longer well thank you so much this morning for coming on the program to share your views on a closer chair one of th

e.u. commission overpayment me to apple for exclusively using its smartphones and other products.brought in $22 billion in revenue for fiscal 2017. a decade for qualcomm whether or not a fight, we don't know. certainly stop to watch. lauren: will follow that for you. if you are in tender, don't swipe until you share this latest story about security risks from hackers. a dangerous eruption of the philippines must act the volcano is doing while the four miles. we will be right back. so, she turned to legalzoom. they helped me out. she means we helped with her llc, trademark, and a lot of other legal stuff that's a part of running a business. so laura can get back to the dogs. would you sit still? this is laura's mobile dog grooming palace and this is where life meets legal. lauren: welcome back. 5:45 in the morning. unit dates with russia accountable for his suspected chemical attack in the area. rescue workers in damascus state government forces used chlorine gas during an attack on monday. secretary of state rex tillerson says russia is to blame for any attack because it is helpin

e.u. commission is going to move slowly on this. will you push the e.u. and national regulators, to move faster? steven:i: as you see -- as you see, what is important steven: is we make sure we have the right balance and a level playing field between the so-called si regime and trading venues. we know that the regime is attractive for meeting the trading obligation for equity shares, and at the same time, we need to make sure it is not used around the objective of getting more transparency to the financial markets. we have in the past already issued q&a is on this issue so day -- to end a'-- q and q&a's on this issue. according to the regular thetable, we have changed technical standard or made a proposal for change of the technical standard. we are on track with the change, but we need to see what is coming back from the consultation and then take this issue forward. haidi: will stock exchanges lose out in the medium to long-term? theen: i just said, some of -- we need impacts to see how it develops over time. this is geared and has the objective of incr

e.u. commission that set up a panel to investigate fake news, other european democracies, allies, have set look into fake news, saying that they're trying to protect democracy. this has some people concerned about governments actually looking into setting up what is truth and not true. can you say, in light of what is talking about fake news, this is not something that the u.s. government should ever do? >> look, we certainly believe in a free press but we also believe in a fair and accurate press. hunter. reporter: thank you, sarah. was the president speaking more metaphorically when he promised to build a solid wall over 30 to 50 feet high along the border? >> the president always guaranteed he will build a wall. that is exactly what he intend to do. over the past several years i know he has talked about what that could look like. and some places we have natural barriers, that you don't actually need the wall. and in other places where it is desperately needed, as determined by law enforcement officials and dhs that is where we would put the wall. reporter: what is his actual vision of t

e.u. commission approve the deal unconditionally to maintain competition on the german market it in theseevents and my hope is that other competitors will join the domestic german market as we saw in recent months the low tonsil monopoly caused ticket prices to soar with easy jet's move prices have normalized somewhat in deposits us in the ninety's yet consumer advocates hope the increased competition will further cut ticket prices with in germany. and easy jet has just come out with numbers announcing a record eighty one point six million passengers last year wow that's a lot of they're doing well thank you so very much now we had to the e.u. which faces a number of tough issues in the year ahead but there are opportunities as well if germany can get a stable government it could along with france lead an effort to reshape the bloc that has been deeply shaken by briggs it and i did a u. series this week of what twenty eighteen has in store our brussels correspondent max hofmann looks at what is at stake for the e.u. . these three have big plans for two thousand and eighteen especially reg

e.u. commission has set up a panel to investigate fake news, other european democracies, allies have set up panels to look into fake news, saying their trying to protect the democracy, this has some people concerned about government's looking into deciding what is truth and not true. can you say in light of what the president has talked about in fake news, that this is not something that the u.s. government should ever do. >> look, we certainly believe in a free press. but we also believe in a fair and accurate press. hunter. >> thank you. was the president speaking more metaphorically when he promised to build a solid wall that was over 30 to 50 feet high along the border? >> look, the president has always guaranteed he will build a wall and that is exactly what he intended to do. over the past several years, i know he's talked about what that could look like. and in some places we have natural bayyer -- barriers that you don't need the wall and in other places where it is desperately needed as determined by law enforcement officials and dhs. that is where we would put the wall. >> what hi

e.u.'s competition commission or m i got into fest august said qualcomm paid apple to use its chips exclusively in its i phones and i pads that means the company illegally excluded rivals from the market for l.t.e. baseband chipsets for at least five years ensuring its own market dots. and more troubles at general electric ahead it posted a whopping ten billion dollar loss in a five percent decline in revenue last quarter the poor performance was driven by a fifteen billion dollars charge g.e. took to cover miscalculations made by an insurance you announced that last week the u.s. securities and exchange commission is investigating the error that leaves shareholders to fret even more about the massive corporation already facing severe challenges in its power capital and transportation divisions. wonder discuss these two topics with our financial correspondent on wall street yes good to see you going to start with general electric we know restructuring is always difficult but this sounds all really really bad does anyone still believe in the future of g.e. . it is incredible what happened to the

e.u. commission president said he was especially pleased with agreements on europe riess by the would be coalition partners. you know the. terms of the content i'm very satisfied with the future the c.d.u. c.s.u. and the s.p.d. have agreed upon. it's a significantly positive force looking contribution to the debate on european policy and therefore very satisfying to even though i'm never truly satisfied when it comes to politics. and mantis is covering that story for us from gus's and he joins us now from new york some relief but also some caution by what. i had to say what do you mean by his comments. junkers of course a seasoned politician and he learned to be cautious so i'd say the paper takes a lot of boxes for him as a european politician but of course there are some questions open so when jungle juncker reads about the minimum rate for corporate taxes to be introduced in europe he of course wants to be more specific how high when he reads that the potential new german government would be prepared to pay more into the european budget he wants to know how much so overall i think one can say w

e.u. commission president said he was especially pleased with agreements on europe riess by the would be coalition partners. you know the. terms of the content i'm very satisfied with the future the c.d.u. c.s.u. and the s.p.d. have agreed upon. it's a significantly positive force looking contribution to the debate on european policy and therefore very satisfying to even though i'm never truly satisfied when it comes to politics to me. this is covering that story for us from gus's and he joins us now from new york some relief but also some caution by what. i had to say what do you mean by his comments. are wrong junkers of course a seasoned politician and he learned to be cautious so i'd say the paper takes a lot of boxes for him as a european politician but of course there are some questions open so when jungle juncker reads about the minimum rate for corporate taxes to be introduced in europe he of course wants to be more specific how high when he reads that the potential new german government would be prepared to pay more into the european budget he wants to know how much so overall i think one

e.u. and we're addressing parliament and straw spring today european commission president john paul younger and the european council president oliver thomas said that if the country changed its mind britain was welcome to stay mr toes referenced a comment made by the u.k.'s breaks it minister david davis about the reversibility of the twenty sixteen referendum it. wasn't it's david davis. if that democracy can not change its mind it's just to be a democracy we haled a continent haven't had a change of heart our hearts are still open. thank heavens don't tell us there let's go now to our correspondent max often he is standing by in stross burg good evening to you max donald tusk saying the door is still open just just like our hearts how has britain's prime minister theresa may reacted to that offer the door to downing street concerning this matter seems to be closed the answer was quite clear in saying that the brits voted to lead the european union and that's exactly what the united kingdom will do and what about what we heard last week the leading brics interior himself nigel for raj has

commission. on your offer to meet them the budget. for all the usual case. since joining the e.u. romania has been closely monitored by the european commission twice a year the commission issues reports that. measure its progress in the fight against corruption. nor will we know what it. will be cheney who looked a lot. on the cheap if he did and got annoyed. or use out of the law books that we are smith and all our lawnmower not. talk at the bottle shop the new out they could just send. me she was broken free and bought. a government trying to push the limits n.g.o.s and citizens mobilizing in the vigilant european commission this framework stands as the most efficient safeguard in attempts to weaken the fight against corruption. monitoring by the commission should end by twenty twenty but that's romania have the institutional and political maturity to progress on its own. so seeing them could go foot artist michael is the goal but other issue that he thought it would. have been if you chaired the scene out on it but it was just a shrug she could read and comment on his website on

commission. on your behalf to meet them but you cannot use. for all the usual case. since joining the e.u. romania has been closely monitored by the european commission twice a year the commission issues reports that. measure its progress in the fight against corruption. no one know what it. will be cheney looked a lot. called on me because if he didn't get annoyed when i make him pay them on it or use out of the law books that. we are transmitters and all our lawn mower not what you could remove or not or what a poke at the bottle shop under out they could just send one or more you mean she was broken free and guarded. although not a change. of government trying to push the limits n.g.o.s and citizens mobilizing in the vigilant european commission this framework stands as the most efficient safeguard in attempts to weaken the fight against corruption. monitoring by the commission should end by twenty twenty but that's romania have been institutionalized and political maturity to progress on its own ninety such utter t.v. so seeing them quit the idea of foot artist maicon is the goal but ot

e.u. regulations i suspect that your heart would prevent the european commission but do you see any merit in the polish argument that they should be allowed some space of making their own decisions and some space to develop democracy the way they seem necessary well there are limits of course. in. huge construction like the european union should be not eliminated but absorb the somebody has returned having said so there are limits so all of us all of us. ever accepted that we respect the rule of law we concede the independence of the judiciary part of the rule of law something that from the polish point can be argued to rupp's i'm not sure. they could say but appointing judges it is not necessarily. threatening their independence because if you argue that appointing judges excludes the independence of the judiciary the u. s. is out of the rule of law because we know that federal judges are appointed by by the president so there is. a margin of discussion but within limits really because what has happened in poland in relation to the constitutional court is let me say so beyond the credibi

e.u. human rights can push for higher standards. for instance, in europe the decision is made by the european commission to take a stand against polandto raise the stakes and say enough is enough. brent: we have a report tonight that turkey has extended the state of emergency there by another three months. that translated means another three months of the crackdown on so many groups of civil society there. what do you see happening in turkey? what can be done? >> 2017 was probably the worst year for human rights in many years in turkey here it tens of thousands of civil servants, teachers, and others, journalists. what can be done? they cannot return to business as usual until this crisis ends. we hear the eu and germany are returning more to returning to business with turkey, that cannot happen until the human rights agenda is addressed. brent: we don't want to be completely negative. has there been progress around the world? >> the essay written by my boss, the focus is on where this -- where there are principal politicians in protests there can be progress. take the french elections in 2017, macron won because people realized they

e.u. human rights organizations not just us hales others as well couldn't can push for highest standards for instance in europe the decisions made by the european commission to take a human rights stand against poland comes from pressure also from human rights groups in poland and around europe to raise the stakes and say enough is enough we have a report tonight vent turkey has extended the state of emergency there by another three months that you know translated means another three months of the crap. down on so many groups of civil society there what do you see happening in turkey what can be done i mean it two thousand and seventeen was was probably the worst year for human rights for many many years in turkey hundreds of journalists imprisoned hundreds of thousand tens of thousands of civil servants and teachers and another as well can be done. that cannot be a return to business as usual with turkey. until this state of emergency until this crisis ends we hear the e.u. and germany are moving more towards returning to business with with with turkey but i cannot count happen until human rights and rule of law and governance agenda is addressed and we

e.u. structure. at the same time, i think the commission and the -- will remove a little bit because -- move a little to face reality they don't want disruption and have to ensure continuity. francine: but she is in charge. it seems a lot of the folding came from the u.k. side and then at least we are on the path of that agreement. tim: i'm a little more negative about the outlook for phase 2. more negativettle about the outlook for phase 2. i think germany is going to be more tough. they will consider their theement in terms of what u.k. is being offered and they will look at what access they can achieve while controlling free movements of labor. i think merkel is minded to draw a line. she needs to prevent the u.k. being an unhelpful case. the phase 1 deal on -- in my mind is contingent on how ambitious the phase 2 agreement how be and when the -- sees bare-bones the offer is going to be and the fact that it will not be legal text, it will be essentially a political commitment that will not be binding. to my mind, that creates a sense of risks. -- set of risks. tom: it's a parlor game of the elites

e.u. leaders have weighed in on the new british debate about whether to hold a second breck's it referendum saying that britain would be welcome to stay in the union addressing parliament in strasburg european commission the president called your european council president donald tusk said that if the country changed its mind britain was welcome to stay within the bloc mr tooke reference to comment made by the u.k.'s breck's it secretary david davis about the reversibility of the twenty sixteen referendum vote wasn't it david davis. if it democracy cannot change its mind if she just to be a democracy we hear on the continent haven't had a change of heart our hearts are still open. thank. you it's a beautiful thing let's get more from v.w. correspondent mark kauffman in strasbourg welcome max i was britain's prime minister it's the reason i reacted to donald talks charming of official word from downing street was quite swift and said basically one thing there will not be a second referendum so that's that fair enough so does the it's so that the e.u. really think that britain would change its mind about bret's it. well it's kind of a bizarre way how this whole discussion came about it started basically

e.u. leaders have weighed into a new british debate on whether to hold a second breck's referendum on european council president and european commission presidential. votes britain could still reverse its decision and stay in the blog should have a change of heart. and image from inside the trump white house and the way they were a year ago steve benen was the presidential insider then came fire fury and the fall well tonight the political prince who became a pauper with a story did so under oath i burned off in berlin this is the day. you are with. the president states is a great meal give me any victory you mr president i don't like. these we change the system pretty quick i think you spend a lot more time with reporters that he ever did with the president listen i like steve i'm grateful for for the time he gave me i don't know if it's two hundred interviews with steve and i think we've seen a side that is frankly very very disappointing trump is now trying to sue banyan perspire and i don't want to put a team in the.

e.u. leaders have weighed into a new british debate on whether to hold a second bricks at referendum addressing parliament in strasburg european council president and european commission president. both said britain could still reverse its decision and stay in the bloc should it have a change of heart. the danish prosecutors have charged the submarine builder peter mattson with the murder of the swedish journalist. her body was recovered from the baltic sea after madsen submarine sank last august mattson says she died in an accident police later raced to submarine which they believe he scuttled to destroy evidence. a prominent leader of ethnic serbs in kosovo has been gunned down in a city of neutral. reports say oliver ivanna which was pronounced dead after being found lying in a street with gunshot wounds to his chest his killing is likely to inflame tensions between serbia and kosovo. and image from inside the trump white house and the way they were a year ago steve benen was the presidential insider then came fire fury and the fall well tonight the political prince who became a pauper with a story did so under oath i burned off in berlin this is the day. the presi

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