but what about the e.u. first of all why do you think this could be a recession i definitely see a recession on the horizon it's over we have nine years of a bullish market in the stock market for example and in the economies where prospering especially in chimney but only in chimney if you look to the southern part of europe they did not prosper and this is a big problem of to european currency union you know we. have winners of the strong euro but they are the losers and we see that this is going to end badly and then when the u.s. comes into the equation i mean if we see a recession there everyone knows when america coughs europe gets a cold very very cold perhaps even more burst but i think but we will see a recession the next six to eighteen months that's for sure i'm just tell me how you're so certain about the timing because i mean everyone who knows a little bit bit about economics and business knows what goes up has to come down at some stage we know that we're going to have a crash at some stage but why

the one more than fifty percent of the vote and then they backtracked here and now we have the e.u. first lecturing the many figures in the e.u. lecturing the italians about how they should vote but the democratic process is inching ever so slowly forward in italy is what kind of message is that sending brussels and the rest of the membership of the e.u. well i think the message is dong crossed them mainstream new gear who calls anyone who disagrees with the european commission populists far right dangerous marginalized politicians the five-star you know a lot of the league they have or want to give that you know if we. are a percentage of the wall they want they want more than fifty percent of the vote of the people who actually came to the port they had the full right to.

the one more than fifty percent of the vote and then they backtracked here and now we have the e.u. first lecturing the many figures in the e.u. lecturing the italians about how they should vote but the democratic process is inching ever so slowly forward in italy is what kind of message is that sending brussels and the rest of the membership of the e.u. well i think the message is don't cross them mainstream new gear who calls anyone who disagrees with the european commission populists far right dangerous marginalized politicians the five star you know a lot of the league they have or want together you know if we. have the what they want they want more than fifty percent of the vote of the people who actually came to the ports they had the full right to suggest their prime minister when their president said oh my god i would try to separate that that was a scandal but obviously there are some changes taking place in the u. because i think two years ago three years ago the european commission would simply you know push their idea through you know because they're not on leave and the price

are won more than fifty percent of the vote and then they backtracked here and now we have the e.u. first lecturing the many figures in the e.u. lecturing the italians about how they should vote but the democratic process is inching ever so slowly forward in italy is what kind of message is that sending brussels and the rest of the membership of the e.u. well i think the message is donkey. then mainstream media who calls anyone who disagrees with the european commission populists far right dangerous marginalized politicians the five star you know a lot of the league they have one together you know if we. send it over the wall they will they want more than fifty percent of the vote all of the people who actually came to the pools they had the full right to suggest their prime minister when the president said your month that i would try to separate that that was a scandal but obviously there are some changes taking place in the u. because i think two years ago three years ago the european commission would simply you know push their idea through you know because they're not in league and the

the one more than fifty percent of the vote and then they backtracked here and now we have the e.u. first lecturing the many figures in the e.u. lecturing the italians about how they should vote but the democratic process is inching ever so slowly forward in italy is what kind of message is that sending brussels and the rest of the membership of the e.u. well i think the message is don't cross them mainstream new gear who calls anyone who disagrees with the european commission populists far right dangerous marginalized politicians the five star you know a lot of lead they have one together you know if we. are a percentage of the what they want they want more than fifty percent of the vote of the people who actually came to the ports they had the full right to suggest their prime minister when their president said that might i would try to separate that that was a scandal but obviously there are some changes taking place in the u. because i think two years ago three years ago the european commission would simply you know push their idea through you know because they're not on leave and the

e.u. country they had first logged a claim in which often means italy. meanwhile italy's far right interior minister has turned away a dutch flag ship with more than two hundred rescued migrants on board my teo so.

but what about the e.u. first of all why do you think this could be a recession i definitely see a recession on the horizon it's over we have nine years of a bullish market in the stock market for example and in the economies where prospering especially in chimney but only in chimney if you look to the southern part of europe they did not prosper and this is a big problem of to european currency union you know we. are winners of the strong euro but they are the losers and we see that this is going to end badly and then when the u.s. comes into the equation i mean if we see a recession there everyone knows when america coughs europe gets a cold very very cold perhaps even more burst but i think but we will see a recession the next six to eighteen months that's for sure i'm just tell me how you're so certain about the timing because i mean everyone who knows a little bit bit about economics and business knows what goes up has to come down at some stage we know that we're going to have a crash at some stage but why e

e.u. country they first entered which is very often it's only a contest says he has secured concessions after a phone call with a german chancellor angela merkel. our correspondent on that european affairs not simon young hundreds things are welcome to you both let's start with you barbara vital in brussels is it me or is it weird to have a disagreement over a draft closing text of a meeting that hasn't happened yet i know there are often disagreements but usually what happens is that they are weeks even months beforehand that these draft agreements are sort of pushed together and found lines of consensus this time obviously somebody in the council sat down just wrote something up put it on the table and said ok this is it and it's only when they read yesterday that there is a passage in it that says all refugees and migrants have to be immediately pushed back to the country where they first came into the european union that means italy in most cases sometimes greece maybe the italian government of course sort of was of was up on the palm tree and protesting immediately and saying no what are

e.u. bargain first i think that's what's happening right now we see this happening both from and does that internally you bargain get even harder to make given the role of the new u.s. ambassador here he said this week that he sees his role within his new post as and powering right wing movements that is a very unusual thing for an ambassador to say wouldn't that amount to inciting the divisions we just saw in that report absolutely i think um he crossed a red line for diplomats so i think that that's not appropriate behavior i think you have to understand why he did foreign policy should a compilation with should accomplish i mean should accomplish to influence other we should stay in touch with other countries and we should also go shared with other countries on the on foreign policy we should never never influence domestic politics i mean that's that's a no go we always you know we know this from the u.s. that the cubans who live in. now and in florida trying to put pressure on the u.s. administration always to influence the domestic politics of cuba it never worked out really you shoul

e.u. countries of first arrival but also offshore in northern africa so somebody's trying to leave africa either for political reasons or for economic reasons let's say that person tries to get onto a boat they might be intercepted at sea turned back and brought to these disembarkation centers in northern africa we are told that those centers will be run in accordance with international human rights law unclear whether in fact that will be the case otherwise if they make it to europe they might wind up in a closed center in a country like italy or greece again those closed centers that have been exit the existence until now have not always gotten very positive assessments from human rights observers so both of those in some to some degree are meant to deter people from trying to flee to europe but as you point out many of them are fleeing in fear of their lives whether in fact this will serve as a deterrent is very unclear all right chief political correspondent belinda crane many thanks indeed for all your insights. now part of the e.u. migration overhaul calls for asylum processing cent

ports of entry to the first e.u. country people claimed asylum clearly if mr or by an intensifying his position it's unlikely that any of those people will be returning to hungary any time soon. we will definitely dominate came. and britain's prime minister to resign may as strongly condemn donald trump zero tolerance policy that separates immigrant families the remarks come as vendors of parliament called on her to withdraw trans invitation for a state visit. the pictures of children being held in what appear to be cages are deeply disturbing this is wrong this is not something that we agree with this is not the united kingdom's approach indeed indeed when i was home secretary i ended the routine detention of families with children we have a long and especially long during relationship longstanding relationship with the united states and i think it is right there will be a range of issues that are obvious gusen of president trump a range of issues about our shared interests and i think it's important to welcome the

e.u.'s plan to resettle refugees throughout its member states well because asylum seekers must lodge their applications in the first e.u. country they enter italy and greece in the front line for migrants crossing the mediterranean sea and as the immigration sentiment has increased in europe with right wing parties who want tougher rules making gains in austria germany and italy with his widespread agreement that the e.u. needs to overhaul asylum and immigration laws but disagreement on how and e.u. summit is due to discuss new rules in brussels at the end of this month we'll get to our guests in a moment but first let's talk to her. she's a humanitarian affairs adviser for m.s.f. and she is joining us from the landsea very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so tell us about the condition that these refugees and migrants are in and what's going to happen to them now. correia surprised to soon again to pull himself out of that ends meet on pool one hundred sixty people only we decided to keep on border a system opponent will people those were injure those with six teams who have had first street protests and aft

e.u. trade tariffs. first, our top story line in paris. -- life in paris. french president emmanuel macron had his first ever meeting with the pope today. the private talks went over time at the vatican with the men speaking for close to an hour. with a sign of the growing tensions between france and italy on the migrationues, he will not be stopping to meet with the italian prime minister. for more on the visit to the vatican, let's bring in josephine. wase know more about what saidid between the popope and president macrcron? >> we are waiting for a few more details. what was remarkable about the visit was how visibly moved president macron was when he first met the pope. there were warm smiles. a very long meeting that went from us in our. after the leaders exchanged gifts, macron reached over and kissss to the pope -- and kissed the pope. that was quitete remarkable as well. i apologize there. it is quite remarkable. the message certainly was about migration. withdent macron met members of a community of an important catholic charity that supports the p

a minor point two billion euro budget programme to fund the blocks digital priorities that's a first in e.u. history the program aims to boost europe's competitiveness in a world where digital technology is increasingly dictates economic success the new funding aims to complement the efforts to smooth digital access security and regulation across the block the commission says the program would invest in areas that member states alone can't reach the proposal comes as digital services assume a greater part of the e.u. economy and as industries turn to digital solutions built on faster and more seamless networks china and the u.s. are widely considered ahead in digitization. that europe cannot afford to continue to lag behind in the field of digital technology no member state can meet this challenge alone and that is why we must act together with concerted actions to bring added value. to the e.u. is also proposing an additional three billion euros in its budget to extend the reach of high capacity broadband both programs would be part of the blocs budget beginning in two thousand and twenty

e.u. country they had first logged their claim in which often means italy. meanwhile italy's far right interior minister has turned away a dutch flag ship with more than two hundred rescued migrants on board my tailor so .

with people who come to germany claiming refugee status who had already done so initially in the first e.u. country in which they made landfall has really blown up in the course of thursday the issue has been one that has dogged the the formation of a grand coalition government and now the bavarian allies of angela merkel the christian social union is putting its foot down its leader it's the minister federal interior minister says the horse is in a hole for who is effectively the leader of the party on a national level federally anyway has said he wants to go back to the conditions that prevailed in twenty fifteen before anglo-american open the borders to people with that famous phrase version of and us germany can do it i'm going to merkel disagrees very considerably she says no there should be no return to that status immediately that it should be there should be some sort of compromise solution her partners the social democrats will they agree they do not want to see germany go back to those those scenes of the summer of twenty fifteen the point here is that the coalition that exists r

e.u. agreement on migration that would have seen asylum seekers return to the first e.u. country they arrived in angela merkel is under severe pressure to strike a deal by the end of next week a deadline set by her coalition partners from berlin dominic cain has more. angela merkel's plans for the informal e.u. mini summit taking place in brussels on sunday have just got a little bit more difficult because the knowledge that the intaglio prime minister was unhappy with some of the suggested conclusions that may emerge from the full blown summit taking place in brussels at the end of next week next week was so strong that she'll have to call him during a visit that she's making to the middle east over the course of today and tomorrow to reassure him about what would be discussed on sunday and to remove elements that he found were unacceptable because that's remember here he is now in charge of a government in italy that is more euro skeptic in turn the other development is another interesting element of the euro skepticism growing in parts of europe that the visa ground gr

e.u. policy which states refugees must claim asylum in the first country to arrive in. many of these through our new nobody in europe and wash their hands with regard to the migration problem the new approach must constantly keep human rights in mind particularly with regard to the human traffickers that are profiting from this inhumane trade we have to change the treaty of dublin not only in the interest of italy which today has been left alone to confront the current crisis but we have to strengthen our solidarity. left false fronts just like italy has to manage this migration crisis and we have to provide solutions together i think all of our discussions have allowed us to illustrate this joint responsibility and this desire to have at the same time more humanity and more effectiveness in dealing with the subject of having a cooperative approach and to apply european solutions and a barber is following the story from paris. well this show jeweled meeting between president of france and the new italian prime minister. was planned but has been overshadowed by what happ

another notch funny words the good news and i think a class in france because this friday the disputes first e.u. tariffs and us. exports come into effect they will hit real american products like peanut butter whiskey and motorcycles in a resignation to washing coals unjustified pious price rises and he says a son in the market are are fairly clinging on to inventory there is more the price of steel and for a while the pros of aluminum wind up far more than is justified by the tariffs and so we are starting an investigation into that trying to find out whether there are people who illegitimately profiteering out of the tariffs there is no reason for terrorists to increase the price of steel by far more than the percentage of the term. in other big news today the dow has kicked out industrial giant general electric its shares of day today down by zero point zero point seven percent she has been part of the dell jones industrial average for more than a century it was just recently one of the largest listed groups in the world but has recently fallen on hard times its talk price plummeting in the

e.u. canada plans to impose reciprocal measures on its southern neighbor. first of all we're putting the same kinds of tariffs exactly on on steel and aluminum coming from the united states and canada to be directly reciprocal but we are also putting a number of tariffs on consumer goods finished products for which canadians have easy alternatives one of the either made in canada or made from another partner with the tariffs one of the truths about tariffs is they drive up costs for consumers and on top of that these tariffs are going to be hurting american workers and canadian workers the idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the united states is quite frankly insulting and unacceptable by kind of joins us live now from washington d.c. mike the canadian prime minister extremely angry that over these arabs but what more have u.s. officials been saying well there's been no preparedness to comply or to find some kind of concession from the u.s. side at all in fact very much the opposite president trump's financial advisor larry kudlow doubled down

e.u. country in which they first registered a draft migration accord pointed to a tightening of the sign and policy the document proposed establishing migrant processing centers outside e.u. borders also a mechanism for deportations between e.u. countries cash and other welfare provisions would only be available in the countries migrants are registered and that be controls at stations and airports to limit cross border movement but the document provokes disagreement as soon as it was leaked italian prime minister just said picante complaining that the paper disregarded his country's position he threatened to boycott this weekend's meeting he says italy wants a moratorium on new migrants before it takes any back from of the e.u. countries cities far right interior minister had already ups the rhetoric the previous evening. in europe the times are over when france and germany decided refugee policy when they told your opinion italy watch they have to pay and which migrants they had to taken. it took a call from angela merkel and a withdrawal of the draft record before the italian prime ministe

he wants is renegotiation on the doppler accord that is to put an end to people turning up to the first e.u. member states and claiming asylum there he says that puts it in unfair position but whether he's able to do this in the face of of the european union is another matter . or meanwhile the five-star leader and the meiosis the new coalition will overhaul the last government's controversial labor reforms although he didn't explain how the jobs act made it easier for big firms to fire people and offer them tax incentives to hire permanent workers on new less protected terms it aimed to create jobs and help young people employed on in secure short term contracts it had mixed results with most of the new jobs created still temporary ones. the head of the catholic church has called for dialogue in nicaragua where another two people have been reported dead in anti-government protests at least sixteen people were killed on wednesday alone demonstrations against president. and his proposed changes to social security more than one hundred people have died in the last few weeks of protests critic

people who claim asylum in the first e.u. country they arrive in but then travel on to another country and claim asylum she's having to square the circle as it were find an agreement with the countries that those people would be returned to which is acceptable in itself to her own domestic opposition and that is something that she's had great difficulty here and she's already said she thinks i won't be a prime lucian on thursday or friday of this week coming thank you dominic. president donald trump has sharpened his call to deport people who went to the u.s. illegally saying they should be sent back to where they came from immediately and without a court case. he made the common sense to possess just trying to block a bus carrying migrant children in the u.s. border with mexico police were called to disperse the protesters and enable the boss to proceed on this policy to separate children from their parents a sign that an outcry around the country. still to come this half hour. a reward is offered for information on saturday

e.u. country they had first logged a claim in which often means italy.

e.u. well it's not moving any more the first volley has been fired as upset today u.s. tariffs on european steel are in place the e.u. mites now retaliate in a further escalation us president now this is discussing to slap tariffs on german cars too he says there are too many of them on the roads of america and too little u.s. cars in germany but do merican drivers really want to switch from b.m.w. to catalyze the w.'s claridge's and gauge the mood on the streets in washington. luxury german cars are a common sight on the streets of washington d.c. and the idea of blocking their import isn't so popular. people want to buy german cars they should be able to buy german cars if not they want to buy american cars they should buy american cars and should buy whatever they want i think they're good quality cars. a little more expensive maybe american cars but probably. going to be better but maybe maybe a little better i think i've made the other american cars that they fall apart pretty quickly and german cars down they tend to be nicer than i think american cars i think the

e.u. country they had first logged their claim in which often means italy. meanwhile italy's far right interior minister has turned away a dutch flag ship with more than two hundred rescued migrants on board my tailor so .

e.u.'s plan to resettle refugees throughout its member states well because asylum seekers must lodge their applications in the first e.u. country they enter italy and greece in the front line for migrants crossing the mediterranean sea and as the immigration sentiment has increased in europe with right wing parties who want tougher rules making gains in austria germany and italy with his widespread agreement that the e.u. needs to overhaul asylum and immigration laws but disagreement on how and e.u. summit is due to discuss new rules in brussels at the end of this month. we'll get to our guests in a moment but first let's talk to her. she's a humanitarian affairs advisor for m.s.f. and she is joining us from the landsea very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so tell us about the condition that these refugees and migrants are in and what's going to happen to them now. courageous are have to soon again to pull aside ends meet on pool one hundred sixty four only we decided to keep on board our system opponent will people those were injured or those with six teams who hadn't had a christmas tree properly and after

it the rule basically that dublin says is the refugee has to stay in the country when he first set foot on to e.u. soil now the hope is and the dutch prime minister for instance explained that quite well is he hopes that everybody basically young greece on building a fortress of europe to make the external border stronger and less refugees that will come into that strong fortress of europe the less the question is there also the so-called secondary migration that is refugees that have entered its elite and they should stay there then travelling on to richer countries such as germany and that is that is the key of the problem the hope is in other words make the border stronger and we will have less of a problem of of this issue of relocation that is so hard to tackle are not chance americal are warned before going to brussels that the crisis could become potentially a make or break issue for the e.u. really i mean the state of the union is that for carriers. i think what she's referring to is a deeper crisis i mean if you look at the numbers if you compare them to two thousand and fifteen they hav

new center with mean a day or two to feel global news first the e.u. leaders appear to be struggling to hammer out a joint strategy for dealing with immigration to the block on sunday there was a hastily convened sixteen nation mini summit aimed at tackling the issue but rather than producing any concrete solutions that actually served to underscore existing divisions. we are putting forth a completely new proposal that aims to overcome the dublin regulation we want to tackle the problem in a structural way public opinion is asking for this. this we know that add the european council unfortunately we will not get a comprehensive solution to the migration problem and that is why by or trilateral agreements are mutually beneficial so if you should have asked that on this issue france will take no lessons from anyone this year we're the second country taking in the most asylum seekers' the values of europe our respect for human and individual rights everyone agreed. in the need to have a european commission. a common responsibility to where the common cha

reporter: the au has triggered the first -- e.u. the first retaliation against the u.s. $3 billion of american products. that includes kentucky bourbon, harley davidson's and levi's jeans. his countermeasures will hit republican constituencies -- these drivers will hit -- lawmakers have made progress on zte, but there is still no deal. senators want stronger penalties for the telecom company which they view as a security threat. the president wants them to remove part of a defense bill that would reimpose bans on zte doing business with u.s. suppliers. president trump has reversed course on policy separating immigrant children from parents who crossed the border illegally. he signed an executive order directing homeland security to onain families together military bases. he has been under intense criticism from congress and is this leaders over the separations which saw 2000 children place in federal custody. mr. trump: didn't like this site or feeling of families being separated. it was a problem that has gone on for many years. man

than one and a whole of years a presidential candidate standing from inside prison that's a first for turkey the e.u. and international observers have sharply criticize the government's handling of. but that doesn't help him much his election campaigning has so far been limited to social media recently on twitter he asked turkey's largest news broadcast as why they have never reported on his campaign but he didn't get an answer in a written interview with g w he said. there's no justification why in these critical times the media are opting to see no evil hear no evil and speak no evil and why they are serving the interests of the government. funny how damia the h d p campaign or any stumbles such obstacles are just part of everyday life but despite the challenges he continues he says the harder life becomes for his people the harder he will work for change. washington news we solve a lot more to tell you about here's what's coming up a bleak day for world trade us president doll trump slaps the billions in tariffs on china and beijing promises to retaliate. and was ill and we'll have that and a who

e.u. presidency on july first for america meanwhile is under pressure or does the visions within our conservative bloc over germany's migration policy. our recent macedonia have resolve the dispute that's been blocking the former yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for a u. membership a problem for greece had been macedonia as official name because it's also the name of a great province macedonia as prime minister has announced that his country will now be known as the republic of north macedonia but not everyone's happy about the name change to embattled neighbors extending their hands in peace greece and macedonia have ended a twenty seven year route over a name. to lift the. they've agreed to change their constitutional name for all uses says they've agreed to rename their country the republic of north macedonia moment the change that will apply in their international and by that are old relations as well as domestically. simply look at the these warriors with you in. greece as the new name removed any connection to the northern greek region of macedonia and the ancient kingdom ru

the country or first arrival is supposed to be partly scrapped asylum seekers who come in who have a real chance or for asylum as immediately supposed to be redistributed among the of the e.u. countries and only those that are clearly economic migrants should stay then in the country or first arrival was the idea that that country would then take them back to their home countries and would after a while sort of be rid of them in a sense but that is so contentious because as we hear again and again the eastern european countries don't want to take anybody in and not many countries are willing to sort of participate in this complicated quota system that there's no real chance that this solution is going to come in the near future. well italy is of course one of the so-called frontier countries the first port of entry for many migrants they want to come up with a new plan and how to deal with the migration crisis just what is the new government and broke proposing. we don't know exactly but we know one thing that's in the plan of course because italy is presenting this here today at this meeting for the first time one thing is clear it's a he does not want to be frontier coun