e.u. membership so this act of appeasement is relatively minor and can help macedonia to join the e.u. in the appeasement he means is this referendum on the other hand the danilo here three percent the recent referendum in macedonia that we just saw this weekend however demonstrated a refusal on the side of macedonia and voters to endorse a name change the low turnout. delivered a blow to the prime minister's government and to the process of ending the longstanding dispute with greece so there is no group. and i know what i already kind of know your position on this i want to hear what the right things because there seems to be disagreement on what these numbers actually mean renumbers have turned out the numbers of those who've been voted in favor who did turn out to vote what's your take on not just to backtrack i will answer that right now so the overwhelming majority of the macedonian population eligible to vote boycotted this referendum because first of all let's make it clear this was not the boycott their their boycott was not about the nato membership or membership this boycott

e.u. membership best this talk about a super canada deal or membership in e.a.a. the e.a.a. . well look i don't know we're like a labor party it's incredibly disappointing that all of it is decision of other political life ministries and please it's not hers the government of the day it's spectacular on national issues of this kind the two party political system and you know i think going forward there's no doubt that business and political establishment will try and preserve this closer relationship with europe as possible now whether it's going to or a solution into difficulty is going to be the betrayal of ordinary people not that this whole thing represents for those who get press it there are a people very poor to go on their own stand living collapsing in a way they were promised wouldn't get bread that is something else stop talk turned into a big functional being similar prostrations frankly mothers who get it so they where another political establishment come under massive stress and we will see something of the turmoil that you're seeing in german politics today and

e.u. membership message anion prime minister has all runs i have said he will last parliament to ratify the bush at a press conference on sunday nights i have described the referendum as a clear success despite the low turnout. glad that we're going to get to this house of the citizens is clear all political parties should join in the process towards this shadow as prime minister of this proud and european macedonia i am calling on all responsible leaders every m.p. to unite and take our country where it belongs in the e.u. and nato. will even out. well this to mates putting turnout at less than forty percent a clear majority of votes has opted to stay away from the polls and i spoke to a correspondent bars in the macedonian capital school yeah i asked him why so many people decided not to take part in the referendum. well basically there are multiple reasons for that first of all both the main opposition party of a man of dopamine and the president you enough called for this boycott of the referendum then we should also have in mind that these shoes really emotional for most of the citizen

ahead now with the name change goes through greece's agree to end its veto of macedonia's membership to the e.u. and nato. i know the opposition goes all the citizens no. grievance with greece there is no alternative to membership to an e.u. let's not play games with the unity and all macedonia. so how much does it matter what you call your country in our studio to discuss this we have. she's the founder and director of joint macedonian n.g.o.s representative office to the united nations in scope a macedonia. chick he's the special advisor of the prime minister of atlantic integration and in athens greece we have this he's a political analysts and journalists good to have you here everybody i'm going to start with a little bit of geography and not too much history so i'm going to show you the area around race republic of macedonia we're going to go in a little bit closer i will show you the republic of macedonia in a little dotted line that will show you the region of macedonia now you're prepared let me show you the map have a look so here we go going into the region that white block you see t

e.u. membership or macedonia is lida says that low turnout doesn't mean he should step down instead his pledge a parliament vote on the name change was easier not to take it again i know the opposition knows all the citizens know there is and there can be no better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests the main opposition party has criticised the government for pushing for the name change describing it as shameful. the moment global cooling that was for sure if it and this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of zoran zajac and us governments have been a debacle of the truth when it is macedonia the number of citizens who didn't support this shameful remans citizens who have the votes or those who voted against it is stress tickly larger than those who supporte

e.u. membership and this referendum is simply a question of the highest national interest western influence is huge here in the last ten to fifteen days we've been visited by brussels and washington's highest political and diplomatic representatives but we can't be bought and our will is unbreakable macedonians they want to change the name of the state and they don't want to join nato. across the border to the south protesters have rallied in the greek port city of vessel on a key as well which is in the province of macedonia in greece though they were seen waving greek flags demonstrating against the referendum a politics professor at the university of macedonia in greece who told us the referendum has been a setback for those looking to exert influence over the wider balkan region. oh. so that blonde soon made by the european union and the u.s. senate got the baby on. the settle on a maine in a way that you asked about the bear they european union to explore in order to pull shake you'll win the western but take along like we've seen the. west that made the elf. days they want. bullsh whi

e.u. membership and this referendum is simply a question of the highest national interest western influence is huge here in the last ten to fifteen days we've been visited by brussels and washington's highest political and diplomatic representatives but we can't be and our will is unbreakable macedonians they want to change the name of the state and they don't want to join nato. but across the border to the south protesters have rallied in the greek port city of as well which is in the province of macedonia in greece they were seen waving green flags demonstrating against the referendum a politics professor at the university of macedonia in greece told us the referendum has been a setback for those looking to exert influence over the wider can which. has free. will that be made by the european union and the us should the baby. step but i mean in a way that you ask what they european union. in order to bullshit. the western but we've seen. worse than maybe all four. days. they want. bullsh while kind of gone in. the european union and made this a step and already with montenegro they're push

e.u. membership interesting question mick jones says i find it quite humorous that we scotland are just size for wanting a second draft random but a course of conservatives want to second vote on bricks that clearly a hot topic this week james says the d.p.i. holding us all to ransom john says this is the best political program by hand by a thank you very much george sean goes on to say labor don't have a clue what they want and finally sue says only a general election can solve the situation not. at the end of last month there was a potentially crucial development in the brics it drama the court of session in edinburgh was no less than the lord president presiding the first to case an article fifty to the european court of justice and luxembourg this case was brought by a cross party group of any peace m.s.p. s. and one m.p. to ask for a ruling on whether the infamous article fifty by which the u.k. government signalled its withdrawal from the european union last year could be reversed by the fighting the keys to europe the scottish judges opens up the possibility that m.p.'s may by law hav

e.u. membership best us talk about a super canada deal or membership in e.a.a. the e.a.a. . well look i don't know when you're like a labor party it's incredibly disappointing that on the biggest decision of other political life mistreats m.p.'s it is not the government of the day as it's expected to happen on national issues of this kind in the two party political system and you know i think going forward there's no doubt the business of political establishment will try and preserve as a closer relationship with europe as possible whether it's a calendar or a fusion into difficulty is going to be the betrayal of ordinary people that this whole thing represents for that we get bread sit there a people who voted for it on their own stand the last thing in a way they were promised would give british cities something else talk talk turned into a big functional being similar prostrations frankly by those who get it so they go where another is young political establishment come up with massive stress and we will see something of the turmoil that you're seeing in german politics t

e.u. membership but for many people than swaps are not the answer in late september thousands of course of us protested against the very idea of changing the borders of the country to discuss this further we're joined by florian bieber he is a professor of political science whose work focuses on south eastern europe he joins us from grosse austria now that i mean is director of the center for euro atlantic studies she joins us from serbia's capital belgrade of the course of our capital pristina we have all gone millet he is an activist and policy analyst it's good to have you here everybody i'm just thinking back to that map that we showed at the beginning of the program it seems a little bit extreme for two countries have borders have been quite set for some time to be thinking about giving a bit of this back taking a bit of this what is behind it. well it's going to a lot to do with the fact both countries have established many diplomatic relations serbia refuses to recognize kosovo and his name claims its constitution that this is a part of serbia so there's an open question and the rea

e.u. membership so what's the name imo they could be allowed to ask your thoughts or leave them in our live you tube chat and you too could be in the stream. my sedona.

e.u. membership so what's in a name imo they could be allowed to as your thoughts or leave them in our live you tube chat and you too could be in the stream. my cydonia future remains uncertain that's off the referendum to rename the country failed voters overwhelmingly voted on sunday in favor of changing the name to north macedonia and back to more than ninety percent of voters supported the change but only third.

e.u. membership.ix is doubling its budget and amazon will soon have at least a dozen original series. coming up, amazon wants to make your home a smart, connected environment. one of the key devices is ring doorbells, cameras and more. more on that, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: let's head to the geek were summit in seattle. amazon bought ring for $1 billion this year. talk about how the integration is going so far. what have you been able to accomplish that you wouldn't have been able to accomplish without amazon? question for amazon, we were doing great, but raising a lot of money, working really hard on both sides, building product and also running the business. now with amazon and this great foundation that i'm able to build off of and just focus on my customers, which we call neighbors, and our product, and just making it better and getting it out there to make neighborhoods safer. emily: so amazon just rolled out 70 new voice-activated devices. how is raining part of this am -- how is ring p

e.u. membership but given that they currently implement all of the legislation, i think that would be a fairlyasy case for them to make and i think opinion seems to be evolving somewhat in the european commission. >> do you want to? >> i genuine believe that as of today, the integrity -- the greatest threat to the integrity of united kingdom is not scottish nationalism or british nationalism. we made our choice. stay.oice was to scotland didhere vote to remain part of the referendum in 2016 would be the spark, the provocation which would spike support for independence of above 50%. in fact, to change my metaphors, that was the dog but never bark. we have not seen any significant change in the opinion polls. in that sense, i think there has been what bill clinton used to be -- used to call a teachable moment as we witness the attempts to try to come to terms with the breakup of a 14 year then when contemplating possibility of breaking up a 100 year union between scotland and england. the look opinion at the moment remains opposed to independence. you look objectively, the reasons why we as scot

why don't you join the sanctions and your membership to the e.u. purse the process of the ascending ascendancy of serbia to the you will be speeded up this day will come no this sentence may sound differently in different variations but you get the point we're going to got a point you're very well prepared for this interview. but to tell you the truth. listening the same question for more than five years first of all we'll see whether that will happen. second we'll see reform but my type of third will see what european union will look like within four five six years those or you know seven eight years i don't know. those debts that's true we are all lost a league ation before we draw any. and whether it's going to happen anyway because . the most important precondition for your membership is to resolve the issue. that's much bigger much more problematic issue for us than any other issues as you can see there are many but or if. none see and i hope that will be strong enough i respect you enough. that everyone will always appreciate and respect our

the approach i have taken on bracks it we've had disagreements in this party about britain's membership of the e.u. for a long time so it's no surprise that we've had a range of different views expressed this week but my job as prime minister is to do what i believe to be in the national interest and that means two things first honoring the result of the referendum m.p.'s thank you and please ask the british people to take this decision we put our faith in their judgment they have put their faith in us to deliver i will not let them down thank you and secondly to seek a good trading and security relationship with our neighbors after we have left they are our close friends and allies and we should ensure it stays that way. that's what thank that's what i said at lancaster house it's what we promised in our manifesto and it's what i've worked day and night for the last two years to achieve no one wants a good deal more than me but that has never meant getting a deal at any cost britain isn't afraid to leave with no deal if we have to but we need thanks but we need to be honest about it leaving witho

better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest of the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests the white house has denied reports it's trying to limit to the f.b.i. investigation into president trump's candidate for the supreme court's agencies looking into allegations of sexual misconduct against brett kavanaugh but it's not considering accusations from a woman who says she was raped at a party that kavanagh was not those are the headlines next on al-jazeera its circle of poison by philip. environment doesn't know any boundaries you know dust and pollution from china settles in the us you know nuclear radiation from chernobyl went over iceland. what goes up into the environment goes around the world and ultimately this then layer of topsoil. maybe six inches of soil around this hard planet spinning in space represents

cake well to some bricks it is something else entirely threatening not only saying a tally in membership of the e.u. but the very existence of the united kingdom joining me now is former first minister with all the knowledge and current ulster unionist party chairman lord m.p. what have the welcome to going underground if we leave aside the party politics of the ninety two to two committee how has the union this movement got it's of involved with the policy is bricks and negotiations and i know this is the deal being or do you be. breaks in negotiations that are arguably threatening to break up the union where my party the recommended remain vote reluctantly but on the basis that there were two major issues one was the border because we didn't even when we went to see former prime minister cameron before the campaign. we didn't get the impression that number ten really understood the implications for the porter the second thing was you've got to go for. of a not explaining it to him well we did our best i assure you and the second thing was you've got to remember we were two years closer to the sco

better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests the main opposition party says it's shameful for the government to push for the name change. the moment global cooling that was for sure if it and this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of zorro and his governments have been a debacle of the truth when it is macedonia the number of citizens who didn't support this shameful remans citizens who are the votes of those who voted against it is stress tickly larger than those who supported it the deal with greece did not give the green lights people of the republic of macedonia who are owners of this land of showing great patriotic and democratic awareness by a plaza sky has the latest from the capital sculpey. this outcome is showing that macedonia is very deeply divided soc

better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman has left co wait after talks with the emir shift. has been mediating since saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar last year denies the accusation that it supports terrorism. votes are being counted after parliamentary elections in the kurdish region of northern iraq it's the first time kurds have gone to the polls since a failed bid for secession referendum was rejected by the central government in baghdad and in the united states the white house has denied reports it's trying to limit the f.b.i. investigation into the president's supreme court nominee the agency is looking into two allegations of sexual misconduct against brett kavanaugh but it's not

cake well to some bricks it is something else entirely threatening not only say a tally in membership of the e.u. but the very existence of the united kingdom joining me now is former first minister with all the knowledge and current unionist party chairman lord m.p. would have be welcome to going underground if we leave aside the party politics of the ninety two to two committee how is the union this movement called it's of involved with the policy is bricks and negotiations and i know this is the deal being or do you agree. banks in negotiations that are arguably threatening to break up the union well my party recommended remain vote reluctantly but on the basis that there were two major issues one was the border because we didn't even when we went to see former prime minister cameron before the campaign. we didn't get the impression that number ten really understood the implications for the quarter the second thing was you've got to do your fault for not explaining it to him one of the we did our best i assure you and the second thing was you've got to remember we were two years closer to the

the citizens know there can be no better agreements with greece there is no alternative to membership to an e.u. let's not play games with no unity and all macedonia despite the applause and the defiance the vote was to all intents and purposes a nonstarter only a third of the country's electorate voted leading the referendum didn't meet the requirement of a fifty percent turnout many stayed away after nationalist campaigners urged people to boycott the vote the prime minister says he'll seek parliamentary approval for the name change even though opinion on the street is divided. the referendum is how the people express their opinion i think more than six hundred fifty thousand citizens who said they think about joining nato and the european union as enough. campaign that was promoting a yes vote put an emphasis on european values and the european way of life but if you look at the time since prime minister took power the people who promoted this are not true representatives of those values. values that are now at a crossroads yet nationalists and the country's president are vowing to fight aga

better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest of the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests but the main opposition party says it's shameful for the government to push for the name change. this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of. governments have been a debacle the true winner is macedonia the number of citizens who didn't support this shameful remans citizens of the vote or those who voted against it is stressed dick.

better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests but the main opposition party says it's shameful for the government to push for the name change. the moment global cooling that was for sure if it and this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of zorro and his governments have been a debacle of the truth when it is macedonia the number of citizens who didn't support this shameful remains citizens who have the votes of those who voted against it is stressed tickly larger than those who supported it the deal with greece did not give the green lights people of the republic of macedonia who are owners of this land of showing great patriotic and democratic awareness my blood has the latest from the capital scope here. this outcome is showing that macedonia is very deeply divide

citizens know there can be no better agreement with greece there is no alternative to macedonians membership to an e.u. let's not play games with no unity and all macedonia despite the applause and the defiance the vote was to all intents and purposes a nonstarter only a third of the country's electorate voted leading the referendum didn't meet the requirement of a fifty percent turnout many stayed away after nationalist campaigners urged people to boycott the vote the prime minister zire says he'll seek parliamentary approval for the name change even though opinion on the street is divided. the referendum is how the people express their opinion i think more than six hundred fifty thousand citizens who said they think about joining nato and the european union as enough. campaign that was promoting the yes vote put an emphasis on european values and the european way of life.

e.u. in twenty sixteen to back more projects you said that they should if you like showcase the benefits of membership that membership is worth fighting for and it was up to the you to do that it isn't up to the it's not a beauty contest for the e.u. result it's up to you politicians to sell the idea to your people sucky yearly you isn't campaigning to get you when you are campaigning to get it of course it is it is over but my very clear message was you know they are not to spend the money from the e.u. on a lot of different from all projects it's better to concentrate that took something which is reasonable for people not for the political elite but for the people posing as have hundreds of millions of euros. from the e.u. in a very small different projects which are not directly linked to the people too to much. legal framework and my message was to send the message to the ordinary people in order to promote that lady in order to have this press by the people and not by the politicians with all the problems here with all the intimidation with all the corruption all the hate speech with all their th

better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest of the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests al-jazeera scott joins us live now from sculpey what do you think happens next with the political process here. actually there are two and as prime ministers around said it's really going to be a new drive for the constitutional changes in the next few days here in the parliament here expected to support from the opposition for these constitutional changes let me remind you that mr dorney and need to change for constitutional amendments one of them adding joe graphic reference north to the name republic of macedonia and that you'll be changing the constitutional name in republic of north macedonia but if prime minister. don't get support from the opposition the second option is early general election as he said the selection c

better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests the main opposition party says it's shameful for the government to push for the name change. the moment global cooling that was for sure if it and this was an unsuccessful referendum the policies of zorro and his governments have been a debacle of the truth when it is macedonia the number of citizens who didn't support this shameful remans citizens who boycott of the vote well those who voted against it is stressed tickly larger than those who supported us the deal with greece did not give the green lights people of the republic of macedonia who are owners of this land of showing great patriotic and democratic awareness my a blizzard sky has the latest from the capital scope here. this outcome is showing that macedonia is very de

we have had disagreements in this party about britain's membership in the e.u.ng time, so it is no surprise we had a range of different views expressed this week. but my job as prime minister is to do what i believe to be in the national interest. and that means two things. first, honoring the result of the referendum. first -- [applause] p.m. may: mp's asked the british people to take this decision. we put our faith in their judgment. they have put their faith in us to deliver. i will not let them down. [applause] p.m. may: and secondly, to seek a good trading and security relationship with our neighbors after we have left. they are our close friends and allies, and we should ensure it stays that way. that is what -- [applause] p.m. may: that's what i said at lancaster house. it's what we promised in our manifesto. and it's what i've worked day and night for the last two years to achieve. no one wants a good deal more than me. but that has never meant getting a deal at any cost. britain isn't afraid to leave with no deal if we have to. but we need -- [applause]

better agreement with greece there is and there can be no alternative to macedonia as membership of nato and the e.u. let's not play games with our unity and our macedonia my personal message to every member of the macedonian parliament is let's put the national interest the interest of the citizens and the strategic interests of the state above politics and party interests. scott joins us live now from sculpey a parliamentary vote does that mean the name change will actually happen that. there are two options right now the prime ministers or as i have said in the next few days there will be you would try for the constitutional changes here in the parliament he asked for does support from was this show and these that constitutional changes to be successful let's meet in mind that must have gone you know needs to be and of these here to make the changes in the constitution change for constitutional amendments one of them the most important thing in africa reference nords to the name of republican. and new name of this country will be a republic of north. but prime ministers runs i've said that this i

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