so friday's morning meeting did little to sweeten the relationship between britain and the e.u. not of was last. not sufficient it doesn't. progress at all. prime minister may offered a much needed olive branch pledging to protect you citizens in britain after the break that process is completed the u.k. and the e.u. share the same objective of safeguarding the rights of e.u. nationals living in the u.k. and u.k. nationals living in the e.u. e.u. citizens have made a huge contribution to our country and let me be clear that whatever happens we want them and their families to stay no one had expected a breakthrough but friday's summers is unlikely to leave either side feeling satisfied. to brussels where we find to be bureau chief max hoffman not welcome. in leaders seem to have been mindful of trains and nice political problems back at home have they given enough to go back claiming a victory i think you put it exactly the right way phil mindful of it but they didn't give her everything a victory for theresa may would have been to come back from this summit saying ok we can start ph

you know sugar coated version of what she wanted i think is is a good thing for her let's not mistake that e.u. leaders have been very frustrated by the rate of progress so far and this is not is not should be mistaken for any concessions or what they've offered today they've been very clear that they want to stick to the timetable that they've put in place and to reason they really will have to find a way to to live up to what they're hoping for and charlotte i want to drill down into one of their biggest frustrations because this is of course mainly to do with the amount of money that britain will pay in order to settle the divorce bill you mentioned that it's a delicate political balancing act for theresa may given the balancing act and the situation domestically in the country can she upped the offer to the e.u. and give them what they want. yeah i mean this is a real sticking point both sides of make clear that other issues have seen some progress citizens' rights the border with northern ireland but this is something that neither side is wanting to back down to reason may has already off

though friday's morning meeting did little to sweeten the relationship between britain and the e.u. not lost right progress it's not sufficient it doesn't slow progress at all. prime minister may offered a much needed olive branch pledging to protect you citizens in britain after the break that process is completed the u.k. and the e.u. share the same objective of safeguarding the rights of e.u. nationals living in the u.k. and u.k. nationals living in the e.u. e.u. citizens have made a huge contribution to our country and let me be clear that whatever happens we want them and their families to stay no one has expected a breakthrough but friday so most is unlikely to leave either side feeling satisfied. and say you council president donald tusk presented what is being called a leader's agenda to discuss the reforms proposed by the french president emmanuel mccall we asked correspondent max hold on in brussels earlier about that agenda. what you have at the moment is you have a very enthusiastic french president with a lot of energy making a lot of proposition suggestions all over the pl

happening inseen hungary and poland and in other countries in the e.u., not even and central european bentries, is the need to sovereign, even though, members of the e.u., we had to creed some of our -- cede some of our sovereignty. of identity politics, ethnic politics, values, it's all -- this is our country, and the e.u. -- all these things are coming together. >> what would the german man have to say about all these things, anja? >> i think he didn't vote for the afd. sometimes i think, hamilah is the real coming back, talking to him. and he's just -- i don't know. he was -- he is like -- he has a education. he went to different colleges in east germany. wall camehen the down, there was this highlight in his life. a woman whoed to owned an apartment building in east berlin. and so -- and he was, you know, the head of the reconstruction. for like a year, he was like eastner of a building in germany and he thought, okay, this is my time. now everythihing will be good. becausee, it wasn't, things are not as easy, you know. so -- and his life kind of broke down. guess he still, you kn

don't agree on whether glyphosate is a long term cancer risk or not the world health organization has said it could pose a danger the e.u.'s food safety authority has proclaimed the chemical harmless but has also been accused of basing that opinion on studies sponsored by manufacturers like monsanto greens in the european parliament say that's not acceptable. we need to look at independent studies not just ones carried out by the industry we have to finally end this thing with life i say there are standard farming methods that work fine without the heavy use of chemicals. by standard farming methods mountain hoisting means organic agriculture but many farmers say those methods are too expensive and think it's enough to only ban use of the herbicide directly before the harvest the battle will now continue as the e.u. committee responsible for making a decision was once again split at the conclusion of the meeting no vote was taken the commission took note of the position of different delegations often in the states and form which you could now reflect and really knows the date of the next meeting shorty. the commission i

e.u. says not enough progress has been made to move on is there any way out of the impasse. i don't welcome i'm on with a cheema the crisis in gaza alone is escalating spain is the bank to suspend the region's autonomy after the cops on me did threaten to declare independence the central government in madrid said got a loonie as a catalyst regime or had ignored a deadline and this plans to break away. and must now face the consequences. the game of brinkmanship heats up catalan leader colors pushed him on at the regional parliament for the latest showdown cameras struggle to get a good glimpse of the man who is refusing to back down. in his latest letter to the spanish government he warns that the catalan parliament could photo declare independence if madrid triggers article one hundred fifty five this allows spain central government to take over any of the country's seventeen autonomous regions if they break the law which declaring independence is deemed to be. the spanish government's reaction to double down. the government will continue with the processing of article one

definitely going to be now an effort to internationalize this because it has failed so far with the e.u. not being in any way part of any mediation attempt the u.n. not having a view on it and no real intervention from any foreign state although the basque region has tried to help with mediation but what we're seeing now is all the demonstrations outside we've see a lot of people from all walks of life out there what you're not seeing all the millions of people who didn't want this to happen the silent large number of people who voted for m.p.'s who are against secession they don't have a voice here they undoubtedly will be pointed towards by madrid as it rolls out this article one five five which is described as repressive and also a tarion by the government here but collis pushed among who has been in the chamber but not actually speaking he is in a situation now where there is a big focus on his future will he be arrested it's quite possible will they arrest the rest of the cabinet the ministers who are responsible for getting this far away because they're all accused of breaking the law

sovereignty what we have seen happening in hungary in poland and the some other countries in the e.u. not even east and central european countries is that cloying is the the need to be sovereign even though remember remembers of the e.u. we had to cede some of our sovereignty and this is this pushback against the european union so the idea of identity politics ethnic politics and values it's all this is this is our country and the e.u. don't dictate so all these things are coming together with him alone have to say about all of these things on the. i think he didn't vote for the f.t. . and now sometimes i think like of the real homeless coming back talking to him. he is just. now he. is like. he has a really good education he went to two different colleges and used germany and then when the walk and. there were also highlight in his life he was married to a woman who. who owned an apartment building in east berlin and so and he was the head of the reconstruction and for like a year you've also like a an owner of a building in the east german germany and he thought ok this is this is my ti

e.u. citizens in the united kingdom and of course the so-called bragg's it bill and especially in the dregs of bill there has not been sufficient progress but here's the thing it seems like the e.u. is moving towards the direction of the reason may a little bit at least we saw the draft conclusions and they say that if everything progresses as in to support it they will be able to start face to so trade negotiations with the united kingdom. but max in the meantime i mean does it seem as if you know there's also a back up plan being formed a potential no deal scenario. everybody denies this very strongly in brussels in the european institutions but we've talked to some sources and they say of course we have to think about these things because if we start preparing a no deal scenario let's say for five months before there is no deal that's just not enough time just think about what would happen in you know on the borders in the ports in dover in cali in france for example where now there are virtually no controls over the control maybe five hundred trucks a day and then that would go into the thousands so you need

the fact remains that an impasse on this is not just bad for the case also bad for the e.u. as well and as german chancellor angela merkel pointed out the next phase talks on trade could be even more complicated so it's not looking good from this and either phil meanwhile a german newspaper seems to be making best just a front for the album on the title is reporting that theresa may beg you commission the chief junko you for help last week tell us more. yeah let me just read you a couple of extracts from that newspaper because they they are good for prime minister to reason may frank report said that she was anxious and tormented during during that dinner on monday that she was desperate and despondent that she had deep rings on the horizon what was interesting about this is this is the same journalist who wrote this report as the one who where it's not clear april saying that younker had reported that to reason may was in another galaxy on breck's in negotiations very damning that this latest report sparks you know the rumor mill about as here in brussels twitter was such a

don't agree on where the glaive aside is a long term cancer risk or not the world health organization has said it could pose a danger the e.u.'s food safety authority has proclaimed the chemicals harmless but has also been accused of basing that opinion on studies sponsored by glaive a site manufacturer of monsanto grains in the european parliament say that's not acceptable that we need to look at independent studies not just ones carried out by the industry and then we have to finally end this thing with life aside there is a standard farming methods that work fine without the heavy use of chemicals. by standard farming methods sling means organic agriculture but many farmers say those methods are too expensive and think it's enough to only ban the use of herbicide directly before the harvest conservative m e p's disagree with the greens but blame member states for not reaching a decision i find it very regrettable that for more than two years the member states don't have a clear position they are always postponing there's no majority for any position. if not extended the license to use clive for site in the european union

spain because of course someone has to tell the catalonians that if they do leave they would not be in the e.u. and of course it would also be very very bad for spain surrounding it and for all concerned so people are not concerned for the moment because the share of share prices are reacting relatively moderately we just heard one percent down the spanish market not much considering the turmoil that one sees in the pictures coming from catalonia but it's not a major major major slide in economists say it will maybe for the moment cause a dent in sentiment in spain maybe dent economic growth but it three point two percent on the year last recorded spain had to record very strong growth anyway so perhaps that's a reason why people are relatively relaxed at the moment but what comes markets today briefly if you can. that's the thing that's driving the markets here is confidence economically overall political risks are taking a back seat wall street saw record highs in major indices the euro is going down on spain incidentally and that's good for the export shares and there's great manufacturing

e.u. leaders to break the deadlock and move things forward but they say it's britain not europe that's dragging its feet we'll get the latest from brussels also coming up a showdown in spain the region of catalonia defines a deadline to abandon plans for independence madrid says it will start taking back control of the breakaway region on saturday and that the problem that's blocking german scientists we look at the mysterious decline in flying insects and what it means for our environment. i bring golf it's good to have you with us bragg said migration policy and tougher sanctions against north korea those are just a few of the main topics tonight in brussels where e.u. leaders are holding a two day summit the british prime minister theresa may she's come to the summit armed with proposals that she hopes will move breaks it talks a lot but e.u. leaders say she has to match her promises with concrete details if any progress is to be made. walk the walk and talk the talk let's go to brussels now where our very own max hoffman is standing by and so max what did mrs mae what did she bring to the t

e.u. will not deal with his case and that is the spanish conflict and it has to be resolved within the framework of the spanish constitution so in the eyes of the you this to put the moment has to stand trial in spain then what will happen here i mean pretty much says he's not claiming political asylum in belgium there but the spanish court says it is seeking these charges and what could happen next. the special prosecutor has to file these charges and to bring its claims and then of cause the spend this are authorities could issue an arrest warrant for mr putin money if he has to appear and caught and can also apply an international arrest warrant in the european union and then belgium would extradite mr putin month to spain but this is still far away and we don't know if mr bush one is really aiming to to do that if he applies for asylum he has only lived very little chance to get asylum in belgium because the unesco's normally don't have any chance to get asylum here so it's still unknown what mr put two months plan is he says he will return or you as his party will stand in the snap election

e.u. will not move to second to the second phase something that a reason they would have liked to see but what they have agreed on they gave green light to prepare this second phase and that is something to reason they will be able to take home now the e.u. leaders here hope that this positive spirit that she has left is something that will be reflected in the actual bracks it's negotiations so good what do you see as the cause stumbling block in these banks that negotiations. are the key sticking point really is this bracks it's a bill now that the positive spirit something that leaders like to rebut to reason may is that she reiterated once more that the u.k. will honor its financial commitments that it has made in the past and also all sorts of other commitments she said we'll go through them one by one but she declines to give a number and that is something that a lot of e.u. leaders would like to see on paper to do half that number how much the u.k. will pay also she does want to link the phase one to phase two in another sense she wants to talk about the principle only if you leader

let's face it they're not impaired by the e.u. their form and economy governance. is so weak. some of our political approach is just the real world. across the european union euro skeptic parties have recently been gaining support in france marine le pen leader of the national front party was the main rival to the elected president. in germany fifteen not only entered parliament for the first time but also became the third largest party in the bundestag the freedom party in austria also came third in elections there form a check for a minister cyril's for botha believes that europe's only got itself to blame. in europe are on the face you want. to see euro skeptic forces going to see him partly due to many of course in austria this is a massive victory of what you are skeptical says and maybe in the czech republic mr bucket and his movement under law belongs to the. group of party is who we are against caught us with you all or who. deserve movement which some called the very strong send you will be in position. it's an event that celebrates international friendship and which

let's face it they're not impressed by the e.u. their former us economy government. is so weak. some of our political approach is just the real world. across the european union nationalist and euro skeptic parties have enjoyed rising support over the past few years in france more in the pan the leader of the national front party was the main rival. in the country's presidential election in germany last month the f.d.a. not only entered parliament for the first time but it became the third largest party in the bundestag and the freedom party in austria recently came third in elections their former czech foreign minister cyril. believes that europe only has a blank. in europe. in the face of the new one we can see euro skeptic forces going to see in salt partly in jeddah many of course in austria this is a massive victory of euro skeptic forces and maybe in the czech republic mr buckbee and his movement under law belongs to the. two d. group of party is who are against caught us within the e.u. war or war. deserve movement which support the very strong send european position. dona

e.u. has not turned itself into a strategic player it is it is not capable of enforcing that kind of order and of issuing credible security guarantees to others and as long as that's not the case they will not be able to step in now that doesn't mean that we should be doing more we certainly have to do more germany specifically is asked to actually you know carry more responsibility and also to pay more. but you know even of all of that is forthcoming the us remains the indispensable kind of building brick in this kind of construction this architecture and so you know that's what we're trying to say here know even under the current prevailing circumstances even under a president that we all find you know you know if any difficult to get to deal with even under those circumstances the u.s. remains in the sponsible and we have to live with that the the article that you wrote you know it was on page ten of it so i did a short view was what it looked like would you say that this letter is a handbook for germany on hell to take on more responsibility while the u.s. is out to lunch well it's cer

e.u. and multinational corporations which are simply seeking to annihilate us. what is it that i do not agree with when it comes to catalonia see many of those who are in favor of the independence of catalonia ones who remain in the european union they want to keep the euro and also the ones open their borders to migrants from north africa while this kind of independence independence with brussels in the driver's seat without cutting off the flow of migrants that decision would pose grave problems to the also wish for it so he'll also sad that he don't want to blow up the euro at a referendum on abandoning it would be unconstitutional how does it go along with your earlier statement that hero is an experiment gone bad. i believe that one single currency for eighteen economies each different in its own way that just won't work in the long term but statistics here is more important than anything else look since the introduction of a common currency italy's debt has risen by nine hundred billion euros. six nobel prize winners are unanimous in saying that this experiment has failed and we s

e.u. leaders have welcomed a proposal by the british prime minister to resign may end unblocking writes it talks but said concessions to ease the fears of eastern isn't living in person and not enough arriving at the today e.u. summit in brussels may sought to shift the focus away from a divorce settlement and on to trade talks this just seventeen months before britain is due to leave the union. that's it for myself here in london one a one east is next. valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades took to al-jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-jazeera. in australia's remote northeast big lands are in the pipe. the largest coal mine in the country and.

e.u. leaders were not impressed they are the british prime minister to match her goodwill pledges with concrete proposals on the rights of e.u. citizens in the u.k. and london's plans in regards to its breaks it down but you will have to walk. but are you ready to fulfill your financial obligations of may he said in florence that they would it was a good speech but now we also need to see more meat on the bone don't recall. anglo-american chose to pursue her own agenda she joined emmanuelle mccrone for a coffee and a chats about reforming the european union and then there was the issue of turkey's bed for e.u. membership while merkel stopped short of calling for an end to a session tox she pressed other leaders to cut you funding for the bed. the. image of the human rights situation is absolutely and satisfactory so is turkey's moving away step by step from what we see as a state under the rule of law and of course i also talked about how we suffer from the situation that german citizens have been wrongfully jailed in turkey. for the thirty seven years in the took office and to resume a leftist

has a whole having not been signed off by the court to board it as the e.u. is only counting for the last twenty three years we know that the e.u. is very little idea about how its money is spent and that's always been through dispute before the crisis and during the crisis the e.u. doesn't know how to manage its money. and you know a lot of the money goes into the bloated bureaucracy and the governments of greece and italy i'm afraid. for. you to. minnesota deficiency or credibility meanwhile thousands of progress demonstrators took to the streets of rome on saturday. lit. a little bit. of a gathered in the center of the italian capital to rally against racism and demand the rights of a new arrivals be respected among those marching were asylum seekers and refugees a crowd also called for the creation of humanitarian corridors the elimination of national borders and the granting of italian citizenship to the children of migrants. a lightning things up quite a bit now it is an event event to celebrates peace and international friendship and has brought togeth

particularly on not very tricky point of britain's divorce bill how much money the u.k. owes the e.u. once it's left the blog and i think it's making a lot of people very nervous that we aren't on that second stage as as expected because time is running out the clock is ticking to when the u.k. is meant to leave the and on says and he isn't doing anyone any good own the u.k. side or the e.u. side and certainly doesn't help and rumors and gossip don't help either case in point today's german newspaper the front for the other mine and so i tuned reporting that theresa may and i'm quoting here begged the e.u. commission chief sean called younger for help last week over dinner what do we know about their. yes brand this really set the room mohair in brussels light this morning i'm just going to read a couple more extracts just to complete the picture there of what this newspaper article was suggesting it was saying that to reason may in a dinner with young monday looked anxious and tormented that she did it desperate and despondent and that she had deep rings on to her eyes suggesting th

e.u. commission to stay out of it so from the perspective from strasburg and brussels we're dealing with it you member state spain and not you member state catalonia. you mention those calls for the e.u. to mediate is brussels are ready to step in is that going to be decided there today . that's not what the parliament itself could decide what we're expecting though is a whole range of opinions being expressed reflecting the whole debate and of course the two big moderate parties have already said that they intend to call for mediation not necessarily mediation from the e.u. institutions but to have the two parties get back to the negotiating table everybody condemns police violence although of course the more conservative party say listen what we have here is a state trying to uphold the rule of law and if we criticize that if we are not on board with that as the european union then the e.u. has a huge problem the farther left you go within the spectrum of the parties the more they condemn police violence funny let's come back to you know we heard max say there that the e.u. wants to get both sides of the parliament bac

though friday's morning meeting did little to sweeten the relationship between britain and the e.u. not of was last. sufficient it doesn't. progress at all prime minister may offered a much needed olive branch pledging to protect citizens in britain after the break that process is completed the u.k. and the e.u. share the same objective of safeguarding the rights of e.u. nationals living in the u.k. and u.k. nationals living in the e.u. . e.u. citizens have made a huge contribution to our country and let me be clear that whatever happens we want them and their families to stay no one has expected a breakthrough but friday summers is unlikely to leave either side feeling satisfied and he did his government as has been covering the two this summit for us and he joins me now from brussels new york tourism a came to the summit with high expectations did she get enough in brussels to take back home it has been a face saving summit if you want forty research made she came here of course knowing that the e.u. twenty seven leaders would follow the recommendation of negotiator michele been years

e.u. has not turned itself into a strategic player it is it is not capable of enforcing that kind of order and of issuing credible security get. he has two of those and as long as that's not the case they will not be able to step in now that doesn't mean that we should be doing more we certainly have to do more germany's specifically as us to actually you know carry more responsibility and also to pay more but you know even of all of that is forthcoming the u.s. remains the indispensable kind of building brick in this kind of construction this architecture and so you know that's what we're trying to say here know even under the current prevailing circumstances even under a president that we all find you know you know if any difficult to get to deal with even under those circumstances the u.s. remains in this principle and we have to live with that the the article that you wrote you know it was on page ten of it so i did a short view was what it looked like would you say that this letter is a handbook for germany on health to take on more responsibility while the u.s. is out to lunch well i

but it seems that the e.u. is not interested as a tool in what's going on here but i think it's a relief when the other in other planets not. even. contraries day leave they say what they say all the time the same they repeat the same words and that's on monday and for a boy the other leaders so it's it's it's is impossible to talk to them i said i'm not going to show you don't know what he did by triggering article one five five he was suicidal because as you can see there are millions of people defending catalinas right to independence what happened this saturday in the region of counsel lanny a mania local authorities school defacto coup de town and a blow to democracy. we spoke to thomas harrington a professor over barry and studies he says exerting this kind of pressure in a democratic country is a legitimate. what is the role of force in elective democracies in the twenty first century. i think the consensus on the catalan side is a very strong one and i can't imagine that the people who are rightfully elected i

e.u. commission made it clear for now they define this as an inner spanish conflict and will not take on such a role so it's a domestic concern according to the e.u. max how concerned is the e.u. that this crisis could have a ripple effect and inspire other restive regions from unilaterally declaring their independence. as far as we can gather they're concerned for a whole range of issues about this conflict of course having this is part of the european union very important part and as you said there might be a ripple effect because for example the flamers parts of belgium or scotland in the u.k. all of those had some independence tendencies in the past and of catalonia did some things a sex successful by unilaterally declaring their independence and getting away with it that could be a problem for the european union but the sharpest sword that the e.u. has in this case is not necessarily mediating but repeating over and over again and they've done that here in strasburg today that whoever leaves you member state in this case it would be spain would no longer be part of the european union and

a situation we've heard talk of possible support from durham for example but it seems that the e.u. is not interested as a tool in what's going on here. i think. we need i mean are there other planets not. even common interests day leave they say what they say all the time the same thing and they repeat the same rewards and that's on monday and for the other leaders so it's it's it's it's impossible to talk to them reminisce that spanish prime minister met in the crowd a whore said that madrid as not revoking catalonians autonomy but merely dismissing and removing the local government that led to this crisis but what happened this saturday in the region of council lonny a mania local authorities call defacto coup de done and a blow to democracy. party has heard from several academics about the constitutional emergency in spain and how it might unfold no. the independent this movement is a very very peaceful movement i need to pass never shown any sign of violence so i don't expect that type of violence the only violence here comes from the spanish states. while the practice that was organi

a situation we've heard talk of possible support from durham for example but it seems that the e.u. is not interested as a tool in what's going on here but i think it's a relief when are the other planets not. even come from trees the leaves the sea what do you see all the time the same they repeat the same words that's on monday and for the other leaders so it's it's it's it's impossible to talk to them prime minister spanish prime minister met in the crowd which said that madrid has not revoking catalonians autonomy but merely dismissing and removing the local government that led to this crisis but what happened this saturday in the region of council lonny a mania local authorities call defacto a blow to democracy. please second discuss this now with thomas harrington professor of iberian studies at trinity college in hartford connecticut good to have you all tell us the council on president assad that he will reject madrid's move to take away these regions autonomous powers for. i think he can do that if he uses force but that becomes the that is the major question here what is the role

e.u. and that he therefore will not recommend the e.u. leaders that the talks should move on to other topics such as trade but britain's breaks that negotiator david davis you see there says significant progress has been made. two men two very different views on the same thing that a lot of time left until the deadline of march twenty ninth two thousand and nineteen and the e.u. wants some commitment from london on the financial settlement before it's prepared to move on to other topics ari let's find out what's going on i'm joined now by john worth in brussels and by our very own very good moss in london john let me start with you the news chief breaks into your sheet are clearly not satisfied with what london is bringing to the table so what's going on is yes that's correct they're essentially three issues or she'd be silted in the backs of negotiations at the moment they all citizens rights the financial settlements in the northern ireland border and it's clear that from today particularly those issues to do with the northern ireland b