restrict that post that worker status to to potentially even just one year and the big concern that eastern european countries in the e.u. have was that is that this would actually take away that competitive advantage the reason why in the first place is the european workforce is employed here overall it's a sensitive it's a political issue because after all if you look at the numbers only one percent of of europe's workforce is actually under the status of a post that werman so i mean get to me this sounds like the social affairs minister i have this impossible task that they have to please everybody which from what you just told us is going to be difficult so what kind of result can be expected from that meeting. on the last summit leaders indicated that a compromise may be within reach and so after eighteen months of struggling over this issue it may actually be that a compromise could be put on the table will that be the first step on what i call in visits that his big reform of the european union remains to be seen in any case any compromise that could be reached today will stand still take a l

and i was really always very pushy for enlargement of the european union to give really these eastern european and central used and south are used to european countries for to speak to be. in full fledged member of the union so if they have the impression they are not treated in a respectful and equal footing way then the makes me a little bit concerned that should not be the way they should think maybe they have different feelings and they are not engaged enough on the other hand we should really think about our position so maybe we should be much more open minded actually we're going to talk about how their views differ from their use of the core of central europe but if i'm just going to give you a little example you know there's been like this between east and the west in here up broke out recently it was a food scandal supposedly west exports or imports to the eastern europe food that's made of war stuff that what is sold in the west why is there such approach that everything that goes to the east could be a quality less or that whatever is there will still be acceptable to be very frank

party as well as the far right freedom party it's also the position of most of the central and eastern european countries if not all of them who are really enjoying the freedom that they won after the berlin wall fell down in one nine hundred eighty nine and they are not as eager to shift their societies into this larger sort of european amalgamation and don't want a more federal europe they like what they're getting now and i think that the austrian election could strengthen that bloc because austria is a net payer for example into the budget it is a western european country and i think with sebastian cordes who is becoming a very prominent figure in european politics as well because of his recent success and his youth and all the rest of it i think they could have somebody who is taking this message to brussels so you could see this block if you will acting as a kind of break to the kind of mcchrystal visions that we've seen propagated recently but i also think it just one last point i don't even think that what mcchrystal wants i don't think that germany will be able to go along with that in

heard but also couldn't we argue that austria if it positions itself closer to those central eastern europeancountries might even play a mediating role that would allow for a reintegration of these different blocs possible but then a lot of these central is new countries will have to change their policy towards europe and to join again the that the way and the policies of of good arguments and and the sheer innocence. necessitate in the bloc i have the feeling that it's a reaction to those elections in austria will be that the that we will have more europe in a couple of years time i think a bloc a core european group will integrate further as a reaction also to what happened in central eastern europe austria's most important neighbor hungary for example is suffering because politicians his elites mr robin the prime minister is a prop it's arguing with less europe rather than with more europe we shift back to the financial crisis that time hungary was a candidate for the euro a lot of people invested and got credits in euro currency and after that they had a lot of problems to pay pay back th

social democrats it will on a european level probably signify that they will be closer to their eastern european partners like the czech republic or hungry of poland than they were in the past will they be closer than the germany and france the big two big hitters in the european union that's one of the main questions because as you know in the european union at the moment we have a divide between the eastern countries and the western countries for a number of issues but mainly also here it goes again migration so this is one of the dividing issues in europe this is why the freedom party and also the conservatives have been campaigning on this topic what really it means in detail for their policy at the moment is unclear all right it's unclear but we will certainly be finding out more in the days and weeks to come max i understand there's still a big part of the vote that only going to be counted tomorrow tell us about that. and that's what the greens are hoping for because you might have noticed when you look at those numbers there are only winners basically in the top tier so the freedom party

member states there was a pay gap of one to three the law was meant to bring payment parity then eastern european countries became member states now the e.u. is much larger the pay gap to its now at one to ten that means workers in luxemburg earn ten times more than those in bulgaria no wonder the posting of workers is increasing in twenty ten it was already one point three million people twenty fourteen already one point nine million an increase of almost forty five percent germany france and belgium are the country. which of the most foreign workers from other e.u. countries most of them come from eastern europe most workers that came to germany in twenty fourteen were from poland at thirty six point five percent slovenia at twelve point one percent and hungary had eight point nine percent one in three works in construction one in five in industry and one in ten in the health care or senior care branch their working conditions should now improve. now clouds are continuing to gather over germany's call industry here p n commission in brussels announced that even more raids on offices will be car

doesn't this joy summer line between eastern european countries and western european countries?ulace in czech republic as well -- we have the populists in czech republic as well. joerg: it has been a trail blazer. [no audio] they were put on political sanctions. for austria, this is nothing new. i do think that it is certainly -- it has certainly strengthened a trend. if you look at the population in he won the elections by moving his own party to the right. and noted to preempt the far right, he is been shifting positions to the right. matt: another the eastern european country that is out there to the right people let me ask what you think about the possibility of just right. let me ask you what you think about the possibility of them going back into politics with each other. rowan kurtz just ruin kurtz's name. do you think there's any possibility those two could make a coalition? unlikely.hink it is too much glass has been broken. at the same time i think the option of including is something that is probably less egregious in austria than it might be here in germany, because

response from the eu would be very different if it was not spain, if it was hungary or one of the eastern europeanhave been criticised by the eu for human rights issues in the past. with this, there are armed police at hacking people for trying to exercise their democratic right to vote. it might be an illegal referendum, and as you said, the spanish government is absolutely free to ignore the results, but i don't think in other eu countries if you would have had that response from the police they would have stayed silent and just said, that's an issue for hungary, that's an issue for poland, which is what they have done in this case. so there is a sense of hypocrisy about it. deep divisions in paris spain certainly, it will be interesting to see whether they do try to declare independence in the next few days. we shall keep an eye on it. the telegraph also carrying the story about universal credit, the tories to press on with the roll—out even though in pilot areas we have seen example is a people having to wait up example is a people having to wait up to six weeks to get their money, and going i

as i got to interview people on emerging eastern european governments, it was fascinating.ot to go to the central bank there of romania. now, they never let journalists in here when it comes to the central bank, but i got to go there. that is the people's palace, as it's called where nato is meeting. i got to go into their gold reserve area, where they showed me some of that gold. that is the vice chair. and it was really fascinating to see. they've got interest rates -- you know how ours are quarter to a half of a percent? romania's are at 1.75% with growth of 5.9%. way higher than the u.s.' growth right now. this is the international monetary fund. turns more bullish on the global economy. the imf has just boosted its forecast for global growth by one-tenth of a percent this year and next. calling it the most widespread recovery in a decade. so which european gems? because people feel the u.s. has grown to capacity. which gems should you pook to your capacity? let's ask the floor traders. matt, which region do you lake? >> well, you know, you have to remember what's going

we can expect of course is austria moving to the right which means it might be closer to some eastern european partners like hungary like poland like the czech republic then germany and france especially if he keeps all the promises regarding migration policy in the european union it might not make things easier on a european union level where mccall has big plans for the european union and it's completely unsure if the courts especially if he has a coalition with the right wing populists will go along with or not what about the current social democrat chance earn christian caryl is there any hope of him remaining in power. it doesn't look like it right now max are you still there. it looks like we've just lost max we do apologize because that was max hoffman reporting for us from vienna as we await the latest polls from australia's national elections we'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes we do apologize that the line dropped out let's have a look now at how immigration has shaped the austrian election campaign. thirty one year old sebastian cortes only became leader of the people

support hungary and other european countries mostly center on the eastern european but also some european countries received from the budget another get the gap between the development differences in the your opinion we have opened up our markets you know this is vantage position for the best in europe you've opened up your market your staging what your prime minister called a revolution against the alliance of the bureaucrats of brussels the liberal media and the insatiable finances if it's also rotten in brussels and the financier's so insatiable why keep on taking their money have you have you ever been involved in running a state even a town or a lodge of rock everybody you know that going against brock wesley is a legitimate call. you paint brussels as rotten. because in many in many respects to what the right to stay with it once they were there again you put a kind of heavy three x. if you put a question which have never never been raised by the anger in government if you take a look at the government's positions behavior the hungary and populations support for the european idea va

negotiations has to get right is on the one hand preserve the freedom of movement for these eastern european workers which what makes them attractive is that they are cheap while at the same time avoiding that you have the sort of wage dumping that many leaders in the west are criticizing and what results can we expect to come out of this today i think we're practically looking at a restriction of one maybe even two years for these posted workers that would be a sort of compromise things are looking rather good since the last summit leaders indicated that there may be a compromise may be reached if it's reached today it will still has to pass the european parliament and the european council so heads of state of government will still have to sign it off but given that they've all looked at the same documents things are a rather positive in the direction matters in brussels thanks for that. bundesliga time now and i'm joined in the studio by one of them would be from the deadliest for says welcome ali but first let's take a look at cologne and better bam and they've both had mediocre starts th

it's talking about the checks, the very eastern european states. is a side to the euro-dollar trade, but the euro has not exactly been frightened by running horses. >> when you look at the summer -- when you look at eastern european things, like you said, they are not particularly frightened. what we have right now is this perception, that we've got strong growth. money is very, very cheap. this perception of this perception of opportunity. of course, you mention the u.s.. that floats the boat a little bit more of europe. now, with elected growth argument is lending support -- we feel like the growth argument is lending support trade the market begins to worry, that's when i think the card will do this. anna: we mention the ecb card a number of times this week. the populace -- the populist pressures, or populist rise we are seeing in europe, not all of it is anti-europe. the catalonian example is one that is not. the afd is a vote against the european apparatus if you like. cap ohlone and is quite different. >> is correct. give them something that

opinion the cohesion funds and the support hungary and other european countries mostly center and eastern european but also some european countries received from the budget and not a gift. as a matter of fact they go back to the very foundations of the european union and they tend to gloss or rather than the goal the task is to close the gap between the development differences in the your pain and we have opened up our markets disadvantaged position for the best in europe you've opened up your market your staging what your prime minister called a revolution against the alliance of the bureaucrats brussels the liberal media and the insatiable financier if it's also rotten in brussels and the finances so insatiable why keep on taking their money have it have you ever been involved in running a state even town or a large and recovering body you know that going against brock recy is a legitimate call. brocket it tends to bring brussels as rock yes because in many in many respects the what the writers aim with it why not go with it you put a kind of how we saw the exit you put the question which have n

wouldn't take them out of the region altogether it would just move them to another eastern european country romania and at this point russia has expressed that they reserve the right of course to also strengthen its defense in the region as well now what is the opinion of pows and all of this while the polish defense minister recently called for more u.s. troops to be deployed to his country in order to quote protect it from external threats and those comments specifically came on the heels of the recent zoppot drills that were conducted with russia and belarus and that came out what those happened last month last month and they caused an unprecedented just absolute operator in the new. with the routines being the routine maneuvers being attacked as nontransparent with speculation swirling that the russian troops that were brought in for those were there to stay to do an exercise. that's going to up to one hundred thousand russian troops moving into into the country the great concern is they're not going to leave now that claim is of course completely untrue upon the completion of the drill

increased military spending in an increasingly aggressive posture against russia particularly on the eastern european front and also confrontations in places like the middle east ok so that's the result of official only information. spain's constitutional court has suspended a catalan parliamentary session set for monday where the regional government promised to proclaim independence meanwhile anti independence activists have now been mobilizing in both barcelona and madrid and to see it is following the events for us. is basically gripped by this crisis of trying to figure out its own future following the referendum of a sober first that saw ninety percent of the people who came out to vote voted in favor of getting out of spain and the latest that we know is that the caps one leader has said that institutions of caps lonia will be following up on the results of this referendum now according to reports we're hearing that banks in france monier are potentially littering relocating their headquarters including bank according to reports its board members have been meeting or are meeting to discuss cont

because what we effectively have on migration is a deadlock and that's not about to change because eastern european countries are against relocation of refugees i'm not going to reset the whole catalogue of problems here but what the council president wants to do now is accelerating the decision making process for those things and if there's no agreement on things just move ahead with the countries that want to move ahead with it and hope that the others will follow so he's released the so-called leaders agenda that's supposed to speed things up where the leaders meet more often at summits all across the european union and that's something they will talk about on friday and then they will have to figure out if it really does speed things up all right how we're brussels bureau chief max hoffman at the e.u. leaders summit tonight in brussels max as always thank you very much. well the attack on the media has and continues to be part of donald trump's political d.n.a. earlier this month the u.s. president lashed out at the american t.v. network n.b.c. for its quote partners and distorted news reportin

greece, after all these years of emergency bailouts, greece, portugal, some of the eastern european countries not meet the rules at the moment on the deficit. it will at the end of this year. so you say, but we will have to wait and see, what we? no. we have taken strong commitments. that may quote we will. so we have discussed that. let us talk about migration. emmanuel macron, and his grand visionary speech, talked about a totally beefed up eu border force, a centralised asylum office, and the speeding up of pan—european asylum policy. again, my question is does he not look at what happens on does he not look at what happens on does he not look at what happens on does he not hear about what the hungarians are saying at the polls about their attitude to taking more refugees and asylum seekers? they are talking about control of external borders. they talk about harmonising asylum policy. the question that... according to the eu, an agreement signed a couple of yea rs eu, an agreement signed a couple of years ago, they were supposed to ta ke years ago, they were supposed to take their share of

take them out of europe in fact all together it would actually just move them to aid another eastern european country romania and at this point russia has expressed that they reserve the right to also bolster their defensive if need be and what about the country at the center of it all poland what does poland have to say about this while the polish defense minister recently called for more u.s. troops to be deployed to his country in order to quote protect it from external threats and those comments actually came right on the heels of the zoppot drills which were conducted conducted in september between russia and belarus and they cause an uproar in international media lots of speculation that the new where is war being known turns nontransparent with speculation just swirling that the russian troops that came to dollars were actually there to stay. they're about to do an exercise in russia. it's going to up to one hundred thousand russian troops moving into into the country the great concern is they're not going to leave now that is of course not true upland the completion of the drills the

i grew up in a diverse neighborhood, italians, lithuanians, eastern european jews, russian and so on and so forth. no, everyone was american and everyone wanted to be un-american and everyone is proud to be american. fast-forward another 30 years. since under ronald reagan again what was promised and never delivered by the left, by the democrats was border security, immigration restrictions, to grant the amnesty at the time which was, i think, roughly 3 million illegal immigrants at the time were granted permanent amnesty. again, i think there were provisions in the sense that called for and i'm not sure if they called for a wall but enhanced border security and immigration law and customs enforcement and so on. never happened. fast-forward to george bush and pretty much the same thing there and i think the law was passed there with regards to funding the border wall, building the border wall, never happened. >> host: what would you like our guest to address? >> caller: i like him to address that this isis another lucy and linus or lucy and charlie brown scenario for the football. le

member states there was a pay gap of one to three the law was meant to bring payment parity then eastern european countries became member states now the e.u. is much larger the pay gap to its now at one to ten that means workers in luxemburg earn ten times more than those in bulgaria no wonder the posting of workers is increasing in twenty ten it was already one point three million people twenty fourteen already one point nine million an increase of almost forty five percent germany france and belgium other countries which have the most foreign workers from other e.u. countries most of them come from eastern europe most workers that came to germany in twenty fourteen were from poland at thirty six point five percent slovenia at twelve point one percent and hungary at eight point nine percent one in three works in construction one in five in industry and one in ten in the health care or senior care branch their working conditions should now improve. evelyn's bankruptcy has left more than just a few passengers stranded but it's not just the airlines customers that aren't going anywhere one of its p

greece, portugal, some of the eastern european countries... greece has... ..even france itself.he moment, on the deficit. it will at the end of this year. so you say, but we'll have to wait and see, what we? no. i mean we have taken strong commitments. we are proposing a new budget for next year. and already, all the signals are here that we will meet the commitments of maastricht by the end of the year. so we've discussed that. let us talk about migration. again, mr macron, in his recent grand visionary speech, talked about a totally beefed up eu border force, a centralised asylum office, speeding up a pan—european asylum policy. again, my question is, does he not look at what happens on the ground? does he not hear about what the hungarians are saying at the polls about their attitude to taking more refugees and asylum seekers? they are talking about control of external borders. they are precisely talking about harmonising asylum policy. the question that... but poland has refused to take any refugees. according to the eu, an agreement signed a couple of years ago, they were s

s outlined in the existing literature which is now quite well known so if you can topple eastern european countries that with that happened but also many much lesser known examples i listed them all in in my ted talk so you can. you can see and the media doesn't really look at the examples where it has worked and and retained its efficiency in those. countries but i wonder if if you approach it as a practical sort of pragmatic massad political math of whether its appeal would depend centrally on the circumstance because it could be argued there's a chance that she now doesn't see a value on the violence that's why she does not protect those poor we do people we we don't know what she hasn't opened her mouth on them so we don't know we could speculate that we don't know and it doesn't that damage their approach that you've given your life to advocate you not at all because there is a many examples i've outlined to you that there are fifteen hundred existing at this moment across the world and that's only on counting the prevention of war doesn't mean people who are we have been taking chil

increased military spending in an increasingly aggressive posture against russia particularly on the eastern european front and also confrontations in places like the middle east ok so that's the result of official only information. pains constitutional court has suspended a kabal and parliamentary session set for monday where the regional government promised to proclaim independence meanwhile anti independence activists have now been mobilizing in both barcelona. following me about for us. trying to figure out its own future following the referendum of october first that saw ninety percent of the people. vote in favor. caps lonia will be following up on. results of this record. price of banks in. this custom obviously this because of to for catalonia does and i seen it won't get in the. truck pass a law. is basically saying that the use of force is ok under the circumstances to take a listen it is of course a jew chief and a government to uphold the rule of law and this sometimes does require the puk caution that use of force well these statements are especially interesting given that catalan leader