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the second biggest market for them is europe and europe is a huge market. yet if europe can successfully regulate tech companies and they set a model for the rest of the world to potentially follow. bradford talked about this that it is very much in play. u.s. companies are doing everything to fight it. in some areas, maybe they have a point, but maybe could have gone too far. but when it comes to protecting european democracy with the digital services act in particular, there is no doubt that i think twitter, x, is through pushing political views in one way and violating the content and moderation eulls of the european union. why do they need twitter? is that going to ruin the lives of europeans not to have it. and same with meta and facebook? you go down the list of u.s. tech companies, if you go to estonia, bolt is their company. idown loaded and it worked. the inagain yows is something that the united states could replicate it and could protect their democracy. the big question for europe is do they want to be like us? do they want to have a social medi

that's why many of these nato drills are taking place in europe's northeast. like here in your way, or here in this waiting. yeah, that's location for the finale of this whole exercise. and germany is leading it the point is to practice a crucial process moving troops and equipment from germany to the potential frontline quickly via this route for this, for the with this location at the center of europe, germany is a major hub, phone a tool, and would play a central logistical role if russia attacked a nato member. in recent years, jeremy has significantly boosted its defense spending. it's also europe's biggest provider of military a to ukraine by far. sounds like a leader, right? well, a lot of work needs to be done. this is so they can find an expert on german and european defense policy. so at this point, europe remains concerning the dependent on the united states military speaking. let's have a look at what that means. firstly, europe relies on the us military industry for much of that equipment that needs to by and then there are the us nuclear warhead,

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they are very skeptical about europe taking the lead because he doesn't believe europe can provide thems that. guest: they need ukraine can also assist assessed. it has to do more, no question about it. we have to do more, no question about it. it is for us here in europe to ask the threat assessment regarding russia. we want ukraine to win this war or not? at least when ukraine would like to go to negotiations, we need to be together with them and provide all the necessary help to them to be in a stronger position. because we see also the last stage that they are conducting a counteroffensive not only in lursky, but in the donetsk and lugansk region -- not only in kursk. and they are successful. it's a very thin line we are standing at the moment where there is the possibility for ukraine to be in a better position for these negotiations. christian: do you worry, as america steps away, that vladimir putin will test article v by taking a shot at a country like yours, estonia, and whether america would respond. do you think the risk of that kind of event has grown today, with the statem

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and to your defense partnership with europe. we also hear your concerns. on stepping up for ukraine we are and we will. on stepping up for european security, we are, and we will. and you have just spoken about peace through strength. we are 50 nation strong here, all determined to put an end to putin's war, to do so together. ladies and gentlemen, we have work to do. i will now ask the media to leave. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] >> watch online at c-span.org. >> democracy is always an unfinished creation. >> democracy is worth dying for >> democracy belongs to us all. >> we are here in the sanctuary of democracy. >> great responsibilities fall once again to the great democracies. >> american democracy is bigger than any one american >> american democracy must be constantly guarded and protected >> we are still at

us vice president criticizes europe at the munich security conference. j events slammed european leaders. what he calls free speech in retreat, he also said europe has to step up on its own defense. also coming up from us names the hostages. it's due to release on saturday. the 3 man were abducted from the same 2 boats on october 7th, 2023 and trying to survive in gaza. people there say they're facing a new war as they struggle to find food and shelter in the devastated territory the low and terry martin, thanks for joining us. us vice president. gd betts has told a conference of european defense and government leaders that free speech has in retreat in europe. benz claimed europe as a routing freedom of expression and called it a bigger threat than russian military aggression. he also addressed the issue of migration saying europeans had not voted to open when he called the floodgates to margaret's fence was speaking half in unix purity conference, where many european countries are concerned with us policy towards europe and create any particular togeth

here in europe, the ladies and gentlemen, this leads me to the discussions we have had in europe over the course of the last few weeks. maybe in the security circles in europe. we're confused. some even worried by the commons made by senior us official earlier this week. but we need to be honest to you and we need to avoid outrage and outcry. because if we listen to the substance of the remarks, we not only understand where they are coming from. but recognize there are some remarks we can agree on. because yes, both the united states and europe in union ones and then to the black shit, we want to adjust the simplest and piece one that leads to a sun room and prosperous ukraine. and as you crane should be given solid security guarantees. but perhaps what resonates with me the most is the need for you, not only to speak frankly, but also to act accordingly. so let there be no room for any adult. i believe when it comes to your pin security, europe has to do more. you must bring more to the table and to achieve this, we need a search in european defense spending. the turn key, turn key,

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it's become a threat to europe.ompanies have a feeling this is not the place to be and move elsewhere. tom: as you say, partly, it's a sentiment story as well as the mechanics of these markets. what is the fix? what are regulators looking at to change that dynamic? >> there or a couple things that need to be done. the first is regulators are working on a bigger market, bigger overview of liquidity, because if you look at europe, you have 30 exchanges, a dozen clearinghouses, a slim and streamlined infrastructure. the needs to be consolidated so people have a better idea of where liquidity is. that is one thing. the other thing they are working on is making a listing of companies easier so you remove the bureaucracy and paperwork and give companies a chance to go to the stock market, maybe even earlier. overall, i would say that is the biggest issue. you need to change sentiment and have the broader public have a feeling that the stock market is not a casino, that it's a good thing to invest and create wealth, that t

a hail ukraine would weaken europe. but it was also re, comes the united states, it was intensify which challenges in the, in the pacific and threats and all shared interest without snow or as of low land, had to say about the situation as you basically saying that you were doing whatever it country increase in defense spending, essentially making it less reliant on the usa. our defense spending went up from just over 200000000000 before the war to know over 320000000000 last year. but we will need to increase that number considerably once again. because from just below 2 percent, to above 3 percent will mean hundreds of billions of your more investment every year. so we need a bold approach. well, that's one view. what we've also seen was alternately zalinski arriving here in munich. he may have come cap in hand, but it looks like ahead of his meeting with j. d von. for us, vice president. things on going exactly how he wanted. know he has heard what trump has been saying the last few days. what we've heard from the us

a failed ukraine would weaken europe. but it was also re, comes the united states, us vice president, j. d values says youtube's primary concerns should beat free speech and mass migration is accused european leaders and a finally speech to the munich security conference of ignoring public opinion regarding immigration of the threats that i worry the most about. visa, the europe is not russia. it's not china, it's not any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within the retreat of europe, from some of its most fundamental values value shared with the united states of america. and of all of the pressings, challenges that the nations represented to your face. i believe there was nothing more urgent than mass migration. no vote or on this continent went to the ballot box to open the floodgates to millions of unrelated emigrants. malkovich says 0 is a jo, political risk specialist on the global strategy advisor. he's joining us live from unix. thanks very much. indeed for being with us, michael. i'm

~ ., , i, europe? i think it has been a hue europe? i think it has been a huge boost- _ europe? been a huge boost. a lot of the - huge boost. a lot of the leaders of these parties have been very effusive in their congratulations to donald trump. several of them were invited to the inauguration of trump on the 20th of january, not all were able to go. for example spain's santiago abascal it go. they see trump's return to the white house as part of the far right momentum which stretches across the atlantic. and thus we have the slogan make europe great again, an echo of the make america great again. a lot of these far right parties in europe are doing very well in their own countries. for example, marine le pen, a favourite to win the next presidential election in france. the austrian freedom party also due to be present has been invited to form a government. so, they feel the political wins are behind them and they have momentum. the rally tomorrow, _ and they have momentum. the rally tomorrow, are _ and they have momentum. the rally tomorrow, are we expecting to hear any new pol

instead, vance gave a lecture about democracy in europe in britain and across europe. free speech i fear is in retreat. so i come here today not just with an observation, but with an offer. and just as a, by the ministration seem desperate to silence people for speaking their minds. so the trump administration will do precisely the opposite. and i hope that we can work together on that in washington, there was a new sheriff in town and under donald trump's leadership. we may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square. agree or disagree. c, d, w, use chief political editor mckayla, cuz now got to interview the cd. you pots the candidate to freezers, match who's has a good, who has good chances to become germany. next time. so then she got his reaction on j. d. vance criticizing your let's have a listen. yeah. yeah. helping you all today is a really historic day. the american security guarantees are being called into question. the americans are questioning the democratic institutions and the into fair and quite openl

after all, is the security of europe. that'd stake here against the why the improvements aggression, japanese defense minister said the us was giving a ground before talks of even begun to the dollars using this is obviously what this regret to bill. it's good. so just that the trump administration has already made to have the concessions to recruiting before negotiations have even begun as an disorders didn't as a get back to 45. in my view, it would have been better to discuss 6 range of possible made to membership because a lot of all the countries possible lots of territory. it's a negotiating table, something not to take it off. the table before hand is toya from dish to name. corresponding terry shoulds as she was at nato headquarters for today's meeting, and she joins me now from brussels to discuss the fall out from what they're calling the heck set bomb. terry, it's good to see you. it's been quite the 24 hours of germany's defense minister registered. he did not miss his words when he asked about trumps call was

this is the europe. we're shocked. you know, they've been to like a 70 year relationship with united states. and united states essentially showed up on what does it say that we're getting a divorce, and i'm run it off at the next door neighbor. because now the united states has a, uh, if you wanna do provide any security assistance to ukraine. you, europeans, you've got to do it. if you send in a trip sent to ukraine, it's not going to be under the auspices of nato. so if you get into trouble, kenneth, implement article 5, then. oh yeah, you craig's never getting it to nato. we're not going to accept that and we'll throw in all the aid requirements on you. good. yeah. good rest. there seems to be something just over writing all these developments and not the war itself because kind of put the point to why isn't a lot of mirrors? lensky rushing the whole talks as soon as possible. shirley saving the lives of his under pressure troops is critical not looking for what he calls favorable conditions before fox can begin the

my 1st question to you today would be, is europe ready for trump 2.0? so i believe europe will be ready for from 2.0 because we have a track record of being able to adjust to really big strategic developments that takes place south flower in the world. but we do have work that we need to do. we need to deepen the foundations of the euro with regard to capital markets with regard to banking union. and we also need to look at what further steps we can take to deepen the competitiveness of your opinion. as we furnish and develop a new relationship with united states, we need to do it from a position of grace of strength. then we have at the moment, i definitely want to get into some of those issues of the letter. but just to step back a little bit and we look at the events all over the world over the last sort of 5 to 10 years. the world has gotten a lot on friendly or all of a sudden. i mean, we can look at russia, we can look at china, it's a different strand of issues, but nonetheless, considerably less friendly to europe as of perhaps, was in the past.

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and they have good relations with europe. a key to the us is protocols, a nation, the, when they are signs, all we can think of us can engage with support and come in to you. opinions, security concerns is no longer term, may not be the best idea for america in terms of staying power. imagine china key amongst those names is preventing a chinese invasion of tie, want, and disruptions. the key trade routes that surround its horses and once the united front submits containment policy against china. so the u. that doesn't necessarily mean military involvement in the region, but it doesn't mean cooperation on economic conditions, like export controls on advanced technology emissions. how much am i putting in a little down since? could you repeat the difficult binds? the constant into skeptical us managing it is heavily criticized china for what they say is. it's test that supports impressions invasion of ukraine, as well as flooding european markets with cheap chinese input. the analysts say, washington, this transaction with app

a hail ukraine would, we can europe, but it was also reconfigured night. it states that alternative to the inclination. ok, we'll wait lawyer and the new american administration has a different will view to us. one with no regard for established rules. the insulator and the threats that i worry, the most about piece of the europe is not russia. what i worry about is the threat from within also it coming up of what the us vice president said to a anger and germany and its defense minister. and if i understood him correctly, he compared conditions in parts of europe and the, with those and all for tearing regimes might i'm going to have, this is not acceptable to our viewers watching on cbs in the united states. and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin the day with the new sheriff and the not so wild west. this is how us vice president j. d vance today described his boss, us president donald trump, the new sheriff. he didn't take this cal boy analogy further. during his speech at the munich security conference, we were left to assume that europe

the threat that i worry the most about face of the europe is not russia. it's not china, it's not any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within the retreat of europe, from some of its most fundamental values value shared with the united states of america. i was struck that of a former european commissioner went on television recently and sounded delighted that the romanian government had just an old and entire election. he warned that if things don't go to plan, the very same thing could happen in germany too. now these cavaliers statements are shocking to american ears. we may be valentine's day, but there is certainly no love in here in munich at the security conference and not says you heard that far re speech from the us, vice president j. d font criticizing, we were put in many respects saying that because it was reeling back from its own fundamental values and basically saying that there is any sheriff in town. that's donald trump and things are going to go a very different way to how they feel for aging over the last ful

and letting me be very clear a failed ukraine would weaken europe. but it was also re, comes the united states lock of $100.00 is a geo political risk specialist and a global strategy advisor. he's joining us live from unix. thank you very much. indeed for being with us on audra 0 me is are like zalinski to has called for a joint effort by the us and europe in order to support ukraine and it's war against russia. it looks as though from what we're hearing from jedi vance that the us is less interested in doing that is europe able to shoulder the burden of supporting ukraine if the us decides to pull back in europe at the present time? it's been going on. the major crisis is particularly a crisis in leadership. there's no clear leadership in motion times, particularly in europe, was always driven by the german french access of power assembling in france and parish laboratory. we can president us for some time now. germany and a few days is going through elections. what needs to emerge from europe is a more serious way to ship a clear leadership. now t

lizzie: so difficult to export from europe but within europe what is the demand for electric vehicless stable in europe, overall passenger car market grew by 7% in we have been experimenting in europe, segments were down at the expense of electric vehicles because of the cost as well as what kind of vehicle they should buy. it triggers difficulties. lizzie: ok. mmm. really good to talk to, eve chapeau, we thank you. wall street banks plan to expand crypto offerings, the managing partner from venture capital firm still mark, stay with us for that. this is bloomberg. >> steele: it would benefit from a framework addressing risk. it should allow banks to issue stablecoins and consider regulation. lizzie: christopher waller speaking and big banks are ramping up involvement as banks bet trump's crypto policy will lead to sales. we talk with a from still mark. you heard the comments there, stablecoins maintain and expand the role of the doll, what do you make of it? guest: that is correct. significant announcements for stablecoin in crypto, tether plan to launch via the lightning labs portfo

with this is tariffs on europe why later this week.how much money they are spending on ai? >> well we do think that the numbers for expenditures on developing new models, training, more hardware as well as software we think will hold up this year we do like a sectors going forward. we like industrials we like -- energy we like, you know, financials as well so we do think that spending does hold up threw this year. maria: so with who you buy stocks this year into second quarter? >> yes, we would, but the key thing in mind i led with probably seeing volatility we saw some last week we saw some we can before some uncertainties along the accrued policy path as well as competition, with china and ai, artificial intelligence. those will produce dips, and if you know, if someone is really holding a very tech-heavy portfolio it might be well if you don't want those risks to trim a little bit off the top, and move some of that money into cyclical sectors. >> thanks so much paul christopher joining us market rally dow industrials up 230 points r

but europe remains your. we are open for business. we are open for partnership. thanks to all of us for listening. i wish you a productive munich security conference. thanks the present time. now with one of the opening speeches of this year's munich security conference, if you're just joining us out on the beginners, we're bringing a special ed coverage from the needed security conference. our chief political correspondent, nina has a, is there. she joins us now from munich. there's, there you are need. what did you take away from my father, sy myers remarks of the while. the german president did have a big plea to make to his fellow europeans saying essentially, let us not make us smaller than we all we are up to the task. so basically, funk by the stein, my of the trying to bring come to a very heated debates about europe's potential reactions was what the consequences are of the new u. s. administration's actions, announcements, etc, full. this continent so far close as time i tried to con things down. he made full points. he's das it with the fact that here

europe is a larger and the us. europe is a in larger and the us. a much better position to back. 4 back. ., _ back. i, t, 4 back. ., ~' push back. how do you think ou're push back. how do you think you're i respond - push back. how do you think you're i respond and - you're will respond and what you're will respond and what you think will happen then? i think key elements to look think the key elements to look for is europe going to respond for is europe going to'resbond escalating, is for is europe going to'respond escalating, is going by escalating, is going to respond kind? ithink by escalating, is going to respond kind? i think is respond in kind? l think, is to be the latter, because is not 77 77 is nottrying 77 77 is not trying to put e -z on the7fire77, 77 7on7th7e7fir:,7bu7t77 on the7fire77, but it gasoline on the fire, but it want to be 100% passive doesn't want to be 100% passive so it has give a either, so it has to give a bit of a shcherbak to donald trump. tariffs are said to these tariffs are said to kick in, the deadline we understan

yeah, because europe was part of, of the problem. uh. you are uh, sided to obtain nighted state uh, new green. uh we didn't, we, we skipped our, uh, uh, positive uh, new york, new technology. and we didn't join the sanctions campaign or didn't listen to america when they ask us to dissolve the big plus and then take, uh, i'm sure out. uh so uh we out in this position where everybody can sit and it can trust us to, to be a, he's free. we are not part of the property. we can only be part of the solution. i'm interested to, to hear your thoughts on developments over the last 48 hours or so because things have moved at a rapid pace. what's your view on trump? and this is a necessary disruptor busting through the state you made forcing change, or a deal may occur 1st and foremost with more than an eye on ukraine's critical, rare earth minerals a little of both or more one than the other. i hate this both of them. i mean, they kept their spins the once i reached in on, on the investment american made by supporting ukraine and there are a lot o

the case is that in europe it is not free, that in europe it is not fair, in europe there are barriershat is the case the u.s. is building against europeans. lisa: and the automakers are front and center. where the water gets a bit muddy is the vat tax and some of these other issues. that is going to be some of the hair around this discussion. jonathan: let's get to jeannette lowe. what do you say to clients who ask you, what do you think is going to happen on april 1? what do you tell them? jeannette: i think the one thing we have noticed is it is important to have a difference between tariffs on china and tariffs on the rest of the world. we have noticed that trump has proposed tariffs several times, but only the tariffs on china, the additional 10%, have gone into effect. everything else seems to be up for negotiation. we did have canada and mexico negotiate. we did have: negotiate. they are setting up a timeframe, saying you have until april 1 to start making offers. you had prime minister modi coming into washington yesterday ready to offer some things to fix that reciprocal trade

any peace deal to end, the ukraine war needs to involve keys and europe to succeed. but will the us listed and trying to survive and gaza. people there say they're facing a new war as they struggle to find food and shelter. and the devastated territory. the welcome to the programs. political leaders from all over the world are converging on germany to take part in the munich security conference, which gets underway today comes just days after you. as president donald trump spoke to russia, it's letting me approve and agreed to start piece talks, end of ending the ukraine war to move as alarms leaders, and both your of em keep as it has raised fears that the 2 sides are planning to settle the conflict over their heads or on that in a moment. but 1st this report in the battlefield and done yet in eastern ukraine, one of the regions russia has tried to swallow and the ukrainians have fought for years to get back last year. ukrainian president, follow to me as a lensky, laid out a victory planned to world leaders that included nato membership and the return to the countr

also to kind of signal this conference here, taking place in germany and europe with it. you know, you are not so important anymore is to use to be re a doing what we want to do outside this conference. i, i con, confirm that there is a russian delegation or a here, or we don't know that you try to find that out. so when to some beg rounders, but as you said, it's k us. but this is what donald from loves and what you surprised me taylor. this is not your 1st munich security conference. you've been attending it for years and as you've watched a lot of developments, they're important developments over the years. how would you describe to this conference in comparison to what you witness there before it looks for many years the yearns europeans have been told present office of presidents that they will have to take charge of their own security. and now the day has arrived and there seems to be a collective saw and is somewhat of a disorientation, what that will mean and actual terms. speaking you needs unity and it needs united leadership. and from the conversations i've had

nearly 60% of this coming from europe and canada. this is well above the 40 billion that we had pledged for the year. the newly established nato commands in wiesbaden, germany, is at the forefront of coordinating these contributions. this command is now operational and is doing important work. and allies announced new military support packages yesterday and today. this will help ukraine in its fight today and to build up ukraine's armed forces in the long term. all of this sends a clear signal that europe and canada are taking on a greater proportion of the transatlantic burden sharing. so we had an honest and forthright discussion among ourselves and with ukraine. and we are coming out of our meetings over the past 24 hours with a clear sense of purpose, commitment, and urgency. and with that i'm ready to take your questions. >> all right, uh, we'll start with sky news. >> thank you, deborah haines from sky news. sec. general rutte: good afternoon. >> are all nato allies united behind ukraine in this, um, what president zelensky has

europe must wake up. europe -- to be able to use these resources.oland can and should be a hub of infrastructure for economy and businesses of the united states. our strategy is to be like a transatlantic bond to bring the united states and europe together. poland understands best all the actions undertaken by united states. poland has very good awareness of the situation. to be a service hub that will be used for american equipment used by our allies along the eastern border of nato. we also talked about illegal migration. we talked about the challenge united states is also facing. very good information on want to share with you. there is the review of different spending in the united states. the executive orders issued by president trump and the objective is to review the justification of the spending. there is something, foreign military financing. this was the fund to use to modernize the polish armed forces. billions of dollars. the executive order of president trump about freezing the funding of different programs to support modernization, tra

the threats that i worry the most about visa, the europe, is not russia. it's not china, it's not any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within the retreats of europe, from some of its most fundamental values value shared with the united states of america. style struck that of a former european commissioner went on television recently and sounded delighted that the romanian government had just an old and entire election. he warned that if things don't go to plan, the very same thing could happen in germany too. now these cavaliers statements are shocking to american ears. for years. we've been told that everything we fund and support is in the name of our shared democratic values. everything from our ukraine policy to digital censorship is billed as a defense of democracy. but when we see your pin courts cancelling elections and senior officials threatening to cancel weathers, we all to ask whether we're holding ourselves to an appropriately high standard. and i say our selves because i fundamentally believe that we're on the s

europe hits back at trump. commission president ursula von der leyen says tariffs. >> will. >> trigger firm. >> and proportionate. >> countermeasures after. >> the. u.s. puts a 25%. >> levy on steel. >> and aluminum imports. >> carrying trades. >> near the top of. >> the stoxx 600, as investors look past double digit sales declines, with analysts suggesting the numbers. >> should reassure. >> shareholders that trends are. >> improving. >> unicredit shares. >> fall despite. >> beating analyst. >> expectations. >> as a. >> key investor. >> reportedly considers. selling a stake in the bank. >> this as. >> the m&a. >> frenzy continues. >> the ceo. >> andre charles. >> speaks exclusively. to cnbc. >> about his commerzbank plans. >> i'm quite. optimistic of being able to convince. >> everybody. >> not only of the premises, of how we got. >> to this investment, but. >> also that a combination between the two banks. >> has massive. >> value. >> to be created. not only for the two banks and the stakeholders. >> but also

europe faces many challenges. the crisis this continent faces right now the crisis i , believe we all face together, is one of our own making. if you are running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing america can do for you. nor is there anything you can do for the american people who elected me and elected president trump. you need democratic mandates to accomplish anything of value in the coming years. we learned nothing that thin mandates produce unstable results. there is so much of value that can be accomplished with the kind of democratic mandate i think will come from being more responsive to the voices of your citizens. if you're going to enjoy competitive economies, if you are going to enjoy a affordable energy and secure supply chains, then you need mandates to govern. because you have to make difficult choices to enjoy all of these things. of course we know that very well , in america. you cannot win a democratic mandate by censoring your opponents or putting them in jail. whether that is the lead

they shut our 2 down in europe. so a lot of this has to change to build that trust back with russia. so i think trump is going to make some big moves. i think swift will come back, those sanctions will be lifted and they'll figure out a way to legitimately make peace talks and peace agreements. whether zalinski is president or not, it seems to be he's sweetening the deal though. he's being that talking about the necessity of signing a mineral agreement with washington. in fact, we can just take a listen together to what was said on the way. is those 3 she is we met with our american colleagues. we have had a lot of meetings and i'm very happy about it. we had a good conversation with president from you, and we received an offer to invest in ukraine's critical minerals that was discussed extensively me. and i said that we need to protect your brain and our resources, if we're speaking pragmatically about, and not just about the security of your own as well. no, i believe that the security of europe is 1st and foremos

they'll pull together. europe is deeply fragment of right now. there are lots of issues and problems who's even been talking about a piece plan in europe. we haven't heard that. we haven't heard anybody apart from victor or above the leader of hungry. a funny, i just would like to add to a lot of his comments about how bad things are for vasa. i mean ukraine has been able to fend off the russians for 3 years. so the russians are using north korean soldiers encouraged me. this shows how, how difficult the world has been kind of rush so that i actually have to use going to create and soldiers. thank you. are a lot in a quickly with you in moscow, nathan's got these buffalo groups in the eastern reaches of europe and the baltic states. moscow is not happy about them, but kind of under up understand those eastern countries and those bolted countries . nervousness about what must go might demand of nato and the west in these talks. okay. no, no, i can assure you this must go, has no address or us store voltage neighbors. and the most to really, you're

but europe has had its own challenges.continued debate whether there is too much regulation, whether europe has invested in enough infrastructure. one of the things that it seemed that president macron of france was trying to do during the summit was shake off this image as europe, as anti innovative over regulatory. but as an entrepreneur and as an investor. are there still some big challenges europe's need to overcome, and are there some things that need to change for europe to really compete in the ai realm on a global stage? >> i think when it comes to the regulation, you know, we are seeing a changing kind of landscape. and, you know, i think it was quite symbolic to see that summit has gone from ai safety to more ai acceleration. and what i wish is that we're going to see a more level playing field across the world. you know, if the us is dealing with ripping out regulation and vance is talking about opportunity in ai, then in europe, we're not going to go that far. if we add more regulation on top of it. so i think

it feels as though macron is trying to put europe on the map and trying to push this view that europeeep up with the likes of the us and china. how is he doing? >> and that's certainly a big theme here. europe really want to make a bit of noise, shout about the companies. it has, the leadership it's taking in certain areas of ai. but of course there's tensions between the us, between china and also between europe as well. so europe wants to just try to cement its position there. that's one of the themes happening on the geopolitical scale, but also how these countries all work together around risks, around mitigating those risks and forming some sort of framework. and finally, of course, deep sea on everyone's lips here as well. >> and look. >> i want to get into all of these topics with my guests now at this hour, meredith whittaker, the president of signal. meredith, i just want to first kick off the conversation with deep sea. just because it's a huge topic in the world of ai. what has it done to assumptions around bigger is better for models around infrastructure spending. >> powe