matters you know broad sense i think that in these areas the european union can play a major role and it's needed is more countries especially in europe they need to scale and the european union can provide that scale that course the reason why finland decided to join also seemed gabrielle said that in order for europe to become politically stronger it needs to be even stronger in order to become more cyber and in decades to come i mean someone from russia's opinion from china is a painting from united states of painting and do you feel like brussels should have more power than the national capitals in the european states because becoming stronger politically kind of means that as well i think it's very critical question they were in the world what is the foundation of strength. is it political political integration is stability. or or what kind of capacities you need in order to be influential and politically powerful i strongly believe that at the end of the day everything depends on your scientific and technological capacity. those nations those need regions in the world. that are able to create the best potential for the scientifi

that european voice isn't heard amongst russia and china and united states and that's because europe european union is a vegetarian amongst meat eaters and it was a very vivid quote so do you think do you think do you think you should become more predatory how would that look like i think europe has values which are foundation for for the future of europe us as well is. i don't want to say that technological development means that you have to you have to. you know. human aspects or cultural aspects but the fact is that. moving forward much faster than cultures cultural changes are very difficult to be done and these legacies are big problem for for political decision makers and europe past its own legacies and it has to be able to solve these legacies and these legacies are linked to the fact that the european story has been a great story but those factors which were behind success story of europe. twenty thirty forty years ago not much relevant anymore mr aho we're going to take a break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to finland's former prime minister talking about current issues

european voice isn't hurt and mongst russia and china and united states and that's because europe european union is a vegetarian amongst meat eaters and it was very there that quote do you think do you think do you think e.u. should become more predatory how would that look like i think europe has values which foundation for for the future of europe us especially. i don't want to say that technological development means that you have to you have to. make. a human aspects or cultural aspects but the fact is that technologies are moving forward much faster than cultures cultural changes are very difficult to be done and these legacies are big problem for for political decision makers and europe has its own legacies and it has to be able to solve these legacies and these legacies are linked to the fact that the european story has been creates story but. those factors which are behind story of europe. twenty thirty forty years ago. we're going to take a break right now when we're back we'll continue. talking about. facing stay with us. with the islamic state in its many confederates defeated or faci

europe. the european union the u.s. and saudi arabia other key donors for that u.n. agency and so europeans take that financial crisis the u.n. agency now finds itself in very seriously and that's one of the reasons why frederica mimo greeny the chief foreign policy chief of the e.u. has called for this extraordinary session now will the e.u. be able to fill the gap entirely that has been created by the u.s. the answer clearly is no the. gold he does not have the money but it's also not willing to do that are they are they hoping to bridge that gap at least for the medium term that is very likely so it's i think the likely scenario is that we will see money that has been earmarked already for the organizations will just be paid earlier and then one hopes to find a political solution to this financial crisis how have international donors been reacting to the fact that washington has decided to withhold aid for the e.u. the two states the solution for. palestine is key so they see jerusalem as the capital for both a palestinian state and for east rail and in order to a

matters you know broad sense i think that in these areas the european union can play a major role and it's needed smaller countries especially in europe they need to scale and the european union can provide that scale the reason why finland decided to join also single gabrial said that in order for europe to become. politically stronger it needs to be even if the political stronger in order to become more sever and in that case to come i mean sovereign from russia's opinion from china is a painting from united states a pain in do you feel like brussels should have more power than the national capitals in the european states because becoming stronger politically kind of means that as well i think it's a very critical question they were in the world what is the foundation of strength is it political in political integration is stability. or or what kind of. capacities you need in order to be influential and politically powerful i strongly believe that at the end of the day everything depends on your scientific and technological capacity. those nations those need regions in the world. that are able to create the best potential for scient

fervent director tears believe that staying within the council of europe emphasizes the point that the u.k. is leaving the european union and not europe but how do you kill really reached a level with an institution forced out of the fires and carnage of world war with the united kingdom in the vanguard of its creation is seen at best as a tactical necessity for the time being perhaps the time is come for a new emphasis on the substantial role and purpose of the council of europe the one political institution which can be genuinely said to unite a troubled continent. so from alex no the team hit alex salmond so in our first edition of the new york thank you for what we hope to see we'll see. a plate for many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i dived. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the superman each of billionaire owners and spending two to twenty million alone playa. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game played great so well paul chime

fervent back to two years believe that staying within the council of europe emphasizes the point that the u.k. is leaving the european union and not europe but how do you kill really reached a level with an institution forced out of the fires and carnage of world war with the united kingdom in the vanguard of its creation is seen best as a tactical necessity for the time being perhaps the time is come for a new it emphasis on the substantial i'm purpose of the council of europe the one political institution which can be genuinely said to unite a tub of continent. so from alex know the team here at alex thomas so in our first edition of the new york thank you for what we hope to see will through. los angeles the city of luxury and fame but also an alarming number of people living in the streets. the simple fact in l.a. he's there's just not enough shelter even if people on the streets right now decided to come in there's nowhere to come in and it's been a struggle. to get this man found his own response to the problem and constructed dozens of tiny homes for people in need of shelter when you have nothing and nowhere to go.

europe and in particular the parliamentary assembly as always we are part of course for joining the european union or i think a great saying there's never been a new country in accession country into the european union it hasn't been a member of the council of europe people used to take the man's back to. what europe was like we were behind curtain throughout we had all these different individual countries who to run by the soviet state and so on and so forth what you have use a marriage and serve a whole ton of tea and different organizations and of course countries get independent and active it's been the only route into year and of course the contribution not just about those small number of nations which are members of the european union it's about the forty seven member the come to your bear in the great european area but what about all these breaches of the rules of the convention and human rights manifest that many of the member states i mean a lot of concentration on russia but if you could look at tough came we could lose recently spain fairly frequent violations of the of the european co

song until today we have a special focus on europe not about blacks of the european council on the council of europe. an organization which long european union and which is not twenty eight members but forty seven stretches across the entire continent from east to west today we find out what it is what it does and why many people believe it to be both relevant and the cortlandt in meeting the challenges of today and tomorrow before starts here from the smell of a rundown of what you can look forward to in today's all examined show thank you alex we'll be hearing from the data directly form a leader of plate country and the party still peer in the house of lords here in the studio who'll be stating his case on the importance of the council of europe from strasburg alex will be interviewing lots of key players but first to your tweets facebook messages and emails now the debate around breaks that of course rages on and we have a tweet from stephen morrison who says excellent show alex salmond was surprisingly even handed allowing kids to unite eleven's room to air their views a clever way to expose the fragility of their enterprise he says. ma

european nations because they're all the partners russia the u.s. middle eastern nations the relations them not exactly great either so they really need. to approach europe so to say but of course the european union also has lost a lot of leverage when it comes to interior developments democracy human rights in turkey by pushing turkey further away and i think the e.u. as such needs to come up with a more coherent common approach when it comes to its relations to turkey. many thanks indeed for breaking it all down for us. now to some of the other stories making news around the world and the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has warned iran that the world is watching its response to anti-government protests her comments came at a u.n. security council meeting but iran and russia criticize the u.s. for calling that meeting saying the protests in iran are a domestic matter mudslides and tarantula rainstorms have left at least forty four people dead in the congolese capital kinshasa authorities say victims were killed by collapsing walls and by drowning many homes in the city of ten million are built on hillsides where a lack of drainage systems makes them vulnerable to flash flooding

chill today we have a special focus on europe not about blacks of the european council on the council of europe an organization which long predates the european union and which has not twenty eight members but forty seven stretching across the entire continent from east to west. today we find out what it is what it does and why many people believe it to be both relevant and the cortlandt in meeting the challenges of today and tomorrow before starts here from the smell of a rundown of what you can look forward to it today is our exam and show thank you alex we'll be hearing from the data directly form a leader of plate country and the party saw pir in the house of lords here in the studio who'll be stating his case on the importance of the kinds of europe from strasburg alex will be interviewing lots of key players but first to your tweets facebook messages and e-mails now the debate around breaks that of course rages on and we have a tweet from stephen morrison who says excellent show alex salmond was surprisingly even hundred allowing kids to unite eleven's room to air their views a clever way to expose the fragility of their enterprise he says. m

european ideal and projects. structural funds for such a in eastern europe to enable them to unlock the economic potential as we did. the european union should continue to find well programs and policies that work and have withstood the test of time, such as the common agricultural and the european investment bank among others. budgets for these should be protected. europe can do things in europe should do new things. new programs require new money. ireland is a founding member of the euro and the single market. we were among the first to open our labor markets to europeans from central and eastern europe. we now want to see the completion of the single markets and a digital single market. above all, a single market that serves interests of all around citizens and not just corporations. i want to commend this parliament on the work it has done to make the lives of europeans better by removing roaming charges on mobile phones and the union. that helps bring people together. the recent action on credit card charges, and likewise i commend the weight he championed air passenger rights and your plans for inter-rail. now is the time to ful

if those countries that were caught between the old soviet union and nato, europe, the european union -- they didn't a commitment from the united states and to nato to help them as they go forward. a lot of bad things would happen there. and he kept pointing to -- as aia as an into lesson that we had to learn. i think was very interesting is that he had, in fact, studied what happened after the end of world war ii when half of europe was against us and put behind the iron curtain. the creation of nato and the other various aspects. one of think is interesting is that he also appreciated something that he hadn't thought of. at the end of the cold war, the u.s. was asked to do something that hasn't been done before. which is to devolve the power of your major adversary without a land war. the question is how to bring russia into the system. strom was in charge of our relationship with russia. , talking aboutrk the reunification of germany. into a system. it was a very step-by-step process possibly called partnership for peace. countries could see how the system worked. , and aave been m

concern in their european union just a few years ago today spain is driving growth and making a positive contribution to the consultation and strengthening of the european union europe is open to all that's the message the spanish king was trying to send especially to those who are decidedly more inward looking like the u.s. delegation which arrived to head as president donald trump who is due later but the country's treasury secretary is already laying the groundwork for his boss. can be terrific when we have a great story to tell while some important meetings we couldn't be happier to be here. in the green you know pretty well with the president talk about that but it's really all about economic growth opportunities to invest in free and fair trade. so we're looking forward to a very careful not everyone is as enthusiastic anti-capitalist protests broke out in zurich late tuesday night mainly to register disapproval about trump's impending visit. well as most powerful politicians and leading figures from the business world are in davos to discuss the global economy's pressing issues in recent years more and more young people have joined the global elite as partici

until today we have a special focus on europe not about blacks of the european council on the council of europe an organization which long predates the european union and which has not twenty eight members but forty seven stretching across the entire continent from east to west. today we find out what it is what it does and why many people believe it to be both relevant and the cortlandt in meeting the challenges of today and tomorrow before starts here from the middle of a rundown of what you can look forward to it today is our exam and show thank you alex we'll be hearing from the data directly form a leader of plate country and the party saw pir in the house of lords here in the studio who'll be stating his case on the importance of the council of europe from strasburg alex who'll be interviewing lots of key players but first to your tweets facebook messages and e-mails now the debate around breaks it of course rages on and we have a tweet from stephen morrison who says excellent show alex salmond was surprisingly even hundred allowing kids to unite eleven's room to air their views a clever way to expose the fragility of their enterprise he says

banking union to protect citizens savings on a pan european basis and reduce expoesher to individual member states and i think a capitol markets union would provide the building blocks across europe. in terms of improving democracy within the eu, i support a europef wide list for the european parliament. i'd like to get people in caves and naples talking about the same election choices. perhaps that's an ambitious idea. but i think it's one we should strive for. and i believe we should make permant -- and democ rus it choosing a candidate for other positions in the eu. and let's establish as well a common asylum policy and system to replace the current system which we all know is not working. too few countries have shoaledered the responsibility of providing refugees with a fresh start in europe. we can all do more and we must. and let's put fire back into the engine of our social europe by following through on the proclamation we issued last year on jobs, employment rights and pensions among other things. whatever our future holds, europe needs to be competitive economically. and one of the ways to insure this is by allowing competition among member states. and i think this is p

america, it was a beat at 5.5% gain for the quarter, asia, middle east, and africa beat 6.9% europe, european unionup 1.4% in the quarter, and north america, though, a miss, down .8% for the quarter overall, organic growth grew 2.4% for the quarter also, taking you through what they said about tax reform they said it gave them a tax benefit of $59 million in the fourth quarter they also reported an effective tax rate at 24.5% for the fourth quarter, 22.8% for the fiscal year 2018. mondelez is now slightly in the green. back to you, kelly >> thank you facebook under pressure after reporting better than expected earnings reaction to numbers from kevin landis from firsthand capital management and dan morgan. welcome, guys. what's your thoughts about the quarter? >> i'm just trying to imagine how great things would have to be at cnbc if you folks actively took measures to get people to turn tv sets off >> i'm trying, every day no go ahead >> right, right, yeah. thank you. but, you know, it's -- if you would have told me a year ago, two years ago that at this point, facebook would be actually trying to

and the irish prime minister praises the european union as the peacemaker europe continues to need him with briggs it looming he calls on the e.u. to ensure brittany onus of its pledges on northern ireland to. me with. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with austria's youthful chancellor sebastian cortes is in berlin for talks with german chancellor angela merkel the meetings under close scrutiny for any divisions between the two that is with courts at the head of a controversial coalition with austria's anti immigration far right vienna has adopted a far tougher stance on migrants from berlin called. himself has been a vocal critic of man whose refugee policy was but to want to find common ground on improving the protection of europe's borders ahead of his trip the president called stressed that germany was an important partner for austria. the two leaders have been holding a press conference let's listen first to what michael had to say about the new austrian government. you know we will judge the new austrian government by its actions that's what i've

soon sweden has already done it certainly some eastern europe european countries have done it in the past before they were members of the europe. union there are a parliaments in the european union countries that have called on their governments to recognize public. i think this would be a positive development but i don't see it happening very quickly i ask you speaking here on russia today would would russia recognize the state of palestine would russia declare use troops on the capital of palestine well i'm pretty sure that russia will not be the first power to do that and that's precisely because of what's happening across israel's border in syria because for russia the greatest stakes out there and risking their relationship they have at the moment the prime minister netanyahu whole for nor clear benefit geo political benefit our geopolitical certainty at this point of time i think russia would deem that as extremely risky that's why i'm asking actually about the european union because the european union is not involved in syria or in libya to such an extent so perhaps they have some leverage with all parties that they could empl

of democratic fights what is concerning however is the position or the reactions from europe and the european union also the german government who have been basically blaming both sides of the protesters sides and the regime sides for violence and which is a bit cynical given the symmetry you know between the two sides on a position of power by one side clearly all right thanks for coming in good to get your thoughts. iran has reopened the border with iraq's kurdish region the crossings to a deal and sort of money were closed in october iraq requested the closure in protest at the kurdish referendum for independence an iranian m.p. recently said the closure had cost iran more than two and a half billion dollars the airports you know to be ill and remain closed. south korea has accepted the north's rare offer of talks proposing the two sides meet next tuesday unification astri said the talks were mainly focused on north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics in the south it follows kim jong un's new year address which struck more friendly tone towards. over the years . the government

policy decisions to have pan-european elections in your opinion as united states of europe what you are aiming for when you are bringing your country to the european union no i i don't think that that is the right call. all right in these circumstances i think we need a stronger european union but it's very important that the union will analyze very carefully what are those areas where integration these urgently need and economic growth potential the creation of common market seen real single market it's not yet .

european union. because once again this is in the interests of all of us. we're leaving the european union, but we're not leaving europe. would you like to take a final question from the french media? reporter: translation: good evening. great britain is giving money and agrees to ta ke britain is giving money and agrees to take some migrants on its territory and migrants it was something expected for many months. you have agreed upon many of the... 0k. you have agreed upon many of the... ok. we will leave that press conference now. the two leaders taking a variety of questions, brexit of course, but also co—operation on security and on migrants on the other side of the channel. we can speak now to our chief political correspondent, vicky young, at sandhurst and listening to the whole press conference. what are the whole press conference. what are the main points you took away from that? well i think it was interesting, wasn't, it the tone of the whole thing. talking about all the whole thing. talking about all the shared interests of the two countries going back over many centuries. talking about all the areas of co—o

people who have no rights to live in the european union should be sent packing europe needs secure borderssaid. that's it you're up to date move you up the top of the alley in the meantime of course there's always the website that's called how to get to. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for. africa people and projects that are changing our environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference he quit for good morning.

concern in their european union just a few years ago today spain is driving growth and making a positive contribution to the consolidation and strengthening of the european union europe is open to all that's the message the spanish king was trying to send especially to those who are decidedly more inward looking like the u.s. delegation which is right ahead of president donald trump who was later but the country's treasury secretary is already laying the groundwork for his boss. can be terrific we have a great story to tell while some important meetings we couldn't be happier to be here with us here in the region you know. well what the president talk about that but it's really all about economic growth opportunities to invest in free and fair trade. so we're looking forward to a very careful not everyone is as enthusiastic anti-capitalist protests broke out in zurich late tuesday night mainly to register disapproval about trump's impending visit. the european union has hit the u.s. chip making giant qualcomm with close to a billion euros and anti trust exclusively in i phones or not it's that man managed to illegally shots of rivals from the box at four l.t.a. l.t.e

behind those are her obligations as for foreign policy she look to europe and says she is expecting decisive years ahead for the european union. plans and all of this germany's future is inseparable from the future of europe the twenty seven countries of europe must be motivated most strongly than ever to hold together as a community this will be the crucial issue of the coming is and this will be a matter of whether we europeans represent our values and is low balance in digital world assertively and in a spirit of solidarity both internally and externally. but european policymakers are also waiting for germany to form a new federal government for chancellor macko that will be the most pressing task in the coming months. to iran now we're anti-government protesters have again gathered across the country defying a warning of a crackdown by the authorities tens of thousands of iranians have been taking part in protests in cities over the last four days some demonstrations turned violent and at least two protesters were shot dead in western iran more than two hundred were arrested and the government has restricted access to soc

europe that now have to depend upon gas from russia. and let's understand this, russia's using their natural gas as a lever against the european union and against the europeans as they -- as we try to build our relationship with europe. , so how many ships are being use -- so, how many ships are being used? probably when that one export facility in texas is up and operating at full capacity it will take over 100 l.n.g. tankers to meet the demands of that one export facility. now, it happens that there are five, maybe six, but certainly five new export facilities that are being licensed around the united states. one in maryland, not so far from washington, d.c. another in oregon. and others in other parts of the coastal area of the united states. so how many ships? we don't know for sure. but i do know this. that if over the next 10 years we were to require that just 15%, well, let's make this over the next 20 years, that just 15% of the expected export of l.n.g. were to be on american-built ships, we would in american shipyards build at least 25 ships. and these are not small little tug boats. we're talking about major ocean-going l.n.g

say this there are great ambitions for europe in the exploratory talks there's a document that really deals in the first pages almost uniquely with the european union with an outlook for europe so clearly that he is in favor of that because my call has developed many different ideas many different visions and he wants to start developing them with a strong german partner that he doesn't have it not often in paris thank you well because the chancellor is a domestic fight could be decided by a cave vote here in germany a face weekend on sunday the s.p.d. party leader in shoals will try to convince a special party conference to back that leadership's decision to talk to the chancellor's conservatives about entering a new grand coalition to go she ations with america's conservatives can only begin if the conference votes yes a no vote would mean a minority government or fresh elections los angeles has been in balance speaking about sunday's vote. surveillance that we are concentrating on reaching a majority of the party congress on sunday in favor of the decision to enter into talks aimed at finding a coalition deal that is my task to get a majority ot

against their will well to europe now where the european union has summoned ministers from nine polluting member states over air quality standards pollution is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths across europe every year and that's got innovators tackling the issue as double it came reports off of the german city of god. nestling in a natural bowl of the neck of valley stood guard is renowned as the cradle of the automobile several famous manufacturers have important bases here but there in lies the problem because with the car comes pollution which often lingers in the air because of the local topography to combat it the city has pollution meters set up in many locations gauging the amount of nitrogen dioxide and minute particles of fine dust in the air a sophisticated alarm system warns people when the levels are too high but local authorities say more needs to be done the federal level needs to spend more money for the for the local level at the moment we have what they call is for programs quickstart program which is a one billion euros which is not that that few money but

behind those are her obligations as for foreign policy she look to europe and says she is expecting decisive years ahead for the european union. plans and all of this germany's future is inseparable from the future of europe the twenty seven countries of europe must be motivated most strongly than ever to hold together as a community and this will be the crucial issue of the coming is and this will be a matter of whether we europeans represent our values in a global and digital world assertively and in a spirit of solidarity both internally and externally. but european policymakers are also waiting for germany to form a new federal government for chancellor macko that will be the most pressing task in the coming months. now some of the other stories making news around the wild north korean leader came joe and has said he has a new k a button on his desk at all times to be able to respond to any u.s. attack and a new yes speech kim said the u.s. would be unable to wage war on north korea because it was within range of its nuclear weapons. a deputy sheriff in the u.s. state of colorado has been shot dead after he responded to a

proper role the one we should play as the strongest economy in the european union operation when you're not structurally sharks that europe needs a strongly pro european germany to meet the challenges coming from china and the us . i say this on a day when we're expecting to hear from the u.s. president in davos that america is moving in a different direction so strongly pro european germany can only happen with the social democratic participation in the government and should our goods at home to make germany fairer and more modern and the international level to make it once again a leading power in the european union you know gratian or more down a party you know this is our intention and becoming into the coalition talks in this spirit. these mini these guys thank you recall it's ones for you know our go let's go now to our political correspondent hans prostrating by at the talks of for us this morning hans what's the mood where you are could this be the start of actually forming a new government. i think the mood you can be described as fairly confident fairly upbeat all the leaders that have been going into these talk

behind those are her obligations as for foreign policy she look to europe and says she is expecting decisive years ahead for the european union. it's plans and all of this germany's future is inseparable from the future of europe the twenty seven countries of europe must be motivated more strongly than ever to hold together as a community and this will be the crucial issue of the coming is this will be a matter of whether we europeans represent our values in a globalized and digital world assertively and in a spirit of solidarity both internally and externally that the. by european policymakers are also waiting for germany to form a new federal government for chancellor macko that will be the most pressing task in the coming months. now some of the other stories making news around the wild in indonesia more than four hundred couples have second part in a mass wedding ceremony in the capital jakarta a new year's eve tradition is designed to help the poor who are unable to afford getting married. costa rican investigate is working to establish what caused a child to at craft a crash in a wooded area in the country's northwest t

proper role the one we should play is the strongest economy in the european union operation when you will not structurally stark's that europe needs a strongly pro european germany to meet the challenges coming from china and the us . i say this on a day when we are expecting to hear from the u.s. president in davos that america is moving in a different direction so strongly pro european germany can only happen with the social democratic participation in the government and should organise at home to make germany fairer and more modern under the international level to make it once again a leading power in the european union. creation or more down a party you know this is our intention and becoming into. the coalition talks in this spirit. these moon and these guys thank you for going it's what it's for let's get more now on the start of these formal full coalition talks our correspondent our political correspondent brant is standing by for us outside of the c.d.u. headquarters there in berlin where those talks are taking place and you know we just heard both of the party leaders outlining their positions giving a sense of hop

european situation. peter: talking about europe, we trumpism andabout what it has to do with the and what it has to do with the populist parties in europe. threats for departure from the european union has marked a historic turning point. one of the reasons so many british voted to leave the european union was a fear of immigration. in austria, a right-wing nationalist government has formed as in hungary and poland. all three share a mistrust of what they call brussels bureaucracy, a fear of islam and a desire for isolationism. populists are now driving the political agenda in many european countries. also, politicians are talking publicly about a conservative revolution within a visit us on homeland, family, and christian values. is donald trump the leading figure of this new shift to the right? donald trump: america first. what is theew, overlap between donald trump, trumpism, and far right populism in europe? matthew: the overlap is that many of the same forces that drove donald trump into office are also present in europe and has been for some time. this backlash against globalization for example, the worry about migration and the refugee crisis. i would be careful though in ass

higher by being in the european union because they are treated as equals and he also said this and this is important what a lot of european union members or even the citizens in europe tend to forget is that on a global context and this is what brought us said this is a union of small countries because if you look at the lists of the biggest cities in the world the biggest countries in the world also the demographic developments for example that all these countries you have here in europe don't make that list so to him at least it's very important to keep this union together to be able to have some influence in an ever changing world that's what it is say about brags that you know e.u. officials recently indicated they would be open to the u.k. actually staying in the union exit to the brag that if you will was that apparent in today's comments. that was a big topic yesterday and also today because the president of the european council also the president of the european commission and today even press spokesperson in france said hey boro open if you decide to change of mind in the u.k. and you don't want to brag that we can talk about that and this question was also

about in those countries anymore and that is the peace value that the european union has of course most of the conflicts in europe are far in the past and that's a good thing but not all of them and in ireland one of those conflict zones is very close the conflict between northern ireland and ireland and this is how you explained the value of the european union when it comes to peace between northern ireland and ireland. today there is a peace bridge crossing the river foyle bringing together the divided communities in john's native city of derry in northern ireland a great ship the european union helped to build. defriended hard to imagine the good friday agreement being made with as i shared membership of the european union and it's single market. and in our land we are now having to contemplate our future but that foundation which underpinned it and made it possible. so this is a very tangible thing this is a very chance of the league's apple why in the eyes of the irish prime minister it's extremely important to continue supporting the european union even if it is at a crossroads at the moment so varadkar ver

european union? byron: one of the things that brexit did was it brought the continental europe closer together. was dead wrong on that. european union is stronger and more solidified today than it has been almost at any time in its history. i think europe is growing at 2%. and has a natural momentum now. therefore, i think the idea of it breaking apart was wrong. --nie: before we get to that republicans lose control of both the senate and house of representatives. the you think there is more than a 50% chance of that happening? byron: i'm signed on to it. couldng the democrats take control of the house, that is not a surprise. thinking the democrats could take control of the senate when there are 34 seats at stake, 26 of them are democratic seats, eight republican, thinking the democrats can get control of the senate, that would be a surprise. it's based on a referendum of trump. you could argue and one of the things i've played around with, the american people feel that trump has been good for the m. the economy is growing at 3%. i still think the democrats have a good chance of taking not only

europe. we regret the u.k. will not be a member of the european union for long. tomorrow, you will receive my theresa may. it for germany and for all of us, we want to have a good partnership. we will be very clear as regards to the question connected to the exit. market, it will be the freedoms. linked toy closely britain. policy, it is in their hands how close we want this partnership to be. .e will be very open-minded ladies and gentlemen, i tried to what i very clear to you see being essential in this world. at home,ve to start but that we can overcome with divisions at home. engageer we will be to with others in multilateral forums. the solutions are always similar. let us never accept a situation where people are left behind, particularly in these times of enormous disruptive change. we spoke about this. thatre promoting networks try to initiate dialogue between an economy and society, what would be ethically acceptable, a way of managing this new digital economy. if we don't manage it, we will have luddites. you live in your industry. while you view this of preconditions that you have not created,

europe. secondly, i think one of the reasons was precisely an organisation of our european union probably whichout cohesion, towards the free market without any rules and any conversions, and i have to say that your government had some responsibilities in it. too neoliberal, perhaps? ten years ago, they were purely free market without any regulation. because all of your people saying, "the hungarian workers or the polish workers are much more favoured than i am," it was exactly the debate we had in france 10—15 years ago against some directives that a lot of your government pushed at the time saying, guys, you are not free market. i do believe in the free market, i do believe in a market economy, but we need regulation and convergence, which means that what we lost in recent years in europe, that's the convergence and solidarity message. it is no longer sustainable to have some countries taking cohesion funds, money from the european union, in order to converge, and then using this money to diverge. to reduce their labour standards, or to reduce their corporate taxes. so that is why... sorry to