european union was on that path for many years the european union it wasn't the path of an lodgment but just last march the european commission issued their white paper in which it described five possible scenarios for its future and none of them mansion either the integration or ukraine or the e.u. enlargement in general do you think that has crystallized over the last four years or do you think even before they might down in bounds that was more or less understood then the european officials who are very active during the might on process protest in encouraging that probably european sentiment was it were essentially misleading the ukrainians and the onus but they don't have evidence of this would be learning is to the on the diplomatic papers when who would have access to this i think that the. strongest senior g. very often between the european union and nato. need to. see the role of the prominent role of the united states of america and the united states they have the cup of belittling to to make pressure on the other members of nato in order to go in in that direction and when th

politicians are european.to express the same sentiment that you know we should just wait down out as we hope to wait outrank do you think that is a sustainable approach do you think that kind of those kind of political forces. temporary and a more permanent be honest i'm not a politician and i don't do soup or to this government or in order to go in there just a new story and story just as a straight to theater to see things from an objective point of view even do word the popular in the sometimes is a wrong word in my opinion we have a new political movements in europe we have to respect from the point of view is no to correct to just to define does movement as a pop would is that which means balkan is very often means extremist to know because of this movement to the they have success also because they represent the will of the population to brutus in front of some through problems that we have we we have next year elections in the european free more we will see which will be the result of this so called the

speed the same european cohere ukrainian definition to claim that they have that european spirit in fact they believe that they are at the forefront of defending the european no member of the sentence of a victorian call of each of the of the go when he said that we are a european county but we have the spatial relations with russia but when he said we are you will be an accounting means the worries you create easy in europe if we can see that you will goes from the atlantic ocean to the mon things. easily you boys russia then so part of russia is there but can we include a part of the russian do opinion to or does the russia wish to be part of dupion union we have to wait skeptically in front of this over this option the problem is that when we seduce a new members of a peon you know we should think about a consequence of this in the bailout the release of that counter with depleted use friends and partners such as russia and ukraine well too late for that i guess professor thought i have to take a short break now but we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. you cannot ope

major challenge for germany and the whole european union the numbers have come come down since twenty fifteen but of course we have to make sure about the numbers stay at the level they are now and this means that we have to understand that the european union but in a hero in the schengen area i would border controls our external borders are the european external body so you protect the better yet you say it's not killing you that the coalition almost fell apart in the summer didn't it in turn squabbling over refugees in turn squabbling over the fire. the country's intelligence chief scandal after scandal the s.p.d. priority social democratic party lies called it a state of permanent crisis so this killing your party will undoubtedly we have gone through some turbulent weeks and months in germany i welcome the free coalition parties perceive you to see as you have a social democrats have now agreed to concentrate on the issues and this is exactly what german citizens are expecting the considerable compromise you have and. i mean the fact is that by the standards of your government the

in a pretty frayed relationship with european commission and the european union as a whole how far. do you think both warsaw and process i willing to take that dispute over principles whether the head this is a this is part of the mocha c i mean some things we have different opinions we must respect each other what is that then juggles is to say now you are not allowed to be part of the opinion it anymore if you don't share the same principle this is of course it is a fundamental aspect but you have to understand how do they interpreted this in the local level so there should be those a bit of flexibility and utopian you know maybe not too much for exhibit but a bit of flexibility in some things we have different cultures in brussels we have the north called for which is quite a region and the sound in part of europe culture which is more flexible and there is a polish with korea somewhere in the middle east those i think know the polish or leaving me in a really interesting moment because they also have their own culture sure just consider the ball and the walls are for many years

the european union is on the brink n.t.e.u. populists are making gains across the continent and britain could leave without a breck's it deal this week conflict zone as in proc well i have caught up with alex still the fool my finnish prime minister has launched a campaign to become the next president of the european commission can effects europe i. understood well come to a conflict zone thank you you have launched an unprecedented compay through play zone clode younker and the president of the u.p.a. and commission you can paint program talks a lot about values quote if i were to say in one word why i'm running for commission president it is values do you peon values and when you believe the european space no i think actually european values are global for me they are universal so they have to do with human rights fundamental rights liberty liberal democracy rule of law equality and tolerance of for me these are inalienable they are part of who we are as human beings are a lot of if they are global let's talk about the vote.

space no i think actually european values are global for me they're universal so they have to do with human rights fundamental rights liberty liberal democracy rule of law equality and tolerance of for me these are inalienable they are part of who we are as human beings a lot of european if they are global let's talk about the vote. he said the e.u. has links with regimes some of which. we talk about turkey he said and we are right too but never we talked about saudi arabia tell me something about saudi arabia what saudi arabia is obviously a middle eastern country very oil rich not democratic gave the right for women to drive cars only the past in the past few years and right now is in the middle of a journalist murder case. so what are the sanctions what are the ideas what is the reaction of the e.u. if you would have been the president today well i think the main tool that the european union has basically are sanctions and obviously with russia we use them because they annexed the crimean peninsula and they have been intimidated in ukraine and then in every specific case we look at

soft on the far right my guest this week here in strasburg is david mcallister he's chair of the european parliament's foreign affairs committee and the former regional prime minister in germany is angela merkel on the way out. david mcallister welcomes conference so thank you let's talk first if we may about the migrant issue green situation may have eased in the sense that far fewer people are coming to germany and the rest of europe but the political fallout is killing the c.d.u. it's killing your government isn't it. this issue isn't killing my party this issue is a my late major challenge for germany and the whole european union the numbers have come come down since twenty fifteen but of course we have to make sure about the numbers stay at the level they are now and this means that we have to understand that the european union but in a europe in the schengen area of our border controls our external borders are the european external border you say protect the better yet you say it's not killing you that the coalition almost fell apart in the summer didn't it in terms squabbling over

being sold at the european level is it. being so largest challenge for somebody's opinion is a challenge which will stay for years and even decades what we have to do now is to protect our external borders better we will step up from takes up to ten thousand frontex still twenty twenty we have to fight the root causes of migration especially in africa and we have to get our priorities right in national legislation what we can do about those people who come to europe who are fleeing from war civil war who are afraid of their lives can actually find humanitarian protection but on the other hand those people who are coming for economic reasons but are claiming silence will have to be sent back to the countries where you are the u.n. is not impressed with the so-called deals that you had expressed serious concern last month about the so-called deal and warn that proposals being discussed risk compromising human rights and humanitarian principles but what we have to do don't care about we have to break the business model of the

let's get to maria at the european council in brussels.aria, we have seen the arrivals, we have already seen the shot come in, the irish prime minister coming in to make comments on brexit. are we learning as leadership arrives in brussels? >> that's right, you will see them walk behind me at any minute. billed aser, this was the summit that would be the moment of truth for brexit, but on the ground we have the opposite. a step up in billed confusion. we have heard a number of statements today, one of them abouteas being floated transition being extended. it seems the u.k. does not want it and the irish government has made it clear that this does not mean the backstop issue goes away. thewhen i say deadlock on irish border, we know that this has been an issue for months and it's a common increase that is clear. technical negotiations have been halted and it is now down to european political leaders to come up with something today. theresa may will get 30 minutes to present her case. practically this is the last window of opportunity that s

time for european elections in the meantime. strength for the euro following the comments which makes things easier for your -- europe. italian carmakers are suffering. we saw a big improvement in a tying banks including the best performer on the ftse. >> that is right. that is a relief for italy because of italian banks were hit hard. they tend to be hit hard every time there are issues with the budget. italian banks own a lot of bonds, italian government bonds. and the italian banks have had a lot of issues in the past few years. that is good news for the at sign markets for now. we are waiting for the weekend when the coalition partners of the time government meet to discuss the budget more and then they will respond to the e.u. letter on monday. vonnie: is it fair to say given they are sort of on the same page, that it is easier to come to agreement with italy if you know it will be more difficult with london? >> certainly, the italian government is being let down easy in some ways. past governments were hit pretty hard by t

i think he's attacking european values. european rights. goes against the interest of a silly in my opinion. it's improved so much thanks to the european union. —— that goes against the interests of italy. besides values, it's a paradox that salvini talks about the european union, and when he was memberof parliament, he european union, and when he was member of parliament, he was never there. there is one perfect example. the main problem for migration issuesis the main problem for migration issues is the dublin regulation. we know it. is the regulation that tells us refugees... you agree with mr salvini that needs to change? that definitely needs to change. when the european parliament adopted a reform proposal to change it, the league was not there. the the attack european union. can i say something about the dublin agreement? it's true it needs to change but the ones supposing that of the national governments. the national government or the council... but that's immigration but what about the idea of the budget? here we have a government

stands and when european judges. like you to hide the details of the expenses instead of practicing transparency the european court of justice is just rude it would be a breach of any peace prevent see if they had to provide the public with details of expenses invoices repeats you know like normal people. want to move this is a delay message here you can get away with anything here which is a reading of the european court of justice this is a debate which has been where we're now following for several years in this european parliament the member states have different national standards you have some countries where any piece have to reveal every detail of the monthly allowance they get in other countries besides different times in four hundred sixteen year and me in general expenses which they don't have to. say i wouldn't have any problem if the rules were changed on this issue but in the moment this is a situation that this is something really which will have to be decided between the group leaders of the presidenc

union we have european elections next year do you feel that perhaps the european parliament action could backfire given there are lots of populist nationalist parties around europe the potentially might support you i think that that european parliament election. we have a big stake i mean i i would say the biggest ever and it's going to take place next may a totally new type of commission and and i'm pretty sure that the new set up of european parliament will be established do you see some split in the european union or will parties like yours and governments like yours try to change europe from within what i can tell you is that we take part in the debate about the future of the european union there are two concepts at least in the rivalry in the federalist tick over a mystic we see how we feel and we definitely take part havoline the debate with you represent our position central european countries have very similar kind of mindset in this regard pretty much common sense i think it's not without a good reason that the central europe in the region is now among the most successful region

but now he's taken more or less common cause with pro european m.p.i. in this meal and calling for in seizing the independence moment i caught up with buying a sailor speaking from and he's had to be inconsistency. cost quite a start in the run up to conference by putting a very short timescale on the next independence referendum you were calling for it by next march what was the logic can choosing that date well it's predicated on the fact of the possibility of minute detail and safely out of the scottish government hospital ready with some life jackets on life with some life after all that if you get it on the second ship that is the u.k. season me he said for the oaks the ice that it would have an ocean slamming too and it it's always good practice to keep appeared and have at least some sort of emergency drill waiting in the waves so that we have to do it with and of course yes no no do let's assume from the twenty ninth of march if you get to feel it because it gets things a little because she might lead born to december twenty twenty now we saw at

alex the fool my finnish prime minister has loans to can pay to become the next president of the european commission and effects europe i. understood well come to a conflict zone thank you you have launched an unprecedented compared to replays on clothes at the president of the u.p.a. and commission you can paint program talks a lot about values quote if i were to say in one will why i'm running for commission president it is values do you peon values and when you believe the european space no i think actually european values are global for me they're universal so they have to do with human rights fundamental rights liberty liberal democracy rule of law equality and tolerance of for me these are inalienable they are part of who we are as human beings so they're not all european if they are global let's talk about the vote. he said the e.u. has links with regimes some of. which. we talk about turkey he said and we are right too but never we talked about saudi arabia tell me something about saudi arabia well saudi arabia is obviously a middle eastern country very oil rich not democratic gav

we're about to go into european elections...s of europe without including the uk, because the uk referendum was, in my view, fuelled by false pollsters and debate around migration. well, that's an interesting point, but it's got nothing to do so we could come back to square one. ..because, frankly, when it comes to the next european elections, the brits will not be voting. but around europe, polling evidence suggests that mr salvini, that marine le pen's party in france, that a whole host of far—right parties in countries as far apart as poland, hungary, austria, you name it, they have the political momentum. polls suggest they'll be very strong in the next european parliament. bavaria at the weekend, it was the greens who were actually the surprise, if you like, vote—getters. and there are new figures coming out, wednesday you should watch out for them, about the mood across europe. definitely politics is polarising. i chair the european parliament, and increasingly when i call votes, you see that the extremes on the right and

the staying in the european members agency is one of theissues european members agency is one of the our proposals for the future. that is pa rt proposals for the future. that is part of the future partnership, not the withdrawal agreement. does she appreciate the frustration felt by many of my constituents that is now over two years since the referendum and we have agreed we will not regain control of our laws, borders and money for over four years after that? does she understand, for many people, that is already too long? can i say to my right honourable friend, i absolutely understand. that is why. .. absolutely understand. that is why... some absolutely understand. that is why. .. some people absolutely understand. that is why... some people have said to me we should not have triggered article 50 when we did, but i thought it was important we did, took time to prepare and then triggered it precisely in order to get this process into place. he will know the process into place. he will know the process within article 50 is for two yea rs. process within article 50 is for two years.

union we have european elections next year do you feel that perhaps the european parliament action could backfire given there are lots of populist nationalist parties around europe the potentially might support you. i think that that the european parliament elections we have a big stake i mean i i would say the biggest ever and it's going to take place next may a totally new type of commission and and i'm pretty sure that the new set up of european parliament will be established do you see some split in the european union or will parties like yours and governments like yours try to change europe from within what i can tell you is that we take part in the debate about the future of the european union there are two concepts at least in the rivalry in the federalist tick over a mystic we see how we feel and we we definitely take part havoline the debate with you represent our position central european countries have very similar kind of mindset in this regard pretty much common sense i think it's not without a good reason that the central europe in the region is now among the most successfu

and at the same time, we work together, the free europeans and the european union to address the other issues which are of course are real issues and in a sense, more real issues for the europeans considering our partnerships so we are there.his administration hasdecided overnight really , to denounce iran deal and basically to sweep away the negotiation that we are conducting. >> so here we are. what we are trained to do and what we are making this administration is if the iranians leave the iran deal, what are we going to do? really, basically, when we signed the iran deal, it was basically to say really to avoid, to avoid facing the alternatives between bombing iran or the iranian bombing. that was what we were trying to avoid and we believe this agreement was a way of avoiding these very really unappealing alternatives. so what the audience are trying to do right now is convinced iranians to stay in the deal, the iran deal so far, they have accepted it. when the new american sanctions are going to ease and apparently they are going to implement the iranians on november 4, i don't k

in the italian government is thinking about the next european elections.e balance of power within european institutions might change in the next spring, and i think there might wait for that. we shall wait as well. thank you very much for joining wait as well. thank you very much forjoining us. there has been another angry exchange between the united states and china over trade. this time, beijing has hit back at the us secretary of state over his suggestion that chinese involvement in developing economies doesn't always help the local population. our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani is in singapore. nice to see you. so what is this latest twist? well, sally, if you needed any further evidence that the war between the us and china is not just a trade war, you really don't have to look any further. it looks like it is a war on all fronts, frankly. this time we are seeing strong words on chinese state media criticising the us secretary of state, mike pompeo's, comments on social media. he said china is engaging in predatory economic activity, in

union we have european elections next year do you feel that perhaps the european parliament action could backfire given there are lots of populist nationalist parties around europe the potentially might support you i think that that european parliament election. we have a big stake i mean i i would say the biggest ever and it's going to take place next may a totally new type of commission and and i'm pretty sure that the new set up of european parliament will be established do you see some split in the european union or will parties like yours and governments like yours try to change europe from within what i can tell you is that we take part in the debate about the future of the european union there are two concepts at least in the rivalry in the federalist tick over a mystic we see how we feel and we we definitely take part havoline that debate with you represent our position central european countries have very similar kind of mindset in this regard pretty much common sense i think it's not without a good reason that the central europe in the region is now among the most successful re

european union meaning that part of our super nifty. we practiced together with the european union no problem with that the problem is with intentions to change the treaties which direct the operation of the european union change of the treaties in a democratic way there are some intentions for that and this is something that we reject we fing that european union needs to undergo some reforms because obviously if you look at the performance of the european union you see that the competitiveness is is versioning no question and in order to become again competitive in the in order to be able to be successful in this global race of economy and trade we have to make some changes this is what we understand and there's a debate now within the e.u. we do good reason by the way because there are at least five to manders history type of challenges ahead of us like migration like the friend of terror and they're just security of war in ukraine so it's obvious it's obvious that we have debate about these issues because eventually we have debate ab

european leaders trying to. despite stalled negotiations between britain and the european union commission president. says that he's more optimistic that a deal will be reached and he says europe is willing to give more time for its transition out of the european union. in the u.k. they do not like the sound of that also coming up turkish media publishing a new images in the case of the missing soldier journalist they say the photos show a man with close ties to saudi arabia's crown prince holding consulate. on the same day. laws as the u.s. gears up for the midterm elections next month we'll take you to virginia one of the key states where democrats are looking to take back elaine is walked in a tight race for the u.s. house the former navy commander is running for the democrats and so far she has had . strong campaign. it's good to have you with us it is a tone that no one not in britain not in the european union is use to hearing e.u. leaders and british prime minister to resume a are talking about brecht sit

tanks has bearing on european banks. european banks, it's going to diverge. for example, italy closure or not. one trend is what analysts say is a revitalization of the value trade. across the board, u.s. banks and european banks fit the bill for value stocks because they are cheaper. if we get an overall value rally we might see u.s. and european banks similarly benefit. nejra: bloomberg's dani burger. we are minutes away from the open. we will take a look at your stocks to watch, including volvo after it announced a component issue. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to bloomberg markets. this is "the european open." we could see stocks on the continent rise. maybe it will be a different picture on the ftse. let's get the individual issues use and watch. looking at italian equities and annmarie hordern is with us on rio tinto. cali get theker, berlin office, benedict is here looking at volvo. nejra, you are looking at british american tobacco. italian equities, italian banks, what are we looking at? >> italian equities will be back on the market focus

and of the european union but i feel the days that we have closer to it may be. small but most of the interest in the rest of our lives but as you know a lot of shows that the stuff of the book is. also coming up tonight a tax robbery unlike any that europe has ever seen exposed and uncovered how the super rich stripped fifty five billion euros from the public purse. i'm up who you could say this is the dark side of a world that's become smaller. they might be better dressed the most criminals but that doesn't change the fact that these are highly criminal people that if you could meet me in school. we begin the day with those breaks in negotiations that are going nowhere but tonight we're going to try to see it with the glass half full now last night british prime minister to resign may travel to yet another european union summit hoping to do what appears more and more to be the impossible bring brussels and london closer to a deal before time runs out mrs may return to london as she has done many times before with no progress to report but today a shimmer of li

without so engagement and the courage of east european people in times of communist soviet empire we wouldn't have we wouldn't have enjoyed the german unification it was poland it was czech it was hungry all these countries and therefore we must be a little bit more generous to these countries of course we have children being in the opposite direction you can be generous all you want. why don't you bring down a direct challenge hasn't he said brussels is currently ruled by those who want a european empire directed movie. there is a lot of the euro crowd out probably migration politicians want to make sure you make me impatient because also respect quoting somebody once no wait a moment i'm an old man and that's fast me too ok let's be quiet to quote some political leaders with some specific quotes makes no sense in public in discussion in substance we are going for a common good in europe is the way you have seen poland i think paul is an example . so they have a different understanding on the reform of the system but when so european court decided last week they have to cancel so i

immediately after the european council in brussels we will have the so-called summit the european asian summit this summit has been a tried and tested forum for twenty year olds that provides a platform for exchange between europe and asia more than the fifty nations take place twenty eight of which come from the rupee and union together with switch to land and norway on the asian so if there are twenty one nations amongst them why china after the united states the second important most important trade partner of the european union and japan with which we have signed a free trade agreement in june of this year if we take a look at this so i have them the political representatives represent two thirds of the world population the world trade and economic power the headline of this asian summit is a global partners for global challenges and i believe and i think this is not especially important to me that we can send a signal from the summit towards multilateral cooperation to underline our firm believe that this will bring about win win situations and that multilateral cooperation should

and the european union agrees to curb car emissions by thirty five percent. in the coming years why that is a challenge for german carmakers and will it make a difference in the big picture. also kind of an ogre it's a billion dollar business overnight kind of this is becoming a growth industry. this is it every business has welcomed the global financial system is increasing the unstable that's the conclusion of a report by the international monetary fund and the world bank card meeting on the enemies an island of bali are the two institutions lowered their global growth forecasts they're seeing a whole array of challenges that pose considerable threats to the world's financial stability. trade war is unsustainable das and the prospect of a no deal breakers these are just some of the risks to global financial stability mentioned in the i and math reports. if you think it all find pretty bleak take heart from the i.m.f. chief christine legarde on. what it is tempting to be a bit depressed about this perspective i am actually hopeful because there is a clear ap

from an equity perspective, the ecb has been impacts for european equities -- big impacts for europeans europe as a whole, value is important and value tends to perform best when bond yields are rising. anna: does that leave you with appetite for italian banks or just too early to say? grace: we are avoiding italy broadly and italian banks within that. are preferred region has been france and for much of the last 18 months, because we see it as an area that has got great sector exposure to luxury, to hotels, from an equity perspective. also because it avoids some of these political hotspots that we have in italy as an example. matt: is this the problem with -- when i look at the screen, italy is not much different from germany. i'm looking at stocks that got decimated. they are down 11% year to date on the ftse mib. is it the political uncertainty causing the problem? because it surely is not earnings. grace: i think it's a little bit of everything. if the political uncertainty, which reduces risk appetite -- it's the political uncertainty, which reduces risk appetite. the market as an

union we have european elections next year do you feel that perhaps the european parliament action could backfire given there are lots of populist nationalist parties around europe the potentially might support you i think that that european parliament election. we have a big stake i mean i i would say the biggest ever and it's going to take place next may a totally new type of commission and and i'm pretty sure that the new set up of european parliament will be established do you see some split in the european union or will parties like yours and governments like yours try to change europe from within what i can tell you is that we take part in the debate about the future of the european union there are two concepts at least in the rivalry in the federalist tick over a mystic we see how we feel and we we definitely take part havoline the debate with you represent our position central european countries have very similar kind of mindset in this regard pretty much common sense i think it's not without a good reason that the central europe in the region is now among the most successful reg

economic area so that gives you the benefit of being a in the european market with the don't side of being in the customs union a or in the agricultural policy or the fishing policy no with a nice easy solution to this it's no all one we all good and all bad but i think on balance that's a good way forward they wouldn't as the unionist parties would say would not cause problems on the scottish english border was so hard the government were working to the stop of our northern irish style backstop for scotland the only european negotiations were in the circumstances an independent scotland left the welcome before phnom separately but wouldn't be difficulties and trade between scotland england well i think you'd need to be a deal between scotland and england in terms over yuki single market but the s.n.p. policy at the moment is if it happens in scotland becomes independent they laughed our policy in the moment is to go back into the european union i think that would present far more problems than being members of a fighter and the european economic area so it's a toss up between force

leads to business the european parliament has voted through european union ban on cotton buds straws and other plastic disposables the idea is to protect marine life more and more plastic is ending up in our oceans and in the fish and other seafood that we'd like to eat ultimately it ends up in us easy user vironment committee wants to add even more products to the list including plastic bags and polystyrene takeaway boxes the plan also includes recycling quotas for plastic bottles and fishing nets it could come into force in twenty twenty one pending approval from the european commission and member states. max often has the story from stress but i was listening to the radio this morning in my bathroom with his story and was using a cotton bud and thought what i'm not going to be able to use it anyway. while i hear paper clips work pretty well but i do not recommend that to anyone here this is not a postal recommendation but of course it's all about alternatives you know and already big companies have started moving even before the european parliament did this for example replacing p

we see red across the european markets as well. let's go to nancy hungerford for more a couple of key indice there's were down. we are marching into 2% territory for this trading session. >> no surprise investors won't find relief in what's happened here on the asia session look at these moves. we are looking at losses of more than 2% for the shanghai the shenzhen off 2%. both markets did see gains of 4% the biggest one-day increase we had seen in almost three years not erasing those gains, especially when you add on the gains we had on friday you can see some of that optimism around government support out of beijing is starting to fade today on the session. the hang seng just closing about 20 minutes ago it closed lower by 3%. today a lot of attention was around the japanese market look at the nikkei 225 it's off about 2.7%, a two-month low here as part of this shift in risk appetite we did see the yen supported that weighs on the equity market in japan keep an eye on the action here tomorrow 2.7% at a two-month low is nothing to

i expressed our expectations for clarity and full accountability on behalf of the whole european union. the operation, we hope everyone will work toward the goal of establishing the facts on this point. the investigation must be deepened by the search for the truth and not geopolitics. we will not just wait for clarity or ask for it but continue to act with our partners achieving clarity. the reaction will depend on the next steps taken by saudi authorities. we continue first case among ourselves, the european union positions and coordinate with our partners around the world and follow to coordinate the world reaction which will have to be a united one at the european level in the national level. saudi leadership promised ambitious reforms for the country. the way the investigation is managed, in terms of free-speech, human rights and rule of law in saudi arabia. a few months ago our response in brussels, jamal khashoggi, conference on saudi arabia, with several locations the debate about the country and the middle east. through the years we in the european union worked to support youn

a new survey has revealed some europeans are starting to doubt the necessity of the e.u. nearly two thirds of the people that responded to the poll say things wouldn't be any worse without the blog brussels based a think tank behind the survey also found that forty nine percent consider the european union irrelevant findings go on it indicate you citizens want more transparency transparency and are divided over the primary role of the block but those in power in brussels don't see it that way the use of foreign policy chief for instance said recently the world wouldn't survive without the twenty eight state union. close your eyes and imagine for one moment the european union disappears from the global scene right now let's say for a month or a week even for a few days the world will simply collapse the world is not in a good shape through much without the european union into a been a much worse situation. independent journalist a look of a told us why there is such a noticeable divide between the ears leadership and ordinary citizens the last story of europeans with europ

close your eyes and imagine for one moment the european union disappears from the global scene right now let us say for a month or a week even for a few days the world will simply collapse. while the center of it all is going to brussels lou rivers their independent journalist this is going to go down well where you are seems almost two out of every three europeans believe that the this unit isn't so good in the world would survive without it ouch. well the last story of europeans with europe is coming to an end i mean my generation after the war was brought up with the european ideal as as the as essential and we all agreed and we still agree we love europe as a second as a second identity we are first germans or french shores spaniards or italians and we are europeans as well i'd say and in the fifty's sixty's you had people bigger than life like the goal like on the top of the in order in germany and you know it was something important europe but now it is much less so one are going to bring realized there will never be the yes there will never be the united states of europe it's

and it really survey suggests that most europeans have major doubts about how well the e.u. is working in its two fronts of the eleven thousand respondents said they weren't sure that life would be worse without the blog the brussels based think tank behind the survey also found that forty nine percent consider the european union irrelevant transparency is also an issue for citizens according to the research as well as frustration at leaders for not focusing on the issues people really care about is not quite how the power brokers in brussels see it though they use foreign policy chief said recently that the world wouldn't survive without the twenty eight state union close your eyes and imagine for one moment the european union disappears from the global scene right now let us say for a month or week even for a few days the world will see the collapse the world is not in a good cheape true much result european union it will be in a much worse situation. brussels based journalist lucrative a thinks that as a noticeable divide between the e.u.'s leadership and its citizens the

actively ignoring and defying the european court of poland would set itself on the way to leave the european union effectively barbara as we all know poland's right wing government commission have been clashing over a number of issues including press freedom what does this verdict now mean for the larger dispute between poland's government and the e.u. . it means of course terry that the heat rises because we also know that there's already an article seven. procedure underway against poland something that procedure that means that the used sees a systematic threat so the route to the rule of law in poland and this is what it's in brussels called the nuclear option because it could in taking away the voting rights of the country in the european council there it's quite away till then but this procedure has been sort of going up and down and around in the council here and didn't different ministerial meetings in brussels and if in fact poland should ignore an actively defied this verdict from luxemburg they really might have to sort of speeded up and then it's an open fight between virus so in