for one thing, they have scheduled germany hosting for the european council, a summit with china in the020. certain way, they would like angela merkel with her knowledge and prestige to be chairing that. of course, the question is, who succeeds her? thatas already indicated she would not run again for chancellor. so who succeeds her in the party leadership? presumably, that person will then be the party's chancellor candidate. there is a lot of conversation about that. my guess is, in the next couple will announcecdu a timetable for making the decision, probably will end up not with a normal party conference in december, maybe may or june. there will be an extraordinary party conference to choose that person. but i think everyone is cognizant of two things. forer one, is important merkel to stay in her chancellorship through, at minimum, through being president of the european council. i think there is a everybody i talk to, journalists, party leaders, political operatives are about as confused about who may win this contest, as democrats are about who may earn the right to challenge do

africa summit and that's one thing and germany is also present taking over the presidency of the european. council of europe and so that's going to be an opportunity for germany to take charge and of course they need to be able to probably have the buy in from people from different industries in terms of the strategy that they want to go with the european partners and then of course hopefully get their you know european partners buy in and then have that strategy once they have the e.u. africa summit later this year bella thank you very much for that update. dimas profits have fallen by nearly 2 thirds last year that's the devastating. admission the german carmaker. lenny has to make tuesday morning the diesel crisis trumps trade war and the move towards electric have hit a bottom line hard time a boss all a colonias attempted to downplay the disappointing figures with comforting phrases like investments in new technologies and special expenses profits in $29000.00 was 64 percent lower than the previous year at $2700000000.00 euros the results are much worse than expected if you not feelin a game

had the european council. africa the. result of boiling they are bullying and every day we listen about rejection new rejection. i mean. she will run from the congress that it directed this plan which is. not a ford bush and we only disapprove of the sham of the century they call of the shape of the century. nice when i'm out of. our you know i am positive that the world will never accept this army of fairness. because what can we do. that now with 13000000 palestinians we are good people we are. very educated people. you know well. we have the tried. to publish. what is called. peace for everyone for the palestinians inside and out in the worst. the worst than. the money from the maximum that can be done is a peaceful demonstration. has its own circumstances we would try to solve this but we don't have any control on gaza. the palace did as are committed to this year. and internationally senses of saying that you know single palestinian. eisel healthy not even a single palestinians. but the fact there were the re living

love into whether that's going to european council and. you're not then you know you need to mali call us implementing my thought aloud problem you just got to go you. i mean honestly i want you to call us you know think that there's another secret but the any there's an idea. you know world big part of a lot of us and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media review. to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's taught critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. in this community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there are no jobs and you see that i've got kids that ask and as a parent. i can come up with lots of arguments and there's a lot of conflict within the game and between the 2 things most of the conflict i would say overall is around money and most of them money is made. close one on each other's toes he knows e

brussels catches a cold as my colleague in brussels was just saying to me earlier and you know the european council president say that germany will be holding from july on woods could be really important they want to press ahead with a lot of policies on the environment the european green deal but also on strengthening europe's asylum procedures and its external borders there's a lot of important stuff but that'll make it overshadowed obviously if there are these wranglings in berlin and let me just switch gears for a 2nd here let's talk politics in tech. you know a big announcement tonight that the conservatives have agreed on their position when it comes to 5 g. 5 g. networks and building those and that position means they will not exclude the chinese 5 g. equipment maker who will weigh what effect is that going to have politically i mean it looks like a a gamble for any party that says we're going to do business with who way. well indeed i mean sensibly what it does is open the way for legislation to go through the bundestag the parliament all that see the telecom security but it what it really

ahead of the bracks that deadline on friday the union jock was quietly removed from the european council building and brussels the e.u. flag was also taken down and britain's offices in the city blocks high representative for foreign affairs has stressed that the u.k. will remain a close partner of the e.u. comments by the commission president asked your father to lay in meanwhile niger frosh the needs of the bronx a party has hailed what he called a historic moment. niger your voice your whole life. it was it to me it was impossible wasting my time to go back to business to shows you actually the truth of it is there was a massive disconnect between how western society europe it is you how the country soviets you were. i did was to go in there and expose it so that i'm absolutely thrilled when you go from here to your political career and your opinion what in 26 days after the referendum i believed. what the government said and i kind of stepped back a bit from it and it became a total mess but i came back in 2 years later with a reset the agenda i'm not going to run away i'm going to k

happening this week ahead of the break the deadline on friday the union was quietly removed from the european council building in brussels by the way also taking on britain's offices in the blocks high representative for foreign affairs the u.k. will remain a key partner of the e.u. comments by the commission president. meanwhile. the leader of the brakes and party has hailed what he called a. nodule your watch your whole life. it was said to me it was impossible wasting my time to go back to business it just shows you actually the truth of it is there was a massive disconnect between how westminster's all the europe is you have a country what i did was to go in there and expose it so that i'm absolutely thrilled when you go from here to your political career and all the european union 26 days after the referendum i believed. what the government said and i kind of stepped back a bit from it all and it became a total mess but i came back in 2 years later with a policy that reset the agenda i am not going to run away i'm going to keep a very close one. all of this over the next year i will praise the p

he had been briefing the european council that day setting up these points you are making at the securityn an agreement to issue a statement, asking for a ceasefire and an opportunity for humanitarian help to go in. if the countries of the un cannot agree this, presumably you have very little confidence of it happening on the ground. even if turkey and syria, somehow were to agree a pause in the fighting? there isa agree a pause in the fighting? there is a way for the united nation's security council to find a way to command a ceasefire. we understand it is difficult but the people in idlib have been saying this, they cannot be forgotten. they have nobody left. we know it is difficult, but we cannot leave this to be as politicised as it has become. it is a humanitarian conversation. we should be able to bring in aid into syria. it has been overly politicised and we cannot allow this to become that. there are more than 3 million civilians who are relying on the international community but politicians are saying it is too difficult to sort out. community but politicians are saying it is too

of how investigations are proceeding and over the condition of the wounded while i'm at the european council meeting in brussels. i also had the opportunity of speaking with the german president about this horrific act it is still too early to make any conclusive assessment everything is being done to get to the bottom of these terrible murders. but there are many indications which suggest that the perpetrator acted out of a right wing extremist racist motive. out of hate against people of different backgrounds beliefs or appearance. all seeing. racism is a poison hate is a poison and this points and exists in our society and is responsible for far too many crimes. from the atrocities committed by the terrorist and. to the murder of. the murders and hala. the government and all state institutions stand for the protection of the rights and dignity of every person in this country we don't distinguish citizens according to their background or religion. we stand with all our strength and determination against all those who try to divide germany . night and speaking. to. the german chancellor spe

no ministers will go to the european council. no prime ministers will go to summits. ropean parliament, and there will be no british commissioner, although he left at the end of last year. speaking to british meps who are about to leave this place, they say because the uk will have no one influencing things on the inside, they will have to spend just as much time, maybe even more, trying to influence things from the outside. adam fleming. the green mp caroline lucas is one of a handful of members of the commons who have also been members of the european parliament. i asked her if it was true to say that most people had no idea who their mep was — or what he or she did. i think there is a great deal of truth in that observation, but i don't think that's the fault primarily of the european union or indeed of meps. one of the things that i found infuriating during my ten years as an mep was the fact that the national media at the time was not in the least bit interested in what meps were doing. and i know it sounds strange now to accuse the media of not being interested i

the former european council president donald tusk says brussels feels "empathy" towards an independente european union. nicola sturgeon has said an independent scotland would seek full eu membership and when asked if this would be looked upon favourably, mr tusk said there would be enthusiasm but nothing is guaranteed. sometimes i feel that, i am scot here. i am very scottish, though, especially after brexit, but at the same time i have to respect, you know — i know how important the words sovereignty, integrity, was in the debate, the internal debate in the united kingdom. i think it's not my role to intervene... i understand. despite my sympathies. if you ask me about... if you put the sympathy... if you ask me about the legal circumstances. yes, that's all. we have to be here very cautious. we have our own treaty. of course, you can always interpret other treaties in very different ways, but if i understand well, the onlyjustified interpretation is that if something like, for example, the independence of scotland happens then we need a regular, new process. it's not automatically...

bridge that agreement negotiated between the 2 parties speaking in brussels president of the european council charles michel made a point about keeping a tight relationship with the u.k. and working out a trade deal. on the negotiations which will begin with the united kingdom our intention is to carry things out with loyalty with the united kingdom as we have for the past 3 years and also to do it responsibly our message is very clear simple and strong the european union which is and wants to maintain the closest relationship possible with the united kingdom we must also be clear on the subject . meanwhile the euro zone has witnessed slow growth in the 4th quarter of 2019 expanding by just point one percent and set of the expected point 2 percent growth in the block fell to a fix here low of just 1.2 percent and 2019 and inflation in the euro zone ticked up just 110th of a percent to $1.00 but well below the target a placement rate of 2 percent. and european plane maker airbus admitted it was guilty of making illicit payments to intermediaries around the world in order to win contracts the d

of how investigations are proceeding and over the condition of the wounded while i'm at the european council meeting in brussels. i also had the opportunity of speaking with the german president about this horrific act it is still too early to make any conclusive assessment everything is being done to get to the bottom of these terrible murders. yes. but there are many indications which suggest that the perpetrator acted out of a right wing extremist racist motive out of hate against people of different backgrounds beliefs or appearance. that's racism is a poison hate is a poison and this points and exists in our society and is responsible for far too many crimes. from the atrocities committed by the terrorist n.s.u. cell to the murder of and the murders and. the government and all state institutions stand for the protection of the rights and dignity of every person in this country we don't distinguish citizens according to their background or religion. because we stand with all our strength and determination against all those who try to divide germany and show us the night inskeep. don't be

in sweden also via skype call built former swedish prime minister and now a co-chair of the european council on foreign relations welcome all to the program you know we've been through this all so many times but this time it is real so i'm going to start by asking you 1st of all what your general assessment is of where we're at and 1st up katherine mcbride is the daughter of a bright new era as boris johnson would have it or one of for good and gloom what do you reckon. oh it's definitely the dawn of a bright new era that's for sure however if it's going to be a long though on because we don't really get out of the 8 years or spaces until january the 1st and next year so now we go through a transition period where we still follow all of the e.u. rules and we're still paying into the e.u. . 8 represented in that parliament but it does give us a chance to start to make our own trade agreements and start to explore how we can expand outside of the you know which will be great call built a moment of national renewal as some would have it what do you think that remains to be see in the lead we do

issue to invest more in our external relations >> when i looked at the latest proposal from the european councilced there is a massive increase when it comes to european defense. couldn't this actually hurt u.s. and eu relations given that president trump has often said the eu is not spending enough in nato and now they are investing rather than giving that money to nato >> no. if he's carefully analyzing this, he should be more than happy because in a way of his critics and what we are doing for example. in europe, we have more than 160, 170 different military systems. the americans have around 40 we are aiming at stream lining this different systems in order to have a better economy of scale, to have a better procurement. savings that can be used and by the way, it would save maintance cost in the future and constitutes to have better efficiency for more availability >> also joining us now from brussels with another interview. it seems like climate change and digitalization is still very much a focus for the eu going forward. >> reporter: i'll address some of these issues with my next guest he

european council. i have been and will be informed on the state of the missing people those injured also spoke to the president may about this terrible incident it is too early to say what the backgrounds of this incident will who are there was to shed light on what happened and we understand that the perpetrator how. far a. motives xenophobia motives. people if. all the. immigrant nature got paid is a poison that exists in our society it is the reason for many talks by the end as you go. right down to the modus in the federal government on all the state institutions for the right it's on and the side. with. the. humbleness of all people in germany we are against every saying i'm all for that in nature and we will do our utmost to counter these incidents thank you for listening. you have been listening to the german chancellor angela merkel speaking there addressing this far right extremist shooting 11 people dead in germany in the city of the now which is near frankfurt in the country has brought to o

tomorrow we have the launching of the consultation phase of the european council plan.ity for this commission. it is the beginning of a consultation with all stakeholders, organizations, patients, and number states. by the end of 2020, we are able to put forward a plan that will be able to address cancer at the european level from the very beginning of the journey, the prevention and diagnosis, going on to survivorship tallies in looking at research and innovation. this is the launch that we are having tomorrow as a commission in the european parliament in brussels. guy: commissioner, we look forward to seeing exactly what is set tomorrow, but as he said, the kubot wrote -- but as you said, the coronavirus is the priority right now. there is not, economic incentive to get these companies involved. do you think there should be tax breaks? do you think there should be some sort of public service mandate for european drug companies? how should we approach this? ms. kyriakides: this is a very important issue you are raising, and really, there isn't one quick answer that one

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sounding the alarm farmers from the baltic states estonia latvia and lithuania gathered outside the european councilto protest plans to come easy cultural fun the wants to be carbon neutral by 2050 these farmers say the plans will make food production more expensive they want financial support we are just fighting for equal competition. in joint markets. have also been protests in from the main beneficiary of the agricultural subsidies cuts could be home for president much from leadership. bracing for a bigger budget burden is germany the us largest economy contributes around a 5th of the e.u. budget that's set to rise to a quarter in the coming year is days of difficult and divisive talks are expected since left every corner of the e.u. feeling the squeeze. al-jazeera brussels. portugal's parliament has voted to allow use in a doctor assisted suicide for terminally ill people hundreds of people protested against measures outside the parliament building in lisbon 5 right to die bills were approved by the country's president could still block in education. officials from the international monetary fu

sounding the alarm farmers from the baltic states estonia latvia and lithuania gathered outside the european councilto protest plans to cut the ease i could cultural from the wants to be carbon neutral by 2050 these farmers say the plans will make food production more expensive they want financial support to be aren't just fighting for equal competition. in joint markets. they have also been protests in from the main beneficiary of the ease agricultural subsidies cuts could be home for the president much problems leadership. bracing for a bigger budget burden is germany the us largest economy contributes around a 5th of the e.u. budget that's set to rise to a quarter in the coming year is days of difficult and divisive talks are expected strikes it's left every corner that we used to see them to squeeze the al-jazeera brussels. gonda and to hold a new round of talks aimed at easing cross border tensions a trade blockade imposed continues to have a major impact on people in both countries economists in uganda say the country's lost 75000000 dollars in revenues crossing a year ago catherine soy report

more that's one of the changes see the other day just to me is actually taking up with the european union council president is a crisis take it over in summer and their main decisions that need to be made one us how do we go on with u.k. after the bracks it and your final and decisions have to be made until the end of the u.s. one is to set and get to the european union and as of now everyone it's kept in a strong germany you present it to take care of that haven't put the european union to say what you said it's also endangered at the moment and that someone was concerned about democracy in the boat the strong european union i have to be frank in new directions don't sound like something great to me mona how should the bigger more established parties deal with the rise of the far right and in germany how do they neutralize them as a as an electoral threat i mean can even be done. to be quite honest i'm not sure whether it can be done even though i want to have very strong recommendations i thing on how to deal with them and my very 1st recommendation would be to. maybe get into processes of seei

propaganda in about 2013 from the national science foundation in the u.s., and then the european research council followed suit, and they wanted to know the ways in which russia and other countries were using social media to try to influence public opinion in democracies. so he said, hey, do you want to come to oxford with me? i'm like, yeah, twist my arm. of course i want to come to oxford with you. one day i was at a conference, actually lsd, and i was standing around, tonight know anyone, kind of scared about it -- still am -- and this guy eye poaches me. and when you study propaganda, a lot of times conspiracy theorists want to talk to you. when random people know who i am and i've given a talk, i'm always like we going to start talking about aliens or antivaccine stuff, am i going to have to carry on with you. the fact of the matter is i don't really know how to talk with you about that stuff. andrew said, hey, i actually make and build automated to files on social media for the labour party in england. i was like, what? yeah, you know, i control several hundred or thousand accounts on twitt

alluded to you know the dysfunction of the security council a mere 2 years after it was created and nothing has really happened to fix it we have the european union but we still have fronts on the security council you know if you're france you're want to hang on to that if you're the european union you don't really get it but a lot of these mis connects continue to exist and a lot of people who like these sorts of global institutions like them because they diffuse responsibility not because they're hugely effective if i think back over the last 70 years and i have to list the accomplishments of the united nations. i have i have fewer words than i would the argument that you liked was the one that i made with a colleague and a friend of ours vikram saying and what we are getting those at the center for americans that are that are american progress of a good left right. argument and what we both said is part of the problem with all of these institutions whether it's the european union or the community of democracies or nato if you look at the challenges nato is facing now with turkey if they are a one way ratchet you know they're the harvard

internationally and that is why we are very much engaged in coordinating within the european union like today within the council or within the g 7 that we have calls of the health minister for for example and what is important is actually that we prepare and that we try to retard to actually much as possible that the virus reaches other regions than china and is affecting it as much as it is china so far just regional epidemic outbreak in china but we need to be sure that it does not become a real epidemic drug wide and if so a pandemic worldwide if so we need to be prepared to regarding research around therapies and and vaccination we need to prepare to be appropriate in what we know about the wires every week we have to prepare helps us to know more about how an infectious that is actually how severe it can get for the patients and all of these actions actually are focusing on this getting gaining time to know more do you seek to restrict travel from and to china as for example the united states did what we already have done in germany for example that we asked pilots that they need to tell the tower in advan