to the european parliament.e memorial .eremony for helmut kohl honorary citizen of europe and former chancellor of the republic of germany. >> i call upon the president of the european parliament to give his speech. >> your majesty's. presidents. prime ministers. colleagues of the european parliament and the national parliaments. dear family members. this thingences, augustrticipants -- this -- distinguished participants. we are paying homage to helmut , a greatreat european , a political giant who was able to listen to his citizens and look beyond the horizon. helmut kohl first and foremost was a brave man. a defender of freedom and democracy. a protagonist of the reunification of our continent. he always defended human dignity ironwhere against wars, curtains, tanned italian arias and. -- and totalitarianism. flag he carried into his numerous battles. the same values from which the treaty of union was its inspiration. prosperity,om, security, and justice without borders. values, hisn these faith in humanity li

european unity overcoming nationalism embodied a future of peace. was also part of that generation. today, we want to remember her in this parliamentirst to preside over following the first direct elections. future wasa better the first driving force of those great europeans, the same hope which allowed before them the to heal thehers deep wounds left by warfare. inks to them, we reemerged from the -- thanks to them, we and have placed freedom and the dignity of the individual at its core. kohl undoubtedly deserves a place of honor in the european pantheon. in 1983, addressing members of the european parliament, he said, "anyone who looks at europe can understand what good fortune can be based on friendship and cooperation." he worked tirelessly in that spirit to strengthen the union, to spread it to embrace all of the democracies and to consolidate the alliance. over his 16 years as chancellor, was always a crucial player in leading events. there is not a single page of european integration which is bravery, andis thanks to that bravery, we have the strengthening of the role of the u.n. parliaments, the creation of a great area of

the european parliament looks at the damp squib offer on rights. explain what it means. ice's means. it means the european court of justice's ability, . .. means. it means the european court ofjustice's ability,... eu citizen to stay in this country who want to have the same rights as they have a lwa ys have the same rights as they have always had. exactly, that means the ability of work and up to now, if any eu citizen could come in and bring in your dependence but now there will be a threshold of how much you earn to bring independence and stuff. as the article seems to say the european parliament will create a second class of citizenship. absolutely, and when you look at it, i've come back from the continent and when you look at the continent and when you look at the common, especially on german tv, they are saying, there is a lot of anger about how we, britain, they are saying, there is a lot of angerabout how we, britain, are handling brexit. time to slip into financial times, it will pay to be posh when the revolution comes. ai really now being discussed by so many

she was the first member of the european parliament elected by direct vote. she embodied the european ideals of peace and freedom. the defining framework of of her life was seven or eight months she spent in the death camp. she survived unlike her parents. that gave her resilience and well to really define her life to protect the week. righting gives you one and that is the right to protect others rights. she carried that with her through her life. protecting the weekend doing it in a way that transcended politics. she was a universalist in her human values. genie: thank you, doug herbert. this news from brussels. been arrestedve following overnight counterterrorism raids. a cache of automatic weapons was found on the site as well. there were links to a bikers club called the kamikaze riders. u.s. and south korean forces have held a military drill in a ofid response to a launch north korea's first intercontinental ballistic missile. world leaders were quick to react. >> esther north korea's missile launch of the u.s. and south korea hit back with their own sho

we are going to go to joan luke who is amember of the european parliament . we take this a few weeks ago in paris and this is what he had to say. >> you have such imperial in germany. in europe. this comes of the currency. the currency is not so high. why you have the part of the other spain, like germany while not so very economic. so with the euro, we have a big problem. we have a big problem why german, germany never makes much expo. france site this is not dire. and germany doesn't want to conform this institution and also the politics of the central bank to make europe in corporation of nations. no we have two euros. we have parts like germany and austria and you have netherlands . and you have between these two euros no money come from the note to the citizens. it is a possibility to make the balance. [ inaudible ] it is the only possibility to make the balance with the payment. you understand me? i think we are and the collaps , economic collapse in one or two years the only way now to avoid this collapse is the printing of money. the print money with

jean—claude juncker, president of the eu commission, has gone to the european parliament.he malta leader. he got very agitated and angry. he is like the old headmaster telling of the old schoolboys. it was a classic visa tv, i am told. the express also tells us that the european parliament, which will as we know is and democratic and roger has no power, costs us eight billion pounds a year. another reason why we should get out. one sentence comment. he is a notoriously passionate politician depending on the time of day, so this might have been after lunch. you know how we know he was angry? he gave his thai leader in english. so we know he was angry. —— his tyler reid. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the newspapers online. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, laura perrins and torcuil crichton. goodbye. hello. 25 celsius in the sun in kent today but just 12 in hello. 25 celsius in the sun in kent today butjust 12 in the rain in parts of souther

the european parliament leaders point out that their parliament will have to approve the brexit dealich withdraws rights that people currently have —— before it can be implemented. it is a clear sign that they want a better deal, and they are not part of the negotiations but they have said they will seek to block the deal if it continues along these lines. thanks for joining continues along these lines. thanks forjoining us. brexit will mean higherfood prices, with lower quality and less choice — that's the warning from the former boss of sainsbury‘s, justin king — who supported the remain campaign. his claims are however disputed by other industry analysts who believe leaving the eu could give us an opportunity to lower bills. tom heap reports. food and farming combined are by far our biggest manufacturing sector. and the eu is involved all along the chain from what grows in our fields to the labels on the pack. the eu also guarantees free trade across the continent, and the man who ran one of our biggest supermarkets and remain supporter, says any threat to this frictionless system

the european negotiator from the european parliament wants to make sure these citizens to become second-class european citizens. the european parliament will have the chance to veto any plaintiff they do not like it. have diedine people in a 13-year-old boy is missing after a group of family and friends slipped away well cooling off in a creek that turned treacherous and arizona. it happened as the rainstorm sent floodwaters roaring in the canyon. hitting a group of people who set out chairs to lounge in the sun and swim. >> a large family group was down by the river. it is a recreation area. the flash flood came through and washed 14 people from the camp. normally it is just a trickle of a creek. during the monsoon season, it can go from one foot deep to 10 feet deep in minutes. now in entertainment news. he was the man responsible for the classic night of the living dead. and other horror films. he turned something movies into commentaries, and his followers spawned countless imitators. passed away atas 77 following a battle with one cancer. -- london cancer. -- lung cancer. >> it is hard t

our guest chairs the european parliament committee on economic an affairs. >> in member of the europeanent's brexit committee. maybe we can get to that in a moment. i want to talk about the visit you just made to washington with other mp's speaking to u.s. financial regulators. there were concerns about the trump administration's approach to regulation, a fear that they would back out from regulations worked out since the financial crisis. now that you have been down there, are you reassured or more concerned? ini am partially reassured, the sense that we have been told there is no intention to disrupt, let's say, the set of new global financial rules that have been established after the u.s. issuest -- to focus specifically on u.s. issues. if on the one hand, we understand it would be difficult to make legitimate changes in this political environment, on the other hand, we know a lot will be done by way of regulatory action. soundongly support regulatory framework. for instance, i am a bit concerned about the possibility of deleting the provision of dodd-frank on liquidation authority,

in the european parliament we have only thirteen members. for example greece. has less inhabitants. who do things which are while they may be some say three breakaway there the supreme court here in germany ruled earlier this year that any kind of referendum on the subject would be against the german constitution so for the time being at least the. will continue to rule over there in life things are all. over to the united states now where the house of representatives has passed a spending bill with a whopping one point six billion dollars allocated for the construction of a wall along the mexican american border putting a cap on the flow of migrants and drug smuggling was one of the focal points of donald trump's presidential campaign however some in the state of arizona are still not content with the efforts made by author and are now taking matters into their own hand. i've built this basically myself a one man thing to over two hundred fifty volunteers in seven years. we're too politically correct now. fraid of hurting somebody feelings. to three that's what they look like. twen

emergency housing we call the thoughts of a european political analyst and a member of the european parliament although they view the crisis differently both say the e.u. is failing to address the issue. the problem is the lack of human is the lack of common cold the lack of the founding out i would be yes of the european union forty. one million or migrants is not the big deal people of europe are exasperated because i don't think the people of europe mind having migrants and it's a tradition in many of the european countries to greet a political refugees the problem is that these are not political refugees these are for most of them economical refugees problem is not but actually got these men. because you know the agreements between the member states of the european union for the relocation of the refugees and the put every state member to accept some of them by the r.t. fusion completely to accept even one refugee this is the the provision like of jodi that is the responsibility is in all the wars that nato and western countries have waged in foreign countries where are these migrants comi

we have no influence in the so called in the european parliament we have only thirteen members. for example greece which has less inhabitants. to. put the rules which while they may be submissive three brinker we their supreme court here in germany ruled earlier this year that any kind of referendum on the subject would be against the german constitution so for the time being at least the believe they will continue to rule over their way in life these are all of them. over to the united states now where the house of representatives has passed a spending bill with a whopping one point six billion dollars allocated for the construction of a wall along the mexican american border cracking down on drug smuggling was one of the focal points of trump's presidential campaign however some of the state of arizona still not content with the efforts made by authorities and n l taking matters into their own hands. i've built this basically myself a one man thing to over two hundred fifty volunteers in seven. we're too politically correct now we've heard some of these feelings. and that's wh

turning back to the european union, interesting scene at the european parliament earlier, jean—claudeesident of the european commission, turned up for a debate to mark the end of malta's presidency of the eu. not sure why there had to be a debate about it but the debate was organised, and this was the scene that greeted jean—claude juncker. almost empty parliament. one british mep told the bbc that people cannot be bothered to turn up and they already on paid leave for the summer. whether that is entirely accurate or not, jean—claude juncker was far from impressed. only a few members here, you are ridiculous... i will never again attempt a meeting of this kind. the commission is under the control of the parliament but the parliament has the respect even the presidencies of smaller countries and the parliament is not doing that. sharp words from jean—claude juncker. sharp words from jean—claude juncker. initially, ithought he sharp words from jean—claude juncker. initially, i thought he was picking himself up and saying, how do you not come to hear me speak but what he was saying was,

has been put on the formal investigation over an alleged european parliament funding scandal. prosecutors suspected that the party took money officially embarked for the stuff at the european parliament. like voted for multi work in france. india is introducing sweeping tax reforms described as the biggest since independence seventy years ago. they will streamline and standardize existing tax rules on goods and services. supporters say the move will create a unified single indian market and help to talk corruption. opponents say many small businesses will struggle to cope with the new rules. germany has legalized same sex marriage a move that brings it in line with many of the western democracies and most of europe. members of parliament passed the nude or off to the german chancellor angela merkel allowed a free vote. even though she opposed the measure from berlin jenny hill reports. . if we see a long time critics. yeah it's cold marriage foothold. the new deal. same sex couples will be able to marry. and adopt children. good doesn't it lands on his close up it's historic d

well we contrast this with nathan gale a member of the european parliament from the u.k. independence party who joins us live francs that joining us here on the program nathan now let's have a look at the issue in hand do you expect the european commission delegation to change u.s. lawmakers mind ahead of the voting of the new sanctions. no not really i mean what we're seeing here is some very jingoistic russia phobia. legislation that's primarily pushed by some very angry democrats and c.n.n. who basically are trying to through the fog of smoke and mirrors distract people from the real reasons why they voted for president trump in the election for the presidency and what we've got to remember is it hasn't really affected american business or industry the sanctions the recrimination that russia has put against american and e.u. countries and exports and imports and all the rest now the institute for the austrian institute for financial research they estimate that that has already cost the e.u. over one hundred billion euros up to two and a half million jobs and we know tha

these people decide a will of the people of the area we have no influence the so called in the european parliament we have only thirteen members and. for example greece which has less inhabitants. and. can move. on to do things which are while they may be some support for a breakaway from various. the supreme court here in germany ruled earlier this year that any kind of referendum on the subject would be against the jewish constitution so for the time being at least. they will continue to rule over it with their human life these are all of a. beauty. to something a little bit different it's an event that pits the with self they best tongue drivers in the business against each other in a showcase of scale the picture quite amazing to the twenty seventeen tank by off the lawn is underway just outside moscow. and that's how it's done and you can get more details on the event at our website r t v dot com do let us know what you think of any of the stories we've been talking about over the past half hour by going to facebook and twitter pages more of our t.v. programs ahead and i'm back at the top of

european union and the preparations for brexit were under discussion. you have a negotiating position that is unclear, you are hearing that from the president of the eu parliamentre following. what is going well? european politicians are very keen that we keep a strong relationship going forward and that is what we are going to do. it is the elected politicians who are important here. you do not even have a deal with the dup on the table. they are laughing at us. that is not true. angela merkel said it was a good start. —— angela merkel said it was an interesting start. various different eu politicians, the elected ones, saying it is a good start. it has been a year. it would be helpful if broadcasters were willing to be a bit patriotic. the country took a decision and this government... are you accusing me of being unpatriotic for questioning how negotiations are going and whether you have a position of strength? andrea leadsom denied calling her unpatriotic but some viewers that the general point being made by the former conservative leadership candidate was a fair one. another viewer recorded this video for us with his thoughts. please, bbc, can you rein in

tony a member of the european parliament. mr i mentioned syria already and i know that your recent visit to this country and your meeting with president assad was have only criticized in both estonian and european media i wonder though if privately in your private conversations. experts and politicians express the same kind of attitude because from my own interviews with the europeans i get a sense that they're desperate for the syrian crisis to be solved and whether or not they like putin they they still seem to be kind of welcoming russia's involvement there. right. for instance we would have chess embassy in damascus which was never close during the war and. there were two other member states who opened the embassies and the last course this is romania and bulgaria and there are relations with the european union fruitless for emphasis still this picture is not that white and left like you can read in political. refugee exodus from the syrian conflict is now widely recognized as a major security challenge for europe the form

there have been angry exchanges in the european parliament after the president of the european commissionese prime minister, joseph muscat, to mark the end of malta's presidency of the eu. mrjuncker complained that only a low number of meps had turned up. from strasbourg, adam fleming reports. the maltese prime minister came to the european parliament to celebrate the end of his country's six—month stint helping to run the eu. but look how few meps turned up, prompting this outburst from the president of the european commission. there are only a few members in the plenary to control the commission. you are ridiculous. despite a telling off by the parliament's president, he made this pledge. i will never, i will never again attend a meeting of this kind. the mission is under the control of the parliament but the parliament has to respect even the presidencies of smaller countries, what the parliament is not doing. parliament has come to life since mrjuncker spoke this morning. but the corridors here do feel emptier for this final session before the summer break. 0ne mep told me many of his

studio: there was an unexpected outburst in the european parliament after the president of the europeaninister, to mark the end of malta's presidency of the eu. mrjuncker complained that only a low number of meps had turned up. from strasbourg, adam fleming reports. voiceover: the maltese prime minister came to the european parliament to celebrate the end of his country's six—month stint helping to run the european union but look how few meps turned up, prompting this outburst from the president of the european commission. only a few members here, you are ridiculous... translation: i'm asking you to have a more respectful attitude, you can criticise the parliament but it is for the parliament to control the commission, not the other way around. despite a telling off, he made this pledge. i will never again attempt a meeting of this kind. the commission is under the control of the parliament but the parliament has the respect even the presidencies of smaller countries and the parliament is not doing that. parliament has come to life sincejean—claude that. parliament has come to life sinc

it's the last leg for the european parliament and on a sports day and lessons outside, meps voted to a 1 million euro aid package for moldova, defeated a bid to give northern ireland special status within the eu following brexit, and just ask whether they should be based in a single city and stop their monthly shuttle from strasbourg and back. —— last week of term for the european parliament. it also got a ticking off from the presidentjuncker after a few dozen meps turned up to hear him speak. you are ridiculous. he also said he'd never again attend a meeting of the kind. meps were unsure if it was a threat or a promise. studio: how significant is the trade agreement with japan? isn't it just symbolic? not at all, there are several factors around the trade deal and one is how long it's taken, which is a lesson to all of us, and there is still more to do. how long has it taken? four years to get this far and there are still further processes to go through, so it's something we need to keep a steady eye on. it's also — it is between these two enormous kind of economic bases and you kn

also in the next hour, an unexpected outburst in the european parliament. ropean commission president jean—claude juncker is reprimanded after attacking meps for their poor attendance. there are only a few members in the plenary to control the commission. you are ridiculous. i will never again attend a meeting of this kind. and at wimbledon, kyle edmund beats fellow brit alex ward to make it through to the second round. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. north korea says it has successfully tested a long—range intercontinental ballistic missile, which if true, could potentially have the range to reach the us mainland. an announcement on north korean state television said the missile had flown nearly 600 miles, before hitting a target in the sea. the claims have not been verified — but come just before the 620 heads of state are due to discuss north korea's weapons programme. 0ur correspondent stephen evans reports from the south korean capital seoul. could this missile hit the united states? north korean state television showed its launch today, under t

isn't the european parliament, however much mocked in this country, showing the mother of parliamentsliamentary control looks like in the modern era? its ability to veto the brexit deal means that the other institutions need to front—load information to the parliament, so there have been seven position papers against one from our government and unfortunately parliamentary scrutiny in the westminster parliament is still rather unstructured. we have just completed an election where we have asked people to vote for us. as a parliamentary democracy, they expect us to debate and vote on motions that were relevant to their lives 31 days ago. 0ur constituents expected us to come back straightaway to work. instead after the gracious speech, there have only been seven votes. this parliament is already being dubbed the zombie parliament. i actually think that that comparison would actually give the flesh—eating undead a bad name. this is turbo—charged political zombie—ism. pete wishart. so those are just some of the issues which are going to shape this parliament over the months to come. and to

and the great danger is that this is a transfer of power not from the european union to parliament bute executive. now, the government's view is that the repeal bill is dealing with essentially mechanical matters. it is just transposing european law into our own legal system. but perhaps it is not quite so simple in some cases, because what after all is the analogous british institution to say the european commission? where do you find the analogy in britain? so there are political choices to be made and where there are those political choices to be made, mps will understandably want to scrutinise precisely what choices are being made and not hand ministers too much power. meanwhile, ian begg, let's talk money. over in europe, one of the first things on the agenda is the divorce bill and what it is going to cost us. where are we going to get to with that? well, if i start with where i think it will finish, i believe that we will get a settlement of the order of 30 or 40 billion euros, not the hundred billion euros that is being canvassed in the press. the reason it is contradicted is t

she was the first lady to be elected president of the european parliament and who was aware of the priceto pay tribute to the mark helmut kohl has left on history. many of you have given us your recollections of moments you shared with him. from my generation, helmut kohl is already part and parcel of europe's history. without that life experience, we couldn't be here. we couldn't do what we're doing. those were bold, courageous, historic acts which our generation wouldn't be in a position to take. thousands of pages have been written in tribute to what he did, most of all german reunification and european integration. helmut kohl was a man who took courageous decisions, sometimes against the will of public opinion and sometimes he took unexpected decisions that were not particularly wanted. and as president of the french republic, i wouldn't like his legacy to be reduced to his political career, remarkable though it were. the lesson he leaves us goes much further than that. helmut kohl was a key vital ally. to france, he was a friend. his relationship with france had its roots in his pe

president, prime minister, members of the european parliament, european parliament is ridiculous very ridiculous. they would like to commend those who took the trouble of being here, but the fact that some 30 mps came to this debate is proof enough that the parliament is not serious. i would like to say it today, if mr. muska it was mrs. merkel or mr. macron -- >> he would have a full house. the parliament is totally ridiculous >> that was jean-claude juncker becoming quite angry. >>> tencent shares start the recovering after falling more than 4% in yesterday's session, this after the chinese tech chint sa giant said it was limiting play times for players of "honor of kings. the move is aimed at cushing addiction among children honor of kings has over 50 million daily active users and is tencent's top grossing game. >>> the micro financing sector in china is looking to service 900 million people who have access to mainstream banking for some that means turning to farmers for new growth eunice yoon filed this report. >> reporter: far from his posh beijing office, roger ying is meeting

the european parliament has 751 elected representatives and once a month the parliament moves from brusselse in northern france. today the invited guest was the prime minister of malta, his country is one of the smallest members of the union, it has spent the last six months running the eu's rotating presidency. but the parliamentary chamber was empty. barely 30 elected officials turned out to hear the speech. a lack of respect? well, it drew this response from the european commission president, jean claude junker. there are only a few members in here to control the commission. you are ridiculous. he speaks french. he speaks french. i will never again attend a meeting of this kind. the commission is under the control of the parliament that the parliament house to respect even the presidents of smaller countries and what the parliament is not doing. that was a rather feisty exchange with the president of the parliament. a little earlier i spoke with chris morris, a long time correspondent in brussels. more than once or twice you made this visit from brussels to strasbourg and it is costly fo

this is the reaction from the european parliament rejecting britain's damp squib off on citizens rightsmay's suggestion a couple of weeks ago. do not forget, that this is a negotiation, this is our starting point. it is very much like the start of any negotiation. you go and barter over something in a market you start your position here, they start there and you come together. that is how it is. the problem for mrs may now is that before the election she was being quite leash, saying that no deal is better than a bad deal. but europe is laughing. there is a sense in europe that we area there is a sense in europe that we are a laughing stock closed she is so are a laughing stock closed she is so impotent and everything will need to be run through parliament where she does not have a majority. they think well, how can she get through any hard brexit ideas because she is fatally weakened ? any hard brexit ideas because she is fatally weakened? again, we come back to that point. it is going to happen because we voted for it. there for it will happen. there are people who say they won't. and

there have been angry scenes in the european parliament after the european parliament after the europeanarliament has 2 the parliament but the parliament has to respect even the presidencies of smaller countries, which is what the parliament is not doing. eight year old saffie roussos was the youngest of the 22 victims of the manchester arena bombing. she went to the ariana grande concert with her sister and their mum lisa who is still recovering in hospital. today, on what would have been saffie's ninth birthday, her dad andrew, her sister ashlee and her brother xander, have spoken for the first time to the bbc about the little girl. you couldn't be out with saffie without having fun. but her dream was to be famous. it was her everything, and we bought her the tickets for christmas. and she was just counting the days, the seconds, and it was just ariana grande till 9:00pm, 10:00pm at night, and she would sing and dance to every single song. she was ariana grande obsessed. so to see how happy she was, it wasjust... obviously i had to go with her. you were watching her watching ariana ? p

also in the next hour, an unexpected outburst in the european parliament.

there've been angry exchanges in the european parliament after the president of the european commissionained that only a low number of meps had turned up. from strasbourg, adam fleming reports. the maltese prime minister came to the european parliament to celebrate the end of his country's six—month stint helping to run the eu. but look how few meps turned up, prompting this outburst from the president of the european commission. there are only a few members in the plenary to control the commission. you are ridiculous. despite a telling off by the parliament's president, he made this pledge. i will never... i will never again attend a meeting of this kind. the commission is under the control of the parliament, but the parliament has to respect even the presidencies of smaller countries, what the parliament is not doing. parliament has come to life since mrjuncker spoke this morning. but the corridors here do feel emptier for this final session before the summer break. 0ne mep told me many of his colleagues were already on holiday. others say that the real work it is done in lower profil

as well and also the biggest news of today when it comes to turkey is the resolution by the european parliament calling for turkey's european union accession talks to be suspended if implemented a constitutional overhaul backed by a referendum in april which expands the powers of president aired on that was the controversial referendum which really caused a stir in countries of the european union of course as well where the leaders of turkey. i want to promote that work for and i'm so that is a major sticking point between. the you and it seems that this issue will also be brought up at the g twenty summit now president donald trump is going to live in hamburg in just a matter of two hours so we're of course world watching and i'll be keeping you up to date. you know a lot of topics to be discussed over the next forty eight hours to trying to live from germany thanks a lot for that let's try to get into some of those stories and join political commentator john bosnich for more hi there john nice to see you again just an overview perhaps week before we get into the specific meetings and deals th

earlier, world leaders paid tribute at the european parliament.ds that canada's strength lay in diversity. now on bbc news, a special programme: cardiff's growing pains. i was born and bred in this city. the streets where i grew up haven't changed much. you can't say that for the beating heart of the capital. now i know not everyone enjoys hearing counter—attacks and many people view me with suspicion. and ina way people view me with suspicion. and inawayi people view me with suspicion. and in a way i can see why, because cardiff has benefited just from being our capital city. fair play to the place, it has taken its chance, reinventing itself against all the odds. i used to come here to go to the mosque. it was the docks back then. derelict and pressed. old, heavy industries were shrinking, as was the population of khadi. but then things began to change. just look at cardiff now. the city has completely transformed itself in around 20 yea rs. transformed itself in around 20 years. thejobs are in government, media and leisure and also in shopping.

there've been angry exchanges in the european parliament after the president of the european commissione maltese prime minister, joseph muscat, to mark the end of malta's presidency of the eu. mrjuncker complained that only a low number of meps had turned up. from strasbourg, adam fleming reports. the maltese prime minister came to the european parliament to celebrate the end of his country's six—month stint helping to run the eu. but look how few meps turned up, prompting this outburst from the president of the european commission. there are only a few members in the plenary to control the commission. you are ridiculous. despite a telling off by the parliament's president, he made this pledge. i will never... i will never again attend a meeting of this kind. the commission is under the control of the parliament, but the parliament has to respect even the presidencies of smaller countries, what the parliament is not doing. parliament has come to life since mrjuncker spoke this morning. but the corridors here do feel emptier for this final session before the summer break. one mep told me

to alice emergency housing where we get the thoughts of a european political analyst on the european parliament m.p. about the micro crisis both agree it's a huge problem that the blame lies on the e.u. but for different reasons. the program the lack of humanities the lack of common goals the lack of the founding out would be ideas of the european union forty. one million or migrants is not a big deal people of europe are exasperated because i don't think the people of europe mind having migrants and it's a tradition in many of european countries to greet a political refugees the problem is that these are not political refugees these are for most of them economical refugees problem is not the but actually got these men . because you know the agreements between the member states of the european union for the relocation of the refugees and the put every state member to accept some of them by the. fusion completely block ship even one refugee this is the the problem is a lack of sort of that is the responsibility is in all the wars that nato and western countries have waged in foreign countries wh

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british government have a whole host of issues to pick through, notjust when it comes to the european parliamentit does not go the way they want, but as we have already talked about, the british parliament as well, they have a lot of clout now and there are have a lot of clout now and there a re lots of have a lot of clout now and there are lots of different views on how the negotiations should proceed. so we are at early stages but we are just starting to see how complicated it will be. just seeing what has come out of the offer to eu nationals already, the tone of this all looks farfrom nationals already, the tone of this all looks far from cordial. and this was one of the issues we were told from the uk government perspective they had hoped they could reach some pretty easy consensus on with the eu. this was one of the things both the eu negotiators and the uk government had said they wanted to resolve quickly. they did not want it to become a hugely contentious issue. on both sides there is a recognition that this involves people and uk citizens in the eu, we're already cracks appearing. the

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emergency housing where we get the thoughts of a european political analyst and a member of the european parliament about the migrant crisis although they view the situation differently both say the european union is failing to address the problem . the program the lack of humanities the lack of gold the lack of the fall out with the ideas of the european union. is not because the people of europe are exasperated because i don't think the people of europe mind having migrants and it's a tradition in many of european countries to greet the political refugees the problem is that these are not political refugees these are for most of them economical refugees. but i've got these men because because you know the agreements between the members of the group of european union for the relocation of the refugees to put every state member to accept some of them by the. fusion completely to accept even one refugee this is the the problem is a lack of charity that is the responsibility is in all the wars that nato and western countries have waged in foreign countries where are these migrants coming from they're

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