and union forward from germany and also making sure that the european union project continues into the next few decades right and of course these comments come shortly before they formally signed the coalition government coalition agreement in about an hour and a half from now we'll of course bring you live coverage of that when that happens kate be thank you very much for that this not to do business susan the german energy sector is preparing for a major shake up and get has the story for us as far as a meter german utilities heavyweight has agreed to acquire a large stake of energy this is stable subsidiary of its competitor r w e for twenty two billion euros the deal will leave r w e as the continent's second largest producer of green energy with fiona's europe's largest operates of electricity grids and retail now for those of you who have never heard of those two companies either on an r. w. e let's cross over to our financial correspondent comma business standing by at the front of stalking strange comma why is this deal so important. well first off those two companies iran and

tony blair, who has spoken on this today, we have to understand that their selling of this european union projecte we are today. and have people been given a view on the lisbon treaty, had we address people's concerns on immigration, we would not be here. now we need a fresh approach, and that strategic vision about what brexit means in britain going forward past next year. it's interesting you say we need a strategic vision, you're not getting that from theresa may. is it time for somebody else to lead your party? changing prime minister at the moment is one of the worst things we could possibly do, because we have to form a resilient base around her so she can go to the european union imac you said this government, very recently, it is being too resident to meet the challenges of the day. we need leadership. every time theresa may does something, whether she says a statement about leaving the customs union or not leaving the customs union, she gets a lesson from my colleagues on one side of the argument. and she is hemmed in by this process. however you feel about brexit now, any division apart

here to some degree or other is obviously deeply worrying for the whole idea of the european union as a liberal project and it says very much about how the european union has failed to handle the refugee reception crisis that this is a gent a genuine possibility that this might happen here and so in that sense it is a very troublesome election for italy and its allies soul and for the european union more generally and tell us more then about the five star movement which seems in a very good position to do well in the polls but perhaps not get to the forty percent that's actually required and has already effectively. said that it's no way it's prepared to go into coalition with any of the other political parties. yeah it's always said and the thing is you have to understand the point about five stories it is the politics policy you know instead of being a sort of vertical thing with say berlusconi at the top ruling everything peace is basically a horizontal party where it is like a citizens block that's designed to put pressure on politics here and try to get rid of corruption and things like this they

most immediate challenge and she has to tackle that within the european union and the second big challenge is europe is the european project and then we have turkey we have russia and then we have the friction within the european union and we have bracks and all these all these other elements that she has to tackle right away and she will know when senator walks about the european project. you know talking about the distance not only but in essence is in my dilemma chromes or say some reason it's really it's a reinvigorate the european project will germany come on board with him and how far will they go in terms of political support but also to political support and financial support in full that crusade which everybody views this as being almost a last gasp attempt to not to quote save europe but to put your back on track i mean we're going to pick up omicron two gentlemen stand by the news is as been welcome by germany's main european partner which is france french president said it was good news for european was elected last year on and unapologetically pro platform but without a government in berlin he hasn't been able

most immediate challenge and she has to tackle that within the european union and the second big challenge is europe is the european project and then we have turkey and we have russia and then we have the friction within the european union. and we have brecht's that all these all these other elements that she has to take a ride away and she will know when then it's also about the european project we are talking about in essence not only but in essence is in manila microphones or say some revamps really to reinvigorate the european project will germany come on board with him and how far will they go in terms of political support but also to political support and financial support for that crusade which everybody views this as being almost a last gasp attempts to not save your butt to put your a back on track i mean we're going to pick up omicron two gentlemen stand by the losers as been welcome by germany's main european partner which is france french president michel mccraw and said it was good news for european was elected last year on and unapologetically pro platform but without a government in berlin he has been able t

well the european union was quite quick to say that it is going to fight back there was even a list published a list of you as project products that could be potentially targeted by the european union but we have to say that the european union is not interested in escalating this dispute and germany wants the european commission commission to tread cautiously i was on a phenomena following the story for us in washington thank you very much. and of course we'll keep you up to date throughout the week now i don't need to tell you technology is getting closer and closer to our bodies now a startup is trying to take it to the next level after innocent watches and fitness pants now there's a new fabric that can generate its own no tricity and it could soon be part of our everyday lives. at london's wearable technology show reading based come here a sport is demonstrating its energy generating textiles it uses the piezoelectric effect that allows certain materials to generate an electric charge through movement so all we have here is a mechanical new reg with a tech cell over here that's that's actually harvesting the ener

borne in mind one from my two point of view is the further development of the european union and we need to ensure that the project to europe is tackled in the years to come in a manner that ensures that democracy and the market economy in europe can be shored up and preserved in an increasingly more difficult world the chance of just talked about the changes that come in how quick the pace of change is which makes it all the more important that the europeans find a path forward and tackle the future and shape their future together another major challenge is one that has caused many much concern among many in our society reflected in the headlines again and again an issue however that is very important . and that is the question. in the middle of an economic boom with the fact that many of our citizens uncertainties are not sure whether. they will continue to have prosperity and ten or fifteen years to come it's quite right that we address the issue of digitization and agreement and sure that germany be ahead of the game in this development but that's just one side of the equation the others that we have to ensure

i believe chancellor merkel underestimated the project the politically underestimated its political volatility in the european union she had little to say about it apart from calling it an economic project. the projects chief lobbyist disagree he calls the pipeline a business deal with no geopolitical designs there's me no my not her going to take a bonus we'll it's not just my opinion it's the opinion of the german government even the chancellor has made clear that she believes it's a project with an economic rationale but the investors are not state entities but companies that are accountable to their shareholders and. it's they who bear the risk not the german state do you target the us with according to dorchester. critics a geopolitical concerns inevitably play a role. from the conservative christian democrats is a member of the european parliament for germany and an expert on foreign relations . on this issue he's broken ranks with his government his party and his challenger . he says kind of and this is not a private matter i've said repeatedly in energy is always a political and strategic issue president ob

that was a huge idea, an idea very much loyal to the fathers of the european union and the european project if you are going to receive respect and prosperity. light of ridges were built. that to me was a big idea and that idea was taken away. there are good reasons that have to do with politics etc.. i would wish to see leaders emerging who can lead the idea back into place. and we must not also forget the role of the united states way back in the 1940s encouraging this european project. i doubt it would have materialized if it were not for people like acheson for example pressuring the german side in the french side to work together on the ideas and they did the same thing in the mid-1990s. they delivered the u.s. ambassador to brussels in the mid-1990s while working much more dynamically and effectively than his turkish counterpart to mobilizing support and 95 and 96 , a very important turning point there. in the late 1990s the u.s. decision to quaff braid with the turkish party to bring over nigeria was to deliver him to the turkish forces and in the end a deal is struck and reform has

clarifies his position on the world's sixth largest economy leaving the neoliberal project that is the european union jeremy call been supporting transitional membership of a trade union a stablished in one nine hundred fifty eight doggedly confirms his opposition to the e.u. has always been about sovereignty and accountability. to any. powers of come from not. they haven't gone to the european. commission to some extent the council of ministers these are quite serious matters joining me now is jeremy corbin's for the shadow fire and emergency services minister chris williams and chris thanks for coming back on just before we talk about the bricks and customs union initiatives or declarations of the past forty eight hours storms e the brit award winning grammar to what do you make of the fact this petition has gone past the amount where they're going to have to debate in parliament greenfield however much he says the strength of feeling and clearly the government have not covered themselves in glory at all the response has been woeful and there i think something like a hundred families still in tempo

european union. what we have seen in court today was that the biggest historical achievements of the european project. such as collective bargaining such as trade union organizing minimal wages all of this is actually disintegrating. many blame the chinese company cost but i'm eating former greek finance minister. punishing inside information about europe's part in the deal. seems this is not working. yeah. amongst the first things they did in the ministry they one day to was to embark upon a. kind of silent negotiation with the chinese authorities and with the costco c.e.o. and we agreed to collective bargaining and were allowing trade unions to present workers for other board if they were given the rest of the port secondly they agreed on a spectacular investment program of anything between two hundred fifty three hundred million euros within eighteen months that would have been a fantastic injection of capital of activity of jobs in the port of the us and finally most importantly they would prepared the chinese government to contribute to contribute to purchase a bond a new bond that we would issu

europe will drive a hard bargain and even take an economic cost to preserve the political project of european union yes basically that's the trade off i think the e.u. would like the u.k. not to leave but it respects that decision but if that comes at a price of being able to retain the value of membership retain the project of integration that is at the heart of this then i think they will accept the loss of market access that british politicians here seem to think is the the be all and end up to simon ashwood thank you very much back to you laura in the studio in don't ok bonamy thanks very much for the view there from london. now the mayor of the libyan capital tripoli has been kept that by gunmen from his home base amal is affiliated with libya's un backed government of national accord which resides in tripoli and the past few years officials have often been targeted for abduction. in mali gunmen have attacked a hotel killing at least one person injuring two others five men reportedly opened fire in the town of dandiya garra shooting a soldier and two hotel workers. rebel attack has killed at l

zero or tongue dynasty two point zero but they have unlike the western european union or the united states a long term plan to project economic power of which the largest element is something called one. one road or the new silk road they're used foreign direct investment which is the flip side of the coin of trade to project their economic power all through the eurasian landmass into africa they have bought up the port of parathas in athens they're buying up much of the german economy for instance since we happen to be here very controversially so not just finance tech companies tricity grid just now a stake a secret stake they spilt up secretly in and the maker of mercedes benz off with the explicit aim of bringing intellectual property home at the same time when it comes to foreign direct investment they don't grant those privileges to german european american companies in china so it is about more than trade and we have to bring this up and we have to get them to the table and saying look we're paying attention and we have to talk about this so maybe this is the way to do it. would you agree with that let's hold

to pipeline should be sanctioned that nine billion euro project should actually be stopped elsewhere in the european union a group of member states headed up by the high representative for foreign affairs federica mark or any said that they would not acknowledge the results of the vote that took place in crimea they were also joined by. norway in saying that so when it comes to more congress tauriel messages they certainly came from the italian president sergio matter rather expressing his actual ations to vladimir putin and finally from france we heard from mr marquand he said that he wished that to me a putin every success in his new term but he urged the russian president to provide some help on finding what happened with the poisoning of the spy said it is going to be done in the united kingdom earlier this month. but your correspondent there with more of the reaction from europe and around the world this was also the first presidential election we must remember for the only woman in the race. who start us off as the candidate against all the others i vote for as a vote against everyone else but it di

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north stream to pipeline should be sanctioned that nine billion euro project should actually be stopped elsewhere in the european union a group of member states headed up by the high representative for foreign affairs federica maka really said that they would not acknowledge the results of the vote that took place now in crimea they were also joined by. norway in saying that still when it comes to more congress tauriel messages they certainly came from the italian press. that and. expressing his. lie to me at burton and finally from fronts we heard from mr mcclellan he said that he wished that i mean every success is going to be from george galloway joining us live political commentator a full member of u.k. parliament doj looking to. your immediate thoughts on this win for the let me approach in he says he doesn't want to start an arms race for a start which is good news for all of us around the world he wants to engage in dialogue it's a new message surely not. well it does take two to tango the potential dance partners are currently storming out of the dance hall and threatening to leave the siege to those inside t

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european project the same way that some western europeans do where the nation state becomes weaker and less important over time especially five ten years ago a lot of west europeans thought the european union would ultimately become more important than the countries they lived in and there's been some pushback against that of course in britain and elsewhere. but that's still part of the european project in the minds of some west europeans i don't know too many russians who think that way i believe russians want to be part of europe but also want to be their own entity the great power of you know eurasia and that the nation state is very important in the russian political consciousness and it's not getting weaker as history moves forward that's what i meant to say the russian i think is different from some parts of western europe even though it is also part of europe as you correctly point out i generally agree with you mr han let me try to squeeze in one more question about another reason appointing mr trump a oh we have spoken a lot about mr bolton but didn't have that much time to discuss human particularly he's currently be had of the cia and it's been reported in the russian media the

nord stream to pipeline should be sanctioned that nine billion euro project should actually be stopped elsewhere in the european. union a group of member states headed up by the high representative for foreign affairs federica mark a rainy said that they would not acknowledge the results of the vote took place in crimea they were also joined by. norway in saying that it comes to more congress tauriel messages they certainly came from the italian president. expressing his actual ations that lie to me at burton and finally from france we heard from mr marquand he said that he wished that to meet putin every success in his new view from george galloway joining us live to little commentator a full member of the u.k. parliament george looking to. your immediate thoughts than this win for the let me approach him he says he doesn't want to start an arms race for a start which is good news for all of us around the world we want to engage in dialogue is this a new message surely not. well it does take two to tango the potential dance partners are currently storming out of the hall and threatening to leave the siege to those in

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european project the same way that some western europeans do where the nation state becomes weaker and less important over time especially five ten years ago a lot of west europeans thought the european union would ultimately become more important than the countries they lived in and there's been some pushback against that of course in britain and else. where but that's still part of the european project in the minds of some west europeans i don't know too many russians who think that way i believe russians want to be part of europe but also want to be their own entity the great power of you know eurasia and that the nation state is very important in the russian political consciousness and it's not getting weaker as history moves forward that's what i meant to say the russian i think is different from some parts of western europe even though it is also part of europe as you correctly point out i generally agree with you mr han let me try to squeeze into one more question about another reason appointing mr prepare we have spoken a lot about mr bolton but didn't have much time to discuss human particularly he's currently be had of the cia and it's been reported in the russian media the cia a

. - it's a massive project built on, in some ways, replicating that trade block of the european union, replicating it in a different way in central asia. - [narrator] estimated to cost over a trillion dollars, the one belt, one road initiative or obor will connect china to 60 asian and european countries through the construction of road and rail links through six different corridors. they will loosely trace ancient trading routes. - the belt and road initiative is a much larger and much more augmented approach than the going out strategy to access these inputs from the far reaches of the world and to build rail networks, highway networks, port systems all over the world. they've reached to africa, the african coast, to europe, latin america. they keep these inputs coming in. - its trade really was east. was to the united states, was to japan, was to korea, was to southeast asia. but this whole area to the west is undeveloped, is potential market for china, that historically has been part of where china sent its goods. (xi jinping speaking in chinese) - [translator] since the belt and

followed quickly by sanctions imposed by the obama administration and the european union and this is what leads to the collapse of the projectmajority russian government owned financial institution was targeted in those sanctions. rob goldstone is quoted in the book as saying that that's what led to the collapse of the project. so it came close then. but then he tries again. through another -- another associate. a former felon named felix sater and they set up a deal for an -- a letter of intent that's signed for a trump tower project in moscow. this is in october 2015 while trump is running for president. trump at that very moment was pursuing another deal/project in russia. that is -- you know, that would have required putin's approval. so when you see that, you start to understand a bit trump's strange affinity for putin and his flattering public comments about putin. he needed putin's approval for the business deal he was trying to accomplish. >> and as i think you have made clear, we showed that headline from the friday times about mueller now seeking documents via subpoena power from the trump organization. you think w

european union from the treaty of rome. almost to. the teeth of these well if we projects of integration of any level as well as a work in progress the argument commits countries to moving targets on ninety percent of goods and lifting all body has to trade with in the continent eventually the free movement of people and even a single currency could become part of the free trade area but before the tuppence banks are looking to fill the void what we have. is to make sure that the chorus problem. is only. what can go with the launch for the. tough two we have been set to with. that platform also will. suit in federal. court cases when africa's most advanced economies often advantage with them will develop manufacturing capabilities some of them remain opposed to the agreements that trade unions are already raising that flex arguing unfettered access by foreign workers to their labor markets could cause problems as people move to the continent stronger economies is such a jobs mohamed atta was his eda got. and just a reminder that you can always keep up to date with all the

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leadership is to never lose sight of that great project and there may come a time i'd like to think there will come a time when britain after it leaves the european union will think again. and rejoin this remarkable adventure in democratic politics the dead hand of bureaucracy you know can sometimes you know take the gloss off dreams and but so to condemn these are so too can forgetting what this was all was about because europe is also about peace as well as prosperity and for ireland it has helped to secure both for us where you're passionate european a great fire.