it is this united france in which i believe, the united france that everywhere in france is showing resolve and which will allow us to win against this invisible enemy. this enemy is, in fact, invisible. thank you very much. thank you all. >> you've been listening to the french president speaking at a mass-producing factory and a western city, the french leader says it is crucial to have the necessary number of such protective masks for health care workers each week. he's announced more than one billion will be imported from china, but he also says many more need to be produced on the home soil and here in europe. 15 million should be made on french soil by the end of april. we can head back to our chief foreign editor robert parsons rob, what are the main takeaways from the speech, sovereignty and solidarity seem to be the watchwords. solidarity,ty and more of everything that is assired to maintain efficiently as possible the french service. obviously he focused most of his speech on masks because he is at the biggest mask factory which % of the total. but he himself pointed out that befor

france is. a right that way so yes when you have become accustomed to having a free medical care free education in many cases subsidize housing- you get used to that and it's like an addiction and the government can't take it away that will be my last on rest it does a lot for its citizens and not only does it for them in france it does a lot for them abroad for example if you go hiking in n the himalayas and gt lost the french governmentill come in thank you- which you know are you. isn't it but it costs money now to tighten the french president emmanuel cold has slashed the civil servants he wants to cut a hundred twenty t thousand folks genet bt which ones can. the problem. most promise to slash the service. and then when t they gt in office they don't know what to cut it's very tricky becaususe- all of the ministry say thahat they're cut to the bone- certainly the police are very hard pressed. since the jihadist of toxins- two thousand fifteen and sixteen though not necessarily the police or

james wilson wrote it's- my soul in the northeast of france it's been. badly impacted by corona virus and that's the only hospital has recently increased threefold. the number of beds in intensive care. but for the director general it's simply not enenough. jujust just just o pull lynn. up to date on the date of the alleged gentle peopople come to me. focal need led to the studio- i know formal told me for one except if you came all the way in which you. can live off this weekend what is your- use. it when you. call please. on some and pay with point trying to hospitital in nouvelle. in francistownn west on a f further four were flown over by the german and force. the director general of mets the on field hospital wants this to become routine. asking that at least a dozen be transferred daily. so the sick and the whole thing. and it's not just patients but a dying a doctor in the hospitalal passed awaway on sun. it contracted covert nineteen mall carrying out his duties. like that fans his colleagues are determined to carry on working. you don't us how i

can wewe see the same scenario n france?tice askedy of to release those who just have a few months of jail to do. it is going to be really difficult in the future. who are in jail, they cannot see the family because they are unable to visit in jail. the jails are overcrowded. it is going to happen. not at a large scale. just for a few persons. but not enough. the minister of justice talked about 5000 persons. right now in jail in france, there are more than 80,000 persons. so it is really limited. >> is it not a concern for you and perhaps for the government that i in the situatioion now already quite tense that peoplee might be scared if prisoners are releleased on the street? >> the people we are talking about are not murderers. they are just people who commit a small felony. they are about to go out anyway in a few months. we are saying it is better if they go out now. they will be confined if they go home. it does not matter if they are in jail. in jail, they are like a free person in n the same cell -- the are like thre

how is france going to take action? is it going to be on the side of those who provide the means as you mentioned or the side of the country willing to host? thank you. >> hi, jake nelson from the department of state. my question is about china. so this is going to be a big year in eu/china relations with the summit taking place this spring and then the leaders that germany has announced during the presidency which is announced in september. i would like to know what the hopes are under the new council and what role the idea of systemic role that human rights will play in that? >> so immigration. france is currently the first country in terms of a number of applications for asylum seeking in 2019. france was just at the same level even at a higher level than germany. we are a country receiving the highest level of secondary movements. the currency we see is not functional. afghan families when they seek asylum in france on average they have asked twice in two other countries for asylum before. we have no capacity to und

this is a double news live from lead france goes on nationwide lockdown following the example set by spain and italy all farts is deployed thousands of police to enforce the mash after the president tells people to stay home and face heavy fines we'll bring you the latest from paris also on the program germany and i'm says a 50000000 euro operation to retouch trade said some strong to the broader public health officials raise their coronavirus risk assessments too high. this summer security fears football championship is 1st spouse and i'm not says thing off the top must be held in june next year. i'm still girl welcome to the program. france has joined neighboring actually in spain in ordering a complete lockdown to try and hold the spread of corona virus present to manual mccraw describe the situation as a public health war virus has killed nearly 150 people in the country and infected more than 6600. as the clock struck noon in france the lock down took effect people must now carry a document justifying their reasons for going outdoors only essential trips and exercise alone are p

those are our top stories this hour on "france 24." thank you for watching.e start with our top stories this thursday and a radical step taken by donald trump to , 13unce the travel ban countries to the u.s., leaving the number of nations andnd islands affected. the u.s. president announced health insurance companies had agreed to expand coverage to coronavirus treatment. now washington is expected to soon announce emergency action to provide financial leave for workers who fall ill only to be quarantined. on the front line of america's fight against coronavirus, nurses and california protested against the lack of specialized equipment and training. launching nationwide industrial action on wednesday to criticize how the health crisis has been managed. >> that is sad, since we have known about this for a while, leading up to this, we should have been more prepared. >> as the threat looms of a widespread outbreak in the united states, the u.s. food and drug administration gave the authorization to semi-covid-19 testing. the governor of new york said more needs

he's issuing a warning against any further on necessary travel outside the country also coming up france becomes the 3rd european country to go into lockdown the president in what about call has ordered citizens to state and side those who do not obey will face heavy fines and as the virus spreads so does fake news about misinformation creates fear and hurts efforts to fight the pandemic so what are social media companies doing about it. i'm serious i was gonna thank you for joining us germany's disease control agency has raised its coronavirus risk assessment to high at the agency's daily press briefing a spokesman for the robert costa institute said stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus citing the ongoing dynamic of the pandemic he said there were increasing warning signs from german clinics that the number of seriously ill cases is increasing. all right let's bring in our political correspondent hans brown for the very latest on this story hi good to see you so germany a center for disease control has raised the risk level now to high for this corona virus

in france's food processing industry. health authorities respond to each affair by vowing to o fight fraud anand increased. . but the industrial food chain remains opaque complicating traceability and denting consumer confidence in france. consumers all the industry to account was not as easy as it seems on the face of bad publicity and increasingly stringent political response to such scandals the french food industry knows how to wield its influence it's a good place to look now at france's powerful food lobby. whether it's keeping harmful components out of l lists of ingredients or cracking down on advertising. the go to solution in the food business is lobbying. political pressure that mp louis could witnessed first hand when he headed up an investigative committee last year. the group's decision to limit certain additives in processed foods was practically unanimous but when the bill was put to the parliamentary commission for social affairs he was in for a surprise. he's off to throw do. all of the closes with phone

of the region in the eastern france is struggling and those regions the hours was the most l. along said the general border they are really struggling though there were big clusters of the virus there in the early days that we are hearing both from the prefect our downstairs and from the health department in mosul that they are reaching saturation point and they're just hoping that that promise that the president emanuel makram made last night when he said that the army would come into that region and set up military field hospitals that that will come sooner rather than later because they really are struggling meanwhile here in paris they're saying that it's tough but they're still on top of it but what's worrying them are the large numbers of people who are coming and who are younger than 60 years old a lot of people had thought this virus only affected older people but there's a lot of younger people coming in and there is concern to go ok so that's that's the health impact let's talk about the money what's being done to lessen the economic impact. 2 strings here on the one

♪ france on lockdown. the government takes the most drdrastic actition yet.o halt the spread of covid-19. the interior minister is expected to address the nation shorortly. the european union also shutting its borders. travel severely rerestricted for 30 days. caseses continue to o spike on e cotton it. officicials say the move is need to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. a change in tone from donald trump. the u.s. president asking people to avoid social contact as he u.s. economy may be heading for recession. thank you for joining us. france is closed. its external borders are shut. ishin the country, movement severely restricted. as of midday today residents are only allowed out of their homes if they could prove it is absolutely necessary. that includes to buy food, medicine, or to go to work. all of this to try and thwart the spread of the covid-19 virus. police officers will be deployed today from midday to contain the lockdown. >> stay home or face punishment. the words of frenchh president emmanuel macron monday as the french government ram

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it was not just france going. he was france and the european power. also in germany restocking with china. it was germany as european power. we seek reciprocity. we made good progress with the actual the indication of production. this is very important to protect producers on those sites. the next step this protection of investment. for it's a priority. we work on climate, carbon pricing for the thinking we have in europe on the carbon inclusion on the water is something where we think we can do progress with china. there is a number of places where it's been discussed for quite awhile and we expect things team forward. the key word is reciprocity. we tried to have it again, a systematic rivalry, it's a fact. now we can work around this and again be loose it without naive tv, and see how it can make progress. as you know france has been always protective of all the citizens and people on individual cases one and situations arising. >> three questions here in the back. >> hi atlanta i'm in the east program which is. i was just wondering follow up on th

four en france twenty four .com. hello and thank you for joining us here on our phones twenty four i'm delighteded to sousa in paris france has been in a state of locked down for over two days now what you just saw on your screens was people in lockdown applauding frances a medical personnel. nearly eleven thousanand people are infected with the corona virus and the death toll in france has gone up by over a hundred in the past twenty four hours alone three hundred seventy two pepeople in total have died from the virus according to public health officials. under the lockckdown people can only leave their homes to go to o work or get basic essentials like food or medicine anyone caught out of their homes without the rights authorization risa find which can go up to a hundred and thirty eight euros. now for more on a life in a lock down we can go across and to our corresespondent katherine anne norris strand- who is in that belvita neighborhood off paris- and we can go across to her now catherine a lot off camaraderie

also coming up france becomes the 3rd european country to go into lockdown the president in front of mccall is ordering citizens to say those who don't meet face heavy topics researchers in the u.s. have started testing a potential coronavirus vaccine on volunteers 4 of them received their 1st injection monday as part of the study's 1st stage of human trials look at the latest from the world health organization expert. plus the 2020 european football championship will be postponed for a year due to the outbreak that's the word from the host country norway the european football body u.a.e. fund has yet to confirm the news. i'm serious so much going to good to have you with us germany's disease control agency has raised its coronavirus risk assessment. and to high at the agency's daily press briefing the president of the robert cock institute said stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus because of increasing warning signs from german clinics that the number of serious cases is increasing for it let's bring in our political correspondent hans front for the ver

, with rates in -- because you are french when you are from france.we lack the fight between the savings we have and for projects and what we need to do for the eu and the european strengthen economic terms and geopolitical terms. we cannot say no to these countries when they welcomed chinese investments for european investors for capacity, for growth and so on. and internal capacity to fund the savings and investments and this is a very important topic. for me there was no initial strategy that will be successful if we don't put alongside this, and as we are an aging continent, the highest level of saving rates, we lack capacity to organize saving differently. as we know the french position i'm not sure it is known. the french position is not a position against the western balkan. the french position was to say the european perspective of the region is valid, is made and we have no intention to go back on a promise we made but we were not ready and this is where the discussion i'm going with the commission for quite a long time, we are not ready to s

france 24 newsroom. the u.k. is the biggest -- latest country to issue stay-at-home order's. growingngdesk facing a stororm of criticism, , boris johnson adaddress s to the natin last night. catherine reports. >> i must give the british people a very simple instruction -- you must stay at home. catherinine: u.k. government ordering a thrhree week shutdown stem thetest effort to spread of the coronavirus. boris johnson has, under increasing pressure as many people have been seen out and about to disregarding the government to o social distancig recommendations. >> people will only be able to leave their room for the limited shopping, as infrequently as possible, one form of exercise a day, any orical need to provide care help a vulnerable person and traveling to and from work. newerine: as part of the measures johnson announced a all shops selliling nonesntntial gos such as electronics will be shot. libraries and places of worship will be closed as well and social events are banned as well as public a gat

news live from berlin france follows did only and spain in ordering a nationwide shutdown of public life as european governments scrambled to stop the spread of corona virus as a midnight tonight only food shops and pharmacies will stay open in france many countries in europe are closing their borders as a number of infections rises meanwhile china's quarantine appears to have paid off the country begins to come out of hibernation there's a number of new corporate buyers cases drops to a handful of. american evanston welcome to the program. large parts of western europe are going into lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of corona virus francis following italy's lead and shutting all restaurants bars cafes and most shops people are being urged not to leave their homes unless it's essential we'll have more on france in just a moment but 1st we go to spain which is preparing to announce similar measures that's after $1500.00 new infections and 70 deaths were reported in spain just between friday and saturday. madrid has turned into a ghost town instead of the usual traffic jams motori

france has joined neighboring italy and spain in ordering a complete lockdown to try and hold the spread of coronavirus president emanuel mark wrong describe the situation as a public health war the virus has killed nearly 150 people in the country and infected more than 6600. as the clock struck noon in france the lock down took effect people must now carry a document justifying their reasons for going outdoors only essential trips and exercise alone are permitted those who break the rules will be fined. the president has called the outbreak a war 100000 police officers have been deployed across the country officials stress that every day life must be up ended to contain the virus. could cause example conflict to give you some examples a family lunch dinner with friends a football game with friends a game of cards all of that which might not seem important normally is now for didn't more not only ill advised but forbidden each of those meetings let's not play it down is a moments when the virus can be transmitted it means running the risk of speeding the spread of 19. in the capital par

we start for you in france, where it is day two of an unprecedented shutdown.undred thousand police are manning checkpoints across thehe countryoday to ensure residents are only leavingg ther hohomes when absolutely y neces. thene for those breaking regulations has risen overnight from 38 euros to 135.5. >> it's a tweet that's been viewed over half a million times and its message is clear. to m make his point, aa french astronauaut called on past exexperience and a b bit of hum. >> what happens when an astronaut is stuck at home? for provisions there is no panic or risk of a food shortage. i'm used to tend food anyway. and here it stays on the plate. to remind myself of good memories from the space station, i installed a v vertical sleepig babag. france tookl over to social media to share their first day in lockdown, like this family who have carefully planned out the cocoming days. in themorning -- >> morning, we are focusing on school activities. we have planned games and free time. family enjoys time in their garden. to them it's a few square meters of calm

thank you very much for joining us live on "france 24."his is of course a very difficult period for french people economically. with no money or less money coming in, can we expect, for example, a a delay or suspspensn onhehe payments ofof rent? in the terms and conditions of your loan contract, you have an article t that plans t the possibility to either suspend or delay the payments of your monthly loan, if you own a credit loan, ususually one to sx months. we are all confined in our house. take the time to read again the terms s and condititions. find this article. most of the time, you will have this article that is supposed to help you have the possibility to suspend or delay the pavement. -- the payment. write an email to the banker, and asking to put this article into institution. if you are a tenant and you rent your apartment and you are unable to pay the true rent, but for not paying the rent, have a call to your landlord. call the owner of f the apartment and talk to him. i bebelieve now more humanizatin between people. do, him,

now olson france of thought. are taking place of karan of page from the hard hit east of the country. this area alone has registered as a one thousand three hundred hospital deaths. as from twenty fours ella the assigned as of wednesday explains the move is a- figure. the two load okay canisters attached correct to this. the congo bold this french trying far from the u. buying and so. this heistst service has been. for medical use for some the shovel you'll- well position get this he'll of. thank you for calling both is about scheck bug vital. . in keepining you argrgument and mue car soo on the also he's a mrr. with a team of some stuff that. get define brief. the contest region of france have been relocated to other hospitals one more beds are available. also speaking up. for three months. to get them in the system it has okay mastering your office conclude for questions. this is being a back will be transferred to facilities in the west of france including non and on j. existing the says they were the death to

not only t huge pressures economies,ly, spaifn and france -- spain and france, also the fact that asual countries inside the eopean union impose bordeti restrs you have lorries blocking at the border, slowing down the free movement of goodshat's so important inside the market. it's also these political reasons and economic reans thre pushing for this travel ban but tt list of exceptions is just going to prove too long. and for certain mem in order to lift their own restrictions already in place. interested. u mentioned the eurozone. we've snhe federal reserve take reasonably drastic action on behalf of the american economy. can we expect the european issue again in order to provide some more stability for the you'reurozone. >> do you remember mario draghi, the former president of the e.c.b., the mkets reacted quickly when he said, we'll d whatever it takes. the markets haven't reallyea that message from christina lagarde loud enough, the current the e.c.b. did come out with a whole package of measures last week. but some countries like france, emmanuel macron say it wasn't enough. an

why did they support changing it for britain and france? and i think the answer to that comes down to a universal negative view of nazi germany. it is hitler. it's hitler's behavior that americans are responding to. august of 1939, gallup asked the public if hitler's claims against poland, that we talked about last week, were justified, 86% said no. what he's demanding is wrong. if a war, therefore, comes out of this, it will be his fault. and then a couple of weeks later when the war did begin, 82% of the american people said it was germany's fault. virtually no one blamed england or france or poland. it was germany's fault. they are the ones who started this. there is a clear-cut aggressor in this war. this is not a case of both sides. germany is at fault. germany is the aggressor and germany and france are defending the victim. so we don't feel neutral about that. the two sides are not the same. there is significant difference here. once it was an actual war instead of a theoretical war, american opinion shifted a little bit. they still

there are really problematic areas in france. which is why we took this decision in order to slow the spread of the virus. for now you the restrictions only apply on the gray and air travel is not affected german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with her cabinet later to decide if the skies are to remain open while staying on the ground for more let's bring in correspondent bad he's standing by right in the french german border between the french town of the german city off and you're on the german side this new tech these new checks will take effect this morning what's the situation where you are right now. yeah exactly we had the german side of this border crossing at the ultra bon 86 and if you look behind me you can see there already long lines coming from france this traffic jam is going kilometers into france right now and there's a little police cars standing there with 3 people who are just looking into the cars this is not the real border check this is bought a surveillance the bottom checks will kick in in about 15 m

start restricting travel within the what's also coming up terrorists bars serve their final drinks as france and order all non-essential businesses to close spangles a step further telling residents to remain inside their homes as europe moved to control the spread of the coronavirus. and a different scene here in germany shops remain open many people still outnumber out but there's evidence of panic buying as shoppers prepare for a potential 14. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us the u.s. has tightened its ban on visitors from europe president donald trump says it will now include travelers from britain and ireland who were exempted from the initial ban a week ago trump said he was also considering travel restrictions within the united states to areas hit hardest by the viruses spread. chaos at chicago o'hare airport d. one of the unit travel ban thousands in closely confined poorly ventilated spaces waiting hours to go through coronavirus screenings at u.s. border controls it was a similar scene at dallas fort worth and other airports. new measures in place at the white house to the co

the nazi offensive in 1940, the fall of france. that changed everything. >> cash and policy apply only to great britain? or could it have applied to germany or other countries? >> theoretically, but i'm not sure about the specific language of the legislation, but everybody knew what the legislation was actually accomplishing. there was no expectation that nazi germany would be buying or materials in the united states. >> yes. >> it's the cash and carry policy would be the start of what became these programs? >> yes and no. we'll get to that later, but ultimately we will will say it is a step in that direction. cash and carry was okay as long as it looked like england and france were to win. that is what changed in the spring and summer of 1940. the fall of france completely changed the opinion of this war. up to than it was plausible to believe that great britain and france would win the war. against nazi germany. once france surrendered, that was a lot harder to imagine. with now? what if britain falls? what if the allies lose the

natasha butler joins me now from southwest france for. natasha just tell us more about these medical evacuations because in terms of the high speed trains it's an ingenious and resourceful idea. yes of course these are high speed t.g.v. trains they usually connect or affronts as major cities so from the outside this train is being used looks like a regular train for travel transport but it has been completely transformed inside each carriage of the train is effectively a mobile hospital with respirators special equipment on board our nurses and doctors and each carriage can carry up to 4 patients there are 20 patients in all that are being evacuated from the alsace region of france the north east of the borders of germany it is the area in france that's really been the worst hit by this corona virus epidemic with a 3rd of the deaths in france actually happening in that region so the hospitals there are completely overwhelmed they are struggling and they have asked the government for help so what the governments come up with is the idea of

hasn't reached its peak what about france are official saying when france will reach its peak of the pandemic well no but things are so you know looking good from it's now recording moules and 3000 deaths from the current of our is not the latest latest because we have from french health authorities to give us a daily briefing each evening it is a huge leap multiple 100 deaths and only to past 24 hours a very worrying situation indeed one in a way that we have been about the french prime minister it was really just a few days ago saying that the 1st 2 weeks of april and we're going to that very soon of course he said that they would be a very very difficult time to france indeed the frog's could be reaching its peak at that time the coronavirus at this stage has been really concentrated in the case it's been concentrated in the north east of france in the al sation region but the prime minister had warned to a few days ago that those cases would really well the spread if you like would really reach across north and from the paris region and to other parts of france and it seems that

south of france. there was only a month they were doing this. it was probably just long enough for anything significant to happen. i will come back to you in a minute. sir. >> was turing's design based on bomb?lish mr. turing: good question, this one will take about four hours and i will need a blackboard. [laughter] all right. while they are getting the blackboard, let me give you the quick answer. at the heart of both machines is the idea that you get the machine to do the brute force, cranked through the 17,000 settings of the three rotors, and then stop when it comes up with a plausible setting of the three rotors. the polish were doing a logic test based on the indicator, the first part, the methodator part, tadata part of the preamble. the germans had changed that. turing's design did not depend on the preamble process that the germans had been using before that date. it was testing for a probable word in the body of the message. if you think the message contains the word "weather forecast," and

this week has been not only a match rate has been let's focus on france.e they are looking at the positives, this gives saf to make the a one—off game. this gives saf to make the a one—off game. so all week, events in the sporting world have been cancelled or postponed in light of the outbreak, with question marks over several high profile competitions and matches in the near future. joe lynsky is here, with latest affected, including games in the champions league. this picture here that is what the scene my life is going to be. find the top taking place on sunday and they with supporters essentially locked out of the stadium. until at least the start of april for all matches taking place behind closed doors. at the start of april football league matches taking place behind closed doors. to say that is not the case, in a champions league fixture next week as well. enough about match up around 16, between and also be played out supporters. the mestalla is usually one of the most intimidating venues in world football but it'll be empty for this second leg. t

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and france's p.s.a. had helped to capitalize on the car of the year award for its peugeot 208 model but now it's shutting down its european factories until march well. the new sounds bleak and it is but analysts say europe's car industry suffers from oversupply which an industry wide closure could fix and people in the market for a car will likely still buy one even if they have to wait. and here's a quick look at how the spread of the virus is affecting global industry and economies imus and is looking for 100000 new employees in the u.s. the economists giant is expecting a massive spike in order to the coronavirus outbreak as people avoid shopping in brick and mortar stores. social media web networks facebook and twitter along with video streaming platform you tube have want to that videos and other content could be taken down roni asli the companies have sent staff home amid a covert 1000 pandemic and are relying on artificial intelligence for content moderation. in the world of sports has also suffer

arear in france, tests reserved for at risk groups.ne of the biggest reasosons for the rapid spread of the disease is that many people with little or no symptoms are carrying it, and for the french government, this means the strategy to deal with the outbreak will have to change. >> [speaking french] moment, france does not have enough tests to carry o out mass screeningsgs. the experience of asian countries suggest that it is an effective measure. home,er: in working from there ararsome w who do not have that luxury, among them supermarket employees experiencing unprecedented demand. well measures s are being taken, we are enough safeguards in place. chaos ahead of confinement as overnight, supermarket workers found themselves o othe front t line f a national crisis. the supermarket installed kenexa - -- plexigiglas barriers. >> [speaking french] others have resorted to using sheets of plastic to force clients s to keep the distance, but many e employees remain fearful. this worker wants facemasks to be mandatory for all. others are n

berlin european governments are tasty taking drastic measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus france and spain follow italy and ordering a nationwide shutdown of public life while many other european countries are starting to close their borders also coming up u.s. president coronavirus test results are in and they are negative but what about the tests for the rest of the country. and germany's business leader falls victim to cope with 19. piece of the puzzle is missing. matters and we're going ahead an empty stadiums but now that fixtures have been suspended until the start of april there's a big question mark over the rest of the season. i'm all meanies it's good to have you with us large parts of western europe are going into lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus we begin in france which has taken the shutdown all non-essential businesses french prime minister and deep announced that bars cafes stores and most restaurants will have to close he described the corona virus as the biggest health crisis in a century france's tourist sites have already been shuttered as pa

france's president emanuel macrolides to be seen as one of the driving forces for reform with you but his efforts to change his own country around it's a serious trouble i guess this week here in brussels this is former europe minister not only was old one of his most vocal cheerleaders in the european parliament is the macro revolution advancing or has it run out of steam. not only razzle welcome to conferences. nobody has talked more about reforming the e.u. than emmanuel mccall why should anyone listen when he's making such heavy weather of reforms in his own country while 1st he's been reforming france for more than 2 years with steady pol. pot the country is in chaos the country is not in k. off there is no threat anymore and railways or public transportation and there will be the most ambitious pension systems reform for decades i would wish which went off in the parliament in the next week people have died in the instructions paris has reeked of tear gas for weeks on end you had gigant. disruptions in transport so the worst transport disruption since the 1960 s. are you talking

in france and it's true throughout europe you're about to take a position in the. steering box it steering group well it's one of the really direct it annoys me is going to be you kick or initial rupie has and you have a deal 11 months while are not on everything on have a bare bones deal probably yes. i could have done a deal with the reason my why didn't the do that you would have. bracks it in remember gross future existed only irish backstop but because it scanned that finished her off didn't it well she had no majority in her parliament and she could have got an agreement through if you'd let her on the backstop at least 2 of them really think that protecting the rights of 4 companies offer citizens are protecting placing island was not a key priority i don't agree with you. government so that was a key priority but the backstop wasn't necessary but you're going to end up know with a with an outcome if britain leaves without a deal that's an outcome that nobody wants especially the brands yeah but you didn't want it either though but it's going to cause massiv

games forgets and our colleagues at france televisions report. some french factories working at full tilt to meet its orders for hand sanitizer gel. with the rise in demand following the corona virus outbreak it's now producing sixty thousand bottles a day. when the applicant we are producing about 50% more than we normally do. with this. boosting production they've had to hire extra hands. and now have around ten temporary workers on top of the forty four permanent staff. since the crisis started we have extended working hours there is a shift from ten to six am so production is twenty four hours a day six out of seven days a week we're rolling up our sleeves and getting on with it. sales of hyundai tie the gel have shot up by 91% since january. and demand for the moment is also high. this is the only factory that produces them in france. 70% of francisca maass supplies imported from china but with supply chains disrupted by the coronavirus dimond for french made products is up. elliptical so i recruited one employees that two weeks ago. and con

this is still the news live from berlin france becomes the 3rd country in europe to go into lockdown over coronavirus. orders the closure of france's borders people will also be forced to stay inside from midday those who don't obey it will face heavy fines for leaving their homes to go live to paris also coming up chancellor angela merkel toughens germany's tactics to slow the spread of the virus nachle announces that all nonessential stores will stay closed and advisors germans to stay home. and the united states issues a new guidelines to help fight the coronavirus including a recommendation that people should avoid large social gatherings no discretionary travel and staying away from past restaurants untrimmed course. i want to go jones good to have you with us france is just hours away from a nationwide lockdown president amount of course as the country is facing a public health war and that it will take an all out mobilization to slow the spread of coronavirus coverts 19 has killed 148 people in france and infected more than 6600 all citizens will be required to stay home from

well as we heard france is now in a nationwide lockdown president in order of the measure he says the country is facing a public health war and that it will take a full mobilization to slow the spread so far nearly 150 people in france have died and there are more than 6600 cases the burden on the country's health system is not to. the calm before the storm every day life has been up ended as france braces for what the president has called a war after people ignored warnings to avoid social contact over the weekend france has introduced unprecedented measures to combat the virus. there's just if you don't the press every person will have to carry a document justifying the reason for going outdoors. this certificate is mandatory it will be available on the ministry of the interior website and hopefully on all public sites. 100000 police officers are being deployed to monitor the lock down violations will be punishable by fines. in southern alsace one of the areas hardest hit by the virus health services are severely stretched there are almost no more intensive care beds available. pres

news live from berlin its closing time in the city of light paris bars served their last drinks as france orders all non-essential businesses to close due to the coronavirus spain goes a step further and tells residents to remain inside their homes as europe moves to control the spread. also coming up u.s. president donald trump's coronavirus test results are in and they are negative but what about the tests for the rest of the country. and germany's falls victim to cope with 19. the most important piece of the puzzle is missing the final matches were going ahead in empty stadiums but now that the fixtures have been suspended until the start of april there is a big question mark over the rest of the season. i mean it is if it's good to have you with us large parts of western europe are going into lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus we begin in france which has taken the decision to shut down all non-essential businesses french prime minister and announce that bars cafes and most stores and restaurants will have to close you describe the coronavirus as the biggest healt

news live from berlin european governments take drastic measures just stop the spread of coronavirus france and spain follow italy in ordering a nationwide shutdown of public life only food shops and pharmacies are to stay open many countries in europe are closing their borders as the number of infections rises. well here in germany by contrast shops remain open and many people are still out and abound but there is plenty of evidence of an iq buying as shoppers prepare for potential quarantine. i'm married to evanston thanks for joining us large parts of western europe are going into lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus we begin in france where within a few hours shops restaurants and entertainment venues will be shut down that's in addition to the closure of tourist sites that was already implemented as part of nationwide emergency measures the country's prime minister is calling the coronavirus the biggest health crisis in this century shorties in france a 91 people have now died from corona virus and almost 4 and a half 1000 have been infected. for the latest from the fren

thank you for joining us on "france 24." in the u.s., a new round of primary voting brought to big wins for biden. he won the biggest prize, michigan. our reporter has more now on how the victories have approved a blow to bernie sanders and a boom for biden. >> with rallies canceled as fears of the coronavirus began weighing heavy on the presidential campaign, joe biden's speech was a relatively quiet affair. vp biden: it is more than a it is a in my view, and comeback for the soul of this nation. this campaign is takingg off and i believe, we will do well from this point on. team alsoders' canceled their post primary rally in ohio over concerns the supporters could spread or catch the coronavirus. the loss in michigan was a blow. sanders won the state against hillary clinton four years ago. sanders did not comment on hadday's return, but biden a messagage for ththe generally youngeger, progrgressive voterst back sanders. thank bernieant to sanders and his supporters for their tireless energy and passion.n. we share a common

and the shutdown continues to tighten across europe which bars in paris earlier last drinks as france borders all nonessential businesses to close and spain goes a step further telling residents to remain inside their homes plus chaos a few west airports as americans rush home from europe before flights from britain and ireland are grounded in washington could soon start restricting travel within the u.s. . i'm carl asman thanks for joining us europe's open borders are closing germany joins a growing list of e.u. countries to at least partially shut out their neighbors authorities here deciding to close boundaries with switzerland and austria that's according to german media reports added restrictions are also being imposed on the french german boundary those measures are expected to begin on monday in germany itself authorities have not yet impose the kind of strict new. wide measures we're seeing in other european countries but authorities are urging people to take precautions to slow the spread of the coronavirus shops have been busy as people stock up on the central and that's lea

but there are really problematic areas in france . which is why we took this decision in order to slow the spread of the virus. for now you the restrictions only apply on the grey and air travel is not affected german chancellor angela merkel is meeting with her cabinet later to decide if the skies are to remain open. staying on the ground and for more let's bring in correspondent banta he did she is standing by right on the french german border between the french town of 4 and the german city suburb. and balanced you are on the german side know those new checks they've just taken effect is traffic still rolling. but you have to wait at least 30 minutes until you can enter from france to germany you have to get to this checkpoint which you can see behind me here and the police is stopping every kano checking if the germans in the car or other nationals judgments can go on the right lane they can enter germany of cause others have to go to another checkpoint close to me have a 20 policemen asking people what are you doing in germany wh