another source of tension while air france remains bigger kaelin is proving more profitable in recent years. in twenty eighteen it accounted for four fifths of the alliance's profits. enjoying relative labor peace as air france suffers from costly strikes intentions with unions. wewell the g government of mark routes that makes how it's pro business credentials. mrs in its first embrace of protectionist policies. it's also help thwart attempts from foreign firms. take over the country's postal service. there remains little clarity about how or when the u. k. will leave the european union the countdown to the march twenty ninth deadline continues. earlier this week the british farming industry was singled out in a government report as being at pararticular riskk if the u . leaves without a deal. even speaking to guy smith the deputy president of the national farmers union of england and wales about what's at risk. fail thatt at h heart b breaks n no do brbrexit -- wiwill be catastrophihic fulll y sex is a british agriculture only on myself i i ix bowl multi bodydy -- into germany norma

i'm gonna start with the ongoing tensions between france and the netherlands over there and fronts kaelin project. okay i will begin as a fight for influence of the group has morphed into a diplomatic spat. after dutchch authorities secrey brought bought a major stake to ststave off a a suspected attems to consolidate operations in france. french our finance minister burn on the merits of the over what he's called an incomprehensible move. there must and has the story. another chapter in the increasingly fraught alliance between air france and klm. the dutch government boosted its sharare in the airline holding cocompany ruffling feathers in france. with on the mobile say the government is not informed of this decision know of its implementation. honor i take notice him it's now up to the dutch government clarify its intentions isn't optional. so difficult. the dutch government started buying shares in the holding company on february twentieth spending six hundred eighty million euros to boost its stake to nearly 13%. it will cost around seventy million more to match the frontrunner. for

kaelin is the strongest plank in the franco dutch alliance which is p played a role in recentt tensions between french unions and management. sterling is jump since theresa may open the door to delaying the march twenty ninth brags that deadline. bridgege currency rally to its highest level against the dollar in twenty one months this tuesday -- trading in just under a dollar thirty three there up about one and a third p percent this hour were nearly one at your seventeen the worst case scenario for investors and businesses is a no deal for exi. so any effort to avoid thahat en if it's just to buyy more time s being very well received. still the uncertainty about the u. k.'s futures cat england's as it stands ready to give more support to the british economy if needed. bubu that its options will be limited. we'll do what we can -- but we should not oversell what we can do -- the real drivers of economic outcomes here willl b b what happens to the productive capacity of the economy -- and then the reaction to businenesses and households and are for and you know what customers -- the cust