the president of the eu parliament, martin schultz has been awarded the international charlemagne prizeor: the award recognizes contributions towards european unification. he wrecked -- he accepted the prize, and said he hopes to make europe more accessible to all europeans. >> martin schultz has been described as "mr. europe," a committed european and the face of the european parliament. he has been in brussels fighting for a stronger eu for 21 years. he passionately defended europe in his acceptance speech. mr. schultz: stop blaming brussels for all the things that go wrong, all the unresolved problem, while pinning every success to your nation. >> schultz is a passionate politician not afraid of speaking his mind. he recently called on eu member states to take on more responsibility in dealing with the refugee crisis in the mediterranean. mr. schultz: the decision on whether to make progress will be made in brussels, but only geographically speaking. it will not be made in brussels institutions, but in berlin, rome, london, and madrid. >> german president yorkie and out and french pr

i asked martin schultz how he feels about britain's demands. >> the united kingdom is a member of the european union. they want to discover necessary reforms within the european union to make it more effective or socially just, more competitive. i agree this is all feasible and without mutual provocation if this goes in the direction i'm with him. if it is about split in the european union to build a group of non--euro countries fighting against the euro countries to get an advantage within the common economic area my playing the non-euro countries against the euro country -- against the euro countries, then he will fail. christophe: tough talks, i fear. greece was also on everyone's mind, although not on the official agenda with meetings between francois hollande, angela merkel, and alexis tsipras. as a final meeting between alexis tsipras and the president of the commission. molly: christoph reporting from riga, latvia. to the united states now. a grand jury has just -- has indicted the six police officers in the death of freddie gray. state prosecutor marilyn mosby announced the re

with your efforts in terms of undermining trade particularly when you think that no less than a martin schultz who was here trying to launch ttip is now on the antigoogle band wagon? >> what the commissioner responsible for competition is doing on google and many others is to like at companies of different kinds are abusing their position on the market. that has nothing to do with ttip and she has -- i think she was here a couple of weeks ago and presented what she is doing and the questions she has been asking and so on. so this is kept under her -- very clearly away from our negotiations in ttip. >> we have a question in the back. >> commissioner, my name is -- i'm the president of common good an international group and i'm from kenya. you talked about africa looking at the 27 countries who have signed with the agreement. what are you looking at in terms of transparency, corruption, human rights and the -- what is going to get them -- what makes you agree with them that this is a country that it better and will do better in policy and with business. so what are you posing on when selecting t

the letter was signed by alan greenspan, ben bernanke, charles schultz, martin feldstein lawyer are d'andrea tie son martin bailey, glenn hubbard austin goolsbee, allan krueger edward la diseer, harvey rosen and gregg manqiue, all have cautioned against enforcing currency standards? our trade agreements that are subject to sanctions and they all noted that such an approach, which would be required under the port man-stabenow amendment would hinder our own economic policies. our current secretary of agriculture said much the same thing in a letter this week. in his letter secretary vilsack states "enacting a t.p.a. currency discipline requires anence forceable negotiating objective, would likely derail our effort efforts to complete the trans-pacific partnership and cause us to lose ground ond holding countries accountable on currency." he continued arguing -- quote -- "anence forceable currency provision in our trading agreements could give our trading partners the power to challenge legitimate u.s. monetary policies needed to ensure strong employment and a healthy, robust economy." we've al

schultz. >> but given the baggage of george w. bush's foreign policy why use the same people? >> it's a great question. everybody questioned at the rollout. >> i want to pivot quickly if we can to martinwe understand he's set to make an announcement on may 30th. cnn has learned that. an aid says he is "inclined to run." couple of questions here given the temperature in america right now and given that many people think that the former governor of maryland the former mayor of baltimore, given what's going on in baltimore, is it wise? is it prudent of him? is it a lack of judgment for him to decide to run now? and also to announce that possibility in baltimore? >> no. i think you've got to own who you are and your experience. i think the real question will be how does he actually turn his experience into a national campaign asset? how does he define his campaign in contrast to hillary clinton's? it's very unusual to have a mayor. and he was a successful mayor, run for president. but he's got to own that experience. and then own the recent history in baltimore to make a national point that makes him relevant. right now he's been kicking around iowa but hasn't been gaining real traction.