party, michael fuchs is one of seven germans on the travel ban of u.s. citizens. us on the phone for more. thanks for making the time. i know you were in holland and italy. how did you find out you were on the list and what's your reaction to it? michael: the german foreign office gave me the information last friday that i'm on the list and ok, well, that's it. i am on the list but while russia is not my favorite place to go to. i can't stand it. guy: you can't stand it. ok. have you any plans to go? michael: no, not at all at the moment. i think my last journey was three years ago. of course on the political issue by for the time being i did not have plans to go to russia anyway. francine: why do you think you were put on the list? michael: definitely i was -- while in the german bunedes talk -- in the german parliament saying the russians did not do what they did do with the crime yeah crisis including eastern ukraine and was very clear on sanctions. i said sanctions should be and as long as russia isn't following the rules then we will not cut on sanctions at al

a little later on, we will talk to michael fuchs.el fuchs is a key ally and he will be joining us a little bit later. he is usually fairly clear with his views on where greece should be going. let's find out from another man who probably has some clear views on where greece should be going. tim will also be here in a moment with the stories making headlines on our website. where should greece be going? roger: we should be going out of the euro. -- greece should be going out of the euro. i think we have reached the point where that is in the interest of greece and all the other eurozone countries. it can't go on much longer like this. we have seen with extended and extended an extended. i think really what is at stake here is the future of the whole european economy. greece, in my view, should never have been in the euro in the first place. it was forced upon. frankly i think it is only a matter of time before greece leaves. guy: unlike other balance of payments crises usually you are in a situation where you have full employment. thi

we speak with christian democratic deputy leader michael fuchs.ve us a sense of how concerned you are with greece? we are not closer to an agreement. it seems with every day we are further and further apart. do you think your chancellor will be able to make a deal with mr. tsipras in the next couple days? mr. fuchs: it is very difficult because the new proposal of mr. tsipras which reach us yesterday as what e.u. officials told us is nonnegotiable. it is far away from what we agreed in february. the second bailout package cannot be changed with any prior notice, with passing the german bundestag. if you do a change, it has to go through bundestag. the bundestag can only accept it if greece is coming up with a proposal we can talk about. but what they are doing in the moment is not negotiable. francine: do you think we will have a deal to the wire? it seems the deadline now is june 30. i know it is difficult, but do you think that something will be reached? mr. fuchs: i hope we can reach something. but it is fully and only on greek's side. we canno

we will be speaking to michael fuchs. he is one of angela merkel's key allies. that is live at 10:30 a.m. london time. anna: cap stores at this hour -- three u.s. by programs have expired over legislation to renew them. it is a first time since the 9/11 attacks that intelligence and agencies cannot initiate the use of these tools to monitor communications of suspected terrorists or seize records. the senate is expected to vote on wednesday on passing the bill. anna: the results of the hi and local election are due today best italian -- the results of the local italian election are due today. anna: a blanket ban will be imposed on smoking in public places in beijing did a cover's workplaces, schools, hotels, public transport, and tourist spots. it will pose a fine on smokers refusing to comply. it is a first time a lot will target businesses that tolerate tobacco use. you can find out more on that story and many more at bloomberg.com/europe. mark: and join the conversation on twitter. this is where you will find us. anna is back. welcome back. anna: thank you. ma

you just heard with michael brooks, a key angela merkel ally. he's such a key ally, mr. fuchs has been banned from russia. but he was in venice, so i do not think he much cares. brendan: over the weekend, the we see a rise in the probability of -- hans co we have something negative and something quite crematory from alexis tsipras. normally it is sippers who cleans up -- normally it is suppress -- tsipras who cleans up varoufakis' mess. there appears to be no daylight be feeling that between varoufakis and alexis tsipras. tom: we need to pivot. america is pivoting to asia which is at least the zeitgeist of recent years. the zeitgeist has pivoted into a brick wall. china has an offense and defense of their agencies. u.s. secretary of defense ashton carter says their actions are provocative. dark of the united states is deeply concerned about the land and scope. the process of further militarization, as well as the potential for these activities to increase the risk of miscalculation or conflict among claimant states. tom: we will speak in this hour on ramadi, on international r