pipelines to build not just to ruffle the feathers of someone be built to transport natural gas and as mr merkel said it's all about commercial interest. the european. commission on approved directive on gary klein and that resolves many dresses many issues voiced by the u.s. based. at the moment it helped me to almost do you know you would stick to your. for being a professor shimon wright's. con and. you know that international law has been the foundation of everything in the past decades that will. hire. certain enterprises to. fight. about and focus is something that runs counter to international law. and then. feel if you are firing off so there are a lot of question marks and these intentioned sanction that's individual companies. so from what i understood this was the question that you asked me which. was a little pick up from where my counterpart lift under international law is definitely defies all the tenets of. all legal norms that are u.s. counterparts to stopped using these notions of international law they have called an everyone to buy the article respect the rule based order. to

viktor orban is next to mr macron, mrs merkel, i think, the most influential politician in europe.fecting a kind of new style of politics, single—party rule. hungary is still very far away from russia, azerbaijan or turkey in this respect, but it's inching towards that place. if you want a symbol that captures the power and the simplicity of viktor orban's nationalist message, then this is it — 170km of fortified borderfence. hungary's way of saying "no way" to immigration. the ever—growing gap between the political leftist, liberal political elite in western europe and the electorate in the member states has to be closed. if it's growing further, then it's going to ruin the european union. hungary — a small country at the heart of europe, intensely proud of its history, culture and language. the magyar story can be traced back more than 1,000 years. now, it has a new central character — viktor 0rban, hungary's populist prime minister, whose hostility to immigration has fuelled the rise of a rebooted nationalism. this pocket of rural hungary feels a very long way away from metropol

that speech for us another call for more international cooperation from the german chancellor is mrs merkel zz boyce a voice in the wilderness. well it isn't quite i mean she's come here every day to preach to the converse of this global solutions summit where most people confessing multilateralist but of course she once again named u.s. president donald trump without in fact naming him and she was of course also on the whole breakfast issue because that is the exact opposite of multilateralism with the e.u. of course being a multilateral list of projects and there she said that she would fight until the very last hour to keep this brecht's that process on track essentially to prevent an uncontrolled break said but she didn't really see yourself in a position to predict what would be discussed at that e.u. summit coming up later in the week that everybody in the e.u. is waiting want to reset may well put on the table so there's a bit of multilateralism going off the rails here in europe at the same time calling for leaders to embrace multinationals and not put their own nation first we have

them to join our side in the end and finally do something substantial for climate protection from mrs merkel says she supports us but nothing changes and we think that's absurd. she agrees with those but doesn't do anything and she's the person who can change things. and it's not just young people on the march they're backed by parents scientists and medical professionals. is in intensive care and it's not five minutes to midnight it's actually five minutes after midnight that's why we're here as doctors. the mood at the demonstration is euphoric swedish activists gratitude for who initiated the protest is also in berlin. the climate activist who many here admire doesn't mince words. we should worry we should panic and buy panic i don't mean running around screaming by panic i mean stepping out of our comfort zones. because when you are in a crisis you change your behavior. is a role model for me because she started out by sitting in front of the swedish parliament building every day and every friday because she's definitely a role model for. the young protesters want to ramp up public press

i think mr merkel is kicking off his election campaign for the european elections which will take place in the end of may and he's addressing the people directly and this is a good p.r. stunt if you wish if you want to say so in twenty eight countries cemetaries li so he will dominate the european debate for two or three days at least in the european circles i'm not sure if he can reach everybody because not everybody is reading newspapers anymore in europe and i'm not sure he can reach the protests of the yellowest in frons which are very angry with the president so he's speaking to the people what about his european partners do you think you discussed this letter with other european leaders beforehand and how do you think they're going to react. i think they knew there was something coming but he didn't discuss the details of this plan because mccollum learned that if you want to change something in europe you have to move and you cannot wait for everybody it. is no surprise no real surprise in the things he's proposing and some reactions already from the finnish prime minister and th

victor one is next to mr macron and mrs merkel as the most influential politician in europe.olitics, which leads, i think, to the consolidation of what i would call single party rule. victor organ is nowjoining forces with anti—immigration pop with leaders in italy and poland. —— viktor orban stop they see european elections this spring as a chance to seize power in brussels. we see that the past three years, especially since the migration crisis, there is a turn. and that is, the ever—growing gap between the leftist liberal political elite in europe and the electorate in the member states, it has to be closed. if it is growing further, then it is going to ruin the european union. 30 years ago hungary was emerging from the darkness of the soviet empire. today, it is in the grip of a strongman leader who wants to see his brand of illiberal democracy flow right across europe. head to our website for more on the bbc‘s special season on bringing people together across divides. that's all at bbc.com/crossing divides. you can also download the bbc news app. a £1.6 billion fund is b

i was i was thinking about what you just said about mrs merkel i mean there is this old phrase don't tell show and she is one of the perfect examples for that she tried to not provoke anybody and at the same time she has achieved a couple of things which the social democrats always called for and never really achieved so interesting only it's one of the factors for success is that she would not address things in a confrontational. debate in the society which is actually a very difficult thing to say because i mean certainly we we all appreciate the freedoms we have in a democracy in one of the core elements is that we discuss things as they are and remain them as they are and so. she her success was definitely to not raise these issues and i'm sure she is she has nothing against homosexuals but she never really made it a point or she has nothing against any kind of minorities or whatever. because she was feeling mainly with the angry white man she also had to please those and you can see the row of angry white man who are not in power anymore who she worked with because she just sile

we had some comments from mrs. merkel said she will do everything she can. despite some of the rhetoric particularly maybe from the french side, everyone expects the e.u. to agree to this extension. we learned yesterday there is a condition that she get a vote passed in parliament. that is looking unlikely. she made the statement in downing street where she attacked bmps she is trying to persuade -- she attacked the mp's she is trying to persuade. do we expect the e.u. to force a no deal or will there be a chance for a further extension? this is going right down to the wire. andre only eight days away people are starting to scratch their heads, where can we go from here? mrs. merkel talking about it is unbelievable we still do not know which way this thing is going. undersecretarygn is trying to roll back the criticism of the mp's given that she needs them. that begs the question whether a long delay could be possible if she fails to secure a short delay. david: she was clear in her comments yesterday she would not allow

it all boils down to the fact that his star may be rising again, and mrs. merkeler been -- she didn't want a french person as head of the european commission. she would rather have a german person or someone close to the germans because of various things going on in the european peoples party. that seems a bit less likely it could be that she would opt for that nice man, and that would bring in -- into what may be a bit of a poison chal is if he were to take over the ecb i think his star is rising, but i wouldn't put a lot of money on it >> excellent thank you for joining us patrick armstrong, cio, investment manager, and david marsh, chairman of offim we will speak to the volkswagen and automakers stay with us guys go through a lot to deal with shave irritation. so, we built the new gillette skinguard with a specialized guard designed to reduce it. because we believe all men deserve a razor just for them. the best a man can get. gillette. >>> welcome to eye street signs. these are your headlines >>> china lowers its 2019 growth target as premier lee kachang warns

is annoyed at what they see as grinnell's meddling a leading member of merkel's coalition partners the social democrats shot back mr grinnell is a complete diplomatic zero members of the opposition have even demanded that the controversial ambassador be expelled that's a near impossibility but tensions over defense spending between berlin and america's embassador are likely to continue. well it is a vicious time of assault meant to maim scar and even kill i'm talking about acid attacks and you hear about them happening in many places by one estimate more than fifteen hundred acid attacks take place around the world every year women are the targets in more than eighty percent of those cases and again that's only the cases that are reported it's a crime that india's been trying to address three stricter chemical regulations and tougher punishments but that cannot erase the scars that the survivors of such attacks will carry the rest of their lives carmen meyer met one woman in india who took her tragedy and transformed it into empowering it's. a comic with an unconventional heroine the story of a young woman who has

mr. jean claude juncker of the commission, and angela merkel of germany. as site to unite -- sought to unite the e.u. on how to deal with china. this is mr. macron saying he raised difficult issues such as human rights, but skeptical investors saying they are rolling out the red carpet and this all has to do with trade and deals. we will continue following that news conference, president xi saying the world is in for a once in a century transformation. we back with david folkerts-landau and ian shepherdson. we were talking about this earlier about the fact that china is buying influence with money through deals. does it mean the fabric of the world, old allies will become new allies and the shift will be difficult to read? david: it is going to change. 10 years from now, you will not recognize it. it will be the u.s. and china. the u.s. does not have enough weight, military impact, and does have limited negotiation tables. trade relations around that. the issue that one needs to be aware of is whether the emergence of china in the pacific region will be pea

is annoyed at what they see as grinnell's meddling a leading member of merkel's coalition partners the social democrats shot back mr grinnell is a complete diplomatic zero. members of the opposition have even demanded that the controversial ambassador be expelled that's a near impossibility but tensions over defense spending between berlin and america's embassador are likely to continue. well for more on these new tensions political correspondent simon young is with us in the studio good morning simon let's start off if we could with the calls for grinnell the u.s. ambassador to be expelled they come from a pro-business german politician from a party committed to the transatlantic relationship are we in new political territory here that's right both could be the deputy deputy leader of the f.t.p. co calling for ambassador grinnell to be declared persona non grata i think it's just a measure of how ugly this dispute has gotten and the ambassador has got politicians here in germany of all parties saying that he's interference in these domestic question of germany's budget spending is completely unacceptable golding i

is annoyed at what they see as grinnell's meddling a leading member of merkel's coalition partners the social democrats shot back mr grinnell is a complete diplomatic zero members of the opposition have even demanded that the controversial ambassador be expelled that's a near impossibility but tensions over defense spending between berlin and america's embassador are likely to continue we have some football now germany's football team kick off their twenty nine thousand campaign tonight with a friendly match against serbia now that will be followed by a crucial match against the netherlands on sunday these are germany coach york and los first game since he surprisingly cut three key players from the squad a reboot of the team suffered a spectacular failure of the twenty eighteen world cup. the new new start for germany coach. he just carried out the biggest overhaul of his tenure the emphasis is on the use ace of the current squad players would still be allowed to play for the under twenty one's team. we're not going to completely change our style of play for that would be wrong we've had a lot of success with it f

merkel's conservative c.d.u. party he is a member of the european parliament and he joins us from stress or mr mcallister thank you very much for joining us first off we should say that you are a german m.e.p. but you were also half scottish witnessing the chaos of the last few days in the british parliament i think it's safe to say it is an precedented what do you make of it. well this is all unprecedented perhaps it's even unbelievable grotesque or bizarre but anyhow we take note of all the decisions in the house of commons the one on tuesday evening the one yesterday evening and now we're waiting for the next decision today and then we will make up of wind one thing is clear if you are determined to leave the european union that are two options you either leave the european union on the basis of a withdrawal agreement or you leave the utopian union without an agreement these are the two options and this is what the house of commons will have to decide we negotiated the withdrawal agreement eighteen months with the u.k. government and that the prime minister will have a further attempt to get it through the hous

mr guaido is visiting several latin american countries to try to generate support for a change of leader in venezuela. germany's chancellor angela merkelalkouts by schoolchildren calling for urgent action on climate change. in a video statement, she said she welcomed the sight of the students taking part in the demonstrations, which have spread around the world. her latest statement contradicts voices from within her own party who have criticised pupils for missing school. the test flight of america's latest astronaut capsule will see it attempt to dock with the international space station in the next few hours. the dragon vehicle, which blasted off from florida on saturday, is carrying a test dummy, but could begin transporting astronauts by the end of the year. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reports now on what nasa is calling the start of a new era. mission control: three, two, one, zero, ignition, lift—off. up and away, the spacex mighty falcon rocket. and on top, the dragon space capsule, designed to take four astronauts into space, but not just yet. instead, just a solitary crash test dummy, wired with sensors, is in one

merkel had said the same. she shakes her head but that's what he said. that's what he said! the reality is, mrd, why is it that the eu insists on this when the case of a ideal, it doesn't need to have checks? why is it the prime minister ever agreed to this backstop in the first place. we would ensure that we we re first place. we would ensure that we were moving for a temporary period because the leader — make the situation could only happen for a temporary period, with having checks for extensions. but the legal position is a different want in relation to the necessity to have certain checks taking place and the european union has been making clear that eu law would need to be applied in all of these circumstances. many mps wanted to know what mrs may's plan b was. if we don't get a deal through parliament by this friday then in18 through parliament by this friday then in 18 days time, by the 12th of april, we will have to decide whether we want a longer extension or whether we want to crush out without a deal. given that parliament has voted twice already not to do but not to leave without

merkel. that's a very eloquent case for market lateralism. >> i mean, europe is a product of multilateralism. >> mrsy, i think will ask for an extension. do you have any prejudice on your side? >> i will fight for an order pli quarterly brexit. >> do you support deutsche bank and commerzbank? >> that's a decision best left to private business. ♪ nejra: this is "bloomberg best." i am nejra cehic. this week, german chancellor angela merkel spoke with bloomberg editor-in-chief john micklethwait in berlin. among many topics the covered , solidarity in e.u. she said the goals in e.u. are different but they can be reconciled. chancellor merkel: [speaking german] translator: each one of us has different ideas, that has always been the case in franco-german history. that's not something new. when you look, for example, at how the euro was created, that's very much a case in point. and the way that germany argued, the way france argued, has always been very different there . france has always said, or made a point for the stability pact not being so strictly adhered to or strictly interpreted to -- in -- rat

merkel: brexit is independent of the summit. mrs.he , but the house of commons has told her she cannot come back with the same deal. that raises the question -- are you planning to give her a new deal at the summit? chan. merkel: i would say first, i admit that i am not familiar with the values of the house of commons dating back to the 17th century, i believe. i was not familiar with those irms -- those terms, though noted them with interest yesterday. we will see if theresa may will tell us what their wishes are and we shall try to react to this. but it is not as if this had been an agreement that we had negotiated alone. the british government was for again, under negotiations these past few days, and the wish was to have something legally binding with regard to the backstop. we will very carefully follow what the british government is going to say with regard -- going to say. with regard to what was said yesterday, i will not say. john: if they ask for an extension, do you have any prejudice? would you like a short extension so i

mrs. may saying she will not revoke article 50. they think there is a 50% chance of a no deal brexit. inry: angela merkel brussels, speaking to the press. rainy -- ramy, fears of a no deal brexit always around. what our business is doing to prepare for it? ramy: it depends on which businesses you are looking at. for our audiences, the most important one is the financial sector, but in our own bloomberg news reporting, it seems that a catastrophe may have been averted. the e.u. and the u.k. are already cooperating on a no deal area, and ofhis course, both sides would probably lose around the board if there was a big market meltdown. food is another thing. going back and forth between the e.u. and the u.k., but supermarkets and their suppliers have been stockpiling food. the one caveat is frozen food and chilled storage is pretty much used up. there is limited warehousing space. manufacturing and other things. ifs is a nightmare scenario this happens. more stockpiling. airbus said it plans in the u.k. end germany -- plants in the u.k. and germany. there is an agreement from both sides so they should be abl

mr. macron, but we are looking for leadership. why isn't it coming from germany? howard: think part of it has got to be personal. personal toess german politics then french. angela merkel'ss that there is not the leadership there was. she is no longer chancellor. i think that there is no longer the problem -- i don't think the germans really perceive a lot of the problems in europe that other people perceive. germany has done fine. unemployment is low, the economy has grown. what is the issue? francine: thank you so much. coming up next, we go back to brexit. to talk to vince cable. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: good morning. i am tom keene. futures negative four. your first world news. viviana: after 100 eight days behind bars, carlos ghosn is free. the former nissan chairman was released after posting a fine -- a $.9 million in bail. he was arrested over allegations of financial misconduct. he could still end up in jail. is -- of its long-range missile fight. last year, kim jong-un dismantled the site. nuclear --between kim jong-un and president trump broke up without any agreement. prosecutors working for mother telling a federal judgment for refused to accept responsibil

the european people s party, the epp, which includes angela merkel s christian democrats, dominates the eu institutions. as from today mrd he will have no right to propose candidates for posts ? such as the epp's candidate for the european commission presidency. lets speak to the bbc‘s europe correspondent, gavin lee, who is in brussels. they could have expelled him permanently but they chose to suspend the party. why? they were party members that want tim kicked out completely and they are disappointed. it comes down to months of tension that has been growing between viktor 0rban, his governing party of hungary, fidesz, and also the bigger alliance that he has got here. centre—right governments across the european union, you mentioned the republicans in france, angela merkel‘s party. the president of the european commission. suspending viktor 0rban's party after what the party group says has been months of antique migrants, anti—semitic, anti—eu rhetoric. tonight, in the past few minutes, we have heard from the hungarian prime minister, he welcomes the suspension, says he will not change any of his government policies.