according to its release and he migration deputy prime minister vini italy's ports a close to illegal migrants but these people landing in lampedusa cicely a lucky italy's prime minister just a free concert allowed the ship to duck the more i join you know stuff applaud the migrants but this might have been its last mission there was a. move when we have spoken to sell vini about the murray journey oh and we agree on the police seizing the ship. with where the ship was already on a warning. for the job if this ship is one of the very few rescue ships still in operation in the mediterranean context said of the european union member states had agreed to take some of these people a sign that the e.u.'s migrant distribution agreements are working albeit on an ad hoc basis although far fewer people are headed to europe than at the peak of migration in 201-5000 still take the perilous journey every month and a summer brings better weather conditions the number of attempted crossings is likely to increase. south africa's governing african national congress is heading for a 6th straight term

i've spoken to sell vini about the mara journey and we agree on the police seizing the ship. where the ship was already on a warning. this ship is one of the very few rescue ships still in operation in the mediterranean contest said of the european union member states had agreed to take some of these people a sign that the e.u.'s migrant distribution agreements are working albeit on an ad hoc basis although far fewer people are headed to europe than at the peak of migration in 201-5000 still take the perilous journey every month and a summer brings better weather conditions the number of attempted crossings is likely to increase. he is a member of sea watch one of the aid organization operating rescue ships in the mediterranean thanks so much for joining us today and it's always leadership impounded a charity ship yesterday is it really still realistic for organizations like yours to continue their rescue in the mediterranean has become increasingly more difficult over the past 2 years where there has been a massive kernel version complain and complain of. telling people that

vini has become the biggest force there in france marie le pen won her symbolic jewel with president emmanuel mackerel while the united kingdom is divided over bracks it earlier results showed that nigel farage is bret's it party is in the lead or the pro europe liberal democrats are coming in 2nd both the conservatives and labor a losing support. that we've got correspondents across europe covering this we start with barbara sarah is in brussels. she is the face of european populism and this was a moment she wanted to savor very limp and her far right national rally came 1st in france's european parliamentary vote upstaging president of a crohn's centrist pro you are in a sense moved. live for some of the view but to see the board on these assume the fading of traditional parties and the polarization between the national ready party and the renaissance party confirms that the political scene is now split between nationalist and globalist this fundamental debate will determine our nation and our people's future and will determine what voters will have to choose in the next election.

if i can start with you were just seeing this report about that rally in milan led by matt taylor vini how likely do you think it is that a lot of these far right stroke populous parties across europe will be able to form a functioning coalition a functioning bloc within the european parliament this is the most important question because this is the 1st time that we've seen these parties cooperating together usually they don't like each other they don't like to be associated with each other right wing nationalism has different shades and for a lot of these parties across europe they have tried over time to create a more mainstream image about themselves to be able to attract more. mainstream voters rather than the extremes so they have traditionally they traditionally didn't like to to cooperate with each other but this time i think they're trying to to put together something that's more transnational in order to be able to tackle the issue of europe all of them have and the european feelings and sentiments and public discourses so that helps them but at the end of the day how much the

saturday in a show of unity the rally in milan was led by italy's deputy prime minister met their son vini who wants to form a powerful far right bloc within the e.u. parliament some analysts are saying the future of the european union is at stake we'll talk to our guests in just a moment 1st though this report from osama bin in the land. but it is deputy prime minister and interior minister is hoping to upset the status school during this european nick. he plans to do it with the help of euro skeptics and immigrant nationalists still are pulling crowds in ailing economies will be out more. i need to do everything that is right to free this country this continent from the illegal occupation organized by brussels. instead of traditional billboards and t.v. ads social media has been instrumental in getting the league's message across and making inroads into traditional left leaning cities such as milan and it found an audience in the richer parts of northern italy where some relate to slogans such as why should we pay for others who don't contribute as much. and xander morelli has been bit s

was just mentioning has taken around a 3rd of all the speaking at the league's headquarters in milan vini proclaimed the incredible result meant his words now the 1st part of italy it appears to have overtaken the league's national coalition partner the 5 star movement this could give silva need more sway over the national agenda he spent the e.u. election campaigning networking with other far right parties across europe. for more on that let's go to d.w. correspondent thomas thomas salvini spoke a short while ago what exactly did he have to say exactly was around 1 in the morning when salvini stormed into this room here in the party headquarters and without accepting any questions he spoke about a moment of responsibility in italy about historic mission to defend its release interests into these values and he once again demonstrated that for him this goes well beyond it to these borders it is something international and he spoke about the results in france and the results in the united kingdom for faraj i spoke about a sign that that means that europe is changing as far as the internal p

well it's really of course with missile vini and the right wing populists will not. work was to e.u. they there will always argue that they can blame the e.u. for the domestic problems in italy. there is no simple answer how to overcome it you've got to be straight and clear with how you you conduct policies how you do the comparison and the competition between these countries and we need to have a clear message that we want to continue and prosper europe ok so it made it difficult to say if it's a tall order let's hope they listen to it markets build it from some gallon university thank you so much. well greece is undergoing something of an investor and tourism boom property prices have risen by 2 percent since last year when the i.m.f. bailout program came to an end construction permits have also risen by more than 10 percent but why all this growth is good for the economy in athens local communities feeling the pinch. from an economy in tatters rises a city in the not long ago athens lay at the heart of the country's debt crisis now tourism is fueling a real estat

theories are already blossoming bought on the other hand strategically what somebody like matusow vini the italian populous leader wanted is sort of to drag the whole european union to the right to sort of entice conservatives mainstream conservatives to get together and band together with the right wing populist and that will not happen because many are now seeing what happens in austria and they say we can never sort of get too close to to them it is really opposing this and it is dangerous politically what some of these people are doing so that dream of jeannie and our there's might not come to fruition but as we've mentioned of course the fresh elections are now set for september but until then the government obviously has to function so how will this scandal affect it. this government will just keep limping on one way or another and the interesting thing is that sebastian cordes who has nominees so quick in reacting to events and sort of sort of likes to talk a lot and pretend to be very decisive can't make up his mind how he wants to do this does he have the courage to go into a

if i can start with you were just seeing this report about that rally in milan led by matt taylor vini how likely do you think it is that a lot of these far right stroke populist parties across europe will be able to form a functioning coalition a functioning bloc within the european parliament this is the most important question because this is the 1st time that we've seen these parties cooperating together usually they don't like each other they don't like to be associated with each other right wing nationalism has different sade's and for a lot of these parties across europe they have tried over time to create a more mainstream image about themselves to be able to attract more. mainstream voters rather than the extremes so they have traditionally they traditionally didn't like to to cooperate with each other but this time i think they're trying to to put together something that's more transnational in order to be able to tackle the issue of europe all of them have and the european feelings and sentiments and public discourse is so that helps them but at the end of the day how much t

i've spoken to sell vini about them our journey and we agree on the police seizing the ship. the ship was already on a warning. this ship is one of the very few rescue ships still in operation in the mediterranean context said other european union member states had agreed to take some of these people a sign that the e.u.'s migrant distribution agreements are working on an ad hoc basis although far fewer people are headed to europe than at the peak of migration in two thousand and fifteen thousand still take the perilous journey every month and a summer brings better weather conditions the number of attempted crossings is likely to increase. with a criss cross member of sea watch one of the aid organizations providing migrant boats in distress with humanitarian assistance at sea welcome to data you know that you've been on a number of these rescue missions but now that another of these boats has been seen used the other you actually left out that well the. rescue boat has been seized before and has been for it before actually at the moment there are three. ships left in the me

facebook inviting his supporters to like and share his posts and retrieve his tweets in exchange so vini says he'll reward players by sharing their photo on his page giving them a call or inviting them to spend time with him in person. so. right and that is almost state for this news hour a member you can get the latest on everything that we've been covering on our web site out to 0 adult column we're going to be back in just a few minutes with the latest on developments in this that thanks for watching back . on him a lot at the i was born in the same year as is going to voice i feel as though the state is my mother should be maybe not because of celebration for some a catastrophe for others the nakba is still going on they put my sons in jail so every day i feel this catastrophe twice over al-jazeera well tells the stories of palestinian and israeli women born in the same year but on opposite sides of this divide born in 48 on al-jazeera world. also one of our biggest strengths is that we talk to normal everyday people we get them to tell their stories and doing that really reveals the

steve bannon as well transformer chief strategist has made no secret that he wants to support us some vini lead the union does that have an impact in a country like italy. well you know as an impact. not so much because of benon which is not very known among the people ordinary people in italy but it did have an impact on salvini i think because as we revealed in the book the 1st meeting between salvini and ben and took place on april 2016 in washington d.c. when when ben and explicitly. suggests that we need to attack pope francis and in fact this is what happened right after would still be tweeting against the pope for the migrant issue. and. wearing for example a t. shirt during the latest rally of benedict so the pope francis' predecessor. this led to an alliance according to what we what we what we could reveal between ben and part of the u.s. and also with parts of the cardinals that are we've been devoted to can and pose but francis and his politics. and of your fantasy here in the studio steve benen has always said you know he wants the end of mainstream politics to change the syst

immigration message and the focus on europe's christian identity won him around 30 percent of the vote so vini has formed a new right wing populist alliance with other like minded politicians from all over europe their gains weren't as big as some polls had suggested but the newly formed european alliance of peoples and nations could still be a force to be reckoned with in the european parliament. of course could see that happening parties. which parties within smaller groups inside the rupee in parliament in order to achieve major and more influence within the policymaking activity of the european parliament they may well decide that it's better for them to join something is a lie ins and therefore we could see is group grow and the chief perhaps 80 or even 90 parliamentarian's the elections major losers have been the center right and center left coalition for decades they've been able to dominate the chamber with their combined majority but they are both set to lose dozens of seats and their majority with them there is no stability there recent no stable maturity without the e.p. and that's

vote we're also waiting to see exactly how many seats this potential new far right group led by a vini deputy prime minister how many seats they will achieve right now the projection is 57 not as many as they were expected to get so what have we seen well we've certainly seen the erosion of the mainstream parties we could see that reflected in the german results or even though i'm dealing merkel and her party has held strong her socialist coalition partners have suffered greatly in these elections and also in france perhaps not a surprising result because the opinion polls did forecast it or suggest it but certainly is still an interesting sight to see marine le pen all. the national rally overtaking president emmanuelle mccrone by a few percentage points she is already of course calling from across the call another election to reflect the reality of this vote all of these so far projected their votes and based on exit polls speaking of politicians calling for elections alexis see press of greece just calling a snap election in the fall in the past a few minutes after a series ahead of

elections, cell v vini sass he is ready for whatever is coming in brussels. we are waiting for this letter. letter is written in an old way saying we should do our homework, we should answer no because we need to hire doctors, judges, firefighters, and policeman. we need to fix schools, hospitals, and roads. to do so, we knew to spend the money the italiansns give us by payi t taxes genie: how are the markets shaping up today? brian: the european index is falling back after gains. the parliamentary elections holding a majority. one coming back after a bank holiday for its first trading session since the brexit party came in first for that voting. the ftse was flat midday. nearly 2% in paris after soaring up 12% yesterday, still off by around .4%. isman consumer confidence that a two-year low. the frankfurt dacs is down -- the frankfurt -- in f frank for, the dacs is down. milan at nearly one point midday. affecting asian stock markets unexpecteded ways. >>>> ali is reportedly - -as the u.s. trade war with china slowly morphs into a tech war. an offering could

of course he will play a major role for sure got for us in britain we've got lappin in france and vini in italy those last 2 at least want to see the formation of some sort of powerful pan europe populist movement do you think that's likely will we see that. they had a uniting aim and objective to enter the pollin then being a strong force in the palm and giving peoples a voice but the question is is there more than and say something which unites them so therefore this is not all for us to see in the coming weeks so will these mysterious group now really be able to formulate policy aims i have my doubts stay with us for a moment while we turn to take a look at italy the 3rd largest economy in the euro zone where the far right populist and league party appears to have made huge gains projections show the league led by italy's interior minister matteo salvini has taken around a 3rd of all the votes in the spent the e.u. election campaign networking with other far right and euro skeptic parties across europe. now we have the 1st party in the north and the south we got about 50 percent in

vini they hope to win enough votes next week to become the 3rd biggest block in the european parliament undock wave reports. build up in the. far right groups together in the shadow of milan cathedral in square. led by deputy prime minister the populist movements from across europe promoting their shared political vision. has teamed up with other nationalist leaders to form the european nations and freedom group after next week's european election it hopes to become the 3rd biggest party impala. and if you vote early to save those who will vote for the league on the 26th of may if you help us bring the league from 1st italian party to 1st european party we will garrison not only the italian the borders but the european borders here no one enters without permission this is what we ask you to do a little sense of progress a crystal clear because. beneath this show of unity lies the divide over the vision of europe's future i'm only far right groups are split when it comes to managing government budgets and how to redistribute migrants across the regions another a.s.u. is russia's influenc

majority and the right is gaining ground in the elections italy's league party led by material sell vini has become the biggest party in that country and in france marine le pen came to what she called a victory for the people after projections put her national rally ahead of president emmanuel lachlan's party and in the u.k. nigel farage is new bracks at parties in the lead as voters express frustration over the deadlock on how to leave the european union for raj says his party's success is a massive message to the conservative and labor parties that have long dominated british politics president donald trump has praised the relationship between the u.s. and japan as he sat down with prime minister shinzo all day their talks are focusing on trade and regional security he became the 1st foreign leader to meet the new emperor in our heater. so our relationship i think i can speak from the standpoint of the united states has never been better than it is right now with japan i feel that we understand each other very well we're very committed to each other as nations so we have a situation w

initially on saturday in a show of unity the rally in milan was led by deputy prime minister met their son vini who wants to form a powerful far right bloc within the e.u. parliament some analysts are saying the future of the european union is at stake we'll talk to our guests in just a moment for us though this report from osama bin in milan. italy is deputy prime minister and interior minister is hoping to upset the status school during this european nick. he plans to do it with the help of euro skeptics and immigrant nationalists are pulling crowds in ailing economies we are more. on need to do everything that is right to free this country this continent from the illegal occupation organized by brussels. instead of traditional billboards and t.v. ads social media has been instrumental in getting the league's message across and making inroads into tradition and left leaning cities such as milan and it found an audience in the richer parts of northern italy where some relate to slogans such as why should we pay for others who don't contribute as much and is under rarely has been since the begi

parliamentary elections next week the events in milan was organized by its nice deputy prime minister matusow vini he says there are new alliances to gain a perfect voice in european affairs. memorial service is being held in sri lanka on the 10th anniversary of the end of the civil war 26 years of fighting killed more than 100000 people many of them tamils fighting to creates their homelands indecent hall a buddhist majority island experiment smith reports the government's been urged to investigate war crimes committed by both sides but no one has yet been prosecuted. 10 years hasn't diminished the grief for the survivors of shoreline because civil war. thousands of tamil civilians are trapped on this strip of land as government forces on the liberation tigers of tamil eelam forced out the last weeks of the war . in iraq he was 8 months old at the time. she was found sucking milk from her dead mother's breast. the u.n. estimates the 40000 civilians were killed in the last few months of the fighting because the government launched its final assault on our suits me fine says today 10 years on there

lieutenant leading anything and so do they have the numbers then said vinie le pen and a lot of the other parties that are falling under that alliance do they have the numbers to disrupt the work of parliaments. these will depend very much on the degree according to which the main european groups in the european parliament will be able to join forces meaning that if the sent this traditional tandem center right and center left will be joined by then by the liberals by the growing greens of course they will be able. to overcome try to coming from the far from the from the right wing of the chamber of course this is an important question and something that will play out over the course of the neck of the coming week. oh it's a shame apologies for that we'll try to reestablish connection there with brussels but just getting a sense of barbara's conversation there with her guest about how disruptive the impact of the populist nationalist presence in the european parliament could be although these are just projections right now we don't have the final results yet of this election but of course

immigration message and the focus on europe's christian identity won him around 30 percent of the vote so vini has formed a new right wing populist alliance with other like minded politicians from all over europe their gains weren't as big as some polls had suggested but the newly formed european alliance of peoples and nations could still be a force to be reckoned with in the european parliament of course we could see that happening parties. which parties within the smaller groups inside the rupee in parliament in order to achieve major and more influence within the policymaking activity of the european parliament they may well decide that it's better for them to join something is a license and therefore we can see is group grow and achieve perhaps 80 or even 90 parliamentarians the elections major losers have been the center right and center left coalition for decades they've been able to dominate the chamber with their combined majority but they're both set to lose dozens of seats and their majority with them there is knows the ability the reason no stable maturity without the e.p. and that

party led by interior minister and deputy prime minister matteo vini is the top performer in that country would go live to rome some of binge of it is our correspondent there and. done well pretty much predicted right what it is it a single issue you vote to vote for leader is it just the matter the issue of immigration. yes martin we did expect that the league of league party is going to do well but it's not a single issue it's a myriad of issues we've been traveling in the last week from north towards the south southern parts of italy and it's not just migration it is economics it is people being tired of the same old faces politicians who've not been able to deliver and casting their votes for the lead party because they believe that new faces new people people who are calling for a change in the way the european union is run deserve a chance and that's what we've been hearing from the supporters obviously on the other side of the spectrum this is the results are upside down so to speak of the democrats who were the winners of more than 40 percent last time around are trailing behind s

action after $47.00 refugees and migrants disembarked at the port of lampedusa on sunday but oh so vini criticize the move in a facebook video after discovering they'd been brought to shore this part an explicit ban against them survey has proposed new legislation which would find vessels for bringing migrants onto talian soil. the french president has held talks with e.u. council chief donald tusk in paris ahead of european parliament elections on thursday emmanuel macor says the block is in crisis and has urged voters. to curb the rise of far right parties and talked about to has more. france's european elections is shaping up to be something of a rerun of the 2017 presidential campaign emanuel mark calls pro e.u. centrist party and the. right party of marine le pen opinion polls suggest in the lead for folks the jewel of opposing visions of europe and a reflection of growing divisions in france at this paris market some say they're worried about immigration climate change and the cost of living i'm totally sick of politicians with that big salaries as opposed to defend us workers but

in all of this because we were expecting a bit of a surge of certainly the opinion polls put some vini some of them even at 35 percent how's that actually turned out what we're seeing from projections is that. you may be fairing lower than be getting the results you were than we expected more or less under 30 percent of course this is an important. thing to do the addition from sort of for me tell you from. of course will be. within the new european alliance people's emissions group and of course these results my gosh some hopes to describe this group. at the beginning. which is becoming. that perhaps the 3rd largest group inside a group in parliament after the socialists and center right i mean obviously one of his biggest allies is marine le pen who has that very well in france or certain stunts has managed to be president i'm a crawl and you've been crunching the numbers how do you think the parliament will look when all the groupings are consolidated well as he said as you rightly said where we will see is that the center right and center left the grand coalition which has governed

is terrible motto italian's 1st remake the yani he said vinie. the mayor repeatedly invites us to information events highlighting the positive aspects of the e.u. but not many citizens turn up. there's more going on at the labor event and wine and pizza salvini has even sent a senator to stir up the party's grass roots for the european election campaign with great success. we have grown up the party is growing and growing i always say we used to be a feared 500 now we'll soon be a ferrari. rome in spring time and italy's right wing populist are trying to export their newly found self confidence beyond their national borders the legacy youth wing has invited its counterparts from around europe to meet in a hotel in the city center the instagram generation is out in force as young european politicians mount the podium to fire off what seem more like war cries then political speeches now that's but themselves. spiritual and political scavengers of our route continent and these people who serve nothing else but to be overrun. the days star cast. the

cella vini indicating that -- the italy a be prepared to bust european budget rules. is what istor happening in the crude markets. a lot of volatility in the crude markets. first we were up. as the afternoon progressed, we started to move to the downside. fresh turbulence in the middle east. two aramco-- tour -- plans being attacked. we are up by around 1%. just north of 70 bucks a barrel. >> sticking with markets, let's bring in komal sri-kumar. what did you make of the selloff the last couple of days? >> it has been pretty brutal. it has been clearly a long time coming because the trade war is not over. we have more and more steps coming up in the trade war. when president trump with his sunday tweet increased the pressure on china, it was clear the chinese had to respond. i think we are going to have more of this take place. we better get used too the fact that the downward pressure on equities, the rally in treasury is going to continue. >> for how long? does it turn into something that has its own momentum? is there a point which this all stops and the fear and p

this is easily as populous leader my personal vini rallies europe's other far right leaders ahead ofthe e.u. elections and. tight security and protests fail to stop the party in tel aviv as israel hosts the final of the euro vision song contest. and i'm peter simmons endeavor with all your support of manchester city make history walk rudolph from 6 little at wimbley city compete the feast of the english triple. in a major upset australia's right wing coalition government has won a surprise 3rd term in the country's general election polls had unanimously predicted a victory for the opposition labor party whose leader has now stepped down the coalition of the liberal and national parties led by prime minister scott morrison is of course to take $74.00 seats in the house of representatives that's too short of a majority but enough to rule as a minority government labor has won just 66 seats it campaigned heavily for climate change action and its opposition to a new coal. mining queensland pierced of course that support there but elsewhere the former liberal prime minister tony abbott lo

--is true that cell vini that the italian has a more persuasive case. i do not see the mission slapping big fines on italy. nicholas: take a step back and give us the broader perspective. there is a lot of talk about the need for better cohesion within the european community and basic reforms. the populists seem to be pushing in a different election. do these elections give you any sense that we will have those reforms and better integration, or will it push the other way? nicholas: some things are easier, and some are not. this was a victory for the centrists, and the liberal party, which is a little bit the left of center is the one where the seats that micron -- mac ron won. from the social democrats on the left and from the people's party on the right. it depends on if they get together and being easy to adopt. one of those will be infrastructure spending. one of the other phenomenon we have seen is the emergence of the greens. they do not have the same policies as everyone on the other centrists, but they have a very strong feeling of the need toad

the mind of nations not because the gentleman is the light of microsoft vini is going to strike alliance with mccain that band and they talk about europe of nations there you are winning they think. we have surveyed the europe we have the it is the europe of the veto it's a europe of unanimity in these europe of nation like this you are. very clear you you is if a neo is already there is a thing which is a failure we are coming to the end of the show i am going to have to move us on just some time left for flash rounds where i will ask each of you to be very brief we'd like to have our next first time in just one sentence maximum ten seconds each and we will cut you off so you have a listen. from spain. if i had to say something to european politicians i would ask him to please stop thinking about his own interests and to think about citizens and the people my question to a politician in brussels would be does he remember why he ran for office. i gave as we come to you first very much so and that's why i fight for against corruption for human rights of respect for the rule of law for you

. —— matteo sal vini.ut will give us a clue into which europeans connect with and engage with the eu and its institutions and its processes . and its institutions and its processes. all three in their different ways matter in an awful lot. to understand these european parliamentary elections, you cannot stay in one place because the campaign is totally different from country to country. on saturday, i was in milan at a rally in support of the populist leader, matteo salvini. yesterday i was in warsaw, in poland — tomorrow we'll be in paris before ending up in brussels for a special election results programme on saturday. all the way to sunday night once the voting is finished, and election special and take you through what we have learned. but today, we're at the mall of berlin. germany is one of the founding member states of the eu and shares its border with nine other countries — eight of which are member states so european cohesion is a priority for germany. in a newspaper interview last week, mrs merke

nationalism is the enemy of the european project on saturday italy's the prime minister met their son vini staged a rally in the land attended by nationalist politicians from across the block and vowed to reshape the european parliament. meanwhile austrian chances of us in courts nap elections will be held in september following a corruption scandal hidden valving his vice chancellor christian staff the leader of the far right freedom party was forced to resign after footage was released of a video sting in it he was caught on camera offering to fix government contracts in exchange for support of his party structure has denied doing anything illegal. north african women are in the spotlight at this year's cannes film festival female directors formal geria morocco into new zia are presenting films which push the boundaries of issues that are to boo in the region charlie angela reports from cannes. but picture a new film from algeria about a free spirited student during the civil war of the 1998 and it was a let's let's you. know is a party go a feminist and a fashion designer face me loyal

another person who wants a europe of nations is matteo sal vini and his legal party in italy deliveredthe democratic party, down on where it was five years ago but up where it has been recently. also worth noting, look in third, the league formed a coalition government with the populist five star movement. the last italian election five star was the biggest party, it is now in third and that would be a profound concern to its supporters. here is matteo salvini, confirming he is the dominant force in italy and celebrating with his supporters. translation: the balance changes for sure, the league is first in italy. marine le pen's party is first in france. nigel farage's party is first in the uk. orban's party is first in hungary. kitchen ski's party is first in poland. this means there is a desire for change, a desire for work, a desire for dignity. let's be clear, not all populist parties shared in the success that salvini saw. in the netherlands could build a's party was all of its seats. right—wing parties also struggled in spain and in denmark. let's speak to sylvia, a correspondent

message and the focus on europe's christian identity won him around thirty percent of the vote so vini has formed a new right wing populist alliance with other like minded politicians from all over europe their gains weren't as big as some polls had suggested but the newly formed european alliance of peoples and nations could still be a force to be reckoned with in the european parliament of course we would see that happening parties. which parties within the smaller groups inside the rupee in parliament in order to achieve major and more influence within the policymaking activity of the european parliament they may well decide it is better for them to join something is a license and therefore we could see is group grow and that you perhaps eighty or even ninety parliamentarians the elections major losers have been the center right and center left coalition for decades they've been able to dominate the chamber with their combined majority but they are both set to lose dozens of seats and their majority with them there is no the ability the reason those. they've been maturity without th

one of the main contenders is the italian deputy -- matteo sal vini.policies. exciting because it could be a referendum on brexit, and you have a faction in off of the soter right and center left, you see a parliament that changes within its policies. with davidbanking herro. ♪ ♪ tom: this morning, the path towards it through. seven yuan per dollar. the responses china has washington and trump mercantilism. the path forward for european banking, given chronic negative rates. david herro on his value. week,sterling is an ugly so too for the prime minister. this is bloomberg "surveillance." i am tom keene with francine lacqua. brexit is back front and center. what is your single observation? francine: we had a terrific briefing by rob hutton who said there is about 15 or 16 people to challenge theresa may in the leadership contest. we think she will put her fourth vote to parliament in june and they will decide on a new leader, a brexit person like boris johnson or someone else. in the backyard -- background, you have nigel farage polling very well. tom:

matteo sal vini thinks is right?ty hot debate regarding the reasons market towardsd a high interest rate. in any other situation, it should be not a matter of discussion because in the rest of the world, there is no point in betting against sovereign debt, for example in japan, or in the u.s. it is not something anyone could do. leadschitecture of europe to these kind of unpleasant situations. in danger of speculation, today there is the new tariffs and these impact the bond market. it is not something that should happen. we are planning to set up a bigger conference in order to situations solved. it is not exactly reasonable. think thedo you coalition between the five-star movement and -- well collapse? what will it take to pull the plug? claudio: we are a coalition based on the contract because you may remember, we were not went into election as a formed alliance. we sort of found a way to make this, as long as we are able to carry on with the reforms set up in the contract. tom: we are thrilled to have you with us

sal vini. francine knows a lot more about this than i do.s looking at ,he stability and the finances and is defensive about the idea that italy needs investment and italy needs to grow again. this has been written up in "the telegraph." i want to touch on this as an idea of how things have shifted in italy. you see it in the spread market. can no longer be contained, even by the mandarin class. carlo borghi -- who i believe is lead -- wei in the are not greece. we don't need anything from anybody and we are in better shape than france. say italy is not america. it is not a sovereign economic country able to borrow on its own coin. we go to our bloomberg government reporter, this is a new italy with spreads widening. let's begin with the central tendency of these complaints. italy is not greece, right? john: that is right. basically the graphic illustration of the change in the balance of power in rome, the deputy premier, minister of the interior meeting the finance bringing and salvini with him top league economic advisors. he explained the