easier speech to give. it was plain for all to see that our union was not in a good state. europe was better and worst by the very foundation. we only had two choices -- either come together around a positive european agenda, or each retreat into our own corners. faced with this choice, i argued for unity. i proposed a positive agenda to help create, as i said last year, a europe that protects, a europe that empowers, a europe that defends. over the past 12 months, european parliament has helped bring this agenda to life. we continue to make progress with each passing day. just last night you worked to find an agreement on instrument and doubling our european investment capacity and you succeeded. thank you for that. i also want to thank the 27 leaders of our member states. this after my speech last year, they welcome my agenda at their summit. in doing so, they chose unity, they chose to rally around our common good. together, we showed that you can deliver for citizens when and where it matters. ever since we've been slowly but truly gathering momentum. it helped that the economic o

europe that protects, and powers, defense. empowers, and defends. worked withght, you an agreement on doubling the european investment. thank you for that. i want to thank 27 leaders of our member states, this after , and-- my speech last year the agenda that my summit in bratislava. together, we show that you can deliver for citizens when and where it matters. ever since, we have been slowly but surely gathering momentum. it helped that the economic outlook swung in our favor. now in the fifth year of an economic recovery that really reaches every single member state. hasth in the european union outpaced that of the united states. unemployment is at a nine-year low. almost 8 million jobs have been created during this mandate so far, with 235 million people at work. more people are employed in the european union than ever before. the european commission cannot take the credit for this alone. although i am sure that had 8 million jobs been lost, we would have taken the blame. europe's institutions played their parts and helping. we can take credit for our european investments, which

phenomenon starting october fifteenth on d w and on line. all around europe people have been attending true europe rallies in berlin they are held here at the marked the cellist album get a hot plate at one of the rallies and decided on the spot that he had to do more. than. hi and welcome back to sara's music europe is experiencing some turbulent times right now and we're often being confronted by the possibility of a divided europe a group of classical musicians a so appalled by this idea that they have joined together to show their support for a united europe in the best way they know how with music i'm very proud to be part of this group. today at the ready to stay member lin the newly formed musicians for united europe group are playing their first concert to raise funds. the pulse of europe initiative. is. that. it's fantastic that everyone's made it here today it's really important i mean you just told me you come from yugoslavia so well i'm a real x. he was so my mom is question that is serbian and i was changing usa in germany so i really know what it is to have a co

europe on migration on tax cuts for businesses now but it's also a problem because of course america's party has sort of two parts christian democrats and the bavarian conservatives and they're saying they want to push to the right in particular on the immigration question have a much clearer tougher policy in particular also to deal with the rise of the far right and so she's she's kind of under pressure from all sides it's going to make it extremely difficult to put together a coalition in these circumstances and don't forget her party has just brought in the worst results it's had since nine hundred forty nine so there's a real expectation that miracle has to do something to get a party and her country out of a crisis america has to do something and something she could do is try to win back the social democrats as a coalition partner now their leader martin shots that he's not interested in a coalition but could miracle possibly entice them to rethink things well you know you can never say never i mean martin schultz has been very clear right from a just a few minutes afte

union was not in a good state. europe was battered and bruised at our very foundation. we only had two choices, either come together around a positive european agenda for each receipt into our own corners. faced with this choice i proposed a positive agenda as i said last year, a europe that are text, a europe that empowers, a europe that defense. over the past 12 months the european parliament has brought this agenda to life. we continue to make progress with each passing day. just last night you works to find an agreement on doubling our european investment capacity and to succeed. thank you for that. i also want to thank the 27 liters of our member states. after my speech last year they welcomed my agenda at their summit. in doing so they chose unity. they chose a common goal. together we hope you can deliver for the citizens. ever since we have been slowly but surely gathering momentum. it helps that the economic outlook is in our favor. we are now in the 50 or of an economic recovery in every single member state. growth in the european union over the united states in last two year

dramatic changes but can he sell the german chancellor and the rest of europe on his vision or are germany and france now when a collision course i'm sarah harman in berlin this is the day. i say to the european leaders to all columnists in europe to all of the peoples of europe for the look at how times look at in the face and you see we have no choice but to hold the europe we know is too weak or too slow too inefficient. for you to call something instead of concentrating on wasting energy on internal divisions might know if we have been doing for such a long time. we don't want to be put on the new following you know what it can guarantee genuine silver and see in the real world the big fifty to defend our interests and values than those that did i suppose upon you i'm proposing to germany a new partnership so that we will not agree on everything not immediately but we will discuss everything. also coming up on the program a shock announcement from saudi arabia it's going to allow women to drive something that had previously been banned under the wall. kareen we'll be here with

£1 billion business. did you feel like a slave? i was a slave! this is land of slavery. now europe's under pressure to crack down, but at what cost? how many people here know someone who's died? will the migrant crisis ever end? i'm retracing the migrant trail from the shores of the mediterranean back to the heart of africa. my journey starts five miles out at sea. every night the libyan coastguard patrol these waters, where smugglers launch migrant boats destined for europe. i think we have a big problem today. getting past the coastguard is the last leg of the migrant trail. it's surprising just how armed they are. there's a machine gun attached to the boat. there's an rpg. they're ready for a fight. quickly, the coastguard spots a boat in the distance. looks like there's at least 100 people there. where are you from? in the past few years, hundreds of thousands have been picked up by a european—led rescue effort and taken to italy. it's saved countless lives, but many think it's encouraged more to take the journey. you can hear the babies crying. i can't imagine how scary it wou

months, the message that seems to be received by the fx and bonds in europe and the divergence between the two. we can throw up a chart. bunds versus euro-dollar. my first question goes to you. why can we have a bond market that drives bund yields going lower and the euro ever stronger? robert: if you look back over the last five years, the money was first leaving the eurozone with a crisis. after that, they moved on to a new mode of stimulus. they broke any link to the idea that this was a bundesbank, central-bank motif, they would never do qe. and they went massively into qe and groundbreaking in terms of a central bank going negative on interest rates. they were chasing money out. as if that was not enough, they have moved on to political fragmentation, populism, concerns about the netherlands and austria, the greek package was in the balance, concerns in italy, and the le pen situation. so now, if you fast-forward, you are past the dutch, the austrian, the french outcome was phenomenal as far as europe is concerned. italy is kind of the only outlier there. the money is now

, certainly not in the general interests of europe, not in the national interest of the uk, which would have been very noble, not in the general interest of the conservative party. hang on. what right do you have to call it a catastrophic decision? first of all it hasn't happened yet, second novel the british economy is doing 0k. the catastrophic outcome for mr cameron himself. that's certainly true. but in terms of the lessons learned by the decision of the british people to vote to leave the european union, but other indicators we've seen, not least in opinion polls across europe, of deep this consent of many european peoples with the european union and its institutions, i wonder why you and more particularly i suppose jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, are talking about launching a new wave of deeper institutional integration. it seems you haven't learned the lessons of the last ten years. well, of course the last ten years. well, of course the president of the commission, jean—claude juncker, insists very much on institutional integration. to remind people

policy experts talk about europe's approach to russian aggression, trade, immigration and relations with the united states on these topics. the brookings institution is the host of this event. >> thank you for joining us here. my name is bruce jones, vice president of the foreign policy here at brookings and my pleasure to welcome you here today for today's event hosted by the brookings center on the united states and europe in collaboration with the robert. [inaudible] this event is part of our expanding partnership. this is a multi- year research program and platform that will spur a range of new activities that will spur on debate not only on the relationships but on global issues the transatlantic partners can touch together and work on together. we are very grateful to bosch for the support of this initiative and were particularly grateful that they recognize that the value that perkins brings.fe we are very pleased soon to be able to announce the new bosch senior fellow that will be joining us at capacity to our team to address some of the challenges and questions in the relat

relationship and as you see in today's discussions those are substantial. challenges faced in europe are numerous from an upsurge in nationalism and populism to turmoil following the brexit decision and concerns after the financial crisis and great exit crisis, slow growth, high unemployment. russia efforts to destabilize eastern europe and the ongoing refugee crisis. of course, the united states has a variety of its own issues to be working through which adds to the complexity of the challenge. we're approaching a pivotal european election in germany. and these issues are shaping up not only to be central to those politics, but to the broader european debate as a whole and would i say in both cases, both in the united states and europe, these debates are con straining in the way we're working in the world and tackling global issues. so i think the discussion today is extraordinarily timely and underscored the need for this expanded efforts on the transatlantic relationship and on the work we can do together. we are going to be building on that effort here at brookings. as you know,

with a turnover of 24 billion euros that decided to conquer markets in europe and elsewhere. faced with this, we must be united some might think europeans have to be divided to resist europe and chinese competition, we think we need to be united >>> how united will they be? two men know more than anyone. we'll speak to them on cnbc, first on cnbc. joe kaeser, siemens ceo, and henri lafarge, so stay tuned for that >>> french president emanuel macron laid out his plan for a stronger european union urging eshg u lead eu leaders to be bold against the threat of populism he pushed for great universiyuun fighting terrorism >> only the eurozone with a strong international currency is offer the europe the framework of an economic world power >> let's speak to henry newman with so many huge issues you and i can talk about first i want to talk about france, where it's positioning itself on the back of that alstom/siemens story and on the back of what mr. makiko utsucro saying, boldly saying about some super national alliance does he mean the whole of europe >> let's take france is back we ha

>> hello and welcome to focus on europe. i'm damien mcguinness. great you could join us today. in a few weeks german voters will go to the polls, and choose a new government. and one of the issues that divides people is migration. ♪ >> some voters you talk to say they are proud of germany's humanitarian record taking in refugees. but others are worried about the impact of such large numbers. particularly because some of those asylum seekers have committed islamist terror attacks here. and that's where masoud aqil comes in. he was captured and tortured by so-called islamist state in syria. but he managed to escape to germany. now he wants to use that traumatic experience to help the country that has taken him in. >> masoud aqil, a kurdish refugee from syria, is an important informant in the fight against is terrorists in europe. even germany's capital, berlin, is not safe from islamist terrorism. last december, a terrorist murdered 12 people at a christmas market in the name of the islamic state, the same organization that masoud aqil fled from. >> what they want to do when they do

>> hello and welcome to focus on europe. i'm damien mcguinness. great you could join us today. in a few weeks german voters will go to the polls, and choose a new government. and one of the issues thatat divides people is migration. ♪ >> some voters you talk to say they are proud of germany's humanitarian record taking in refugees. but others are worried about the impact of such large numbers. particularly because some of those asylum seekers have committed islamist terror attacks here. and that's where masoud aqil comes in. he was captured and tortured by so-called islamist state in syria. but he managed to escape to germany. now he wants to use that traumatic experience to help the country that has taken him in. >> masoud aqil, a kurdisish refugee from syria, is an important informant in the fight against is terrorists in europe. even germany's capital, berlin, is not safe from islamist terrorism. last december, a terrorist murdered 12 people at a christmas market in the name of the e islamic state, the same organization that masoud aqil fled from. >> what they want to do when t

security threat on europe. we think it is a huge problem that the eu was not able to divulges this phenomenon from the beginning, because now you see the consequences. more than 1.5 million illegal migrants entered the eu, uncontrolled and unregulated, that is unacceptable. we see the consequence as the most serious threat of terror and the serious situation regarding security in europe. when you said that to the high commissioner, in return, he told you that the united nations refugee agency recognises the right of every country to protect its borders, but he says refugee protection and security of a country can be accomplished at the same time. you posted as an either/or, it is not. we don't pose it as either/or, we have a different approach. whether we should encourage these people to come to europe, or we have to bring help where it is needed. we are definitely representing the second approach. we should bring help where it is needed. we say that turkey, jordan, lebanon and the kurdish region of iraq should be more assisted financially by the eu and the international community

and. for the latest. going to do what you will. thanks to the migration crisis in europe hungary's profile is higher than ever but it's controversial and e.u. court says budapest is wrongly denying asylum to mike fleeman war and deprivation the government of prime minister viktor orban is defined calls the league a joke and says the e.u. will pay for its security council with serbia orbán is also accused of cracking down on political activists and free speech he's even trying to close a university started by the hunt gary an american billionaire george soros a man considered a threat by political so is hungry willing to play by the e.u. has rules and embrace its values or is its chosen path the way of the future peter c.r.t. hungary's horn minister talks to. peter foreign minister of hungary thanks so much for joining us here thanks for being with azure thank you. obviously migration is the big issue that everyone thinks of when we talk about your country hungary this was your reaction to the european court of justice ruling on immigration quotas back on september sixth and i'm qu

♪ michelle: hello, and welcome to "fokus on europe." i'm michelle henery. the people of germany are gearing up to elect a new government next month. we've been covering key election issues in our series "germany decides." and this week, we take a look at the rise in right-wing populism. ♪ michelle: images of hate and intolerance can often leave people with feelings of anger and despair. but one german woman is putting up a fight. irmela mensah schramm, a 71-year-old retired teacher from berlin, battles daily against the nazi propaganda she sees around her. even if it means facing prosecution from police or persecution from facists. narrator: irmela mensah-schramm is out in the berlin district of lichtenberg, on her regular route. this is where she finds lots of what she's looking for. irmela: this is antisemitic. narrator: it is strange how high up far-right activists place their slogans. but mensah-schramm has a trained eye. irmela: i do not want to see this nazi crap. i want it gone. it's propaganda. narrator: sometimes people congratulate her for what she's doing. others tell h

window has now closed across most of europe's top football leagues. amongst the biggest spenders of the summer were french side paris st—germain. english clubs collectively spent nearly $2 billion. now it's time for world business report. divorce deadlock — the eu's chief brexit negotiator says there's been "no decisive progress" in this week's talks with britain's exit bill the main sticking point. plus, green shoots of recovery — how a bumper harvest is dragging brazil out of its worst recession in a century. welcome to world business report. i'm rachel horne. we start in brussels, where the third round of brexit negotiations has ended with "no decisive progress on the main topics" — those are the words of the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier. he and his uk counterpart, brexit secretary david davis, have hinted there's been some progress on the rights of expatriates and the irish border. but there's one major sticking point — money. how much will the uk will have to pay to leave the eu? among a huge range of estimates, some suggest brussels will want this - $70 billi

politicians are comparing themselves to i think i think there is a sense indeed that. in europe for. people who don't want to follow the united states and the candidates in your. rippin over the last year who sort of looked as if they were inspired by the triumph or normal get phyllis in the governments or marine independent in prague's did really quite quite poorly the expectation that the end of last year for instance was that good for us would get about thirty percent of the adult troops in the end he got thirteen percent of the dots wrote and marine le pen's campaign i think was also surprisingly weak and started to fizzle out and that's i think because french people are dutch people simply didn't want to have a repeat of what's going on in the united states and yet recent opinion polls show that almost half of german voters are still undecided what do you think sustains these political in decisiveness and do you think the undecided voters in joe many i capable of the same surprise that the american and british undecided voters delivered last year i think i would that really wou

, in terms of how it is perceived in the rest of europe, as mentioned, emmanuel macron has this very ambitious plan for reshaping certainly the eurozone part of the eu, britain will have left the eu anyway, that might make things a bit simpler in 18 months or so, is that made less likely by what is happening in germany? i don't know. who knows what is going to happen in the eu? my worry at the moment, the right of the afd is of a piece with what's been happening all over europe, we've been seeing these far right parties gaining support and we have been seeing this revolt against the consensus that had become this kind of big lump in the centre left and centre right, which is neoliberal economics, globalised economy, etc. my worry is that europe is going to perhaps restructure itself internally but close its borders more firmly outside. the first thing macron talked about in his speech was defence, security, borders. and, of course, angela merkel was damaged in part by her approach to the immigration quota, in terms domestic politics. to me, that policy was the bright spot in a shocki

. europe's biggest budget airline says two thousand flights is affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers ryanair says it doesn't happen all pilots to come on holiday leave but what are your rights as a traveler this is inside story. hello again welcome to the program with me the cost of purchasing cheap tickets on low cost carriers has proven costly for hundreds of thousands of passengers ryanair europe's biggest budget airline recently canceled some two thousand flights the company says the decision was because of a shuttling blunder among its pilots and cabin crew well as you can imagine that decision spot immediate outrage from frustrated passengers the c.e.o. michael o'leary was forced to apologize saying ryan air quotes messed up to make matters worse travel insurance companies have told many of the travelers that hotel and car rental cancellations will not be covered is some of what ryanair passengers have to say. every year i'm not going to five the mechanics of the right i change the style and the conditions the paying conditions and i relate but then of course the bri

until cash starts trading here in europe. let's talk about those equities now. if this continues until december, it will be the first year the benchmark has not had a monthly loss in total return terms since 1928. that is basically when the data started. goldman sachs says u.s. stock valuations and profit margins may have the cash may have peaked -- may have peaked. joining us now, peter oppenheimer. you.morning to you. if i'm getting worried about earning stocks, what am i looking to rotate into? peter: what are we looking to rotate into echo did you say? guy: where am i going? peter: two things i would say, first of all, in a world where we've got these extraordinarily low interest rates and high valuations across asset markets, equities are still the relatively best asset classes. in the context of the u.s. equity market being relatively flat which is our view, given its higher valuations and peak margins, other equity markets are likely out to outperform e.m. euro. we are not looking at very high return to their either but prospects are for continuation of catch-up. we have b

meeting and said the recovery in europe is dependent on its stimulus program. president mario draghi said decisions on any change to qe would likely be made at its october meeting. draghi refused to comment on specific levels of the euro as he usually does, but says the recent strength was the cause for the downward revision of inflation forecasts. he also added there would be consequences to trade from the high euro and it would take close monitoring >> the exchange rate is not a policy target. it's very -- it's important and very important for growth and inflation. and it's so important that the medium term outlook for inflation was revised downward in the staff's projections, mainly due to the upward position of the exchange rate. so we will have to take into account this element in our information set in our future policy decisions >> joining me now for further discussion, nick nelson head of european equity structure and michael kelly from pine bridge michael, let's kick things off with you market reaction was a bit of a strange one. we saw yields moving lower the euro shot up h

europe . i think it was if you're not why was a member of your like i'd like you here we all go black people right the. police lieutenant in the u.s. has been fired after a dash cam video shows him assuring a woman during a traffic stop the police only kill black people. good afternoon watching r.t. international is just turned four o'clock here in moscow russia has some of the deputy chief of the u.s. diplomatic mission in the country to express anger at the american security services intention to search a russian consulate moscow has described it as a clear act of aggression. we consider the planned illegal search of russian diplomatic premises in the absence of russian officials and the threat we have received to break down the door of the building is an unprecedented act of aggression. but for more this now we're joined by medina question of a good afternoon to you bettina a lot of tension over the last few days neither is more what's going to happen next you think well next in several hours staff members and their family so along with children will have to leave their homes for u

shared military intervention force that how it's like and you go down in europe. and sarah holland welcome to the show it's good to have you with us so many women are about to join the entire rest of the world and being able to legally drive a car saudi state media says king solomon has issued a new decree officially ending the much criticized ban on women drivers media reports say the ultra conservative kingdom is due to introduce the change in june of next year. it comes just days after saudi women were allowed to take part in a national day of celebrations together with men at the main stadium in rio. for some analysis on this i'm joined now by d.w. anchor and reporter jafar abdul karim heiser if our thanks for coming in yeah wow what a surprise for you expecting this to be honest no i wasn't expecting this but i know very well a lot of women can write activists have been working day by day and a few more can since months and years in order to have the right to drive and now it's finally happening when you look around they of already talked to some of the human rights activists

the results tonight europe's strongest nation asking itself is the glass half empty or is the glass half full i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. that you talk now of course we had for better results album a special is a. weekly that i promise our members of the voters think that we won't just go back to business as usual and this picture defeat needs thoroughgoing analysis of about the size we are saying i do not want to lose germany to an invasion of foreign people from foreign cultures and as simple as that it is doing for the good with the when you walk through this distance or and in ten or fifteen women come towards you fully veiled then people say that's ok this is not part of our culture we do one thing here boy and we want to change the direction of politics reach a turnaround of ice to his food supply that it stays was the next government test the follow a clear european compass on this compass has to point to old europe i'm not towards populism so i really should wish to police news i want to name anything now that i explain and i want to run the red lines. also on t

for us or allies as its supporters would insist. the west won the cold war and kept europe free without ukraine. in fact, ukraine was on the other side during the cold war as part of the soviet union. and again, the soviet union posed a much greater threat to the united states and our european allies than russia does today. and regardless of the status of ukraine, a country that is not an ally of the united states and is not a member of nato, something we need to remember, that is not going to impact regardless of that status, it's not going to impact our deterrent or defensive capability in europe. we can defend and deter in europe with our allies, without ukraine. and this is shown in terms of a lot of the research done by people on credibility. that you don't have to put your credibility on the line in one place for it to be firm in another. the other thing is that our main interest in the region is to improve relations with russia so we can reduce any pressure or threats to our current allies like the baltic states and work better with russia on issues of mutual interest. th

familiar figure. he believes europe needs angela merkel's leadership more than ever, but after her devastating election setback, she faces a desperately complex task of forming a new coalition. hu,a warm welcome to pascal she says with agues weakened angela merkel -- welcome to pascal hugues. let's begin with you, pascal. give us a little bit of the flavor of how the election outcome here in germany has gone down, with all the surprises it brought with it. shockingk it's a bit and probably a disappointment for emmanuel macron, who two days ago made a big speech about europe, presenting his vision of europe for the future, and he coalition,,t the big the grand coalition, was re-conducted. he had a chance of realizing partly his program. but now it's going to be very , i think it's a bitter feeling you have in france, that it last the french are back on with the young president who wants to introduce reforms who has ideas about europe, now the at leastoing to be until christmas discussing this new coalition. everybody was saying the germans usual boring, business as , they didn't wan

relations with germany it's our largest trade and economic partner in europe i'm glad merkel looks almost nailed to be returned as the chancellor of germany but almost hala full of germans say they still don't know who they're going to vote for so the next couple of weeks could well prove to be crucial and being able to patrol yourself as the defend against foreign meddling could well be a vote grabber come september the twenty fourth piece for all of our. lives are sharing your saturday morning with us here on our team now about quarter past nine here in moscow britain has the most is the most extremists in the e.u. that's according to a shocking new claim that story in the mix of your headlines in just a moment. when lawmakers manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the fine merry go round be the one percent. we can all middle of the room. can be taken into the afterlife that's a lot of people from the future are now arriving in the present like he's able to pay for his very into the present using but he doesn't talk about it much be

support as he tries to reshape europe. but with merkel's position h helped, how much can hshe provide? draghi said the ecb will keep as much stimulus as the eu economy needs. we have an exclusive interview minister,'s finance pier carlo padoan. in london, european stocks, little changed. one hour into the trading day, up marginally for the fourth consecutive day. best run since september. we have had fresh threats from north korea, sending money into haven assets. the euro falling for a second day post the german election down to 1.1813. falling five basis points in the wake of the german election. brent crude is just a low $60 a barrel, down by .6%. why we saw gains in the last 24 hours, turkey threatened to shut down curtis shipments -- shutdown kurdish shipments through its territory. there is no a seven dollar spread between the benchmarks. greece willank of start stress tests to determine if they need fresh capital before the greek bailout program. the results of the test could be ready in early may. that comes as maria draghi said yesterday the single supervisory mechani

and if nobody does it then europe alone is going to suffer the consequences of the fourth key of our sovereignty is to be able. to respond to the biggest transformation of our world the. environmentalists transition every year and for many years it was a huge revolution of our ways of the way we produce most and consume and live. with europe is between two places that we have a simple decision to life do we want to continue to produce like yesterday and to defend our competitive or to. do we want to accelerate and become leaders of among our production model that is not an economic model but that is a society model and civilization model that is also going to enable us to redress inequalities in a society where the governments have to pay the price for oil. in their qualities and most vulnerable are the first victims. i deeply believe the left. has to be a trailblazer for also not fair. to call a g. we have to transform transport industry we have to invest and. enhance this transformation. we have to. you have a car going with a fair prize enough to help finance the transition that's

a speech right now at the sorbonne laying out his vision for europe let's go right there and listen and. if you have a thank you very much made them to me it isn't gentleman minister smith you. and gentleman parliamentarians. mr perfect be done right ladies and gentleman university presidents ladies and gentlemen. i have come here to talk about europe. some are going to say again that they should get used to it because i'm going to continue. because this is our fight our history our identity horizon and our future vision. all ready is it necessary you are saying some. of them the time must never write to speak about europe it's too early or already too late and they have become used to move a tactic where it is so much easier never to explain where you want to go when and where we want to leave it to our citizens and to this day with hidden arguments. because they have lost their gold it is so much more comfortable to talk about instruments without even knowing where we are going to get it so everybody has become used to not saying anymore what they really think and what they are do

proposed a european rapid reaction force that would work in tandem with nato. they w. europe correspondent catherine martins that is that i welcome catherine he is still speaking i believe let's talk about what he said so far he's talking about europe with greater cooperation at all sorts of levels how's the housing talking about getting that well we just heard the french president and i really remembered how he got there to be the french president because he really sad he wants to get back to the roots he wants to get europe back to the roots and in his understanding he means he has to europe has to get back to the european citizens and that there is no more europe policy is behind closed doors so he was really underlining that there is a strong need for the european union if that is the european union wants to move forward then they have to keep the citizens and not to lose them on their way so he wants a public debate he wants to trigger really a sort of democratic conventions a public debate open for european citizens to discuss because he underlined today we have a europ

president paints a sweeping vision of europe he wants member states to share more or less depends if they do campbell. another politically tricky project a new european rail champion in the works across the border merger worth billions and what do dying bees in romania have to do with europe's mass recovery they want us to go. to school and let's do business. cause europe speech has drawn mixed reaction from germany the french president says the eurozone needs a joint budget and harmonize taxes to stay globally relevant he argues that would also reduce inequalities across the block but one has laid out his proposals for european reform just as the german political elite attempts the daunting and drawn out task of building a coalition government he's hoping his ideas will have more influence that way one of the potential coalition linchpins other pro business free democrats they've rejected macaws call to create a joint eurozone budget and f.t.p. official says the problem is in europe is not a lack of public funds but the lack of reform in the euro zone budget would set exactly the wr

poison more products across germany and elsewhere in europe unless he was paid millions of euros. welcome the business update european union leaders have been holding discussions in stoniest capital tallon on the future of the e.u. the day's agenda focused on adapting to the digital era and remaining globally competitive and the estonian capital is just the right place to look to a high tech future. the two youngsters don't know what's wrong they're using the commands their teacher is showing them so far the lego robot just isn't moving. i'm trying to connect better about the computer. robotics classes like these are part of school curriculum in this town though they're supposed to give the kids a head start for what's already here the digital age i mean everything is turning digital now so it's kind of a good first step towards the art so computers and stuff because as we were all young we like to play word play with lego so this is basically you know playing with lego at the same time learning something. good thing that europe needs exactly what these kids are learning. these a

into europe via what was known as the balkan route. today, most migrants arrive via the medititerranean s sea, mosty from n north africa. this year, some 120,0,000 -- consididerably fewer than two of years ago -- dare to risk the treacherous crossing. far from opening the door to them, angela merkel is now saying that migration via the mediterranean must be stopped. not least perhaps because she wants to be reelected in the coming weeks. her reelection campaign -- haunted by the refugee crisis? that's what we want to talk about today with our guests. it is a pleasure to welcome antje bauer, a freelance journalist and islamic scholar, who has been reporting from many parts of the world where refugees are on the move. she says migration can only be prevented by finding its causes. creating refugee migration camps is cynical and simple. , a pleasure tong have you here. he is a journalist who regularly comments on refugee crisis. he says we have to admit that mistakes have been made in our policies regarding refugees. finally, it is a pleasure to welcome mekonnen mesghena, w