secretary of state mike pompeo and chancellor angela merkel stress they have the same values, but they agree on little else. iran is one of the main points of friction. also coming up, president trump looks set to start another care for, this time with mexico. he says he will impose tariffs and mexico does not stop the flow of undocumented migrants into the u.s. the philippines hopes to end the trade in trash. it has shipped back to canada 69 containers of trash that were in a port for five years. the philippines says it will no longer be a rubbish dump for rich countries. thank you for joining us. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo's european tour got off to a strained to start when he ended german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much at all in berlin.

secretary of state's might from tehran chancellor angela merkel stress they have the same values but they agree on little else iran is the main cause of friction also coming out the skull cap traditionally worn by jewish men is the focus of debate as the number of anti semitic incidents in germany rises we meet a man who covers just kept up whenever he leaves his home and. i mean you could as mckinnon thanks so much for joining us a european tour by the u.s. secretary of state might pompei it got off to a strange start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on anything very much in berlin they did agree that they had shared values but there was little meeting of minds beyond that policy towards iran is the main cause of friction between the 2 allies. it took my palm peo 400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. the world is in great turmoil above all the question of the run and how to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. nor

backed by german chancellor angela merkel. and then there is frans timmermans from the socialist and democrats in the apartment. he is calling for more social justice in the eu. and then there is margrethe vestager from denmark. her alliance gained 40 seats in the election last week. she has the backing of emmanuel macron. it is a complicated picture. we are hoping that max hofmann can clear things up for us a little. good to see you. it seems like there is a lot of disagreement in the eu over this question. max: and like you said, it is extreme he complicated. we could not even talk about a 10th of what is going on if you think about all the different countries and interests. north, south, social democrats, liberals, conservatives. but the true frontline we have right now you mentioned it is between angela merkel and emmanuel macron. angela merkel is supporting this process which is called, and you explained it. i know it is a terrible word but it basically says that only those who have officially been lead candidates for the

they have really only known angela merkel and only known the conservatives and their message is you have failed us, for sake in us, given up on our future, especially by not tackling climate change. in fact, making things worse. they accuse them of being in bed with major companies and major polluters. >> we're talking about 80 youtube influencers across germany calling on young peoplpe to essenentially not v vote forr these parties. how big of a deal is this for these parties? >> social media does not play traditionally a huge role in german politics like you might see in the united states or the u.k. or other domestic democracies, so the fact that it has caused such a huge uproar among establishment parties trying to figure out how to respond and that it has 8 million views is a big deal. the fact that these youtube stars are not known for their politics. they are entertainers. they put up silly videos and get a few hundred thousand views now and then. now they have completely changed tracks to deliver a serious message on politics to their very young viewers, many of whom might be too

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secretary of state, mike pompeo has chancellor angela merkel in berlin. the talks were c cordial, but there was no meeting of minds on relations with iran and other issues. you're watching dw. you can get the latest on a website, dw.com. we will have more news coming up on the day. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ reporter is on france twenty four i'm from twtwenty four dot comm. good evening and thanks for joining us tonight for life from paris i'm not a messy here the headlines at ten pm. hitting back at donald trump mexico's president cools the america fast slogan a fallacy and says he won't be provokes. this off the washington issues an ultimatum cup migration or we will impose sweeping tariffs. a final farewell to an icon of congo's opposition tens of thousands gathering in contrast to to pay tribute to extend to she caddy. his body is belatedly repatriates is. after his death. and abortion services in missouri will

merkel's party that they need to be careful what they wish. to thank you. the deputy political editor at the consulate in munich of the final meeting of european conservatives before the elections on sunday welcome we've just been hearing about this challenge that german conservatives and mainline the politicians are facing from you tube it was not an issue there in munich. it wasn't on stage but you could sense that that video was being passed around certainly around the leadership news of that spread as we were here at this what was the highlight event for the european peoples party here in germany with angela merkel making her only appearance within any supporting month on stage having said that i mean the average age here in the room probably would have been above 50 so you do you definitely didn't have a room full of you tube is here and of course i spoke to delegates some who felt that this was unjust criticism one does have have to bear in mind also that this video was just mentioned is essentially a single issue campaign now to basical

merkel said that the e.u. needed to keep the capacity to act even if there was a storm brewing and she knows there is a potential fight in the cards for the next weeks because you just mentioned that there are different as you know leaders in the e.u. council so the heads of state and government of each of the twenty eight member states and they support different candidates they support the candidates of their parties and that leads to one of the biggest or at least most important drifts we have at the moment and that was also obvious today at the summit and that is between him and a remarkable and i'm going to makeover so how do they want to go forward how do they want to get over this rift well they installed a commission led by the head the president of the e.u. council he says the obsequies to be in charge to coordinate between the different leaders and also negotiate with you parliament because let's not forget at the end the e.u. parliament needs to give their yea their yes to anything any proposal that

sanctions german chancellor angela merkel held a press conference at which she addressed the issue. it's now even more important that europe shows a united front here we do not want an escalation but we want to keep using diplomatic two three we know our limitations but we all agree that the more united europe is the better the chance we have if using dialogue to find possible solutions. for. severe welcome back gail so we had the german chancellor saying but she's aware of the limitations in this situation perhaps you could outline for us. well the limitations are pretty clear the problem that the european union house is that they do want to encourage straight with iran at a time when the u.s. threatened sanctions to any business that tries to trade with iran now they've developed a mechanism that allows the food supplies to be traded but that does not clearly apply to all or any just extensional big companies that would like to trade with iran but that's a fear sanctions so instead what the europeans have to do is they focus on diplomacy and that is why both german chancellor ange

angela merkel has no power to start another change in the leadership. it is the decision of the party. there is not, appetite within the party for a change in leadership. akk will probably stay put. they will have tough regional elections in the fall. do not expect to change anytime soon. angela merkel is taking a dim view of things. david: it certainly appears show -- appears so. patrick donahue reporting from berlin. let's turn to maria taddeo in brussels. maria: we are now digesting the results from the european parliamentary elections on sunday. a lot more political fragmentation, and that makes things in brussels more difficult. on paper and principal, the winner of the election is a christian democrat closely aligned angela merkel who should lead the negotiation to become the next commission president. we understand she is losing momentum by the hour and we have emmanuel macron who said the competition should be more open and he pointed to names like michel barnier, another frenchman who has led the negotiation. it is clear european officials and

secretary of state mike pompei when german chancellor angela merkel could agree on very little except their shared values on trade security and iran are germany and the u.s. postwar allies and partners drifting ever further apart. i think the united states is and continues to be the most important partner for germany outside of europe germany is a great important partner an ally of the united states with us i think we agree that we have to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. so it's no secret that we have differences with regard to the right approach to the sun we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is what it's been put in place. also coming up on the day smoking is bad for you but what about vaporing on world no tobacco day we look at a popular alternative to regular cigarettes and find out just how good an alternative it really is. we know from animal and soul experiments that the vapor causes inflammation in cells. well does this suggests that in addition to inflammation it could result in long term damage such as cancer. if we start with the u

secretary of state might on payout when chancellor angela merkel stressed take up the same values but they agree on little else iran is one of the main points which . also coming out president trump looks set to start another trait during this time with mexico he says he'll be imposed terrorist attacks so doesn't stop the flow of the undocumented migrants into the u.s. . and that coverage traditionally worn my jewish man the focus of debate has a number of anti-semitic incidents in germany right that we need to back to congress to kick out whenever he leaves their home or. i'm sumi so it's kind of good to have you with us u.s. secretary of state mike pompei as european tour got off to a strained to start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much at all and berlin they did agree that they had shared values but there was little meeting of minds beyond that policy towards iran is the main cause of friction between the 2 allies. it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor a

german chancellor, angela merkel, has hit back at populist politicians. she said that europe needs to fight back against nationalism. her comments came on the same day that leaders of far right parties across europe spoke at a rally in milan, led by italian deputy prime minister matteo salvini. ramzan karmali reports. it was a show of force by italy's deputy prime minister, matteo salvini. he was along for a rally, drumming up support for next week's european elections. he had invited far right and nationalist leaders and mps from 11 other countries across europe. they are all united underan anti—migrant, anti—islam and anti—bureaucracy banner. they are seeking historic results in these elections, in their bid to transform european politics. translation: on the 26th of may, we will bring this revolution of common sense throughout europe. on the 26th of may, we will return power to the peoples. on the 26th, with us, europe will raise its head. long live italy, long live france, and long live the nations of europe. the organiser of the events told the

secretary of state might pompei when german chancellor angela merkel could agree on very little except their shared values on trade security and iran are germany and the u.s. postwar allies and partners drifting ever further apart.

angela merkel said germany will be joining the initiative. >> many expect her to send a strong signal. she admits germany has not met its goals. >> we have agreed d on quite a t and have set targets, but there is a gap for the first goal in 2020. >> back in 27 -- 2007, gerermany was ahead. she talked about global warming as a crucial issue. government leaders agreed to a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050, but in germany, things look a bit different. the goal to reduce by 40% will nonot be met. instead, her government decided to continue ususing call -- coa. a 2050 goal to reach google seo to is a no go, but she i is up o the idea stop >> how can we achieve thihis objecective by 2? the quesestion is not whether we can do it, but how we can do it. if we can find a reasonable answer t to this question, we cn join the initiative of the other member states. >> for many young people, it is simply not enough. many of those who take part were only toddlers when angela merkel came to power and greenhouse gases have hardly decreased. brent: changes to the climate are mo

ika: in germany, angela merkel has been seated her succession plans have fallen apart. outheir apparent may not be -- up to the job. she has seen her popularity slide since taking a breath leader of the christian democratic union in december. on sunday, she oversaw the cbu's worst ever results in a national election. european union may reward brexit negotiator michel barnier with the top job of leading the european commission. france is pushing its candidate. it has spain and ireland in its quarter. eu leaders have gary in brussels -- havess who should gathered in brussels to discuss who should lead the block. iran says america has not grown in power in recent years. the u.s. recently sent an aircraft carrier and bomber to the region over an unexplained threat. troops of0 american been employed. a rocky summer may be in store for american troops traveling by air. 257 million people will fly from june the first to the end of august. hundreds of airport security personnel may be reassigned. the continued grounding of the boeing 737 max is still a problem. global news 24 h

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i'm concerned there was a cancellation with angela merkel. we need germany when it comes to sanctions on iran. germany may be unhappy with the oil sanctions we put on european countries because of iran. but it doesn't make sense to like not do see angela merkel. the russia visit is very important. if it does take place and i hope it does. russia is not being our friend on iran, on syria, on ukraine, on terrorism. they have an american named paul whelan that they won't allow a private citizen like myself to talk to the russians about getting him out. things with russia, despite this phone call with the president and putin, they get along fine but the relationship is on every front, arms control, too, energy is in tatters. >> shepard: thanks, bill. after more than 500 days behind bars in burma, a pair of journalists walked free from prison. there they are. they were smiling and waving. in september, officials sentenced them to seven years in prison. they said they'll illegally possessed official documents. before their arrest, they were in burm

german chancellor angela merkel has been honored by one of the world's most prestigious universities harvard university has awarded her an honorary doctorate in law chancellor merkel received a degree german ceremony on campus in cambridge massachusetts she's also due to give the commencement speech invest in 2 hours bring that to you live. so it will join d.w. washington bureau trees chief alexandra from norman outside harvard university welcome alexandra why did they choose chancellor merkel. well we have to say that she is here among friends and many people who admire and respect her and when the announcement was made the president of the university said in a statement that angle on merkel is one of the most whites of the at my art and influential states people of all worth times that her leadership has done much to shape the course of her nation and the course all fueled so these were very flattering words even more flattering was to video the university put together or to end now in some miracle and this as this year's commencement speaker let's have a look at the speak. it's ve

also coming up german chancellor angela merkel has begun to all of africa region we speak to a security expert on the growing problem in the area. you're welcome to the program she is known as the golden girl. in two time olympic gold medalist in the woman's eight hundred meter competition and three time world champion but had to keep competing in women's sports. take medication to reduce head testosterone level this. sports this mishap to you again. ration to compete without medication the ruling could have a huge impact on hair on the future of the sports. caster semenya became a sensation off today championships in berlin in two thousand and nine i she was only a teenager when she won the eight hundred meter is the name well champion had been a virtual unknown. she was hailed as odd golden girl back in south africa even meeting then president jacob zuma. this. is pretty. green. but a storm was brewing in the sporting world the i.w. f. the athletics governing body ordered her to take a gender test. servers worldwide speculated about whether the shyster manuf was into sex she was initi

angela merkel addresses harvard's graduating class. the german canceler makes her case for a -- the german chancellor says truth must not be identified as lies, nor lies as truth. also coming up, dwindling hopes of finding survivors. this is the chancelloror here we are looking at, these pictures of herer living thee harvard commencementnt address. we will begin some analysis of that shortly. also coming up, dwindling hope of finding survivors of budapest's boat tragedy. 21 people are still missing after a tourist boat sank last night as a criminal investigation into the accident gets under way. and the mothers who refuse to give up hope. these mexican women have taken the search or their missing women into their own hands in the country where tens of thousands have disappeared. thank you for joining us. german chancellor angela merkel has delivered the commencement address for this year's graduating class at harvard university. she reflected on germany's past, speaking of her formative years growing up in the shadow of the berlin wall

that was trying to cramer joining us there to the united states now where german chancellor angela merkel is being honored at one of the world's most prestigious universities harvard is awarding merkel its honorary doctor of law degree the chancellor has been on campus in cambridge massachusetts to receive that honor as the university compares for its commencement ceremony later today merkel is due to give the commencement speech in about 4 hours we will be bringing you that address live along with simultaneous translation. actually washington bureau chief alex had a phenomenon is outside of harvard university so welcome we expect today. so at the moment morning exercises a very great and exciting ceremony for a students and parents are underway with dean or outside where i'm standing i'm standing outside to hold the art and the morning exercises are taking place inside all 50 yards and then there is of course america the special guest here today the german chancellor who will be awarded an on there every degree and then she will be holding this year's commencement speech here at harvard

angela merkel has made it clear it should reflect the election results. should be as it much bigger competition with other names. what is interesting is that the french president is already searching for support. are ready out there trying to get what he thinks will be the best candidate for the commission. the spanish prime minister yesterday to gather support for maybe an alternative candidate. matt: how is this going to impact the brexit negotiations? >> that is a real concern because we do have a situation look at thisopeans as a legal necessity. but we do not know if a new prime minister will feel they need to stick with the original deadline or the halloween deadline. the concern in brussels is that if we -- the european commission and the european central bank will very much be in transition. and it is difficult to see how we get a quick resolution to the national tension to see who should get what here and in frankfurt. matt: maria, thank you for joining us from brussels with the latest. we still have our cohost with us on set in london from state

german chancellor angela merkel's visiting africa's central sun hell region where terrorism and conflict are major concerns and economic development is severely lacking so what are the needs in the region and is europe doing enough. and one bucket at a time will show you the back breaking work behind bali's rapid urbanisation which depends on buckets of sand from the nearby the shared river. also on the show france and germany team up to subsidize battery cell production they call it a strategic investment in the face of tough asian competition others say it's a waste of money and. welcome to the business africa i'm stephen beard's in relent thanks for watching german chancellor angela merkel has pledged more than one hundred fifteen million euros in aid to west african countries in the sahara zone of funds or earmarked for development aid in particular police and education michael's three day visit includes stops in burkina faso mali and the share with mauritania and chad the nations are central to the germans to hell strategy itself part of a larger emphasis on the region terrorism and

merkel. then we have funds to moments from the socialists and democrats a group heading from the netherlands he's calling for most social justice in the e.u. and then we have a vest from denmark alliance of liberals and democrats gained 40 seats in last week's election actually has the backing of the french president emmanuel. w. brussels a beautiful chief. is following the summit so let's get the latest welcome max so is there still quite a lot of disagreement. because successor there is but lucky are those groups in the european parliament that have a so-called so you know a lead candidate because not all groups in the european parliament have what you just mentioned 2 of the most prominent one which is monthly to be able for the conservative funds to moments for the social democrats and so i talked with a woman who's the leader of the social democratic group in the european parliament and who has been fighting for this process all along and he seemed quite happy when i when i told him that

secretary of state might compare to a strained start when he and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on very much a toll and they did agree that they had shed valleys but there was little meeting of minds beyond that policy towards iran is the main cause of friction between the 2 allies. it took mike pompei 0400 days to find time to visit berlin and then officials scheduled only 45 minutes for talks with chancellor angela merkel on trouble spots afghanistan and syria libya and iran. in the world is in great turmoil above all the question of the run and how to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons the visits what not. nor did pump ayos discussions with germany's foreign minister bring the 2 countries closer together washington has been raising the pressure on iran well european countries struggle to save the nuclear deal iran signed 4 years ago this of this is also no secret that we are pursuing different approaches towards that and. at the rate at why from our point of view instead of europe as a whole preservation of the nuclear deal increases international safety and

elections but that is history this time angela merkel left the e p p's widely unknown top candidate monthly to be mostly out alone to face the public and it was merkel successor c.d.u. carty leader and a great come come by our many already see is potential next chancellor it took on the heavy political lifting in the talks. and in their targets in search of for us conservatives right wing populists are not potential coalition partners we don't want to and we won't work with them. with nothing less than the future of europe at stake this raises the question where was. busy governing is the sort of answer within a few summit in romania a climate dialogue in berlin and a trip to africa merkel focused on big picture politics. one of her few appearances with the e p p's top candidate money was in croatia when she took a stance against nationalism. part 2 to small hatred chism and the e.u. aren't contradictions nationalism is the enemy of the european project we must make that clear in these final days ahead of the polls. the social democrat top candidate tells us merkel's absence is also a sympt

also coming out german chancellor angela merkel has begun a three d. toll of africa region we speak to a security experts on the growing militants problem india. julia you're welcome to the program she is known as the golden girl of south africa it two time limpid gold medalist in the woman's eight hundred meter competition and three time world champion boxer had to keep competing in women's sports cost us in may now will have to take medication to reduce head to still strong level this is after the court of arbitration for sports this mishap deal against international law that is federation to compete without medication the ruling could have a huge impact on hair on the future of the sports. caster semenya became a sensation off today it's less six world championships in berlin in two thousand and nine she was only a teenager when she won the eight hundred meter is the new world champion had been a virtual unknown. she was hailed as our golden girl back in south africa even meeting then president jacob zuma. and the north. korean. but a storm was brew

is in berlin for talks with german chancellor angela merkel and foreign minister. america's top diplomat down in the german capital this morning 3 weeks after he suddenly postponed his trip to germany at the very last minute instead he flew off to iraq to win support for washington's position in growing tensions with iran and the differences in the u.s. and europe and iran on a things are also expected to be high on the agenda in berlin. now from all i had with me political correspondents welcome simon now secretary of state is visiting berlin for the 1st time and we know after he abruptly canceled his previous trip what is on the agenda and the still you have the secretary of state's finally got got to germany a year after he took office as you mentioned he's here to have meetings with foreign minister models or with chancellor americal and there's quite a few there's a list you could say of complaints that the trumpet ministration have about german policy and pompei you mentioned some of them as he set off in particular that battle over germany's military spendin

angela merkel is shuffling around the deck chairs, i think it is fair to say. and doesn't go over to the conservative wing of her party? that is what she staved off. alix: all right. looking at the markets here, this story is bond yields,. . it is a safe haven trade -- bond yields, full stop. trade in thehaven bonds. trend, notng its own swept up in any kind of safe haven bid, up by about 1%. david: now let's turn to the morning brief. today, eu leaders are in brussels continuing deliberations over who will take control of the council, the commission, and the european central bank. tomorrow, the ecb releases its semiannual financial stability review. on thursday we get the second rate of u.s. gdp's and china pmi's, and costco and dollar tree will release earnings for the last quarter. on friday, the feds preferred inflation gauge, as well as personal spending numbers for april. now it is time for bloomberg first take. abramovitzed by lisa and marty schenker. first off, this is what president trump had to say. pres. trump: i think they probably wish they made th

angela merkel ahead. been showered with compliments and praise here for her leadership for her commitment and she was described by the president of the university as one of the most widely at my earth and influential states people of our word time so that is there a reason why she has been chosen to hold this commencement speech here and i talked to many students who told me that they respect her that some of them even think she is a role model and they have high expectations with regards to her speech this afternoon let's have a listen this design it's got. everything a bungalow medical frustrates us who want to know how to lead what the tablets in the world is what the issues that she's confronted with daily and this is what we're looking forward to be inspired by i think not only germany but europe as a whole needs to redefine its relationship with the united states going forward and i hope that i know america can pass their way forward for that she's a true leader that we really want to hear what she

now pompous visitor but in comes a day after as i mentioned german chancellor angela merkel delivered the commencement address at harvard university her advice to the graduating class was laced with indirect criticism of dollars. have a listen. tear their own waltz of ignorance and narrow mindedness on that one thing has to stay as it is. it was one of several standing ovations for the german chancellor during hurricane and speech she ended and began in english highly unusual for an american at such a major event. then gets awfully if we step out and embrace new beginnings everything is possible. for the normally cautious pragmatic politician this was a far reaching to do list she spoke of halting global warming eradicating starvation eliminating diseases giving people especially girls access to education and fighting the causes of displacement and forced migration and forced migration that's we can do all of that. the harvard commencement speech is by tradition inspirational setting the bar high for graduating students merkel urged them not to act impulsively but to take a moment to

merkel on trouble spots afghanistan syria libya and iran. it is in great turmoil above all the question of the round house will prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. nor did pump ayos discussions with germany's foreign minister bring the 2 countries closer together washington has been raising the pressure on iran well european countries struggle to save the nuclear deal iran signed 4 years ago this this is also no secret that we are pursuing different approaches towards that. at the rate at why from our point of view in europe as a whole preservation of the nuclear deal increases international safety and that's important to us but time is running out iran is threatening to stop complying with parts of the nuclear deal if signatories don't find a way to soften u.s. sanctions iran is primarily dependent on income from the sale of oil washington sanctions have effectively choked off that money supply we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is but it been put in place all differences aside pompei o did reaffirm t

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rift appears to be growing between german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccraw over who should become the next commission president chancellor merkel backs a process by which the top job goes to the lead candidates of the biggest party in the european parliament would be the head of the european people's party who also happens to be a german the president says this process is obsolete after last week's or european elections shifted the parliament's balance of power. as europe's leaders took their seats at a summit in brussels there was little to suggest that anything was wrong but after last week's elections to the european parliament in which both the center right to and center left parties lost seats the political climate here is changing and so too are the jobs. the biggest question is who will replace this man john claude younker is president of the e.u. commission and soon to step down. and these are the frontrunners for the post they've been nominated by the political groups in the european parliament we can bring the whole strength of europe our valuable

german chancellor, angela merkel, what she thinks about dark forces going mainstream. even our pets know to go directly to petmeds.com to save 30% on all the medications we carry. so go directly to petmeds.com now. >>> german chancellor angela merkel says dark forces are finding their way into mainstream support, and there is work to be done. merkel sat down one day after nationalists failed to live up to predicted surge in support in the european elections. after 13 years as chancellor, merkel shared a lot of the blame for the populist because of her handling of the refugee crisis. >> what do you answer to the people who say it was a great germany under your chancellorship but these dark demons have risen again. >> translator: germany can and will not uncouple itself from developments we seek all over the world. we see in in germany as well but in germany obviously they always have to be seen in a certain context and the context of our past which means we have to be that much more vigilant than others. >> recently, german jews were warned by a leading government offic

merkel arrived here in the morning and said we need to be stronger we need to be innovative we need to be united french president and many other leaders reiterated those words and said look we need to show more solidarity however if you define this vision of europe a reality check clearly there is a number of unfinished is the number of unfinished business here still to do if you look at the migration prices or the environment or the euro zone topics where particularly the french president pushes for a reform there is not a lot of support on that front. mathes insipient thank you. there are wide variations in prosperity across the european union one of the key objectives of the blocks strategy of the next few years is to put poor regions on the road to greater prosperity one of those deprived areas is not to far from say view where the summit is taking place a girl that has filed this report before summit began cosman wants to get in here into this new house which looks so nice and clean because till now he and his five siblings have been living here in an old hard made from wooden

germany or the german chancellor angela merkel it was useful to him he used her as a window into the mind of the letter but the mere putin so the relationship between germany and russia was considered a positive but we don't have that dynamic anymore do you think that the germans or are they naive when they think about the threat posed by but let me well i think that the historically germany has has been less than them thoroughly robust when it comes to vladimir putin. the idea that germany will for example become more depend. and on on russia for gas by building north stream is something that perplexes those of us who are looking at it from you so you agree with the troubled ministration that the pipeline deal should be x. y. i don't think it's just the trump administration who thinks that i think the the administration's already europe think that i mean it's it's very few administrations that don't think that it's a obvious thing that that if you have russia which is a country that uses all of its power as leverage and has used gas as a weapon and it's turned off the gas on numerou

merkel is pushing for a quick decision let's have a listen. we want to find a solution as quickly as possible because the european parliament will meet at the beginning of july and it would of course be desirable there were already proposal of the european council so that stuff could be carried out very quickly. so we just heard of their america wants a quick solution but the main parties you know they did not get the big majorities that they had hoped for is this going to make finding an agreement more difficult. incredibly so sarah and not only is there a fight over who will be this person there's a fight over how they will be chosen so as you heard the chancellor say she wants this person chosen quickly which basically everybody does but in saying this she seems to favor the process of choosing one of the candidates nominated by the main political groups and in that case the favorite would most likely be the head of the european people's party the largest political group german men for a day ever but as i mentioned earlier there's a lot mor

angela merkel is not willing to let go of him just yet, and this is a whole package. commissioner is agreed, they cannot move on to the central bank, and that is a concern for the markets. mario draghi has to leave by the end of october. francine: thank you so much. let's keep it on all things europe. joining us from the hour, economist at vanguard and the head of fx strategy at goldman sachs. let me kick it off with the financial report. a are saying there are challenges amidst the downside risks. how worried are you about europe in general? i am not very worried about financial stability or the economic situation. we are having modest growth, it may continue for a while. but we do not have imbalances of the kindurozone we had a head the lehman crisis or eurocrisis. -- ahead of the lehman crisis or eurocrisis. if something goes wrong, the consequences would be comparatively limited, with one exception. it italy chooses financial suicide, the italian choice, things might be different. francine: we will get back to the italian fiscal suicide, but there is so much conce

merkel french president emanuel macro are at odds over the issue. to get more oil not from our brussels bureau chief in just a moment 1st so let's take a look at what makes the job of european commission president so important well the european commission proposes legislation so the president has a powerful role in shaping laws that affect the entire a you and the president appoints the e.u. commissioners with one commission from each member state the president decides who's in charge of what which countries commission is responsible for trade migration energy and so on so let's talk a take a look at the front runners firstly is germany's manfred a very but he is the leading candidate for the largest group in the parliament that's the conservative european peoples party backed by german chancellor angela merkel and then there is france to months from me is socialists and democrats group hiding from the netherlands he's calling for more social justice in the e.u. and the moderator vest from denmark alliance of liberals and democrats gained 40 seats i

that the leading party and the party of angela merkel and called for voters to boycott the party it also called on them to to cut to boycott their coalition partners the social democrats excuse me was also very critical of the alternative for germany the far right party but but the video really focused on cd you as main thesis was that the german coalition government was out of touch with young voters especially on issues that like the surrounding the environment and it was viewed more than 11000000 times in the lead up to the election now we know now post-election just how badly this deed and really historic losses is the worst it's the worst result since world war 2 and speaking in response to that and a great care about who's known as a k k here in the german media she criticized the video and then questioned the regulations around influencing political opinion on the internet we've got a clip of what she had to say. shouldn't the question when it comes to shaping public opinion is what are the rules from the analogue realm and which rules should apply to the digital realm we'll tackl

there are questions today as to how long angela merkel can or should stay in office. and all this could well affect the brexit process. the woes of angela merkel, the far—right breathing down the neck again of emmanuel macron, looming general elections in a number of eu countries — all of this distracts eu leaders, and makes them that much more unlikely to reopen and renegotiate the brexit deal if they are asked to do so by the next uk prime minister. and all this could well affect the brexit process. the woes of angela merkel, the far—right breathing down the neck again of emmanuel macron, looming general elections in a number of eu countries — all of this distracts eu leaders, and makes them that much more unlikely to reopen and renegotiate the brexit deal if they are asked to do so by the next uk prime minister. the attitude here, anyway, is that there is no better and how does the eu feel about 73 uk meps returning to the european parliament? it will be interesting to see how long they will actually be active in the european parliament. emmanuel macron has