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

threat to europe that's the question i'll be discussing with my guests it's a pleasure to welcome hammond she is a journalist for germany's tops daily newspaper and she says the swing to the right in austria is not an exception but the norm all of europe is shifting to the right . and with us as well as ron kaufman he is the w.'s eastern europe expert and he says if the end of positions itself is a right wing populist force in europe paris will respond with a stronger for europe than the populace surrounding viktor orbán in central eastern europe in hungary would be left behind. and finally great to have matthew carney chick on the show once again he has austrian roots and is politico's chief european correspondent and he says austria's course is not a threat to europe but a threat to the vision of closer integration pushed by french president my call and the e.u. commission so before we come to the implications for europe as a whole i'd like to talk a bit more about the causes of last week's election result and matthew carney chick let me start with you as an austrian mainstream

in europe. - one of the great and most positive historical events of the last several centuries was the creation of the european coal and steel community in the 1940s and 50s, that led to the common market, and that led to the european union and to the european currency and a linking of former adversaries, namely germany and france in constant union. - what began essentially as an economic idea, the basic idea was something that was called functionalism that is basically if you have economic cooperation and economic integration, that will lead functionally to other types of integration especially political integration. - most people in the u, most voters, the general public, have believed that the eu is a defense mechanism against a dangerous world. it was a defense mechanism against the soviet union. it was then a defense mechanism through integrating as markets against the rise of japan, against an overly powerful united states, to even being seen potentially as a defense mechanism against the rise of china. - how do you bring together the benefits of empire big economic scale wit

>> coming up on "bloomberg best ," the most compelling conversations on finance and europe. brexit caused constant debate. agreementfree trade with the european union. worse withde will be the u.k.. >> we need more vision, less bureaucracy. nejra: it has been a year of transformation. the buy word is long-term sustainability. >> we have not kept pace. nejra: it has been a year of transition for europe's central bank. >> we are not that yet there. nejra: it is all ahead on this special edition of "bloomberg best." nejra: hello, and welcome. i am nejra cehic. on this special edition of "bloomberg best," we will look back. let's start with brexit, the dominant story of 2017 in politics and business. negotiations over the uk's divorce from the european union not start until spring. leaders in britain and europe were staking out positions and anticipating the economic impact. in january, theresa may came to the world economic forum in davos. the message i brought here to outside ofat britain the european union, we want to build a truly global britain. i britain that is an advocate for f

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

.eremony for helmut kohl honorary citizen of europe and former chancellor of the republic of germany. >> i call upon the president of the european parliament to give his speech. >> your majesty's. presidents. prime ministers. colleagues of the european parliament and the national parliaments. dear family members. this thingences, augustrticipants -- this -- distinguished participants. we are paying homage to helmut , a greatreat european , a political giant who was able to listen to his citizens and look beyond the horizon. helmut kohl first and foremost was a brave man. a defender of freedom and democracy. a protagonist of the reunification of our continent. he always defended human dignity ironwhere against wars, curtains, tanned italian arias and. -- and totalitarianism. flag he carried into his numerous battles. the same values from which the treaty of union was its inspiration. prosperity,om, security, and justice without borders. values, hisn these faith in humanity lie at the base of the reconciliation among managed tos that has have an impact on our memory. helmut kohl is the

at the same time, hundreds more fighters were returning to europe without specific terrorist missions, and hundreds of europeans had been radicalized at home without visiting syria. any one of them could have posed a threat. >> you know, 5,000 european nationals that have gone out to syria and iraq, we don't know exactly how many have come back, we kind of figure around a third of that, so, you know, 1,500 or more. so it's extremely difficult, i think, to get it right in terms of who do we monitor and how do we monitor them. because we don't have the resources or indeed the culture in our society to put 24/7 surveillance on thousands of citizens every day. >> narrator: to make matters worse, the 28 countries of the european union are often wary about sharing intelligence with each other. >> (translated): the protection of sources and methods makes it difficult to share intelligence. when you see the difficulty we have in europe coming to agreement on basic subjects, it's even harder when it comes to intelligence sharing. >> narrator: as more and more isis recruits returned to

. is also with us, arguing it will take more than one macron to save europe, and above all, germany must they macron. thinks forlle chaze this new deal for europe to succeed, macron must win over both his own electors and other european governments. i would like to begin with you, emmanuelle chaze. we just heard "ode to joy," the eu's official anthem, which emmanuel macron chose as his theme march. it was a pretty courageous gesture, i feel. emmanuelle: it was a gesture that pretty much sums up why people voted for him. hehe was seen as a pro-european candidate as opposed to marine le pen, who was anti-european. surprising choice, but it went on to show that we were choosing the future of europe more than a french president. very much are european yourself. you have lived in ireland, germany, -- ireland, france. a child of europe is how you describe yourself. the pro-european, europephile macron, what does he mean to you personally? to me, he embodies young leaders who want to reform this europe, which is no longer working the way it used to. let's burkhard birke, talk about what li

and prosperity for our nations and our peoples. when united attest states and europe are peaceful and prosperous, we advance peace and prosperity of the entire world. the president asked me to be here today, to bring his greetings and a message. today on behalf of president trump, i bring you this assurance. the united states of america strongly supports nato and will be unwavering in our commitment to this transatlantic alliance. [applause] we have been faithful for generations. and a president trump we will always keep faith with you. the fates of the united states and europe are intertwined. your success is our success. ultimately we walked into the future together. this is president trump's promise. we will stand with europe today and every day. we are bound by the same noble ideals, freedom, democracy, justice, the rule of law. so strong is irvine, open the past century americans have poured forth to help defend yours. it is remarkable to think that this year marks the 100th anniversary of united states entry into world war i. more than two decades later, we fought to get the

. engagement in the world. we would like to think of ourselves as the home for europe and washington, d c i'm honored to welcome the high representative of the european union and vice president of the european commission, federica mogherini. madame high representative, thank you for coming to your home away from europe. we had a fascinating discussion last month at the world economic and it wasvos apparent to there that we are facing a particularly important time. the scum i am very interested to hear your comments and enter into discussion with you. i'm also very pleased to welcome ambassador kristin silverberg who will introduce our european guest. she served as managing director of the institute of international finance as the former u.s. ambassador to the european union under george w. , she brings a special insight to this important dialogue. the floor is yours. >> it is a great honor to be here at the atlantic council to introduce federica mogherini, the high representative of the european union and vice president of the european commission. is visitingi washington at a time of so

europe are preparing to bid farewell to a leader who served longer than any german chancellor since bismarck. shaping post-war history in europe as few others have. helmut kohl will be r remembere for two achievements beyond all else as chancellor when the wall fell he was the architect of german reunification and as a committed european he forged deeper european integration. paving the way for the euro. yes, the momentum has faltered in recent years. as a result of multiple e.u. crises. kohl's europe is his legacy threatened? that's what i want to talk about with my guests here today. it's a pleasure to wewelcome a freelance journal i who reports on economics and on e.u. issues. and she has done that reporting for a number of germany's major newspapers kwlug the financial times deutschland and helmut kohl brought europe together and keeping it together will be more than franco german friendship. and great to have alan posner back on the show. he's an author and commentator for the german daily newspaper deweldt and said angela merkel squandered kohl's legacy. macron's victory gives

identity which i think is at the core of many recent political changes in europe how well do you think the europeans and distant who they are as opposed to articulating who they want to be or who they think they should be. you know there are several questions here that like to share with you first i mean what do we mean as europe is europe the e.u. is europe much broader i think it's very important in a way to clarify who to sort this out you know because usually when we mention europe people consider that it is only e.u. so the twenty eight order twenty seven if you consider that the u.k. still out but is only as a way to look at what europe means and as you may know you know my last job. before creating the global com past was as a director of education and you said the council of europe and the council of europe comprise. seven countries and member states including russia including turkey including. crane and many other countries that are not part of the e.u. are well aware mr buswell let me add them and they're all my question because when we talk about the european identity

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

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

returned from europe and we have spent time in israel over the years. if you're looking at europe right now and these vehicles are being n.used as a new terrorism. they are being used as weapons. when you look ateurope, you can always put inside the united states, we are so big. yet, those kind of attacks , much more opportunity, does not happen here. why? >> we do not know for certain. obviously, you do not need a lot of money. >>armstrong: mr. philosopher. it has not happened, it why has it not happened? >> we use guns here. you rohave much stricter gun control in europe. >>armstrong: i am utalking abou terrorist. why huge united states? there's a reason for hit this. >> other use of terrorism are guns and airplanes. >>armstrong: want to get into something here. i finally have a question that bruce can answer. obviously, people of whatever faiththey are, no matter where they come from . they are more favor here than native americans. whether you come from catholicism about the muslim faith, that they are welcome in the united states. they are favored here. this country goes out

europe, she met with several officials on her first trip to washington, d.c. since donald trump took office and stressed the relationship between the eu and the u.s. this is about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the atlantic council, thank you for joining us. i'm president ceo of the atlantic council. madame -- hi, representative. sell-out crowd and bursting out the doors and this underscores both recognition that we face historic moment in history for europe, the transalantic relationship and long before the november elections and that people are eager to here what report you can give us from your trip thus far and also answer their questions and then my questions as moderator on broader issues in the transalantic relationship which we in the atlantic council believe is the cornerstone for all u.s. engagement in the world. the atlantic council, we would like to think of ourselves for the home of europe and washington, d.c. i'm honored to represent the european union for security affairs and vice president of the european commission fede

the company's profile. matt, half an hour to the cash open in europe. let's walk around the world to show you what is happening. yen is softer. showing a markets little dollar strength. not a big move, it is in gray on my gmm. you're not seeing a big move. the euro and the dollar index kind of on the flat line this morning. that tells you a lot about where risk is today. in terms of what we are watching in europe, another indicator. we are not really expecting much in the european equity market open. pricing that the stocks 50 will open up by less than 1/10 of 1%. what are we seeing in the bond market? d yield pickup.nn it is an interesting trade, we will keep an i on it. political risk running through today's session. talking about political risk, matt is in munich. matt, why are you in munich? really, as we head to a three-day weekend in the u.s., markets are very focused on what goes on geopolitically and this weekend in munich will be a culmination of the week in which we have had debuts in the trump administration. yesterday and tonight, mike pence will get here to talk to eu

economic relief plan to help europe recover from the devastation of world war ii. marshall was eventually worded awarded the nobel peace prize for what came to be known as the marshall plan. next on reel america, a half -hour u.s. army film from 1964 documenting the destruction in europe following world war ii, ongoing clashes between communists and non-communist forces, the creation of the marshall plan, in the formation of nato. ♪ >> 1945. as western armies sweep across germany, voices on the radios speaking in english and russian. until finally those allied in the struggle come together. for europe and the world, and unforgettable moment. if only they continue to act in the spirit of that moment, what a europe, what a world by then have emerged. west of the elbe runs the river rhine. for centuries, the highway, yet the divider. the river of the gods and romans, christians and pagans, men and slaves, a river with a history of strife. it runs for the heartland of europe, the continent so long 22 toward that only dreamers like charlemagne could dream of it as a peaceful place

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

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

both the more europe or less europe we have to be prevented. there are areas where we need more integration there are areas where probably we could reverse some of delicious leisure that sometimes appears to intrusive but frankly i don't think it is always helpful to have discussions of ideological philosophical debates about more or less europe because based on my experience of living u.p.a. and commission ten years what i have seen was that even in times of crisis the moon is too cute financial and sobering that because we have it in europe at least since the second world war it was possible for you pinion to make progress for instance we have now some elements of a banking union with a common supervisory mechanisms common resolution mechanism that would be considered unthinkable before the crisis so for instance for the countries want to have a common currency definitely it's needed more integration so yeah let's talk about the concrete steps because i know that the and here are being touted by politicians which would mean that there are states in iraq like kress and germany

secretary of state rex tillerson on the future of u.s. relations with europe. he discussed russia's cyberattacks as well as energy policy and he said he denies reports he's trying to dismantle the state department. held by the wilson center here in washington, d.c., this is about an hour. >> president and c.e.o. of the wilson center, happy to be talking to a packed crowd. and to welcome secretary rex tillerson back to the wilson center. as you know, mr. secretary, the wilson center has a tradition of honoring business and political leaders who follow our 28th president's dictum, that would be woodrow wilson, to, quote, enable the world to live more amply with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope, and achievement. ms. harman: the center honor new 2010 and you honored us by attending our event in dallas in 2014, where richard fisher, outgoing chairman of the dallas fed, received our public service award. you and i sat together. we're delighted to welcome you back this morning to talk about the future of u.s. relations with europe, and to take some questions from me and some of

moment in history, for europe, the transatlantic relationship, long before the november elects and that people are -- elections and that people are eager to hear what report you can give us from your trip thus far and also answer their questions and then my questions as moderator on a broader issues in the transatlantic relationship which we the atlantic council believe is the cornerstone for all u.s. engage in the world. the atlantic council like to think of ourselves as the home for europe and washington, dc. thus i'm honored today to welcome the high representative of the european union for foreign affairs and the vice president of the european commission federica mogherini. thank you for come toing to your home away from europe. we had a fascinating discussion last month the world economic forum and i think it was apparent to everybody there at that time that we're facing a particularly important time and thus i'm very interested to hear you comments and enter in discussion with you. i'm also very pleased to welcome ambassador christian silverberg, who will more formally introd

both sides can europe and africa truly work together to give young africans a future on their own continent are they not only neighbors but truly equal partners that's the question we want to pose today on quadriga and here are the guests so after it it's a pleasure to welcome christine wondered why she is a business journalist whose reporting focuses on southern africa she says africa is changing rapidly but much of the way the west approaches the continent is still caught up in the old ways and it's a pleasure to welcome thorsten the. he's co-founder and director of the global public policy institute here in berlin he says more development in african states will in the short and medium term likely increase migration flows to europe and finally very glad to have kids play mariyam of old with us once again he worked for twenty years in the field of development and now cover security and development policy as a freelance journalist he says african presidents are being a misused as bouncers for the e.u. for the sake of keeping migrants out of europe they are ready to sell their hear

, emmanuel macron. he has a ready outlined a grand vision for a reformed friends, leading europe on a much too greater integration. my guess today is his minister for europe, it nathalie loiseau. having big visions is one thing. but how does emmanuel macron deliver, both here in france and in europe? nathalie loiseau, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good morning. your president, emmanuel macron, seems to think he can single—handedly revive the european project. what, do you think, makes him feel that way? i think first, he feels a need. there are expectations for more europe, but also a different europe. the challenges challenges that we face of the continent are all bigger than what can be addressed by a single member state, be it migrations or climate change, terrorism, trade competition, all these challenges you to be addressed at the european level. and there is a very high expectation from the citizens to have a more efficient, more active, more dynamic europe. do you think there is a desire from the people of europe for, to use your phrase, "more europe"? if you look at the polls,

, what trump has said since now in a few days and weeks is very hostile towards europe and he is saying openly that he thinks that europe could disintegrate further. he thinks more european members of the eu will follow britain out of the door and he thinks it is a good thing. he thinks it is a good thing to have a disintegrated european union while i think it is quite the opposite. in fa ct think it is quite the opposite. in fact the interest of the americans isn't in a disintegrated europe. the interest in america is to have a very united european ally. you can only walk on two legs. trump needs an american lake and a european leg. whatever your sceptical view of donald trump as president and as an individual, the fact is the european union needs to be closely allied with the united states of america, it isa with the united states of america, it is a pillar of european security policy. that is what he is putting in danger. with respect, so are you. some of the things you have said are actually extraordinary. you have said, you said this yesterday, i am quoting you, "under the enormous

bojesen. these are your headlines today. in europe, details matter. the european commission president taking a swipe at the trump administration for its lack of knowledge of european affairs as leaders gather in malta. >>> mining stocks fall to bottom of the stoxx 600 amid fears about china's growth prospects. this after the pboc surprised markets by hiking short-term lending rates. >>> shares of banco popular slide after the spanish lender posts a 3.5 billion euro loss on charges related to its clean-up of toxic property assets. >>> skanska rises to the top of the stoxx 600 after the construction company's full-year 2016 operating profit and orders top analyst expectations. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to the show. i'm glad you're with us. we have an hour together. once again, super busy day. busy wires right now. the eurozone markets, pmi data for january hitting the wires. composite pmi, 54.4, a hair above the flash estimate of 54.3. and bang in line with what we saw in december, 54.4 reading at that stage. the final composite new business pmi, 54.3, just a tad down on the

of a generation which devoted their whole lives to a new renaissance of europe. the last generation which had lived through the nightmare of war itself. for them european unity over coming nationalism embodies a future of peace for their own children. a great woman was also part of that generation. today we want to remember her in this parliment that she was the first to preside over the first elections. the hope for a better future was the first driving force. the same hope which allowed before them the founding fathers to hail the deep wounds left by warfare. thanks to them we reimmerged from the moral and material ashes of conflict. we have built and reunited our continent placing freedom and dignity of the individual at its call. he undoubtedly deserves a place of honor in 1983 he said anyone who looks at europe can understand what good fortune can be based on friendship and cooperation. over his 16 years as chancellor he was always a crucial leading player in events. not a single page that is unmarked by his bravery. thanks to that we have the strengthening of the role of the e

century. starting december second w. a very warm welcome to focus on europe i'm michelle henery germany is in the midst of a political crisis one that the country has not experienced since the federal republic was formed after world war two for the first time there will be no new government in berlin after eight weeks government coalition talks aimed at forming a so-called jamaica coalition of christian democrats liberals and the greens have collapsed. we believe we were on a path where we could have reached an agreement said chancellor angela merkel and that's why i'm sorry we could not find a common solution trying to get my hands on the news and fin klyn. chancellor merkel stands empty handed and this doesn't suit french president amanda macron who has big plans for europe he wants to comprehensibly reform the e.u. but he needs germany at his side some of his most passionate supporters like the british and shawn tully worried that without the support of their teutonic neighbor europe's future could look bleak. robust relations between paris and berlin are vital for a strong e

♪ michelle: a very warm welcome to "fokus on europe." i'm michelle henery. germany is in the midst of a political crisis, one that the country has not experienced since the federal republic was formed after world war ii. for the first time, there will be no new government in berlin. after eight weeks, government coalition talks, aimed at forming a so-called jamaica-coalition of christian democrats, liberals, and the greens, have collapsed. >> we believe we were on a path where we could have reached an agreement, said chancellor angela merkel, and that's why i'm sorry we could not find a common solution. michelle: chancellor angela merkel stands empty-handed. and this doesn't suit french president emanuel macron, who has big plans for europe. he wants to comprehensively reform the e.u., but he needs germany at his side. some of his most passionate supporters, like the parisian chantal leib, worry that without the support of their teutonic neighbor, europe's future could look bleak. >> robust relations between paris and berlin are vital for a strong europe. that's the firm belief of

£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

europe, just to name a few of the issues on your plate. it's clear that old answers don't work. that's why many here applaud the fact that you have an unusual resume for a secretary of state. educated as an engineer, your journey over four decades to become ceo of the world's sixth and most -- the world's sixth most valuable country is nothing less than astonishing. but hey, you were an eagle scout, one who later headed the boy scouts. before joining the trump administration, you traveled widely and met regularly with global leaders and displayed curiosity about the world, which is of course why you received our award. as you know conducting foreign policy is hard, nuance, ability, trust and respect with those with whom you interact. you should know for the last five years world-class scholars and program directors have helped congressional skaf on bipartisan basis, analyze toughest foreign policy challenges from china to putin's russia to assad's syria to maduro's venezuela. laying for foreign policy as we build relationships across the aisle. just maybe some of our alums from our pro

austria. is austria's swing to the right a threat to europe? that's the question i will be discussing with my guests. it is a pleasure to welcome ulrike herrmann, a journalist who says the swing to the right in austria is not an exception but the norm. all of europe is shifting to the right. with us well is -- as well is frank hofmann, dw's eastern expert. theays it austria moves to right, paris will respond with a .tronger core europe finally, great to have matthew karnitschnig on the show once again. he has austrian roots and his politico's chief european correspondent. issays austria plus threat closer integration. i would like to talk first about the causes of last week's election result. matthew karnitschnig, let me austrian. you as an mainstream parties have been governing together in the grand coalition in austria for what seems to many voters to be a near eternity. is this election result really about the issues, or is it in essence a protest by a lot of voters who say they are tired of political business as usual? matthew: i think that is definitely part of it. there has been

, 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

major gas hob in austria puts europe on high alert with prices soared and a state of emergency declared in italy. you're watching r t international live from our moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program amnesty international has issued a strong worded condemnation of the way e.u. governments including italy are handling the migrant crisis the group has published a report titled libya's dark web of collusion focusing on the detention and abuse of people trying to reach europe. we believe the. complicity in a system of abuse and torture of refugees and migrants. because they know exactly what is going on and they have chosen to support. the system of detention and the view of migrants without. any safeguards some of amnesty international's findings are based on videos published by a volunteer rescue group called sea watch in the van but one of the video shows a refugee being thrown off a libyan coast guard boat the to use at the first. this video was shot from a sea watch search and rescue vessel of the pictures show migrants being whipped with a rope. to t