european union are such the european union is the big big danger for the capital power which has been enormously growing in europe in the world. they know very well that it is not. a a european union that consolidates that is asking but the state capital have anything to do with their staring measures that are being implemented over and over again in the european union countries because overwhelming majority of economists are saying that these measures aren't working. not with this but the but these measures are where the law which is the will be and you see the governments in the european union are saying that the measures that have been. that have been induced. in their economies. are making progress so far we do not see such progress is in the unique case whichever of a say it is a case in spain that there is a certain progress these progress already in greece portugal this progress is paid with three mendis a tremendous social crisis and with the enormous growth in the inequalities because those. are becoming richer every day in those who not only are becoming food or are but are

countries are members of the european union and the view of the members of the european union even more than that this central europe in the region is currently the growth of the european union our growth rate is much higher than the european average everybody speaks about the german french cooperation when it comes to the issue of european competitiveness and bob if you look at the figures you would see that the trade between germany and division growth countries is fifty five percent higher than the trade annually between germany and france which shows that the economy corporation between germany and sense or europe is extremely strong at cern show you a became kind of a backyard for the german industry which has all these been and which will always be i guess the bone of the european economy so actually the strong central europe is the interest of the european union because a strong best central europe can contribute to european union being stronger as well that's why we we do. reject all kinds of these kinds of accusations you know against us on political basis that's the bottom lin

and the european union. >> excellent. i might turn back to the u.s. for a moment here. i am keeping an eye on the time so we can have moments for audience q&a, but we have a little bit of time. when i look at what i think has changed in recent years in u.s. foreign policy, there does seem to be an increasing linkage between economics and foreign policy. for example, we see the use increasingly of sanctions, not just to punish or deter bad behavior, but to pressure allies and partners to change their policies. two recent examples would be sanctions on nordstream 2, on companies who are involved there, or company working with iran. do you see this blending of economics and foreign policy as problematic, and if so, why? >> i think sanctions are a necessary instrument of diplomacy. i think the strongest form of diplomatic language that you have, and that is why you need them. the problem with sanctions is that their efficiency and their impact will depend on whether others go along with you, whether you have all

absolutely look at germany within the european union germany is maybe too big for the european union that's why dominate so much that you cannot make fares and the currency of fares in general but it's too small for the world market that is why even for germany and it's much much better it's much much it's not nonsense i'm sorry i am german member of parliament i know exactly that two thirds saying to germany one of the. economy this is the program is called cost talk can you give me just a basic fact these countries are a lot smaller than germany could do very well in the world is singapore which is a tiny nation which has a great deal of hostility switzerland is very very small yet of course that has a higher g.d.p. than any other state with a new iceland is a small country yet they have higher angle investment than all the e.u. relation to attend the germany is too small to go within the world ok robert let me jump in you're going to please continue on my skull regulations to tell us that singapore one of the richest countries of the world would be there without german money or sw

the european union is not leaving britain. britain is leaving the european union. but the eu has choices to make too about how much hardball it's going to play. let me quote to you aand menon, he's the director of the think—tank in london, uk in a changing europe. he says, "look, let's all get real. "a continued economic partnership with the uk "is self—evidently positive and in the interest of the eu," so is the eu really going to be inflexible over the 11 months that follow over things like fishing rights? i think what you are quoting is right, it's in our interest to have normal, fair relations with britain. during the campaign for the elections of the european parliament back in 2014, one of my main programme points was to say, "we want the fair deal with britain." everything i did was to try to conclude the fair deal with britain. i was never inspired by punishing britain. very often in britain, it's said, including in the parliament debate i was following day after day, that the unit, that the european union wants to punish britain. that's not the case. w

leaving the european union so it's all b.s. that countries like great britain or france you name francis specially with increasing poverty in my opinion they have a difficult they have a difficult time to solve these problems but i think at least they should rearrange the principle rules of free movement of persons and improve the system right mr stone thank you very much for this interview alyssa stumm from the swiss people's party the force behind the measure limiting immigration into switzerland has just been approved on a referendum that thank you very much for being with us today that's what far south america this time i'll see you next time. very much it was my pleasure thank you and good luck to you and your country. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refused in those. places changing the world writes now. the picture. from around the globe. to me. writes. the. pain of the young girl's cammo for the future han are. between two and three hundred million guns the united states so you can act like they're not h

union i think if the european union among their borders want to have free movement of persons that's their problem but with a third country an outside country it seems to be totally normal that immigration is a different story sure i completely agree with you it's not part of the u. but it is heart of europe and also. many treaties with european union to facilitate trade or many other things are not very diligent germany's foreign minister has said that this vote will harm switzerland president of the european commission warrants where citizens could lose their right to live and work in the you was it worth it was it was the risk. yes i understand that these discussions are on now but free markets open markets and immigration that's two totally different stories and that's also obvious between russia and the european union you have to come to some kind of trade agreements but free immigration with an outside turn treaty that is strange and i'm confident the european union will understand that we have to renegotiate we have to rediscuss this problem this issue immigration from the lat

union and outside the european union, and it is not alien to the united kingdom either, i think. but if you look at where we are coming from, after the ruins of two world wars and 45 years of communist and military dictatorship, we have very little reason to trust each other. and yet the europeans were able to reach out and to say, "ok, it's not easy, we have to learn how to trust each other, but we're going to have a common future, a common destiny" and every time we stepped up to the plate. have you tried that argument out on many italians recently? yes, it's very difficult for the italians, yes, i understand that they are feeling abandoned. at the same time, let's not forget that there's some italian political leaders as well who are of course exploiting this. but, look, this is the real world we're living in and these things come with ups and downs and we take a couple of steps forward, a couple of steps backwards, but we do learn, and i do believe in the ability of the european union to learn and to advance. we have shown every time that we do that. and, again, if you look a

union but it would have to apply european union laws and the european union would have to treat the u.k. as if it was a member of the european union so there is almost two years to negotiate a trade deal and only if that fails only if there is not a trade deal we will have to apply the backstop so the backstop as you just said is the insurance policy we signed to avoid hot water on the irish island so why are we not talking about plan well let's stick with plain b. then why not say the backstop has to stay as it is but agree that it has a time limit because there has to be a trade agreement within the next two years that's in the interest of the british science and interest of the european union why are we not optimistic enough to negotiate i mean that's been one of the most important arguments of those of the brics years of those at the catering breck's it was that they are able to negotiate a trade deal with the european union let's do it and left let's begin on first of april to negotiate the trade deal and it's even do the following let's begin now to clarify what the terms of s

with the european union. is it not the case that neither of these objectives can be secured if we leave the european union without a deal? i have to say to the honourable gentleman that the requirement, desire to bring about a frictionless border between northern ireland and ireland and the desire to have that free trade deal is what the government is pursuing. it's what we have said in the land costar house deal and i've meting the incoming taoiseach last week and discussed with him how we can work with the irish government to ensure we deliverjust that. thank you, mr speaker. can my right honourable friend provide more information into what was agreed at the connell and holding accountable internet companies that carry extremist content or those that are platforms for grooming? my honourable friend makes a very important point and what we see with extremism which leads to terrorism, whatever the source of it is, is that people are trying to divide us in this country andl trying to divide us in this country

union elections to the european parliament when we're planning to leave the european union just nine months later tell your sympathies are suddenly with them see well i'm i'm i'm. devarim to be understanding of the difficulties that we're facing but the keep repeating the pall of our parliament has spoken and legislated both main parties were elected on the basis of the. triggering of article fifty which set the date for the twenty ninth of march and that is now implemented in law. you've been saying that no deal is increasingly attractive but that's not what you and your vote leave colleagues promised the country was it time and again they promise great deals with the e.u. and everyone else instead they just fall into britain slap to them they turned out to be no student well. i have to confess that i think it's in the european union's interests to strike a sensible free trade deal with the united kingdom and whether we make that agreement before we leave which looks rather unlikely now or after we leave i believe that that's what will happen but in the end my point is that really b

if however we are one of the leading three countries in the european union, with european union comes to formulate its negotiating position it is much more likely to reflect the views of germany, britain and france, with the otherwise do. so it's about negotiations. i'm been involved in negotiations during my time in for an office. i know the extent to which the u.k., france and germany, they have very strong interest which in our case could be funded cared far more weight, sadly perhaps it's unfair the views of individual countries, portugal, slovenia and so forth. may be unfair but that is the reality of any international negotiations. if we can be part of such a large, adopting a mandate agreed with our position that puts us in a stronger position. >> you said the most important objective for the negotiation of the united kingdom should be a binding guarantee that no proposal, should further social justice would apply without our two cents. do you you think that's been achieved? >> any time by the lsc speech that was for five years ago. it would not apply to the united kingdom. >>

well it's falsely phrased as joining the european union which the european association agreement is far from vise joining the customs union john it what do you know can you tell our viewers what the european union is actually offering ukraine if i remember correctly one point six billion euros over a seven year period only if the i.m.f. agrees to previous agreements with ukraine i mean if i think again you don't have to be unit coverture you shango or even mickey mouse in kiev to say hey that's a great deal because it's not. that's right and the fact is the european union doesn't have money to hand out ukraine needs an awful lot of money and everyone knows that the european union and its member states are broke they have debt up to their eyeballs and they can't afford to pay their own bills let alone other peoples but you ask me what is the european union offering it's a very good question and a very important one because people as you say in the media have presented ukraine's choice as between east and west as if you crane was a donkey between two equal bales of hay the fact is that th

and the european union. robust career diplomat background. both served in moscow, which i think will serve you well given the space russia fills in a lot of our discussions. and certainly western balkans croatia.e, including i will not elaborate who that was. that is relevant to the eu neighborhood as well as further abroad. she has worked closely with the the fight against international terrorism as well as cyber attacks and cybersecurity. prior to that, she was the political director as well as the state secretary in the foreign office. and i am proud to say the first woman to either post. earlier in her career, she worked in osce. she was the deputy head of the cabinet parliamentary division and the director general for the western balkans. background ind the soviet union and russia and worked in the soviet union division of the foreign office as well as the german embassy in moscow. ambassador etienne also has a distinguished career as director of the cabinet of the minister of foreign and european affai

s exit from the european union. then a conversation with representative elect adriano es paillat of new york. then mark levinson on the end of the export boom. januaryus on tuesday, third, for live coverage of the opening day of the new congress. watch the official swearing-in of the new and reelected members of the house and senate. and the election of the speaker of the house. coverage of the day's events from capitol hill begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. or you can listen to it on the free c-span radio app. >> british prime minister theresa may took questions about the u.k.'s pending exit from the european union from members of the liaison committee in the house of commons. she talked about the pressure -- the progressions of government has made over the british exit, particularly on trade, issues.ion and security she was also asked about the impact the move would have on wales, scotland and northern ireland. we will begin. prime minister, thank you for agreeing to do these sections. please g

union, and the european union itself. host: this program is carried on the bbc parliament channel. (202)mber to call is 748-8003. mark phillips also talked about how it could take longer. what other agreements could be put in place or deals? guest: the treaty for sees two years for the country to leave, and this case the united kingdom. to takingis referring longer is what the united kingdom has indicated is that it wishes to negotiate a new relationship with the european union and forms of comprehensive .rade agreement most people think that will take more than two years to negotiate. that is why there is some talk of transitional arrangement to bridge the moment from the end of the two years when the united kingdom will leave the european union to the moment when it has been possible to negotiate a comprehensive new agreement to govern relations between the u.k. and the european union. host: we can show this on the screen. the different steps involved, but why article 50? what does it all mean? guest: it is called the l

union and they made a decision on that to lead the european - - leave the european union. so to go back to the people in a second referendum that is in relation to the politicians and their democracy and all of the efforts that have taken place to remove the nonsense and the statement to mention if the talks fall which i hope is not the case she will do a series of votes of what they would pursue can you confirm there will be a voting system a preference to allow the house to decide one solution on this problem? >> what i heard it said in the intention of government is the talks with the opposition fail to get a majority across the house we would work with your position to identify opportunities to determine a single result there are a number of ways they can do that. to genuinely come to a proper reflection of the views of the house so full membership of the single market is the only way to guarantee with the services sector so with these options the carrier is among the politicians. >> i did recognize a picture painted in relation to these matters it is important as we l

within the european union. are understandably concerned about protectionism in the united aboutre also concerned the degree of anti-americanism which there is in the european union, though less in france, for example. he wants us to be trying to reduce the significance of that. that is in america's interest. what is in our interest? francine: that would mean the u.k. is a stronger and more valuable trading partner for the u.s. whatam talking about not is in the interest of the united states. that is for them to decide. i'm talking about the interest of the united kingdom. it is in the interest of the united kingdom to regain our freedom. mario monti, for whom i have a high regard, referred to democracy. he suggested that we weren't really democratic because ministers were appointed by the prime minister and not by the people. that is ridiculous. what democracy means is that if the people are fed up with the government, they can kick it out. and laws which have been passed can be changed by the subsequent govern

yes, iam european union is working too. yes, i am optimistic that we can achieve a good and comprehensive free trade deal with the european union. why am i optimistic about that? it is not just about what is in the uk's interests, it is also about what is in the interests of the european union. i think what we see in the discussions on, that i hear that increasingly as we look, obviously we haven't started them go shisha is, we lost those when we trigger article 50, and we will do that by the end of this month —— we haven't started the negotiations. when we come to look at them, what people will see is that the relationship between the uk and the eu of the future matters not just between the uk and the eu of the future matters notjust in the uk, this isn't just about what is future matters notjust in the uk, this isn'tjust about what is good for the this isn'tjust about what is good forthe uk, it this isn'tjust about what is good for the uk, it is about what is good for the uk, it is about what is good for the uk, it is

resettlement in the european union. it should be feasible because if you look at the figures involved is still feasible fat border management will cost the loss of money but it is important and has to be done, nato can intervene but they can't patrol the external borders of the european union. the major support in refugees by jordan, turkey and that area, thank you for your patience and attention. >> thank you very much. want to ask a question. >> none of the fear tactics, you have given the e.u. lot of credit for things it hasn't done. he mentioned the deal, and in my view the deal we got, we got rid of an emergency plate, not clear how is it is going to be applied. my question to you, can you think of any other conflict of anything achieved in this deal? >> you mentioned the most urgent idea, this emergency brake, a i can tell e.u. is always open to compromise. europe is always about compromise. everything we move we move by compromise. i will never agree that workers coming from eastern european states i seen as seco

union where you have to look at the protest being in greece riots burning the european union flag and i think i think these people who are protesting are actually protesting because they feel i'm sorry the line is gone really does there's a lot of noise on the line that i get out of here i can hear. oh ok thank you sorry about that i think actually it's all down to propaganda i think the propaganda machine of the european union has still to down to these protesters and actually if they really knew what was involved in joining the european union and actually what it meant for their country i think we'd see a whole different thing out there but it means a lot to them doesn't it means freedom of travel they can get jobs in the e.u. they'll be a lot of trade opportunities businessmen from the ukraine will be able to trade with the u.k. and the rest of the european union there are definite benefits. i think the trade issue is a very interesting one but i personally don't believe that belonging to the european union means that there's any ease in trade we can open long to free trade agreeme

gives to the european union because it's a donor to the european union rather than the receiver of money and they wanted to take back laws from the european union and they didn't necessarily vote. it's to stop any sort of trading arrangement with the european union and so she contracts a deal with the european union the did all those things that allows the u.k. to stop free movements that guarantees the rights of u.k. citizens inside the european union and that takes back the money and takes back the laws at least for the toilet for a while keep the trading arrangement open while the u.k. can figure out what to do instead and she went to them and said how about it you know what you think that's that's what people more or less voted for isn't it. and they all said no it isn't you know and as a said before it's like a child being being promised are going to be given a racing car for christmas and then that given being given a rusty bicycle instead of being told you you've got to get on that you know no thanks i don't i don't want to get on that at all and i think to a large extent she must

the covid—19 pandemic has tested the cohesion and capacity of the european union. member states have agreed an emergency economic rescue package, but now they face an even more pressing joint challenge because the roll—out of vaccines in the eu is proving to be much slower than promised. why? well, my guest is ireland's europe minister, thomas byrne. has covid exposed failings in both brussels and in dublin? thomas byrne in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. are you disappointed in the markedly slow roll—out thomas byrne in dublin, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. are you disappointed in the markedly slow roll—out of the vaccine in so many member states of the european union, including your own? well, i think the roll—out of the vaccine in the european union certainly has been a bit slower than some other countries. yes, you could compare it to britain. but i think everybody�*s experiences of the pandemic are different. and indeed, there's lots of different league tables that i don't particularly want to go into where someone is best

good for the european union. i have to say to the honorable lady if she in any sense thinks continued membership is what we should be looking for that is certainly not the case. >> being confronted with possible loss of emergency services when our hospitals are constantly under intense pressure, my honorable friend and other local mps, no way to deal with increased, real, not imagined, need. >> the level of service available to people in any particular local area, that is why the transformation plans being considered and published are taking into account and being considered at a local level, local clinician and local people to agree what is best in their particular area. >> mister speaker, last friday i went to victoria hospital where the number of people waiting 12 hours or more doubled. trust managers told me discharging patients in care my local papers and government cuts voted support for them. we will need 30 billion pounds for all the people in the next we 10 years and nothing to corporation taxes but loca

well it's falsely phrased as joining the european union which the european association agreement is far from vise joining the customs union john it what do you know can you tell our viewers what the european union was actually offering ukraine if i remember correctly one point six billion euros over a seven year period only if the i.m.f. agrees to previous agreements with ukraine i mean if again you don't have to be unit coverture you shango or even mickey mouse in care have to say hey that's a great deal because it's not. that's right and the fact is the european union doesn't have money to hand out ukraine needs an awful lot of money and everyone knows that the european union and its member states are broke they have debt up to their eyeballs and they can't afford to pay their own bills let alone other peoples but you ask me what is the european union offering it's a very good question and a very important one because people as you say in the media have presented ukraine's choice as between east and west as if ukraine was a donkey between two equal bales of hay the fact is that the ag

out of the european union that we shall destroy utopian union i have to defend the interests of european citizens that i have to defend the interests of the german citizens the belgian citizens who want to keep the european union because it's in their advantage. is their work is a job that what is happening the central issue is what is more important the single market or freedom of movement prime minister to resume says say migration from the e.u. will be cut so what will happen i think what will happen what she wants is very clear she has announced it becomes a party convention a few weeks ago she announced that she wants a kind of free trade agreement which do use opinion so that will be denied a sation but what we don't have are a negotiation when one side is saying never no no no it's about of that it's about as a free trader you know what what we. i don't know what we shall never accept is to undo to destroy the internal market to destroy the utopian union by saying to the people ok freedom of movement is not too long or a basic principle of the union not a lie let's be honest the f

they belonged to the european union. it is not an issue that springs from the european union membership. england is not a party to the agreement that other european union countries along to. britain can decide right now who enters from outside the european union. this is not an issue of middle eastern immigration or something like that. immigrantsnk having from poland, germany, or even romania is an issue. just goe doing work -- to britain, you will see it is prosperous and thriving. yes, it has problems, but immigrants are playing a final of a market-based economy. calling.have steve good morning. caller: i was hoping he could i'mk to the thinking that sure is similar in the united states, a lot of these immigrants are coming in and wagesay be driving down so the average working guy who is struggling and has been losing the economic strengths for many years, it seems to be culminated now. you want to blame it on the immigrants -- something is happening, we are losing jobs. host: let's give daniel griswold a chance to re

this is the basis for more constructive partnership with the european union. partnership with friends and allies, a partnership strong in the eu and strong in the uk. there is one further objective. it is in no one's interest for there to be a stiff edge for business or a threat to stability as we change our existing relationship to a new partnership with the eu. by this i do not mean we will seek a transitional statehood in which we find ourselves forever in a permanent political purgatory. that would not be good for britain but nor do i believe it is good for the eu. instead i want us to have reached an agreement about future partnerships by the time the articles have concluded. from that point onwards we believe the same process of implementation in which britain and the eu institutions and member states prepare for the new arrangements that will exist between us will be in our mutual self interests. this will give businesses enough time to plan and prepare, immigration control, customs systems in which we cooperate in criminal justice matters about the reg

leaving the european union. but of course this has been a decision taken by the uk. if political conditions in the united kingdom were to change significantly, then, i guess, but this is just significantly, then, i guess, but this isjust a guess, that more would be given, a significant amount of time would be given, for the political, if you like, dynamic to u nfold political, if you like, dynamic to unfold within the uk. at the moment, this is not what we see happening. it seems to be still, the conditions do not seem to be right for that kind of complete change of heart in the united kingdom, so as i said, at the united kingdom, so as i said, at the moment, the european union is simply sitting back and observing this, feeling there is not that much it can actually do. thank you very much. we arejust it can actually do. thank you very much. we are just learning that the european commission has also posed at the end of 2022 be the cut off date for the extension of any transition. that person, once britain leaves

eligible for the european union. but each country has to work out what its national interests. america is the world's sole super power. i started off by saying that if it is the advance of your foreign policy, it is aboforeig influence. someone recently described it as a super-duper power and we're not in that league and we aren't going to be in that league again so we mustn't be too nostalgic for the past. we are and important country. so is germany. so is france. but when we were told earlier that it is not going to be blocs any more by liam fox, i wasn't talking about blocs. i was talking about china. united states. russia. india. each with a half a billion or more population or thereabouts. we're 65 million. so it is obviously the case that united states will not go for a super national union. it doesn't need to have one. we're at a very different starting point. >> what's your response to that, dr. fox? >> i don't think it is a question of size. i think it is a question of wanting to govern ourselves. think wher

about half of the european union average. economic growth for the last ten years has been double the european union average. this introduces a boatload of uncertainty. if i'm waking up here in the middle east or in asia right now and had my expectations built up, i would be really concerned. "remain" camp optimism picked up. they're under shocked because it's turned the other way with a three-point spread as you can see from the results. >> john defterios, thank you very much. christiane? >> reporter: halla, as we've been talking, watching the pound tumble and who know what is will happen when the whe all the markets open -- going back to ryan heath, correspondent for politico, we were talking about what might change in the -- well, it is the morning but once the final result comes in. apart from the real volatility there we've seen in the pound, et cetera. what is going to change in parliament? what is going to change with britain's relationship with europe immediately? >> not an awful lot. there's around 100,000 pages of eu

the diplomacy of the european union is a catastrophe and not only in ukraine each time the european union participates on the global stage it is usually either to create a problem or to aggravate them. and as far as the sanctions go against russia seeing it's a sign. foreign policy is subordinated to the u.s. how far do you think they will take those sanctions. i don't know maybe eventually the european union will have to face reality and come to the conclusion that is not to it advantage to bend to america's well. in any case that is what i hope because these sanctions have contributed to strengthening everyone's opposing positions which makes no sense we were completely aware of the fact that russia faced with these sanctions wouldn't say oh well if it's going to be like that no problem do what you want that doesn't make any sense the sanctions that were imposed including those imposed on russian deputies and even the president of the duma which are even more problematic a mirage or an historical traditions on the diplomatic level. generally do not sanction deputies because they are the

union or leave the european union. there was an overwhelming vote in parliament to do that. [grumbling] there was an overwhelming vote in parliament to do that. about 6-1. so anybody who says it wasn't overwhelming is wrong. the british people exercised their vote. they exercised their vote in numbers we have never seen before. the result of that vote was that we should leave the european union. and it has always been my view, as i have seen on other european issues, other countries, other member states of the european union, taking matters back to their populous, having a referendum, the voters come out against what the european union wanted and effectively a second vote to sort of go back and think again vote. i don't think it's right that we should do that in this country. we gave people a choice, we should deliver on the decision they took. >> it is quite clear we have been going for about an hour now and not a single, honorable member has supported the plans that the prime minister has set out, so it is quite clea

union because our interest is to have a strong european union under it can be strong in a strong european union and this is the this is the focal point of the debate how to make european union strong again and there's a big clash between the some western european and to slip through the strait were pushing for a european union which should be stepping into the dimension of post christianity. and post nations and our goal is totally different we want a strong european union. it's been strong member states and we want a europe which sticks to its christian heritage so we're number one we don't want europe to get rid of the christian heritage and we want member states to stay as member states we don't want our you know give up our nationality we don't want to give up our culture we don't want to give up our heritage and so on and so forth so this is a big clash between those who want to see european union as post christian as post national and us who want to see europe as a christian continent based on strong member states european commission is also undertaking legal action against hungary

has voted to leave the european union. there was no hiding the emotion as david cameron with his wife samantha emerged in downing street. prime minister david cameron: the british people had voted to leave the european union and there will must be respected. carol: he had fought and lost the battle to persuade the country to stay in the european union. prime minister cameron: i thought this campaign and the only way i know how, which is to say directly and passionately what i think and feel, head, heart and soul. i held nothing back. but the british people have made a very clear decision to take a different path. as such, i think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction. i will do everything i can as prime minister to steady the ship over the coming weeks and months. but i do not think it will be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. carol: from the moments the result started coming in after midnight, there were big winds for leave. >> the total num

we believe it's important for the european union and important for the ukkeck in or out of the european union. we continue to encourage the single market during the time we are member of the european union. but i believe it's important once we leave the eu that that single digital market has indeed been created and we will form a new partnership and relationship with it. >> see bridge. >> can i commend the prime minister's statement and the progress she has made. mr. speaker as we've heard, representatives of british businesses, businesses of all size from all sectors have written today to the government warning of the consequences of no deal and relying on world trade organization rules. they said the government should give certainty to business by immediately ruling this option out under any circumstances. will the prime minister agree to listen to british businesses? and would she even go so far today as finally to rule out no deal? >> here here. >> can i say to my right honorable friend that we have of course been engaging with business. we have been listening to business. i was ver

human rights council this week about the sanctions against your country by the european union these sanctions against venezuela violate not only international law but our human rights today it's difficult for us to get to our oil paid back you know we deliver ships with oil and then the companies either in the us or in other parts of the world cannot pay back the money and we have more than one thousand million dollars in europe in europe clear which are blocked and banks are blocking and we have to buy in to import magazines and food and raw material for our people and it doesn't it's difficult today because of these sanctions do you discuss sanctions with your russian counterpart sergey lavrov in geneva this week yes i must say that the russian government president putin and all the government have been very helpful with us we are trying to build different routes different paths to avoid to bypass the sanctions with russia with china with thirty and with other allies in the world they are worried about the venezuelan people you know that. the secretary of state of the u.s. tillerson he said

union without a deal so just crash out of the european union and on the other hand wants to revoke 50 which would mean staying in the european union forgetting about breaks it all together and there's very little middle ground anymore it's not that many people anymore that want a 2nd referendum or an extension of those bricks that process and see it all drag our for years and years to come so way shortly to resume a really no longer be the prime minister of britain but she's not leaving politics is anything known about what her plans are. what she said today she is going to return to her constituency it's just west of london and maidenhead and she will i'm sure get a little bit of rest because in the last weeks she has really tried to ramp up to see a profit from bracks and she's been working hard for example on the issue of climate change so 1st of all the rest what happens then we don't know but she will stay on as a member of parliament on the back benches and she will follow the new premiership of course johnson from there we were just looking at pictures again of her last questio

european union. >> thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank you for welcoming our guest to parliament today. on the 100th anniversary of the qualification of women's act, i join the prime minister in welcoming all women to parliament today. we need a parliament that truly represents the whole of this country. now that a number of government ministers have confirmed this morning that leaving the e.u. with no deal is not an option, does the prime minister agree there are no circumstances under which britain would leave with no deal? >> no. i have for say to the right honorable gentleman i have consistently made clear on this point. but the point that has been made by a number of my colleagues in relation to the vote that will come before this house on a meaningful vote on a deal from the european union is very simple. if you look at the alternative to having that deal with the european union, it will either be more uncertainty, more division, or it could risk no brexit at all. >> mr. speaker, the prime mini

of the european union. my guests in is hungary's foreign minister, peter szijjarto. but can ‘0rbanism' win europe's battle of ideas? peter szijjarto, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation again. what is fascinating about being in budapest right now is that, in the past couple of days, hundreds of huge posters have gone up around this city, depicting george soros, the american financier, next to jean—claude juncker, the president of the eu commission. and the message is that the european union — presumably in association with soros — is threatening the security of hungary. why does your country feel the need to indulge in this black propaganda? well, first of all, this is an election campaign so you should not be surprised of posters appearing in public areas... but this has nothing to do with elections because it's funded by the hungarian government, it doesn't have any party label on it, it is simply a message to from the government to your people. we think that it is absolute

union what we are talking about is not more than one percent of the cheapie of the european union the total budget is about the size of the pot. finland and if this is called a socialist concept then look at the size of welfare states on the national level this is totally ridiculous in comparison ok david ignore what's ridiculous about the them that are so ridiculous about the the e.u. marching in more or less to to greece and to cyprus and starting talking about reading people's private bank accounts i mean these people i mean what what what could possibly be be positive about that to study tiddly socialist a most elite communist i would say to talk about reading people's private bank accounts to support the european union and this is what they're talking about the euro group as well have been critical you're. positing staging and you can see in comparison you would agree because doing very well people of falling over themselves immigrants are falling over themselves to get into great britain because they know the rest of europe is bust portugal's bust spain's bust greece's bust fran