or do we want our european serenity the european parliament. in order like you to a few hours here to an out in your presence you mean has decided together with the commission and the member states to the side a rules of procedure and this is the kind of life that we want to follow my goodness and i am deeply convinced that we have a dish and there's. several ran a t two ability in order to accompany the i thrust to protect our citizens and to avoid the. unfairness rules area where some pay no taxes should be sent the need to protect ourselves against the threats on a daily basis for what we. make decisions from our and they are decisions they are essential aspects who is going to decide that the. external of all or us or ourselves who are we going to let take those decisions we know that energy and climate decisions take time but a sustainable solution can only be built if we can. ourselves on the european level field if we know where. on. carbon if we pose attacks outside of the border of the worst decisions if we have an ambition i . have. m

the gaping budget hole in europe being created by after britain leaves the going to fill the gap the european commission wants major economies to contribute more to its budget and it says it's ready to cut funding to countries who violate democratic freedoms also coming up. strong. signs of a breakthrough. political crisis the ruling party says it will back this man nicole. prime minister certain conditions. and these migrants have a journey to reach the united states but for many the real challenge is only now beginning as they try to cross the u.s. border to apply for a. good to have you with us tonight europe is preparing to write a check to pay for a wife after today the european commission and build an ambitious new budget to follow on from britain's withdrawal from the european union well spanning the years twenty twenty one to twenty twenty seven it's worth close to one point three trillion euros an increase that has ruffled the feathers of member states who will be asked to contribute more to european coffers. the e.u. has a pretty big budget hole to fill britain's departure from the

threatening some type of sanctions against its european allies over iran. well some european diplomats in brussels say this is the only way you can read it because these sanctions imposed unilaterally without the european union involved in this is different to the situation we had before that you're around you when the europeans and the us together at these sanctions and plays and now these sanctions also directed when they are imposed in one hundred eighty days against european companies doing business these are the so-called secondary effects of these sanctions and this is a real threat to the economic interests of these companies and as i said today we can mobile really has vowed that she will protect this interest and there are some some ways you can circumvent that too you can build some work arounds to these sanctions and maybe protect the interests but of course that this will harm your anian interests as well because many german companies and banks for example would not be reluctant to go into iran and do business there and so this is a real conflic

european countries have reasserted their commitment to the iran nuclear deal after u.s. president donald trump and now it's his decision to quit the pact and reimpose u.s. sanctions france and germany have stressed that they remain committed to the pact with berlin criticizing the u.s. for not offering an alternative for monitoring iran's nuclear compliance european signatories are to meet with iranian representatives next week to discuss the way forward iran's supreme leader has accused of lying with other officials suggesting that tehran is no longer bound by the terms of the agreement. outrage in tehran in parliament iranian politicians wasted no time condemning the u.s. for violating a deal signed only three years ago. i. on the streets iranians read the news that their economy is once again to face u.s. sanctions. this means more pressure will be exerted on the people of iran and the country will go back to the days of resorting to smuggling goods into the country and bypassing sanctions. will be as involved. as an iranian citizen i expect our president to withdraw

mark zuckerberg prepares for tough questions from european lawmakers over the global data scandal engulfing his company. in the morning. i'm sumi so much got that good to have you with us britain is marking one year since a terrorist attack on a concert in manchester where u.s. singer ariana grounded was performing twenty two people were killed and hundreds were wounded in the suicide bombing and with some live pictures we're going to show you now from manchester cathedral where a church service says a paying tribute to the victims of that attack again twenty two lives were taken one year ago today at the victims or young concert goers as well as parents taking their children and their families and also survivors are on hand for the service taking place right now in manchester cathedral groups. and we do have some outside of the cathedral she's following today's events for us hi charlotte this attack is one the most traumatic chapters of manchester's. how is the city coping one year on. well this is undoubtedly a city that's been changed by this horrific attack it's a city of course was lef

could a breakthrough be around the corner after president all chant extended a tariff exemption on european metals washington says talks with brussels could reduce trade tensions. as the old saying goes plenty more fish in the sea except when there's not the e.u. says it's time for a strict new quirks. i'm helena humphrey in berlin good to have you with us and germany is losing patience with washington's trade brinkmanship the german economy minister saying raising tariffs is the wrong way of going about things that would hurt jobs in germany europe and the u.s. says delaying the decision as did just hours before the midnight deadline is also a big problem especially as businesses have no way of planning for the future. the style of relief for the european steel industry at least for now the next four weeks the e.u. can continue to sell steel and aluminum to the u.s. without additional tariffs. back in march donald trump signed off on plans to impose tariffs of twenty five percent on steel imports and ten percent on r.u. minium two weeks later he granted the e.u. and several countries a tem

ministers in brussels on tuesday european commission president has suggested using the european investment bank as a way around u.s. sanctions legally european business is not bound by u.s. foreign policy but ignoring sanctions could affect their business interests in the u.s. the e.u. is resistance to the new us sanctions on iran could hit european companies where it hurts and that's because most large european enterprises have some sort of business with the united states and are likely to be punished if they continue to cooperate with the run but european policy makers say they won't permit washington to dictate e.u. trade policy. that it was yes. i think there is a true realisation a realisation among all european states. that we cannot keep going in the direction that we are headed in today. she's a direction where we submit we submit to american decisions. we want to submit or do we prefer to become independent in sovereign swung. the question is how to go about protecting european interests you may have suggested instigating so-called blocking regulations that use most powerful but u

european companies we'll get the latest from the e.u. leaders summit in the bulgarian capital sofia also coming up medical workers racing to contain an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo that after reports of the highly contagious virus has spread to a city that's home to more than a million people. and a controversial referendum in rooney people have been voting on whether to extend the president's term for up to sixteen more years as fears grow that the poll could spark bloodshed. loss of royal wedding fever as excitement builds ahead of this weekend's big day of the bride meghan mark old confirming that her father will not be attending her wedding to prince harry so the big question will walk her down leon. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us it is an unprecedented show of european unity designed to block a controversial move by the united states today european union leaders announced plans to protect their economies and save the nuclear deal with iran just a week after u.s. president donald trump abandoned

leaders are clearly scrambling to shelter european firms from the contagion. the blocking statute is aimed at protecting small and medium sized companies operating in the country it would also provide compensation for sanctions related losses although german politicians have said that can't be applied across the board the picture is much more complex for a bigger european corporations with close financial and corporate ties to the u.s. the prospect of severe penalties over sanctions violations as well as the loss of financing from u.s. banks and other potential consequences already has some european businesses looking to exit the garonne the world's biggest container ship or a mall or maersk has said it will wind down its iran operations germany's biggest insurer it's preparing to wrap up their two siemens has said there will be no new deals with iran and french oil and gas company to tal says it will pull out of a multi-billion gas project if it can't get an exemption to tells departure would be especially painful for iran the iranian government had hoped the

when european union behaves turkey that on the turkey needs european union turkey needs european union and european union needs turkey we are anywhere off this but some european countries unfortunately don't see the fact so why so you don't leave you a new man or you said you don't need real time trees in the european union actually against turkey's e.u. membership big measure the of the e.u. countries you member states actually are in favor of turkish actually you know we're membership anymore he said in your circle of us who love the idea as it were the reaction to this is the reaction of the country who has been waiting at the door for sixty years ok sixty years so i was away that it is turkey is a mistake so why do so many years so why threaten europe in march last year when the diplomatic pressure on what can what kind of threaten in march last year what is the sematic route with germany was at its height your president said that if europe continues this way no european in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets that's what he said that's a threat that's a direct thre

european union cannot. react to that we've told you kind of reaction so really you need to introduce such a dispute. on the on the. level and through the knowledge and covering all those. measures do you consider is in part due to use on u.s. products such as motorcycles whiskey cranberries and oranges mexico is also contemplating countermeasures. are everybody's trying to digest what this all means let's bring washington correspondent claire richardson and correspondent just to help us make sense of all this claire want to start also with you if i may how is the commerce secretary the senate the american decision to slap its allies and biggest trading partners with these tariffs. well when the trump administration first announced these tariffs back in march they said that the tariffs were essential for national security reasons that having strong u.s. domestic production of steel and aluminum was important for national defense now of course key allies see them as unfair trade practices and trump really has

mark zuckerberg faces off with the european parliament. the european lawmakers for the recent data scandal at the social media giant he says the company was too slow to react after user data was manipulated and he was given a warning that europe considers facebook to be among.

of we begin the day with the european scolding of facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg and i say scolding not grilling today facebook's boss sat down with members of the european parliament arguably the most critical and most tech savvy group of lawmakers zuckerberg has ever encountered and yet what the world witnessed via live stream was not an attempt to get to the truth through an exchange of questions and answers this was not forensics fact gathering instead this meeting quickly morphed into a series of time consuming statements and threats the message desired we protect private data better than you we consider facebook to be a monopoly and we may break up your company give us a reason not to max hoffman picks up the story from there tonight. lots of fake zuckerberg demonstrating in front of the european institutions. but inside the parliament not so much the hearing of the facebook c.e.o. was supposed to take place behind closed doors so that gave some the impression that the privacy of mr zuckerberg was more important than the privacy of facebook u

european union cannot. react to that we've called the new kind of reaction so really you need to introduce a set of a dispute. on that over on the w t o. do you is considering in part judy's on us products such as much as cycles bourbon cranberries and oranges mexico and canada are also contemplating countermeasures. on george and i by our washington correspondent claire richardson and from brussels our correspondent. to both of you good evening clare let me start with you how has the commerce secretary from the u.s. defended the american decision to slap its allies and its biggest trading partners with these tariffs. the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross really tried to turn this on its head saying that european negotiators failed to convince washington not to extend i dig zemke chanson these tariffs either another temporary one or a more permanent solution now this comes after months of anxiety about what the united states was going to do here we saw personal lobbying efforts by french president and man

voiced clear opinion the european not the european companies in order politicians seem to follow this and we are not ready to obey the orders from the united states in these questions its vision of the european what they are going to do with iran ok the full hour talk now we had a bit of a chat and you said that the big business is it's a very different situation than for medium and small sized businesses why is that and what is the end result of that big difference well for become phonies who have own set ups in the united states for example it's not that difficult for the states simply to put them under pressure our lion's share of exports to iran is machinery and plants and behind these exports a large number of small and medium sized companies a lot of them have limited business with the united states and they definitely will continue to deal with iran ok so what do you businesses need to stay in iran because many of them will be looking at what's going on with the us and that sanctions are proposing i'm just saying it's too big a risk even if they don't do much business with the

donald trump has made and it leaves him at odds with the majority of americans and with all of his european allies tonight the art of killing the deal america pulls out of the iran nuclear agreement in berlin this is the day. he could not prevent an iranian nuclear bomb onto the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement at the heart of the iran deal was a giant fiction that a murder's regime desired only a peaceful nuclear energy program. in theory this so-called iran deal was supposed to protect the united states and our allies from the lunacy of a rainier nuclear bomb today we have definitive proof that this arabian promise was a lie. powerful sanctions will go into full effect if the regime continues its nuclear aspirations it will have bigger problems than it has ever had before. oh we begin the day confirming what much of the world had been expecting what europe has been trying to prevent us president from today announce the us is withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal trump said that he will reinstate sanctions against iran and add the highest of economic sanctions as wel

has stepped up the pressure on the europeans and they stand up to washington. when they claim they want to do just that they revive something called a blocking resolution a tactic that was used in regard to cuba sanctions essentially telling european companies not to comply with new u.s. sanctions cannot possibly be effective and you talked about europe and the u.s. working together is there any possible compromise you see out there. well. what what what a pos if we come to the joss in this question the point is your if europe leaders had any sense they would have left a deal too because the only. way we can put pressure on iran to actually comply with the deal is by re-imposing the sanctions and then saying look we want you to do this but on the other. that iran is not complying that iran is going to handle atomic energy agency. or they say is that then reducing the amount of rain in that they were allowed to enrich but they're not complying with the deal as far as they're also the security council resolutions about the missiles or not to buy they're not compl

all efforts by european allies to dissuade him had been in vain the european union's foreign policy chief federica mug rini couldn't hide her regret as she urged unity. the utopian union will remain committed to the continued full and effective implementation of the nuclear deal we fully trust the war the competence and the autonomy of the international atomic energy agency that's published ten reports certify that it on has fully complied with its commitments. even if europe remains firm many fear that trump's move will prompt a backlash in iran president hassan rouhani said his country might resume nuclear activities if a deal without the u.s. will not guarantee its interests. i tried to reach out tonight we've witnessed an important historical experience. kish friday you have what we've been saying and repeating for the pos forty years has now happened once more iran is a country that is low to its commitments and the united states is a country that has never stuck to its commitments to hold. us without us backing the e.u. russia and china must prove that the deal is still worth while

is making it illegal for european companies to comply with u.s. sanctions on iran it's only the second time that the european union has threatened to use the so-called blocking statute the first was back in one thousand nine hundred ninety six as a response to u.s. sanctions in cuba but it was never introduced now as a slew of global firms announce they're putting out over on e.u. leaders are scrambling to stop european firms from doing the same. the blocking statute is aimed at protecting the small and medium sized companies operating in the country it would also provide compensation for sanctions related losses although german politicians have said that can't be applied across the board the picture is much more complex for a bigger european corporations with close financial and corporate ties to the u.s. the prospect of severe penalties over sanctions violations as well as the loss of financing from u.s. banks and other potential consequences already has some european businesses looking to exit iran the world's biggest container ship or a mall o

european union cannot. react to that we've become the reaction so really you need to introduce a sort of a dispute. on the. love of country knowledge and that's covering all those called the balance sheet measures do you consider is in part to tease on u.s. products such as motorcycles whiskey cranberries and oranges mexico is also contemplating counter-measures. well now that everyone has had time to digest the news let's find out what it means with washington correspondent claire richardson and correspondent. in brussels good evening to you both clare want to start off with you how has the commerce secretary defended the american decision to slap its allies and biggest trading partners with these terrorists. the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross has essentially said that the european union failed to convince washington to extend an exemption on these tariffs and if you remember back in march when they were first announced to there was an outcry in the united states granted these exemptions to some of it

mark zuckerberg has agreed to speak with leaders of the european parliament about his company's data sharing scandal but the meeting me happened behind closed doors instead of the public testimony zuckerberg faced in the u.s. last month british firm cambridge analytic or shared the data of nearly three million e.u. based facebook users without constant. huge clouds of ash spewing from hawaii is a killer we know have prompted a writ alert for aircraft traveling in the region is the first such warning since eruption started twelve days ago explosions have intensified with the volcano shooting out ballistic blocks and earthquakes some two thousand people have been evacuated. e.u. leaders have reiterated their pledge to keep the iran nuclear deal alive they also said they would only discuss trade barriers with the united states if washington does not impose caliphs on european steel in alan minium the leaders are meeting with their balkan counterparts in bulgaria at a summit that is offensive believe about fostering closer ties between the balkan region and the european union but the gro

being awarded that charlemagne prize for his efforts to forge greater european unity and call dr europeans to reject nationalism and division and then her speech introducing this is the german chancellor angela merkel said that europe could no longer rely on the u.s. protection. thanks for watching. a generation is leaving. thousands of young jews are leaving france fearful of anti semitic violence. is one of. anti-semitism is increasing the only solution is to go to israel. is immigration the only option. friend and a new anti-semitism. in thirteen. and i think one day this war will be considered cruel and unjust war. and certainly all citizens will crain every man woman and child when the friend their homeland is the enemy invades. no one wants russia here which is. rebel against the mighty google news that matters. d.w. made for modern. israel seventy. two displaced nations that owns over one homeowner featured in i want to program. when rabin and ignore friends agreed on peace but an assassin put an end to that train them to return a nice boost to the displaced people are still going t

beyond to something broader this is what we have to do among european countries with the e.u. with the united kingdom's germany and france we have to reaffirm that we are attached to the agreement from two thousand and fifteen because the iranian regime cannot take that its activities up again. while you have heard that they are stalling that's what they said in their declaration of yesterday there is no escalation and the european decision allows us to stop activities for now and two more months now and this is also why we have to broaden already the topics in order to bring all the parties back to a larger security and stability framework for the region because you are saying that the europeans are going to try to remain in in the agreement and adopt it but what does it really mean without the united states what is it rusts without. is. a proposal that sufficient for iran. but this is going to be our topic in the coming weeks and months and it's the mandate that we gave our foreign ministers in the e.u. and iran. because. what are you going to be able to propose while it's t

stay in the deal but only for more concessions from the europeans but rigorous in brussels european countries have been meeting today to underline their support for this deal what's their plan if mr trump pulls out. the e.u. three great britain france and germany have actually met today with iranian officials here in brussels just to reassure them that they will not pull out of the treaty the so far that the treaty is working and that the european union will stick it to all conditions of the agreement as long as the iranians do the same and the three says very clearly the way donald trump is now officially choosing to throw away the whole deal is the wrong way there are mechanisms and ways and means to amend or to alter the deal if need be and the you doesn't have a political plan b. but an economic plan b. is. being hammered out currently because the european companies who are invested in iran they should be protected from sanctions if they kick in especially european bangs could could suffer if trumpery news that his sanctions cause a fall nabhan we all know that this was a big trump pledge

officials one currently signed a joint declaration they say she doesn't adhere to european values of transparency or environmental and social standards china is advancing west but who would be using new so proud. of who will be using the new silk road and is it a threat or an opportunity well i think it's a bit of both really it's an opportunity for a lot of countries that desperately need infrastructure investment both in asia and central asia but also in some parts of europe and of course in africa that all sounds very benign that is the idea is such i think it's benign and as i think it's perfectly understandable to actually improve transport links and connectivity across those regions i think what we need to look at very carefully is individual projects and who is benefiting who is financing these projects who are the companies or where the companies from mainly from china and who are building these projects and where does it leave the countries that are involved in these projects does it leave them with a higher death levels as we have seen in some countries. and to others are t

balkan countries have an european perspective the vote membership is not mentioned in that declaration so it's pushed a little bit further into the future because many e.u. countries feel that the balkan countries montenegro kosovo must atone doesn't have to go. not fit to get full membership the close is a serbia and montenegro and the next in line. and must but there's no that they've given yet the talks this must donya and albania over the comments about i'd like to pick up on that how much appetite is there right now in the e.u. for enlarging the bloc into the balkans. well there is no unified approach actually spain for example is blocking is trying to block any accession talks especially vis kosovo because kosovo is not recognized by spain and for other e.u. member states and on the other hand countries like hungry a creation and also who press for foster membership because they have regional interests there and in the middle of france and germany in their little bit between these two oppose and france and germany say we will support accession but we've been not to give any fresh

the european commission is taking germany and five other e.u. countries to court over air pollution the e.u. cleans germany has failed to tackle diesel vehicle emissions since the push for cleaner and two thousand and fifteen many german cities suffer from poor air quality mostly due to the economies reliance on constructing diesel vehicles. e.u. leaders have reiterated their pledge to keep the iran nuclear deal alive they also said they will only discuss trade barriers with the united states if washington does not impose tariffs on european steel and alum india the leaders are meeting with their balkan counterparts in bulgaria at a summit that is a stance of believe about fostering closer ties between the balkan region and the european union but the growing rift between the e.u. and the us appears to be overshadowing developments. now shortly after she arrived to some a german chancellor angela merkel said the e.u. still plans to support the iran agreement even though washington has abandoned the deal. we also discussed the topic of iran and th

from economic sanctions over iran if washington says no a european wall may be used to shield european companies will get the latest from the e.u. leaders summit in the capital sofia also. medical workers raised. bola in the democratic republic of congo after reports the highly contagious virus has spread to a city that's home to more than a million people and british royal. the bride confirming that her father will not be attending her wedding to prince harry. who will walk. off it's good to have you with us it is an unprecedented show of european unity designed to block a controversial decision by the united states today european union leaders announced plans to protect their economies and save the nuclear deal with iran just a week after u.s. president. and. european commission president. said that the e.u. would move to european companies from complying with american sanctions against iran so-called walking statute was last used more than twenty years ago. our let's have a listen to what you council president obama had to say at a press conference just a short while ago. i think th

i'm european union member states to make sure that one hundred. percent and that you take out the people united states offer that a quick word on israel and gaza something it's. also coming up on the day global outrage at the bloodshed in gaza dozens of palestinians are dead but who's to blame. there's no justification for the killing there is no excuse but so slow and it certainly does not so the cause of peace there are those who suggest that the gaza violence has anything to do with the location of the american embassy are sorely mistaken. but we begin the day with enough cynicism to kill a nuclear agreement but perhaps not enough money to keep it alive that is the cold calculus facing europe's major powers tonight the foreign ministers of germany france and the u.k. met in brussels intent on telling iran's foreign minister how they will salvage the deal designed to prevent tehran from becoming a nuclear power a week ago when u.s. president trump reneged on the iran nuclear deal europe's core appeared shaken but still unified. you know mitt i s

for instance is looking at southeast asia but for the european union or rather in the eyes of the european union of course only a sustainable solution can be put on the table right garrett matters and it is driving financial markets that they cheered on the president's refusal to appoint a euro skeptic as finance minister you would think that naming an economist cut out a need to leave the country until new elections would boost sentiment even further and not say. italian drama might be good in the movies but the market is not a fan of it after initial gains in the beginning of the day political uncertainty in italy caused the leading italian share index to lose over two percent by the end of it. yeah whatever the markets don't know who will end up governing italy more likely they will be a temporary technical government but we don't know for how long we've had many of them of varying lengths but the markets need just one thing certainty. new elections won't be called before the fall and whoever wins has a heap of challenges ahead italy is two point three trillion euros in debt that's the

head of european commission mr john european council president mr proves just to remind you the organization for security and cooperation in europe warned over the reported instances of the. proportionate use of force by armenian which will also concede of course them also. keep in mind that trial had also the storming of the state buildings state institutional buildings on the stage of public radio ministers so there is the very frank to consider the situation in a very open minded mr a proof the twenty second. was clinging to power the demonstrations had risen the last thing on his mind on that day the twenty second was actually standing down he had discussions with the opposition leader passion yet which he broke off after just a few minutes accusing him of issuing ultimatums and blackmailing the legitimate authority miles away is a blackmailing tolerance policy still going calling armenia after the war by you or by the way i asked have you found any evidence that it's going by this kind of intolerance and blackmailing is not promoting democracy in armenia because despite the movement has

tariffs on european steel meanwhile european council president donald tusk lashed out at president donald trump saying with friends like that it needs enemies. and the white house says it's unclear where there a plan summit with north korea will go ahead saying the u.s. still insists on denuclearization from prion yang of the north has already counseled high level talks with seoul and threatened to pull out of a meeting with president trump if the u.s. demands it must get rid of its nuclear weapons. now they're promised a new life in europe barbara are more often than not forced to work as prostitutes well that's the experience of thousands of nigerian women every year the united nations estimates eighty percent of women arriving to europe from nigeria are forced to woo. work as sex slaves for years been in city in southern nigeria has had a reputation as a hub for human trafficking it used to be mainly young women who were smuggled more recently traffickers have expanded their network also in libya many migrants are held captive there and have to work as slaves or pay a ransom the injury

and all of this playing out as the european leaders are gathering tonight in bug area and u.s. diplomacy is very much on the agenda the big hitters from across europe recently arrived from recently arrived from the meet for the meeting and among them german chancellor angela merkel who has criticized the u.s. for its would draw off on the iran nuclear deal british prime minister to resign may and spanish or premier my anoda who are also at the talks which are also likely to address us the imposition of trade tariffs on europe. while i mean while a european council president donald to us kaz lashed out at president donald trump a statement came ahead of this meeting of european leaders that is taking place right now where the u.s. withdrawal from the iran deal and the steel tariffs are expected to dominate the discussions. looking at the latest decisions of presidents. so i won't see them sitting. with friends like the enemy. but frankly speaking. you should be grateful by president. because. we have got to rid of old age. because. if you need a hand. you will find. your. stingi

official european council president donald to school lashed out at trump ahead of a meeting of leaders that's also expected to be dominated by the u.s. as threat to impose tariffs on european steel will weigh in with our correspondent in just a moment but first take a listen to tasks rather harsh words. looking at the latest the president's trip. with friends like that. but frankly speaking. europe should be grateful for a president. because. we have got through it all. because floyd of realized that if you need a big hand. you will find one of your. stinging criticism there from council president donald correspondence barbara vessel is in the bulgarian capital sofia where in leaders are gathering barbara the e.u. may want to emancipate itself as being suggested by mr trust but cutting ties with the us just isn't realistic how low can transatlantic relations go before they reach the breaking point. they have pretty much reached rock bottom line at this particular point because if you look at the whole development off the station it is an ongoing escalation it started was trump after he

sanctions on iran could hit european companies where it hurts and that's because most large european enterprises have some sort of business with the united states and are likely to be punished if they continue to cooperate with the run but european policy makers say they won't permit washington to dictate e.u. trade policy. but. yes. i think there is a true realisation a realisation among all european states. that we cannot keep going in the direction that we are headed in today. she direction where we submit we submit to american decisions. we want to submit or do we prefer to become independent in sovereign is what. the question is how to go about protecting european interests lemaire suggested instigating so-called blocking regulations that use most powerful but untested political tool currently at its disposal. the measure would permit european companies trading with the run to ignore the u.s. sanctions decisions by u.s. courts would also not be upheld in europe. so far the e.u. has not signaled what measures they could adopt. the foreign ministers of germany france and the u.k.

or joining me now is a member of the european parliament a leash law and she is talking to his evening from stross for france and it's good to have you on the show i want to ask you about these accusations that we're hearing in italy of the president basically sabotaging the will of the people from where you are sitting tonight does this look like an attack on democracy. well actually we are in the middle of probably the most serious and institution crisis that we have ever gone through but the president up there in public made a difficult choice yesterday but absolutely in the framework of his constitutional prerogatives according to the constitution the ministers are nominated by the president of their public on a proposal by the designate the prime minister yitzhak he has the power to accept them or refuse them or discuss them and also in the end there are precedents in history of similar cases in which a minister was it refused by the president there public but he was simply changed and then the governor was formed anyway so what is new is that this time the forces that were trying

into submission faced with uncertainty and the prospect of sanctions little by little european companies start to trickle out of iran. and the race to take suprema see has the rivalry between the united states and china nephew europe in the dust spoke at. base is your business update on helen humphrey in berlin good to have you with us and you companies could be finding themselves between a rock and a hard place now and e.u. commissioner says they're prepared to use legislation making it illegal for european companies to comply with u.s. sanctions targeting iran u.s. president donald trump has threatened to slap sanctions on firms that do business with iran. has some done j.v. and checks the news several times a day the arena entrepreneur is currently in germany visiting his business partners he sells medical technology and is also involved in the computer industry. donald trump's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal comes up at every business meeting how will the e.u. react will there be new sanctions against iran. done j v and has made a lot of contacts through international