the european union, next on great decisions. (triumphant music) - [man] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters, funding for great decisions is provided by price water house coopers llp. - [narrator] founded in the aftermath of world war ii, the european union had an ambitious goal, to end wars 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 b

it is a british decision to leave the european union. we want to make the best out of this situation. brexit will never be a win—win situation. it won't be a win—lose or lose—win situation. it will be a lose—lose situation for both sides. but let's try to make the best out of this divorce, which we didn't ask for. ok, some quickfire points before we finish, a lot to get through. catalonia — you, as chair of the european parliament foreign affairs committee, have been watching a very closely. simple question for you, if the catalans in their regional election slated for december 21, of course, called by the madrid government, if they clearly vote by majority for pro—independence parties, will you and other senior figures at the eu at that point recognise their right to self—determination? this is an internal spanish conflict. we have the rule of law in spain, we have a strong constitution. and what the separatists in barcelona are doing is unconstitutional. it is not possible under the spanish constitution to leave the state

had on their mind on the european culture you know that european music but the european union the european standards of living european or situations and so on and so forth and at that time i think the letter ship of the european commission was encouraging. that sentiment how did the american idea promise that the crane might become a member of the european union i think you that person never promised was it because i think many ukrainians took at exactly like that that was never promised there's no decision within the european union of the two crane might become a member of the european union i think this is misunderstood sometimes misused also by the understanding of the russian side i think he has no decision about them it is always a phrase used neighborhood policy we need the european union neighborhood to polish it but there was a is that really fair because you know that in order to make that civilizational choice as the ukrainian politicians like to call it they have to severe many of their economic ties with russia. many of the industrial ties were caught the ukraine is now riskin

it is with the concern of the european union and all sovereign states and so on. >> the european union has a lot of concerns. first is the european union. you understand. first, we have had the problem. second, we have tried to build up the foreign defense and it is not easy. facing but we did not face before, the threat of the east and south. a lot and of course, it was said on top of that, if we the nation as a ground -- as the ground for the european union, we are jumping him something that can be controlled by their own capacity in to an entity of regions which has no common government or policy. you can imagine what could be a european union of 62 regions. this is not viable. it is a very good thing. to live astrying to institution. this is something no european union -- we should accept. the weakness of the european the strength of the united states. that is why you have to come back and at that very moment, you showed the crisis of crime -- crimea and syria. >> give our audience and opportunities. >> all right. please identify yourself for the record and wait for the microphone.

is in the european union. to apply when the u.p.a. would be. also i realize that you care brings a lot to the super economy trade tourism investment are things going to change now that united kingdom is accepting european union. well hope it does and we're not there yet there are going to be toward get even speed tween the united kingdom and the european union one is a withdrawal agreement it has to do with the rights of. citizens in the u.k. and british citizens in the it has to do with the. juice of the united kingdom to the budget of the european union in about the issue of northern ireland and that they have said the issue of the british base isn't so much then it will be the negotiation probably after december for the future link there there is going to be a decision is it going to be a customs union is it going to be participation in the single market this cover not yet been. made but it is in the interest of cyprus and in the interest of the united kingdom the trade. investment relations continue as they have been foreign minister we're

the european union is respecting the rule of law. in spain the referendum was considered by the supreme court as illegal. the unilateral declaration of independence was considered by the supreme court supreme court as illegal and we have to respect let's say not only the independence of spain the depends of the additional in spain we have to respect the rule of law as long as the rule of law is not violated the european union has nope role to play and you always have to be very cautious and i'm speaking no as a belgian. interfering in domestic politics we had a crisis of five hundred forty one days it was a major crisis it was about the future of the country. we solved the problem after one year and a half without any mediation without any intervention of the european union we never asked it and it was never suggested but what would be wrong for a strong european union as a broker showing to the european citizens its capacity as a crisis manager it needs always to or to tango if a country is not asking for support or for mediation yo

from the european union, would spain are welcome scotland into the european union? mr sackur, their right to many ifs in your question. allow me not to respond clearly to the question. if, if, if. this thing about referendums and self determination and referendums. my self determination and referendums. my point of view, it is never ending. we will respect the uk legality. if there is a legal referendum will have nothing to say about it. and i hope the scottish government has the same respect for our constitution that we have for their constitution. all right, well, i think their constitution. all right, well, ithinki their constitution. all right, well, i think i am reading between the lines there. i will end with one big thought about the european union. it is your portfolio. i think it is fairto is your portfolio. i think it is fair to say that there are lots of big visions around. we had jean—claude juncker outlining a very ambitious vision for a more integrated, united europe, we had emmanuel macron talking about the necessity for europe to develop much close

from the european union, would spain are welcome scotland into the european union? mr sackur, their right to many ifs in your question. allow me not to respond clearly to the question. if, if, if. this thing about referendums and self determination referendums. my point of view, it is never—endum. we will respect the uk legality. if there is a legal referendum will have nothing to say about it. and i hope the scottish government has the same respect for our constitution that we have for their constitution. all right, well, i think i am reading between the lines there. i will end with one big thought about the european union. it is your portfolio. i think it is fair to say that there are lots of big visions around. we had jean—claude juncker outlining a very ambitious vision for a more integrated, united europe, we had emmanuel macron talking about the necessity for europe to develop much closer financial integration with a financial minister, a finance minister. some beginnings of pan—european taxation, a defence force. but at the same time, there is a massive

get sharing within the european union. these are all things which are highly controversial within germany, but which more particularly are rejected by the free democrats, who will now be an instrumental part of the governing coalition, as you have just laid out. so i return to this point. germany cannot show the leadership alongside emmanuel macron that many pro— europeans were hoping for. we have heard two very important speeches on the future of europe in the last few weeks. 0ne important speeches on the future of europe in the last few weeks. one is the speech of president micron. the other wasjohn claude the speech of president micron. the other was john claude junker‘s state of the union speech. i have looked closely at both speeches and i would say that 80%, perhaps later %, we have common ground. if you look at the german— french cooperation, that has always been the driving force in the european union, and i am confident there are a lot of elliptical issues on which paris and berlin can closely co—operate a

union where did that image come from because the european union as successful as it was it was also having its own struggles do you think the clash over ukraine had anything to do with is own internal doubts i don't. think of as a little left to say quite straight the no litterbug to a crane within the european union is very limited i think they have the confrontation. that's a mistake of the west those two specially by the americans by the lives of some brits the new europeans have to say precisely western europeans. those of the other side but come on it's not only the western europeans the poles for example played also quiet there and that event i violated no this is history i think the confrontation the poet in the world because pulled was moved to he acting on that old he's the old fool bellows and building a business is for a man thing some sort of if you consider all possible alternatives frozen conflict may not be desirable but it may actually be a lesser evil at least from the russian point of view because as you said russia indeed does not want to see nader in your crane n

the european union and the african union have agreed on an emergency plan to dismantle people smuggling networks angry packed with stranded migrants and refugees in libya the agreement comes off for a two day summit ended in the city of abidjan in the ivory coast more than eighty african and european leaders were in attendance tackling issues such as high youth unemployment and the plight of refugees and migrants stuck in libya a recent t.v. report showed people being sold as slaves that. now our correspondent max hoffman has been covering that summit for us and joins me now from abidjan hi max i'm human listen to two days of talks and you've just heard the fund a press conference what did you take away from that meeting. there was a lot of back patting at the end everybody expressing their will to cooperate and that was a lot of thank you's naturally but if you look at the conclusions what's in writing then there's not a whole lot there that might be normal if you consider that there were eighty leaders here and it's hard to agree on anything specific but you can tell that the old faul

nigel evans turned to the european union's attitude to brexit. there does seem to be this image that certain people within the european unionjust want to punish britain to stop anybody else from leaving and to also pay us back, so who do think is going to win this battle? i think the language, which is regrettable, that some people want to punish britain for leaving in case any other people would want to leave is the language of a gang, not the language of the club. and i think i think it should be avoided because it doesn't make... who's employing that language, do you feel? is that the language of the european union? i think there have been some unwise phrases used. i think it's much betterfor us to get away from the hyperbole. in the longer term, it's in the interests of all european union citizens to maintain an open liberal trading environment, and i would add, one thing to that — to go back to the international investors... just a minute. would part of that hyperbole be that the european union will whistle for its money? i think we need t

point of view in terms of euro of migrant crisis off the european union of the ever closer union and all this these very important issues if they will move towards our direction we would have a stable situation in germany because there is a majority a clear majority together with the christian democratic union the liberals and fifty us so if because because that's just the question of numbers so the f.d.a. is the third largest party in the bundestag but it's still viewed as political outcasts by this stablish main parties how do you plan to influence the current situation well we're we are what we what our responsibility is is to change the political direction what germany is going to and this is our success we have reached this already to some extent because there is not. a coalition the so-called coalition from christian democratic union liberals and greens and this has not come together because of fifty so this is this is already a huge success for the country and that this is a success. we are responsible for this success so we can claim this as our success that this has not come

point of view in terms of euro of migron crisis of the european union of the ever closer union and all this these very important issues if they will move towards our direction we want to have a stable situation in germany because there is a majority a clear majority together with the christian democratic union the liberals and us so if because because that's just a question of numbers so the f.d.a. is the third largest party in the bundestag but it's still viewed as political outcasts by this stablish main parties how do you plan to influence the current situation while we're we are at what we what our responsibility is is to change the political direction which germany is going to and this is our success we have reached this already to some extent because there is not. a coalition the so-called coalition from christian democratic union liberals and greens and this has not come together because off by fifty so this is this is already a huge success for the country and that this is a success. we are responsible for the success or we can claim this is our success that this has not come t

union a very concrete example right now the european union has for example trying to types or around trying to types of military helicopters this sort of overproduction is something they want to overcome in the european union with this defense corporation to get a more rapid force and the other thing beyond logistics is really the. political will to bring military assets the willingness to intervene abroad and to indeed increase the defense spending those are the big lines off of this defense cooperation today ok so the german defense minister calling this a great day for europe but five member states haven't signed up to this agreement yet why is that. well all big players are on board today so there are interesting always in the european union north and south east and west members are on board and indeed there are five the great britain of course to the breck so there are not on board there were fiercely opposed to a close a corporation denmark traditionally is against and is supposed regarding a closer corporation as well but the others portugal for example lotto or island they di

and it breaks it looms again over brussels european union leaders arrive for a summit with leaders of eastern european nonmember nations but britain's departure from the e.u. is likely to dominate the agenda. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us it is a landmark day for zimbabwe emerson and god has been sworn in as president tens of thousands of people and v.i.p.'s from across africa gathered at a stadium in the capital harare to witness a ceremony and cheer on the new president he vowed to uphold the constitution and protect the rights of all zimbabweans places former president robert mugabe who helped power for nearly four decades. and president delivered his inaugural address a short while ago here's part of what he said whatever it was. or. not moment of. jordan that didn't go in for those who lunch before nation let us all except i don't acknowledge these memes from two. dollars. christine has been following all of this for us from harare and she joins us now for more hi christine good to see you so essentially what imus and god what was saying there is let bygones

strengthened european union. the union needs rules and european union needs rules and no national stage can assert these rules the european union can and therefore the negligence. with which. germany is being led to. the legends with which europe is dealt with can be tolerated anymore and therefore we need clarity. germany. and that gets me back to you are the first question has an active government in which social democrats. do excellent. work. we have to govern the country carefully while the. talks collapsed. and there are other representatives who talk about the consequences of a social summit or you go to board refer to barbara any breaks and her work on the occasion of the climate summit the s.p.d. lives up to its response ability being a very active and very responsible part of the acting government believes. mr shultz and i'd like to repeat one question regarding the grand coalition did i understand you correctly that you said that you exclude a grand coalition and the second is question is whether.

talks due to move on to discuss trade —— ireland's european union commissioner. richard askam is in the bbc sports centre. hello. england's chances of winning the first ashes test have completely gone. after england were bowled out for 195 in their second innings, the aussies needed just 170 to win, and they're making short work of it. the home side finished day four on 114 without loss needing just 56 for victory. andy swiss reports from brisbane. well, the first three days of this test match were so evenly balanced, but barring miracles australia will surely take a 1—0 lead in the ashes series. england began the day knowing they had a chance if they batted well, but they lost early wickets, most crucially captainjoe root just before lunch. moeen ali batted well for a0 but was controversially given out stumped. it looked very marginal. from there, england capitulated, losing their last four wickets for just ten runs to set australia a target ofjust 170. england bowlers tried their best but cameron bancroft and david warner were in superb form, they both scored

the african union and the european union have agreed on an emergency plan to dismantle people smuggling networks and repatriate stranded migrants in libya as a two day summit and is in the city of abidjan in ivory coast the un recognized government of libya promised to allow u.n. agencies a to access. to refugee camps in areas under its control it said it would also investigate media reports of migrants being opened office slaves you countries have promised to pay for the rape repatriation of migrants and refugees from libya to the home countries elsewhere in africa j w correspondent max hoffman is in abidjan conference about summit welcome max tell us what came out of the closing press conference. well there was a lot of back patting a lot of thank you a general will for more cooperation but if you really look at the conclusions there's not a whole lot in there there are no numbers for example how much does the european union really want to invest in africa we're hearing the number of forty billion to forty four billion euros within the next years but that would require the participati

point of view in terms of euro of migron crisis of the european union of the ever closer union and all this these very important issues if they will move towards our direction we want to have a stable situation in germany because there is a majority a clear majority together with the christian democratic union the liberals and fifty us so if because because that's just the question of numbers so the f.d.a. is the third largest party in the bundestag but it's still viewed as political outcasts by this stablish main parties how do you plan to influence the current situation. well we are we are what we what our responsibility is is to change the political direction we're germany is going to and this is our success we have reached this already to some extent because there is not a a coalition of the so-called john mica coalition from christian democratic union liberals and greens and this has not come together because off by fifty so this is this is already a huge success for the country and that this is a success. we are responsible for the success or we can claim this as our success that

this is d w news live from berlin the catalogue prices in spain comes knocking on the european union's door the ousted catalan president karl has pushed him off makes an unexpected public appearance not in barcelona but in brussels he speaks at a rally approach independence catalan mayors demanding action from e.u. politicians will take you to brussels also coming up saudi arabia's crown prince accuses iran of an act of direct military aggression and claimed iran supplied rebels in yemen with a missile that was fired towards the airport in riyadh over the weekend. i'm broke off it's good to have you with us tonight the ousted kettle on leader carlist voyage to ma has made a surprise appearance not in spain but at a rally in brussels it's his first appearance since the spanish government slapped and the rest warrant on mr bridge to ma was cheered by around two hundred mayors from cattle on communities who had brought their call for independence to the do. more of the european union outside those doors in the belgian capital they intensified their calls for the e.u.'s leaders to interven

we are still negotiations with the european union, andi negotiations with the european union, and i am clearthat negotiations with the european union, and i am clear that i want us to move together onto the stage. we are working in the lead up to the december european council. i want to see us december european council. i want to see us able to move on to the trade talks and the security talks, but it means us talks and the security talks, but it means us moving together. surely a bill of around a0 to 50 billion euros is too much for brexiteers, who promised we would get money back? after months of haggling and handshakes and frankly, changes of heart, the cabinet is pretty much on board. the prime minister is going to go forward to the december european council with a very fair offer. we want to see progress towards the second phase of the negotiation. we have been waiting for 18 months or so. now is the moment to get the whole ship off the rocks and move it forwards. they hope is that with more hypothetical cash on the table, talks about trade can cash on the table, talks about trade

union to outside the european union. the big issue is britain voted to leave the european union to take back control to parliament, which represents the people. therefore, parliament should be the one with the final say over our withdrawal arrangements are being a deal, a meaningful vote. at the moment we do not have one. that will be the real bone of contention in coming weeks. how meaningful will the vote be? david davies yesterday said it would mean something and would give mps are real choice but many of them do not think that. i know nothing about all of this. what strikes me, listening to david davis, i is expect people have sympathy with him when he has tough ago she ages with all of this going on at home. it must be easy for europeans to look at them and say, you cannot decide what is going on back in london. at them and say, you cannot decide what is going on back in londonm shows how compensated the process is. the referendum was a straightforward question. actually doing it with the process of doing it is incr

this is due to reduce live from berlin under pressure the european union ups the ante on london over leaving the block the e.u. gives britain two weeks to agree on settling its exit bill announcing that crucial trade talks won't start until london delivers so are the two sides heading for a hard no deal breaks it also coming up squaring off the struggle for middle east dominance heats up saudi arabia is newly powerful crown prince on a mission to boost the oil kingdom's prominence at home and abroad but could upsetting the delicate balance of power pushed the entire region to a dangerous precipice and an american city cleans up its cleans ups cleans up its act climate negotiators can now look to pittsburgh as a model for green jobs and a renewable energy. way iraq thank you very much for your company the european union is stepping up pressure on great britain over briggs it and has given london a two week ultimatum to agree on settling its brakes at bill donohue the chief briggs it negotiator insisted that real progress must be made in the next two weeks ever it was crucial talks on

businesses in dover front are now preparing to leave the european union. will the government consider earmarking at least a billion pounds in the upcoming budget to make sure we are ready on day one and prepared for every single eventuality? obviously, in his constituency, this issue of preparations for the position when we leave the european union felt andvery tightly there is a great focus on it and i appreciate why that is the case. we have already made funds available for the preparation and work that is necessary across government in brexit.ions for re thatpe we are going to get good feel and we are working to get that good feel that either way there will be changes from a government point of view. the brexit secretary gave a pledge that freedom of movement would be preserved for bankers and other members of the financial services industry. why can't the same pledge be given to other key economic sectors like manufacturing and agriculture? keen tovery take into account the needs of our economy. i've asked my home secretary and my migration advisory co

across the european union. protecting contributions made before and after the exit. and we have secured the rights of british citizens in the eu 27. we are now in touching distance, the prime minister's phrase, of an overarching agreement. one that is going to enable european citizens and british people across europe, continuing to live as they do now. i know that potato of this conference is deal or no deal. i do want to explain i sit that completely and unambiguously on the deal side of this particular equation. reaching a deal with the european union is not only the most likely a is also the best. a good deal means we can grasp opportunities of independent trade, giving stability for business and people they employ, and the economy they support. as fellow politicians, used to debate, brexit talks have been tough. both sides have got positions to defend, aims to achieve, brexit could be an important democratic moment for the united kingdom, it is potentially serious disruption for the european union. as was r

this is since before the european union was in paris. the issueis european union was in paris. the issue is that the right to movement in gibraltarand spain issue is that the right to movement in gibraltar and spain are entirely different to the issues today in northern ireland. we have a frontier for goods and we have a frontier for immigration purposes, between gibraltar and the rest of the european union and that is now, whilst we are members of the european union... but that is forward. it is very forward. it the issueis forward. it is very forward. it the issue is one of goodwill and understanding, not so much an issue of the laws or whether one inside the area. and efforts being made that border —— border much harder to cross ? that border —— border much harder to cross? it would have to explain themselves to the citizens who would be made to wait to access their places of work and to return to their homes in the evenings. i don't think in modern politics one wants to be the politician explaining to a citizen why you are putting up a barrier which is unnecessary f

how in a very warm welcome to you i'm on the touchy ma the european union and the african union have agreed on an emergency plan to dismantle people smuggling networks and repack create stranded migrants and refugees in libya as a two day summit and in the city of abidjan in ivory coast the un recognise government of libya promised to allow u.n. agencies access to refugee camps in areas under its control and it will also investigate reports of slave auctions e.u. countries have pledged to finance the repack creation of migrants and refugees from libya to their home countries elsewhere in africa now our correspondent max hoffman has been covering that summit for us and joins me now from abidjan hi max i'm you've been listening to two days of talks and you've just heard the fund the press conference what did you take away from that meeting. there was a lot of back patting at the end everybody expressing their will to cooperate and there was a lot of thank you's naturally but if you look at the conclusions what's in writing then there's not a whole lot there that might be normal if you

on doing it i think this is so important that the european union continues those sanctions would it help. that also the united states will follow the europeans about sanctions against russia i think the cohesion of the alliance is the most important factor of deterrence and that's what i saw coming out of the defense minister was last week our great secretary of defense and journals care parady and the other leaders of the alliance so unified to me that's what is most important and so i'm very satisfied with so let let's speak about these things a little bit more concretely there are no signs that russia is leaving crimea what steps do you suggest to force them out so i think i might disagree with you you know russia has come up publicly and said hey we think maybe there ought to be a peacekeeping force here that whatever that peacekeeping force looks like or whatever the fact that they're asking for that i think indicates that you know they don't want to see this last forever. i think that the. they were surprised i think how well the ukrainian so fault i think the russians were su

of the european union japan that you're better thank you very much. in the us the republican party is split about donald trump's plans to cut taxes to the tune of one point five trillion dollars that's trillion with a t. over one decade now senate republicans put forward new demands to cap the proposed tax rate even further from twenty two percent down to twenty percent critics say mainly the rich will benefit the bill was passed in the house both two weeks ago and the senate is set to vote on the measure thursday night president trump promoted the legislation at an event in missouri on wednesday saying the changes will cut waste from the tax system we. americans tax code is a total dysfunctional mess the current system has cost our nation millions of american jobs trillions and trillions of dollars and billions of hours wasted on paperwork and compliance it is riddled with loopholes that let some special interests colluding myself and offer this is going to cost me a fortune this thing believe me belief this is not good for me so a u.s. economy conti

and the european union of course having. set a deadline of for two weeks and i was two weeks on friday sent now around ten days for the government to make an offer. that is acceptable to the e. gave on fifth the size of the divorce settlement the e. u. has make clear that trade talks. cannot begin until fact set settlements they divorce bill has been agreed to and business leadersrs nw very very a jumpy about sat they lack of progress on trade schools because of course. the longer this drags on at the less able those now hundreds killed as injured following a powerful earthquake on the border between iran and iraq rescue teams is still the digging through rubble in iran's mountainous command ship province. with three days of mourning have now been dedeclared the seven point three magnitude quake. was felt as far away as tacky israel and kyi white oguta has the latest. televisision interviview fra studio in selamanya is interrupted byy a powerful earthquake reasoning that vehicle we our. their data on their. hundreds are dead

union is facing because as as long as this is the case it will slow things down in the european union so a waiting game there in brussels and christopher meanwhile here in berlin take us through the next steps well as you mentioned chancellor merkel is speaking to the gym president frank felt it on my own as as we speak is it so she will be informing him of the situation and of the state of negotiations at two thirty p.m. local time local but in time. will address the nation or what will have to conduct a press conference and i understand he will be appealing to a sense of national responsibility within all parties some people are saying that a heavy hint to the social democrats he is a social democrat well the president he is bound to be politically neutral but some people are saying that is into the social democrats you now need to step up and take on responsibility the responsibility that the free democrats the pro-business free democrats appear on willing to take in a just seen pictures there christopher of chancellor merkel entering the belleview palace there to talk to the presi

what they are concerned about what they fear is a unified alliance and a unified european union that sticks together we had this throughout the cold war where you had hundreds of thousands of allied soldiers soviet troops. across the energy border from each other do you need more soldiers in this area and when we had that cold war days we still were able to play hockey we still had trade you still had cultural exchanges you still had cooperation in different areas that's history today do you need more soldiers we need the same effect how to say how do you want to work out that so one thing is continue to improve our cooperation with allies and i see germany in particular as being a leader increasing its military capability providing leadership in the alliance as well as in the european union these are all things that this is not the compensation for these times you were just describing that sounds good and it's certainly something very. constructive but it is not the compensation for sure it is germany so important not just in europe but in the world for so many from so many perspect

we are leaving the european union but the referendum did not decide how we are leaving european union. all of thatis are leaving european union. all of that is up to mps, house of commons and the house of lords. that is why they are insisting they should have powers and responsibilities to make sure this is a smooth brexit that works for everyone. that argument will continue for many weeks to come. on parliamentary numbers, when we hear and subaru saying there are considerable numbers prepared to d efy considerable numbers prepared to defy their own party whips, is she overstating it? you never quite know, do you? there was talk about mps define the government on article 50 and in the end ken clarke was the only conservative who voted against triggering article 50. some conservatives say it is different this time around and they are angry and they realise this is the moment where they have to act. the labour party is divided on this as well. we heard from people like frank field on the brexit sign of the argument. some labour mps will vote with the conservatives. —— side of the ar

that's the question we put to the commission president of the european union. days back and you know he thought about that because of course it's true that africa is on the top of the agenda now because of the migration crisis at least in europe that's where you're past something to lose but at the same time it opens up. it opens up a moment of clarity for the potential of africa you have a huge continent that's not very developed yet but with huge potential silicosis of interest of the european union to invest here because there might be some return of that money if finally those economies here start picking up but just america is also that the sound and she's a met the president of ivory coast she had a very strong message off that meeting what did she say. she did touch upon a number of topics that are important to the european union you have to keep in mind the official motto here is empowering the youth of africa and that's important because if you look at the demographic development here africa population is set to quadruple until two thousand one hundred

the topic of migration is high on the agenda at the african and european union summit german chancellor angela merkel said the issue is tied to the fight against people trafficking. in recent weeks there have been shocking reports from libya detailing how african migrants have been sold as slaves. in a highly emotional element to the issue so i think there is a common interest in stopping illegal migration and instead offering legal ways for people from africa to be educated and study in europe africa. humanitarian critics say there are far too few legal possibilities for migrants but most n.g.o.s are excluded from discussions at the summit an alternative summit for n.g.o.s was cancelled by the ivory coast security services without reason khadijah khanate was one of the organizers she thinks the official summit is undemocratic. it him when they will then they did something like this is good for the governments but not for the people here i really don't think that that concerns will be heard at the summit. even these young artists are not allowed to cross the cordons they say the summit

but sherman is see most important power of the european union is the european union certainly cannot move with our chairman e and for chairman need to move to push forward the european union or to stop pushing it forward whatever germany is in need of a stable government so far we have no stable government sooner for all european business has to wait until germany is ready again to be an active player in the european game we will simply have the situation there other than in the last decades germany paralysed itself which is an exceptional situation but since our contributed there are much to this situation well it's up to her to find a way of muddling through. this week r.t. america was forced to to register as a foreign agent in the u.s. after months of pressure from washington and china will now have to abide by a law first to set up to combat nazi propaganda before the second world war it will have to regularly disclose full details of its broadcast and staffing to the u.s. government plus it must maintain a transparent financial structure and be ready for full inspection at any

read distributing migrants as of now in the european union that's certainly not going to change when you have more migration from africa but i think everybody here are the leaders here the commission the institutions all acknowledge that there needs to be a pathway for legal migration for african for african countries and there's much of what you're saying that a lot of red meeting sentiment but not enough concrete action myself one in obvious john thank you very much for your excellent reporting. of the united states is one that north korea's leaders that they will be utterly destroyed if tensions over the country's weapons program break into war the warning follows the test launch on tuesday of north korea's most advanced into continental ballistic missiles to date which could possibly hit cities in the u.s. . these are the first moving pictures of north korea's latest rocket test analysts say they show the missile is larger and more powerful than anything pyongyang has launched before that's the reason why after an unusually restrained response on twitter on wednesday u.s. preside