union but in a europe in the schengen area of our border controls our external borders are the european external border you say protect the better yet you say it's not killing you that the coalition almost fell apart in the summer didn't it in terms squabbling over refugees and turn squabbling over the violence the country's intelligence chief scandal after scandal the s.p.d. priority social democratic party last king called it a state of permanent crisis so this killing your party will undoubtedly we have gone through some turbulent weeks and months in germany i welcome but the free coalition parties perceive us. she is suing the social democrats have now agreed to concentrate on the issues and this is exactly what german citizens are expecting the governor will compromise you have. to i mean the fact is that by the standards of your government the far right if he is looking pretty strong and stable well if you're in politics you always have to be ready to find compromises and if you're in a coalition with three parties you have to be ready also to strike deals and find compromises thi

space no i think actually european values are global for me they're universal so they have to do with human rights fundamental rights liberty liberal democracy rule of law equality and tolerance of for me these are inalienable they are part of who we are as human beings a lot of european if they are global let's talk about the vote. he said the e.u. has links with regimes some of which. we talk about turkey he said and we are right too but never we talked about saudi arabia tell me something about saudi arabia what saudi arabia is obviously a middle eastern country very oil rich not democratic gave the right for women to drive cars only the past in the past few years and right now is in the middle of a journalist murder case. so what are the sanctions what are the ideas what is the reaction of the e.u. if you would have been the president today well i think the main tool that the european union has basically are sanctions and obviously with russia we use them because they annexed the crimean peninsula and they have been intimidated in ukraine and then in every specific case we look at

major challenge for the whole european union the numbers have come come down since twenty fifteen but of course we have to make sure about the numbers stay at the level they are now and this means that we have to understand that the european union but in a year of in the schengen area i would border controls our external borders of the european external border you see in particular better yet you say it's not killing you that the coalition almost fell apart in the summer didn't it in terms squabbling over refugees and turn squabbling over. the violence the country's intelligence chief scandal after scandal the s.p.d. priority social democratic party last king called it a state of crisis so this killing your party will undoubtedly we have gone through some turbulent weeks and months in germany i welcome the three coalition parties the c.d.c. is she on the social democrats have now agreed to concentrate on the issues and this is exactly what german citizens are expecting because of a compromise you haven't been. able to i mean the fact is that by the standards of your government the far

immediately after the european council in brussels we will have the so-called summit the european asian summit this summit has been a tried and tested forum for twenty year olds that provides a platform for exchange between europe and asia more than the fifty nations take place twenty eight of which come from the rupee and union together with switch to land and norway on the asian so if there are twenty one nations amongst them why china after the united states the second important most important trade partner of the european union and japan with which we have signed a free trade agreement in june of this year if we take a look at this so i have them the political representatives represent two thirds of the world population the world trade and economic power the headline of this asian summit is a global partners for global challenges and i believe and i think this is not especially important to me that we can send a signal from the summit towards multilateral cooperation to underline our firm believe that this will bring about win win situations and that multilateral cooperation should

politicians are european. to express the same sentiment that you know we should just waved them out as we hope to wait outrank do you think that is a sustainable approach do you think that kind of those kind of political force this . time curry on a more permanent be honest i'm not a politician and i don't do soup or to this government or in order to go in there just a new story and story just as a state will see to see things from an objective point of view even do were the popular in the sometimes is a wrong word in my opinion we have a new political movements in europe we have to respect from the point of view is no to correct to just to define his movement as a pop is that which means balkan is very often means extremist to know because of this movement to the they have success also because they represent the they will look of the population to brutus in front of some through problems that we have we we have next year elections in the european free more we will see which will be the result of the so-called

in the italian government is thinking about the next european elections. they hope that the balance of power within european institutions might change in the next spring, and i think there might wait for that. we shall wait as well. thank you very much for joining wait as well. thank you very much forjoining us. there has been another angry exchange between the united states and china over trade. this time, beijing has hit back at the us secretary of state over his suggestion that chinese involvement in developing economies doesn't always help the local population. our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani is in singapore. nice to see you. so what is this latest twist? well, sally, if you needed any further evidence that the war between the us and china is not just a trade war, you really don't have to look any further. it looks like it is a war on all fronts, frankly. this time we are seeing strong words on chinese state media criticising the us secretary of state, mike pompeo's, comments on social media. he said china is engaging in predatory econ

european leaders trying to. despite stalled negotiations between britain and the european union commission president. says that he's more optimistic that a deal will be reached and he says europe is willing to give more time for its transition out of the european union. in the u.k. they do not like the sound of that also coming up turkish media publishing a new images in the case of the missing soldier journalist they say the photos show a man with close ties to saudi arabia's crown prince holding consulate. on the same day. laws as the u.s. gears up for the midterm elections next month we'll take you to virginia one of the key states where democrats are looking to take back elaine is walked in a tight race for the u.s. house the former navy commander is running for the democrats and so far she has had . strong campaign. it's good to have you with us it is a tone that no one not in britain not in the european union is use to hearing e.u. leaders and british prime minister to resume a are talking about brecht sit

union we have european elections next year do you feel that perhaps the european parliament action could backfire given there are lots of populist nationalist parties around europe the potentially might support you i think that that european parliament election. we have a big stake i mean i i would say the biggest ever and it's going to take place next may a totally new type of commission and and i'm pretty sure that the new set up of european parliament will be established do you see some split in the european union or will parties like yours and governments like yours try to change europe from within what i can tell you is that we take part in the debate about the future of the european union there are two concepts at least in the rivalry in the federalist tick over a mystic we see how we feel and we we definitely take part havoline that debate with you represent our position central european countries have very similar kind of mindset in this regard pretty much common sense i think it's not without a good reason that the central europe in the region is now among the most successful re

what's going on all over continental europe member states of the european union smaller to lety made just a fluke what happened in france two years ago but no longer connects to the voters there were massive losses in hassle your sister party suffered massive losses in bavaria before that you no longer connect you provide them with a great economy motivate wages most employment and they don't want you in the most part it's all over europe would be happy if they would get twenty seven percent of voters but not the ones who got forty one percent last time it's a huge loss. what i'm saying is trying to say we have different reasons one reason is the tectonic or change in modern democracies i think the main reason for this is a disruption in communication in communication between choice suffer whatever you like by the new technologies the next problem is the resists the globalization to be influenced by all developments pi's by vents in all of the world we have german people became aware in the migration crisis in two thousand and fifteen and then of course any long period of government

without so engagement and the courage of east european people in times of communist soviet empire we wouldn't have we wouldn't have enjoyed the german unification it was poland it was czech it was hungry all these countries and therefore we must be a little bit more generous to these countries of course we have children being in the opposite direction you can be generous all you want. why don't you bring down a direct challenge hasn't he said brussels is currently ruled by those who want a european empire directed movie. there is a lot of the euro crowd out probably migration politicians want to make sure you make me impatient because also respect quoting somebody once no wait a moment i'm an old man and that's fast me too ok let's be quiet to quote some political leaders with some specific quotes makes no sense in public in discussion in substance we are going for a common good in europe is the way you have seen poland i think paul is an example . so they have a different understanding on the reform of the system but when so european court decided last week they have to cancel so i

and of the european union but i feel the days that we have closer to it may be. small but most of the interest in the rest of our lives but as you know a lot of shows that the stuff of the book is. also coming up tonight a tax robbery unlike any that europe has ever seen exposed and uncovered how the super rich stripped fifty five billion euros from the public purse. i'm up who you could say this is the dark side of a world that's become smaller. they might be better dressed the most criminals but that doesn't change the fact that these are highly criminal people that if you could meet me in school. we begin the day with those breaks in negotiations that are going nowhere but tonight we're going to try to see it with the glass half full now last night british prime minister to resign may travel to yet another european union summit hoping to do what appears more and more to be the impossible bring brussels and london closer to a deal before time runs out mrs may return to london as she has done many times before with no progress to report but today a shimmer of li

speed the same european cohere ukrainian definition to claim that they have that european spirit in fact they believe that they are at the forefront of defending the european no member of the sentence of a victorian call of each of the of the go when he said that we are a european county but we have the spatial relations with russia but when he said we are you will be an accounting means the worries you create easy in europe if we can see that you will goes from the atlantic ocean to the mon things. easily you boys russia then so part of russia is there but can we include a part of the russian do opinion to or does the russia wish to be part of dupion union we have to wait skeptically in front of this over this option the problem is that when we seduce a new members of a peon you know we should think about a consequence of this in the bailout the release of that counter with depleted use friends and partners such as russia and ukraine well too late for that i guess professor thought i have to take a short break now but we will be back in just a few moments stay tuned. you cannot ope

time for european elections in the meantime. vonnie: strength for the euro following the comments which makes things easier for your -- europe. italian carmakers are suffering. we saw a big improvement in a tying banks including the best performer on the ftse. >> that is right. that is a relief for italy because of italian banks were hit hard. they tend to be hit hard every time there are issues with the budget. italian banks own a lot of bonds, italian government bonds. and the italian banks have had a lot of issues in the past few years. that is good news for the at sign markets for now. we are waiting for the weekend when the coalition partners of the time government meet to discuss the budget more and then they will respond to the e.u. letter on monday. vonnie: is it fair to say given they are sort of on the same page, that it is easier to come to agreement with italy if you know it will be more difficult with london? >> certainly, the italian government is being let down easy in some ways. past governments were hit pretty h

we see red across the european markets as well. let's go to nancy hungerford for more a couple of key indice there's were down. we are marching into 2% territory for this trading session. >> no surprise investors won't find relief in what's happened here on the asia session look at these moves. we are looking at losses of more than 2% for the shanghai the shenzhen off 2%. both markets did see gains of 4% the biggest one-day increase we had seen in almost three years not erasing those gains, especially when you add on the gains we had on friday you can see some of that optimism around government support out of beijing is starting to fade today on the session. the hang seng just closing about 20 minutes ago it closed lower by 3%. today a lot of attention was around the japanese market look at the nikkei 225 it's off about 2.7%, a two-month low here as part of this shift in risk appetite we did see the yen supported that weighs on the equity market in japan keep an eye on the action here tomorrow 2.7% at a two-month low is nothing to

what you think the europeans are so perhaps what you think the europeans are so dominant when it comes to ryder cups over here? fans. chanting: tommy! i think the fans are a big part of it. it's so fun to play in front of these fans. players turn into different guys when they play in front of all these friends that come out and support them. the environment they are in, how would you not want to play good golf in front of them? you almost get of letting them down. the fans have been so good that these guys this week. the hard part for them now is that there is two years till another ryder cup and four years till another one at home. they've got to get back to their ordinary golf lives and tried to achieve individual things. to be out and playing in front of all these people out here, it has been an amazing experience for all 12 of them and we can't thank the fans and off. experience for all 12 of them and we can't thank the fans and offlj experience for all 12 of them and we can't thank the fans and off. i know it cannot last night in the press conference, it's your tattoo, this bet. c

exits the european union, efforts to lower an independentnd report on the sexual harassment and bullying by the house of commons staff. this is 40 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> order! general murray. >> mister speaker, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues in addition to my future in this house. >> cheryl murray. >> what my right honorable friend the prime minister publish in full all the european union or the modeling. >> can i reassure my honorable friend that we confirmed when we bring forward the vote on the final deal parliament is presented with appropriate analysis to make an informed decision. with negotiations ongoing it would not be sensible to set out the details exactly how to get the final deal. and presenting the analysis to parliament and the public. >> jeremy corbin. >> i hope the house will join me in paying tribute, who died earlier this week. the campaign for social justice played a pivotal

and european equity futures rise as well. can the rally in asia roll around the world as gold and oil rise? the equity markets open in 30 minutes time. anna: btp yields drop after italy escapes a junk rating from moody's, but doubts linger. watch italian stocks at the open. fiat agrees to sell its parts unit for 6.2 billion euros. investors like the price? and the riyadh relationship. steven mnuchin emphasizes the importance of u.s.-saudi relations even as european the country over the death of a government critic. off atake a look first the big gains we have seen in european futures as the asian markets settle into a strong close. dax futures up 0.75%. i should mention the s&p futures continue to rise throughout the session. it could be that this equity rally starts in asia now roles are -- around the globe. look at the globe chart. it is part of the mliv question of the day. should the rally we see in gold, and this goes back to the middle of august, concern equity bulls? traditionally a safe haven asset. problem for equity

in a pretty frayed relationship with european commission and the european union as a whole how far. do you think both warsaw and process i willing to take that dispute over principles whether the head this is a this is part of the mocha c i mean some things we have different opinions we must respect each other what is that then juggles is to say now you are not allowed to be part of the opinion it anymore if you don't share the same principle this is of course it is a fundamental aspect but you have to understand how do they interpreted this in the local level so there should be those a bit of flexibility and utopian you know maybe not too much for exhibit but a bit of flexibility in some things we have different cultures in brussels we have the north called for which is quite a region and the sound in part of europe culture which is more flexible and there is a polish with korea somewhere in the middle east those i think know the polish or leaving me in a really interesting moment because they also have their own culture sure just consider the ball and the walls are for many years

stands and when european judges. like you to hide the details of the expenses instead of practicing transparency the european court of justice is just rude it would be a breach of any peace prevent see if they had to provide the public with details of expenses invoices repeats you know like normal people. want to move this is a delay message here you can get away with anything here which is a reading of the european court of justice this is a debate which has been where we're now following for several years in this european parliament the member states have different national standards you have some countries where any piece have to reveal every detail of the monthly allowance they get in other countries besides different times in four hundred sixteen year and me in general expenses which they don't have to. say i wouldn't have any problem if the rules were changed on this issue but in the moment this is a situation that this is something really which will have to be decided between the group leaders of the presidenc

the european union is on the brink n.t.e.u. populists are making gains across the continent and britain could leave without a breck's it deal this week conflict zone as in proc well i have caught up with alex still the fool my finnish prime minister has launched a campaign to become the next president of the european commission can effects europe i. understood well come to a conflict zone thank you you have launched an unprecedented compay through play zone clode younker and the president of the u.p.a. and commission you can paint program talks a lot about values quote if i were to say in one word why i'm running for commission president it is values do you peon values and when you believe the european space no i think actually european values are global for me they are universal so they have to do with human rights fundamental rights liberty liberal democracy rule of law equality and tolerance of for me these are inalienable they are part of who we are as human beings are a lot of if they are global let's talk about the vote.

being sold at the european level is it. being so largest challenge for somebody's opinion is a challenge which will stay for years and even decades what we have to do now is to protect our external borders better we will step up from takes up to ten thousand frontex still twenty twenty we have to fight the root causes of migration especially in africa and we have to get our priorities right in national legislation what we can do about those people who come to europe who are fleeing from war civil war who are afraid of their lives can actually find humanitarian protection but on the other hand those people who are coming for economic reasons but are claiming silence will have to be sent back to the countries where you are the u.n. is not impressed with the so-called deals that you had expressed serious concern last month about the so-called deal and warn that proposals being discussed risk compromising human rights and humanitarian principles but what we have to do don't care about we have to break the business model of the

european union was on that path for many years the european union it wasn't the path of an lodgment but just last march the european commission issued their white paper in which it described five possible scenarios for its future and none of them mansion either the integration or ukraine or the e.u. enlargement in general do you think that has crystallized over the last four years or do you think even before they might down in bounds that was more or less understood then the european officials who are very active during the might on process protest in encouraging that probably european sentiment was it were essentially misleading the ukrainians and the onus but they don't have evidence of this would be learning is to the on the diplomatic papers when who would have access to this i think that the. strongest senior g. very often between the european union and nato. need to. see the role of the prominent role of the united states of america and the united states they have the cup of belittling to to make pressure on the other members of nato in order to go in in that direction and when th

the last story of europeans with europe is coming to an end that people still feel europeans find but it's second rates not very important and they don't realize that all directors all of their own legislation in their own country comes from brussels through the direct is produced by the european commission and approved by the european parliament so it is a strange situation into which europe is very important for european citizens but they don't perceive it you know and they date they prefer their national identity they keep their nationality to the day now want the borders back because they see that european borders don't function after four years of problems so that's the situation now and mrs morgan he can say whatever she she wants to say but she's not the hero for the europeans. russia's ambassador to the u.k. says there's no reason not to believe that the knowledge of the two men accused of poisoning from. his daughter back in march and then also tonight russian intelligence officers there are no sure use against them because you know they didn't believe the russian this is fir

manchester united's last european defeat at old trafford came backin european defeat at old trafford came back in march 2013, and lacklustre real madrid. the winning goal—scorer was ronaldo, withjose mourinho in charge of real madrid that night. juventus, on the other hand, haven't lost a n juventus, on the other hand, haven't lost an away match in any competition since november last year, so it should be a cracking match here under the lights. 8pm kick tomorrow night. juventus are top of that champions league group, two points clear of united. united will want another famous european night at old trafford. that should be fantastic. there's one match in the premier league tonight — arsenal are at home to leicester city. a win for the gunners would see them move back into the top four. after losing their first two matches of the season, they are on a roll, with nine wins in a row in all competitions. arsenal is a very good team, and they have problems, but they are very competitive. they have very good players. and we need every single player that i know, so our mentality together

the european union starts to. kind of put these aside it's to go into a very cynical agreements purely out of self-interest but it's a very shortsighted self-interest because at the end of the day that's will come back to us. cooperation with undemocratic governments refugees trapped in hopeless situations bodies in the desert. we want to confront those responsible for the e.u.'s new policy with its consequences. were meeting one of the blocks strategists italy's stefano months a reason he heads the european commission's department of international cooperation and development. with fields in the opium societies the problem is the pro is why it how we can respond there was a call to the opium and european uno. try to contribute in this way taking all shall we say courage could quite courageously approach if you want so therefore the three things but the additional route let's say structured a bit more input from the sale to the whole second institutional building and capacity of the states in order to be able to ma

union we have european elections next year do you feel that perhaps the european parliament action could backfire given there are lots of populist nationalist parties around europe the potentially might support you i think that that european parliament election. we have a big stake i mean i i would say the biggest ever and it's going to take place next may a totally new type of commission and and i'm pretty sure that the new set up of european parliament will be established do you see some split in the european union or will parties like yours and governments like yours try to change europe from within what i can tell you is that we take part in the debate about the future of the european union there are two concepts at least in the rivalry in the federalist tick over a mystic we see how we feel and we we definitely take part havoline the debate with you represent our position central european countries have very similar kind of mindset in this regard pretty much common sense i think it's not without a good reason that the central europe in the region is now among the most successful reg

european military spending fell. there is a heavy trade component between europe military spending and u.s. exports. we conjecture if europe and nato are serious about moving to the summit declaration and increasing knowledge respect someers -- expenditures, of the trade deficit could go away and you are left with autos. that is why we think the focus is on autos. david: may be the nato pressure from president trump may help him on his trade deficit. it is overwhelmingly apparently for automobiles from germany. >> absolutely. what mike mentioned is interesting. wants toministration try to kill two birds with one stone, get nato countries up to 2% and lower the bilateral trade deficit. it could push more to your. target in nato. you have a secondary target that says 30% of expenditures have to be on equipment. that is where you are getting the u.s. export content. david: the president has said to wilbur ross to figure out whether auto imports effect u.s. national security. we don't have that report yet. explain how he

why do you think tourism a wants to get out of the european court of justice or do you think actually as some of her opponent. say secretly she's actually gone with the by ratifying laws previously agreed on by you c.j. maybe he is after twenty twenty britain will still be subject to luis e j which is different from the european court of human rights which is hanging in there. is a very benign court it's basically an i've been there appeared before it they're extremely nice there's a british judge a scottish judge from different countries of europe they're basically untangle even for a. little regulations they know what germany says that mays priority in backing them is to tie the european union to britain to even laws permanently enforced privatisation and of support for industry that's what the european court of justice is like the european court of justice most notably has helped date prissie by its rulings against facebook various american firms sending british and european data to america where it can be intercepted so the european court of justice has been quite in my experience

union we have european elections next year do you feel that perhaps the european parliament action could backfire given there are lots of populist nationalist parties around europe the potentially might support you i think that that european parliament election. we have a big stake i mean i i would say the biggest ever and it's going to take place next may a totally new type of commission and and i'm pretty sure that the new set up of european parliament will be established do you see some split in the european union or will parties like yours and governments like yours try to change europe from within what i can tell you is that we take part in the debate about the future of the european union there are two concepts at least in the rivalry in the federalist tick over a mystic we see how we feel and we definitely take part havoline the debate with you represent our position central european countries have very similar kind of mindset in this regard pretty much common sense i think it's not without a good reason that the central europe in the region is now among the most successful region

union we have european elections next year do you feel that perhaps the european parliament action could backfire given there are lots of populist nationalist parties around europe the potentially might support you. i think that that the european parliament elections we have a big stake i mean i i would say the biggest ever and it's going to take place next may a totally new type of commission and and i'm pretty sure that the new set up of european parliament will be established do you see some split in the european union or will parties like yours and governments like yours try to change europe from within what i can tell you is that we take part in the debate about the future of the european union there are two concepts at least in the rivalry in the federalist tick over a mystic we see how we feel and we we definitely take part havoline the debate with you represent our position central european countries have very similar kind of mindset in this regard pretty much common sense i think it's not without a good reason that the central europe in the region is now among the most successfu

that's the european flag -- those are the hoops, the european stars. and to change his budget by jumping through those hoops. this is a first request of this kind by brussels and it takes us through the upcoming deadlines that rome faces with its options to do nothing, or to change things by the first week >> the following program is an original production of link tv. >> thrup on the wall, they're keeping an eye owe. uncle sam keeps an eye on you. here sharon keeps an eye on y

european union meaning that part of our super nifty. we practiced together with the european union no problem with that the problem is with intentions to change the treaties which direct the operation of the european union change of the treaties in a democratic way there are some intentions for that and this is something that we reject we fing that european union needs to undergo some reforms because obviously if you look at the performance of the european union you see that the competitiveness is is versioning no question and in order to become again competitive in the in order to be able to be successful in this global race of economy and trade we have to make some changes this is what we understand and there's a debate now within the e.u. we do good reason by the way because there are at least five to manders history type of challenges ahead of us like migration like the friend of terror and they're just security of war in ukraine so it's obvious it's obvious that we have debate about these issues because eventually we have debate ab

we're about to go into european elections... again, with respect, don't mention the peoples of europe without including the uk, because the uk referendum was, in my view, fuelled by false pollsters and debate around migration. well, that's an interesting point, but it's got nothing to do with the future... so we could come back to square one. ..because, frankly, when it comes to the next european elections, the brits will not be voting. but around europe, polling evidence suggests that mr salvini, that marine le pen's party in france, that a whole host of far—right parties in countries as far apart as poland, hungary, austria, you name it, they have the political momentum. the polls suggest they will be very strong in the next european parliament. bavaria at the weekend, it was the greens who were actually the surprise, if you like, vote—getters. and there are new figures coming out, wednesday you should watch out definitely politics is polarising. i chair the european parliament, and increasingly when i call votes, you see

a new survey has revealed some europeans are starting to doubt the necessity of the e.u. nearly two thirds of the people that responded to the poll say things wouldn't be any worse without the blog brussels based a think tank behind the survey also found that forty nine percent consider the european union irrelevant findings go on it indicate you citizens want more transparency transparency and are divided over the primary role of the block but those in power in brussels don't see it that way the use of foreign policy chief for instance said recently the world wouldn't survive without the twenty eight state union. close your eyes and imagine for one moment the european union disappears from the global scene right now let's say for a month or a week even for a few days the world will simply collapse the world is not in a good shape through much without the european union into a been a much worse situation. independent journalist a look of a told us why there is such a noticeable divide between the ears leadership and ordinary citizens the last story of europeans with europ

the staying in the european members agency is one of theissues european members agency is one of the issues that we have put forward as part of the plan that came out after the chequers meeting, our proposals for the future. that is pa rt proposals for the future. that is part of the future partnership, not the withdrawal agreement. does she appreciate the frustration felt by many of my constituents that is now over two years since the referendum and we have agreed we will not regain control of our laws, borders and money for over four years after that? does she understand, for many people, that is already too long? can i say to my right honourable friend, i absolutely understand. that is why. .. absolutely understand. that is why... some absolutely understand. that is why. .. some people absolutely understand. that is why... some people have said to me we should not have triggered article 50 when we did, but i thought it was important we did, took time to prepare and then triggered it precisely in order to get this process into place. he will know the process into place. he will kno

revealed some europeans are starting to doubt the necessity of the you really two thirds of the people that responded to the poll say things wouldn't be any worse without the blog the brussels based think tank behind the survey also found that forty nine percent consider the european union irrelevant the findings go on to indicate easier to since they want more transparency and are divided over the primary role of the block but those in power in brussels don't see it that way these foreign policy chief for instance said recently the world wouldn't survive without the twenty eight state union. close your eyes and imagine for one moment the european union disappeared from the global scene right now let us say for a month or week even for a few days the world will simply collapse the world is not in a good shape through much result the european union into a been a much more situation independent journalist lucrative a told us why there's such a noticeable divide between the leadership and ordinary citizens the last story of europeans with europe is coming to an end that people still feel

and he says europe is willing to give one did more for its transition out of the european union. is in the u.k. do not like the sound of that also coming up turkish media publish new images in the case of the missing soldi journalist they say the photos show a man with close ties to saudi arabia's crown prince the saudi consulate in istanbul on the same day that she. disappeared. plus as the u.s. gears up for the midterm elections next month we'll take you to virginia one of the key states where democrats are looking to take back rail. is on walked in a tight race for the u.s. house the former navy commander running for the democrats and so far has had a remarkably strong campaign. brinkerhoff it's good to have you with us or him. leaders rather have a raft of a two day summit in brussels voicing rare optimism over brecht's it both commission president john glove younger and council president doubletalk say that they believe a deal can be reached the negotiations remain stalled over the issue of the irish border e.u. leaders have suggested extending that post breaks a transition

european peoples party in the european parliament we can look. probably have european wide the pregnant patients we have european wide from left and right rising populism and even extremists in the national listened on the floor that's why germany is not an island in such a political framework and that's why we have to give an answer but the clear answer must be to show people a vision to show people a future intonation for what they want what they have as challenges in that they did life on the table and if we can give positive ions as if we can convince was good reasons then i think we can be still a successful was a sees you too late to change its rhetoric which at times was a space is the similar to the far right if. the immigration thing is all over your old one of the dominating issues nobody can can award a debate about migration but what we have to do from now on is adult about the results will be a chief would be did but the minute in the last three years of the two thousand and fifteen it's achievements on the turkish border on the mili

actively ignoring and defying the european court of poland would set itself on the way to leave the european union effectively barbara as we all know poland's right wing government commission have been clashing over a number of issues including press freedom what does this verdict now mean for the larger dispute between poland's government and the e.u. . it means of course terry that the heat rises because we also know that there's already an article seven. procedure underway against poland something that procedure that means that the used sees a systematic threat so the route to the rule of law in poland and this is what it's in brussels called the nuclear option because it could in taking away the voting rights of the country in the european council there it's quite away till then but this procedure has been sort of going up and down and around in the council here and didn't different ministerial meetings in brussels and if in fact poland should ignore an actively defied this verdict from luxemburg they really might have to sort of speeded up and then it's an open fight between virus so in

what i see from the european union. what i see from the european union. what i see from the labour party front bench is not a consistent approach in relation to that. this government set out our approach at lancaster house and has followed that too at every stage of the negotiations. when it comes to signing the political declaration on the future relationship, with my right honourable friend confirmed the declaration will be clear, specific and binding so business has more certain tree and we don't begin another period of brexit fog and uncertainty? can i say, besides i wa nt to uncertainty? can i say, besides i want to ensure there is a proper linkage between the withdrawal agreement and the future relationship, so certainty can be given about what the future relationship is and that will come into place. i think that is what this house will want to see as well when it comes to looking at the meaningful vote. the when it comes to looking at the meaningfulvote. the prime when it comes to looking at the meaningful vote. the prime minister has chastised la

tanks has bearing on european banks. european banks, it's going to diverge. for example, italy closure or not. one trend is what analysts say is a revitalization of the value trade. across the board, u.s. banks and european banks fit the bill for value stocks because they are cheaper. if we get an overall value rally we might see u.s. and european banks similarly benefit. nejra: bloomberg's dani burger. we are minutes away from the open. we will take a look at your stocks to watch, including volvo after it announced a component issue. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to bloomberg markets. this is "the european open." we could see stocks on the continent rise. maybe it will be a different picture on the ftse. let's get the individual issues use and watch. looking at italian equities and annmarie hordern is with us on rio tinto. cali get theker, berlin office, benedict is here looking at volvo. nejra, you are looking at british american tobacco. italian equities, italian banks, what are we looking at? >> italian equities will be back on the market focu

today central european time. that is the u.s. treasury secretary steve mnuchin and his comments there president trump launched as we've been talking about yet another attack on the federal reserve. and he blamed the selloff in u.s. stocks this week on the central banks monetary policy. he said recent interest rate hikes strengthen the dollar which causes difficulty with doing business >> i think the fed is far too stringent and they're making a mistake. and it's not right and it's -- despite that, we're doing very well. but it's not necessary in my opinion. and i think i know about it better than they do, believe me. >> trump's economic adviser larry kudlow later defended the president's right to make those kind of comments >> i don't think he's calling out the fed. i really mean this i think he's giving you his opinion. he is obviously successful businessman. he's a very well informed investor he has his views but he's not saying to them change your plan, do this differently. none of that stuff he knows that that is independent.

filmmaker only accept some proceeds in this year's sackhoff prize for human rights awarded annually by european lawmakers who describe him as a prisoner of conscience he is in a prison in russia after being convicted on terror charges. only a hawk it's great to have you along everyone we begin with the growing a package probe in the u.s. were a nationwide search is underway for a suspected serial mail bomber parcel bombs have been sent to a string of president trump's opponents over the past few days more suspicious packages have been discovered today and that makes a total of at least ten intercepted across the country so far here's a look at where the investigation has taken authorities starting in new york. early morning in manhattan the n.y.p.d. responding to yet another pipe bomb. the target owner of this restaurant actor robert de niro an outspoken critic of president donald trump. new york's mayor confirmed it matched all the packages across the country this is clearly an effort to terrorize people politically to choose people for political purposes and attack them because of their belie