europe is now really stepping europe is now really stepping up, but the people of europe are watching what is happening next, and we all know what is at stake. what we do now matters. for today as well as for the future. honorable members, the outbreak of the coronavirus is first and foremost a public health emergency and will stop at nothing to save lives. to do that, we are lucky to have and to be able to rely on the best health care professionals in the world from milan to madrid and beyond. they are producing miracles every single day, but as we have seen, both there and elsewhere, the scale of the outbreak is stretching them to the breaking point. the equipmentneed -- the right equipment, the right amount of it, and they need it right now. but instead of that, what we saw was crucial equipment stuck in bottleneck or at borders for days. this is why we have to take matters into our own hands as far as we could to relieve these blockades. this is why we are creating the stockpile ofropean medical equipment such as ventilators, masks, and lab supplies. launched several joint procure

action in europe. division and an action are not helping. tomorrow, the european commission will present its own , the economic answer to this crisis, and i'm sure this to our will give citizens, consumers, the , reinsuranceunity on our commitment. there is a feeling that italy is not being given enough help right now. the president of the ecb did not do any help today for italy when she talked about the fact that she was not focusing on spreads. is italy being given enough help? is europe acting as a single voice at the moment? it does not feel like it. >> well, europe is more of a chorus than a single voice, but bringing europe to be united and going in the same direction. a chorus italy decided in recent , not only measures to contain the outbreak of the virus, but also an economic package -- 25 billion euros, which is a relevant economic package -- both to face the difficulties in the health care system created by the virus, and to begin to guarantee liquidity to small and medium companies, to help

is divided between all europe and new europe and when i write an article for forbes $1017.00 addressing this issue it is trickles down to the pipeline and the revenge and the revenge a sentiment in the eastern part of europe which was somehow colonized by disorder union and as we can see german french and other western nations are reluctant to previous commentators rightly set to participate in that because they are realistically assessing the cost of of this participation of oil and also the moral cost of participating. in the iraq war but eastern european countries are driven by slightly different parameters and as i said when it comes to the whole stream too we can see that the american government of the american administration is heavily subsidizing the pop pipeline invented by the polish government and in 2017 we know that the 1st transit of ellen g. gas was delivered to show you know more than poland and board by the state owned oil and gas company called p n g n g so we know that trump displaying all you have all the hoax in the united states you know driving a wedge between the

bear in mind that europe is. quite reluctant and lazy after the 2nd world war in you know taking their own matters in their own hands somehow to the box seat and they were silent observer all for what the leader in the western hemisphere read. united states doing regardless where the. morally justified or not but somehow now they see the young generations are quite displeased with the deadline the leader in the western hemisphere hemisphere is showing to also we have to bear in mind that everyone wants to participate in the great revolution that no logical revolution. historically we know that china never attacked europe so why we should be afraid of them why the united states is putting so much emphasis on you know blocking who are away from entering the european market why do offering to subsidize their european competitors read nokia and ericsson it is not a friend or a strictly business no it's not strictly business because you know it's the i'm watching wants to determine who has a back door into everyone's

and europe also agreed to restart talks on turkey joining the european union so far europe has given $3200000000.00 euros in aid and it says the rest will be paid in the coming years according to the agreement turks still do not have visa free travel to the e.u. and turkish the membership talks they have stall today european leaders rejected turkey's accusations and said they still expect turkey to uphold its end of the deal i acknowledge that church is in a difficult situation concerning that we got to the refugees and the migrants back to what we see now cannot be an answer or solution we expect 32 on their its commitments they mean from the same turkey migration to lower the statement and the votes in the situation very very closely this is a crisis but it can also become an opportunity for europe an opportunity that would allow us to defend collectively external warda. all right for more i'm joined now with a big table by cinema dar she is with the think tank the german institute for international in security affairs her focus is on turkish refugee policy and migration it's good

this that it moved iras that is all across europe. make football and all life in europe quite impossible we knew we have to stop the competitions. we think that postponing the euro is the only chance to get the chance to leagues and through all the club competition to finished article but fission. you waif along with the football association's agreed to try and complete all domestic and european club competitions by june 30th in case the coronavirus situation improves to prevent a schedule clash between the newly scheduled men's tournament and other competitions next summer you a full also confirmed that the under $21.00 european championship and the women's euro both originally scheduled for 2021 will be postponed as well the way foot is currently working on solving 2 issues scheduling and how to deal with the financial impact that some clubs and leagues are bound to face one scheduling conflict for euro 2021 has already been avoided and a statement the 1st president giani infin tino said that features new club world cup slated to ki

and europe supporter and a lot of european governments have long said that this is what they want if you listen to some of the european prime ministers in recent years they've always said already in 2015 there is no need to help turkey to help refugees all you need to do is build a fence and push people back. here or there who is going to lead here and it's this one says this is basically down to the the e.u. has not only the side of the agreement it hasn't coughed up the money that it promised it would. fold. well the e.u. has mobilized 6000000000 but this money has been programmed it's all program by the end of last year now there are lots of working programs to support syrians whose number is increasing simply through the birth of syrian children in turkey every year by hundreds thousands but now the e.u. has not made clear that if we continue this is this is madness so one thing if we're talking about or what should happen now one thing that should happen now this regard that it's completely unacceptable for turkey to bus refugees to the border this is unacceptable but the point

the alliance between europe and the america will be strong if europe is strong. if we can genuinely protect our own interests in a dialogue where we see ourselves as equals. it's a new situation. we need to learn, to decide for ourselves and to propose solutions to our partners. to not just wait, that they define the road map and we can just follow being allies doesn't mean to be followers, it means to work together and fulfill common goals that we have set for ourselves. it doesn't mean to cut our ties and our relationship and friendship with long-standing allies with the u.s. to conclude, as you see, this idea of sovereignty is not opposed to a transatlantic relationship. i think the president has always said that the u.s. is and will remain a major partner, a partner which we need and with whom we share the same values. and i think we will stay transatlantic and become more european. it's not a but, it's an end. it goes together. take the example of european defense. we have to invest more to take military action together. by doing this, we're not weak g weake

philip blumberg skewes dream of being drunk on power and said you don't shape europe by bullying europe. shit europe by building alliances this is what we saw in in previous decades with a very lively your rock well listen to on the your world stage it was so obvious that we were winning n. that we were united an official come on you are no united on russia policy on russia well since our policy and russia look at the normandy form and summit that we had in paris a few weeks ago what did get you we defended ukraine's rights we favored an exchange of prisoners which had not taken place for months and news and we are fully in line with the your property and position on ukraine crimea i don't buy that on the rest just the council on foreign relations that a lot of people claims sumac and didn't even inform them ahead of time when he sent his foreign and defense ministers to moscow last september seem to be part of an emerging pattern of unilateral actions should you say the same one angle america all good to moscow to meet with of lead in your putin know they are playing their role france

a europe i wish to see this is exactly the kind of europe where our founding fathers and mothers they founded the europe in the ashes of the 2nd world war so we as as we created new nations it was very painful to see how if you were only had national interests and self interests in mind how bad things could work out it was important to forge unions with one another. mutual trust and out of that mutual trust we have growth and strength and those of the years which we've been following for. decades so we have this community which has been created in strength and in peace and now today keeping in mind this invisible enemy these basic values of our union have been threatened we have to be able to trust one another we have to rely on one another we have to help each other through these hard times and at this moment it's our biggest obligation to save lives to save our way of living but at this time in the future and i hope it will be soon there will be a day when we will look to the future and then at that time we have to work together to create that future. and then we'll learn our lesson

for europe is he. that will then pressure the europeans to pressure nato to go in help syria or help turkey in syria is that what he's thinking i think that's the thinking yes and if you look at the wall and and statements from government officials and also pro-government pundits and also columnists in the last couple of weeks you see that actually you see this is the magic campaigning to get the support bought from them to and europe parts to give support to turkey i mean he's asking a lot from the europeans also from nato because we're talking about in northern syria now the turkish military facing off with a force that is backed by the russian military that would bring nato in direct conflict with russia possibly. possibly it old or i am not sure and i am also not sure at this point whether there is another better option in this i said basically there is no doll turkey is not a democratic country it has no hesitation to violate human italian principles so again has no his situation to use humanitari

well it seems like every news article from europe start with a sentence that 2020 is the new 2008 but it seems that at least one person it doesn't agree with me is the chief of the european central bank christine legarde i mean we have seen relatively measured efforts so far we have you learn more bond purchases and a little bit of adjustment on amending rates and we have actually seen quite a bit of a recovery over the last a during the trading that we have seen today with the markets going up as much as 7 percent but unfortunately for europe with this is just the beginning we are now in the beginning of march which is the equivalent of if you look at the route 100 elements equivalent of where china was in the middle of january we have only the beginning and we need to bear in mind that europe is extremely trade dependent perhaps even more than china and facing a pretty gloomy prospect in terms of 2020 in g.d.p. growth in the 1st place so we haven't really seen the worst yet ok i want to demystify some of the jargon of people talk about a bear market bears and bulls i know this is qu

of course, we are seeing empty shelves across europe, disputes over to i let shelves across europe, disputes over toilet rolls that we have seen people in australia fighting over that that how about america? up in seattle, not far from where i am speaking to you right now, they have limited public gatherings in certain counties to know more than 250 people at once. there is concern about quarantining people in new york and also allowing public gatherings in the nation's capital, washington, dc. we see clear signs of public buying, hand sanitising materials, toilet rolls and so on so a lot of concern here and that was a concern the president felt he had to address clearly tonight from the oval office. coming back to the headline news that the president is suspending of flies to europe. can he do this automatically or does he have to go through a political system, to go through a political syste m , get to go through a political system, get approval?|j to go through a political system, get approval? iwould imagine andi system, get approval? iwould imagine and i am not certain on this, i would

we know the situation in italy will determine how this affects all of europe. again attention turns back to italy or more people have died from the virus than in any other european country even within the walls of the vatican the 1st case has been detected. and now because italian passengers are on board the coast a fortune a cruise ship off the coast of thailand it was not allowed to dock. to sport now on the organizers of the tokyo 2020 elim picks have announced that all of the venues for this year's games are already even used were built for the summer olympics the quote extend that will host swimming and diving events and the national stadium will host the opening ceremony on july 24th the coronavirus has raised questions about whether the games will be postponed or even canceled but in recent days officials have insisted that the competitions will take place as shit. out of a country where women's progress was a long time coming south korea the nation now has its 1st a main female news anchor in a country with the world's 12th largest economy it's taken 7

this is a sympathetic europe, a europe expressing sympathy above all. this is a europe and a time for -- in a time of emergency which is resistant and acts in an unselfish manner. that is a europe i wish to see. that is exactly the kind of europe where our founding fathers and mothers -- they founded europe in the ashes of the second world war, so we, as we created new nations, it was painful to see how if you only had national interest and self interest in mind, how bad things could work out. it was important to forge unions with one another of mutual trust and out of that mutual trust, we have growth and strength, and those are the years we have been following for decades. we have this community which has been created in strength and in peace. now today, keeping in mind this invisible enemy, these basic values of our union have been threatened. we have to be able to trust one another. we have to rely on one another. we have to help each other through these hard times, and at this moment, it is our biggest obligation to save lives, to save our way of l

the alliance between europe and america will be strong if europe is strong. if we can genuinely protect our own interests in a dialog where we see ourselves as equals. it is a new situation. we have to come to the conclusions. we need to learn, and decide for ourselves. to propose solutions to our partners as well, not just wait for them to define a roadmap we can follow. being allies does not mean to be followers, it does not mean to be aligned, it means to work together and fulfill common goals that we have set for ourselves. it does not mean to cut our long ties and friendship with long-standing allies like the u.s.. to conclude as you see this agenda of sovereignty is not opposed to a transatlantic friendship. i've even said the contrary. i think president mike home as always said that the u.s. is and always will remain a large partner. a partner that we need and with whom we share the same values. i think we will stay transatlantic and we will become more european. it is not a but but it's in and. it goes together. take the example of european the sense.

bans nearly all travel from the europe to fight the spread of coronavirus presence truck blames new u.s. infections on european inaction fears over the virus are sent the global markets into freefall the program as europe becomes the new outbreak at the center will find out how people here in the german capital are dealing with the threat of chancellor merkel has walked that up to 70 percent of the population could become infected. and even picked in greece but will the flame make it to tokyo recovered 19 pandemic is feeling concerned that this summer's olympic games in japan could be delayed or even counsel. i'm still go welcome to the program the e.u. has criticized u.s. president donald trump's decision to ban nearly old travel from europe to the united states the 30 day bad affects countries inside europe's shenon passport free travel area and so excludes the u.k. and ireland the european commission said the decision had been taken unilaterally and without consultation has sent trump accuses the e.u. a failing to act quickly enough to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. until now

. >> those who seek to test europe's unity will be disappointed. we will hold the line and our unity will prevail. brent: eu commission president ursula von der leyen vowing to help greece to deal with thousands of refugees. greece has been blocking thousands of them trying to cross its border from neighboring turkey. as the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, we will meet a hong kong family that has been told to self bar. we will say how they and others like them are dealing with the isolation. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. we start tonight in the united states where millions of people are casting ballots in the country super tuesday primaries. it is the biggest day of the camping -- campaign calendar for the democratic candidates still left in the race for the presidential nomination. what's crucial about super tuesday is that 14 states are holding primaries today, under the system, the more votes a candidate gets in each state, the more delegates they are awarde

and the investment funds of europe do not allow it and if the whole of europe does not agree with this now it seems like that will be allowed now there was a meeting about 3 days ago among the european leaders they have yet to explicitly decide what the measures will really be and they've given themselves 2 weeks to decide even though italy and spain which are in the middle of the peak of their crisis well actually spain has yet to see it. have asked that to come faster italy has also proposed what had been proposed earlier. in also the former economic crisis for a shared a european bond they're calling it now corona bond to try and make the sound softer to the ears of countries like germany and austria and finland who of course would prefer to keep the state of the bonds as it is now so each state can sell their own bonds while italy and spain and now also micron from france has declared that there should be some sort of measures to allow the european union. european even if it was just for this crisis and so italy i think italy spain and other countries of the south of europe are wai

but does it actually mean that if we do not have a united europe on this, that europe could disintegrate? is this actually a make or break moment for europe? sandro: yes, it is. europe is at risk. , sinceiked in the moment the second world war, we have never faced such an important and deep crisis. you must secure the crisis and also keep in perspective already now, especially in the media run, deep social economic crisis. and at least the eurozone, not provide with a common answer. this is why we have to insist in the negotiation with the germans, because we do not want at thate -- it is moment. to nationalistic attitudes, or it can -- we are pushing for the second one. francine: thank you so much. too short time. joining us from paris, sandro gozi. the company says it has a balanced out look on demand with respect to the virus outbreak. this is a consumer goods company that says it is selling less products but selling more of the antibacterial stuff. joining us is lakshman narasimhan. thank you so much for joining us . you have a pretty balanced outlook. can you be more specific about

to has moved from china take your a so is europe ready holy you commissions head seems to think so and are seeing today almost unlimited funds to stem the economic damage and calling on the national governments to work with rather than against each other i'm phil graham in berlin and this is the day. europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic isn't given it's a german government is ready to do everything that is required it would happen if. this epidemic which affects all continents and this has all european countries it is the most serious health crisis that france has known for a century and you know. we're only in the 1st phase of the battle against the virus being fought by all countries of the world it is then. i am convinced that the european union can withstand these shocks. also coming over football to formula one the world of sports takes a time out says the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll. in mind some does it sound for we have to face up to our social responsibility together shown as beauties and as the chancellor says we have to face up to this extraordinary si

s o s europe the european idea is in crisis. if it's to have a future it will mean champions young champions meet foreign journalists who are countries. say they are fighting for the train. they stand a chance and they say the european idea. in 45 minutes on d w. is the human race destroying itself. we are moving the basic elements of our existence. we're using too much water and moving. water using life. we may think oh water supplies will last forever. but. when the rains stop. starts march 20th on g.w. . the new coronavirus has shaken global financial markets countless businesses are in jeopardy but the large scale shutdowns of factories and flight cancellations have an upside for the planet as shop reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of course that's only temporary and that's why the european union is working on implementing a new group.

but let's be honest europe has not been. dealing with my group of course which i hope this crisis will serve as a wake up call for everyone to assume. those are pretty stark words are saying europe has not been up to the task and he hopes this is a wake up call i mean it does really seem to highlight europe's inability to find a coherent solution to this i mean why has that been such an issue but this largely has been that opposition which i mentioned a few months ago from some member states within the european union but the the e.u. really has failed to bring through what it played straight and particularly when it comes to your helping to process incoming migrants incoming asylum seekers particularly to greece and a full 5 years ago they were promising that they would be able to help speed up that process instead west of the situation that we're seeing on the greek island of lesbos for example where people are facing months or years now waiting to be processed and there is a very difficult as well to negotiate within the e

mazel it in europe to. you know there is no difference between those images on the greece border and what the nazis did whenever they did it nazi camps you have seen the greeks do the same on behalf of the west as if they were paid public servants. so now i'm just looking at an op ed from the guardian were from present which is from 26 days when the well felt syria turkey stepped in and now all this must help phosphor to 2020 and this for the daily news you will share the burden of refugees how did and is present to make sure of that talking turkey has done enough or what next for turkey. well for me for sure when you look from ankara's perspective turkey has is full in hence then it has a bomb shell with almost 4000000 refugees including more than 3600000 syrian refugees and from caracas for specter anchors perspective the euro hasn't hasn't actually realize what they have promised to turkey in terms of political support in terms of financial support and their don has always been talking about this 3600000

europe both bad rickets in brussels chef and same in washington. italy which is suffering europe's biggest corona virus outbreak has further tightened restrictions to try and hold the pandemic extractor extending a northern travel ban to the whole of the country the government has now ordered the closure of all shops except grocery stores and pharmacies hoping that this will help contain the disease and alleviate the pressure on hospitals the health system in the country's north is struggling. hospital beds and intensive care units at full capacity medical staff working around the clock especially in lombardy like at milan sako hospital at the moment and luckily none of our nurses or doctors are in quarantine right now they're all working 12 hours a day to take care of our patients. with the flood of patients pushing italy's health care system to its limits prominent physicians have issued an urgent warning to the government. in only. i don't think we have the structures medical equipment doctors and nurses to cope with such a large number of sick

travel ban on flights from europe and it mirrors tough trading sessions in asia and europe where investors have signaled dissatisfaction with stimulus measures so far . the european union has criticized u.s. president donald trump's decision to ban nearly all travel from europe to the united states the 30 day ban affects countries inside europe's xing and passport free travel area and it excludes the u.k. as well as ireland the european commission said the decision had been taken unilaterally and without any consultation president trump is accusing the european union of failing to act quickly enough to prevent the spread of the coronavirus until now 3 us president downplayed the coronavirus but in a sudden escalation donald trump has announced new trustee measures to keep new cases from entering our shores we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. in his address charm cool the disease a foreign virus claiming that cases reaching the u.s. was seeded by european child lives. the e.u.'s lashed o

president's decision to ban all travelers from europe excluding the u.k. and ireland for the next 30 days was president mike pence says it was necessary as europe is now the epicenter of the pandemic the travel ban that only affects mainland european countries as we mentioned doesn't include island whose prime minister is currently meeting u.s. president trump live right because annual meeting coincides with celebrations for st patrick's day but it's been shortened due to the corona virus outbreak earlier he announced a raft of measures for ireland including school closures or trump says the u.s. is tackling the virus on a state by state basis. we're very much working with the states because you know the states are a smaller form of government they could control individual arenas an individual things better and it's different for different areas some areas have no problem one in our country and others so we're working with the governors of the various states and it's i think it's worth i think the relationship has been very well with gala fornia and some o

europe has now become the epicenter of the pundit me. the world health organization warns that not taking tough measures against the coronavirus would be a deadly mistake that's a spain prepares to enter a state of emergency the prime minister warns of more than 10000 coronavirus cases . and iran is said.

out on live with people sharing opposing hashtags such as greece attacks refugees angriest defense europe meanwhile hundreds of refugees are still trying to leave turkey despite the risks and i was. a bit of pressure sometimes from the turkish police they tell us you either leave here with smugglers or we take you back to istanbul but we're waiting here for an official decision we don't want to get smuggled in across illegally we're waiting for official decisions or deals to enable us to enter legally we don't want to do anything illegal you. see them is an al-jazeera correspondent in turkey she joins us from istanbul don't sara polis is an al-jazeera correspondent in greece he is just outside the greek capital athens and from athens we're joined by eva coast say she is a greece research at human rights watch hello everybody just goes up today we saw a couple of weeks ago these incredible scenes of refugees trying to cross from mainland turkey into mainland greece what is that border crossing like today. i mean i know fishel numbers for today so say that that i've got around 40 showers in

and europe? we may get a fiscal announcement, and it may not be shock and awess but at least it is something. do u.s. stocks go higher? mark: we cannot be certain which country will announce the muster medic stimulus. there is still more top we may get something out of europe. beh of europe seems to handling the crisis quite well. advances in testing and quarantines. you have the backdrop of insurance and health costs. ande get some very strong comprehensive package out of the u.s., you are right, that will matter. but it will probably change the dynamic again within 48 hours as we get new coronavirus news, stimulus from other countries. guy: what are investors saying about when you get in? some ofyou start to put the money you have on the sidelines to work in risk assets? what is the trigger for that? mark: that is the big dilemma in the markets at the moment. investors were saying last night, from a personal pension, i think this is the time where you drip feed. when you are trading in a pond,

europe really needed an all for one spirit too many initially gave only for me response and when europe really needed to prove that this is not only a fair weather union too many initially refused to share their umbrella europe is now really stepping up but the people of europe are watching what happens next and we all know what is at stake what we do now mattress for today as well as for the future and we all welcome the news that hospitals and sex anees took patients from lumber day while others from the grandest in fast and now bearing being treated in the gandu she and luxemburg this only goes to prove. that it only it is only by helping each other that we can help ourselves. the european commission president as the bond ally and they're saying this well we can all work together to help one another in europe it does seem that britain has said no to that offer of help they're going to go it alone but also standing out in the european parliament in brussels on thursday was the french any p manon or bre now what she didn't just stand out because of her let's face it frankly quite cultu

the capital markets in europe. alix: what is the risk that we just stay here for a long time? we have five year breakevens, 10-year breakevens, real rates under 1% or negative. we have the curve continuing to steepen, yet we have rates plummeting to all these record levels. if we stayed here for a long time, what happens to psychology? does that fundamentally change where we had? -- where we head? megan: it does, and it depends on your explanation for why rates are so low. if it is low growth prospects, i think there's a good chance we will be stuck here for a long time. the term premia had already collapsed, so they are quite low as well. i think the scenario you point out or that you paint is quite likely. does that change psychology? much more mix it difficult to play on the fixed income space, so it does feel like a pretty unsafe space for a lot of investors. just spoke at a pension conference, and someone said you should treat your 401(k) right now like your face. just don't touch it. i think that is probably

before them of europe. like our earlier very aggressive actions with china this measure will save countless lives. i appreciate the number of the folks behind me a large number of the people behind me said that that saved a lot of lives that early to his ignition but it is only the beginning of what we're really doing in now where in a different phase we had some very old and obsolete rules that we had to live with it worked under certain circumstances but not under mass circumstances they were there for a long time they were in place for a long time and we're breaking them down now and they're very usable for certain instances but not for this to unleash the full power of the federal government that the sefer today i am officially declaring a national emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000 dollars of very importantly for important and a large amount of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against this disease in furtherance o

guy: here in europe, i wonder if we have coordination here. the commission can do so much and then it's down to individual states. how much agreement is there even within europe about which direction the economic response should go? >> there doesn't seem to be that much agreement or coordination up until the day before when christine lagarde was on the call and said this could be a 2008 style crisis unless we take action now. after that we saw the ecb and germany coming today with what the government said was a bazooka. beyond that, we have not seen the details of this plan. we are past the stage where someone says we are going to coordinate and people take note. they want to see the details. in the u k, there has been one exception of a coordinate case. said, the bank of england they were briefed on the details of the budget before the emergency rate cut. that is something that has never happened before. the bank of england was not in the blind, acted, knowing what the government was going to do. the ecb didn't know, arguably still doesn't. w