for europe. otherwise the project would fail. he worked in creating a single currency for europe, the euro, and that is a significant legacy. this challenge to all of us is that we have to provide greater meaning for europe now. mr. varadkar: promise of a better future as motivated people to work for the european ideal since the beginning. speaking in this chamber today, i m reminded of one of the greatest figures in irish politics, and one of the greatest figures in politics from northern ireland, john hume,'s birthday it is tomorrow and who served as a member of this great parliament for 25 years. he spoke many times about symbolism of the bridge not too far from here connecting strasburg to kel just across the border in germany. he spoke how easy and ordinary it was to walk across the bridge, and given europe's dark history how remarkable and from out that ordinaryness was. john hume saw a model for how a lasting peace, however improbable, could be fostered and built. he saw how that model of

and the future of europe. may be different cultures should be taken more into account because greek has a specific certain skills three culture it's a different from the italians from the swedish people so. her chair on the difference this should be taken into making process and should be respected. the debate in europe goes on and these young people here to contribute to it. to corporate news now in u.s. chip making giant qualcomm will have to pay a close to a billion euros an anti-trust penalties to the european union the e.u. as competition commission or m i got into fest august said qualcomm paid apple to use its chips exclusively in its i phones and i pads that means the company illegally excluded rivals from the market for l.t.e. baseband chipsets for at least five years ensuring its own market don its. and more troubles at general electric ahead it posted a whopping ten billion dollar loss in a five percent decline in revenue last quarter the poor performance was driven by a fifteen billion dollars char

i'm my first missy he said france is back france is back it's a cool for europe. because we'll never have any friends since this is without a europe instances hard said france is back everyone's talking about that quote max he said france is back at the core of europe was there with of france first in that message you know he draws on patriotism of course because the french like to be still but the gong still they are patriotic but just know what simon just mentioned he spoke in english i don't recall any french president really doing that with at an important speech in the past so that shows you he is not in the spirit of america first that's propagated by the trumpet ministration that represents a closed model that presents bilateral relationships he represents an open model of globalisation if it's done right multilateralism i just mentioned it so i would say the two could probably not be much farther apart. simon did you miss anything in until america holes speech what did she not say we have. talks about free trade in about combating of protectionism and nati

shortest way into europe. to stop them europe was build a double barbed wire fence it's a modern version of the great wall of china and more recently the berwyn wall while those walls relied on height and guards to keep outsiders at but a spanish fans bristles with electronic surveillance gear but the purpose is the same. offense it replaced much lower was too easily breached with the result bad for the truly desperate souter became a stepping stone into continental europe. underworld spirit. of. smart i wonder. if being you know. the. difficult it is. those who still charms their luck wait in the surrounding forests but if court they are transported back to their countries of origin by the moroccan north qualities. now though there are a growing demand for a more constructive approach to bring about a lasting solution to the problem of illegal immigration. sort of for a time and even to drop by say for. a few because i don't think i think i said that he said i go there so i see a gun to the head what i mean.

to manage to seclude score a point or bring her over to their side on europe or the rest of europe has said oh this is a breakthrough for europe germany said well we'll consider micron's proposal that's all they've said so this is our big i mean to the people of europe wanted this grand plan that schultz is talking about a federal european state within eight years i don't know who else wants that around europe among the european the other countries the neighboring countries the member countries and european ordinary european voters don't they don't want to buy into this vision that martin short is. to go out there and take out no i don't think so and he's talking about the united states of europe was mccomas talking about we need to make we need to integrate the euro zone i think on the corners talk where we need to get momentum back into the european union since break that we've just been sitting around saying what is the future so i think his idea is if you start talking about moving the european union forward on again or the euro zone we're back on track i don't know whether that's

europe? that was a new development in basically the post roosevelt era. barring that, there could have been a sharing of power among the great powers continuing into -- well into the postwar. that kind of collaboration would have required regular meetings by the leaders themselves. sergey: i fully agree with this assessment. pacific, there looks like there is fantastic cooperation, including discussion with korea. the tension is in eastern europe. the u.s. is a new player there. with regard to eastern europe and stalin's plans and his yard free -- and history on the fray. ofere is a semblance multiparty systems that were not allowed. eventually, they arrived to the idea that the only way is to say this is ours and this is yours. and the full gamut of things from party control to the end of the free elections. with thatt start idea, that they believed in the power of come in's ideas. with communist movement was on the rise. they couldn't compete with the marshall plan. ideologically, they were

the legal prize of europe and would surely almost certainly end in the expulsion from the kinds of europe all of which of course could be dismissed as despite ings of a novice minister if it had not been for the fact that his much more expense predecessor calls for effectively the same thing before other events overtook michael fallon and ended his ministerial career. the prime minister herself has been thought to favor the ending of the jurisdiction of the strasbourg court or with a traditional systems of the united kingdom indeed it is thought that her own preferred policy would have been to the mean in the european union and exit the kinds of europe rather than exiting the good opinion and remaining in the council of europe ironically it is breadth that which has secured the u.k. within the stroudsburg institutions as even some fervent director tears believe that staying within the council of europe emphasizes the point that the u.k. is leaving the european union and not europe but how do you kill really reached a level with an institution forced out of the fires and carnage of world w

europe. it can be defined by law, and much more rules defined by the consensus. , much more adapted to your business environment and for reallocation. it is much more productive at home. and i think it is very much waited for. acceleration and flexibility is also a series of microeconomic reforms. and that is what we are betting energy, housing, transportation, , andder to reduce the plus at this sector. that is why we have that for me. it is competitiveness. on one side, productivity on the other side. why? a lot of people, balance will come. jobs.n create a lot of [indiscernible] ,f we can create a lot of jobs we pass a series of reforms in order to accelerate this group strategy. especially reducing co2 emissions. close all of these stations by 2021 during this mandate. [applause] it will step up the fight. with the project, now writing in france. and i would say, it's about change. this cultural change is now a preference for simplification. france has a preference for regulation and taxe

would say for people in europe especially in western europe who support the transatlantic relationship and want it to continue because you have a lot of which is most people and you know just maybe most people but you have mainstream people also in germany and in the s.p.d. in the social democratic party for example saying you know we really need to rethink this whole relationship and look at our options and put wind in the sails i would say to people who might have been a little bit skeptical of the relationship with america to begin with this is one of your special fields. i'd like to say that. as much as i agree that he's erratic in the foreign policy area too we do see continuity is and we do see a lot of care here and the ideology behind it is very coherent and it has been put out and their early in the presidency by herbert mcmaster and gary cohen an op ed for the washington post saying that. portraying the world as an arena of competing actors and they have been going on with that they have been looking at the world like that ever since and it also shows in the national security

s foreign policy chief europe was built on the idea that walls have to fold down europe was built on the idea of coming together. more refuges and migrants traveling around the wards within africa within asia than those that are coming to europe this to say we have europeans to put things in perspective and to realize that it is not only a european phenomenon it is a global move. starting from wars conflicts poverty natural disasters climate change it is the war that is going in that direction people move out of desperation out of hope and we have to learn how to manage this. without a political solution in sight migrants and refugees remain undeterred taking on increasingly dangerous routes into europe. when we where in that border in the same i was standing on one leg and raising my son on the other one to in order to get him up from the water because the water was still here. in. the corner. being located outside that western centric sphere of influence we're able to bring a different perspective to global that it's when you peel away the list the cove the military and the financi

surely it was about europe as well, and the structure of europe. secondly, i think one of the reasons was precisely an organisation of our european union probably which goes too far in terms of freedom without cohesion, towards the free market without any rules and any conversions, and i have to say that your government had some responsibilities in it. too neoliberal, perhaps? ten years ago, they were purely free market without any regulation. because all of your people saying, "the hungarian workers or the polish workers are much more favoured than i am," it was exactly the debate we had in france 10—15 years ago against some directives that a lot of your government pushed at the time saying, guys, you are not free market. i do believe in the free market, i do believe in a market economy, but we need regulation and convergence, which means that what we lost in recent years in europe, that's the convergence and solidarity message. it is no longer sustainable to have some countries taking cohesion funds, money from the european union, in order to

you know the discussion we we've seen in europe for the last. was last year and both if you think we have to replace threw up in the world and so that was one part of the of the strategy first part is was to to recover rather stronger growth and second part is to say we have an important partner for everyone in the world because we are very high productivity level we are very rich very productive in europe so we have to. keep our place are not being. as we saw in the past strong economy partner but very little part therefore on put it on side not feeling like a model or saying this is our conversation we're talking about the sort of ideas you talk about it's not just a conversation european countries are having we're seeing real differences are we not in the approach to china some of the countries in the south of europe which are recipients to substantial amounts of chinese investments for example of a different take on china related issues than their counterparts in the north of europe right yes we i don't say we clearly are the. country by cou

sure this is due to the news coming to you live from berlin europe comes under fire for its human rights record human rights watch slams the e.u. for its efforts to keep agressor jews but there's some truth to those taking a stand against populism others exceeding the rights groups european director also coming up. they've been treated entirely it's a bombastic boasts and shadowed norms the world has experienced a new one europe donald something the white house and what the bo dick says it depends on who you are ask. us a journey into the longest underwater caves on the planet so we traveled down to east to mexico for i'm looking dude deb's revealing clears up an ancient civilization that wants to read supreme. being. or an. how to live on the touchy about a very warm welcome to you. the e.u. has been slammed for its treatment of refugees and asylum seekers the new human rights watch report highlights europe's efforts to prevent fresh arrivals in two thousand and seventeen and it criticizes the union for its reliance on non countries to stem the flow of people reaching europe the number

this is the video is coming to you live from berlin europe comes under fire for its human rights record human rights watch slams the e.u. poison efforts to keep out migrants but there's some traces of those taking a stand against populism all of this succeeded and the loss of rights groups of the european director those are coming up or indeed on who goes all high on one of them got to go home states that voted donald trump into the white house as he approaches one year in office do this still believe used of right man to lead america. because of joining into the longest underwater kiva on the planet we travel down to east to mexico for a new look into it submerged cabins in the building traces of ancient civilization the. color of a will welcome to you i'm. e.u. has been slammed for its treatment of migrants and asylum seekers a new human rights watch report highlights europe's efforts to prevent fresh arrivals in two thousand and seventeen and it criticizes the union for its reliance on known e.u. countries to stem the flow of people reaching europe the number of migrant arrivals by s

europe countries beyond europe sporters so it has been a wide range of topics that the german chancellor touch upon but she says we need to learn our lesson from history and we need to show that we have learned this lesson and of course he was touching on the overarching theme off this summit which is creating a shared a future and a fraction well do you think what she said actually met the expectations of the delegates at the world economic forum in davos. yes i believe so because she was not only focused on germany or on a specific economic topic for that matter she did touch several issues as i mentioned economic issues political issues the topic of foreign policy and i think it is it is a coherent approach it is a common approach that people want to hear about here and it will be interesting to see if the remarks that the chancellor made for for one reason will resonate with the people here and also will be met by the french president a monolith mccraw who is due to speak here later ron christie with colbert in done well thank you very much for bringing us up to did with the latest f

is this a problem for europe? translationadline is an issue to look at for companies, but on the other hand, europe and the u.k., good at leveraging. whether central bank would be weaker. theseholding down euro-dollar and sterling on the trade weighted levels. now, the hope of the demand remains strong. that helps with volume growth and on a national level. can i make a suggestion? in greenve the pound in the euro in blue, each country has a color that would make the spaghetti chart easier to understand. [laughter] that is just my chart suggestion of the day. i want to ask about inflation. now we have heard from kuroda. maybe there was loss of translation in davos about getting back on target. there seems to be a global phenomenon. how does inflation in fact stocks -- impact stocks? back to the comment i made about the yields in general. inflation expectations are still relatively muted. a strong backed up in terms of demand, if you have got employment that is robust, if you have got commodities that stay at rebou

but there could be a shared sense of europe. i believe we could have a stronger sense of belonging in europe like what you have in the us when i leave many people had a much stronger connection to their country and that's not something we have in europe even less so in germany i believe the sense of feeling european isn't really there. and the future of europe. are going to be more about i'm nothing. special but i think. we do all of these movements we're going in the wrong direction here we need to find a place where diplomacy if we respect each other maybe different cultures should be taken more into account because greek has a specific certain. culture it's a different from the italians from the swedish people so. her chair on the difference this should be taken into making process and should be respected. as a debate in europe goes on and these young people here to contribute to it. if you want to fix your economy employ women that's what canadian prime minister just introduced w.f. in his davos address he stressed the impor

he said ayed hardball with europe. he said thei hardball with europe. he said the eu rdball with europe. he said the eu is jall with europe. he said the eu is not with europe. he said the eu is not all h europe. he said the eu is not all it europe. he said the eu is not all it is rope. he §to be, i is f"; saysmtfii‘ " " w z is f"; says he 5 'z 'z l :.. it is not really a snub. he says he has been invited, theresa may has invited him twice to britain and everybody is saying did we know about this? is it true? fake news! because as we know, there have been suggestions that there would be protests a nd suggestions that there would be protests and various other things, and also in this, this is an interview he has done with piers morgan, and in it he praises macron and says how he really likes them and says how he really likes them and they went up the eiffel tower. and the wife, he likes the wife is specially. he likes the wife, they closed everything and it was fantastic. i supposed it is the contrast between saying theresa may should have done this,

euro zone here you are the euro area and europe its. main trading partner for many countries in the world so the recovery in europe is important for everyone from the u.s. to africa to asia and that's what we have to keep in mind all right but made it clear doesn't just want more business with china he wants more business and trade on a more equal footing does europe have the leverage though to force more equal access to chinese markets well i think that the it was the first step in the european strategy you know it when we when we look at twelve trades champions the u.s. china and europe and we have seen in recent months with donald trump the u.s. for follow not for those now or more if that is that are surely if the strategy so we have to. draw a new a.q. berea between china and europe and that's what one part of. micro strategy in china to say europe is now an important trade partner for to sign off and we have to discuss to find a new way kubrick so that was the first part. the second part it was about risky procedure the thing you

europe is one of them. that triggers a need and a willingness on behalf of management to invest in their businesses what's different this time around is investment is not going towards capacitied ay ei a a additions but efficiency gains geared towards technology in areas within software and equipment upgrades that's positive for more of a disinflationary growth cycle to continue >> you expect that to happen in europe or globally >> this is a global phenomenon we're seeing it across the whole pine bridge network from the bottom up. analysts are hearing this across the board. an example is in japan where we see a flurry of investment activity taking hold it's a global trend. in europe it's coupled with mo e traditional capex and construction areas as well >> does that make you more positive on tech stocks? there's been chatter about the performance of fa.a.n.g.s in 2017, but based on what you said you would still want exposure to tech stocks. >> that's a good question. we do think technology is well placed to

it will crumble bearing dreams of a united europe with. mr howard thank you very much for being with us today so much to discuss regarding europe and what's going on in the european union right now so you were actually instrumental in bringing your country to the european union and you are a very pro e.u. figure. lately we have high profile voices for instance germany sigman gabrial. care they're actually calling to set up a euro zone finance ministry just streamline all the foreign policy decisions to have panel european elections in your opinion as united states of europe what you were aiming for when you were bringing your country to the european union no i i don't think that that is the right call in these circumstances and i think we need a stronger european union but it's very important that the union will and i was very carefully what are those areas where integration these are really needed and economic growth potential creation of common market seeing real single market it's not yet fully completed environmental protection. and se

breached these these conventions in this ulick europe it is very difficult to find. rules that can be applied immediately from vostok to tool to to to greenland and so every every member state and every parliament and every government has the right to decide whether or when around when to join a convention it's a far more flexible system than the european union that's that's one rule for all and we now have seen that also creates problems and even gave the majority of the. vote just. the conviction that they had to do to get out of the european union the system of the council field is far more flexible but as you as you probably say to implement it is not easy and verdicts of the european court on human rights day are binding and indianans and most member states do do indeed live up to their obligations it takes a lot of time and we have some some bad customs see turkey as a bad customer at this moment russia always has been a bad. customer ukraine but also italy and sometimes the united kingdom they do not do what they have promised to do to sanction the verdicts of

in germany or in europe but in the u.s. on almost every time trump tweets because there's a cairo and there's a discussion around it. and then also is the case online and i think the print. produced papers which are obviously aimed at the longer form newspapers and better about trying to touch allies into it all right editor in chief of the columbia journalism review joining us tonight from new york thank you very much thanks for having me. turkey's incursion into northern syria is in danger of escalating that's has rockets fired from within syria landed in turkey killing two people and wounding several others for he's present the arab won has also vowed to expand his army's offensive east words where they risk approaching u.s. forces stationed in syria u.s. president donald trump warning turkey against that move as the fighting intensifies . the shattered turn of yielded evidence of the force that turkey has brought to be enough turkey's government is determined to press on with olive branch which to them has been a succes

around europe, largely kind of down markets. remember we have had five days up for the london market. it's flatlining at the moment. we will see how we close out, but at the moment the theme seems to be negative. australia broke a five day winning streak. the s&p, up six days in a row. yesterday, decent rotation on the back of the bond market moves. what is happening in tech at the moment will determine what the year will look like. after four consecutive years about performance, can it continue? right now leading tech manufacturers are battling at ces to impress investors, journalists and ultimately consumers. we were talking about this during the break. does it have a lithium battery in this ere? because the the airline makes you take it out. let's talk about tech, away from ces and the razzle dazzle. will tech continue to have a great run in 2018? do i need to be more concentrated in the way i hold tech? you are saying other areas, semis, etc, they might not have such a great year. mark: i think over all technology is not as

and europe but he played a big role in that the united states has been. a partner in creating that rule based system i'm afraid that. through air force and especially language president trump has been using. i'm not that confident that the contribution of the united states to that rule based system is as relevant as it has been. let's talk about european trent's worrying transpiration as i know that according to related state of. that. european union may be facing at demographical crisis and the near future i mean your neighbors what the baltic states and their numbers have probably i mean really dropped drastically and a lot of people are actually thinking twice between actually if we're actually getting pregnant so i'm thinking is admitting refugees going to actually help revitalize the aging workforce i think the fact is that the fundamental issues that people are living longer and that means that that unless you're certain it is an issue people are living longer that means that that the whole economy system that has been based on the idea that that we

ask myself what europe stands for if the e.u. doesn't define itself through the recognition of human rights as one of the then it's just a financial union. and if it's just a financial union i don't need an a plus you're pretty i'd rather expel states from the e.u. they don't respect the rights of migrants and send migrants away if you notice but we did it when you go. in june twenty seventeen a un report once again highlighted the fact that migrants were being subject to grave human rights abuses in libya including executions torture deprivation of food and water and encipherment. nonetheless italy continues to pursue the agreement with libya and even got backing from the european heads of state in government. they met with opposition from some members of the european parliament who wanted an internal european solution for the problem i spoke to the co-chair of the greens in the european parliament scott keller and asked her the reason for this approach. starts unlike you and says the heads of state and government are trying to

and europe have you played a big role in that the united states has been. a partner in creating that rule based system i'm afraid that that. true if forwards and especially language president trump has been using. i'm not that confident that the contribution of the united states to that rule based system is as relevant as it has been. let's talk about european trent's worrying transpiration as i know that according to the latest data. that european union may be facing at demographical crisis in a near future i mean your neighbors with the baltic states and their numbers have problems i mean really dropped drastically and a lot of people are actually thinking twice between actually if we're actually getting pregnant so i'm thinking is admitting refugees going to actually help revitalize d. aging workforce i think the fact is that the fundamental issues that people are living longer and that means that there's a misuse or it is an issue people are living longer that means that that the whole economy system that has been based on the idea that that we can surv

the populist parties in europe. threats for departure from the european union has marked a historic turning point. one of the reasons so many british voted to leave the european union was a fear of immigration. in austria, a right-wing nationalist government has formed as in hungary and poland. all three share a mistrust of what they call brussels bureaucracy, a fear of islam and a desire for isolationism. populists are now driving the political agenda in many european countries. also, politicians are talking publicly about a conservative revolution within a visit us on homeland, family, and christian values. is donald trump the leading figure of this new shift to the right? donald trump: america first. what is theew, overlap between donald trump, trumpism, and far right populism in europe? matthew: the overlap is that many of the same forces that drove donald trump into office are also present in europe and has been for some time. this backlash against globalization for example, the worry about migration and the re

worth building is a europe worth defending. the threats we face in the 21st century include cyber tear arism uncontrolled mass migration and human trafficking. we want to be involved in european actions in all of these. we definitely can't do it all on our own. participating in u.n. peace keeping operations and defense policy operations and we are not members of nato. so we will participate in a way that is consistent with those traditions as other countries will too. president, i believe the europe of the future must do four things. first of all weicide continue to do what we currently do well. secondly we should focus on the big new challenges facing europe and its citizens. third, we should devolve some powers back to member states, municipalities and member regions and engage more citizens in direct democracy. ireland, as you know has moved from being a net ben fishiary to one that is now a net contributor. nonetheless, we're opening to contributing more but only things that contribute to the advancement of the european dea

guy: what about europe? mark: the europe story is still very positive. i am concerned to how the trading is long at the moment and i think the story is very talked about. everyone is saying the u.s. has done a lot of their hiking and are well through the cycle and europe will start taping -- tapering. i'm not convinced. the euro will be slightly volatile. i wouldn't be particularly bullish here. i don't think it is that exciting this year. people are getting on too late. guy: let's take some of that and have a little fun with it. is consensus trade is asia going to do well, emerging market currencies will do well. are you on board with that? they have come out of the gate strongly. is that a reason to sell them, said run away from january? a historical basis, what you tend to find is at the beginning of the year, the currencies that do best turned a first month of the year tend to sell off during the rest of the quarter. that is a historical basis. one thing to bear in mind is the positioning, as well. exciting, the most trades tend to be the one that lo

we see an increase in europe. -- will see an increase in europe. jack flherty and robert tipp and marilyn watson will stay with us. ae front end up nine on 10-year notice. from new york, still ahead, the final spread. coming up next. this is "bloomberg real yield." ♪ jonathan: this is "bloomberg real yield." it is time for the final spread. you have great decisions from the bank of japan. rate decisions from the bank of japan. also next week, you have another and gdp ratesngs, from the united states and the united kingdom. robert tipp, marilyn watson, and jack flaherty. this is small widening we have seen, almost across the board -- jack -- robert: there is a lot to work through in terms of the impact of the changes in the tax law. jonathan: what have we learned so far on the tax bill? you able to establish a view on high-yield at this point? jack: the very lowest run of high-yield -- rung of high-yield can be hurt. jonathan: doesn't it mean restoration on the overall index on the it mean less overall index? >> they are bringing money back. that

made very clear proposals about what germany now wants to see europe do more investment in europe this is something that social democrats have been pushing for for a long time right now i see it in our second monitor here right now the head of germany's unions is speaking at and he undoubtedly will be saying they have been supporting going ahead with coalition to go and he undoubtedly will be reiterating the same message if we don't take care of the european house then the german house will not flourish either and this position paper that they're voting on includes some very real concessions to the s.p.d. on e.u. policy starting with that investment program but minimum wage across europe very very crucial to set a floor under wages to prevent wage dumping and to prevent competition between e.u. member countries in a race to the bottom very important provision we've also seen a very very clear sense that there needs to be a stability fund that will help indebted countries that will help them get back on their feet again a real move in a different direction from that that we saw under fi

to stop them europe is build. a double barbed wire fence it's a modern version of the great wall of china and more recently the birdland wall while those walls relied on height and guards to keep outsiders of a spanish fans bristles with electronic surveillance gear but the purpose is the same. offensive replaced much lower was too easily breached with the result battle for the truly desperate saulteaux became a stepping stone into continental europe. and the words. of my morning. smart. being you know. the. difficult is. those who still charms their luck wait in the surrounding forests but if course they're transported back to their countries of origin by the moroccan or qualities. now though there are a growing demand for a more constructive approach to bring about a lasting solution to the problem of illegal immigration. throughout time and even to drop by say. what you have. i said. i see a gun i go ahead. on that i feel that it is just awful you know this appropriate bicycle nothing i'm going to get out of a

and are you putting more in europe to hedge your bets? we don't feel we have to hedge our bets, because we are already located in both, and it is not a brass plated operation. but i do know that some of our peers and much of the banking community has to deal with this ina banking community has to deal with this in a much more cogent way. and i think this in a much more cogent way. and ithink in this in a much more cogent way. and i think in general what seems to be going on is a kind of worst—case planning, in case this doesn't work out very well for the uk, we have to be in both places. thank you for your time this morning, it is good to get another perspective on all of this. and of course, we will keep you right across how philip hammond gets on, how david davis gets on in germany, as well as theresa may and her discussions with leaders in finance. canada has filed a wide—ranging complaint against the us at the world trade organisation, accusing it of breaking international trade rules. the us has called the claims unfounded. it co

well people here in davos think that her speech will focus on europe on how to make europe stronger how to move the continent forward and the thing is. has been hamstrung to communicate her vision of how to create such and such a vision of europe by the grueling efforts to form a government we have to keep in mind it's been four months since the general elections in germany and there's still no government in germany so this is the one aspect the second aspect is she is expected to somewhat stay in the shadow of emmanuel mccall and donald trump who will of course deliver the final address here in davos on friday but i'm going to america doesn't mind keeping a low profile as we know she has been a leader that likes to convince by actions rather than public announcements so do you think the fact that she comes in the midst of political uncertainty here in germany with nor new government insight at all if i'm having an impact on how she's being viewed by other leaders there. well there is a nervousness that that is remaining around the fact that well will she be able to form a successful go

how is europe going to keep this still alive. well the european part is this deal several days ago had a very important meeting in brussels where they came out with a unified message that they are going to remain committed to this deal and that importantly so long as iran carries on its part of the bargain they will do their best to deliver on the deal as it was envisioned or originally now i think everyone in europe understands and acknowledges it's going to be very difficult to keep the deal going if the united states backtracks so their effort for the next four months which is this deadline that their closest ally in the u.s. has issued to them their main efforts are going to be to keep the u.s. administration on board with the deal and find some sort of a solution that accommodates both iran's needs and the u.s. needs but if need be there you need to also consider contingency plans to keep this still together absent the united states to just be clear because for the next hundred twenty days trying to keep the u.s. on side rat

soldiers in europe with such controversial a commander in chief in washington many people in europe are wondering is america still a reliable partner. john or ben hodges welcome to conflict zone thanking show republican senator bob corker the head of the foreign relations committee of the u.s. senate said president donald trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to a third the world war do you agree. well course as a soldier my job is to make sure that our soldiers are as well prepared as they can be for whatever contingency. should arise our focus is on deterrence. working as part of the alliance most successful alliance in the world in history the world so but senator bob corker said if we want to speak more about this vote that the president of the united states is today more a danger than a help for peace i mean again i don't know trump threatens other nations in such a way it could lead to with third world war two you agree with that i think that the president has done everything that the previous administration said it was going to do the president and this admini

insisting that there can be no success for france without a successful europe. simon young it does sound as chance of a president. moving the same direction well absolutely as max says you know there's a lot more detail in president macro speech front says back angela merkel saying you know germany hasn't gone away yes of course it's been a lot of negative talk about angola medical's a position of perhaps fading status on the international stage some people have suggested as a result of these very protracted attempts to find a need government here in germany and that obviously prevents angle of medical prevented her and her speech of iran today from going into a lot more detail but there is some mention for instance even in the preliminary coalition agreement if i can mention that about reforms of europe about restarting the european cooperative effort and that was totally the focus of the medical speech only it's dates looking about cooperation on banking on the climate and in particular also a focus on the digital economy and on security policies and a whole r

to travel around the boundaries of europe and seven months back while stefan and us mission of course the german photographer took his camera with him on this journey to portray people living along the border of fifteen european countries based in the motorhome he traveled more than thirty one thousand kilometers for the photo project far from brussels the resulting book and exhibition show people who live far away from the political center of europe let's have a look. these are the faces of europe captured on camera in stark black and a key expression straight into the camera. which is why i wanted to say something about europe as well this was a time when people didn't really talk about europe like they do now the burning questions weren't so present yet and what you saw was what i wanted to show you and i quickly realized that i didn't want to make it about all the places that everyone already knows i didn't want to go to the big cities like berlin and paris or brussels from i want to look at normal life on the borders of europe and the title far from brussels. stephanie it is a pr