right and the european union is not saying don't do such or. such are huge violation of the rule of law now this is the most interesting part that this could have never been told that the german in berlin this could have never been tolerated yes european officials mention this at no point while at this point here are not officially a member of a european every month they have an excuse of not interfering in into the affairs all obeyed they came into the theater because there are certain chapters which set certain standards that the aspiring countries has to fulfill and those shots are 22242324 it's long been believed that the enlargement policy has dual objectives democratizing eastern european countries as well as fulfilling the e.u. foreign policy agenda one element of which is to keep russia at bay to keep its influence minimized and yet i get it from your writing that it it's not always working as intended and sometimes they say and to russians trick is actually contributing to the rise of autocratic leaders and these toleration of the lack

czech republic poland are the members of the european union right now and you. capture there are you also. the theater nation of other very important to have established member they're not able to solve this there of course then they are not able to solve this in the western balkans when this is running much much larger scale. in this country it's always been a bit counter to many observers that former soviet satellites like bulgaria romania poland became members of the european union before the constituent parts of former and on the line yugoslavia having looked at how those various countries measure against the yardstick are you sure that it's always been a function of janey and democratic or economic development rather than let's say geo political expediency i would say that is one of the geopolitics in this process and of course the european union wants to bring to take in these countries become some kind of shields. other countries especially russia maybe some some other countries but i think the. in 1809 when the berlin wall came down i think that the duri

because we are all equal members of the european union our interest is to make do european union united and strong again the question is how to get there there are 2 basic approaches one approach. should make a brussels strong and in the meantime the member states this concept called like a concept of the united states of europe which we totally reject and oppose our concept is different because it's fitting that the e.u. can only be stronger again if the member states are getting stronger and stronger so for us a strong european union must be based on strong member states member states which are proud of their national identity and we stick to the. historic cultural heritage i think this debate this question particularly evident when it comes to the issue of migration and what strikes me is that i think much of that debate is rather not only in attitudes towards the present policies but also in the past the e.u. was set up as a project that is specifically aimed at avoiding a certain kind of past germany's past 1st and foremost don't you think that it's perhaps institutionally set up t

make european union strong again but i really do believe that if you want to make european union stronger that needs a good cooperation with the united states so i rather instead of making fantasies about whom to choose i have to concentrate on the successful negotiations between the u.s. and the european union now we talked about the ears and evelyn's about smaller countries dealing with china but the top administration is far more hawkish when it comes to corporation of the beijing and they are reframing it from an economic issue into a security issue and as a member of nato how much room for maneuver do you think hungry has in dealing with china you know in this regard i'm always very honest with my american friends and counterparts as well i myself supervise intelligence as well as foreign minister of foreign affairs minister and so far. i have not received information as we. would have. obstacles on the way of our economy. of the american intelligence i'm sure the you're american or there's. no. evidence is. trying to whoever else or anyone else. or risk our national security. or wha

cross into the european union already in greece so for the european union which is given 2000000000 euros to greece to deal with migrants. to then say well we're just hoping that the authorities in a bosnian canton or in a few bosnian cantons are going to be able to deal with a crisis that the e.u. itself is currently unable to address or unwilling to address in a humanitarian way on the greek islands or in hungary or indeed on the question border for the e.u. to then lecture the bosnians is not going to be very effective what we need is not lectures what we need is a strategy and the only strategy that could work is one that reduces the number of people coming into bosnia by for example restarting relocation of people who need protection and to get protection from greece directly to even member states as was done for one of the half years in 2017 and of course returning people who do not need protection in europe from greece to turkey so the solution to the crisis in bihar. cannot really be found in bosnia that sort of what do you make of what you've heard so far why has bosnia bee

union is specially investing into the future of the european union and germany has been very reluctant over the last year and this is a big problem and that's why we for example propose that they have to be a big fun course in the european union investment of infrastructure but also making the banking system secure against the next crisis. and to engage also in the question of agricultural policy where most of the money goes into it and that's coming form and looking ahead now it's the 1000000 euro question right now do you see yourself as the next chancellor of germany on all this is not already paid because we don't even have the election coming up it's supposed to be . 2021 and we focused on the question which on the table right now thank you very much. all right let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world at least one person has been killed during protests in iran the interest erupted after a surprise decision by the government to raise fuel prices by 50 percent and introduce rationing protestors blocked traffic in tehran while in other parts of

union especially investing in sure the future of the european union and germany has been very reluctant over the last year and this is a big problem and that's why we for example propose that they have to be a big fun person the european union investment of infrastructure but also making the banking system secure against the next crisis. and to engage also in the question of agriculture policy where most of the money goes into it and that's. right in form and looking ahead now it's the 1000000 euro question right now do you see yourself as the next chancellor of germany on all this is not already paid because we don't even have the election coming up it's supposed to be . 2021 and we focus on the question which around the table right now thank you very much. people and better for the elect a new parliament on sunday elections there though usually provide few surprises as president alexander look at shango as help our unopposed for 25 years top opposition candidates in fact have been kept off the ballots in that only loyalists stand a chance of winning in the seats and there's a big issu

union is specially investing into the future of the european union and germany has been very reluctant over the last year and this is a big problem and that's why we propose that they have to be a big fun course in the european union investment of infrastructure but also making the banking system secure against the next crisis. and to engage also in the question of agricultural policy where the most of the money goes into it. and looking ahead now it's the 1000000 euro question right now do you see yourself as the next chancellor of germany while this is not already paid because you don't even have the election coming up it's supposed to be in 2021 and we focus on the question which on the table right now thank you very much i think you. are now to some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of protesters have gathered in the czech capital prong to call on prime minister under a bobbish to step down opposition groups say the billionaire prime minister profits from his political office the rally coincided with the 30th anniversary of the velvet revolution that ended

european union will be ambitious. we will work on negotiations as soon as possible. abigail: this is bloomberg. ♪ beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. >> home prices in 20 u.s. cities rose more than forecasted from a year earlier. yale university professor robert shiller spoke with bloomberg about these numbers and the larger economy. periodre not in a boom in terms of prices in real estate by any means. it is not driving like before the last recession. i prefer having the stable level of modest enthusiasm we have now. whether we will have a recession is a big if. according to my new book, narrative economics, it depends on how the narratives change and how our ide

commission is the top job in the european institutions but she can't just decide what the european union is supposed to do the final say is always with the member states and that's a different institution it's called the e.u. council so for her as she will have to find some compromise that she will have to follow the lead of the member states and if they don't want to do what she says she's going to have a hard time and you know the european union at the moment is very divided between hungary and germany or italy and france they're not all on the same page so even if she has those put top priorities it does not mean that they will be an active on top of that right here in this institution the european parliament it's gotten harder and harder to find majorities after the last elections it's very fragmented and you can see how hard it was for her even to get approved here because she was approved in july as the president of the e.u. commission and she was only approved by 9 votes that is not a lot and remind us how we got to this stage i mean as you say 9 votes not a lot and she had stumbl

union feeling like the european union is telling them what to do is dominating what they should do that was one of the key phrases during the braggs it campaign if you remember it but of course they're even more critical of someone who is so publicly in favor of keeping the union together as it is at the moment. all right our correspondent there in strasburg max has been reporting on that newsy lawmakers voting to approve the next 15 commission that clears the way for is enough on the line to take office as president on sunday max thank you very much. you're watching d.w. news coming up next our business show made in germany asks whether the party really is over for fossil fuels and don't forget for all the latest news and information you can always go to our website d.w. dot com or follow us on twitter our handle there is apt to get you news for all of us here and berlin thank you for watching. the end i had to be the one to break the news to you but there is no dance about it the party is over the oil party we've been bingeing on oil.

about the european union the treaty of the european union the lisbon treaty and the policy it's very. unsocial it's a military state and it's near liberal policies but i think the decision on bret's it is a decision of the british people and i am really. preferring to stay back to advise or to say to british people what they should do or what they don't see jeremy corbin the leader of western europe's largest socialist movement half a 1000000 members in britain. he's the favorite to win the next to become the next prime minister d. link has been wiped out in germany while the policy is delinquent or popular here but certainly the policy is a shared with corbin many of them where the policy is doing better maybe in britain well i mean i would be very glad if we called him would be the next prime minister in great britain but we will all see but when you see all the opinion polls in germany the positions of the party the link is very popular you know we are against military interventions brought against us nuclear war in germany we want that the us take them back for example we are agai

european union will be ambitious. we will work on negotiations as soon as possible. abigail: this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg best." of economic data this week, housing stood out as a positive surprise. u.s. cities rose more than forecast from a year earlier, according to core logic values.rty yale university professor robert spoke with bloomberg about these numbers and the larger economy. >> we're not in a boom period in terms of prices in real estate by any means. driving like it was before the last recession. that enthusiasm suddenly turned. having the kind of stable level of modest now.siasm that we have whether we'll have a recession "if."ig it depends, according to my new book, narrative economics, it the narratives change and how our ideas change. and that's very hard to predict. is the singlewhat most significant economic narrative out there that has you concerned? a lot of them's out there. if you ask for the single most prominent, it would have to be impeachment hearings, right? the insta

singapore and the european union announced a free trade agreement between the 2 countries that will take effect later this month a trade deal has been in the works for almost a decade and it scheduled to take effect on november 21st singapore will remove all tariffs on products that are entering the country while the e.u. will remove tariffs on 84 percent of all singapore products that are entering the e.u. within the 1st year and how the the additional 16 percent will be removed over a 3 to 5 year period singapore is the e.u.'s largest trading partner in asia southeast region with a total of bilateral trade of over $58000000.00 in goods and just over $56000000.00 worth of trade in services and the agreement includes sections on renewable energy investments e-commerce and even intellectual property theft president of the european commission john carr juncker said this is the european union's 1st bilateral trade agreement with a south east asian country a building block towards a closer relationship between europe and one of the most dynamic regions in the world while european commissione

leaving the european union and that she would always be a remainer. now max before we dig into some of those issues that you just mentioned one thing i did notice was that there seem to be quite a few empty seats there in the e.u. parliament in this morning any idea as to why. you know that's often the case here in stroudsburg the. members of the european parliament usually show up when they have to vote they don't always show up for the different speeches and it was about fondling and doesn't really have support throughout all the different political groups for example not from the very far right or the very far left so that explains part of it but it appears that those who intend to vote for her later in the day were present. a message was so silly and attempted being a unifying one let's get to what was her message but we know you know how come most of the process is associated with the european union can be do you think that the e.u. parliament will now get behind what appears to be a very ambitious plan. it's going to be different from the past b

union but the european union is not only germany and france alone, they can do nothing. they need smaller hands to be helpful and sometimes they are following what others are saying, giving the impression that they were inventing the road and the avenue. when it comes to president trump, you say you have a few tips up your sleeve for those who need to deal with the president who is not predictable, shall we say. when you went to go and visit him, he was threatening all sorts of sanctions against the european union and you managed to prevent them for a while at least. what was the trick? if you have a trick, if you have a strategy, don't reveal it because at the very moment you are revealing it you are losing it. but, he's unpredictable, he and others are too. i would say he is flexible and he is able to listen. he doesn't like the european union really as a strong concept idea. he is very british. moving on to your commission, you described your commission as the last chance commission. is federalism, the idea of federalism, alive and well in the eu? many pointed the fin

union there are big. question marks over whether they'll be any significant space in the short term for the cambodian national risky party prime minister who in sin has tried very hard to destroy the threat posed by the opposition that undoing the damage completely now seems unlikely. still the members of the band party see the international pressure and attention as an opportunity to try to restart their political careers and resume the campaign to change this country's direction when hate paying for insights to. now that crack down on the opposition cambodian national rescue party or see an r.p. intensified after it made gains in elections in 2002017 party co-founder sam rainsy went into self exile he's been convicted of several crimes in absentia charges his supporters say are all politically motivated fellow co-founder of the c. an r.p. cum soccer was arrested for treason more than 2 years ago the supreme court dissolved the national rescue party in the run up to last year's general election several i

union is specially investing into the future of the european union and germany has been very reluctant over the last year and this is a big problem and that's why we for example propose that they have to be a big fun course in the european union investment of infrastructure but also making the banking system secure against the next crisis. and to engage also in the question of agricultural policy where most of the money goes into it. and looking ahead now it's the 1000000 euro question right now do you see yourself as the next chancellor of germany and all this is not already paid because we don't even have the election coming up it's supposed to be in 2021 and we focus on the question which on the table right now thank you very much i think. now psychological trauma is a major problem in sierra leone which is still recovering from a brutal civil war to cope some soldiers are turning to yoga as a way to move beyond the past horrors and live in the present. you create a problem for yourself on the end of the do you really need people why do you do. yoga mats fit young people in sports k

to the blue newsline from greece's prime minister accuses the european union of pocking migrants in countries on its outlook borders to this refugee camp although i didn't last boss was meant to house 3000 people but it's actually home to more than 13000 also on the program day 3 of public hearings in the trump impeachment inquiry to senior officials who cut the disputed focal between the president to shoot straight and counterparts described mr trump's request to ask him. i'm still get help welcome to the program. greece's prime minister has strongly criticized european union migration policy its attack as accused of brussels of treating countries on its out of borders as convenient places to park migrants over the coming weeks after this is planning to transfer about 20000 asylum seekers from its jian islands to the great mainland they include many on the island of les bos the site of the overcrowded maria refugee camp the w. reporters are in a safe and mag zanda of this report from the island that has become home to thousands of refugees desperate to leave. friends bid farewell ask the bos

the reason they did that is that the european union curbs imports by only allowing a limited amount of agricultural products from other countries to enter the european union, with reduced or even zero tariffs. anything above that, it gets too expensive but it is not even worth it. at the moment, the quotas are for the whole of the eu, including the uk, and of course after brexit, they have to decide how to divide those up. i had of those deadlines, australian businesses were just unsure how much they were allowed to export, so that is why they stopped. —— ahead of those deadlines. so even though brexit didn't happen, but later stated in october affected exports ahead of christmas, and of course we all know how valuable that is. that is why australia is now asking for compensation which was marked by, as you said, a number of countries, including the us and china, and they also expressed concerns that those quotas, the eu quotas, could be filled up by british exports and vice—versa after brexit and their businesses would be left out from those quotas. we will be watching to see wh

shop in the european union so one of the toughest task now facing for denying. big job big problems of course and or sort of on the line has known this she promises full steam ahead she says that she really wants to get going it big green deal is on her agenda one of the 1st things she wants to tackle and then of course there is the digital economy that is going to need much more support in europe she has the increasing rift was a right wing authors retiree and leaning parties in some eastern european countries and then also her seat is sort of awkward between paris where among them a crank sits who was her biggest supporter who sort of pushed her into the job and berlin on the other side and the relationship between paris and berlin at the moment is a bit strange to put it mildly so she really has an uphill battle let's not forget the refugee problem that hasn't been solved that she really hasn't up to battle on her hands but she says she's ready to go and she seems rather full of hope and full of beans at this point of time just a few things to be getting on w

european union especially investing into the future of the european union and germany has been very reluctant over the last year and this is a big problem and that's why we for example propose that they have to be a big fun course in the european union investment of infrastructure but also making the banking system secure against the next. crisis. and to engage also in the question of. policy where the most of the money goes into it and lives. and looking ahead now is the 1000000 euro question right now do you see yourself as the next chancellor of germany while this is not already paid because we don't even have the election coming up it's supposed to be in 2021 and we focus on the question which around the table right now thank you very much. some sports now in a major upset in men's tennis at the season ending tournament in london steffen else to think us has defeated roger federer in the semi as of the a.t.p. finals the 21 year old grey cruz passed federal winning 63646 a purposeful finds austrian dominic king in the final on sunday. and the soka germany has sealed their place a

public anger reaches boiling point in malta the european union's smallest nation is in the grip of a deep political malazan rocked by high level resignations and allegations of a cover up linked to a journalist assassination. and a famous face will be taking over as coach of struggling at bundesliga side her top berlin you're going clings mind that was part of team germany that won the world cup back in 1994 later he coached the german and the u.s. the national teams is now under contract with shirts up until the end of the seized . on by iraq is great to have you company everyone i knew team is set to take the reins of power in the e.u. european lawmakers have approved the new. taking over the executive branch of the european union of honor liar will now formally take charge of the european commission this sunday should be the 1st woman in the east top job what will your vandalize set out her plans for the presidency in strasburg saying she would focus on equality and the environment. and here she is now outlining her vision for the european union it is not only about parties and po

european union he's representative for eight years. it is based in nairobi and working on issues that concern all of us throughout his long career. but perhaps especially now on the horn of africa. i am going to begin by asking him a few questions, and then invite you to join in the conversation. this is on the record. we have cspan here. we are delighted to see you, and we hope the people watching this will enjoy it as much as you will. it is a great delight, as you know, to have you here, alex. i am a huge fan of everything that you have done. and i know how much you have contributed to thinking through the issues, the policies, the ideas, the objectives of what europe -- but not just europe, can do in the horn of africa. begin by telling us the geography of it, the politics of it. what do you cover? >> well, thank you, kathy, and good morning to everyone and thank you for coming here. delighted to be your guest. you are the one who first set me off on this jaunt in the . rn my hope is that i would try to entry out of the crisis for

union is specially investing in sure the future of the european union and germany has been very reluctant over the last year and this is a big problem and that's why we for example propose that they have to be a big fun person the european union investment of infrastructure but also making the banking system secure against the next crisis. and to engage also in the question of agricultural policy where most of the money goes into it and that's coming form and looking ahead now it's the 1000000 euro question right now do you see yourself as the next chancellor of germany on all this is not already paid because we don't even have the election coming up it's supposed to be. 2021 and we focused on the question which are on the table right now thank you very much and i thank you. voters in belo rusco to the polls on sunday the country is widely known as europe's last dictatorship where elections tend to be a foregone conclusion president alexander lukashenko has been in power there for 25 years and for opposition there is little room to maneuver but relations with russia the country's longtime

what have you made of the european union government's response to the possible. outflow of british ises day as fighters back into the european union how dangerous is it to be in london today or paris or berlin. actually the relation between. the e.u. is doing is they hate him but they want him. they don't do that in they know that he's phanatic islamist they know this and they're the no that is going to send them those. extremist or maybe terrorists egypt in many refugees from your country many of them from syria and some of them know they're coming from different areas in the world not only syria actually but the majority of syria not all of them are extremist not the measure 2 of them are actually muscled the turkey they'd have to because of the terrorism in syria because of the bombardment of the terrorists and so on. so they don't want him but the same time the fear him but from the other side let's hear that thing doing those. syrian and other. is danger with the most dangerous on europe is to support the terrorists in syria this is the most dangerous part s

commission juncker said this is the european union's 1st bilateral trade agreement with a south east asian country a building block towards a closer relationship between europe and one of the most dynamic regions in the world while european commissioner for trade cecilia monstro said our trade agreement with singapore provides further evidence of our commitment to fair and rules based trade the agreement will benefit workers farmers and companies of all sizes both here and in singapore. the european union's competition commissioner margaret vest a juror wants to take a deeper look at apple pay use top regulator previously had sent out a questionnaire to merchants asking if they had been told to use apple pay instead of competing payment services on thursday bester spoke about the situation at the web summit tech conference in lisbon portugal saying we've been asking quite a number of questions because we get many many concerns when it comes to apple pay for peer competition reasons people see it it becomes increasingly difficult to compete in the market for easy payments last year be

certainly i speak as the european union but i would say the same for the united states. if we all to agree that this is a country at a very, very delicate moment, and not just for its own sake but for security to the wider region, prime minister abiy is entitled to our opinion, and we should be rather clear about what our interests are. and i think, i wonder sometimes whether we are active and clear enough as to what those are. but then so are other parties in ethiopia, and i sometimes worry that we are dealing with ethiopia, given our interest, i'm talking purely about interest here, with a degree of kid gloves which does a a disservice to ethiopia but also to our own interest. i think it's time to be fairly open, pretty direct, open and private discussions. this is not public lecturing. this is a country that is so important, if the dam breaks all the discussions about the horn of africa are moot. it's as simple as that. this is not yugoslavia which imploded. ethiopia straddles every other country around it. it will be infected by that. that's the core strategic questi

leaving the european union and that she would always be a remainer. now max before we dig into some of those issues that you just mentioned one thing i did notice was that there seem to be quite a few empty seats there in the e.u. parliament instead of this morning any idea as to why. you know that's often the case here in stroudsburg the. members of the european parliament usually show up when they have to vote they don't always show up for the different speeches and it was about fondling and doesn't really have support throughout all the different political groups for example not from the very far right or the very far left so that explains part of it but it appears that those who intend to vote for her later in the day were present. a message was so silly and attempted being a unifying one let's get to what was her message but we know you know how come most of the process is associated with the european union can be do you think that the e.u. parliament will now get behind what appears to be a very ambitious plan. it's going to be different from th

union is specially investing into the future of the european union and germany has been very reluctant over the last year and this is a big problem and that's why we for example propose that they have to be a big fun course in the european union investment of infrastructure but also making the banking system secure against the next crisis. and to engage also in the question of agricultural policy. where most of the money goes into it. and looking ahead now it's the 1000000 euro question right now do you see yourself as the next chancellor of germany while this is not already paid because we don't even have the election coming up it's supposed to be 2021 and we focus on the question which on the table right now thank you very much. will the polls have closed in sri lanka where people have been voting for a new president it's a tight race between the 2 front runners the 1st is former defense secretary go to . oversaw the defeat of tamil separatists and years ago the 2nd government minister premadasa fears that election day violence might keep voters at home turned out to be unfounded onl

president also accused the european union of setting up trade barriers he considers unfair markets went up briefly after the speech even though investors were actually hoping for trump to announce some progress in u.s. china trade talks. and our financial correspondent on wall street. has been following those remarks for us hi whole series it's good to see you so what do we make of this speech investors seem to be quite disappointed not really hearing anything about the future of u.s. china trade relations. basically we will probably need a couple days or even weeks until we figure out event phase one of the trade deal with china will end up happening any time soon so far as long as trump does not implement of 15 percent duty center 15 investors will keep the optimism and the risk almost go away and so far we know there is to be in progress on intellectual property practices and currency issues a compromise had from china to generously increase it imports of u.s. i would cultural products will depend on the disposition to cancel charges according to. the economic advisor as for now ther

when china the european union address ratify the paris agreement and make a firm commitment the isolated choice made by one or another country won't change the course of the world. and that was french president or what i call in there of course well with us here in the studio now is environment reporter tim schoen bag till we've got the french and chinese presidents there saying that they're about to sign a document that document on climate change says that the paris agreement is irreversible what is that supposed to mean well let me explain a bit china is the largest emitter of carbon emissions in the world relying on coal as their primary and engine source so the country so far has agreed to not emit more from 2020 on furthermore it just has the status of a developing country within the paris agreement which means that their commitments are not binding so far so coming out now talking about an era of us ability off the paris agreement is another step of the e.u. to bind the 2 by china more into the climate targets off the paris agreement so basically president french president mccraw i

this is the they'll be unusual from then the greece's prime minister accuses the european union of parking migrants in countries on its out of borders refugee camp on the island of last boss was meant to house 3000 people but is actually homes more than $13000.00 also on the program. on day 3 of public hearings in the trump impeachment inquiry to senior officials who heard the disputed phone call between the president and his ukrainian counterparts described mr trump's request as improper and unusual. i'm phil gal welcome to the program greece's prime minister has strongly criticised european union migration policy its attack it says accused brussels of treating countries on its out of borders as convenient places to park migrants over the coming week south and says planning to transfer about 20000 asylum seekers from its a g n islands to the greek mainland and include many on the island of les voss the site of the overcrowded morea refugee camp they dubbed the reporters on a sci fi and mag zat that have this report from the island that has become our home to thousands of refugees who are