you should know that this violated the e.u. commission code of conduct. and should for the now when voted to lend became the commission president she laid down her own rules values for europeans to live by and that included this our democratic systems and institutions have come increasingly under attack in recent years from those who wish to divide and destabilize our union we need to do more to protect ourselves from external interference seems she missed the part out about internal influence over hat that's ok and it seems that just point the case is this is not the 1st time the volm delay has been accused of putting or in where it snort to 3 years ago when she was just germany's defense minister it was poland that was on the receiving end of influence on a tool she said it was important to support the healthy democratic resistance over the young generation in that country now poland's former foreign minister was a less than pleased calling the colemans evidence of german politicians interfering in the internal affairs of his country now this is not the

their rivals this harms fair competition in the e.u. the e.u. commission has 2 months time to decide if it wants to challenge the ruling in the news highest court the core of the problem is that the e.u. does not have one common tax code at the moment firms officially pay 12.5 percent corporate tax in ireland that's compared with the e.u. average of 21.3 percent officially companies in germany have to cough up at least 30 percent. that alone has attracted many companies to ireland and in fact apple paid far less tax at times for example as little as 0.005 percent in 2014 when the tech giant pay just $50.00 euros tax on every 1000000 euros in profit is the 2nd ruling that the e.u. commission has lost last year the institution lost a case against starbucks which was accused of owing $30000000.00 euros in back taxes to benevolence it all shows how difficult it is to crack down on cases of alleged corporate tax avoidance. folk around a virus crisis has boosted business at least for the freight business particularly on trains on the toilet roll and m

the e.u. commission has 2 months time to decide if it wants to challenge the ruling in need use highest court the core of the problem is that the e.u. does not have one common tax code at the moment firms officially pay 12.5 percent corporate tax in ireland that's compared with the e.u. average of 21.3 percent officially companies in germany have to cough up at least 30 percent that alone has attracted many companies to ireland and in fact apple paid far less tax at times for example as little as 0.005 percent in 2014 when the tech giant pay just $50.00 euros tax on every 1000000 euros in profit is the 2nd ruling that the e.u. commission has lost last year the institution lost a case against starbucks which was accused of owing $30000000.00 euros in back taxes to the netherlands it all shows how difficult it is to crackdown on cases of alleged corporate tax avoidance. well let's go now to some other stories making news around the world armenians have rallied in the capital yerevan amid escalat

commission the rationale for such a prohibition is to prevent conflict of interest between the e.u. commission as duty to enforce. these of the member states and then national political allegiances now a spokesperson for the e.u. commission has tried to blame this on a mistake the president recorded a short sound bite for use in a video involving a number of european peoples party politicians it was meant as a contribution in her personal capacity regret. this was not made clear in the final version of the video but that's not appeasing everyone some say that she should be sanctioned. you should know that the line is violated the e.u. commission code of conduct should and should for that now when voted to lend became the mission president she laid down her rules i'll use for europeans to live by and that included this our democratic systems and institutions have come increasingly under attack in recent years from those who wish to divide and destabilize our union we need to do more to protect ourselves from external interference seems she missed the part out about no influence over

worse outlook by the e.u. commission on the economy of course is an indicator that it's difficult to believe in a v. shaped a quaker recovery another indicator for this is today's germany german industrial production which was released in may manufacturers produce 7.8 percent more then in april sounds like a big number but it's not the slump in april had been months but much larger not even a quarter of the slump in industrial production in april has been made up. conrad who is in there with a quick check on the markets for us thank you very much. global tech giants like facebook twitter is zoom and take talks are scaling back their strategies in hong kong after china imposed a tough new security law people in the financial hub are worried their online freedoms are under serious threat. while web users in mainland china have to negotiate a powerful censorship system hong kong's internet is free and open until now anyway google facebook what's up telegram and twitter of all stop taking requests for user data fr

on paper it could be a dream birger if the e.u. commission gives it the green light. chrysler as access to the larger american market and opens parent company. is a leader in electric car development under the new brand name still enters they would be a force to be reckoned with in europe's competitive car industry at least that's the plan. p.s.a. and ffion chrysler had a combined turnover of around $170000000000.00 euros last year together they employ more than 400000 people and sell nearly $9000000.00 cars annually. the merger would make p.s.a. and feel chrysler the 4th largest car manufacturer worldwide but the commissioners voiced concerns recently and now wants to really evaluate the planned merger after all the merger could severely reduce market competition especially for delivery vehicles and the coronavirus crisis isn't helping the situation either. sold around 45 percent fewer cars in the 1st half of the year and their future partner fiar chrysler is also coping with a slump in sales both companies are no hoping that the e.u. commission won't put the brakes

the e.u. commission has 2 months time to decide if it wants to challenge the ruling in need use highest court the core of the problem is that the e.u. does not have one common tax code at the moment firms officially pay 12.5 percent corporate tax in ireland that's compared with the e.u. average of 21.3 percent officially companies in germany have to cough up at least 30 percent. that alone has attracted many companies to ireland and in fact apple paid far less tax at times for example as little as 0.005 percent in 2014 when the tech giant paid just 50 euros tax on every 1000000 euros in profit is the 2nd ruling that the e.u. commission has lost last year the institution lost a case against starbucks which was accused of owing $30000000.00 euros in back taxes to the netherlands it all shows how difficult it is to crackdown on cases of alleged corporate tax avoidance. i'm joined here at the big table now by my colleague clifford cooney from b. w. business so apple the irish government won in cou

merkel supports the e.u. commission's proposed joint recovery fund of 750000000000 euros to provide financial help especially to the southern european countries that have been hardest hit the commission president formally the longest serving member of merkel's cabinet feels that such radical steps are necessary we have entered the worst recession since almost 100 years but she faces opposition from the frugal for austria denmark the netherlands and sweden they are reluctant to give away money without strings attached merkel insisted that a compromise was necessary and sooner rather than later the mines on the seriousness are common goal is to find an agreement as soon as. possible because the depth of the canonic slump urges us to hurry there is no time to lose otherwise the weakest will suffer i very much hope that we can reach an agreement this summer long the negotiations beginning in the coming weeks will determine the economic future of europe. euro group will vote for a new president today the group bri

on paper it could be a dream merger if the e.u. commission gives it the green light. on chrysler as access to the large american market and opals parent company pujo situ and is a leader in electric car development under the new brand name style and as they would be a force to be reckoned with in europe's competitive car industry at least that's the plan. p.s.a. in fia and chrysler had a combined turnover of around $170000000000.00 euros last year together they employ more than 400000 people and sell nearly $9000000.00 cars annually. the merger would make p.s.a. and fia and chrysler the 4th largest car manufacturer worldwide but the commission has voiced concerns recently and now wants to re-evaluate the planned merger after all the merger could severely reduce market competition especially for delivery vehicles and the coronavirus crisis isn't helping the situation either p.s.a. sold around 45 percent fewer cars in the 1st half of the year and their future partner fi at chrysler is also coping with a slump in sales both companies are no hoping that the e.u. commissio

the head of the european commission says the stakes could not be higher as e.u. leaders discuss a major financial coronavirus recovery plan. and tributes are being paid to protesters who died last week in mali as regional leaders mediate the growing political crisis there. india has now become the 3rd country in the world after the u.s. and brazil to record more than a 1000000 confirmed corona virus infections in all 3 countries the pandemic has crippled health care systems economies and people's daily lives some states. in india on reimposing restrictions after the lifting of the nationwide lockdown last month there are concerns that many cases are going on reported because of a lack of testing infections in the u.s. of set another record more than 77000 in just 24 hours that is the highest daily number recorded by one single country so far in total the u.s. has more than 3 and a half 1000000 cases brazil meanwhile has now seen more than 2000000 reported infections hospitals they're almost at breaking point the president variables are narrow is currently under t

commission that you council and the e.u. parliament and then you have done a whole hell have a crucial job now because as for your no covered 19 it's because of cover 19 the continental europe is facing is worst recession ever the your son's economy is set to contract by age point 7 percent and john a has task will now be to watch over a massive ear recovery plan that is still being negotiated no covina was considered the front runner so what does this outcome tell us. yeah you had the backing of sal those days and of france and of germany's angela merkel so it was surprising she wasn't elected but the thing is that she also had an unease especially northern states for example the netherlands she once called them very small countries with wary small weight and shit they never seem to have forgiven her for that and it was probably these countries who didn't want to spaniard on top of the euro croup because bain was hit especially hard during the covered 9000 crisis and culverin you know as a social member of the socialist tha

commission has now approved them dizzier for the e.u. had promised to deliver as soon as approval is granted but since the us government bought up most of their product there is doubt. if words fail and pleading or doesn't work we do have the option to give german and other drug makers a license to produce the drug even without approval for an appropriate field course . and according to the department of health the german government has already bought in short enough those are for them the z. v.m. . many music festivals around the world have been cancelled this year because of the coronavirus one event in belgium managed to find a clever work around the paradise city of trying music festival reinvented itself to adults to physical distance it will spawn putting party goes on small boats of a trip it's only $400.00 people were allowed to attend usually the festival draws around $10000.00 people per day. and that's it from me in the newseum here in berlin rebecca it is will have an update for you ads.

clearly what we have here are divisions in the heart of the e.u. once again on one side you have countries like france and germany italy and spain who are pushing for a deal an agreement on the e.u. commission's proposed more than $800000000000.00 recovery fund for the european union on the other side you have some member states are simply not sure that they want to sign up to which some of the more fiscally conservative nations including austria sweden the netherlands and denmark who are worried that what they're going to be left with is sharing debt and they're not they're not comfortable with that they're worried that they're perhaps going to be sharing a little bit more than others when it comes to the way that all the money will be worked out the idea is that the e.u. commission would borrow this money off the financial markets and then distribute is amongst the member states grants loans according to their need of course all the economies in the european union have been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic the question is how big sho

pictures of them circulating on twitter sowing them negotiating with you cancel presidents and the e.u. commission president this is kind of important because the front france and germany are the most powerful countries in the european union and at this summit obviously a macro when he arrived today earlier in the morning and brussels at the building he said he thinks a compromise might be possible but not at the cost of european ambitions so this might have been a hint towards home garion prime minister viktor orban who can be considered an opponent of macros and multiple ways let's listen to what he said earlier we are all aware how serious the situation is. it's dramatic anyway economically to ponder because one thing but we are speaking about the consequences of that already what almost. it sure is don't you think so so the old almost always rather a rather pessimistic but that's a mistake is not a strong enough word to express how we see the future so we see the. dangers are just approaching including up an economy. because the consequence of the 1st wave of the pandemic and secon

a 51 year old spanish economist spent more than a decade in top civil service at the e.u. commission before being appointed to a top job and spain's government intervention 18 and i mean promise some a conscience an honor to lightly fulfill the obligations of the position if economy minister. then you know is described as tough and as always being perfectly prepared traits for which even political rivals pay respect since she's not a member of any party she's considered the moderate voice within spain's socialist government she the person that the some exchange used by the border mean as a way of sending say notes to foreign investors in the sense that you know having this way showing we've far left the good to some extent you know send the wrong santos to foreign ministers in 2020 she was promoted to deputy prime minister a crucial role that includes managing the economic repercussions of the covert 19 crisis which hit spain especially hard look at him we see it changing trend from the end of the lock down this changing trend can be seen in a number of indicators the most

doesn't have to be paid back instead of the 500000000000 years that were originally proposed by the e.u. commission the overall recovery fund will stay 750000000000 euro us that was proposed by the you commission also by you president shall michel so there is also a certain amount of loans included here in this package you also talked about this rule of law magnus and earlier they also agreed to really just agree to hear. your money will be handed out with the budget in the recovery fund to this rule of law mechanism but the thing is for now it remains quite unspecific and america also said in the press conference earlier this morning that this might have to be discussed further next year council who compromised in the end. everybody had to compromise a little bit when we've been talking about this in the last couple of days we had this very basic division between the southland countries italy and spain who have been really badly hit by the crisis who have been facing economical difficulties even before covert 900 hit them and they wanted to have grown grass roots they said we need your

commission is to the tune of some 750000000000 euros so these are going to be very tense talks going into the weekend and so certainly we won't be seeing imagine some quick turnaround and there's a lot of discussions and compromises to be made in the coming weeks kate thanks very much for that kate brady. while in the u.s. and that's an ongoing surge of reported chronic virus cases there are a number of states california is announcing that it's ordering businesses to shut down after briefly reopening those businesses include restaurants bars movie theaters across america's most populous state large metro areas in california including los angeles and san francisco are among those areas saying ross in new case is. back to square one california shuts down most of its public life for the 2nd time back in march it was the 1st us state to impose a strict stay at home order even closing down its beaches parks and campsites but now that more is known about how the virus is transmitted the state has shifted its policy allowing outdoor activities to continue while closing most indoor facilitie

a 51 year old spanish economist spent more than a decade in top civil service at the e.u. commission before being appointed to a top job and spain's government intervention 18 i may promise some a conscience an honor to lightly fulfill the obligations of the position of economy minister. then you know is described as tough and as always being perfectly prepared traits for which even political rivals pay respect since she's not a member of any party she's considered the moderate voice within spain's socialist government she the person that he to some extent used by the book i mean as a way of sending say notes to our foreign investors in the sense that you know having this way shallowing we've far left part of the good to some extent you know send the wrong signers to foreign ministers in 2020 she was promoted to deputy prime minister a crucial role that includes managing the economic repercussions of the covert 19 crisis which hit spain especially hard look at the most we see it changing trend from the end of the lock down this changing trend can be seen in a number of ind

commission president this is kind of a part and because the france and germany are the most powerful countries in the european union and at this summit obviously and macro when he arrived today earlier in the morning in brussels at the building he said that he things a compromise might be possible but not at the cost of the european ambitions so this might have been a hint towards home garion prime minister viktor orban who can be considered an opponent of macross and multiple ways let's listen to what he said earlier we are all aware how serious the situation it's. dramatic anyway economically pandemic is one thing but we are we can go about the consequences of that already what only. it sure is don't you think so so the old aussie's rather a rather pessimistic but that's the mistake is not a strong enough word to express how you see the future you seem to be dangers are just approaching to be european economy. because the consequence of the 1st wave of the pandemic and secondly because of the 2nd wave which we all expect from hole of we are aware that we have to make a deal so we a

commission approval to issue shared bond which can then 750000000000 euros worth some of that money can then be given to the countries that are hardest hit by the crisis is italy and spain and you always have to remember that germany desperately depends on those economies in those countries working as well but certainly it will not be smooth sailing for this plan for the german presidency barbara i'll turn to you with that talk with us about the challenge of building consensus especially on the e.u. level. the challenge is tremendous because there is a political side to this economic downturn and just talked about the u. e.u. is sort of seen or threaten to fly apart so many countries think now we have to sort of close our borders we have to have all down and just act in our own interest and what i'm going to america is going to tell them over and over again and i assume it is want going to be one of the main and central slogans of a presidency is it is in your interest that we all act together she really has to keep these countries together and that is the main political challenge to so

council presidency which will be dominated by economic recovery from the pandemic she will come to the e.u. commission's plan for a massive relief fund for struggling european economies it is a 2nd time that germany has taken over the years council president presidency with america as chancellor 9 a democrat to survive and merkel said members. states would need to compromise to sign off on the joint recovery fund before next month's summer recess then she said this diffidence than it might in some of ruth if we are willing to overcome our differences and identify sched solutions if we are willing to view the world through the prism of others europe will emerge from the crisis stronger than ever if we strengthen cohesion and solidarity no one will get through this crisis alone we are all vulnerable. islands and for when. our chief political correspondent melinda crane is with us for more on the story hi melinda we saw the german chancellor laying out her country's priorities for the presidency and central message what is the next big step big move for chess america the next big move comes i

well as the current president of the council of the e.u. germany's chancellor angela merkel worked closely with france's president emmanuel mock wrong to forge the deal merkel said that she was very relieved and described the deal as a good signal she praised european cooperation amid global challenges moment is screwed by them at the moment multilateralism is under pressure around the world and europe with its 27 member states has shown that it can act at a moment like this as we face unprecedented challenges. as this challenge is unfolding we'll only know what this means for our national economies in the coming months and every country has to then decide for itself whether it chooses to take unusual steps in such an unusual situation of big. let's go straight to our correspondent in brussels marina strauss a marina walk us through this momentous night of deal making. if either is agreed to to take on $300.00 or to hand out $390000000000.00 euros grant so money that doesn't have to be paid back instead of the $500000000000.00 yours that we

commission has now approved them dizzier for the e.u. and had promised to deliver as soon as approval is granted but since the us government bought up most of their product there is doubt. if words fail in pleading with doesn't work we do have the option to give the german another huge drug makers a license to produce the drug even without its approval for an appropriate field course. and according to the department of health the german government has already bought and stored enough those so flimsy v.n. . to delineate is following this story for us joe see the e.u. has just approved them disappear but will there be any to buy for the next several months they're likely won't be much of a supply vailable for any other country the united states as the report said has bought basically all that's going to be available through september after that the company that's producing this does hope to have enough of this drug to meet global to me and it's doing really everything it can to ramp up supply but there are of course a lot of a lot of const

commission has now approved them dizzy or for the e.u. had promised to deliver as soon as approval is granted but since the us government bought up most of their product there is doubt. if words fail and pleading with doesn't work we do have the option to give german and other drug makers a license to produce the drug even without approval for an appropriate field course . and according to the department of health the german government has already bought and stuart enough those of them dizzy via. a court in istanbul has sentenced a former leader of rights group amnesty international to 6 years in prison and the verdict against time a killing on terror related charges brought an end to what critics say was a politically motivated trial targeting opposition activists the court sentenced 3 other turkish defendants to prison and acquitted 7 german activists a story was one of the. why would free his arrest in istanbul 3 years ago triggered a crisis in relations between germany and turkey. well we can talk now with turkey on lists of the chevy