europe eventual he came up with an. vestment program but small businesses like ricardo's felt this help came too late. i've looked all that you foresee in order for you to hold me i would have really liked to have seen a united europe as everyone had predicted a strong union with fundamental coordination see something sort of thing i mean i would have liked to have seen those with more opportunities to help the others a true europe you know key and obviously mineral ok. but in the end it didn't work out that way in which everyone close the borders and said here's a brick wash your own dirty laundry at home you buy the spark you know about the ruling. that really showed us that we can't talk about a single europe will be on the mend i mean think in the ocean with a lot of the old all. anyone who comes to trist can still experience the charm of the old habsburg monarchy. 100 years ago the port city was a trading hub to eastern europe. the iron curtain interrupted the links for decades . now the city wants to return to its

all in europe the chinese. judge in the city is assigned ologist and author who lived in china for 6 years and observed the events around the new silk road development with a critical eye. she thinks the italian government was trying to create an economic advantage for itself but underestimated the plant's political dimensions. but a lot of thought the ricotta he acknowledged mines of this political project by a member of the g 7 had a great propaganda value also in china itself i think a propagandist the kind that an offer of this the new silk road is quite clearly and economic project and like all projects in history in china and the usa it's not in that of charity they are pursuing that own interests and. it's obvious that china is trying to gain a global foothold through key infrastructure investments such as for. trade yes to the north east of italy could also become an important logistical center for the chinese. francesco party z. is a businessman who's currently planning to bring a new investor on board

flexing its muscles from the middle eastern europe from cyberspace. from afghanistan to the persian gulf the us remains deeply in tangled in conflicts it doesn't know how to result. in europe it faces allies so disillusioned that they're hedging their bets on america pushing the future of the western alliance into question. but in the contest for global power and influence one challenge overshadows all of us in china a new superpower has risen. one with the military might to challenge the west. and an economy. that's the envy used to well . as washington takes it on the brink in general trying to turn into one china with his clique. or the phrase how in i.p.c.s. found. america so diminished that china can take stock that is faction in the states of its democracy think for a moment just how far the tables of me turned just 30 years ago george bush sr hailed in america triumphant it did wonder the cold war it was in charge no substitute for american leadership in the face of terror and no one doubts american credibility and reliability no one without po

russia is part of europe. and i think this is very important whatever happens on this part of the horizon, a big part of the world. clearly the history of president putin and other leaders, they have common values. history, literature, culture, mind set. and we have to take that into consideration. second, we have our geography. it's impossible to have peace and stability in europe today if you are not in a situation to negotiate with russia. and for different reasons, largely due to aggression and the nato expansion, we created a situation where we pushed our borders to a maximum place at the east, but we didn't manage to decrease the border. i think our we should find a common way to build peace and security for the whole continent. which means, having a dialogue on cyber aggressiveness, obviously, on any aggression, on our critical countries, i would say, in this very sensitive area where you have ukraine. we need a political discussion with russia about that. otherwise, it will be our willingness to protec

because i believe in the global system, europe and the u.s. together with our allies in the indo pacific worked so hard over the last 70 years. we can own the race for the future. but to do so, we have to be clear eyed about historic investments and the partnerships that this will require. we have to protect for space for innovation, for intellectual property, and the creative genius that thrives with the free exchange of ideas in open democratic societies. we have to ensure the benefits of growth are shared broadly and equitably, not just by a few. we have to push back against the chinese government's economic abuses and coercion that undercut the foundations of the international economic system. everyone must play by the same rules. the u.s. and european companies are required to publicly disclose corporate governance structure and abide by rules to deter corruption and monopolistic practices. chinese companies should be held to the same standard. we must shape the rules that will govern the advance of technology and norms of behavior in cyb

to our nato alliance and i welcome your europe's growing investment in the military capabilities that enable our shared defense you know to me and to the united states the us will keep article will keep faith with article 5 it's a guaranteed an attack on one is an attack on all that is are on shakable vow and the only time article 5 has been invoked was after the united states was attacked on $911.00 you our allies joined us to fight al qaeda and the united states committed to consulting closely with our nato allies and partners on the way forward in afghanistan my dh ministration strongly supports the diplomatic proc the process is underway and to bring an end to this war that is closing out 20 years we remain committed to ensuring that afghanistan never again is provides a base for terrorist attacks against the united states and our partners and our interest our european partners have also stood with us to counter isis just this week nato defense ministers and door significant expanded training and advisory mission in iraq which will be vital to the ongoing fight against isis we can

this is "daybreak europe." i am annmarie hordern in europe with manus cranny in dubai. astrazeneca is planning to deliver an additional 9 million doses as they try to get the chaotic vaccination drive back on track and it brings the total to 40 million, half of what the e.u. had expected to receive from the drugmaker by march. ursula von der leyen last night called it "a step forward on vaccines." she added that astrazeneca would deliver the doses one week earlier than and. esty dwek is still with us. i want to get into your thoughts on the e.u. vaccination campaign. the numbers say the e.u. administered 2.6 doses per 100 people, compared to the u.k.'s 12.5 and the u.s.'s 8.8. we know the u.s. is talking about a big stimulus plan. you were addressing that earlier. what does this mean for the european union? they are the last in line out of these three big economies. esty: absolutely. we are talking fiscal stimulus, talking about biden's. you know he has two packages in mind. as we move on from this conversation, some of the european countries, there's talk of starting t

europe eventual he came up with an. vestment program but small businesses like ricardo's felt this help came too late. i would have thought could you foresee the whole me i would have really liked to have seen a united europe as everyone had predicted a strong union with fundamental coordination. or something one of the i mean i would have liked to have seen those with more opportunities to help the others a true europe you know he and i was in the middle ok. but in the end it didn't work out that way in which everyone close the borders and said here's a brick wash your own dirty laundry at home by the spark you know about the reading . that really showed us that we can't talk about a single hero. in the meantime into an ocean and with a lot of the overall. anyone who comes to trist can still experience the charm of the old habsburg monarchy. 100 years ago the port city was a trading hub to eastern europe. the iron curtain interrupted the lanes for decades . now the city wants to return to its former glory and is hoping

chinese gateway to europe start feb 19th d.w. . this is d.w. news and these are our top stories the german foreign minister has rejected a french request to send additional troops to the african side held region saying more development projects on the ground what's needed instead he saw hill is struggling to contain an insurgency by islamist terror groups france has more than 5000 troops stationed there to assist security efforts. france's lower house of parliament has approved a controversy over bill aimed at curbing islamic extremism legislation expands the state's ability to close places of worship and the banned individual preaches but critics say the bill stigmatizes muslims and limits free speech it still needs to pass the senate. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of boston munna to demand the release of a popular spanish police arrested public hostle after he was given a jail sentence for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his songs last friday he missed the deadline to surrender to colleagues. this is a deadly

in the middle east and europe and elsewhere. while the united states is undergoing a thorough review of our force posture around the world, i have ordered the halting of withdrawal of american troops from germany. i am also lifting a cap imposed by the previous and administration on the number of u.s. forces able to be based in germany. i know the past two years have strained and tested our transatlantic relationship, but the united states is determined to reengage with europe. to consult with you. to earn back our position of trust and leadership. earlier today as was referenced, i participated in the first meeting of the g7 leaders, where i spoke about the dire need to coordinate multilateral action to address covid-19, the global economic crisis, and the accelerating climate crisis and so much else. achieving these goals is going to depend on a core strategic preposition, and that is the united states must renew america's enduring advantages so that we can beat today's challenges from a position of strength. that means buildi

than there is in europe. there has always been the skepticism around what europe can only do on the fiscal side versus what the u.s. can do. covid trends, we were really expecting heading into this year in europe. all of those together create more optimism around the recovery in the u.s. then we have had in europe. the sad thing i would say is that in europe, there is -- investors are stuck and there is no inflation mindset. we have seen this commodity upswing. even in europe, we have not seen nominal rates captured as much in europe as we have in other currencies. guy: christine lagarde was saying we are a long way away from having to worry about inflation in europe. how long do you think it is? is there anything in the forecast horizon that suggests the ecb is going to get anywhere close to 50%? imogen: i think we have a more bullish outlook on inflation through this year. we think inflation could get to 1.5% by the end of this year. over a reasonable forecast horizon, i think we are talking about a reducti

in europe, they are talking about 4%. you could say the uk stimulus package is pretty weak compared to its competitors. very difficult to compare because the uk has been a bit more generous on the support scheme. which bucket do you put this money into? the question will be, as stephanie was saying, the lesson from the financial crisis was that those who did more earlier did better. if biden's saying, "i can't spend too much", people would say that the lesson in the uk was that we didn't fix our banks quickly enough and the us did. most economists would say the risks are on doing too little, not doing too much. fascinating. let us go to europe, where growth has been sluggish and unemployment, especially amongst the young, has been high for a decade now. will the pandemic exacerbate the problems in the european economies? will it open up structural cracks in the eurozone? with very different budgetary positions in the respective nations, will the response in europe be further integration, of taxation, for example, or will

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there's you know washington there's us in one hand and this will see europe and within europe there are many different countries that have different takes on the china strategy . for example germany is in comparison to the us is more i would say any and more open to what's china because germany sees a lot of business interest in china and it has a very. strong trading relationship and i think germany's always called for example merkel she's always caught in between. protecting business interests versus the human interests and human rights and democratic values and i think that europe is deciding how much their way. will we prioritize business try economic development with china or will we take a step back and look at the human rights situation in china turns and you're nodding a re i mean the bottom line is the path with a united or any kind of coherent european china strategy or policy goes right through berlin berlin is going to be determinant as it was in the case of the comprehensive investment agreement and it has to strike that balance between its economic interests which are grow

jonathan: europe doesn't want a stronger currency. europe doesn't want higher yields. the chairman is comfortable with what he sees at the moment. when do we start to thing about the feedback loop if this continues? tom: it could be a deflation spiral or a feedback spiral. jonathan: don't get lisa started. lisa? she's letting ago. lisa: carry on. jonathan: all right. coming up in the eight a clock a.m. our, -- in the 8:00 a.m. hour, david malpass, world bank president. this is bloomberg. ♪ karina: in new york with the first word news, i'm karina mitchell. new research says the pfizer/biontech vaccine could help end the pandemic. the study was published in the latest edition of the new england journal of medicine. meanwhile, capitol hill, the fate of the democrats' proposed $15 an hour minimum wage maybe in the hands of the senate parliamentarian. it is part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, but the parliamentarian needs to determine whether it is allowable under the rules of debate. the president has revoked a series of executive orders and memos issued by paul for

welcome to europe. it has been a bad year _ welcome to europe. it has been a bad year for travel lovers. - a bad year for travel lovers. but the pandemic has not stopped everyone. we are here to meet some people who have been blogging about their journey to europe. they are not your typical travel bloggers. that arabic word means someone who burned through borders. they are undocumented migrants passing illegally into europe. over the last few years, this group of unorthodox travellers have made a corner of youtube their home. a place where they can document their wild journeys forfriends can document their wild journeys for friends back in morocco. but are these stories of adventure and encouraging other people to make a difficultjourney? orare other people to make a difficultjourney? or are they just providing a service, showing the hardships of migration so that others will not make a fatal mistake? it is may 2020. five years after the migrant crisis that led the eu to secure its borders. but that has not stopped this man. he is in greece with

that could be why europe is holding back on criticism. europe is looking to the u.s. with new president biden. he has made a clear human rights will be a big part of his foreign policy agenda. they are talking about working together in a coordinated approach toward turkey. you speak to people and the ngo's, opposition parties, which claim they are increasingly targeted for persecutions. the silence from europe is alarming. a feeling of abandonment from many i have spoken to. phil: turkey is a member of the court of human rights, which called for osman kavala's immediate release. how has turkey been able to disregard that? dorian: president erdogan dismissed it out of hand. they say it was basically wrong. that has been echoed by the court which rejected the european court's ruling, even though the european court is a higher judicial body than any in turkey. they have no powers to enforce their decision. turkey feels it can act with impunity. phil: thank you. now to syria, where displaced people in the country's northwest face increasingly desperate conditions. with on

flexing its muscles from the middle eastern europe to cyberspace. from afghanistan to the persian gulf the u.s. remains deeply in tangled in conflicts it doesn't know how much were sold. in europe it faces allies so disillusioned that they're hedging their bets on america pushing the future of the western alliance into question. but in the contest for global power and influence one challenge overshadows all of us in china a new superpower has risen. one with a military might challenge the west. and an economy that's the envy of the world. as washington takes it on the brink general trying to turn one china looked on with obvious glee. with a veto in i.p.c.s. found 28 year that she may 1 day mean america so diminished that china can take sarcastic satisfaction in the state of its democracy think for a moment just how far the tape. tunde just 30 years ago george bush sr hailed in america triumphant it had won the cold war it was in chunks no substitute for american leadership the president carry no one american credibility and role ayatollah but no on

come to europe. it will be marvellous this summer in france _ it will be marvellous this summer in france can — it will be marvellous this summer in france can you _ it will be marvellous this summer in france. can you imagine _ it will be marvellous this summer in france. can you imagine not- it will be marvellous this summer in l france. can you imagine not spending a holiday— france. can you imagine not spending a holiday in— france. can you imagine not spending a holiday in france?! _ i'm vaccinated, i will go to france. i'm coming with you, if that's all right? even though stephanie can come with you. simon, what about you? i spent the last two days with my 18—year—old, she is about to finish her a—levels, looking at places in greece. what we were looking for is, can we refund this if we can't go? that was the big issue. we are all doing our bit to boost the european economy this summer if we can possibly get to the mediterranean. my thanks to marc roche, stephanie baker and simonjac

and europe is going to be. there's europe owing to be six months behind -- is europe going to be six months behind all the way along? mark: we are looking at growth 7% '21 having declined by 2.5% last year in the u.s. if you do the math, it puts the u.s. in a situation where it has closed its outlook cap by the later part of this year. eurozone, we don't think you are closing that outward gap until the end of 2022. a year behind in this. certainly, there is a sense in the u.s. there are further plans beyond the current covid package to spend on infrastructure and green technology. we could well see over a number of years a period where the u.s. is going for it on fiscal policy and the big question in europe is -- is there enough budget reform after the elections are out-of-the-way in september so that further fiscal initiatives can mirror those in the states? alix: pretty staggering assessment, considering eight months ago the narrative was europe would outperform. they had their handle on the virus battle. how

a double-dip recession in europe? as you can see, they continue that spread, it continues to track lower and lower. joining us from london is jane foley, head of fx strategy at rabobank. we've got $1.2030 on euro-dollar at the moment. the data out of the states is sensational. europe is struggling to catch up. do you think the euro deserves to be at $1.20 in the near term? jane: i have been looking for one dollar 20 cents, but to be honest, i think the euro has had some good news as well. we have draghi at the head of italian politics, and that is certainly something that the european markets will welcome. yes, the vaccine news we have had today from europe is good news after all. we have had germany announced earlier in the week that it will be opening up some of those restrictions, and some of those numbers, with respect to covid cases, they are not as bad as the numbers we have presently in the u.k. either. we have a much more rolled out vaccination program. so it isn't all bad, but i do think that we are going to

and europe. and that's the latest business update here on d w 4 more you can always check out our website at www dot com slash business or follow us on social media from in the team thanks for watching. or not to well. what about assuring the economy instead. of. the change in thinking is changing the economy to create something new. for the economics magazine maybe in germany. next on. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. manticora. concert for food. and some great cultural memorials to boot. d.w. trouble we go. remember how almost every 2nd show about hero made was about digital disruption we used to collectively gaze into the future in the hope of a better more efficient life with less work and most spare time allowing tech to take care of things the problem was government said companies dragging their feet refusing to adopt anything.

and from there he decided to reach europe on foot. with 1.5 million views on his channel, he has built up a cult following with his special brand of dark humour. church bells ring. we travel to meet him in the italian city of bergamo where he now lives undocumented and is still vlogging. when he left morocco, said had no intention of posting his journey online. but his light—hearted posts mean he's creating a rosy picture of a journey that is often really dangerous. what do you think was the most difficult part of the journey? in some of your videos towards the beginning thejourney seemed kind of fun, like an adventure. do you think that may encourage more people to try to take it? one person who has been influenced by videos like said's is anwar. he is still making his way across greece, following a route that he spent years researching on youtube. he is constantly on the move so we're following his journey online and chatting on whatsapp. to cycle all the way to italy. like said he does not make it very far before he is arrested.

thousands of migrants dream of reaching europe. but at the eu borders they often get a rude awakening. likeere in theosnian refugee camp lipa. it recently burned to the ground. people have to brace the bitter winter cold. authorities ve set up w tents. but there's still no running water or electricity. from here, the eu seems within reach. for most migrants in the lipa camp, bosnia is just a transit stop. their goal is reach theu and so they try and try to cross the border to neighboring croatia. for raheel zaf'r the living conditions in the camp are so terrible, that moving to a nearby forest seemed like a better option for him. his big goal is to someday make it to germany. and he's willing to endure numerous hardships to make his dream come true. >> this camp in the forest is what young pakistani raheel zafar has called home for three months. he shares his home-made tent with five other men. >> there is my sleeping bag. here is potato, chili, water, everything we have for dinner, onion. this is my food. >> every few days, aid or

and europe. they've nina -- they haven't taken into consideration of climate change, and inequality issues. to be frank with you. it means also as well, while i do endorsed have any regional trade agreement with countries or region, which does not comply with the paris agreement, but we also have to assess the pros and cons of this agenda. so, it should be must more sophisticated, but more than that. what we should work on very actively, or together in the coming months and years, it's to build a common agenda between the world trade organization, the eye a low, the imf and our multi lateral regulation of climate change and biodiversity. putting phase are different tracks and agenda, is the only way to build the new sustainable openness and trade agenda. let me go to the second question, about our youth and this new generation. i share your concern and your willingness to i dress this issue to this generation. i have to say that, this generation probably understand much more than ours the importa

located in the heart of europe are connected to the whole world. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and try our services. biala gassed at frankfurt airport city managed by from a bought. this is e.w. name is a live from berlin prosecutors rest their case in the 2nd impeachment trial against donald trump they're urging senators to convict the former president for inciting the storming of the capitol on january 6th they say the violent mob was acting on his orders to try to stop the certification of joe biden selection was our correspondent in washington for more.

if you look at the differences between europe and u.s., europe 93%, u.s. went after 33%, talking about 423 billion of debt restructuring in the world, as of which only europe really went into a lockdown, almost from a physical point of view but also from a restructuring, financial point of view, because of the protection, is what americans call the kicking the can down the road. for what we have been seeing in europe, we have seen happening, as often is the case come in the longer period in the next couple of years in europe. francine: stefano, is it healthy companies that are, you know, going bankrupt or researcher because of the pandemic, or is it companies that would have not survived anyway, it would have just taken longer to get there? stefano: it would be more the second case. companies that were struggling before and that were limping around and have been put into the debt in kind of a frozen state, but now they will not be able to survive after that, and, to some extent, this is the better cleaning that did not happen and happen that every crisis.

growth rate will rebound more strongly than in europe. so in general terms, the scale of the stimulus will be more supportive of u.s. growth than a smaller fiscal stimulus is going to be against the backdrop of a bigger drop in demand in europe. so i think without a doubt, the recovery back to prepend them at levels will be a lot quicker in the u.s. then it will in the euro zone, but by the same token, you could compare this fiscal stimulus to any fiscal stimulus. it is still filling a whole to some degree rather than just adding to an underlying level of gdp, like for instance, back in 2018. so there will be some risk associated with it, but for a lot of people, it is replacing lost income. it is not just an additional sugar rush on top of that. alix: that is a really great point. janet henry of hsbc, you are going to be sticking with us. all of that draghi hope is now in the market. we will when you switch to xfinity mobile, you're choosing to get connected to the most reliable network nationwide, now with 5g included. discover how to s

he is the man that europe needs as well. we need more stimulus in europe. if we don't, the growth gap between europe and the u.s. is going to continue to widen. so more ambitious policy needs to be done in europe. in that sense, mario draghi can be a huge help. i think supporting macron and merkel while she is there. great addition to the club. the problem is obviously how long he will be able to govern and how long he will stay at the helm of italy. these are big questions, obviously. let's hope that he will be able to put a consistent policy in place for a certain number of years. we know how italian policy works, as you said. there is, unfortunately, a big headwind on that front. annmarie: we certainly do. there has been a new government basically everyone .4, 1.2 years since he became a country. thank you so much for your time. coming up, tiktok rival surges on its hong kong debut. demand for the short video shard tart up attracting a record amount of interest from retail investors. if that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ want to save hundreds on your wi

just one example of how much has changed since you arrived in europe. more has turned out the 5 clubs in belgium most recently spent 4 years with the smaller of the 2 bruce based 1st division clubs. so keep it in mind and i'll be a place like this. now. you can come from training and just pick up. whatever you choose you know and going there you could not we played with i was sure the beginning one where no issues with the boys you know. the boys the. boys. used. and it was just fun just to distract us from from everything that's going on around you it was more . an escape. all the trash is from all of them they'd all be you know everyone thought. we. just got next to it so we used their plastic bags from from the garbage to make. my money my friends you know stopping for more trying to . get things so them. in. that part of our lives. there's a saying in kenya nothing good comes from dunder. what worries johanna is that kids like alice sandra us still facing the same problems a bit he faced as a youngster 20 years ago. you know life is hard in the ghet

this is "daybreak: europe." bonds selloff, cautious optimism for recovery but global equities trade lower. a study shows the pfizer vaccine reduces the spread of covid-19. brent crude resumes gains as the market reassesses fallout from texas is big freeze. he will hear from the ceo of vestas on the picture for renewables. a lot to get through this monday morning, but we have to start with what is going on, potentially this recalibration in the bond market. martin malone talking about 3% this year after we heard from economists, professor stiglitz, krugman, larry summers. summers is saying the fed is not prepared, not recognizing the era we are headed into. good morning. manus: absolutely. good to be together again. when you look at what summers goes on to say, he said to the fed will be well under to raising rates in 2022. go back and listen. if you want to understand fed policy from the 1950's, even i wasn't around to talk about it. annmarie: you are the resident historian. manus: but you are right, he is calli

china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on. u.k. prime minister boris johnson has told his country to prepare for not one not 2 but repeated vaccinations in order to keep up with the mutating coronavirus the british scientist in charge of monitoring the mutations says the variant 1st identified there is changing yet again and it's migrating tonight that scientists joins me with a prediction about a variant now sweeping the planet and she has a warning the mutating virus may be able to outsmart the vaccines that were developed to stop it i bring out the berlin this is the day. we're born the virus and it is where we. were battling with a with nature with a disease that is capable of mutating and unchanging becoming monsters missile more deadly and eventually more uses them to vaccines in which case we didn't redesign the vaccine but we're still going to be doing this 10 years down the line but a virus is not going anywhere if we stay with us when we are in a race between a mutating virus and the acts of a 6. also coming up a criminal

member states have done enough to ensure equity of distribution of a vaccine with in europe. i think yes that's what was the goal of going together and procuring click scenes together and this was rightfully go because now we are hearing from poorer countries within the european union praising this approach and saying we are happy because otherwise we wouldn't have had vaccines at all on the other hand we have to say that death was of course a reason for the european union to move slowly much slowly or than the u.k. for example or israel and mistakes were made that was e.u. commission president or that i funded lie and said repeatedly we were too little too late granting also ization we were too optimistic with regards to mass production of vaccines and we were also too naive maybe to believe that everything will arrive in time but still i think this approach to to procure vaccines together for so that everyone will have eventually enough of them to inoculate its population was the right step for whites decision to do. dr mcgovern your opening statement says that supply locke

just one example of how much has changed since you arrived in europe. more has turned out the 5 clubs in belgium most recently spent 4 years with the small of the to bruges based 1st division clubs. so keep it in mind and i be a place like this. now. you can come from training and just pick up. whatever you choose you know and going there if we're not we played without shoes beginning one where no shoes even the boys you know. the boys the. boys told me. it was you know and it was just fun and just to distract from everything that's going on around you it was small. i mean skip. all of the trash from all of one it'll be you know everyone thought this trash into. we. just left through it so we used the plastic bags for example to make. my friends you know stopping for trying to do the damn thing. so. it became part of our lives. there's a saying in kenya nothing good comes from dunder. what worries johanna is that kids like alice sundra are still facing the same problems a bit he faced as a youngster 20 years ago. you know life is hard in the gesso somet

probably kate but by working together not only with europe but with all their u.s. allies when it comes to very sensitive moderates we're talking about a specific technology maybe national security and acting as a joint front when responding to china if there is any kind of violation of international rules also in the relationship between u.s. and europe there is a need to strengthen the economic and financial relationship maybe that turns out like the free trade agreement comes into play again breaking it down for us jose who is our thank you so much. now in another development the united states has officially rejoined the paris climber's agreement 3 years after pulling out we're entering the accord was one of the 1st things the u.s. president joe biden did after taking office fighting to put the environment top of his policy agenda but what exactly is he planning during his campaign for the white house biden spoke of tackling the climate crisis with a green energy revolution as part of that goal he's planning to invest some $1.00 trillion dollars to make the u.s.

the paradox here is that europe probably would not have. taken any strong positions or made any ostrow statements had russia not arrested them while they the way they did it as soon as he stepped off the plane so i find it a little bit puzzling i think that if europe wanted to keep a sorry if russia wanted to keep europe away from its domestic life from making comments and saying things then they should not have done that i mean they must have understood that if you live in a flawless in from the main i mean attention will be banned if they arrest him then there will be western reactions deliberately done and yeah that's and why i don't know you know it's a very good point that we've been asking the very same question there's also the nord stream to natural gas pipeline between russia and germany it's almost completed and it has become politically very explosive the german government as you know stands behind the project the united states says the pipeline threatens european energy security this is what the white house said today about the

in europe well. some french manufacturers are calling for higher import taxes on foreign masks to try and redress the imbalance in pricing. but with officials admitting that france will need to produce less than hof its current output when the coronavirus crisis is over it's hard to see how well 20 french produces survive the end of the pandemic. and from european manufacturing let's take a look at european markets amsterdam has overtaken london as europe's biggest trading hub of us things to bragg's that which prompted some e.u. firms to move from the u.k. capital so that they could continue servicing you markets and amsterdam was the biggest winner share trading there shooting up to 9200000000 euros a day during january knocking london down into 2nd place the u.k. capital seeing only about half the daily trading it averaging 2020 a dutch copper also leapfrogging paris and frankfurt to emerge as the biggest winner so far of britain's exit from the e.u. at least in trading terms now our financial cor

and then he set off for europe by land. in sharing his journey on youtube he has become part of a phenomenon that started two years ago. the migrant influencer. in morocco, they belong to a forgotten generation. nearly one in four young people do not have a job. but through youtube they found a new identity. this is said. better known in the world of youtube as boya vlog. he has a university degree but last year he left his home in morocco and moved to turkey. and from there he decided to reach europe on foot. with 1.5 million views on his channel, he has built up a cult following with his special brand of dark humour. church bells ring. we travel to meet him in the italian city of bergamo where he now lives undocumented and is still vlogging. when he left morocco, said had no intention of posting his journey online. but his light—hearted posts mean he's creating a rosy picture of a journey that is often really dangerous. what do you think was the most difficult part of the journey? in some of your videos towards the begi

but in europe there's a. morning when for accepting money from the new superpower will become dependent. on it because of the state. the chinese state has a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on d. w. . germany's long lockdown is getting longer much of the country has been shut down since december and chancellor angela merkel says the coronavirus restrictions will be extended another month into more every time a possible exit is pushed further into the future the likelihood of a public and political pushback groups today the chancellor warned the new strains of the virus now threaten to wipe out any success a new day.

and europe, market cap gdp is three times higher than europe. we lack capital in europe, and there are concerns -- my appointing partner share the vision to bring capital come and we chose naturally the -- francine: the world has capital in abundance. many people are starting spac's. why -- what would set you apart? jean-pierre: there are two strategy point concerns. with two partners, while they focus on financial sectors, when we will do, what we can bring to a company is experience of the financial sector and digital transformation, regulatory, and long-term vision and the ability to work with -- francine: which areas of financial services do you now consider undervalued? jean-pierre: within the financial services, the -- that has been taking place than it been actively directed by the crisis, you can see in subsectors insurance, pin tech, and financials, that the need for all of them to reach critical size on one side, and traditional asset management need to reach the critical side of asset management in europe. [indiscernible] concentratin

spoke with any peaceful and your heart about to europe's position. as she is a member of the delegation of relations with countries of southeast asia and joins us from brussels. but a european parliament advice about the situation in myanmar just this week and just 15 minutes ago i voted on our joint resolution on on the situation in myanmar and it's clear that that you must act and support the protesters that are demanding that the democrat is a nation process in the country continues and that the military returns the power and the european parliament is very clear we're calling for support to the u.n. to get access to the country and of course the e.u. is not a big diplomatic power but we are an economic power where the 3rd largest trading partner of myanmar we need to expand sanctions against the military and that are responsible for the coup and we need to suspend the preferred access.

subsidies to maintain europe's technological independence. the world's chip makers are mainly concentrated in asia with a 70 percent market share the world's largest supplier ts m. c. is based in taiwan american firms have a roughly 20 percent share of the market while europe lags behind at 8 percent. european firms long underestimated the importance of microchips just take cars and trucks europe long specialized in high quality mechanical engineering but today's vehicles are increasingly resembling drivable computers europe has neglected the semiconductor industry long seen as low margin and volatile that's now become the continent's achilles heel. let's go now to some of the other business stories making headlines. japanese carmaker toyota saw profits jump 50 percent in the last quarter from october to december the company made around $8000000000.00 mostly helped by cost cuts as operations are still suffering because of the pandemic. travel restrictions at the hotel industry in germany with full force in 2020 the number of overnight stays f

and when production or europe's relevance in the sector appears to be. not sounding alarm bells in european capitals. semiconductors are in demand and money is cheap tech heavyweights have taken note and are on a shopping spree with their sights set on europe's relatively small and affordable companies after all europe is a huge market that set to grow rapidly. that's why 2 companies changed ownership this week german micro chip maker dialogue now has japanese owners while silicon wafer producer still tronic was snapped up by a taiwanese firm british based chip designer air m. is also the target of a takeover bid nvidia and the u.s. wants to buy it for 33000000000 euros. authorities could still intervene 18 member states declared the semiconductor industry as strategically important back in december the industry is set to receive billions and subsidies to maintain europe's technological independence. the world's chip makers are mainly concentrated in asia with a 70 percent market share the world's largest supplier ts m. c. is based in taiwan american fir

has been living in europe since 2007. his 2 kids were born here in belgium and they called the country home. just one example of how much has changed since you arrived in europe. from all those turned out for 5 clubs in belgium most recently spent 4 years with the small of the to bruges based 1st division clubs. as a kid in my didn't i would be a place like this. now. you can come from training and just pick up. whatever you choose you know and going there you could not we played with the beginning one where no shoes even the boys you know. the boys the. good boys at home with me. you know and it was just fun just to distract us from everything that's going on around you it was. an escape. all the trash is from all over on it all because not everyone thought. you know. we. just go next to me so we used plastic bags for the garbage to make. my friends you know stopping for trying to go into the dump good things so then. yes it became a. part of our lives. there's a saying in kenya nothing good comes from dunder. what worri

the paradox here is that europe probably would not have. taken any strong positions or made any ostrow statements had russia not arrested them while they the way they did it as soon as he stepped off the plane so i find it a little bit puzzling i think that if europe wanted to keep sorry if russia wanted to keep europe away from its domestic life from making comments and saying things then they should not have done that i mean they must have understood that if you live in a flawless in from their main mean attention when they banned if they arrest him then there will be western reactions illiberal to don and units and why i don't know you know it's a very good point that we've been asking the very same question there's also the nord stream to natural gas pipeline between russia and germany it's almost completed and it has become politically very explosive the german government as you know stands behind the project the united states says the pipeline threatens european energy security this is what the white house said today about the pipelin

europe has ordered around 2300000 vaccines for 448. citizens and the population which is one to 5 u.k. has over 400000000 vaccines for its 68000000. population which is around 6 vaccines to once it isn't and this is exactly what troubles me when we look into the global situation where we have regions where they don't have even just a vaccine proceeds and or let alone. twice and so on so i think. the idea of sort of dirty of the e.u. that is the way how we should also handle on a global way although i know that some countries have been more aggressive like the u.k. or trump or the. right and also how they dealt to beginning with the price politics and so on so there are so far successful but when we think oh no more regional and global weight national. solutions were never the best way to deal with spending make alexandra staying in europe just for the time being would you say that brussels and e.u. member states have done enough to ensure equity of distribution of the vaccine with in europe. i think yes that's what was the goal of goin

he was asked to respond to the secret flight scandal as a member of the council of europe. the council of europe is an international organization made up of $47.00 european states its objective is to defend democracy the rule of law and human rights on our continent. in the event of suspected human rights violations the council of europe appoints a repetition to investigate the events. of the medieval. the nazi near. 0 mm. be. the into their own imputes that their act or is meets it or the. me some of that the up i was originated only. believe. that it was because to go back. on november the 25th 2005 in bucharest dick mounted was formally appointed by the council of europe to look into the cia's extraordinary renditions and secret prisons fear of the spotted. lease was. towards vidis you know meant by so. if you went with what the law in accept. that i would have that they're not they're not i am not are not good at that not out of the amount of money they are letting him. this was a good time to. try to move there i. know a lot of them want to get my money not why not the

and spoke about his favorite theme of european suffer anti europe 0 been union its key members have to be part of the solution of their own security. french and german interpretations of sovereignty may remain different yet both said the relief of the new u.s. administration. since saddam's son multi-lateralism are a lot better today than 2 years ago and that has a lot to do with the fact that 2 biden has become president of the united states and starting from america of all the list in some of the munich security conference will have the whole world back at the diplomatic table this preview set the tone from the west undermine democracy doesn't happen by accident we have to defend it fight for it strengthen it renew it we have to prove that our model isn't a relic of history it's the single best way to revive lies the promise of our future. but that comeback of the west and the u.s. leadership is by no means. well let's take a closer look at this relationship with have a call a she directs the europe russia and eurasia program at the center for strategic and international studies a

but europe. elsewhere in moscow journalist waited outside a district court during a hearing in another trial against me he is accused of slandering a war veteran for rail reportedly had sought a meeting with the kremlin critic but it's unclear whether he will be able to see him before his departure on saturday. well those diplomatic expulsions overshadowed a virtual defense and security council meeting between the leaders of germany and france on friday afternoon it was the 1st meeting between anger america led to manual macro since u.s. president joe biden took office but the 2 leaders have been pushing differing solutions towards worsening relations with russia both condemned russia's actions is anglo-american. on things it's an all can his preparing a meeting we were also informed about the expulsion of german swedish and polish diplomats from moscow in connection with demonstrations connected to mr not bound. by any. we consider these expulsions unjustified and we believe this to be yet anoth