in fa ct, unification of all of europe. in fact, it was thought to be dangerous for germans to go it alone as it wear and unite for germans to go it alone as it wearand unite an for germans to go it alone as it wear and unite an unsolved division of europe. so i was apprehensive but the over joy meant of europe. so i was apprehensive but the overjoy meant that of europe. so i was apprehensive but the over joy meant that seized of europe. so i was apprehensive but the overjoy meant that seized all of us, after the show on the 10th of november, a taxi brought me to the bare line wall —— merlin all our optimism did not turn out as we thought. we were disabused of some of our top of what peace and everything would mean. we will come to that in a moment but first, recollections, alexander you wear a man in yourearly recollections, alexander you wear a man in your early 30s, grew up on the other side of the iron curtain did you dance when you saw the wall come down? first of all, i need to say something important. i think the

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it is _ europe where we don't have... it is going _ europe where we don't have... it is going to take time for us to understand and to realise that — to understand and to realise that we _ to understand and to realise that we have now entered a new phase _ that we have now entered a new phase in — that we have now entered a new phase in european history. and this is quite — phase in european history. and this is quite a _ phase in european history. fific this is quite a profound challenge because the whole basis of the nato alliance was defending each other from attack gently from the warsaw pact, but actually there were the concept of europe, the kind of stretched beyond simply the membership of nato. it is quite a challenge, isn't it? we say we cannot fight for this country, the nato countries are saying that, the western capitals are saying that, but in a sense, what is it for? they talked a couple of years ago of it being brain—dead as a concept. isn't there a danger thatis concept. isn't there a danger that is how it looks after this kind? ., . ., tha

and europe and the united states, never mind joe biden�*s presidency, europe and the united states are not in lockstep as they used to be. certainly, i'm worried, but i would challenge your assertion that all of europe no longer trusts the united states. germany, france, maybe some other western european countries, that might be the case, but i think the uk and the united states certainly still retain great trust and confidence in each other. and our allies in central and eastern europe still have great confidence in the united states and, frankly, high expectations. but the burden is on us. the burden is on the united states to regain the trust and confidence of our german allies, of our french allies, recognising that throughout the history of the alliance, there has always been friction. i mean, i was a lieutenant in germany when there were hundreds of thousands of german protesters out on the street because of the deployment of pershing ii and the french kicked nato out of france, back in the �*60s. so this is... it's never been a bed of roses, but it has been shared values. and

they insist greece won't be a gateway to europe again. it knows much of europe thinks the same. in 2015, sweden was one of the most welcoming countries to migrants, its asylum policies have since become significantly stricter. five years ago, the bbc followed a young syrian woman, noor ahmad. she made her perilousjourney north. a report from sweden now on how noor‘s life has changed. coffee with mum, a simple pleasure. noor doesn't take for granted. they were separated as she travelled alone across nine countries to make it here. her father died in the war in syria. now she's learned swedish, got her driving licence and a job in a food warehouse. i have my apartment. i have my family. i have my dog. so i feel like i'm a stable, confident person right now. and what about making friends settling in? they are so like closed group the swedish people. so you canjust go in and be friends with someone. you can't do this. do you have any swedish friends? no. she'd hoped for deeper connections, but still feels lucky to be here. that's because sweden, one of the most welcoming countries

this is the big picture across europe. most of the really warm air is being displaced towards more central and eastern parts of europe so we are on the edge of it. on monday, fewer storms around, so less of a risk that as overall catching one part, where the storms do brew on monday, they will be heavy with thunder and lightning. you can see how be heavy with thunder and lightning. you can see how warm be heavy with thunder and lightning. you can see how warm it is, 25 in merseyside and mid—20s across eastern parts of scotland. that is bank holiday monday. 0n eastern parts of scotland. that is bank holiday monday. on tuesday, notice how many thunderstorms break—out across western europe. all the way from spain, france into germany. very high temperatures, more like june orjuly. germany. very high temperatures, more likejune orjuly. a real heatwave across europe right now. this is to stay‘s forecast. storm brea ks this is to stay‘s forecast. storm breaks out across holland, france, some of them drifting. again, it i

i mean, across europe, people are feeling the effects — across europe, across the world! you know, i mean, we're seeing some of the highest petrol prices in — that we have ever seen in the uk. gas prices are spiking — i mean, an extraordinary increase in gas — i mean, let me give you the figures because they are so striking. a year ago in the uk, we were paying 40p a therm — that is about 50 us cents a therm. now, we are paying £2.75 — that is $3.70 and therm! that is $3.70 a therm! what an increase! and it's creating a huge, you know, political crisis here in britain because the cost of living is rising so dramatically. and even in washington — of course, joe biden is under a lot of pressure over gas prices, over the price people play on the forecourts at their gas stations — what in the uk we would call �*petrol�* but historically petrol and diesel and the other fuels, they refer to as �*gas' — but the whole point is that that money problem is an international problem now, isn't it? and anything of this kind that affects a big supplier of energy i

this poses all sorts of questions for europe because europe has to adjust to a world which began under obama and the pivots of the pacific but now has an american president who is really not interested in europe and not interested in having europe's back. and doesn't think, nazenin, that europe has anything worth having and therefore he can afford to do this? this is the first time in us history that the united states has taken such action against its own allies and trading partners. but the united states sees itself as in a cold war. it has been noted that economic security is military security. for him it is important how europe, postures towards the major crisis, that in the us administration's perspective, is most dangerous and that is iran and north korea. also russia. you have all these crises going on and the united states is trying to make a point that this is important for me. europe is making a stand, it is as timbale expanse, they are saying we will go to the world trade organisation but they going on and the united states is trying to make a point that this is europe is mak

what happens in europe — orfor europe? we don't know. but i fear if this happens, another russian invasion — we've seen them before — i think the consequences would be pretty catastrophic for everyone involved. it is far easier to start — i agree with sergei — if they do it, they would like to do something short and sweet or whatever. it's far easier to start wars than to stop them and the one thing leads to the other. negative consequences for russia in terms of its international standing, european standing. negative consequences for europe in terms of the security order. negative consequences for ukraine. there's nothing, nothing, nothing good to come out of this for anyone — including, i'm quite convinced, for mr putin himself. that's my view. his view is, i fear, might be different. all right, let's go to ourfinal question. volodimir golovko, what do you want to ask our panel? what is the role and influence of china in the ukrainian—russian conflict? is there a possibility- for the west to coordinate with beijing in suppo

all i see is division in europe and i cannot rememberwho division in europe and i cannot remember who penned that expression, i'io remember who penned that expression, no system are —— narcissism of small differences. i'm quite as mystic i'iow. differences. i'm quite as mystic now. brexit isjust one of many problems that britain and europe, i do not think the should to sing wish them, we are all in this together. if the picture agnes paints but europe is right, if i was an mp that would strengthen my resolve to leave the european union and stay with brexit because in the end muddling through as britain might be the most sta ble through as britain might be the most stable country in this turmoil. looking at the timetable to remember that the negotiation of the relationship that the uk will have with europe lies ahead. there is ple nty of with europe lies ahead. there is plenty of flexible tea in that and that negotiations is going to take place during the period when europe is being recast eyes on elections. it isa is being recast eyes on elections. it is a moving target, indeed. w

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

another days work is heading to europe. next week they will decide where europe is heading. taiwan looks about to become the first country in asia to legalise same—sex marriage. an historic declaration was actually made back in may 2017 — when parliament was given two years to enact the changes. law—makers will vote on three draft bills — each with a different view of what equality looks like. joining me now is our correspondent cindy sui is in taipei. i know it is raining where you are but there are still thousands of people out on the streets waiting to hear why —— what might become of the bill. organisers say there are 20,000 people gathered. that been here since 8am this morning seeing what parliament will do about this bill. what they hope for is the parliament will adapt the bill proposed by the parliament, the only bill that would give same—sex couples almost the same rights as heterosexual couples. that would allow them to adopt biological children. receive inheritance and make medical decisions for each other. the other two bills, while legalising same

and europe was about pragmatism, but ideals. so, for me i started to believe in a europe as a kind of solution of most of the continent's problems. and it came true with a succession of... we were all disabused of this because two years after the fall of the war, the war in the balkans began in europe did not appear to be the place where peace would... we will come to that, but stephanie, young generation, same as annalisa, it brought you to europe? same like starting for. i was one of 100 or so americans who got on a plane and moved to prague right after the revolution and the berlin wall came down and spent four years there and went on to moscow and lived there for several years as well. for me, coming at this, the berlin wall is such a strong image but there was so much else going on in the region at the time which overshadows that. it all began in poland around a table that led to elections there. hungary played a huge role, when they turned off the barbed wire fence which allowed some east germans to escape and then the vel

the eu, you stop trading with europe, and thatis you stop trading with europe, and that is not the case. this isn't about stopping trading with europe, it's about trading in a restricted single market that stops us trading freely with other countries. we heard evidence in the brexit select committee that if there isn't an agreement on that by the end of two years, transitional arrangements could allow us to trade at zero tariffs with the eu until a free—trade agreement is reached. so there is plenty of scope for opportunities and we need to explore all of those to get the best deal for the british people. some say she is throwing in the towel by not trying to get the best sort of terms to stay in the single market while exploring the potential for freedom of movement at the same time, and then move into the final position of dropping out completely. is she throwing in the towel?|j dropping out completely. is she throwing in the towel? i don't think so. throwing in the towel? i don't think so. all of us recognise that having access to the single market would be access to the single mar

europe team. the europe team. ryder cup europe team have won their match. match. before four o'clock, there was that clear win. clear win. enough to have half a point in it. point in it. got a round of applause from the grandstand. grandstand. wild card selection to play in the team. team. world number one dustinjohnson to get that point for europe. get that point for europe. dramatically but in the end, ideal conditions for the ryder cup match. conditions for the ryder cup match. europe got their victory, thanks to players like sergio? players like sergio? garcia and his fellow team members. fellow team members. and, of course, that victory over tiger woods. that victory over tiger woods. who is live in paris, later over the course of the hour. course of the hour. we will try and get him tojoin us. get him tojoin us. it looks as though he is there. i can see him in paris. paris. line out to him so he can fill us in on the stage by stage of this map. on the stage by stage of this map. regained its

that is going to happen in europe _ chain. that is going to happen in europe and — chain. that is going to happen in europe and in countries across the boat out _ europe and in countries across the boat out in — europe and in countries across the boat out in countries that can afford — boat out in countries that can afford it _ boat out in countries that can afford it. ~ ., boat out in countries that can afford it. ~ . ., boat out in countries that can afford it. . ., boat out in countries that can afford it. ~ . . , ., . ., ., afford it. we have a short amount of time to ask — afford it. we have a short amount of time to ask everybody _ afford it. we have a short amount of time to ask everybody for _ afford it. we have a short amount of time to ask everybody for a - afford it. we have a short amount of time to ask everybody for a story i time to ask everybody for a story that caught their eye that we might have missed. this that caught their eye that we might have missed-— have missed. this is 20 years since the attack of _ have missed. this is 20 years since the

it was first born in europe. nationalism has been born in europe. nationalism has not been born outside europe. more than that, i think it is a tricky thing which is happening. that is that an american president is bidding on more nationalism in europe. you know what nationalism in europe means? that's not nationalism based on values, it's nationalism in europe based on ethnicity. and what nationalism has done in the last 100 years in europe, we all know it! 20 million victims, all of this is based on nationalism. so an american president thinking, "0h, european unity is not necessary, let's go back to national identity, ideas of nationalism." that is playing with fire in europe! this is not america! this is europe! we have the holocaust, we had the pogroms. well, you can... i think it is a fair argument. you can cite the events of the 1930s and ‘aos at me but let's stick with what happened today. yes, but it can come back. let's look at the context for brexit. i come back to the basic point about the situation today in europe. you have just seem

things come into europe as climate changes. you had hippopotamuses in the thames 100,000 years ago, you know, and those changes will continue. but the thing that worries me is the crops. you look at what's happened in northern germany with extreme weather events and the impact on crops, and you see it around the world. i mean, ourfood security is at stake here, and our political stability. your book illustrates very intriguingly some of that bestiary that existed in europe a few millennia ago, and there are still those connections. the pig—nosed and other turtles in australia were once living here in europe. you have supported the woolly mammoth revival project that could revive the mammoth on this continent. why? i'm an adventurer. i think this is a wonderful adventure to be on. but even more than the woolly mammoth, the thing i would love to see back here is the straight—tusked elephant. you know, because the european straight—tusked elephant, basically it's a hybrid. but its ancestral species still exists in west afric

other questions being asked in poland and the rest of europe why poland and the rest of europe why poland did not learn what happened in the uk? we saw this new variant with its ferocious infectiousness taking hold in the end of last year, some people might ask why europe did not go into a stricter lockdown earlier? ., .,, , ., , earlier? there are those questions of course. earlier? there are those questions of course- they — earlier? there are those questions of course. they have _ earlier? there are those questions of course. they have been - earlier? there are those questions of course. they have been asked l earlier? there are those questions i of course. they have been asked for many months now but the government says it has been under increased or consistent should i say pressure from industry, from services, to open up and also society. the health minister himself said last night that people have a feeling already that people have a feeling already that covid—i9 has been beaten to a certain extent. they have become accustomed to it so you had these competing forces with the go

europe. you are 69 meps out of 750. i am not going to say it is an easy one but we felt this responsibility given by the voters so it is clear that the people who voted for the greens they demand climate action and we also clearly campaigned on social europe and democracy so it is clear that we feel that responsibility to really put in change. if the two big governing blogs christian social democrats, we are going to do business as usual and the greens will fill up to make the majority than they are talking to the wrong party. we will demand a change and, of course, we will be ready to compromise. we know it will not be 100% agreement programme but we will not accept business as usual where we sign up to the same old same old. it interested me that your party did very well in north—western europe but, to talk about a green wave crashing across the continent is clearly wrong because there are many, clearly wrong because there are any clearly wrong because there are many, many large parts of

first, this is a war in europe, and the last two world wars started in europe, so i think we have cause for concern. second, indeed, on paper, there are more nato soldiers than russian soldiers, but russia also has some weapons that can cause devastating effects. clearly, president putin is not shy from talking about those weapons, so i think it falls on us to send a very clear, strong signal that there is no talk of nuclear weapons and nuclear war, because nato is also a nuclear alliance and the use of nuclear weapons will have a devastating consequence for all parties. and the fact that nato has not pushed back explicitly in this manner is, i think, setting a dangerous precedent. deputy foreign minister, is the russian federation up to fighting nato or could it resort to extremely dangerous methods, nuclear weapons? that's precisely the symmetry. of course, nato as an alliance is stronger than russia. russia is nothing but "the upper volta with nuclear weapons." to look at its economy and structure of its governance and so on, it is a corrupt, backward state that only can thrive becau

it seems everyone except europe. are wejust naive in europe? i wouldn't say that we are naive in europe. europe has, in some countries, a very strong capability. i take france as an example, i take the uk as an example. germany, italy, spain and a few others. and they have a strong capability in — also in some of the assets that relate or to some of the aspects that relate to space in terms of technology that is required. but this is a mind—set. crosstalk. are you telling me that the mind—set in europe is going to have to shift? what we don't have is a european capability and i think this is a discussion that is needed. do we want to rely, country by country, on this excellent capability, by the way, or do we want something more of a european structure and a european response? and there today, we have very little to offer — this is absolutely true — with a few exceptions, i should say. so, russia could shoot down european satellites. there's no way that any european force could shoot down russian satellites. i wouldn't say that. indiv

. 50. pressure on health care systems across europe.— across europe. so, do you think government _ across europe. so, do you think government messaging - across europe. so, do you think government messaging shouldl across europe. so, do you think- government messaging should change, when it comes to wearing facemasks? because any body who goes out and about at the moment, we'll see decreasing number of people wearing facemasks, certainly on public transport here in the south—east of england, what is your view of that? i think we should do as much as possible to encourage people. it is difficult because when you release restrictions, the genie is out of the bottle and getting people to comply is tricky. we have seen real—world evidence in a study looking at 30 different studies around the world showing that facemasks are really effective and can reduce infection and the spread of infection by over 50%, so they do work. i think it is encouraging people to think about themselves and others in the way that facemasks can help along with the vaccines. va

—— europe's. the make—up of the next governing coalition has yet to be decided and there are strategic uncertainties as well. how far does berlin will to push eu integration, and how wide could transatlantic differences become? my guest is david mcallister, a political ally of ms merkel, and chairman of the european pa rliament‘s of ms merkel, and chairman of the european parliament's foreign affa i rs european parliament's foreign affairs committee. how bold is berlin prepared to be? david mcallister at the european parliament in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let's begin with the notion that the european union has been wrestling with some ofan union has been wrestling with some of an existential crisis for the few yea rs. of an existential crisis for the few years. do you think the european union has now emerged from that crisis, or is it still in the middle of it? well, the last years were not easy for the european union. that is obvious. but i think brexit and other incidents we

europe and _ conversations between powers within europe and the united states across nato to _ europe and the united states across nato to be _ europe and the united states across nato to be ongoing and no surprises. and that _ nato to be ongoing and no surprises. and that does mean that sanctions may end _ and that does mean that sanctions may end up being a bit more slow because _ may end up being a bit more slow because it's — may end up being a bit more slow because it's better if these can be agreed _ because it's better if these can be agreed. 0ne because it's better if these can be agreed. one of the reasons why they agreed. 0ne of the reasons why they haven't— agreed. one of the reasons why they haven't made this step towards eliminating russia from swift financial transcendence —— transactions is fear that russia will be — transactions is fear that russia will be pushed by that towards china, — will be pushed by that towards china, who we know are trying to build _ china, who we know are trying to build a _ china, who we know are trying to build a rival— china,

we want to help central europe. we do hope that in the future there will be a better cooperation between the european union and russia, the us and russia. we see this is not the case now. we see that the direction we are going is not bat direction. so we have to understand that currently the situation is very bad. there is a lack of trust. you wouldn't use the word antagonistic to describe russia? i don't want to comment on the words of boris. it is a totally different situation to be a foreign minister of the uk and being the foreign minister of a small central european country. what i can tell you is that we are pretty much concerned about the situation and concerned about the situation and concerned about the relationship between the east and west and we hope it will improve in the future stock white in 2014, viktor 0rban said, i don't think our eu membership precludes us from building and a liberal new state based on national foundations building and a liberal new state based on nationalfoundations —— illibe

there are expectations for more europe, but also a different europe. the challenges challenges that we face of the continent are all bigger than what can be addressed by a single member state, be it migrations or climate change, terrorism, trade competition, all these challenges you to be addressed at the european level. and there is a very high expectation from the citizens to have a more efficient, more active, more dynamic europe. do you think there is a desire from the people of europe for, to use your phrase, "more europe"? if you look at the polls, eurobarometer, it shows more and more expectation about europe. which does not mean more trust about the way the european union functions at the time being. there is a lot of expectations, but it's also a demanding attitude to, say, be more efficient, do more. but minister, never mind the polls, just look at reality. i mean, you know what happened in britain. you know, friendly, looking at germany, that there is now a significant proportion of the population in germany who are prepared to vote for an e

so you talk about disarray in europe. and i would add to that the fact that countries like hungary and poland and slovakia and the czech republic are now going to get their vaccines from china and/or russia. the austrians and the danes are talking about vaccine partnerships with israel. so much for the solidarity of the eu dealing with this crisis cohesively and together. it'sjust not happening any more. the disarray is getting worse. yes, but the european solidarity is weakening. why is it weakening? because the european union, as such, is unable to manage at the request, the extent, the response to the covid crisis. and so member states are trying to have the vaccine wherever they can get it. of course, covid has created a massive economic challenge for the european union. there is a recovery plan which involves more than 700 billion euros of new debt taken on by the commission to be spread out across the worst—affected areas and to be tied to the forthcoming eu budget. but there are many governments in europe who are

europe. now the americans have taken over. next let's get some analysis from the bbc�*sjenny hill who's in moscow. the people around mr putin continue to justify this war although they don't call it a war, no one is allowed to here. but several justifications, the first days they say ukraine needs to be in their words denazify do. the second is that nato and s expansion represents a threat to russia. the third we have heard them saying is ukraine wants to get its hands on nuclear weapons, something russia will not tolerate. we heard mr lavrov repeating the accusations against the west and the expansion of nato is something that russia just cannot agree to. meanwhile us secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to brussels. here he is departing, he's off to meet with nato and eu leaders to discuss joint efforts to support ukraine, and strengthen nato's deterrence. he will then travel on to poland, the baltic states of latvia, lithuania and estonia as well as moldova over the coming day

, it's a war against europe. this is going to test the resolve of europe, isn't it? but it looks like, so far, europe's not stepping up. i wouldn't agree. you know, i think europe has been amazingly fast in adopting and voting for sanctions, very comprehensive sanctions. before this war, people in europe were saying that, you know, putin is pretty resistant to sanctions. he has calculated that sanctions will come and he can sustain the sanctions. i think it's hurting much more. there has been extraordinary coordination. norway is not a member of the european union, but we are closely associated through the european economic area and we have joined the european sanctions alongside the european union, coordinated with the united kingdom, coordinated with the united states, contributions from japan, australia and others, so this is a pretty tough response. it's not militarily engaging in ukraine. i think it's important to keep nato out of a war in ukraine. we don't want that kind of confrontation, but we are respond

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but let's face it, everybody wants to strong italy, europe, but how you go to europe, the method you use, the instrument you use will make the difference. there you will see a huge difference between those who wa nt huge difference between those who want a european finance minister, meaning the democratic party, and those who absolutely think ok, let's have a say in europe but be very sceptical. i think it's true that more europe is interesting, first of all because if it's going to score more than 3% it's going to take some seats away from the democratic party and this will be interesting in the formation of parliament. on the other side it true, it puts on the agenda the european topic, even in the name which is quite, i'm not sure about what they can do about the formation of the government, this we will have to see again. italy has defined a government cope with some financial obligations in europe within this year, within 2018, within the european semester. so to some regards i think europe will be a driver for the formation ofa will be a driver for the formation of a government

is europe so fragile?” governments. are you serious about that? is europe so fragile? i think the post—world war ii order was put into question and we are going through a loss of turbulence and i think that brexit is 1 of the symptoms —— lot of. other problems europe is going through. and there are quitea europe is going through. and there are quite a pupil at egel parties on the european continent whose political agenda is to leave the european union is make quite a lot of political parties will stop when we are having a conversation about anti—semitism and you choose to alight on politics and you make reference to a particular phenomenon in the united kingdom we know as brexit, surely you are making a very dangerous and unwarranted association between a political movement, which, you know, is driven toa movement, which, you know, is driven to a certain extent by a form of nationalism, and then, at the other end of your spectrum, anti—semitism. and you clearly associate the 2 things or is it not extremely serious in its own way? nationalism does not always b

then the other question is how is europe managing economically? and as i think i heard steve saying before, this very difficult balancing act between health and the economy means that a country like greece or portugal, which shut down early, is now facing very serious economic consequences. and we now have, yesterday and today, european leaders meeting to try and sort out a rescue package, and we had exactly the same disagreements going on as we did during the european financial crisis, where northern countries, in particular the netherlands, mark rutte of the netherlands, the prime minister there saying we cannot issue corona bonds which are a new version of euro bonds, to mediterranean countries without some quid pro quo. huge challenges cropping up in the european summit this weekend. steve, one last one on the uk before we leave this topic. another thing that happened last week was boris johnson accepting that there would have to be an independent inquiry when the pandemic is over. these often cost a lot, they take years. is there anything we

in europe. it isa fourth—largest economy. in europe. it is a political turmoil. in the southern belly of europe. and that is one of the problem is that europe is one of the problem is that europe is an institution is facing. i mean if you look at the depth of italy, which is more than 2 trillion and with all these new promises that the new government has given, whether europe, i mean, debt will go up at least by 7% of the gdp, so how is europe going to react and maintained this situation? this is interesting because although we talked about the political crisis and then say no to the eurosceptic finance minister, this is still the government will ta ke this is still the government will take a sceptic view on the advice it receives from brussels and the ratings agencies were saying friday of last week we might even be looking now at reducing the standard and saying actually do that it isn't much above the level in terms of the debt you can find. we are running out of ways. when i got here years ago, you had these giant figures with a vision of european unity and n

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it's holding europe to ransom oi'i isolation. it's holding europe to ransom on that account. the germans and the rest of europe, like us, are less motivated by economics when it comes to the crunch than by principle and their principles about europe will be stronger, just as oui’s were. europe will be stronger, just as ours were. we have done ourselves terrible economic harm for the sake ofa terrible economic harm for the sake of a fantasy belief in our great independented pence. have we done ourselves harm? we don't know. it's likely. it hasn't happened yet. we haven't done anything yet. we are not out. markets are all predictive. the markets seem to have decided this is a do—able thing. the markets seem to have decided this is a do-able thing. from somebody who came to this country about 16 years ago, i can say that i can feel that actually internationally, globally, britain asa internationally, globally, britain as a country where english is spoken, part of europe will still be extremely interesting for people from asia to come and do business with, from south asia, ea

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europe is entering the same waters. nobody knows in europe what to do. my personal opinion is that europe is more terrified than britain, because what might happen when this country leaves them. i think they are absolutely terrified. in my personal opinion, britain should have slammed the door in europe's face and said, "we're leaving, if you don't give us what we want, we just walk away, europe will sink." can i just interrupt? i'm german and going a lot to germany and other european countries, and i do not find anybody who was terrified because the uk is leaving, because the uk leaving europe is doomed. not europe, the eu. even the eu. germany has never had such low unemployment since 1991. it is in a very good place... germany was profiting from the eu, the only country that was. holland is going well, austria too. i think it is time for everyone to say that the project benefited germany most of all. let's be fair. let's be honest about it. why are we always pussyfooting around this? this is not about pussyfooting... germany is terrified, merkel is te

well, in britain, across europe and in the united states it has been a tumultuous year. the brexit vote, donald trump's victory, political turmoil in france, italy and elsewhere. all have shown countries divided within themselves. scotland, post—industrial areas of northern england and the prosperous parts of london at times appeared to regard each other as incomprehensible. trump and clinton voters often seemed to belong notjust to different states but different visions of the united states. how significant has 2016 been in terms of these major political events? the deep social and cultural divisions between so—called populist movements and their critics. i mean, that has been the story of most of the big democracies. really big divisions, hasn't it? yes, and your word, incomprehensible... clinton's word, despicable might be more to the point. deplorable. i beg your pardon. and irredeemable, that was a particularly awful word to use. there is something in common in all these, the populist movements in europe, and the divisions in america. and that is a sense that a

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in countries in europe — prices in future. in countries in europe and _ prices in future. in countries in europe and the _ prices in future. in countries in europe and the west, - prices in future. in countries - in europe and the west, wealthy countries, we are feeling the impact in terms of rising prices, shortages of certain goods, but, for parts of africa who are experiencing serious drought, this is where there is real catastrophe as far as this is concerned, isn't it? the im act is concerned, isn't it? the impact will _ is concerned, isn't it? the impact will be _ is concerned, isn't it? the impact will be most - is concerned, isn't it? tue: impact will be most visible is concerned, isn't it? ti2 impact will be most visible in emerging markets. we have the entire local food system entirely interdependent on each other so russia explores a lot of fertiliser to africa, to brazil, and to south—east asia and to asia overall, so what we're going to see is the primary impact were farmers in africa cannot get fertiliser and cannot get financing even if they have fertilise

can you convince me that europe has a common position? to me, it's absolutely clear that the eu will be one of the leaders of this climate agenda. the green new deal is probably the most ambitious throughout the world. we're very, i think, aware of the need to undertake these changes in the coming decades. we have no time to lose if we think about the young, future generations. from this point of view, also, spain is strongly committed, so we have to ensure... spain is, but what about poland, for example? it's refused to sign up to some of the big commitments made from brussels. no, actually, i think that, you know, what we have seen in the last couple of years is, and in the context of these recovery plans, and when we are talking about investment in the transition in order to make it a fair transition, i do think that poland and other countries that have been very reluctant are definitely making progress. well, unless you know more than i do, the poles have simply refused to sign up to the net zero by 2050 commitment. they just won't ac