the european parliament on this hugely important topic of the future of europe. all of you across all political groupings have enormous political experience. there is a mass of wisdom in this chamber, and also imagination. i believe it is the perfect place to donate our future as we move forward and to ensure into the future parliaments and governments are more connected to each other. i note under the guidance of the president, you have started to discuss the issues in a thoughtful and productive manner. even before the commission's white paper, you adopted resolutions on our future. i hope this first debate in this series and the others to follow will be lively and spontaneous. i look forward to engaging with you during the course of this session. haseuropean union always offer the prospect of a better future, day feature not handed to us. we must work to create it. we can achieve a more perfect union and we can speak to europe's soul. values we are the committed to an inviting in ireland, within our european family, and in our relations in the wider world. eur

president, vice presidents, commissioner hogan, the political groups, members of the european parliament, dear friends. i want to say it's a really great privilege to be the first speaker in your series of debates witheds had of government on the european union. mr. president i believe that the european union is at decisive point now in our history. despite all of the upheavals in recent years, the rise of poppialism and euro skepticism, we meet today in solidarity and with the are enrenewed sense of purpose. the european ideal has always been inspired by sense of optimism and belief in a better future. and while that ideal has been tested, it hasn't been broken. and based on the achievements of the past, we have a renewed appetite to face the challenges of the future. back in 1947 representatives from 16 countries met in paris to discuss how, in the words of john monet, they could resist economic decline and preserve political freedom. [ speaking foreign language] >> translator: in 1947 we had the importance of resisting economic decline and preserving peace talks for freedom. we came t

a members of the european parliament have been debating the iranian nuclear deal u.s. president donald trump and dos the deal last week despite saying that he wanted america to withdraw from it believing that it still has flaws that must be addressed were joined much hoffman at the european parliament and stressed strasburg in just a moment report. and he made it out just how tight between proselytise and tehran but in recent weeks the islamic republic has felt much closer iranian exiles fly the flag of a previous iranian government in protest over the current regime. they want to make on kalam situation for the neighbors inside afghanistan inside syria inside iraq. and older terrorist groups like his more love in lebanon to help them avoid the money of the iranian people both the e.u. and the us also regarding iranian ties to militant groups as particularly problematic at a meeting with iran's foreign minister in brussels the e.u. made clear that it believes these controversial issues should be kept separate from a discussion of the nuclear deal which president trump

” support the europe—wide list for the european parliament. i would like to get people in cafes in naples and restau ra nts get people in cafes in naples and restaurants in galway talking about the same election choices. perhaps thatis the same election choices. perhaps that is an ambitious idea but i think it is one we should strive for. the eu needed to be ambitious about security, cutting the cost of medicines, helping the rest of the world. but there were limits to integration. whatever our future holds, europe needs to be competitive economically. and one of the ways to ensure this is by allowing competition among member states. and i think this is particularly important for a and less developedfr— . , — lg; $5.5??? 5 a; 5:33 az—fzazzjza fibfisi domestic i and need teneetfiéfif. my small and need inward investment. my strong view is that national taxes that fund national budgets should be determined by national parliaments and governments. that led to raised eyebrows because ireland is notorious for a low rate of corporation ta

i support a europewide list of the european parliament. i would like to get people in cafes in naples and restau ra nts people in cafes in naples and restaurants in galway talking about the same election choices. perhaps thatis the same election choices. perhaps that is an ambitious idea but i think it is one we should strive for. the eu needed to be ambitious too about security, cutting the cost of medicine, helping the rest of the world. but there were limits to integration. all future holds, europe needs to be competitive economically. and one of the ways to ensure this is by allowing competition among member states. and i think this is particularly important for peripheral and less developed countries. whose domestic market are small and need investment. my strong view is that national taxes that fund national budget should be determined by national parliament and government. that led to raised eyebrows because ireland is notorious for low rates of corporation tax. and it has been taken to court over a deal with apple. as you would say

but because of the european parliament have had a busy day discussing russia and threats coming from moscow peter oliver has more on the debate now what we did see is this polarizing any piece on one side the group that said that russia was the root of all fake news and lies they were trying to drum up support and extra cash for the east struck calm task force now that's the e.u. body that tries to look into and expose what it sees as fake news particularly it has its eyes set on news. media outpost coming out of russia after the sputnik featured very heavy in some of the rhetoric coming from these enemy piece they're focused firmly on the fact that every vote in europe was potentially the target of a test of the russian fleet. there are russian agents in this area parliament right now and they're already trying to actively influence our elections russia to come to other channels are dangerous it's quite interesting. that the communists and the name extremists nationalists in this chamber they see russian this information. and of course your carbs but we can see you elsewhere there a

irish prime minister lays out his vision for europe and gives his take on as the european parliament debates the future of the bloc. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us catalonia is newly elected parliament is about to meet for the first time since december his election separatist parties won those elections and should have the necessary votes to nominate a separatist president but their favorite candidate. remains in self-imposed exile in belgium where he is avoiding charges of rebellion and sedition thousands of catalan independence supporters took to the streets of barcelona last night calling for the release of independence leaders in custody for the past three months. let's bring in journalist stephen bergen who joins us for more on the story from barcelona hi stephen as we said there the average leader carlos pushed him on his a self-imposed exile in belgium does that mean he essentially cannot take part well these are all questions that are never really that handlebar you know the constitutional lawyers before the lawyers that represent the tassel in parliament

union behaves the way political members of the european parliament behaves is very little. they want to know turn it if the problem is that mainstream poll at least if you've seen do not seem to offer that alternative to them so they are ready to be receptive to rather far right nationalistic messages who keep telling you you should feel better about yourself better about yourself because you belong to a certain group of people nation and that recipe works and on top of that of course it is a lot of fear among people little things that have been taken for granted and lion says in the past cannot be taken for granted and they fear that so many changes come at the space at a pace that they may not benefit from that so it is a lot of factors involved in that as well so the new nationalism that you witnessed in your reporting how do you see that developing further in two thousand and eighteen at the beginning vivre speaking about nationalism drawing back a little bit in certain places but of course it is a rise in nationalism if you look at the european union especially eastern

european parliament scott keller and asked her the reason for this approach. the stats and like you assess the heads of state and government are trying to see a lot of the european union to stop any refugees getting in on its dressed up as tackling the root causes of the problem but the refugees still exist they just don't get as far as your opponents but end up stranded in lebanon or turkey or wherever the e.u. are working with third party states to prevent them from getting here. the real crisis began in twenty fifteen and still nothing has happened what's your view on that and us at the heart just voted in favor of a report that proposes a radical rethink the parliament is calling for a fair redistribution of refugees across all member states all member states have to take part and of course it's very important to consider existing family ties for example to help with integration. i decree and cut the parliament has decided but why have no resolutions been passed that as the answer you've clearly got a massive problem in the national seats of government eur

and the european parliament says it's an orchestrated strategy. according to a new report, the russians are spreading fake news in as many languages as possible through as many channels as possible. former presidential advisor steve bannon refused to answer investigators' questions on russia. he says it was the white house who ordered him not to. mrtrump, his mr trump, his promise of fake news awards may indeed by —— be fake news. charm offensive or a genuine push for peace — north and south korea

european parliament scott keller and asked her the reason for this approach. starts unlike you who says the heads of state and government are trying to seal off the european union to stop any refugees getting in on its dressed up as tackling the root causes of the problem but the refugees still exist and they just don't get as far as your own lunch to end up stranded in lebanon or turkey or wherever. you are working with third party states to prevent them from getting here in. the real crisis began in twenty fifteen and still nothing has happened what's your view on that and that's at a hotel just voted in favor of a report that proposes a radical rethink the parliament is calling for a fair redistribution of refugees across all member states all member states have to take part and of course it's very important to consider existing family ties for example to help with integration. i thought i'd cut the parliament has decided but why have no resolutions been passed to the stock and we've clearly got a massive problem in the national seats of government european

european parliament scott keller and asked her the reason for this approach. starts unlike you who says the heads of state and government are trying to seal off the european union to stop any refugees getting in on its dressed up as tackling the root causes of the problem but the refugees still exist they just don't get as far as you're honest but end up stranded in lebanon or turkey or wherever. you are working with third party states to prevent them from getting here it's the real crisis began in twenty fifteen and still nothing has happened what's your view on that and us at the heart just voted in favor of a report that proposes a radical rethink the parliament is calling for a fair redistribution of refugees across all member states all member states have to take part and of course it's very important to consider existing family ties for example to help with integration. i voted to cut the parliament has decided but why have no resolutions been passed that as the answer you've clearly got a massive problem in the national seats of government european migr

welcome back and members of the european parliament have had a busy day they've been discussing russia and the threat so many of them coming from moscow peter all of us been following the debate joins me on the line now peter so what conclusions of anybody's come to. well i mean peace was split into two separate separate groups following the debate in stroudsburg it was on the influence the russian propaganda as it was laid out in the title of the debate had on the e.u. now what we did see is this polarizing m.-e. piece on one side the group that said that russia was the root of all fake news and lies they were trying to drum up support an extra cash for the east struck com task force now that's the e.u. body that tries to look into an expose what it sees as fake news particularly it has its eye set on news and media outpost coming out of russia. r.t. and sputnik featured very heavy in some of the rhetoric coming from these m.e.p. they're focused firmly on the fact that every vote in europe was potentially the target of a dastardly russian plot. mr putin is a gangster that runs a gangs

they met with opposition from some members of the european parliament who wanted an internal european solution for the problem i spoke to the co-chair of the greens in the european parliament scott keller and asked her the reason for this approach. starts unlike you and says the heads of state and government are trying to seal off the european union to stop any refugees getting in on its dressed up as tackling the root causes of the problem but the refugees still exist they just don't get as far as you're honest but end up stranded in lebanon or turkey or wherever we are working with third party states to prevent them from getting here in. the real crisis began in twenty fifteen and still nothing has happened in what's your view on that and us at the heart we've just voted in favor of a report that proposes a radical rethink the parliament is calling for a fair redistribution of refugees across all member states all member states have to take part and of course it's very important to consider existing family ties for example to help with integration i find ticky and cut the parliament

commission to the european parliament and to the way they act within the council as kind of half elected officials of their own government and the half european union officials it's much more complex than your correspondents what is your take on that a very simple here there's the all the big decisions when it comes to defense when it comes to the crucial stuff they do they are unanimous decisions we need twenty eight hands up and now it is right this is a is a complex enterprise but that is because you know you have things where for instance the european parliament can veto a decision but that does not infringe on the sovereignty of the nation state there are some ways where a nation states can be voted by a majority of others so that their sovereignty can be trumped and but that is on the smaller things like for instance of the wheat chemical ifa state you know you could have slovenia saying we would like to keep it and then if there is a majority of other states to say no we want it out it's out and then that there are seventy technically has been trumped but you know there's european

commission to the european parliament in to the way they act within the council as kind of half elected officials of their own government and a half european union officials it's much more complex than your correspondents what is your take on that. very simple here there's the all the big decisions when it comes to defense when it comes to the crucial stuff they they are unanimous decisions we need twenty eight hands up and now it is right this is a is a complex enterprise but that is because you know you have things where for instance the european parliament can veto a decision but that does not infringe on the sovereignty of the nation state there are some ways where a nation states can be voted by a majority of others so that their sovereignty can be trumped and but that is on the smaller things like for instance of the wheat chemical ifas eight you know you could have sylvia saying we would like to keep it and then if there's a majority of other states they know we want it out it's out and then that there are seventy technically has been trumped but you know there's european treatie

commission to the european parliament and to the way they act within the council as kind of half elected officials of their own government and the half european union officials it's much more complex than your correspondents what is your take on that. very simple here there's the all the big decisions when it comes to defense when it comes to the crucial stuff they do they are unanimous decisions we need twenty eight hands up and now it is right this is a is a complex enterprise about that is because you know you have things where for instance the european parliament can veto a decision but that does not infringe on the sovereignty of the of a nation state there are some ways where a nation states can be voted by a majority of others so that their sovereignty can be trumped and but that is on smaller things like for instance of the wheat chemical ifa state you know you could have slovenia saying we would like to keep it and then if there is a majority of other states to say no we want it out it's out and then that their sovereignty technically has been trumped but you know there's europe

and talk about russia dominates in the european parliament's with members clashing over alleged threats and fake news coming from moscow. or is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. donald trump says there's a possibility that the north korean crisis won't be resolved peacefully the u.s. president claims that's because having dialogue with pyongyang is next to impossible. and has more this recent interview given by u.s. president donald trump trouble repeated much of his typical rhetoric demonizing north korea for trying them as a threat to the region and from there he went on to say that sanctions and isolation of the country and threats were probably the best approach because dialogue with that country might be impossible this is donald trump's words i'm not sure the talks will lead to anything meaningful they've talked for twenty five years and they've taken advantage progress of our. siddons of our previous presidents listen to trump's words you would think that the dialogue currently taking place between the north and the sou

members of the european parliament have had a busy day discussing russia and suppose threats coming from moscow r.t. to europe correspondent peter oliver has more now what we see. see is this polarizing any piece on one side the group that said that russia was the root of all fake news and lies they were trying to drum up support an extra cash for the east struck com task force now that's the e.u. body that tries to look into an expose what it sees as fake news r.t. and sputnik featured very heavy in some of the rhetoric coming from these m.e.p. they're focused firmly on the fact that every vote in europe was potentially the target of a dastardly russian plot and there are russian agents in this their own parliament right now and they're already trying to actively influence our elections russia today has put make on to other channels are dangerous it's quite interesting that the communists and the extremists nationalists in this chamber very can see russia and us information. and of course your carbs but we can see you are also voices pointed back towards those same a piece you just hear

members of the european parliament have had a busy day discussing russia and supposed threats coming from moscow artesia europe correspondent peter ever has more on the debate now what we did see is this polarizing any piece on one side the group that said that russia was the root of all fake news and lies they were trying to drum up support and extra cash for the east struck calm task force now that's the e.u. body that tries to look into an expose what it sees as fake news r.t. sputnik featured very heavy in some of the rhetoric coming from. the piece they're focused firmly on the fact that every vote in europe was potentially the target of a dust that a russian plot. there are russian agents in this area parliament right now and they're already trying to actively influence our elections russia to come to other channels are dangerous it's quite interesting. but the communists and the extremists nationalists in this chamber they can see russia and this information. and of course your carbs but we can see you are also voices pointed back towards those same every piece you just heard

commission to the european parliament and to the way they act within the council as kind of half elected officials of their own government and the half european union officials it's much more complex than your correspondents what is your take on that. very simple here there's the all the big decisions when it comes to defense when it comes to the crucial stuff they they are unanimous decisions we need twenty eight hands up and now it is right this is a is a complex enterprise about that is because you know you have things where for instance the european parliament can veto a decision but that does not infringe on the sovereignty of the of the nation state there are some ways where a nation states can be voted by a majority of others so that their sovereignty can be trumps and but that is on the smaller things like for instance of the wheat chemical ifas eight you know you could have slovenia saying we would like to keep it and then if there's a majority of other states to say no we want it out it's out and then that there are seventy technically has been trumped but you know there's euro

most of the european parliament a busy day discussing russia and suppose it threats coming from moscow theater all over us more now what we did see is this polarizing any piece on one side the group that said that russia was the root of all fake news and lies they were trying to drum up support and extra cash for the east struck calm task force now that's the e.u. body that tries to look into an expose what it sees as fake news r.t. sputnik featured very heavy in some of the rhetoric coming from these enemy piece they're focused firmly on the fact that every vote in europe was potentially the target of a dust that the russian plot and there are russian agents in this faro parliament right now and they're already trying to actively influence our elections russia to come to other channels are dangerous it's quite interesting. that the communists and the name extremists nationalists in these chamber they see russian this information. of course your cards but we can see you are also voices pointed back towards those same every piece you just heard from saying that they were just looking fo

throughout europe this seems to read over again it is all about russia in the european parliament with members clashing over threats and fake news allegedly coming from moscow. thanks for joining us you're watching. said that there's a possibility the north korean crisis won't be resolved peacefully u.s. president claims that's because having dialogue with pyongyang is next to impossible i can speak now to r.t. course particularly more on the line from the united states donald trump has reverted back to his usual rhetoric then when it comes to pyongyang. yes if you look at this interview with reuters donald trump is at his typical rhetoric against north korea and this time he seems to be saying that pressure is the only way forward because it seems like dialogue is impossible this is donald trump i'm not sure the talks will lead to anything meaningful these talks for twenty five years and they've taken advantage of our presidents of our previous presidents now if you listen to trump's words you would think that the dialogue currently taking place between north and south korea just simp

numbers of the european parliament for the busy day discussing russia threats coming from both of these peta oliver has more now what we did see is this polarizing any piece on one side the group that said that russia was the root of all fake news and lies they were trying to drum up support an extra cash for the east struck com task force now that's the e.u. body that tries to look into an expose what it sees as fake news r.t. sputnik featured very heavy in some of the rhetoric coming from. there focused firmly on the fact that every vote in europe was potentially the target of a dastardly russian plot. there are russian agents in this faro parliament right now and they're already trying to actively influence our elections russia to come to other channels are dangerous it's quite interesting. the communists and the extremists nationalists in this chamber very can't see russia and us information. and of course your carbs but we can see you are also voices pointed back towards those same every piece you just heard from saying that they were just looking for a bogeyman a scapegoat for the

was discussed as five an hour so we were joined by ray finch a member at the european parliament for the u.k. independence party mr finch good to see you so do you think us getting young because i have a chance will be heard in london. oh i'm certain they will they'll be hit by the political establishment but they'll also be hated by the people of the u.k. who actually took this so fancy back and said we are having no more we are leaving your opinion the fact that the political parties in the political establishment of taken so long to do this is not our problem it's not the problem of the british people we asked to go out we want to go out and we will leave whatever mrs young or mr tooke say the decision of the british people is final. what are these negative consequences of breaks it that tesco it was referring to that. well it might be the fact i lose my job in twenty nineteen i won't be in any pay anymore accounting of any opus apart from the fact that once we leave the rest of the countries in the european union will think well now the fifth biggest economy in the wales left wha

commission to the european parliament and to the way they act within the council as kind of half elected officials of their own government and the half european union officials it's much more complex than your correspondence us what is your take on that. very simple here there's the all the big decisions when it comes to defense when it comes to the crucial stuff they do they are unanimous decisions we need twenty eight hands up and now it is right this is a is a complex enterprise but that is because you know you have things where for instance the european parliament can veto a decision but that does not infringe on the sovereignty of a nation state there are some ways where a nation states can be voted by a majority of others so that their sovereignty can be trumped and but that is on the smaller things like for instance of the wheat chemical ifas eight you know you could have slovenia saying we would like to keep it and then if there's a majority of other states to say no we want it out it's out and then that there are seventy technically has been trumped but you know there's european

she has been a parliamentarian, a member of the european parliament in the first insta nce european parliament in the first instance but sinn fein, and then she was elected to the irish parliament, where she is a very prominent and well—regarded speaker. she is a tough parliamentarian. depending on who you speak to, some people say she is a forceful contributor, some say she is gutsy, and others say she isa say she is gutsy, and others say she is a conviction politician and that she is known to interrogate issues of political import in the irish parliament with a forensic eye, both on committees and in the parliament itself. so she is the new broom, if you like, sinn fein. the party will present her as it leadership figure, in the republic, but also as far as northern ireland as concerned as well. the party has its own local leader here in northern ireland, michelle 0'neill, but as president of the party, mary lou mcdonald will be the overarching figure in ireland but also on the global stage. thank you very much. british tourists injamaica are being advised not to leave their resorts unsupe

when we were members of the european parliament have had a busy day discussing russia and supposed threats coming from moscow r.t. europe correspondent peter oliver has more now what we did see is this polarizing m.-e. piece on one side the group that said that russia was the root of all fake news and lies they were trying to drum up support and extra cash for the east struck calm task force now that's the e.u. body that tries to look into an expose what it sees as fake news r.t. sputnik featured very heavy in some of the rhetoric coming from. their focused firmly on the fact that every vote in europe was potentially the target of a dust that the russian plot and there are russian agents in this very own parliaments right now and they're already trying to actively influence our elections russia to come to other channels are dangerous it's quite interesting. but the communists and the extremists nationalists in this chamber they can see russia and us information. and of course your carbs but we can see you are also voices pointed back towards those same any piece you just heard from saying

which is together in the same parliament you group in the european parliament as penn's far right party of france the former us you know. these are very different approaches on that key issue so if anything could be drifting further towards the so-called visit route states over on kind of policy and he has also put on record saying that the country should decide themselves who they take and so really this is yes a communication bridge towards those states that simply don't want to go one step further even to the minimum that has already been defined within the european union and really america is not that terribly much of a partner this very crucial moment in time when we face in the great uncertainty here in germany right now whether she will be able to put together a new government and actually pull through with those policies that she still stands for. political correspondent michelle it could be a chance there's office there in berlin thank you very much. now to some other stories making news around the world former s.s. guard oscar corning has filed a request for mercy with german

members of the european parliament have also been debating the iran nuclear deal u.s. president donald trump and dos the deal last week despite saying that he wanted to withdraw from it but he says it house flaws that must be addressed about four thousand kilometers lie between proselyte and tehran but in recent weeks the islamic republic has felt much closer iranian exiles fly the flag of the previous the iranian government in protest over the current regime. they want to make on kalam situation for the neighbors inside afghanistan inside to syria inside iraq. and all the terrorists the groups like hezbollah in lebanon they help them by their money of the iranian people both the e.u. and the us also regarding iranian ties to militant groups that's particularly problematic at a meeting with iran's foreign minister in brussels the e.u. made clear that it believes these controversial issues should be kept separate from a discussion of the nuclear deal which president trump would like to renegotiate i think perhaps the president for court there it took several years to co

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council president donald tusk telling the european parliament our hearts still open to britain changing its mind but so far his appeal has fallen on deaf ears british prime minister tories of may is still back in amicable split from the e.u. goes to plan that will occur on march twenty ninth next year. over to max hoffman now brussels correspondent to talk about is love affair or i don't know how much love there is anymore max it sounds like house is down on one neighborhood maze just not interested it seems like maze not interested at least that was the official word they shot that one right down but you never know what the developments will be to sca said this repeatedly in the past is that there is a way back until the twenty ninth of march where we know two thousand eight hundred so two thousand nine hundred a little more than a year but once this date has passed that's when everything is closed all doors are closed even to the heart of the no two. is tusk the only one down on one eight. i don't know if you'll go the president of the e.u. commission took up that quote but on this ri

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now bringing europe closer to the europeans is a key priority for the european parliament at the moment and stage is a series of debates on the block future with national leaders first up to present his ideas irish prime minister live red come he said today that europe was at a crossroads with the rise of populism and euro skepticism and with briggs it also looming he called on the european union to ensure britain owners its pledges on the future of north. correspondent in brussels has been following that debate he joins me now. varadkar offering i believe a defense of the e.u. buffeted by populism what was that defense exactly. at times when populists recently regularly challenge the idea of the european union of course we've heard a number of economic. arguments you know economic benefits of the european union but veronica really focused here on an older idea of the european union and why it is good and that is the idea that it ensures peace and now if you didn't go back as far as into history you didn't have to go back as far into the history of the second world war for instance the

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of course was the former head of the european parliament and that's what both sides are hoping to signal towards the french president in monterey might call that there should be a positive answer from germany on his vision for europe but of course it's always down to the detail down to money isn't it those negotiating in that building right beside you they've agreed on not giving any interviews during the talks but as you might expect some people are not sticking to the minister the state premier of saxony in the c.d.u. crutch but he gave a statement anyway let's listen to what he had to say. i don't like the basic tone we are currently talking a lot about spending money and i think politics is not about spending as much money as possible but about making financial leeway possible for future generations investing in the future and this must now come more into focus. we have a situation in germany that is better than ever before. we have economic growth. we have very low unemployment we have almost zero percent interest. and. the government shouldn't be focusing on redistributing wealth.

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parliament wants germany to play a stronger role with the. europe must be one of the new government's maint. topics no matter what the government might look like that is why i hope that i'm glad to see who find i will be able to reach an agreement today that allows germany to once again be the motor of the e.u. at least this is our common goal. in front of your mind so i must see you the negotiating parties had agreed up front on maintaining confidentiality most statements today reflect this the information on potential agreements remains relatively sparse but some came through anyway most probably the conservatives and the social democrats have found a compromise on taxes they agree to raise the bar for a top income tax rate but officials refused to comment. if we all put in some effort and the mood remains as good as house been in the past few days then maybe we can achieve something a lot of work still lies ahead of us. the talks will go on until thursday then the parties will have to decide whether they want to enter into more specific ne

himself a former president of the european parliament wants germany to play a stronger role within the e.u. . europe must be one of the new government's main topics no matter what the government might look like not just hope that i'm. the who will find will be able to reach an agreement today that allows germany to once again be the motor of the e.u. at least this is all coming goal. of mine so i must see the negotiating parties had agreed up front on maintaining confidentiality most statements today reflect this the information on potential agreements remains relatively sparse but some came through anyway most probably the conservatives and the social democrats have found a compromise on taxes greening to raise the bar for a top income tax rate but officials refused to comment. if we all put in some effort and the mood remains as good as house been in the past few days then maybe we can achieve something a lot of work still lies ahead of us. s. the talks will go on until thursday then the parties will have to decide whether they want to enter into more specific negotiations the social

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