who says that the e.u. will wait around who's asking the e.u. to wait you are you continuing with your membership application and you but of course so you wanted to wait around but of course because we want to become members of the e.u. but i am more interested in the reforms once we implement the reforms the e.u. will come as a natural called consequence of these reforms if they want to wait for and that's fine if they don't want to wait around that's all that is fine to assume that there will not change europe or not mind whether they wait around or that they will not change. serbian policy is a little bit we are what we are doing in terms of the reforms we are doing first and foremost because of our own citizens and our businesses for the quality of life of citizens in serbia ok well let's talk about let me just tell the national real utility to understand what the e.u. is for us firstly the reforms in our e.u. accession parth mean that we have strong stable economy that we have we implemented structural reforms that will lead to strong stabl

who says that the e.u. will wait around who's asking the e.u. to wait you are you continuing with your membership application and you but of course so you wanted to wait around but of course because we want to become members of the e.u. but i am more interested in the reforms once we implemented reforms the e.u. will come as a natural called consequence of these reforms if they want to wait for and that's fine if they don't want to wait around that's all that is fine to us that there will not change you know i don't mind whether they wait around or that they will not change serbian policies a little bit of life of citizens in serbia ok well let's talk about let me just tell him not real utility to understand what the e.u. is for us firstly the reforms in our e.u. accession parth mean that we have strong stable economy that we have we implemented structural reforms that will lead to strong stable economy what about margaret rights of press freedom things largely at the minute but about the first real if you let me finish i'll come to that the sec

who says that the e.u. will wait around who's asking the e.u. to wait you are you continuing with your membership application and you but of course so you wanted to wait around but of course because we want to become members of the e.u. but i am more interested in the reforms once we implemented the reforms the e.u. will come as a natural called consequence of these reforms if they want to wait for and that's fine if they don't want to wait around that's all that is fine to assume that that will not change you know paul i don't mind whether they wait around or that they will not change. serbian policies a little bit we are what we are doing in terms of the reforms we are doing first and foremost because of our own citizens and our businesses for the quality of life of citizens in serbia ok well let's talk about let me just tell the national real utility to understand what the e.u. is for us firstly the reforms in our e.u. accession parth mean that we have strong stable economy that we have we implemented structural reforms that will lead to stro

kind of accession to the e.u. is that the country whose success in the e.u. is weaker because its economy cannot compete its agriculture cannot compete they suffer from a huge brain drain and the e.u. gets weaker so why don't you put your membership on hold stop taking the funds and sort out the bilateral problems with course of what you know the other refer to them in our membership and four hundred how many from how much money do you get from your you know you're getting hundreds of millions you're getting much less than that we're getting pretty accession funds and the pre accession funds are in fact smaller than for the funds that the e.u. member states are getting when you've given the impression that you're in it just for the money that's and that is completely that is completely not right you're legally president you're president then you think you can so i'll just if i can just say or you can have your interview with yourself if i can just say something firstly we've always said to our citizens that we cannot and will not look at towards the e.u. as a

india large one strategy the e.u. clearly identified serbia and montenegro as frontrunners are would say that is far from being this. disappointed by the run for answers but he is getting fed up with the un at the sofia summit in may and later in london there was a pretty lukewarm attitude to all six balkan countries looking to join the e.u. no mention of any timetable for accession and some pretty clear opposition from the french president emanuel markram wasn't that clear opposition only let me just say i do not think that you have the right to say that you use fed up with us i don't think it's diplomatic but i don't think you can say that on behalf of the e.u. if look what you what mark riley said. was fed up with us. then we would not have any new chapters so and and we do have new chapters being constantly opened and that the trend is that we are going towards the e.u. well that's not a role it is a president micro who said what we've seen over the past fifteen years is a path that has weakened europe every time

who says that the e.u. will wait around who's asking the e.u. to wait you are you continuing with your membership application and you but of course so you wanted to wait around but of course because we want to become members of the e.u. but i am more interested in the reforms once we implemented reforms the e.u. will come as a natural called consequence of these reforms if they want to wait for and that's fine if they don't want to wait around that's all that is fine to assume that there will not change you know paul i don't mind whether they wait around or that they will not change. serbian policy is a little bit we are what we are doing in terms of the reforms we are doing first and foremost because of our own citizens and our businesses for the quality of life of citizens in serbia ok well let's talk about let me just tell i'm not real utility to understanding what the e.u. is for us firstly the reforms in our e.u. accession parth mean that we have strong stable economy that we have we implemented structural reforms that will lead to strong s

and the e.u. finally announced last week that they've reached a draft agreement but prime minister theresa may is facing a storm of protest at home most especially within her own party in the hours after the deal was announced several of her own ministers resigned m.p.'s threatened to bring down the government parliamentary debate verged on the striper us may defends the deal with equal passion especially you summit to this coming sunday is supposed to seal the deal but it's unclear that may come close on it at home. that battle for britain that's our topic and guests it is a pleasure to welcome alex forrest fighting she's a d.-w. recorder and a former westminster political correspondent she says too many british politicians have seen breck's it as a battle against a european empire in which the plucky brits would try out the reality is very different and it's now hard to see if there will be any winners at all and it's a pleasure to welcome alan posner back to the show he is a german british auth

and the e.u. finally announced last week that they've reached a draft agreement but prime minister theresa may is facing a storm of protest at home most especially within her own party in the hours after the deal was announced several of her own ministers resigned m.p.'s threatened to bring down the government parliamentary debate verged on the up striper us may defends the deal with equal passion especially you submit to this coming sunday is supposed to seal the deal but it's unclear that may close on it at home. that battle for britain that's our topic and guests it is a pleasure to welcome alex forrest fighting she's a d.-w. recorder and a former westminster political correspondent she says too many british politicians have seen bret's it as a battle against a european empire in which the plucky brits will triumph the reality is very different and who writes for the german newspaper two beds and he says it is a lose lose the deal is bad but no deal would work. and finally great to have john wo

and the e.u. finally announced last week that they've reached a draft agreement but prime minister theresa may is facing a storm of protest at home most especially within her own party in the hours after the deal was announced several of her own ministers resigned m.p.'s threatened to bring down the government parliamentary debate verged on the striper us may defends the deal with it. especially as you sum it to this coming sunday is supposed to seal the deal but it's unclear that may close on it at home. that battle for britain that's our topic and guests it is a pleasure to welcome alex forrest fighting she's a recorder and a former westminster political correspondent she says too many british politicians have seen breck's it as a battle against a european empire in which the plucky brits will triumph the reality is very different and it's now hard to see if there will be any winners at all and it's a pleasure to welcome alan posner back to the show he is a german british author who writes for.

and the e.u. finally announced last week that they've reached a draft agreement but prime minister theresa may is facing a storm of protest at home most especially within her own party in the hours after the deal was announced several of her own ministers resigned m.p.'s threatened to bring down the government parliamentary debate verged on the up striper us may defends the deal with it will passion especially you submit to this coming sunday is supposed to seal the deal but it's unclear that may close on it at home. that battle for britain that's our topic and guests it is a pleasure to welcome our week's forest fighting she's a d.-w. recorder and a former westminster political correspondent she says too many british politicians have seen bret's it as a battle against a european empire in which the plucky brits will triumph the reality is very different and it's now hard to see if there will be any winners at all and it's a pleasure to welcome alan posner back to the show he is a german british a

news live from berlin e.u. leaders have endorsed of brecht's that deal at a special summit in brussels this is the best big push for britain the first to push through full year of the. only. european commission presidential code u.k.i.p. marks what he said was a sad day for the european union. british prime minister theresa may however says she does not share that sadness and is calling on her country to move on may now faces the challenge of pushing the deal through her own parliament the opposition labor party has already said it will vote against it. and the conflict between russia and ukraine worsens off the coast of crimea as jeff accuses russia of firing on its vessels in the black sea and impounding. welcome to the program. the european union has officially agreed on a divorce deal for britain's departure from the bloc it took the heads of the e.u. used twenty seven other nations just an hour at a special summit in brussels e.u. officials said they were sad at the u.k.'s withdrawal but stressed the bloc

make him back to the e.u. and said look if you make a few changes so is that provision entirely out of the window now all it is still a bit of a wait and watch scenario. before answers that. let me just quickly say there is one exception when it comes to piece of advise how what should british parliament should do and that was the dutch prime minister today who said if i where an m.p. in the british parliament i would vote in favor of this deal so you did get some some advice coming here from brussels when it comes to the wriggle room there is the two austrian chancellor for instance was very clear about a number of other e.u. leaders as well he said there is no leeway we have we have worked extremely hard on this we have made compromises this is the best we can we can offer to the u.k. and he doesn't see what else should be done personally i think if it would come to this i would see some room maybe regarding the timing we've been talking about that but also a bit of fluffy language here and there but when it

news live from berlin the e.u. leaders have endorsed of brecht's a deal at a special summit in brussels and this is the best deal which is the first to post a group for europe. use the. post. european commission president in his own code you can have marks what he said was a sad day for the european union. british prime minister theresa may says she does not share that sadness and is calling on her country to move on may now faces the challenge of pushing the deal through her own parliament the opposition labor labor party has already said it will vote against it. and women around the world take to the streets to call for a stop to domestic abuse and gender based violence. on nick spicer welcome to the program. the european union has officially agreed on a divorce deal for britain's departure from the bloc it took the heads of the e.u.'s twenty seven other nations just an hour at a special summit in brussels e.u. officials said they were sad at the u.k.'s withdrawal but stressed the block and britain would remain p

and the e.u. the e.u. side has been delivered today the u.k. side we still don't know what is going to happen all of these options are still open so is there a possible scenario that britain remains in the e.u. yes yes absolutely it is quite possible because what may happen is one of the roots is the break the vote fails on the eleventh of december everyone says hi on a minute what can we do here parliament is blocked so opposition members of parliament no to be from the labor party would then put forward the suggestion that you should hold a second referendum now no one really likes the second referendum but it might be considered as the only way forward and with such a referendum then of course remain would have to be on the ballot paper and if you look at the opinion polls at the moment there's been a shift towards remaining british public opinion something like fifty five percent of the population say actually staying in the european union would be would be a better option so britain staying it's a hard route to get there but it is possible

could come back into the e.u. summit that would be possible if members of parliament were to go for a second referendum which is an issue that many companies are advocating but at the moment it doesn't even look like that's has a majority support in parliament either and what's more likely to happen is some kind of short term political crisis of some sort to reason may have potentially facing a vote of no confidence from her own conservative members of parliament for example the labor leader he said labor will vote against he would far prefer that to be a general election rather than the be a referendum but again the mathematics to try to make that happen of all the difficult because the conservatives don't want and of the election either so we face this period of uncertainty in the second half of december a new prime minister potentially a decision to go for a referendum maybe a general election or a period just kind of state. entry into the european union at this point or can you even speculate on that briefly i

consistency of e.u. . so the the puns there to turkey being stopped have prevented this needs to stop if we discuss these matters with our counterparts. both parties have expressed during the meeting their commitment to continue. michel. coming to the. trouble. out of the last over seven criteria left now it's been brought down to six we've discussed what needs to be done about those six criteria and it is our wish to complete those criteria and bring these are free trouble to life. god willing shortly. there are other issues that we are going to discuss steering the working lunch. iran iraq libya middle east peace process gulf situation and syria and other regional issues we have an alignment. stance. you. and we'll continue to discuss these matters i must say that this meeting today has been extremely valuable and we've been able to discuss our views our visions our expectations i'd like to think that erica and your highness. for their participation. and i'd like to pass the microphone to them. indeed we

would remain in the e.u. customs union and abide by e.u. regulations until the trade deal is in place that means goods travelling across the border would not run up against tolls and inspections and the draft deal is seen as a chance of avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and e.u. member ireland. business leaders speaking out in favor of the draft include the c.e.o.'s of airbus and other major trade groups. but questions remain for the financial sector the city of london will be limited to offering financial products and services already found in the e.u. with no preferential access to the market there. but certainly at that does not appear to be anything within that three paragraphs that would appear to offer the u.k. financial services a better relationship with perhaps the u.s. that's why many british financial institutions have moved some of their operations to the continent. should it leave talian government is sticking to its. and budget deficits in defiance of objections from the european commission on tuesday rome again

the e.u. council chief and the e.u. commission june. you're going to continue to have a separate essentially the another issue on the table is could you extend so we're talking about a break that deadline of twenty ninth of march twenty ninth team but for example if britain decided ok parliament is blocked we want to second referendum or if you needed a general election or even if the conservatives were placed to resign as as prime minister the timetable for breaks it is now so short that any kind of disruption knocks the entire timetable out so i quite understand what you are saying that the deal as it is on the table now cannot be changed but what tony changes the time frame if the u.k. goes to brussels and says ok look simply we can't make progress here we need more tolling what brussels be willing to grant that and i would think that because brussels cannot tolerate a no deal breaks it that causes a problem at the northern island border and causes problems where the port of cali would be completely blocked due to customs controls if

the e.u. forever and the remainder say this is worse than what the deal we have now being in the european union so the northern irish don't want to leave it doesn't want it there if you liberals don't want it nobody you more or less wants it really nobody is content was this and so it's the worst of all solutions it seems for her and she can't really do very much other than try to to get her own party to pick her up that is the best and she has not been very successful in the past and she doesn't even have a unified cabinet behind her. we're just hearing that the british prime minister has her work cut out for her but what are the next steps for the e.u. how is the ratification process likely to play out. well what happens next is the ball is in the british side of the courts now brussels we'll watch carefully how this approval or norm approval in the british parliament will go in case they would approve this it be then going to the european parliament after that it would come back to the coun

so the e.u. has attached strings to it and that for brics it is unacceptable they feel that they will be locked in to the e.u. arrangements for ever so that the backstop with northern ireland is not really a backstop but it's a blueprint for the future relationship and they say. it's almost like a picture lation so a lot of negative feedback here from industry from british business there's been a positive feedback but because for what they want to achieve is really they don't want to crash out of the for them this is the absolute nightmare scenario is that their companies at the end of march next year will not know what the rules are so they hope that this is a step in the right direction but law a lot of hurdles still to overcome for trees are made. in the right direction a sigh of relief i would think for you negotiators from a brussels perspective is finally on track. sigh relief is probably a little too much michel barnier the chief negotiator of the e.u. commission was asked exactly how you

because e.u. is a piece project and we have shared values with the e.u. so if that's true why did president who cheats three years ago when he was prime minister make it clear when he told a meeting into rana we are fed up with seminars we need some money from the e.u. funds then you see the smiles on our faces. that would be a clear indication that he was simply after the money would say that you took out the statement if it's correct and i do not remember that it is a correctable revolution on multiple news lately ours is the context if anything president for today as the prime minister repeated lee said he you is not a pot of money for us we need to take of take care of our own economy our jobs our infrastructure the e.u. is a different goal for serbia now whether we're going to be ready by twenty twenty five to join the e.u. is another question and i think if you ask me if the e.u. said you can join tomorrow i'd say no because we're not ready which would which would mean that again we get in a large amount in which serbia would be worse off and europe

could come back into the e.u. summit that would be possible if members of parliament were to go for a second referendum which is an issue that many campaign is are advocating but at the moment it doesn't even look like that's has a majority support in parliament either and what's more likely to happen is some kind of short term political crisis of some sort to reason may have potentially facing a vote of no confidence from her own conservative members of parliament for example the labor leader he said labor will vote against he would far prefer that to be a general election rather than the be a referendum but again the mathematics to try to make that happen of all the difficult because the conservatives don't want and early election either so we face this period of uncertainty in the second half of december a new prime minister potentially a decision to go for a referendum maybe a general election or a period of just kind of status when no one knows how to proceed is quite unprecedented in modern british political

would remain in the e.u. customs union and abide by e.u. regulations until the trade deal is in place that means goods travelling across the border would not run up against tolls and inspections and the draft deal is seen as a chance of avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and e.u. member ireland. business leaders speaking out in favor of the draft include the c.e.o.'s of airbus and other major trade groups. but questions remain for the financial sector the city of london will be limited to offering financial products and services already found in the e.u. with no preferential access to the market there. but certainly at that does not appear to be a thing within that three paragraphs that would appear to offer the u.k. financial services a better relationship with perhaps the u.s. that's why many british financial institutions have moved some of their operations to the continent. should it leave talian government just sticking to its. and budget deficit in defiance of objections from the european commission on tuesday rome again

the e.u. will not negotiate any future partnership without it as the house knows the original proposal from the e.u. was not acceptable as it would have meant creating a customs border down the r.f.c. and breaking up the integrity of our united kingdom so last month i set out for the house the four steps we needed to take this is what we have now done and it has seen the e.u. make a number of concessions towards opposition. first the e.u. proposal for a northern ireland only custom solution has been dropped and replaced by a new u.k. wide temporary customs arrangement that protects the integrity of our precious union second we have created an option for a single time limited extension of the implementation period as an alternative to bringing in the backstop. as i have said many times i do not want to extend the implementation period and i do not believe we will need to do so this is about an insurance policy but if it happens that at the end of twenty twenty ask you to relationship is not qui

would remain in the e.u. customs union and abide by e.u. regulations until the trade deal is in place that means goods travelling across the border would not run up against tolls and inspections and the draft deal is seen as a chance of avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and e.u. member ireland. business leaders speaking out in favor of the draft include the c.e.o.'s of airbus and other major trade groups. but questions remain for the financial sector the city of london will be limited to offering financial products and services already found in the e.u. with no preferential access to the market there. but certainly at that does not appear to be anything within that three paragraphs that would appear to offer the u.k. financial services a better relationship with perhaps the u.s. that's why many british financial institutions have moved some of their operations to the continent. should it be a tell your government is sticking to its. and budget deficit in defiance of objections from the european commission that in on tuesday ro

and the e.u. finally announced last week that they've reached a draft agreement but prime minister theresa may is facing a storm of protest at home most especially within her own party in the hours after the deal was announced several of her own ministers resigned m.p.'s threatened to bring down the government parliamentary debate verged on the striper us may defense to deal with. especially you submit to this coming sunday is supposed to seal the deal but it's unclear that may come close on it at home. that battle for britain that's our topic and. it is a pleasure to welcome alex forrest fighting she's a d.w.i. recorder and a former westminster political correspondent she says too many british politicians have seen bret's it as a battle against a european empire in which the plucky brits would triumph the reality is very different and it's now hard to see if there will be any winners at all and it's a pleasure to welcome alan posner back to the show he is a german british author. writes for the g

would remain in the e.u. customs union and abide by e.u. regulations until the trade deal is in place that means goods travelling across the border would not run up against tolls and inspections and the draft deal is seen as a chance of avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and e.u. member ireland. business leaders speaking out in favor of the draft include the c.e.o.'s of airbus and other major trade groups. but questions remain for the financial sector the city of london will be limited to offering financial products and services already found in the e.u. with no preferential access to the market there. but certainly at that does not appear to be anything within that three paragraphs that would appear to offer the u.k. financial services a better relationship with perhaps it will be us that's why many british financial institutions have moved some of their operations to the continent. digitally italian government is sticking to its. and budget deficits in defiance of objections from the european commission on tuesday rome again

would remain in the e.u. customs union and the by by e.u. regulations until the trade deal is in place that means goods travelling across the border would not run up against tolls and inspections and the draft deal is seen as a chance of avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and e.u. member ireland. business leaders speaking out in favor of the draft include the c.e.o.'s of airbus and other major trade groups. but questions remain for the financial sector the city of london will be limited to offering financial products and services already found in the e.u. with no preferential access to the market there. but certainly at that does not appear to be anything within that three paragraphs that would appear to offer the u.k. financial services a better relationship with perhaps a little bit u.s. that's why many british financial institutions have moved some of their operations to the continent. over there should it leave talian government is sticking to its. and budget deficits in defiance of objections from the european commission on

and the e.u. finally announced last week that they've reached a draft agreement but prime minister theresa may is facing a storm of protest at home most especially within her own party in the hours after the deal was announced several of her own ministers resigned m.p.'s threatened to bring down the government parliamentary debate verged on the obstreperous may defends the deal with equal passion especially you submit to this coming sunday is supposed to seal the deal but it's unclear that may come close on it at home. battle for britain that's our topic and here are guests it is a pleasure to welcome alex forrest finding she's a d.-w. recorder and a former westminster political correspondent she says too many british politicians have seen breck's it as a battle against a european empire in which the plucky brits would try out the reality is very different and it's now hard to see if there will be any winners at all and it's a pleasure to welcome alan posner back to the show he is a german british

and britain and the problems there to be e.u. is not so simple right that the e.u. struck a deal with canada for its trade relationship it took more than seven years to negotiate we've got seventeen weeks to manage to sort it out between britain and the european union time is incredibly short and all of these things a very very difficult and very complicated negotiate massive complexities in the in supply chains for the auto industry for fishing rights for how to supply drugs that are manufactured in of the european countries into the british market so it sounds like why not just try to manage to strike a deal well we've been trying for two and a half years and we still don't know what the deal looks like ok now we have until christmas and theresa may has told her own party look if we don't have this deal if you don't approve it we're looking at a labor government new elections a complete collapse of the current conservative government which has a thin majority anyway right so that's the threat that she's that she's making to her and conservative members of parliame

and the e.u. on following the scandal, many e.u. nationals here would have no confidence, no confidence at all in this government to deliver a fair and efficient system. the brexit secretary promised a substantial document. he's obviously no longer here. so can the prime minister inform the house when that detailed framework agreement will be with us? mr. speaker, this is not the deal the country was promised. and parliament cannot, and i believe will not, accept a false choice between this bad deal and no deal. people around the country will be feeling anxious this morning. about the industries they work in. the jobs they hold. about the stability of their communities and their country. the government must now withdraw this half-baked deal, which is clear does not have the backing of the cabinet, this parliament, or the country as a whole. prime minister may: thank you, mr. speaker. to pick up some of the points that the right honorable gentleman made. first of all, he comments on -- he said that no deal was not an option. but then

the e.u. used chief breaks it negotiator michel bonnie a spoke at a press conference let's listen to what he had to say. what we have agreed that negotiators reform. and balanced. takes into account the u.k. expulsions organizers do we through all of the money question that i'm sure new law will do or the item to final. and it is a ground floor and i'm sure this new partnership they use chief brags negotiator michel barnier there speaking just a short while ago well let's cross over now to our correspondent big it must in london and max hoffman in brussels starting with you max we just heard the news chief negotiator there referring to an ambitious new partnership it sounds like from a brussels perspective breaks it is on the right track i think that would be overstating it i haven't heard one of the officials yet say that brags it was a good thing they all and needed the same thing they all always insist they still regret that decision but of course given the circumstances at least they did a

e.u. but spain's prime minister is pushing negotiations right up to the wire over the british territory of gibraltar. and the world championship that since rolling chess funds defending champion not ignites carlsen and his challenger fabiano caruana have played ten matches but neither can break free to victory. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we start with some breaking news coming to us from pakistan attackers have stormed the chinese consulate in the city of karachi police say three suicide bombers and at least two policemen were killed in the assault but the pakistani foreign minister says all twenty one chinese staff inside the consulate are safe a group called the bull not just a liberation army has claimed responsibility for that assault. all short while ago i spoke to the journalist shah meir by loach in karachi i asked him who the baluchistan liberation are. working for the day and they're fighting for the. sunday are said to be similar to dates back to the early tw

and to another headache for the e.u. italy is now wantin of public debt today the european commission rejected the latest draft of italy's budget opening the door to disciplinary proceedings including significant fines for rome and a freeze on the e.u. funding italy's populist government has been at loggerheads with brussels over its spending plans for months rome argues that it needs to stimulate the economy and offer italian some respite after years of austerity but brussels says that italian spending is out of control and could spark another debt crisis that could engulf the entire european union italy's government has showed little indication that it is prepared to make concessions here's what interior minister. said earlier today. as the letter from brussels arrived i was expecting one from santa claus as well anyway we'll be talking about it again here it will respond politely as we always do but i won't back down. and tales of any speaking earlier let's get more from journalists who joins us now from rome so the e

and the e.u. are now ready to be rubber stamp an e.u. summit on sunday in a speech to parliament on thursday british prime minister has made yet again defended the treaty she negotiated here on the most important takeaways. mr speaker the text we have now agreed would create a new free trade area with the european union with no chair its fees charges or quantity of restrictions and this free movement once and for all instead we will introduce a new skills based immigration system based not on the country people come from but on what they can contribute to the u.k. . it ends the jurisdiction of the european court of justice in the u.k. . we will make our own rules in our own parliaments here in westminster and in edinburgh cardiff and belfast and they will be adjudicated on by u.k. courts and it means an end to sending vast sums of money to the e.u. so we can take full control of our money mr speaker the draft text that we have agreed with the commission is a good deal for our country and for our partners in the e.u. it almost approach. i

citizens living in the e.u. so they can carry on living their lives as before it will ensure a fair settlement on our financial obligations less than half what some originally expected and will meet our commitment to ensure there is no hard border between northern ireland and our land and no customs border in the r.f.c. . mr speaker the text we have agreed is explicit about the determination of both sides to avoid the backstop altogether by getting the future relationship in place on the first of january twenty twenty one and in the unlikely event that we ever did meet the backstop to ensure it is quickly superceded either by the for. relationship or alternative arrangements as part of this there is next this its commitment to consider facilitative arrangements and technology it's which could afford to hold court on the identified and and i'm grateful to my right honorable friends the members for chingford and woodford green and for for their ideas on this. issue i. prefer a tree to parrot tree work on alternati

any e.u. with the citizens of any member state have the absolute right to live work and settle in another e.u. member state and we made the u.k. a very attractive country for a people to come to and literally millions millions of people have and in a very short space of time so of course it was an issue as far as this agreement is concerned. a lot of us don't trust to reason about anything and probably not on this either but on the face of it this is one of the slightly less bad aspects of it it does seem and put it in the relation to her speech that we will be able to have some control control about immigration but this is a really exciting journey is called a backlash and the important thing is that the prime minister stands firm against the immigration junkies in the confederation of british industries. and the mass forces of of the immigration lobby which is very very strong in the u.k. so the u.k. has a growing trade deficit with the e.u. but its trade with. pretty much the rest of the wo

would remain in the e.u. customs union and abide by e.u. regulations until the trade deal is in place that means goods travelling across the border would not run up against tolls and inspections and the draft deal is seen as a chance of avoiding a hard border between northern ireland and e.u. member ireland. business leaders speaking out in favor of the draft include the c.e.o.'s of airbus and other major trade groups. but questions remain for the financial sector the city of london will be limited to offering financial products and services already found in the e.u. with no preferential access to the market there. but certainly at that does not appear to be anything within that three paragraphs that would appear to offer the u.k. financial services a better relationship with perhaps the west that's why many british financial institutions have moved some of their operations to the continent. shouldn't we italian government is sticking to its. and budget deficit in defiance of objections from the european commission on tuesday rome again rej

news line from berlin e.u. leaders have endorsed a breakthrough deal at a special summit in brussels. this is the first to push for which the first to push through for europe the only. european commission president sean claude mocks what he said was a sad day for the european union. british prime minister to resign may says she doesn't share that sadness and is calling one how country to move on may now faces the challenge of pushing the deal through her own parliament the opposition labor party has already said it will vote against it. and women around the world take to the streets to call for a stop to domestic abuse and gender based violence. welcome to the program the european union has officially agreed on a divorce deal for britain's departure from the bloc it took the heads of the twenty seven other nations just an hour at a special summit in brussels e.u. officials said they were sad that the u.k.'s withdrawal but stressed the bloc in britain would remain partners and friends u.k. prime minister theresa

would remain in the e.u. customs union until a trade deal is in place and it would abide by e.u. regulations. that means goods traveling across the border won't run up against tolls or inspections business will keep moving more business leaders are speaking out in favor of the draft including the c.e.o.'s of airbus and major trade groups their take questions remain but the draft appears better than a no deal parts of the draft are still difficult for some to swallow the city of london will be limited to offering financial products and services already found in the e.u. it will still have access to the market but the same access as other countries but certainly at that does not appear to be anything within that three paragraphs that would appear to offer the u.k. financial services a better relationship with the e.u. than perhaps a panel the u.s. and that's why many financial institutions have moved some of their operations to the continent. i want to get more on this now with our financial correspondent on the other side of the atlantic in yens quarter is in new york for us yes w

yes and to another headache for the e.u. italy is now wantin of public debt today bigger appeal commission rejected the latest draft of italy's budget opening the door to disciplinary proceedings including significant fines for rome and a freeze on the e.u. funding italy's populist government has been at loggerheads with brussels over its spending plans for months rome argues that it needs to stimulate the economy and offer italian some respite after years of austerity but brussels says that italian spending is out of control and could spark another debt crisis that could engulf the entire european union italy's government has showed little indication that it is prepared to make concessions here's what interior minister mattel selvi said earlier today that he. has a letter from brussels arrived i was expecting one from santa claus as well anyway we'll be talking about it again here it will respond politely as we always do but i won't back down. any speaking earlier let's get more from journalists who joins us now from rome s

news on live from berlin e.u. leaders have endorsed of brecht's the deal at a special summit in brussels. is to be posted with just the first the post you were just so you see a rudy. european commission president. marks what he said it was a sad day for the european union. but british prime minister theresa may says she does not share that sadness and is calling on her country to move on may now faces the challenge of pushing the deal through her own parliament the opposition labor labor party has already said it will vote against it. then women around the world take to the streets to call for a stop to domestic abuse and gender based violence. nick spicer welcome to the program. the european union has officially agreed on a divorce deal for britain's departure from the bloc it took the heads of the e.u. used twenty seven other nations just an hour at a special summit in brussels e.u. officials said they were sad at the u.k.'s withdrawal but stressed the walk and britain would remain partners and friends u.k. pri

do you first the e.u. have endorsed the break that agreement it's pretty predictable what is the mood in brussels right now. certainly not relief or celebration here because it was pretty much expected this that this would be signed off today a lot of praise for michel barnier the chief negotiator who has prepared this over the period of the of the past years he has done the extraordinary work yes there was a short moment whether it was a storm in the teacup. but the ministers today made clear the number of the sticky points remain but we'll have to talk about them in the future for now the ball is in the british side of the court the ball is in the british side of the court drawn by what we do with this agreement the real challenges are just about to begin on their absolutely certain reason may now have got this deal in brussels has to take it back to london and has to get it voted by the house of commons and that's where the problems are really going to begin so this essentially if you like was the easy

any e.u. with the citizens of any member state have the absolute right to live work and settle in another e.u. member state and we made the u.k. a very attractive country for for a people to come to and literally millions millions of people have and in a very short space of time so of course it was an issue as far as this agreement is concerned. a lot of us don't trust to reason about anything and probably not on this either but on the face of it this is one of the slightly less bad aspects of it it does seem and put it in the relation to her speech that we will be able to have some control control about immigration but this is a really exciting journey is called a backlash and the important thing is that the prime minister stands firm against the immigration junkies in the confederation of british industries. and the mass forces of of the immigration lobby which is very very strong. in the u.k. so the u.k. has a growing trade deficit was the e.u. but its trade with. pretty much the rest of th

courts and it means an end to sending vast sums of money to the e.u. all right theresa may there making her pitch just moments ago in the house of commons barrie want to go to you first did she make a convincing case will she get this agreement through the house of commons and over the finish line. well what certainly shone through for me was a determination to deliver it she said i'm determined to deliver breck said this is how she and it has statement and she definitely tried to convince mostly i think the brics it is in their own party she stressed that the u.k. was now an independent state an independent coastal state even as she said and she she emphasized that all the the will of the people will from have point of view will be pulled through and breck's it will happen and that the u.k. will be able to stand on its own two feet and definitely mostly i think she spoke to the brics it is her own party who are very very critical of this deal this much we know all right now we also of course are heard from the opposition leader mr jeremy corbin let's

as tensions between the e.u. and italy rise so just the cost of italian borrowing investors in other words want more for their money it's no longer a surprise it's in these borrowing costs its bond yields have first and steadily since its populist government was elected investors respond badly to uncertainty and growing has provided plenty trashing the euro currency and dismissing the country's massive pile of debt the new budget seems just as i'm concerned about it more than trickles deficit spending from the previous government's plan the e.u. says its growth projections are too optimistic credit rating agencies have weighted in lowering ratings and outlooks the gap between italian and german borrowing costs which is one measure of investor confidence continues to widen the cherone based hume foundation says government and corporate bonds and italian stock exchange losses have totaled more than one hundred seventy five billion euros since the government took office in may this process is going to have a very ba

asked me to leave the e.u. we want to ensure we continue to have a good trading relationship with the european union and we will be able to have an independent trade policy which enables us to make decisions to trade around to the rest of the world. and also coming up on the program u.s. president donald trump gives saudi arabia a pass over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi and decides quote what's good for the economy is good enough for me. we are with saudi arabia we're staying with saudi arabia every other way just so everybody i have no business whatsoever with saudi arabia couldn't care less. it is do or die time for teresa mayes brags it deal the e.u. was set to vote on a finalized plan on sunday so she is now scrambling for concessions that will make it more palatable at home and address some looming issues like britain's future relations with the e.u. on wednesday she was in brussels negotiating with european commission president john could younker and here's what she had to say after that meetin

and the e.u. one delivered on the result of the referendum and settles on calls for a prosperous future while maintaining a close relationship with our friends and neighbors. joining us for more ideas of the correspondence up of aizawl in london and at the european council in brussels lattice welcome to you both guild let's begin with you the e.u. has now formally agreed to the deal the first country to leave the e.u. block a somber day for brussels. look this is a brutal for those six hundred page document took just a mere forty five minutes but it brings an end forty five years of membership at least potentially that is if the u.k. parliament approves it to it as well so it was easy and it wasn't easy for your leaders that is why anglo-american said she is there is with sadness but also with some relief that she looks up on this day it's a day after one and a half years really tough and lengthy negotiations where we were waiting on the european side that the u.k. steps beyond the red lines that

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too close to the e.u. they really think this is a capitation and that's the reason they has given much too much to the demands of the e.u. is what they say however industry they are happy because what they want to avoid is a no deal scenario where they crash at the end of march next year and businesses will be unprepared for something like that because everything has been tied into the e.u. so they have been putting a lot of pressure on tourism eighty two really of this and they have made happy noises so far ok but battle lines being drawn there in general in britain so from a brussels perspective is briggs it finally on track. well terry after years of negotiation they agreed on something they agreed on five hundred eighty five pages that's how how. how big the withdrawal agreement is an especially and that's the important a crucial part backstop for the to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ireland it's sort of an insurance policy and up until the end we did not know what it exactly would b