on behalf of the european commission. people already mentioned, in particular. but like many others in the commission, these two ladies have really, really done the european civil service proud and all of their colleagues, as well, and i am thinking of your team, mr. president, your private office, the secretary-general and his team, and as i said in front of the heads of state of government this morning, all of the departments in the commission have contributed. the director general, the secretariat, martin, martinez, the private office, richard and paulina, who i know very well. luis romero i would also like to mention. the heads of the two legal counsel's and commission. a treaty, as all lawyers know, every word count, so what i am saying is that all of this work has only been possible because we have pooled all of this expertise and experience, all of the skills these persons could muster. i worked towards unity, and i very carefully nurtured the unity which heads of state of government wanted to show from the very ou

but the european commission says this budget will push the italian deficit to 3.1% by 2020, which will breach the commission's limit of 3%, and then could trigger the so—called excessive deficit procedure, meaning massive fines for italy. and yet, polling from monday shows the right—wing league party of matteo salvini, who is leadin the fight for this budget, currently have around 33% of italian voters — and that's up from i7% in march. so is this budget more about economics or politics? let's get more on this story. nicola borri is an italy economist at luiss university in rome and joins me now. welcome to you, good morning. let me pose that question to you. is this more about politics and economics? are the government trying to force another election by pushing the eu into making some tough decisions?” think this is a good way to read what is going on in italy right now. the italian voters are very upset with european institutions for reasons related to, for example, immigration orfiscal reasons related to, for example, immigration or fiscal austerity during the big recession

these fiscal plan for twenty nine hundred comes to a head the european commission rejected the plan last month saying it flouted a commitment to noah the deficit and did not guarantee a reduction in the country's debt which by the way is the second highest in the eurozone as a proportion of g.d.p. the commission gave roman till tuesday that's tomorrow to present a new budget if there's no agreement to brussels could start a disciplinary steps against rome later this month. the italian government is not backing down over its budget despite e.u. commission warnings to dress tickly reduce its budget deficit target after talks with euro group president mario centurion or italy's finance minister said it would be political suicide to cede to the e.u.'s demands regular to be careful and i mean . we are going to reiterate our budget fundamental characteristics and russia now georgia and we will continue to discuss ways of bringing our position in line with the european commission he now knows to proceed surely we'll also take the

they may not be getting sanctions from the european commission but actually the european commission but actually the financial markets, global markets will hit italy hard if they feel what they are proposing is not affordable. i agree with that point, i think if there is a resolution which comes through in the next few months on this problem is well be forced by the markets and the markets i would highlight is starting to punish the eurozone. looking at the proposals of the italian government do you think it will help the italian economy? their argument is we want to lay this or go down this route as a bird, further spending to give the italian economy the boost and then see the growth. what has happened is the creative map which was used by the italian government has hit market confidence and the fact is it is becoming a self—defeating adventure. that is for the problem lies, a rise in interest rates is leading to an increase in debt that will offset any kind of growth boost which the italian government expects. many voted for the coalition government, young italian people, they are

commission wants now he is expected mr conti's expected to be needing with the european commission president joe flown on saturday evening and he said to country said for his part that he is willing to evaluate the upcoming step in terms of trying to find some kind of compromise but it's very clear that this populist government wants to put in place its spending measures and tax cuts it believes that the only way to deal with the death what sort of penalties are we talking about from the e.u. side i mean could they really hurt italy. well at the moment this very first step that we saw happen today with this measure really is the first step in terms of disciplinary action now what happens next is that the deputy finance business ministers within the e.u. will have to see whether they agree with these recommendations put forward by the commission they have the next two weeks to do that and then eventually in january the finance ministers themselves will work to see how they will go forward in terms of these recommendations so sometime in january we can expect at the rate things are going that

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may if the european commission doesn't get its way by then the european parliament could look very different if he looks determined to change the direction of europe's economic strategy the consequences could be destabilizing lawrence li al jazeera brussels. an international oil conference is underway in south sudan aiming to attract new investors or production has restarted in some of the fields to store it in the civil war but rebuilding the industry will take time and south sudan is africa's third largest oil reserves and desperately needs the revenue to help its struggling economy here but morgan reports now from the oil field fields in the way back up and running oil is flowing again in these facilities in south sudan every barrel produced is vital to africa's youngest nation only provide nearly all of its g.d.p. but the main operating company says not our wells are working in the south of the field here has the capacity to produce forty five thousand barrels per day and it's only producing twenty thousand and the station wasn't working for five years so some wells have issues such as e

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the european union on a collision course the european commission rejects the latest version of a three twenty nineteen project which the country's government has vowed to defend so what happens next to brussels also on the program. the chinese mother looking for stolen child may follow time changing as she comes to the end of a four be a search for her young son. presidential trump back saudi arabia despite the murder of this isn't journalist. saying that the benefits of the relationship outweigh other considerations. i'm frugal welcome to the program the european commission has rejected the latest draft of italy's budgets that could lead to disciplinary proceedings including significant fines for rome and a freeze on a you funding it to this populous government has been a log house with brussels over its spending plans for months use it needs to stimulate the economy off a top in summer after years of austerity but brussels says italian spending is out of control what is the size of the country's proposed deficit and of a debt crisis but couldn't go through the entire european union.

commission wants now he is expected lisa conti is expected to be needing with the european commission president joe flowed on saturday evening and he said to come to said for his part that he is willing to evaluate the upcoming steps in terms of trying to find some kind of compromise but it's very clear that this populist government wants to put in place its spending measures and tax cuts believes that the only way to deal with the death what sort of penalties are we talking about from the e.u. side i mean could they really hurt italy. well at the moment this very first step that we saw happen today with this measure really is the first step in terms of disciplinary action now what happens next is that the deputy finance business ministers within the e.u. will have to see whether they agree with these recommendations put forward by the commission they have the next two weeks to do that and then eventually in january the finance ministers themselves what to see how they will go forward in terms of these recommendations so sometime in january we can expect at the rate things are going t

i'm for welcome to the program the european commission has rejected the latest draft of italy's budgets opening the door to disciplinary proceedings including significant fines for a row and a freeze on the e.u. funding the country's populist government has been at loggerheads with brussels over its spending plans for months rome argues it needs to stimulate the economy and offer the italian some rest after years of austerity but brussels says italian spending is out of control and what is of the size of the country's proposed. deficit could spark another debt crisis that couldn't go the entire european union . in brussels welcome gale so the taliban say here's a homework a you have master says not good enough what happens now. well fifty officially the excessive deficit procedure has not been started to date but you could call it a first shot that has been fired from that sears tool box that the european union has if countries. do not follow the rulebook of fiscal discipline here and so what happens next basically is this is the assessment of the european commission that there is a ser

commission going to respond well we're already seeing indications from the european commission that they're not prepared to tolerate what's are some fairly ambitious growth targets from the timing government and a budget deficit the at this point in the cycle is not consistent with getting their debt burden which is about one hundred thirty percent of g.d.p. under control and this all stems back to the stability and growth pact which underpins the euro zone it is the sort of the fiscal discipline and to your question what i think the commission against do is look to get the italian government come in with more realistic expectations of or can be done over the near term in terms of fiscal stimulus but also balancing the long term sustainability of their finances and what about the fear that this could escalate into a wider debt crisis that could hurt the rest of the block out how real is that fear i don't think it's so real in terms of the near term risk the contagion risk around the or is own is is fairly limited particularly with the european central bank still in buyer bond buying

the budget brawl between brussels and rome gets brutal the european commission once italy could face legal action for overspending but there are no new song crisis deepens caus golems constant is extended over places him a c.e.o. and she reports he was working on a mojo that you're coming up. i guess by germany's dirty diesels and up let's just say it won't solve the problems of the day of pollution here once the wind blows it just right. i'm going for one let's to business italy is on a collision course with the e.u. it's insisting on high deficit spending saying it's the only way to stimulate growth and bring down debt european commission says wrong needs to rein in spending to cut it. if push comes to shove and brussels begins an excessive deficit procedure. then italy could face a fine as high as three point five billion euros brussels is insisting the southern european country it hears to e.u. budget rules and it's turning up the pressure. makes it even more. but so far italy is not changing course the government wants to deliver on campaign promises which include early retireme

country and the european commission so where does it go from here then especially when european parliament elections next. well that's that's the big problem it is certainly a big political risk for the european commission trying to take it slowly on that it will grease remember and eventually bend greece into shape with all the problems that led to the greek economy suffering austerity for years and mass unemployment italians are saying we won't have the same happens to us and clearly salvini is a great political tool them to say these european institutions on listening to us but populous not initially but not just nicely but across the continents are joining forces with between now and the european elections next may and if they get a very large block of politicians elected in strasburg next may then the makeup of the european parliament to be very difference and the ability i think of the european commission to keep imposing these rules could actually be diminished to some extent and so it's really a very important fight and could be food for the people at the bull markets the financial

may if the european commission doesn't get its way by then the european parliament could look very different if he looks determined to change the direction of europe's economic strategy the consequences could be destabilizing lawrence li al jazeera brussels. well meanwhile poland's governing party has bowed to an e.u. ruling and move to reinstate supreme court judges it had forced into early retirement in october the european court of justice ordered poland to immediately suspended cision to lower the retirement age of supreme court judges from seventy to sixty five the disputed law forced the round two dozen judges off the bench including the supreme court chief justice it's part large protests with critics calling it a violation of the constitution. with pollution from cars in some of the world's cities reaching crisis levels scientists in poland believe they may have found a solution that's quite literally right under their feet it's called photo cattle lick thick pavement laid as a test experiment in the polish capital warsaw the cement is mixed with a chemical that reacts to sunlight to

commission going to respond well we're already seeing indications from the european commission that they're not prepared to tolerate what's are some fairly ambitious growth targets from the timing government and a budget deficit the at this point in the cycle is not consistent with getting their debt burden which is about one hundred thirty percent of g.d.p. under control and this all stems back to the stability and growth pact which underpins the euro zone it is the sort of the fiscal discipline and to your question what i think the commission against do is look to get the italian government come in with more realistic expectations of or can be done over the near term in terms of fiscal stimulus but also balancing the long term sustainability of their finances and what about the fear that this could escalate into a wider debt crisis that could hurt the rest of the block out how real is that fear i don't think it's so real in terms of the near term or is the contagion risk around the earth zone is is fairly limited particularly with the european central banks still in buyer bond buy

the european council and the commission, the european parliament, and the council took the necessary steps to ensure can happen onment , to provide for an orderly withdrawal. the european council approved the political declarations with the framework for the relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. respectedan council the determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. passage of today's it contains the essence of our meeting. after a difficult process of ratification as well as further , but regardless of how it will all and, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end. >> the day on which we have set aside the results that have been obtained, but it is a very sad day to see a country like the u.k., in the same would apply to any other country. a country leaving the eu does not give way to the raising of and they haveses, attempted to express their , broadly shared, if not unanimously shared. ago, the a year european commission was given a mandate to conduct ne

may if the european commission doesn't get its way by then the european parliament could look very different if he looks determined to change the direction of europe's economic strategy the consequences could be destabilizing lawrence li al jazeera brussels the race to replace anglo american as leader john. christian democratic union is gathering pace now party members are getting the chance to question the three people standing for the post and debate whether the new leader should stick with markos policies or set a new course dominic cain reports from. one of these three will become the next christian democrat leader but to do so they must first convince their party one is close to angle americal and seen by some as her natural successor for her competence in government are the watchwords my listeners and if you like yourself. i bring my personal outlook and previous experience as a federal minister and prime minister of stand if the question is about character and that's why i am the right candidate for you to elect by me then there is the young pretender who believes the party should mov

the european council invited the commission, the european parliament, and the council to take the necessary steps to ensure that the agreement can can enter into on the 30th of march, 2019. provide for an orderly withdrawal. theure piian council approved the political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the european union and the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. the european council restated the determination to have as close as possible a partnership with the united kingdom in the future. i quote this passage of today's conclusions as it contains the sense of our meeting. ahead of us is a difficult process of ratification as well as further negotiations. but regardless of how it will all end, one thing is certain. we will remain friends until the end of days. >> yes, indeed. it is a day on which we're satisfied with the results we have obtained. it's a very sad day to see a country like the u.k.. and the same would have applied to any other country, a country leaving the e.u. doesn't give rise to the raising of champagne glasses or

commission going to respond well we're already seeing indications from the european commission that they're not prepared to tolerate what's are some fairly ambitious growth targets from the timing government and a budget deficit the at this point in the cycle is not consistent with getting their debt burden which is about one hundred thirty percent of g.d.p. under control and this all stems back to the stability and growth pact which underpins the euro zone it is the sort of the fiscal discipline and to your question what i think the commission against do is look to get the italian government come in with more realistic expectations of or can be done over the near term in terms of fiscal stimulus but also balancing the long term sustainability of their finances and what about the fear that this could escalate into a wider debt crisis that could hurt the rest of the block out how real is that fear i don't think it's so real in terms of the near term risk the contagion risk around the or is own is is fairly limited particularly with the european central bank still in buyer bond buying

commission going to respond well we're already seeing indications from the european commission that they're not prepared to tolerate what's are some fairly ambitious growth targets from the timing government and a budget deficit the at this point in the cycle is not consistent with getting their debt burden which is about one hundred thirty percent of g.d.p. under control and this all stems back to the stability and growth pact which underpins the euro zone it is the sort of the fiscal discipline and to your question what i think the commission against do is look to get the italian government come in with more realistic expectations of or can be done over the near term in terms of fiscal stimulus but also balancing the long term sustainability of their finances and what about the fear that this could escalate into a wider debt crisis that could hurt the rest of the block out how real is that fear i don't think it's so real in terms of the near term or is the contagion risk around the or is own is is fairly limited particularly with the european central bank still in buyer bond buyin

commission going to respond well we're already seeing indications from the european commission that they're not prepared to tolerate what's are some fairly ambitious growth targets from the timing government and a budget deficit the at this point in the cycle is not consistent with getting their debt burden which is about one hundred thirty percent of g.d.p. under control and this all stems back to the stability and growth pact which underpins the euro zone it is the sort of the fiscal discipline and to your question what i think the commission against do is look to get the italian government come in with more realistic expectations of or can be done over the near term in terms of fiscal stimulus but also balancing the long term sustainability of their finances and what about the fear that this could escalate into a wider debt crisis that could hurt the rest of the block out how real is that fear i don't think it's so real in terms of the near term or is the contagion risk around the earth zone is is fairly limited particularly with the european central bank still in buyer bond buyi

well you know the political risk for the european commission in all this is that the european elections are only a few months away next may and it's ideal political fodder for people like salvini who can just say you see we told you these big european institutions aren't interested in listening to us that's why you said it was disrespectful and the populists across europe are on the lot of anything between a fifth and a quarter of europeans are now voting for these right wing populist parties have all said they'll band together before the european elections and if they get a very large block of votes in the european parliament and start to append european spending rules that could be very destabilizing people like the bond markets the financial markets don't like this stuff at all and so there is that risk i think the european commission is running but they're insisting that italy plays by the same rules or it's the nations that are in brussels thank you highlands governing party has bowed to an e.u. ruling out a move to reinstate supreme court judges who'd been forced into early retire

now he's aiming for europe's top job to replace him current european commission president mr europe. up there that is where the president of the european commission currently mr has his office and it's a position you cannot ignore the commission sets the agenda on many crucial things in europe such as the budget the migration debate or the brics in negotiations is now is the favorites to move into your because office a member of the european parliament since two thousand and four he is seen in brussels as successful and dedicated to power brokers. but the forty six year old has never held a high government office and his introduction video was more provincial than global . europe was almost my passion. frankly speaking coming home is really what makes me. coming home means for me to be back i feel safe i feel ok but now the ambition has been very and has set his sights high and me back as one a few politicians who's always taken clear positions towards president putin after one or trump but he still has to prove whether he has what it takes to succeed on the highest level as european

all right don't go anywhere here's what's coming up now that the european commission has rejected italy's latest draft budget what happens next ben we'll have that and all the latest business headlines for you coming right up and i'll see you at the top of the hour. frank food. international gateway to the best connection self in the road and rail . located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and trialling services. be allat guest at frankfurt airport city managed by from. history show the story of the first one even more told from different perspectives by peter crane from the eastern european perspective from the african perspective from the perspective to keep from the arab world. t w dot com slash w w one. of. the budget brawl between brussels of rome gets brutal the european commission ones italy could face legal action for overspending. yes when germany's dirty diesels end up let's just say it won't solve the problem of air pollution here once the wind blows in this direction. and how hyperinflation in venezu

s brags that deal theresa may has been meeting with european commission had. on the table a blueprint for britain's future ties with the block and a crucial summit of e.u. leaders on sunday to seal the deal. also coming up standoff the e.u. tells italy that it is bleak walking into instability that says it projects rome's latest budget but italy's new government is digging in its heels setting the stage for a showdown and the concentration camp in northern germany that the world forgot aside from a small memorial there's not much left to mark the site of the count one of the last survivors has been talking about her experiences there. and with four years to go until the qatar world cup people taking a look at the controversy surrounding the next edition of the biggest football event. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. british prime minister to resign may has failed to achieve a breakthrough on the final bragg's a deal after crunch talks in brussels to resign made met with european commission president john could younker for further negotiations ahead of a

welcome to the program the european commission is likely to formally rejected its at least one thousand nine hundred budget today opening the door to punitive action and unprecedented fines the commission says rome spending plans out of control and worse it could trigger another debt crisis that could ultimately go for the entire you are in you know it's a least populist government has conceded only minor amendments to twenty nine hundred budgets not the major cuts to a new call for italy will present a european commission as with its latest budget draft today. straight to brussels where we find that becomes bonnet band to recruit welcome back if the european commission rejects at least budget today what can they do to force rome into law. the commission voted trigger as a first step so-called excessive deficit procedure which includes a whole range of negotiations measures recommendations and also deadlines three to six months and if the conditions are not met after this time and then the commission could issue fines some hefty fines adding up to billions of euros and the commission ca

as a european commission president so who is a and what could change if he becomes president. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with yet another mass shooting in the united states it happened last night in california at a packed country music bar police say a twenty eight year old former u.s. soldier armed with a gun shot dead a security guard at the entrance before unloading his weapon into the crowd of line dancers at least eleven people including a sheriff's deputy die the gunman was also killed police have now identified him as david long. young people helping the injured friends and fleeing for their lives. offices were called to a bar hosting a country music night for around two hundred college students a gunman had opened fire the sound of shots caught on tape outside. a saw a gentleman walk in a black outfit so you're quite disguise a glasses black shirt and i. pulled out a gun started shooting at the bar you know having fun dancing and in the hell is any you're killing the baby of a gun shot and it just started going crazy thora teaser investigating the s

in the european commission can come and sanctions if they so choose. they can, how big is this clash going to get? because italy and not showing any signs of wanting to stand down, we avoid be seen them submit a second budget and that was only very slightly revised, so they are not showing signs of wanting to step down and listen to the european commission right now. why has italy argued they need to spend in this way when they are in so much debt? they believe that spending their way out of it is the way to boost the economy and get things back on track, so yes, we will have to wait and see what comes. that is in a few hours‘s time that we will hear from the commission, that we will see you shortly to go through the news review. thank you. the trump administration has submitted written answers to questions from robert mueller, the special counsel investigaing the 2016 election, according to mr trump's lawyer. the us president has called the investigation a "witch—hunt" and has forcefully denied that his team colluded with russia to help win the pr

commission or other european institutions over the markets i personally expect that the u.n. situations will stand firm not a given at this stage at least second that rating downgrades will follow and credit spreads will widen further so in the end the italian government will have no choice than to soften its stance to soften its position and to police to an extent to avoid the escalation of the financial crisis on their chances of italy going bankrupt. yeah i hope that this can be avoided and this would be the first case. i hope that the signals coming from the european peers from other european euro area member states but also from other european institutions like the e.c.b. president draghi was very outspoken in his recent press conference arguing that italy cannot expect any support coming from d.c. b. it is not in within the men date of the e.c.b. to finance the fiscal deficits so i think the the the messages coming from the p s of italy pretty clear but i personally expect that markets going to behave more fiercely and signal to italy that it is a dead end and continuin

if you are the european commission, thatis if you are the european commission, that is a big win for you. every nation is signing off on this 585 page agreement with a lot of detail. we will always end up with a very british compromises. no one will be happy because everyone will get less than what they want. by the way, i have not seen any poll numbers showing labour jumping ahead, telling us that people think the prime minister has done a terrible job here. let's pick this up, because you mentioned it, theresa may seeks corbyn tv debate on deal. as pa rt of may seeks corbyn tv debate on deal. as part of this two week mini election campaign she would like to get on tv and debate all this with jeremy corbyn, presumably in the

s exit from the european union theresa may is meeting with european commission president could younger for further negotiations on a briggs a deal she's aiming to shore up support ahead of a crucial summit of european leaders this sunday and to bring back a deal that will win the british parliament approval may has faced heavy criticism from members of parliament over the draft agreement with senior ministers already resigning so a lot at stake for her joining us from brussels now is due to view correspondent again york mark just again york so theresa may arrived she shook hands with younger and i don't want to be reading too much into this but they didn't utter a word no niceties nothing for the cameras how tense is the situation clearly there is it's a tense subject but we look we have two very experienced politicians here and they've been through tough times both of them are also regarding bracks and personally i think i've even seen them a lot more tense than this you could see them both smiling and normal it's normal and these arrival situations that you do not necessarily get a s

and the european commission. today being shared with the leaders of the other 27 member states ahead of a special eu council on sunday. the negotiations are now at a critical moment and all of our efforts must be focused on working with our european partners to bring this process to a final conclusion in the interest of all of our people. last night i spoke to prime minister sanchez of spain. we have been working constructively with the governments of spain and gibraltar in the negotiations on the withdrawal agreement. we want this work to continue in the future relationship, but i was absolutely clear that gibraltar's british sovereignty will be protected, and that the future relationship, we agree, must work for the whole u.k. family. the chancellor of austria, which currently holds the eu's presidency, and later today and tomorrow i will be eking with other european leaders ahead of returning to brussels on saturday. mr. speaker, the british people want pregnant to be settled. they want a good deal that sets u

has called for italy will present european commission's with its latest budget draft today. i spoke with d.w. correspondent to in brussels about b. get asked what the european commission could do to force wrote into line if it rejects it in its budget the commission will trigger as a first so-called excessive deficit procedure which includes a whole range of negotiations measures recommendations and also deadlines three to six months and if the conditions are not met after this time then the commission could issue fines some hefty fines adding up to billions of euros and the commission can also withhold money from the budget which would be paid from brussels to italy and of course the commission is also betting on the markets because if the markets lose. patients then they could do the dirty work and force italy back in line been lending costs go up to too high. but in reality in brussels it will have more on its face proposed budget deficits and what it means for europe later in the program. and then one of the other big headaches of britain's prime minister theresa may hea

commission has already kicked out the current one saying it flouts a commitment to reduce the country's debt and that debt is sizeable the second highest in the euro zone as a proportion of g.d.p. now brussels says if rome does not come up with the goods later it will start disciplinary steps against rome later this month. the italian government is not backing down over its budget despite e.u. commission warnings to dress tickly reduce its budget deficit target after talks with euro group president mario sentinel italy's finance minister said it would be political suicide to cede to the e.u.'s demands to take a bigger fold i mean. we are going to reiterate our budget fundamental characteristics and rationality and i join you and we will continue to discuss ways of bringing our position in line with the european commission has now gotten all supersedes your knee can see that we'll also take the worsening economic forecasts for europe and italy into consideration and that only confirms that our budget proposal make sound it's. more debt for more growth the italian banks aren't convinced t

theresa may has been meeting with european commission had jean-claude juncker. on the table, a blueprint for britain's future ties with the blockhead of the crucial summit on sunday. also coming up, stand off. the eu tells italy it is sleepwalking into instability. that is as it rejects romome's budget, but italy's new government is digging in its heels and setting the stage for a showdown. the concentration camp in northern germany that the world forgot. aside from a small memorial, there is not much left to mark the site of the camp. one of the last survivors has been talking to dw about her experiences there. and with f for years to u until the qatatar world cup, we will take a look at the contntroversy surrounding the next addition of the biggest football event. -- next edition of te the biggest football event. sarah: i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. theresa may has failed to achieve a breakthrough on the final bricks of deal after crunch talks in brussels. theresa may met with european commission president jean-claude juncker to further negotiations

commission he now knows to proceed surely we'll also take the worsening economic forecasts for europe and italy into consideration and that only confirms that our budget proposal makes. more debt for more growth the italian banks aren't convinced that deficit spending will end well a report says the country's five biggest banks are considering opening a two and three quarter billion euro credit line to the central banks deposit protection fund the credit line would serve to strengthen support for weaken lenders in the event of a banking crisis. of a war in italy and the budget with brussels i'm joined by don milledge chief market strategist and head of macro economics at zurich ensurance good to have you with us so tomorrow the deadline for italy morning presenting a revised budget ends will we see a last minute change of heart in rome. no i really don't think so i think the as you expected pointed out i think they're quite clear they're going to stick or they are they're going to try and say see it on or their election pledges to the population of italy so i don't see any change in t

s brainsick deal to reach the may has been meeting with european commission head juncos younker on the table a blueprint for britain's future talks with the bloc ahead of a crucial summit of the e.u. leaders on sunday to seal the deal. also coming up the concentration camp in northern germany that the world's forgotten aside from a small memorial there is not much left to mark the site of the book of mark count . one of the last survivors has been talking with you about her experiences there. and with four years to go until the qatar world cup we will take a look at the controversies surrounding the next edition of the biggest football fans. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program british prime minister to resubmit has failed to achieve a breakthrough on the final bragg's a deal after crunch talks in brussels to resign made that with the european commission president for further negotiations ahead of an e.u. summit on sunday may has faced heavy criticism from members of the u.k. parliament over the draft rights that agreement with two senior ministers resigning and spokesman said that g

commission wants now he is expected mr conti's expected to be needing with the european commission president joe flowed on saturday evening and he said conti said for his part that he is willing to evaluate the upcoming step in terms of trying to find some kind of compromise but it's very clear that this populist government wants to put in place its spending measures and tax cuts it believes that the only way to deal with the death what sort of penalties are we talking about from the e.u. side i mean could they really hurt italy. well at the moment this very first step that we saw happen today with this measure really is the first step in terms of disciplinary action now what happens next is that the deputy finance business ministers within the e.u. will have to see whether they agree with these recommendations put forward by the commission they have the next two weeks to do that and then eventually in january the finance ministers themselves what to see how they will go forward in terms of these recommendations so sometime in january we can expect at the rate things are going that the commi

commission or other european institutions over the markets i personally expect that the situation suites then firm not to give in at this stage at least second that rating downgrades will follow and credit spreads will widen further so in the end the italian government would have no choice than to soften its stance to soften its position did police to an extent to avoid the escalation of the financial crisis on the chances of italy going bankrupt. yeah i hope that this can be avoided and this would be the first case. i hope that the signals coming from the european peers from other european or euro area member states but also from other european institutions like the e.c.b. president draghi was very outspoken in his recent press conference that italy cannot expect any support coming from d.c. b. it is not even within the men date of the e.c.b. to finance the fiscal deficits so i think the the the messages coming from the piazza futilely pretty clear but i personally expect that markets will behave more fiercely and signal to italy that it is a dead end and continuing this wave of policy

commission wants now he is expected mr conti's expected to be meeting with the european commission president joe flowed on saturday evening and he said to contest it for his part that he is willing to evaluate the upcoming step in terms of trying to find some kind of compromise but it's very clear that this populist government wants to put in place its spending measures and tax cuts it believes that the only way to deal with the death what sort of penalties are we talking about from the e.u. side i mean could they really hurt italy. well at the moment this very first step that we saw happen today with this measure really is the first step in terms of disciplinary action now what happens next is that the deputy finance business ministers within the e.u. will have to see whether they agree with these recommendations put forward by the commission they have the next two weeks to do that and then eventually in january the finance ministers themselves will want to see how they will go forward in terms of these recommendations so sometime in january we can expect at the rate things are going that t

the problem is that the european commission has different forecasts. it expects the headline deficit to hit .9% in 2019 let's wait for all of those decisions later today. do joan in us around 12:00 lond time we will speak to the vice president of the european commission, valdis dombrovskis >>> here regwe go. i said no many believed a word in the expectations in the budget from italy going forward, now the statistics bureau is saying what the rest of us thought. they caught the 2019 budget forecast in italy. this is the italian national statistics bureau. they are cutting the 2018 gdp forecast to 1.1% from 1.4% forecast made in may and they see 2019 at 1.3% these figures are below those stated by the italian government head scratches there perhaps maybe mr. tria will have a revisit of those numbers >>> theresa may heads to brussels today for a meeting with jean-claude juncker the british prime minister will iron out the last remaining details of her eu withdrawal text ahead of sunday's emergency summit where european leaders are expected to sign off on

s exit from the european union to resubmit has met with european commission president jiang junker for further negotiations on a break the deal she's aiming to shore up support ahead of a summit of european leaders this sunday and to bring back a deal that will win the british parliament approval. may has faced heavy criticism from members of parliament over the draft agreement with two senior ministers resigning. especially d.w. brussels bureau chief max hope and who is standing by so max what's been on the table for may and younger today or we just got word from a commission spokes person who said that the meeting was over between may and june crude younger and that very good progress had been made but work is continuing let me translate that it means basically that they were unable to resolve the main issues they still have and this is important with the political agreement the political agreement is supposed to outline the future relationship between the u.k. and the european union it's not the same as the withdrawal agreement so the divorce agreement that's also on the table but m

if the european commission doesn't get its way by then the european parliament could look very different if he looks determined to change the direction of europe's economic strategy the consequences could be destabilizing . al-jazeera brussels south sudan has some of africa's largest oil reserves but years of war have left it struggling to make any money from them it hopes to return to full production though and it's courting investors to help iraq and reports from the oil fields over went back up and running oil is flowing again in these facilities in south sudan every barrel produced is vital to africa's youngest nation oil provide nearly all of its g.d.p. but the main operating company says not our wells are working in the south pole where the field here has the capacity to produce forty five thousand barrels per day and it's only producing twenty thousand and the station wasn't working for five years so some wells have issues such as electricity and their production here is a tough capacity all production halted four years ago when rebels attacked the facilities thousand and has the

the eurozone finance ministers are hoping for a compromise between italy and the european commission without some fear there could be dire consequences for everyone. the wise path is a path of dialogue exchange of views to find the best solution for the eurozone as a four fold it into the government and for common currency because what is a stake now is come on current. italy wants to increase spending to both states economy rather than save but that violates your rules says the european commission . it's not the commission versus if it makes no sense the commission is there to make sure that the new moves. are respected because when one member personal perspective it has an impact on the others romo has a few days to respond to the demands from brussels the european commission has given italy until november thirteenth to redraft its budget. unless all your business you're watching the news from a lens that's more news coming i ask the top of the album before you go here's a look at our top stories that we're covering for this. news live from berlin there's more news coming at the to

rules says the european commission. it's not the commission versus if it makes no sense the commission is there to make sure that the rules. are respected because when one member personal perspective it is an impact on the others room that has a few days to respond to the demands from brussels the european commission has given italy until november thirteenth to redraft its budget. that's all business is a reminder of the top stories we're following for you americans are voting in one of the most crucial midterm elections in decades today some thirty six million people have already cast their ballots in early voting going from says a poll at the poll is referendum on his presidency democrats have also made the final pitch to voters. watching the news more news coming at the top of the all thanks for watching by. kickoff. makes me. late economics and nothing shocks. me becoming manager against. those spirit speeches sometimes when i'm stuck on yes to get to frankfurt. next. oh won't inviting rich and poor. lehman capitali

may if the european commission doesn't get its way by then the european parliament could look very different if he looks determined to change the direction of europe's economic strategy the consequences could be destabilizing lawrence li al jazeera brussels. meanwhile poland's governing body has bowed to an e.u. ruling and move to reinstate supreme court judges it had forced into early retirement in october the european court of justice ordered poland to immediately suspend its decision to lower the retirement age of supreme court judges from seventy to sixty five this futile or force around two dozen judges off the bench and within the supreme court chief justice it's quite large protests with critics calling it a violation of the constitution. i'm joined now by love and passion professor of european law at the university of little six and an expert on the rule of law on matters of the e.u. so thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so obviously poland had been criticized for a while over this you know by the e.u. specifically why did they decide to act now do you think it's an

commission wants now he is expected mr conti's expected to be needing with the european commission president joe flowed on saturday evening and he said to countries that for his part that he is willing to evaluate the upcoming steps in terms of trying to find some kind of compromise but it's very clear that this populist government wants to put in place its spending measures and tax cuts it believes that the only way to deal with the death what sort of penalties are we talking about from the e.u. side i mean could they really hurt italy. well at the moment this very first step that we saw happen today with this measure really is the first step in terms of disciplinary action now what happens next is that the deputy finance business ministers within the e.u. will have to see whether they agree with these recommendations put forward by the commission they have the next two weeks to do that and then eventually in january the finance ministers themselves what to see how they will go forward in terms of these recommendations so sometime in january we can expect at the rate things are going that t

commission or other european institutions over the markets i personally expect that the you with situations will stand firm not to give in at this stage at least second to that rating downgrades will follow and credit spreads will widen further so in the end the italian government will have no choice than to soften its stance to soften its position and to please to an extent to avoid the escalation of the financial crisis on the chances of italy going bankrupt. yeah i hope that this can be avoided and this would be the first case. i hope that the signals coming from the european peers from other european or euro area member states but also from other european institutions like the e.c.b. president draghi was very outspoken in his recent press conference that italy cannot expect any support coming from d.c. b. it is not even within the men date of the e.c.b. to finance the fiscal deficits so i think the the the messages coming from the piazza futilely pretty clear but i personally expect that markets going to behave more fiercely and signal to italy that it is a dead end and continuing this

the president of the european commission he says it's a sad day for the e.u. . even if you knew this is the moment if you'd relation of the room with the bases for me templates and possibilities of them to have these. roles for the union is closer to true on the smaller scale disease it's just possible that you will be immune to change the fundamental position when it comes to seizures i do think that the rich. because it is advisory. we do the work you studies to in an attempt to rally support for the agreement back home prime minister to resign may has written an open letter to reassure the public saying it will be our deal it will be a deal that is in our national interests one that works for our whole country and all of our people whether you voted leave or remain we will take back control of our borders by putting an end to the free movement of people once and for all jonah hols joining us from brussels and we see now the e.u. leaders arriving jonah but is this something of a formality passing the brics a deal at the e.u. level. well those e.u. leaders as y