Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The coronavirus pandemic has hit europe hard, but now that most eu Member States have curbed the rate of infection and begun to ease their lockdowns, does the eu have a coherent recovery strategy . Well, my guest today is mario centeno, finance minister of portugal and head of the eurogroup of ministers. Has this pandemic exposed the eus greatest weakness, economic divergence . Mario centeno in lisbon, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen, thank you for having me. We saw deep divisions within the European Union at the beginning of the covid 19 pandemic. Have those divisions been healed . Well, if you look back, you may see that these divisions have played a role in all the debate. But at the end of the day, we were able to act fast in a very flexible way. And for me, as president of the eurogroup, which is very important in a very pragmatic way, we had a few goals to achieve, to react quickly in a sizeable way and in a way that prev
Very much. Andy bell, five news. Use aJeremy Corbyn very much. Andy bell, five news. Use a Jeremy Corbyn is unfit to be Prime Minister, but i imagine there are a lot of remainers out there who would like to hear you say, in the event ofa like to hear you say, in the event of a Hung Parliament, that you would in some way helpJeremy Corbyn get into downing street with the promise ofan eu into downing street with the promise of an eu referendum. Are you really out the idea that in those circumstances, you could putJeremy Corbyn into downing street if he was offering a referendum . I am absolutely, categorically ruling out liberal democrat votes putting Jeremy Corbyn into number ten. Let me tell you why. On so many grounds, Jeremy Corbyn is not fit for the job of Prime Minister. The Biggest Issue of Prime Minister. The Biggest Issue of the day, he has prevaricated and will not give a straight answer, even now if you ask him if he is remain or leave, he will not tell you how he will vote. H
There will be new hospitals, schools, railways, better broadband, all right, im going do it. It was new connections and opportunities for every part of our great nation. Like a little noise and ill blame well have the latest from the campaign trail, and well be analysing those commitments on the economy. You three if i get confronted about also tonight. It stop you looks on the horn, to shut us up. Is brexit the horn that is not beeped in this whole brexit discussion . It kind of has. Its the first week, but make it kind of has. Yet, it has, in the first few days ofjeremy yet, it has, in the first few days of Jeremy Corbyn yet, it has, in the first few days ofJeremy Corbyn giving the biggest speech which as brexit cast news comes as the source speech which as brexit cast news comes as the source of agony for the party and any time Boris Johnson gets near a microphone, he is ready with the slogan, so theres definitely a backdrop to all of it andi definitely a backdrop to all of it and i
Have good days and bad days amid reports of a rift. This role and part of this job, and this family being under the pressure that its under, inevitably, you know, stuff happens. But, look, were brothers, we will always be brothers. We are certainly on different paths at the moment, good morning. The tears flow for andy murray as he wins his first singles title since career saving hip surgery. Music jump on it. And mike gets to keep dancing well catch up with him after a hip thrusting samba saw them survive the strictly dance off. Its a chilly start to the day, there is even some thruster across parts of scotland. We will see sunny spells, areas of cloud and patchy rain across the south eastern quarter. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning, thanks forjoining us on breakfast. Its monday october the 21st. Our top story. The government will push again today for mps to vote on borisJohnsons Brexit deal. It comes after a bruising weekend for the Prime Minister, in which he was forced
Welcome to bloomberg daybreak europe. Earnings season, here we go. To this, crossing the bloomberg. It is raising its fullyear 3. 5 to 3. 55ld to euros. That is the headline at the moment. It is also announcing clearance for metadata, so that is that deal that was announced not that long ago and it is announcing clearance for that, so thats another headline coming through and its also reaffirming its revenue target. Those are the numbers coming through. Coming up on bloomberg, the ceo joins us for his first interview of the day. We will get into a lot more details and talk about the industry as well. Do not miss that conversation. Speaking of industry, lets take a look at basf. Third quarter adjusted ebitda, that is the red headline. 1. 1 2 billion euros. Estimate, 1. 06. There was an expectation that in be Third Quarter, basf could hit by slowing industrial demand. That is the story we are getting for other companies in this earnings season as well. Third quarter adjusted ebit is a be