In france ongoing Anti Government protests looks set to harm the economy rallies by the Yellow Vest Movement left destruction in many parts of the country. Cafes and stores were looted many closed for fear of violence to the frustration of tourists and locals. Were only in paris for three days so its such a shame that we couldnt take advantage of that for holiday shopping. I think its a shame for Business Owners because theyre the ones who pay the price i understand that the yellow vests are angry i can respect that. Unfortunately their actions are not responsible given the current economically difficult times. The government says the weeks of protest will cost the French Economy around Two Billion Euros this quarter. I think its very bad news for the French Economy very bad news for Business Owners very bad news for
very small small and medium scale businesses for artists and for all those who are counting on the end of the year sales to bring in higher revenues and maybe to pay their
Played. Played played played. Played. This is d w news live from berlin crossing the political divide to prevent a no deal brags that britains Prime Minister reaches out to Opposition Leader germany or been to seek a common approach with time running out. Meanwhile the german chancellor has to ireland which would be hit hard by any breaks the trade chaos well have analysis
also coming out. And initial reports says the pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines jet followed all recommended procedures but were unable to keep it from di think out of control. And Standing Ovations from the u. S. Congress as nato Secretary General yet still birthmarks the Alliances Seventieth Anniversary but how is nato has helped at this advanced age. America havent seen its good to have you with us. With fears growing that britain could exit the e. U. Without an agreement the german chancellor is heading to ireland the only use state with a land border with britain irelands economy could take the biggest hit from a
well if anyone thinks that this is all going to be wrapped up in the next six weeks i think people will look at them like they re crazy because we ve been waiting and waiting and waiting in brussels for this to be finalized and we re still waiting so i think that there s a lot of skepticism among the reason mase counterparts the e.u. leaders and yes we have heard on different ends of the spectrum we ve heard from france saying that she shouldn t be guaranteed an extension at all and you hear from others including you know european council leaders that she should be given much more time but this issue of the elections is very very complicated nobody wants to see. british lawmakers running for positions that they then would they can t immediately there s a tenth of the seats in the european parliament are held by the u.k. right now so that would leave a huge gap if you make decisions with these people and then they leave but the only thing everyone is on the same page about at the moment
a question of war and peace and we can see that it s fundamentally a question of violence or nonviolence of course we want to play our part and so i will look closely at the situation regarding the irish border and ways to find solutions to prevent hard breck s it. that sent these solutions must ultimately come from london. we can see that intense efforts are being made but also that there are clearly very different competing visions i hope that the discussions led by theresa may are successful. all right a clear statement by the german chancellor her preference is that there is no hard border in ireland arthur what is the irish government hoping to get out of the chancellor s visit. well i would say the first thing that they re definitely not hoping for is anything like a kind of rebuke or any news that comes out of this which suggests that iron needs
in parliament we don t know what will happen a new referendum which could be good for europe or a hard breck s it which would be very bad it does. the vote on the negotiated breaks a deal is now expected to take place by january twenty first and it s anyone s guess how it will end. italy s prime minister. offered the european commission a compromise in the dispute over his country s ballooning budget he proposed a deficit of around two percent of g.d.p. down from two point four percent. but it s not for me to forsee now what the final reaction of the commission will be surely our proposal was judged important and significant we will continue to work i trust for a positive solution. would like to present a challenge with promised pension and welfare reforms but that something is