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 is that a hard brics it is very bad for both sides and so despite their positioning ahead of meetings like the summit next week that is something that everyone does agree on and to which everyone will work their hardest to avoid so short as we can of the european election is a huge complications due to take place in britain on the twenty may give in the book the conservatives and the opposition labor party has so hopelessly divided on briggs how distilleries m a plan to navigate this issue. well now the u.k. if that extension is granted has to put legislation in place to hold those european elections and the reactions on this have been extremely divided here in london today so you have those on the remainer site that are hoping now for a soft of bricks
of meetings like the summit next week that is something that everyone does agree on and to which everyone will work their hardest to avoid so shocked as we can of the european election is a huge complications due to take place in britain on the twenty may give in the book the conservatives and the opposition labor party has so hopelessly divided on briggs how distilleries m a plan to navigate decision. well now the u.k. if that extension is granted has to put legislation in place to hold those european elections and the reactions on this have been extremely divided here in london today so you have those on the remainer site that are hoping now for a softer bricks that a second referendum maybe and the european elections they say could get could give some indications for that but you also have the hardliners in the tory parties that have that would be perfectly happy to leave without a deal on april twelfth now to have a chaotic breakfast and then fine. only get this over with and with
economy in china we see how industry is rapidly digitizing and one of the big issues here is what is the future of digital infrastructure for european industry and davros is of course a forum where all that s being discussed. that. europe will try to set the tone in davos this year even though everything is being overshadowed by briggs it. and on briggs it british prime minister theresa may is facing mounting calls for a second referendum one of those voices belongs to former british prime minister tony blair blair is in davos this week and he told correspondent ben physical and why he believes a new vote is necessary. as i understand that the idea is to to change the withdrawal agreement obviously that s a matter of negotiation between the british government and europe but look myself and others have been arguing in the u.k. that this process is is a mess. there s no agreement as to what the future trading relationship with europe
twenty the transition phase may be extended by two years if there is no agreement at the end of the transition phase and imagine see regulation the so-called backstop will prevent the installment of a hard border between the republic of ireland and e.u. member and northern ireland which is part of the u.k. many theah the civil conflict called the troubles would be reignited by customs and border control posts the deal what ensure that more than three million e.u. citizens in the u.k. and one million britons in the e.u. could carry on with their lives as before following the transition face. and joining me here in the studio is john worth he is a political blogger who blogs a lot about bricks and he s a regular commentator on briggs and here on the day it s good to see you again john . this irish border dilemma i mean it s not going away and it seems to be just as install day as it was two years ago and it seems there is no common ground to be
my. son of a will welcome to you i m on the thai cheema is the british prime minister tourism a pulling out of the vote on briggs it now there are mixed reports coming out of london this hour i m a spokeswoman insists the vote will go ahead while several media reports say that it is off the british parliament is due to hold a crunch vote on tuesday to decide whether to indorse may s widely criticised plan for leaving the european union but the future of the deal hangs in the balance over one hundred lawmakers from may s conservative party say they were rejected and the chances are slim that it will pass through parliament. for the very latest let s go to london and to deed of news correspondent barbara this is. hi barbara getting mixed messages out of london is the most going to go ahead or is