make no assumptions. christine lagarde tells bloomberg that as the ecb works on its strategic review, policy is still very much up for debate. look at the facts. let s look at how the economy evolves. that is how we do. we need to be fact driven, clear in our communication. i am saying today, do not assume. interview from that throughout the program, and on containment, china s death toll rises to 25 from the coronavirus. the government expands its lockdown to 30 million people. a population larger than that of australia. r is said to be holding discussions for all of its roundup claims for $10 billion. just under one hour away from the start of cash equity trading throughout europe and in the u.k. take a look first off that where we see futures trading. right now, looking at some pretty decent gains. the dax futures are up .8%. captain ftse futures cac and ftse futures up. away from theiles new york stock exchange last day of trading for the week, we do see gains on that.
comes to an understanding. in china, we see focusing more on the industrial internet, without going to the industrial applications and factory automation the control on machines. and first world problems for wear are warren buffett, the billionaire investors has $116 million to fund but can t find anything to buy. hear from him at 12:00 on cnbc today. good morning, everyone and happy monday let s check in out markets are faring on this very first trading day of the week. and it looks though in line with the index in europe, the stocxx 600 is happening up 0.6% or so you can see that, distributions roughly 8% in the green, versus 20% or so in the red in underperforming. so, it looks as though the week is starting off well in line with the end of last week. and it s less on the economic funds and more going to be focused on some of the political events that will be taking place. specifically, expecting to get a little bit more detail later on, when it comes to the customs
to hardtalk i am stephen sackur. with so much focus on america s new president, it is easy to forget that europe is facing its own period of prolonged uncertainty. brexit negotiations are about to begin, the greek debt crisis is going through another convulsion, and it is a dear of key elections, most particularly in the continent s dominant economy, germany. my guest isjens spahn. he isa germany. my guest isjens spahn. he is a rising star in germany. will german politics reshape europe? jens spahn in berlin, welcome to hardtalk good evening stephen and london. it is good to see you. we start with tra ns atla ntic london. it is good to see you. we start with trans atlantic relations as seen from berlin. i think we have two start with the impact of donald trump. how would you say germany perceives donald trump s administration right now? well, let s said that the way the president is using twitter and talking is very unusual for germans. we are not used to that, but neverthele
star in angela merkel‘s cdu. is german politics going to reshape europe? jens spahn in berlin, welcome to hardtalk. !9! :. at?! with. t geq aqls-géi.» ..,. . . ,, how would you say germany perceives donald trump s administration right now? well, let s say that the way the president is twittering and the way he talks is very unusualfor germans. we are not used to that, kind of. but nevertheless, i think when it comes to the issues he brings to the table, and the administration brings to the table, when it comes to nato, the question if we do enough here in europe for our own defence, when it comes to trade, for example trade with china, we have some issues too. we just had this steel argument with the european union and china. when it comes to syria, there are issues on the table that actually we can work on together.
with so much focus on america s new president, it is easy to forget that europe is facing its own period of prolonged uncertainty: brexit negotiations are about to begin, the greek debt crisis is going through another convulsion, and it s a year of key elections, most particularly in the continent s dominant economy, germany. my guest isjens spahn, a rising star in angela merkel‘s cdu. is german politics going to reshape europe? jens spahn in berlin, welcome to hardtalk. good evening stephen. hello to london. it is good to see you. let s start with trans atlantic relations, as seen from berlin. i think we have to start with the impact of donald trump. how would you say germany perceives donald trump s administration right now? well, let s say that the way the president is twittering and the way he talks is very unusualfor germans. we are not used to that, kind of. but nevertheless, i think when it comes to the issues he brings to the table, and the administration brings to