You are watching the context. Now its time for europe votes 202a. Elections in the uk, elections in the European Union. Two weeks today, 400 Million People across europe will vote to elect their representatives to the European Parliament. They will choose 720 politicians from 27 countries in what many people consider the most pivotal vote the European Union has staged since members were first elected in 1979. And by the end ofjuly, there will be new parliaments in both the eu and uk, with implications for both sides, for those negotiations post brexit, and in a whole range of areas. Most notably security, migration and trade. Now, for those who dont follow politics in brussels, you should know there are the institutions involved in the legislative process. There is the european commission, that shapes policy, the parliament, directly elected, that debates and vote on those bills, and the council of european leaders, that have an equal say in what is adopted. And at the top of the commi
Likely miss the rest of the season because of his ongoing hip injury. The world number 2 says its the best decision for his long term future. I did my first ever commentary for Bbc Television from this very gantry. And in those days, nobody had heard of the internet, although i can vouch for the fact that i did say once upon a time, its in the net. And, the unmistakeable voice of football for half a century john motson decides to call it a day. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that Hurricane Irma one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the atlantic is now causing major damage on a number of caribbean islands. It first hit Antigua And Barbuda, before moving on to saint martin and st barts. Communications with those islands are down, but irma is believed to have caused widespread flooding and damage to buildings. The category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph, and gusts of up to 225mph is now heading towards the British Virgin islands, puerto rico and then may hit florida b
It was 2157 at the beginning of the week. It has gained 11 points this week. Anna lets get some more details. Nejra cehic joins us. Nejra good morning. Asian markets seem to have not got the memo of caution we saw in the u. S. Session. If we look at the msci asiapacific index, trading higher, the topix recovering the slide on a weaker yen. 111. 46. The house vote on the Republican Health care bill delayed today but this does have bigger implications not just on policy but on the trump trade as well. We could ask if the market is getting ahead of itself with the optimism today. The nikkei up 0. 9 . Gains in china 20. Gains in china too. Speaking of the dollar, snapping sixlongest losing streak in years. If we look at dollaryen, 111. 45, the yen weakening for the first time in nine days. The bloomberg other index is still heading for a weekly decline. We have seen quite a bit of dollar weakness since the beginning of the year. Just to dig a little deeper, it has been in a trading range r
Im sarah montague. The European Union in greater trouble than ever before. Its notjust because of brexit, even founding members countries like italy are unhappy about the direction its headed. The Italian Economy has always struggled within the straightjacket of the euro. And its wanted its fellow members to help share the burden of the half a million migrants who have turned up on its shores over the past three years. My guest here at the Italian Embassy in london is italys europe minister, sandro gozi. He is a passionate european. How does he think the eu should change if it to survive and win over the next generation of europeans . Sandro gozi, welcome to hardtalk. You have said that the beginning of European Disintegration has started with brexit. Is the eu disintegrating . If it remains the status quo, certainly. It must get out of the status quo. It must show there is a political reaction to the series of crises that has hit the union. Among these, the major one is certainly the
Im sarah montague. The European Union in greater trouble than ever before. Its notjust because of brexit, even founding members countries like italy are unhappy about the direction its headed. The Italian Economy has always struggled within the straightjacket of the euro. And its wanted its fellow members to help share the burden of the half a million migrants who have turned up on its shores over the past three years. My guest here at the Italian Embassy in london is italys europe minister, sandro gozi. He is a passionate european. How does he think the eu should change if it to survive and win over the next generation of europeans . Sandro gozi, welcome to hardtalk. You have said that the beginning of European Disintegration has started with brexit. Is the eu disintegrating . If it remains the status quo, certainly. It must get out of the status quo. It must show there is a political reaction to the series of crises that has hit the union. Among these, the major one is certainly the