Heres. The seventieth anniversary of the un declaration of human rights article nineteen year old can do w. Player. To play. This is do you get your news lie from or let teresa mayes greggs a diplomacy the british Prime Minister is meeting with the german chancellor and other european leaders today as she works to salvage her braggs a deal could be thats after postponing a parliamentary vote the face of overwhelming opposition. Also coming up breaking her silence after four weeks of on the breast the french president announces
reforms and it looks to making the state. Look like something not except my share of responsibility i may have given you the feeling that i wasnt concerned that i help other priorities and i also know that ive heard some of you with my statements use of chemical Monologue Call is hoping to disuse a yellow best protest better run the country into turmoil but will his concession be enough. And the bail hearing for the rest of while wait she Financial Officer men want to continue the outcome threatens to further aggravate already tense u. S. China times. Im sorry so much thats great to have you with us britains Prime Minister treason may well need to german chancellor Angela MerkelIn Berlin Today May is fighting for her political survival after delaying. Parliamentary vote on her breaks
a deal she hopes european leaders will give assurances that will soften opposition to the deal at home e. U. Leaders have called a meeting for thursday to discuss the crisis and say they are stepping up preparations for a hard brags that. I have you lost control of a difficult day for theresa may britains embattled Prime Minister or this is very carefully to what has been said in this chamber and was i. She had hopes her draft grex it deal on how the u. K. Leaves the e. U. Would somehow get through parliament or. Just this house wants to deliver threats it. Was. I. But is now strauss does it want to do surgery reaching an agreement with the e. U. If the answer is yes and i believe that is the answer with a majority of this house and we all have to ask ourselves whether were prepared to make a compromise politicians of all stripes around grey with theresa may there were loud calls for her to quit the Prime Minister is trying to buy herself one last chance to save this deal if she doesnt take on board the fundamental changes required then she must make way for those who can. Well m. P. s passionately debated inside parliament outside Parliament Pro and anti grex it demonstrators theyre squabbling representative of the mood of the nation many people have problems with mays traffic brecks It Dale Nearly everyone dislikes have proposed Border Arrangement between ireland and Northern Ireland the socalled backstop it guarantees that the only land border between the u. K. And the e. U. Will remain open something everybody wants but under the Draft Agreement northern
ireland will behave as if it was still part of the e. U. In Terms Of Trade and the movement of people this would either effectively create a new border within the u. K. Or else the whole of the u. K. Would have. To keep e. U. Trade conditions both of these options raise fiestas opposition among break city is everyone seems a bit fed up. Im not sure they could be dealing with it anywhere really i think they think. Theyve been really unclear about that ledger and more than during its i mean the point is. I like to think that states are i dont think anyone expects to get to really understand times in this making could be. A good shes just a hard liver and not your hands towards her and she herself is one might say she is almost there and on and on and on would have been towards her. Interests. May now heads to european capitals in
a frantic bids to rescue. Our. Lets bring in our Political Correspondent kate brady for more on this story hi kate such recent days meeting german chancellor Angela Merkel in berlin today what does she want from the chancellor and other european leaders and will she get it. Well its very clear to reason may is coming to berlin today in a rather quite desperate bid to try and get some concessions to take back to the u. K. From german chancellor Angela Merkel and from the German Government now bolin said yesterday that the request follow this very short notice visit came from the british side so while at the same time to reason they will be voicing the concerns of the u. K. House of commons today while she is in berlin she will also be putting out those feelers to see exactly what concessions she can take back to london now whether or not this will be a worthwhile trip is really the big question german chancellor Angela Merkel has
said time and time again that germany regrets a decision made by the u. K. Back in Twenty Sixteen and has said as well at the same time that negotiations over the brics it deal at least from the e. U. Side of very much a Joint Venture and not down to individual states and others same time merkel did say after this deal was announced last month she did welcome the deal but at the same time if this was rejected by the u. K. Parliament that there would be no question of more exit negotiations so when the u. K. Parliament hasnt yet even been able to vote on this deal its very unlikely that were about to see a u. Turn on those comments made by german chancellor Angela Merkel and at the same time very unlikely that we can see to reason make going back with the concessions that she was hoping to get from berlin today our in our Political CorrespondentKate Brady Covering Teresa Mayes visit your to berlin today thank you very much kate. Well lets talk more about the divorce still in the conundrum facing theresa may we have derek scally with us correspondent for the irish Times Newspaper here in berlin derek good morning to you thank you for joining us weve seen one of the biggest obstacles to the deal by both the e. U. And the u. K. On both sides has been the question of the border between the republic of ireland and Northern Ireland remind us what the backstop is and why this is been such a Sticking Point in the backs of is effectively and its an Insurance Policy twenty years ago we had a Peace Agreement in the agreement was yes there is a sovereign border there but if we will keep it open we will keep it open for the Thirty Thousand people who commute back and forth to keep it open for the traders so that effectively we have one Trading Regime but of course of britain wants to leave the e. U. The free market and. This is going to cause. Tremendous problem for traders for people who youre dealing with two different regimes and when you have two different regimes youve borders when you have borders youve queues and youve
queues you Dont Have Trade so i think what the backstop is basically the britain can do whatever it wants its it will be its own party it can do what it wants outside the e. U. But not at the cost of more than are not the cost of the Peace Process so the idea would be that the backs up would keep if all else fails that the regulatory arrangements for Northern Ireland would be separate to the rest of the u. K. Which is very of acceptable to some parts of the communities in Northern Ireland because they dont want to be pushed sort of slowly or softly as they feel towards united on they want to stay part of the u. K. But the question is is the practical and would some sort of a border in the r. C. As goods or crude crossing from our land to britain would that not be more practical it would prevent hughs vent all of the aggravation what has as he said there been one of the most controversial issues weve seen the irish Prime Minister lee over our car commenting on teresa mayes latest efforts to renegotiate lets listen to what he said oh i can only say what i said earlier weve already offered
a lot of concessions along the way we ended up with the. Stop with this and thought agreement was helpful the red lines of the u. K. Lay down on the way this is about all agreements which are supporting twenty eight Member States its not possible to open up any one aspect of this without opening up all aspects of the great ive no difficulty with you know statements that clarify whats in the actual agreement. But no statement of capitation can contradict whats in the broad agreement part weve been joined here with a tiger had elsewhere some did of your business also talk about the Business Aspect of it but first eric we heard the Prime Minister there willing out essentially changes to the agreement what do you think that leaves theresa may in iraq and a hard place i mean this has been coming down the line for two and a half years this was very like by doubling two and a half years ago they said this is going to be a problem guys and now are literally three months before break is coming there may be some sort of a priest more precise language sort of trying to calm people but you know exchange of letters and but actually going to the legal substance thats
a no no because of need but also its a Special Pleading from from all sides everything after the fall to back on the table for all we know so the reason is sort of a tightening of of language prompts offering but the presence is there anything the European Union can do pieces that the parliament thought divide upon christ is probably not get ahead if you look at the last few weeks of braggs it it has been defined by utter chaos how the markets been taking this while the markets have been going up and down mainly dollar and of course if you just look at today is a lot yesterday really when and when the vote was postponed sterling slumped to twenty months low the lowest since april twenty seventh in the euro also being dragged down by this whole incident because its not good for the you are the business of course wants clarity and sometimes i get the feeling the business robin has a final decision now we have a crush crashing out of the you all be negotiated deal just business needs. Clear costs to make a decision and the footsie one hundred was also down which is a bit strange because when the pound goes down the footsie one hundred usually is bolstered because many of those one hundred Companies Make their money outside of britain the pound goes down their products become cheaper outside of britain but also the negative sentiment going having it affect the rights of the uncertainty definitely affecting the markets start just one more question to you how would a chaotic regs that affect ireland well it would affect both sides of on Northern Ireland one third of their goods go to the republic so those trucks are sitting on the border because its a hard border because of the heartbreak that its very bad for northern on an almost forty percent of our lands goods are transported by the so columb bridge which is basically containers going on to a ferry via britain to the european markets almost forty percent so were talking of fresh goods to meet and if those are sitting on borders thats not going
anywhere so that will have a knock on effect so yes theres a huge interest in arlon in the republic or on in dublin doing everything they can to help free Samantha Stage the pact is shes paint yourself into a corner so many pictures of it so much different painted to so many different corners the question is can she get out can come doesnt do anything that stage the clock is ticking and weve had to have years to get to this point we could have been here two years ago right garricks Calif Maritimes and i gathered out for him did your business thank you both very much. Right to france now were up president has announced a series of Financial Measures in hopes of defusing the socalled yellow vests revolt what started as a demonstration against the plant fuel tax has grown into a Mass Movement against the president and his policies with protests at times turning violent in an address to the Nation Mccall said he was partly to blame. After weeks of on the Rest Emanuel Mccaw is moving to publicly confront whats
become the greatest crisis of his presidency on monday he huddled with Trade Unionists and Business Leaders in paris in search of a way to call the yellow vests. As he addressed the nation for the first time over the protests a president known for bold words tried to cut a humble figure. That said i accept my share of responsibility and i may have given you the feeling that i wasnt concerned that i had other priorities i also know that ive hurt some of you with my statements need to be seen. By me. When one falls we want our friends where one can live in dignity through ones work and on this point we have moved too slowly i want to intervene quickly and concretely on this issue. Mccall said his government would raise the minimum wage by some One Hundred Euros a month before i take them to overtime from taxes pensioners would also receive
a tax break but many in the Yellow Vest Movement remain skeptical. Very nice speech but i dont trust them at all and any proof what. I think is getting scared hes feeling the heat and thats it hes lost all credibility and people dont trust him hes got to go after. He took one first big step he has many more to take. Of the minimum wage thats a good thing hundred years is very good. But it Wasnt All Concessions from the call he refused protesters demands to reinstate a wealth tax and said hell push ahead with plans to overhaul the countrys pension and Unemployment System as for the yellow vests theyve already announced new protests for this week and no one knows whether the president s actions will prevent seems like these from playing out across france again. Lisa lewis is following the story for us in paris and joins us lisa good morning to
you we saw a man one block homemade make us some new and concrete concessions last night is that enough for the yellow vest protesters. Well sumi it doesnt look like that really i mean there have been protests of some precious has been saying you know this is a good first step you know understand what we want but it seems like the large majority of them is saying you know its not enough he doesnt understand why one pension is the more money we need high Unemployment Benefits we need a redistribution of wealth and you know as you said in that package i mean it. President in Man Mark Karr has that He Wouldnt Green State a wealth tax that was a boy list this year however there is one really interesting poll that was made late last night you know remember that up until now between two thirds and three quarters of the french who has been saying you know we support the movement now there was one poll done last night asking the french do you want this movement to
continue or not and fifty four percent of the french said no so this might be a Turning Point although obviously that poll still needs to be confirmed by other polls that this was a significant address from michael hes been accused of not taking these protests seriously being aloof or arrogant he did Sound Conciliatory Last Night but will that help changes image and his popularity numbers. Well. Again i dont think it were you know that concerned there was a conciliatory tone yes of course he said im taking my share of the responsibility for this and although the situation this melendez has been accumulating for more than forty years by understand that havent we acted in the right way. And yet it doesnt look like protesters feel that they that the majority of them at least feel that he understands what they need they are complaining that he started the street by saying you know were going to prosecute days you have committed violent
acts and who flew to shops etc now protesters are saying you know the president doesnt understand that if we are violent that this is that and that that is because actually we are so desperate and were really struggling to make ends meet so there seems that these two sides spread just as and and and the president still dont really understand each other lisa lets talk about this Protest Movement the yellow vests has their success boosted the radical fringes of politics in france if you look at the polls it doesnt look like it you know marie le pen from the far right or your movement all sean from the far left theyre not they not gaining a lot of support amongst the protesters but their ideas the Protesters