And we look back at the past week in business, when us markets had their worst day since november, and the economy was the main focus in the uk election. Thats all with our Business Editor, simonjack. We always want to hear from you. Its easy to get in touch with the programme just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. It is friday, we have got that friday feeling. We start in france where the new president , emmanuel macron, says he expects no honeymoon from the public after his first week in power. He now has to try and win a majority in next months parliamentary elections and implement the Economic Policy he says can turn the country around. So what is Macron Economics and can it solve frances problems . Macron calls himself neither right nor left, hes a centrist, and, sure enough, the team he announced on wednesday is a diverse mix of figures from the left, right and centre. He says his Economic Policy is based on the nordic model. Whats that . Basically,
Thinking more than welcome to conflict zone thank you its two years since the back seat referendum two years in which the government has failed to come up with an agreed position in the cabinet and what kind of bracks that they want to show themselves and well i think want to be seen is that bracks is undoubtedly extremely complex certainly but bench members of Parliament Like me would like to see more clarity on the Future Trading Relationship between the u. K. And the e. U. Progress has been made on some things to be fair to both sides but clearly theres a lot left to negotiate and agree in the remaining months ahead i mean theyve been negotiating and fighting with themselves they have been talking to brussels much and thats thats the shambolic aspect of it is so just that its difficult its just that they cant agree on what they want which is pretty shameful isnt it this is the future of this country in the future of this countrys economy hinges on what kind of bracks the u. K. Gets
Hon Nicola Willis Minister of Finance Mr Speaker, I move that the Appropriation (2024/25 Estimates) Bill be now read a second time. Tēnā koutou katoa. E mihi ana ki a Ahumairangi, ki a Tangi-te-keo, ki te Whanganui-a-Tara. Tāne whakapiripiri .