angela merkle said this just before the summer. she has linked the two. it is the central project in the whole history of the european union, the core back down now, as many see it. even though not all member states share the single currency, i can see emotionally what she says. that could be the end product. >> as always, we appreciate your analysis. german chancellor angela merkle headed to the summit just hours after the bundestag approved expanding the bailout fund. she got crossed party support and a major majority within her government coalition. she said the eyes of the world war in europe for the worst crisis since the end of the second world war. german involvement in the bailout fund will not exceed 211 billion euros. our political correspondent, simon young, joins me now in the studio to talk more about today's vote. i want to ask you -- why was this vote so important today? >> chancellor merkle says she wants to create a new culture of stability. this gives her a strong mandate to go to brussels and negotiate. in particular, it gives her broad

german chancellor angela merkle tries to win support of lawmakers skeptical about the deal to resolve the eurozone debt crisis. an islamic party looks to have won the most votes in tunisia's landmark election. rescue teams in eastern turkey are racing against time to find survivors from sunday's devastating earthquake. more than 260 people are confirmed dead. officials say that number is likely to rise. hundreds of people are still feared trapped under the rubble. the cities of van and ertich were the hardest hit. >> this man survived. he was buried 24 hours under the rubble, with subzero temperatures overnight. one day after the earthquake, rescuers are not finding many people alive -- only more bodies. locals are still not giving up hope there will be reunited with friends and relations that are still missing. >> it is my grandson's wife. she was trapped underneath the rubble. i figured i would look at the bodies to see if she was among them. that is why i am here. >> the interior minister has travelled to the region, as d the prime minister. the situation is difficult to assess. th

german chancellor angela merkle tries to win support of lawmakers skeptical about the deal to resolve the eurozone debt crisis. an islamic party looks to have won the most votes in tunisia's landmark election. rescue teams in eastern turkey are racing against time to find survivors from sunday's devastating earthquake. more than 260 people are confirmed dead. officials say that number is likely to rise. hundreds of people are still feared trapped under the rubble. the cities of van and ertich were the hardest hit. >> this man survived. he was buried 24 hours under the rubble, with subzero temperatures overnight. one day after the earthquake, rescuers are not finding many people alive -- only more bodies. locals are still not giving up hope there will be reunited with friends and relations that are still missing. >> it is my grandson's wife. she was trapped underneath the rubble. i figured i would look at the bodies to see if she was among them. that is why i am here. >> the interior minister has travelled to the region, as did the prime minister. the situation is difficult to assess.

i have spoken with angela merkl. they want to act to prevent a sovereign debt crisis from spinning out of control. they committed to the european project. their politics is tough. because essentially they have to get agreement with not only their own parliaments, but they have to get agreement with 20 parliaments or 24 parliaments or 27 parliaments. and engineering that kind of coordinated action is very difficult. you know, what i have been seeing over the last month is a recognition by european leaders of the urgency of the situation. nobody is going to be affected more than they will be if the situation there spins out of control. i'm confident that they want to get this done. i think there are some technical issues they are working on in terms of how they get a big enough -- how do they get enough fire power to let the markets know they will be standing behind euro members who may be in a weaker position. they have to act fast and we have a g-20 meeting coming up in november. my strong hope is by the time of the

i have spoken with angela merkl. they want to act to prevent a sovereign debt crisis from spinning out of control. they committed to the european project. their politics is tough. because essentially they have to get agreement with not only their own parliaments, but they have to get agreement with 20 parliaments or 24 parliaments or 27 parliaments. and engineering that kind of coordinated action is very difficult. you know, what i have been seeing over the last month is a recognition by european leaders of the urgency of the situation. nobody is going to be affected more than they will be if the situation there spins out of control. i'm confident that they want to get this done. i think there are some technical issues they are working on in terms of how they get a big enough -- how do they get enough fire power to let the markets know they will be standing behind euro members who may be in a weaker position. they have to act fast and we have a g-20 meeting coming up in november. my strong hope is by the time of the

. >> the crisis management of angela merkle and nicolas sarkozy it was in focus all day, first cousin insecurity because nobody knew what they decided in their weekend meeting. then it was announced the use summit would take place a week later than scheduled. people here now imagine the decisions on how to solve the crisis are getting more concrete, perhaps driving deeper than imagined. before, that helped shares. that led to a rally. matire dropped back. the ceo declared he no longer wanted to be ceo of the group. that is causing insecurity, because people do not know who will be the successor, and whether he will be able to handle problem areas in the region. >> let us take a closer look at some of the market numbers. in frankfurt, and the dax took a huge jump up to close monday up over 3%, at 5847. the eurostoxx 50 was up more than 2.5%. the dow jones closed up more than 3%. the euro is trading for $1.3649. a strike by german air traffic controllers is on hold. they expect to have talks with the government on wednesday over pay and conditions. 2400 controllers could walk off the jo

german chancellor angela merkle is seeking full support at home on the expansion of the eurozone bailout fund. the parliamentary vote is due wednesday, just before she heads into a crucial summit. she is looking to secure a strong mandate before she heads into negotiations aimed at stopping the debt crisis from spiraling out of control. >> chancellor merkle wants to be in a strong position when she heads to the summit on wednesday, and she looks like she is getting the support she needs. government deputies overwhelmingly backed the bailout package in a test vote on tuesday. parliament is set to follow suit. >> this represents an enormous strengthening of the german government, the german chancellor's position in brussels, because it will show that what we are calling for has broad support in the german parliament. >> the opposition social democrats and greens are also likely to vote for the package, although they are unhappy with the government pay for crisis management. >> i will be honest. this government makes things more difficult from time to time, because, and you have seen it you

german chancellor angela merkle is seeking full support at home on the expansion of the eurozone bailout fund. the parliamentary vote is due wednesday, just before she heads into a crucial summit. she is looking to secure a strong mandate before she heads into negotiations aimed at stopping the debt crisis from spiraling out of control. >> chancellor merkle wants to be in a strong position when she heads to the summit on wednesday, and she looks like she is getting the support she needs. government deputies overwhelmingly backed the bailout package in a test vote on tuesday. parliament is set to follow suit. >> this represes an enormous strengthening of the german government, the german chancellor's position in brussels, because it will show that what we are calling for has broad support in the german parliament. >> the opposition social democrats and greens are also likely to vote for the package, although they are unhappy with the government pay for crisis management. >> i will be honest. this government makes things more difficult from time to time, because, and you have seen it yours

angela merkle says your country has brought greece to the brink of crisis. it is not an easy pr job you have. >> it is not. but i do not feel i am doing that for greece. i feel i am discussing with everyone the importance we have as europeans to stick together. europe's power is the euro and the solidarity, in addition to responsibilities to each other. greece may be in the center of the storm today, but this is not a great problem. other countries have already recognized with portugal, italy, spain, and ireland. this is a european issue. scapegoating greece is not the solution. greece making changes is crucial to help bring europe closer to what it should always be -- the union that together is more powerful than almost anyone. a union that divided can be weak. what happened yesterday is the you prove that not only it can, but has the political will, to move to protecting the euro, greece, and itself. >> thank you for coming in. in other news around the world, a prisoner exchange between egypt and israel has concluded successfully. the american-israeli ilan