vai's all barbara there you are relief is the word of the day here is that the outlook from the e.u. is powerbrokers. oakum pleat lee hugh relief you can say anything else congress relations from all sides particularly of course from paris where the french president. said no the decision of the social democrats was good news for europe with the belgian prime minister shots michel he said that now is the time where germany has to germany has to show some leadership in europe again and let's go forwards together the french nurin the dutch you commissioner and everybody who sort of send their good wishes will come this result because what the last thing that european union wanted was an evil german government is so much hinges on bullen and paris working together well and working in a solid an unchallenged men are far from like internal strife and internal wars and so there isn't fact nothing but relief here nothing but relief from brussels now what can brussels in terms of priorities look ahead to now that berlin is going to have a government. quite a number of priorities but you have

vai's all barbara there you are relief is the word of the day here is that the outlook from the e.u. powerbrokers. oakum pleat lee whew for relief you can say anything else congress relations from all sides particularly of course from paris where the french president. says now the decision of the social democrats was good news for europe with the belgian prime minister shouts michel he said that now is the time where germany has to show germany has to show some leadership in europe again and let's go forward together the french nur and the dutch commissioner and everybody who sort of is send their good wishes will come this result because what the last thing that european union wanted was an evil german government is so much hinges on bullen and paris working together well and working in as solid an unchallenged men are far from like internal strife and internal wars and so there isn't fact nothing but relief here nothing but relief from brussels now what can brussels in terms of priorities look ahead to now that berlin is going to have a government. there quite a number of prioritie

lawmakers will be taking up this political crisis barbara vai's all followed an e.u. fact finding mission to slovakia and sent us this report it was in this house that journalist chick and his partner martina with home. neighbors come every day to light candles they are still shocked by what happened in their quiet village defect finding mission from the european parliament has also arrived to pay their respects this is really the moment where you realize this is what it's about. you know to to to work on the world where things like this don't happen it cannot go without punishment but how much political will is there to find the murderers and the people who ordered the cold blooded execution of good joke and again the same government that is facing more and more allegations of corruption lead the investigation the e.u. parliamentarians brought their questions to prime minister robert feed so but were evidently not convinced by his response there are so many allegations of corruption and fraud and criminal activity going around i mean there's so much smoke there's cle

that was barbara vai's old there reporting from london now let's catch up on some other stories making news around the world today an explosion in the afghan capital kabul has left at least twenty six people dead and about twenty others wounded the afghan interior ministry says a suicide bomber on foot definitely did his explosives on a road leading to a shiite shrine. and myanmar's first civilian president hootin jaw has resigned saying he wants to take a rest from his current work he's a close ally of defacto leader own son suchi who is barred from the presidency under the constitution a successor is to be appointed within seven days. germany's chancellor angela merkel is due to lay out her government's plans for the next four years in an address to parliament today that's after being sworn in last week for a fourth term lawmakers will be watching with interest after months of wrangling to form a government many of parliament are still deeply unhappy with the result which is a grand coalition between backless conservatives and social democrats now it's up to merkel to win their confi

vai's all barbara just how concerned is the e.u. about the mounting political crisis in slovakia right now. particularly shocked and concerned of course about the murder of the uncouth because this was the second murder cold blooded killing of a journalist in the middle of europe within a few months we remember that something similar happened in october in malta and then we see almost a mirror on mirapex or in the case of soka where investigative journalists have uncovered as you said. of the highest government circles to organized crime in this case to one of the big crime families in italy the gaita and so we cease development that the european union had not been aware off and that it is now trying to grip and peed sort of further further things that could be slidin european values that everybody in brussels said really need to be maintained ok this is very important of course maintaining european values now you've just come back from brother slava where the murders took place what are some of your impressions it is a country in u