things couldn't be closer between emmanuel macron and angela merkel nowadays. they have a very close personal relationship. they very much represent the liberal democracy and european union integration and multilateralism which is also part of this weekend's celebrations and ina way, of this weekend's celebrations and in a way, the are at the opposite end of the global political spectrum to the other world leader who was in paris today, president trump had at bilateral meeting with emmanuel macron but tomorrow when the paris peace conference opens after the official marking of the armistice at the arc de triomphe, a peace conference which will welcome 70 world leaders which has a message of cooperation and global governance at its core but donald trump will not be attending. that in itself is a very poignant and a very symbolic indication of how you have the two opposite ends of global politics here, of political ideology, emmanuel macron, a young 40—year—old, a real believer in the european union, i believe and multilateralism, in liberalism and liberal de

angela merkel jumped before she could be pushed. after last sunday saw her party lose around 10% of its support in a second regional election in succession, mrs merkel announced she would not seek a fifth term as german leader. despite heading a cross—party coalition that's creaking at the seams and is one of the reasons for her centre right party's electoral drubbing, she thinks she can remain as chancellor until 2021. is that feasible or is she just going through the motions? no, i think at the moment it is quite feasible because there is no strong leader or alternative candidate to take over from her. we have three figures who are now fighting for the party presidency, which will be decided upon in december. but this is no time for the country to want another election. the problem with angela merkel is she has overstayed her welcome, obviously, after 18 years as head of the party. it is a long time and there is a weakening going on. but why is she weak? she is weak because in germany, wherever you look, you have coalitions. and

angela merkel jumped before she could be pushed. after last sunday saw her party lose around 10% of its support in a second regional election in succession, mrs merkel announced she would not seek a fifth term as german leader. despite heading a cross—party coalition that's creaking at the seams and is one of the reasons for her centre right party's electoral drubbing, she thinks she can remain as chancellor until 2021. is that feasible or is she just going through the motions? no, i think at the moment it is quite feasible because there is no strong leader or alternative candidate to take over from her. we have three figures who are now fighting for the party presidency, which will be decided upon in december. but this is no time for the country to want another election. the problem with angela merkel is she has overstayed her welcome, obviously, as 18 years as head of the party. it is a long time and there is a weakening going on. but why is she weak? she is weak because in germany wherever you look, you have coalitions. and you

there is no certainty who is going to inherit from angela merkel and was glad to bea from angela merkel and was glad to be a future candidate for leadership about the same time, the economy is doing tremendously. the germans are to be missing a boom time at the moment. if donald trump gets away with a successful economy, it will be immaterial for who will be fighting for leadership, the economic issue will rule the day.“ the democrats to take control of the house on tuesday, what will be the effect, how will they use that power, do you think? the only thing they will be able to do is use subpoena power and the power that shares of committees how to conduct investigations. his tax returns and his business dealings and russia will be back. we haven't heard anything back from robert mueller. ina way, anything back from robert mueller. in a way, they have stopped doing anything public, indicting people in the run—up to the election. i bet there is a full order book to be used in the next month or so. and if the republicans hold on, what happens to jeff sessions, the republicans hold on,

german chancellor angela merkel is in kiev today for talks with her ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko her visit comes as the country prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the revolution which began with demands for closer ties with the e.u. so five years later has ukraine moved any closer to europe connelly takes a look. this is how it all started with a handful of people taking to modern square protesting against president a coach's decision to abandon a long awaited dissociation deal much to fear of angering moscow within weeks the protests a growing to tens of thousands of people in europe wasn't the only issue but the european flags were hard to miss. the protesters had no shortage of prominent guess from brussels showing their support among them the chief diplomat at the time catherine ashton. was three months later and present in a coach was gone fleeing to exile in russia. just a matter of weeks later and ukraine finally signed the association agreement and over two thousand pages long it covers everything from animal welfare to judicial reform but ask most ukrainians what

yes, we are expecting the arrival of a manual macron, angela merkel, very $0011. a manual macron, angela merkel, very soon. the ceremony is now under way. in the clearing of a forest 70 kilometres north of paris. it was here where100 years ago, the armistice which brought an end to the four years of the first world war was signed between germany and the allies. there were no terms, no negotiations with the germans, a document given to them with 72 hours to look at it and sign. that is 100 yea rs to look at it and sign. that is 100 years ago tomorrow morning. it came into effect at 11am on the same day. 22 years later it was also the place where another german leader, adolf hitler, came to sit in the same train carriage and to demand the surrender of france during the second world war. 78 years on, the german chancellor angela merkel becomes the first german chancellor to come here. she will be with president macron to pay their respects, paid tribute to those who died is, those who fell in the world wars. and to show how these two countries have come on, moved on so much since that time.

angela merkel side by side with emmanuel macron. the closest alliance of the 72 leaders there today. when we went to see them in northern france yesterday in the forest clearing where the armistice was signed, exceptionally tight security, two hours of getting through security with sniffer dogs and bobby searches and searches of every bag. there is and searches of every bag. there is a big security threat to this city and with so many leaders of states and with so many leaders of states and governments here. among that group that he was seeing, there are those who champion the liberal democracy, the multilateralism of emmanuel macron and angela merkel, the values they want to promote, and those who are more nationalist, authoritarian. i was struck, i was looking at the newspapers earlier, the front page of one, a photo of emmanuel macron staring at donald trump, it said, the otherfront, an allusion to the fact that even though the guns fell silent on the western front 100 years ago, a new front is opening in a sense between national

merkel is taking more of and angela merkel is taking more of a back seat, as obviously the leadership is changing in germany in the future. and your emmanuel macron is devoutly positioning himself as camino, the new boys on the international stage were europe, with this vision for a new europe. death. he is really struggling with this opinion ratings at home, but internationally he is really presenting himself as this figure. i think that is what he will try to do with the european parliament elections coming up in may. this party, he wants to have a good image there. interestingly, the announcement in the atlantic that the relationship between donald trump and the emmanuel macron, and the relationship between the us and europe. we have spoken a little bit about this before, but this is the independent. this was the thinking that she would have a cabinet meeting today as opposed to the scheduled one on tuesday to approve ape brexiteer that she present to brussels. but at the events last week with jo johnson resigning brussels. but at the events last week withjojohnson resigning in wha

also coming up a blast from the past a former rival of angela merkel emerges as a front runner in the race to succeed her as c.d.u. party leader weeks claimed why friedrich moussa could mean merkel's days as chancellor are numbered and in football an outstanding performance concludes the second round of the german cup always side by are they were couzin knocked five an answer goals past gladbach as they advanced to the third round which. kelly welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is in kiev today for talks with her ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko her visit comes as the country prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the my don revolution which began with demands for closer ties with the e.u. five years on has ukraine moved any closer to europe did have a usenet connelly takes a look. this is how it all started with a handful of people taking to modern square protesting against president a coach's decision to abandon a long awaited dissociation deal much to fear of angering moscow within weeks the protests a growing to tens of thousands of people europe wasn'

also coming up in germany calls for calm over the crimea crisis chancellor angela merkel says that there can be no military solution to the standoff between russia and ukraine the two neighbors have been on the brink of conflict since a needle clash over the weekend and a court in the philippines finds three pleas officers guilty of murdering a teenager they are the first officers to be convicted for the killings that are part of the president to tear taste so-called war on drugs plus pull back all the truck rolled bush was working ever because your bird flu federal emergency for. d.w.i. means the armed civilians patrolling the southern u.s. border to defend against what they call invaders this says that you want to confront a health crisis among stranded central american migrants living in desperate conditions. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. german prosecutors have raided the offices of the country's biggest lender deutsche bank as part of a probe into money laundering the investigation is based on revelations made in the twenty sixteen data leak known as the panama papers that

also coming up a blast from the past a former rival of angela merkel emerges as the front runner in the race to succeed her at seaview party leader we explain why friedrich math could mean marable's days as chancellor are numbered plus zero. zero zero zero zero. zero zero zero zero zero documentary uses a novel method to show how some syrian refugees are still living with the horror of war every day here in germany. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is in kiev today for talks with her ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko her visit comes as the country prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the revolution which began with demands for closer ties with the e.u. five years on has you crave moved any closer to europe did abuse nick connelly takes a look. this is how it all started with a handful of people taking to modern square protesting against president a coach's decision to abandon a long awaited dissociation deal much to fear of angering moscow within weeks the protests are grown to tens of thousands of people europe wasn't the only issue but t

merkel told leaders that the world can't take peace for granted. and earlier more than sixty world leaders attended the ceremony in paris to mark one hundred years since the end of the first world war they gathered at the tomb of the unknown soldier. at the base of the op to triomphe france was at the epicenter of the world's first global conflict. you're watching t.v. news live from berlin stay tuned we have more at the top of the hour and you can check out our website or follow us on twitter thanks for joining us. from the food. industry show the story of the first movement or told from different perspectives by peter craig from the eastern european perspective from the african perspective from the perspective of turkey from the arab world. d.w. to come slash w w morning. i was here when i arrived here i slept with six people in a room and. it was hard to.

well that's the thing we don't exactly know who is going to step into angela merkel shoes as the sun begins to set on her career and front line politics her coalition has taken a pounding in popularity polls of late. campaigning to try and be the next leader of the christian democratic union a just sling for position so let's have a look at who the front runners are. for the c.d.u. is the start it's not about which single person is shining within the city but the party as a whole has to shine every of the on a great cramp. abbreviated to just a k.k.k. is the current general secretary of the christian democratic union party and frequently talked about as angela merkel's chosen was a default catholic she is culturally conservative opposed to gay marriage and to abortion however when it comes to migration she's on side with angela merkel's policy saying that they are in step with her religious beliefs she's also on side with angela merkel's policies internationally skeptical when it comes to russia but very keen on e.u. cooperation same old same old big problem a.k.k. could be though th

later german chancellor angela merkel opened a new global peace forum hosted by the french president the world she said must remain vigilant against the dangers of nationalism. and then there was this war that senseless bloodshed shows what national vainglorious ness and military arrogance can lead to it makes us aware of the devastating consequences of lack of communication and willingness to compromise in politics and diplomacy. in politics when diplomats see. us president donald trump chose not to attend the peace forum visiting instead an american military cemetery. but the abiding images will be the poignant scenes at the arc de triomphe the french capital for turnover in the first and later the second world war now uniting old enemies remembering together. all right let's take a step back now and look at the big picture i'm joined now by. he's a professor of modern history at berlin's free university mr malcolm thank you so much for being here with us today we heard from both leaders. off the dangers of nationalism and of the pretenses sort of fanatical nationalism that precede

i'm glad merkel has hopefully on a european level angela merkel's main political activity has been crisis management from cleveland she has also always tried to unite the european institutions with varying degrees of success about her efforts were constant or patient institutes all about a number how did she divide all unite europe and. the other off the islands she's been able to unite at least in part she managed to avoid the european institutions dismantling and separating particularly during the euro zone crises the whole party in part she has also caused european division with regard to the refugee crises but i guess we'll never know the extent but several people in the u.k. said that the political decisions about refugees made in twenty fifteen helped the banks it's part that's the part that's just for to see in this brics it is now that i've become mr heard and i as always i'd like to end our interview by asking you to complete three sentences germany yes i've got a large and important power within europe which needs to lead constructively and with empathy part of. europe is is. mo

well just let's stop there bret i think it's pretty unheard of the tone with which angela merkel really placed responsibility not just with russia but personally with that image putin for creating this problem by building that bridge of the strait of courage which allows russia to restrict access that really was something new she had the ukraine prime minister new audience who happened to be in berlin for an economic event and i think they couldn't quite really believe there is because time after time she echoed all these ukrainian points and said that europe really had a responsibility to guarantee crane's sovereignty since ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in the ninety's in return for guarantees which as it turns out were not worth the paper they were written on she told her hawkish council russia has proven to all through the crimean the donbass crisis that she can keep communication open she traveled to see vladimir putin time and time again despite pushing through those sanctions on russia so for all that relatively strong stance a very pro ukrainian stance she showed today she

later german chancellor angela merkel opened a new global peace forum hosted by the french president the world she said must remain vigilant against the dangers of nationalism. and then there was this war where that senseless bloodshed shows what national vainglorious as a military arrogance can lead to it makes us aware of the devastating consequences of lack of communication and willingness to compromise in politics and diplomacy. in politics. u.s. president donald trump chose not to attend the peace forum visiting instead an american military cemetery. but the abiding images will be the poignant scenes at the arc to triomphe the french capital for turnover in the first and later the second world war now uniting old enemies remembering together. all right let's take a step back now and look at the big picture i'm joined now by and by he is a professor of modern history at linz freight university mr about him thank you so much for being here with us today we heard from. the crown off the dangers of nationalism and your pretenses sort of fanatical nationalism that preceded the one ho

in germany now german chancellor angela merkel has faced some tough questioning on a visit to cabinet's a city shaken by an explosion of racist violence back in august it was sparked by a man being stabbed to death allegedly by a migrant from syria merkel was hoping that a meeting with kevin its residents was defuse some of the tension but when members of the audience had their chance to speak the mood was not always cordial. the first questioner played on merkel's famous saying we'll get through this in response to the massive influx of migrants in twenty fifty seven point was to find an answer to the chaos that's won't us in germany when you said we'll get through this and after two years you still said you didn't know what you'd done wrong give me a break so hard to. not go do their best to calm angry questioners. back then i said we've gotten through so much in germany we'll get through this too. but what kind of a chance or would i have been if when faced with a challenge i didn't say that. often that merkel's day began in far more relaxed fashion when she visited a successful loca

you're watching still to come french president emmanuel mccall has joined german chancellor angela merkel for ceremonies commemorating the victims of war and dictatorship stay with you for full coverage as he prepares to speak before germany. comments. that coming up in the next fifteen minutes the watching date of the new i'm rebecca rezzes thanks for joining me. from. her first day of school in the. first clinton. and then gore's grand moment to run and join the arena tango on her journey into the room in our interest to turn to toronto and the rain hitting returns home. time for an upgrade. our furniture there grows old boy. coast.

angela merkel address the forum warning of the risk nationalism may pose to global peace than the peace we have today and that we need to accept this as something natural. is not a natural anyway but we have to keep defending it. with god because and let me share my thoughts with you today on this day of commemoration you know not soon i'm concerned that i go back there to learn by nationalism and pick up that we might again in a way act in ways. as if we could just ignore our into. all right let's take a step back now and look at the big picture i'm joined now by and by he is a professor of modern history at berlin's free university mr malcolm thank you so much for being here with us today we heard from both leaders machall and mccrone off the dangers of nationalism and of europe returning to the sort of fanatical nationalism that preceded all ball one how do you weigh the risks well i don't think there will be returning to the pre-war nationalism the national extent nationalism in the years before nine hundred fourteen before the first world war but there are of course indications tha

you've said it german chancellor angela merkel warning that tough negotiations still lay ahead but the agreement signed today was the best possible deal so let's listen to what she had to say. decry legions diplomatic work of art has been accomplished in an extremely difficult situation it's an unprecedented situation. something we have never had to face until now a country leaving the european union having to create a contractual exit agreement taking into account the different interests but also at the same time looking towards the future a future that allows a close partnership which will likely mean tough negotiations that also a future where we always wish each other success and our agreement was the only way that this was possible and that in none well north of us consummately so go back to you the chancellor there warning of tough days ahead but is there a chance that the e.u. might still have to revisit the deal if it doesn't pass the e.u. parliament. i don't see really any wiggle room or any room for renegotiating the key lines of this treaty yes that be some more fluffy langu

i'm glad merkel have hopefully on a european level angela merkel's main political activity has been crisis management from cleveland she has also always tried to unite the european institutions with varying degrees of success about her efforts were constant or patient institutes all of a number i want to get did she divide zero unite europe i. say out of there i know she's been able to unite at least in part she managed to avoid the european institutions dismantling and separating particularly during the euro zone crises the whole part in part she has also caused european division with regard to the refugee crises but i guess we'll never know the extent but several people in the u.k. said that the political decisions about refugees made in twenty fifteen helped the banks it's signed by part is the part that's the. brics it is have i become mr heard and i as always i'd like to end the interview by asking you to complete three sentences germany yes i've got a large and important power within europe which needs to lead constructively and with empathy part of. europe is. more than the european

and we're awaiting now the statements from german chancellor angela merkel and french president. and i. continue. i think. wonderful commemoration ceremony and paris and the forum for peace and it's wonderful that you are our guest here today in germany and such an impressive speech that made it clear once again just how important german french cooperation and friendship is and just how important it is in new york and context in europe that has to stand the test of time in today's world you said we are at a crossroads and talked about the role that europe place in the world and i think that my thoughts are entirely with you there the way witnesses of the second world war the people who experience it first time soon we'll all be gone we're the ones born after the war we are responsible for learning the lessons of these difficult times and as you said yourself we're trying to find our feet find our way and many of these challenges but we want to do so together. now following this moving commemorative ceremony we have an opportunity to talk about our everyday work because in decembe

i'm glad merkel has hopefully on a european level angela merkel's main political activity has been crisis management from cleveland she has also always try to unite the european institutions with varying degrees of success about her efforts were constant or patient institutes all about and wondered how did she divide all unite europe and. the other off the islands she's been able to unite at least in part she managed to avoid the european institutions dismantling and separating particularly during the euro zone crises how about in part she has also caused european division with regard to the refugee crises but i guess we'll never know the extent but several people in the u.k. said that the political decisions about refugees made in twenty fifteen helped the banks it's win by part that's the part that's just for two so this breaks it is now that i've become mr heard and i as always i'd like to end our interview by asking you to complete three sentences germany yes i know a large and important power within europe which needs to lead constructively and with empathy part of. europe is. more t

so to germany now where the secretary general of angela merkel c.d.u. party has reportedly stepped down as she prepares to run for the party leadership replacing the outgoing merkel but the jury's still out as to who will win the race there are other major contenders for the post as peter oliver reports. this is often nice when a spectator acted fast pull at the next see do you party convention december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this fourth time is the last one for me i will not run for a chance and i join the twenty twenty one election the queen is dead long live well that's the thing we don't exactly know who is going to step in to angle or merkel shoes as the sun begins to set on her career and front line politics her coalition has taken a pounding in popularity polls of late and those campaigning to try and be the next leader of the christian democratic union a just sling for position so let's have a look at who the front runners are. for the c.d.u. is the start it's not about which single person is shining within the city a

to abortion however when it comes to migration she's on side with angela merkel's policy saying that they are in step with her religious beliefs she's also on side with angela merkel's policies internationally skeptical when it comes to russia but very keen on e.u. cooperation same old same old big problem a.k.k. could be though the people got sick of the same old same old and that's the very reason that i'm glad merkel's job is up for grabs. spahn is a completely different story however the thirty eight year old health minister seems to hate everything mrs merkel stands for her migration policy is the white elephant in the room according to mr spann he opposes limited dual citizenship for young foreigners criticized attempts to loosen laws on advertising abortions and called for banning the book or in public he is liked by the right wing conservative element in the party to an extent his homosexuality and marriage to his long term partner last year thought to count against him with traditionalists though when it comes to international affairs he's seen as more nationalistic and some

germany now with the secretary general of angela merkel c.d.u. party has reportedly stepped down as she prepares to run for the party's leadership replacing the outgoing merkel the jury's still out as to who will come out on top in the race if there are other major contenders for the post a peter. now investigates this is often nice when a spectator acted fast fall at the next edu party convention in december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this is the last one for me i will not run for a chance and i join the twenty twenty one election the queen is dead long live well that's the thing we don't exactly know who is going to step into angola merkel shoes as the sun begins to set on her career and front line politics her coalition has taken a pounding in popularity polls of late and those campaigning to try and be the next leader of the christian democratic union a just sling for position so let's have a look at who the front runners are. for the c.d.u. is the start it's not about which single person is shining within the city but

crowds in the german city of kept it so given a hostile reception to angela merkel the german chancellor was visiting the city almost three months off the migrants fatally stabbed a local prompting shoot riots reporting from coming it's our correspondent peter on a. this demonstration one of several that are taking place this creep that's opting a satirical approach they tell me invoking the imagery of the third reich to symbolize what they see is angela merkel's reign they told me they're not happy that she's come here as a chemist's it's fact that it's taken her three months after the incident took place is to actually rife he had there was an attack here against our citizens she should have come here a long time ago she was hesitant to ninety showed up with massive police protection this is a show of cowardice from our chancellor the vitus folks and i took a long time for people to wake up she should have gone have a back sighting guess sooner and step down long ago she should have quit everything after the elections in haci in bavaria ten percent of her voters tend away from her her

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he's next to the german chancellor angela merkel and mr. macron. he did arrive separately from everyone else. do we know why they made that decision? >> reporter: we don't know why they made that decision. it seems over the last 24 hours ever since he arrived in paris there have been some real logistical concerns about moving him around. we haven't gotten a clear answer on that. we didn't really get a clear answer yesterday as to why he skipped the military cemetery event that was to take place yesterday. they blamed it on the rain. they thought they couldn't fly his helicopter out there, but as you saw the chief of staff, john kelly, joint chiefs joseph dunford were both able to make it to that ceremony. the president was not. it raised questions back in the u.s. they say, no, no, no when a president goes to a foreign -- >> jim, this is cyril here. vladimir putin is walking up to the tent. he'll be, no doubt, taking his place among that group. so what we're seeing here is everybody came in together but there were two leaders, frankly i'm not surpr

are we putting too much on angela merkel's shoulders? are we correct in thinking for all these years she has held the line, held the center in a world that is shifting prep us tcipit >> well, the further you get away from germany, the more you put on her shoulders. she's an extraordinary person and she's so outstandingly different in the time where nationalism and different leader types are invoked so basically yes this woman is holding a lot of things together. she announced that she would withdraw, in act fly year's time, we have to assume she could finish her term, since she did that you can feel how that power flows away. how the unliberal quarters are almost basically getting rid of her. >> so 2021 would be the next election. she's done four and she's been elected so it's unlikely she bouf run again anyway. but the next meaningful one is in december when she is going to step down as chairman of her party, the cdu. so you've implied that the power is kind of leaking away from her. will she be a lame duck, continue to the end of her t

they were three months ago but as germany's chancellor angela merkel prepares to visit the city we find that tensions are as bad as. i bring golf it's good to have you with us she is staying put and she is staying with her bright side plan at least for now the british prime minister to resign may as tonight value to defend her plan to withdraw all the u.k. from the european union at a news conference she described it as the best possible deal for the country and one that honors the vote of the people and she once again ruled out a second breaks that referendum hurst. came at the end of a bruising day that started with the resignation of a string of ministers breaks it minister dominique robb was the most high profile to go after describing the draft brights agreement as quote a very real threat to the integrity of the u.k. after a hostile reception in parliament may heard the news that hardline brigadier jacob riis mauger have begun the process of bringing a no confidence vote to try to force her from all this. you know some people say it goes from bad to worse for theresa may let's bri

meanwhile in germany this actually general of angela merkel c.d.u. party has reportedly stepped down as she prepares to run for the party's leadership replacing the outgoing merkel but the jury's still out as to who will come out on top in this race is there are other major contenders for the post as peter all of our reports. this is often nice if one is affected acted fast fall at the next e do you party convention december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this fourth time is the last one for me i will not run for chance and i join the twenty twenty one election the queen is dead long live well that's the thing we don't exactly know who is going to step in to angle or merkel shoes as the sun begins to set on her career and front line politics her coalition has taken a pounding in popularity polls of late and those come paining to try and be the next leader of the christian democratic union a just sling for position so let's have a look at who the front runners are. of the c.d.u. is the start it's not about which single person is sh

the german chancellor angela merkel talks up ties with ukraine on a visit to kiev she promises a plenty of investment in the country to solidify its ties with europe. plus india's holding progress on women's rights reporters following a hyundai says she subject to constant sexual harassment find that including police officers heads the northern city of aa grow to find out more and. the documentary uses a novel method to show how some syrian refugees still live with the horror of war every day here in germany. i'm sumi so much god it's good to have you with us divers in indonesia have found a black box from the passenger jet that crashed on monday killing one hundred eighty nine people they hope the device. well shed some light on the cause of the tragedy the lion air boeing seven thirty seven went down just thirteen minutes after taking off from the capital jakarta authorities have asked families of the dead to try to identify their loved ones by looking at some of the belongings were treated from the sea. a body plucked from a watery grave the family a beside themselves villagers are o

chancellor angela merkel singes apart european politics. emmanuel macron a relative newcomer. —— soon to leave european politics. they have in common a belief in what europe represents, the european union as the force of peace, reconciliation, trade. for communication. they are said to have a close personal relationship. and find themselves to some extent as the defenders of the europe they believe in. against other european leaders, to the east. to vladimir putin. and to donald trump. and yet all those leaders will be in paris tomorrow, on the shelves are lycee. as the fox tracks 11am. —— on the champs—elysees. as the clock strikes 11am. the end of a few days of touring this part of france for emmanuel macron. who saw some of the military ceremonies, he spoke to locals in the areas of northern france that we re the areas of northern france that were so the areas of northern france that were so devastated by fighting in the first world war. he is of course from this part of the country, born ina from this part of the country, born

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is in kiev today for talks with her ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko her visit comes as the country prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the my don revolution which began with demands for closer ties with the e.u. five years on has ukraine moved any closer to europe didn't use nick connelly takes a look. this is how it all started with a handful of people taking to modern square protesting against president coach's decision to abandon a long awaited dissociation deal the much to fear of angering moscow within weeks the protests a ground to tens of thousands of people europe wasn't the only issue but the european flags were hard to miss. the protesters had no shortage of prominent gas from brussels showing their support among them the diplomatic match of weeks later and ukraine finally signed dissociation agreement at over two thousand pages long it covers everything from animal welfare to judicial reform but asked most ukrainians what the association deal means to them and they'll most likely answer two t

of course reporting that now the race to replace angela merkel is the head of. with two of the from run is rejecting him migrant policies will have more details of the story to you on the way just after the break. this is neo mercantilist. all countries competing with all countries no more globalization no more central bank domination no more on national monetary fund world bank united nations colluding in back rooms and down to continue to corrupt the global economy. join me every thursday on the alex i'm i'm sure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go on to be press which is what before three of them or can't be good. i'm interested in the waters and my. question. again i'd be pair of london says it could take a generation to tackle what's being called an epidemic a falling crime in the capital the reported killing of a sixteen year old in south london on monday night the number

to abortion however when it comes to migration she's on side with angela merkel's policy saying that they are in step with her religious beliefs she's also on side with angela merkel's policies internationally skeptical when it comes to russia but very keen on e.u. cooperation same old same old big problem could be though the people got sick of the same old same old and that's the very reason that i'm glad merkel's job is up for grabs. spahn is a completely different story however the thirty eight year old health minister seems to hate everything mrs merkel stands for her migration policy is the white elephant in the room according to mr spann he opposes limited dual citizenship for young foreigners criticized attempts to loosen laws on advertising abortions and called for banning the book or in public he is liked by the right wing conservative element in the party to an extent his homosexuality and marriage to his long term partner last year thought to count against him with traditionalists though when it comes to international affairs he's seen as more nationalistic and some even s

why did angela merkel,? -- come? why so late? >> she says she wanted to come here and she wanted to listen. she was aware of the criticism that she came too late.. she said she did not want to come as the emotions were running high. many argue is -- argue that is when she should have come. either way, she was here today and she faced tough questions. sarah: what do you make of the way that she responded to those tough questions? >> she was intent on listening and staying very calm. she would not be provoked. but she had to explain time and time again those infamous quotes like we will make it. also, i would not have done anything different. that is what she said after she lost 9% in those last elections. that was basically thrown at her and she was struggling to explain it because she was clearly a bit surprised that she was so misunderstood. she started explaining her very broad strategy on how to avoid the causes of migration reaching into her africa strategy as well. she was answering slightly above the head of people. she was

the race is on to succeed angela merkel as leader of the party. >>>> since angela merkel annound that she will give up the conservative party leadership, many have been worried that it could weaken her international standing. but she refuted that. >> i think the democratic search for a new party leader is common practice in other countries as well. i am not worried about that in any way. >> at the start of the second day of the party leadership meeting, the mood was visibly good. it is as if her decision to step down as party leader in the upcoming race for her successor have lifted the conservative spirits. >> it is good that we have a selection process now. it is going to get really exciting at the regional conferences. party members are looking forward to meeting the candidates and finding out what they stand for. it will be democracy at its best. >> i think other parties would welcome this. it invigorates the cdu. it motivates the party. >> across town, the social democrats have also gathered to discuss their future in the governing coalition. after bruising results in two recent

and recapping our live coverage of this our present emanuel crown and german chancellor angela merkel marking the centennial of the armistice that ended world war one a joint visit to company it's the site where the truce was signed on november eleventh nineteen eighteen a highly symbolic visit of course designed maybe to underline the two countries special. lines after decades of reconciliation between the former adversaries we saw the two leaders laying a wreath and unveiling a ceremonial plaque at that war memorial. want to thank our guests first each of us nice often in paris and of course a tivo and along here in studio with us a journalist based in paris thank you very much for your insights today during this historic event thank you. even watching news from berlin we have more for you at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com thanks for joining us. eco india i'm one of the country's biggest problems waste the media to join the queue for some of these charities or is going to proce

german chancellor angela merkel and russian president vladimir putin are taking part in the event u.s. president donald trump is not. due to address global leaders this hour we'll have coverage of that as soon as. she takes to the podium we're still waiting for that. art i'm joined by my colleague simon young some what are we let's talk about the intentions here of a mountain of. i think it we can safely say that most western leaders would agree yes we want world peace so why is the c. feel that he needs to put this form together. well i think because we live in uncertain times he seized the opportunity the fact that he's he's hosting this central international commemoration today marking the. one hundred years since the end of the first world war and obviously there are there are conflicts that threaten the world order. in on europe's margins we have the situation in ukraine. a sort of frozen conflict as it's sometimes called of course were aware of the dreadful wars in syria and in yemen. but in other places in a of course is known really about showing peace is not only about stoppi

what was angela merkel doing today? was it an attempt at a legacy speech? >> possibly. she was invited to speak at the parliament like other leaders have been invited to speak before her. obviously, the circumstances for her and germany, part of the expectation was that she would deliver a speech outlining her expectation of europe. she has never been so good at outlining visions, but what she delivered here was unheard of before, so maybe this is something people to note of. >> where you're surprised she came out so strongly and said "i want a european army?" -- were you surprised? >> president macron of france raised the issue. i think also the celebrations hat probably left a mark on her. she raised the army issusue and said that this would be a sign that the europeans would never fight against one another, so building an army means you overcome even the possibility of going to war again, so i think this is part of the strong symbolism. >> is that risk today of european countries going to war stronger today than it was 20 years ago? >> 20 years ago, it was thought to

macron, may, and angela merkel. we need to see more rigidity against this unique president of the united states. -- this wask trump not one of his successful outings. physics excuse for not being there on the day when the armistice was signed -- that was attacked by many including winston churchill's grandson as being wrong. i am wary about people going in helicopters and that things happening but his excuses on the surface to europeans did not look good. he seemed isolated and less together than normal. the previous year he has been more on his game. this one did not work. look at all the people you mentioned. emmanuel macron is having a tough time. angela merkel is having a tough time and theresa may -- do not even start. it is not as if there are titans of europe constraining. francine: talk about angela merkel. coming up, and michael purves. he is from weeden & co. we will talk about suppliers that supply to apple selloffs. is bloomberg. ♪ -- this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is bloomberg surveillance. tom

abortion however when it comes to migration she's on side with angela merkel's policy saying that they are in step with her religious beliefs she's also on side with angela merkel's policies internationally skeptical when it comes to russia but very keen on e.u. cooperation same old same old big problem a.k.k. could be though the people got sick of the same old same old and that's the very reason that i'm glad merkel's job is up for grabs. spahn is a completely different story however the thirty eight year old health minister seems to hate everything mrs merkel stands for her migration policy is the white elephant in the room according to mr spann he opposes limited dual citizenship for young foreigners criticized attempts to loosen laws on advertising abortions and called for banning the book or in public he is liked by the right wing conservative element in the party to an extent his homosexuality and marriage to his long term partner last year thought to count against him with traditionalists though when it comes to international affairs he's seen as more nationalistic and some even

i'm glad merkel had hoped on a european level angela merkel's main political activity has been crisis management from cleveland she has also always tried to unite the european institutions with varying degrees of success about her efforts were constant or patient institutes all about and wondered how did she divide all unite europe and. the other off the islands she's been able to unite at least in part she managed to avoid the european institutions dismantling and separating particularly during the euro zone crises the whole party in part she has also caused european division with regard to the refugee crises but i guess we'll never know the extent but several people in the u.k. said that the political decisions about refugees made in twenty fifteen helped the banks it signed when by part that's the law is the part that's just for two so in this brics it is now that i've become mr and i as always i'd like to end our interview by asking you to complete three sentences germany yes i've got a large and important power within europe which needs to lead constructively and with empathy par