a thing that we discussed at some points, right? solutions will hopefully be the what do you think? leave us a comment for live and don't forget to subscribe to our channel. the is europe on the verge of a major shift? well, supporters of vladimir putin and friends of china soon have more power in the european parliament. according to polls a head of the european elections, right wing populous nationalists are attracting more voters. but europe's far right is also seeing divisions between the alternative for germany, a, f d, and the french national rally party, around by the independent out stream. do you voters want the union to be? what alliances are being forged? pulls it off on that line. conservative president of the commission is openly courting the votes of the italian head of government. george,

i'm alone each and her ultra arrives that they lead that young. on to the point we ask europe's far right, tempting partner, support and service the welcome to this week, to the point i'm call you to get us. it's good to have you with us. and let's meet 2 days guests that he lives now is a new berlin correspondent for germany starched and focus specialized in east german politics and the the party which i like to have now is dw news. chief political editor and book has built a is a freelance journalist he has previously worked as a correspondence in paris and brussels solve. you're welcome. thank you for being with us. and i'd like to start with you book on all of your up seeing a shift towards the riots, even countries that have a tradition of liberal politics like sweden or the other ones, are seeing extreme right. when politicians and their governments,

what did traditional parties do wrong? what it seems that the traditional parties did not attend the needs of the preoccupation of the citizens. like the question of migration, i mean that the flows come that this some countries like italy agrees which were just overflowing due to the dublin agreement that used to rain. indeed yes, you are paying you and you has taken lee. i think that's just the inside thing. which we see in many of the governments, for instance, in germany, a dollar, a famous collision between liberals, queens and social democrats is leading to the point that the people just get desperate. they don't want the people to fight at the top that govern the bodies to fight, but to act and we have inflation. we have pandemic, we have the war and ukraine. and these are needs that really people are looking for direction for a strong hand. and this is why we see a movement also to more or to retire and isn't. and har tend to rules. and i think

this explains some of it that also the european union cannot answer the basic questions. it has not been reform pass, not the b as my crime has always proposed and wanted to do. and so the people few left alone then got turn to national to stick. how people to speak parties were definitely seeing that on a national level. the question is, if that's also going to happen on the e, you level and nadine, how much power do these political parties have to actually change you politics at the moment? while i think until now they are divided into 2 fractions or 2 groups within the european parliament. this is the idea of the identity and democracy. and on the other hand, the come out of the european conservators and reformers. so until now they haven't really joined forces yet, and it will be very interesting to see what happens after the 9th of june after they are up in election to see if they will join forces if they will find new park most maybe within the course service and it will there be like one shoot right wing

. so the group within the european parliament, i think then they can really change the politics and brussels. if they fail to phone the nicole listens, i think they will stay fragmented. but on the other hand, the point is, the shift to the right within germany, within other countries, within the economy, ignored by the conservatives, also maybe by the social democrats, but all the parties who rule within the u. s. u commission. so i think there will be changes in the politics even though, right. when politicians are not really impala, but they were producing invisible change and definitely more pressure towards the traditional parties. know me, tyler, living in germany these days. it seems like you are exposed to have on boardman of political ad saying this election is crucial. this selection is important. go vote, it matters. what do you think makes it different from previous you elections?

well, election is always crucial, but clearly we are seeing what could be a potential for, for said moment of the right and the extreme right actually playing aloud your role in brussels. when you see old enough on the line who's the top candidate for the p, for the conservative centers, conservative book and really vying for support from someone like george and maloney who is as actually mazda of the game of being a fall vice at home. but actually being a surprisingly pro european politician one sees in brussels and that is in itself a change in the way brussels works in the way europe and politics works. so the question is whether the fall rights can actually become a main stream full stack can no longer be seen as exactly that. the small fragment fragment at the end of the spectrum of what is mainstream politics. and that will ultimately depends on the voters. if we take a deeper look at germany,

voters of the far right party seem to be very resilient. the alternative for germany has been monitored by the federal office for the process of protection of the constitution. for years, the german domestic intelligence service classified the party as a so called suspected case of white wing extremism. and rightly so, as a chord confirmed a few weeks before the european elections. it's one of just many scandals. here's a look at the parties leading figures. beer and hooker is the a of these leader in the german state of turing. yeah. where he's spending a radical nationalist ideology that some have called fascist inmate. a court imposed a fine on the former history teacher for knowingly using a band nazi slogan. maximilian call is the a of these top candidate for the european elections. one of his employees allegedly spied for china horse pfizer, a problem crawl has also been accused of accepting money from russia in the chinese

secret service, which he denies in one interview call claims. but not all members of the s s were criminal of sparking international outrage. the have to be strong is number 2 on the 8th of these european election list. he is also currently under investigation for allegedly accepting money from russia to promote pro russian propaganda, which he also denies is a of the $2.00 extreme for europe's rake. when populace were about to see, not even if the supporters dismiss all those allegations as nothing short of a media conspiracy to damage the party ahead of the elections. how significant are those revelations? well, this will be an interesting point to see on the 9th of june, because until now we don't see really, how can i say a tumbling in acceptance within the voters? we see them bit like 17 percent, which is

a huge class compared to the 11 percent the d head into 2019 a new election. so still more people are supporting the f d. i think we have 2 points that are really important. well, on the one hand a, the support does have a huge skepticism about traditional or established media. they don't really trust what the here and see with the media. and on the other hand thing, there's like a strong what evasion to vote, a d to show some disrespect against the elite. i think to vote for a d as an elite vote. and i think this motivation is stronger than a then the skepticism about the scandals and sometimes a of the offers they support us some rhetoric regarding oh, also. but then the other part is that also have the scandals. phone deadline has some investigations where there's capt. i gauge within the u parliament, which concerns the social democrats. so i think they have some reports to defend

themselves and their support is believed them. they definitely do it. however, even though the party is acting as if nothing is happening and more or less, me say that it does have an impact. is this a big problem for the if the, internally, all these scans are going on? i tell you what of what i see is the biggest problem is that somebody in the pen basically said that they don't have a leadership which discredits them at the european level. as anyone you can actually work with. at the national level, you can see how they are it, i'd say in a panics, modes to get a grip on the situation. i mean, you couldn't make this up. the top candidates has been banned from actually appearing for election rallies. he's been spotted appearing publicly a just a day ago, so that is already being looked at with suspicion within the their own policy. number 2 on the list is also no longer palatable as we just saw. so number 3 on the

list as the one who's carrying the weight of the company right now. and so that raises some by the fundamental questions on how they, they even present themselves over this very, very long couple of days until the 9th of june. until that boat actually takes place. so with a public, the discredited and but that's the reason raises the point. where does the support come from? and if you speak to potential voters on the street, it's more a symptom of got the politics of people resenting an establishment. and, and that is something that is not going to go away. i've spoken to if the virtues to say, well, they just wanted to demonstrate to the established of a system that they are against it. so it, it feeds into a reduction in support for democracy as the favorite form of government. that still has a large majority here in germany, but also there is a growing sense of people being more open to more or for a terry and style of politics. so the question is, are they

a political forcing themselves in the future? i think there's some shoes, question marks right now here in germany, or do they remain the symptom of a rejection of politics as it's done by now? and that's of course, a very important question. woke up, do they have policies and suggestions for the future? a vision for other countries that actually appealed to voters or is this more the protest vote that we so often hear? it's funny you asked because we were just discussing before the program that we have the impression that most of the of the voters don't even read the program offer that applies to all parties actually. yeah. yeah. because they got things in there like uh, abolish the, the tax on on, um, on gasoline. and so, i mean, this is a realistic website. do you get the payments back, you know, our, our oldest all this euro says scepticism. i think it's really a protest party especially, and what i'm seeing here is a little bit of trumpets because what this term to it's

a which i'm to all those say about me is not true. i know so in this just a little bit, the added to i see at the moment on, at the top level of the a if the, because they'd try to is to, to say for this to say, but i mean they're being rejected even by their right. point partners in euro, which was really a slap in the face and the so that should give them to think. but i mean, all the moderate elements has been eliminated from the leadership and the course of the year. so what is left is that there is a party that's turning more towards the stream, right. but do voters care about that? we junction for about those scandals to protest? apparently not if you look at the latest polls, i mean the if you went down from 22 and the scandal came yeah. to 15. know they're up again. that's 17. you know, um the defects a little bit, but the real tests will be touring. yeah. when we have a local election original election and the federal, the state of to ring g a. so we will see how strong they get there because they,

they used to be that could be the strongest party there for a long time. in the boats, the strongest party there. but i mean this, the, the, the firewall that the other parties want to set up against them. but i wonder if the christian democrats really would cooperate with a left, you know, in order to avoid cooperating with the f d. that is to be seen. that's notion of the firewall has been so far. holding up here in germany, we try it up. do you think that's going to change in the future? i think it has already somewhat changed. if you speak to the top city, you candidates of the city you in, in eastern states in spring. yeah. for instance, they are finding it hard and if you speak to local politicians, they find it must be impossible. i had one speak about it and say look, are we going to refuse to agree to building that bridge because it was something to if they came up with. yeah. so that is getting more difficult,

but in terms of german politics overall. so that simply is not going to happen that you're going to see a code of some with the fall, right? if the party at the national level, anywhere. so you're not going to see a full co listen, would be a if the anywhere in germany, whichever level at. but then this day to day politics. that way you need to get stuff done. and, but i don't think that that is necessarily the key question. i mean, you also have this to have our next next year, which is a left leader who is now actually surprising the successful with being i was described as being so, so less that she comes out on, on the vice here. and because she manages to, to combine left wing politics, the key on social issues and market economy issues with and on 3 migrations. dawn. so that appeals to different comes and in see may be the most effective political

tool against the far right. a if the at the regional level because he's already up and above 5 percent, sometimes above 10 percent in some regions picking the square matters so much successfully from something we thought was unthinkable just a few years ago. and just seeing enough there that full piece in ukraine, i mean pro russia to do that was to really finish off with this conflict, which is also, i just wanna say everybody is full piece and you crate. yeah. yeah. but the argument is, as you don't need to give russell, whatever it one is exactly. exactly, and that's also a stance that divides to european parliament for sure. coming back to what book i mentioned about the rejection on a european level, how significant do you think it is for dislikes, the likes of money in the pen to reject a if the at this moment? well, i think for maureen dependents a decision that comes on marine the pin, i think it's not thoughtful. who are the fate of the the is not really important thing for her. the year 2027 is really important. then we have the presidential election and friends and she wants to be the next president of from so she has to

win more than 50 percent of the vote doesn't friends. so it's important for her not to only find the right wing both just but also to attract most of the, of the middle. so she needs to finish her course of the abilities ation or of how can i say and her idea of make the are in the rest of the more nice to know of met of make it more electable to buddhist of all comes. so i think for her the a if d is not really useful for her, it's more, it can be more of a problem. but on the other hand, i think we still have to see the whole right. the whole right wing politics in europe is now really fragmented at still we have to see what happens of the 9th of june. i think we have like 2 major questions. the 1st question is, what do we have like a super crew within the parliament? and then also the question is maloney supporting was a fund that line see more or less switching the come going more to right middle

come the supporting her and the thing to me it georgia maloney is the most crucial the most decides of figure right now in the game sheets she will, she will be the one who gives the most the size of the impulse stood a whole scene. we'll take a look at exactly that. the turmoil in the european parliament is paving, away from you alliances. even those that were previously a no go in order to secure her re election for a 2nd term. you commission president was off on the line from the conservative e. p. p. block is openly courting george. i'm a lonely italian head of government and her party. the post passes brothers of italy as it always prime minister, georgia maloney is being forwarded by 2 different political idealogues including rightly nationalist marine la pen and conservative politicians. person live under lion and the run up to her re election bid. the head of the european commission has demonstrated that she's open to cooperating with maloney's far right for tele did

totally a party in the european parliament. i have been working very well with a judge. i'm a lawyer into european council, the topics we're going to offer them. we're going to see whether those who are pros, your p and she is clearly prose your pin against 14. she's been very clear on that one and probably will flaw if this whole and then we offer to work together in response lieutenant's proposing a joint parliamentary group that includes her party members together that would make them the 2nd largest block in the european parliament le pen who's national rally parties even further to the right says that she and maloney agree on the main issues. pen or vander lion, who will win maloney support it's not easy to tell, but i throw the question to you both have to do. do you think it's going to be qual, maloney, and the pen? this is also a proposition of a victo off. i'm from hungry. i mean,

he wants these 2 groups to cooperate, but i think that the fund, the line would be very cautious of cooperating with the pen. but you will be eventually willing to cooperate or to us to be elected by the votes. of fact, the lead the thought of out by george, i'm alone his party because as he mentioned, formerly charge on bologna for phillips, the criteria she is pro ukraine. she's pro european as far as of now and during her government, and she is pro rule of law. so these are the 3 criteria. and the pro cr ukrainian stance. marine the fan in the past, i must say in the past has been thoughtful, you know, with our stance pro russia. um so um i think in the case that the majorities will be that fund the line needs some more votes than maybe just the social democrats and greens or so or doesn't get done about. i think she will rely on the

conservatives of the of the c, r group and the fatality, the tire. i think she will rely on either talking about these 3 criteria to be pro european if you're willing to do it seems like a pretty low standard d space. and i think you know, that there's like one point and it's really interesting, but from the line doesn't mentioned that because from the line had one like really central unimportant project within like a 1st 5 years was the green deal. it was one of the major projects and i think to her it must be really clear that you can't follow that you can't really finish the green d a when she's 6 full support from the right wing politics because like climate politics is not, is like on the top of the list of stuff that directly pull the things the want. so i think for her it, it must be clear that it will be a huge step back. we have seen it with your re not to race role that the conservative side with it you see are or seek support from the writing and well in the end, the whole project for us really

a danger. so and received the protests of the fall most within germany also within the lens within friends with in other countries within the us. so there's like a huge push also from that side to make the politics more liberal there to focus less on climate spend that's on unborn mental standups. let me show you that. we also talked about these parties as the nice parties, but in the end, they will say that they are the better representatives of democracy in europe. that they represent the voters interest more. do you think with a stronger rights wing, if you will, in the european parliament that will also see policies are closer to the people? so. so the answer's no, uh, because that's not how the european union works and this is actually a huge and a notable difference between the european union and the united states. for instance, it's not the one that takes it, all compromises have to be made. it's like a quiet, it will only determine how loud and the fall right will be heard in the european

parliament, which has to sign off on any european project laws. so it is a very powerful environment at the same time. and you need the heads of state as well, and so on, on key issues like trade, power is from the in brussels, but on many issues it's, it's still rest with the individual states. and i just want to point out one huge difference, which i think is kind of a tell tale sign that this is not just about money as well, a bernie sanders and the left just a sense of the united states. his argument in the states is that you can be right when populism, by having something like, well, social security for your health care, people taking care of, well, you're past all of this. yeah. so so it's not just about the money it's, it's more complex than that. and so yeah, that was a long answer. and yeah, but it wouldn't be

a nowhere near the right wing. takeover of the you were just not what are we close to then book i would just say that it will become more difficult to govern in the european union. um, you mentioned how important that is to have leadership and to have strong a strong notion of what's of where we're going to be definitely more difficult to govern europe, although it has some share your last mentioned, i mean the european parliament has limited the competence. so i mean, they liked the commission president, but in, in the end, as we saw last time, they had to states can overrule yeah. and they have to a point to approve the, the, the commission us. and so they have a say in the budget of the you, but in the end and on international agreements. so like the free trade agreement with marcus. oh, good fall. if the i'll try to conservative, i'll try right. does not agree eventually that could be a possibility, but in the end, yeah, most, you know, the most the of the say is with the,

the council of ministers still and, but the national states. but what i see is that the people in the different states are looking for identity for. yeah, that, that is what leads to more nationalism because they see that the, you does not really solve the problems. and i am so disappointed that i'm going to america did not agree to the proposal. it's awfully monitoring my crawl many years back to reform the you, we need a reform of the you, we need a european parliament that really has retrospect his powers. i mean, it's, it's absurd. the executive, i mean, the concept of ministers is, at the same time, the, let's as to body. i mean, this upstart is just like the echo from the concert of ministers for economic and turn to questions are the finance ministers of the countries. i mean, they will never punish themselves for not fulfilling the criteria of stability. so there are many construction folds in new york in union. good. you need to be

attendant and hasn't been attended which lead to a dissatisfaction in the population. and furthermore, i think this election, this european election is also about the national politics of the people vote to, to approve or disapprove of the national government speed in spain. be it, and the german you'd be it in france. that's where we see a disapproval, for instance, of germany and the strong a, f d, or strong marine defense. and hence that the big difference between national politics and that you politics. that's all we have time for unfortunately. but i want to thank all 3 of you for joining us today. of course you for watching. and remember that you can always watch our shows in our youtube channel and just look for the domain use and the lead us to the point show. i'm sorry, you know, i guess so next time take care bye the the

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