your expert on germany's bundestag election two thousand and seventeen. decides german bundestag election two thousand and seventeen on d w. this is the daily news live from the lead easing out of the european union britain's prime minister sets out her plan for future relations with brussels. you may be leaving the european union but we are not leaving your reason for suppose that britain remain within the e.u. single market during a two year transition period a lot of rhetoric but short on detail will it be enough to revive stalled directed

negotiations we'll bring you highlights and analysis also on the program. final pitch to win over undecided voters before sunday's elections in germany the county i'm going to brooklyn martin shoals event tonight search for the far right alternative for germany. to drive sharing up buba to be stripped of its license to operate in one of the world's wealthiest cities as london's transport authority describes it as not fit to prop up we'll take a look at the road ahead. i'm feel gail welcome to the program. britain's prime minister has delivered a major policy speech in italy in an attempt to give impetus to present negotiations which the e.u. says of stoled speaking in florence theresa may said the e.u. and the u.k.

were moving through a critical period in their relationship and that she looked ahead to press it with optimism the prime minister also stressed that london wants to be a strong friend and partner of brussels. our decision to leave the european union is in no way a repudiation of this long standing commitment we may be leaving the european union but we are not leaving europe our resolve to draw on the full weight of our military intelligence diplomatic and development resources to lead international action with our partners on the issues that affect the security and prosperity of our peoples is unchanged the european union never felt to us like an integral part of our national story in the way it does to so many elsewhere in europe as we are on this earn from didn't because one is big and mass in the london and barbara vase or in the brussels welcome both will start with you barbara vale what

message is theresa may sent to brussels with this speech as she has sent the message that she is not willing to do what brussels really wants she is not willing to get down to the nitty gritty of the ongoing negotiations what brussels ones from the british government is some concrete proposals to first settle the exit the divorce this is what's on the table at the moment and when before this speech downing street to more or less announced that this was going to be a speech that would sort of unlock the stalled negotiations there where of course expectations and i'm afraid that these experts haitians after the speech have not been fulfilled that this is really going to drop to the floor like a stone amongst those expectations there is this talk of twenty million euros as part of this divorce bill but that was never mentioned so where did that figure

come from. i think there's some confusion going on here i actually feel because what theresa may as far as i understood her talked about it was a contribution that britain is going to sort of behave pay into the european budget if it remains sort of not as not a member but an associate or something after march two thousand and nineteen that is the transition period now if you notice to years britain has market access and is member of the customs union and so on it's a force of course it has to pay i mean that is there is no free lunch i mean that is not going to be given the way by the e.u. so if she announces that she is going to pay her dues during that time yes of course but as she did she was not really clear on the other budget questions and you know that the e.u. demands sixty billion euros from the united kingdom for different things like pensions of you officials and so on and so forth there was

a long list and that was completely unclear what she what she what she is offering whether she's offering anything so that hope has been destroyed and then on citizenship to again say that the rights of you citizens in britain are going to be guaranteed by british courts that is not going to be enough and so and there was nothing on all the island and ireland and the future border or non border at all but. nothing concrete clearly or building up a head of steam at every just let's just hear from theresa by herself on this issue of the future status of you citizens in the u.k. we have also made significant progress on how we look after european nationals living in the u.k. a british nationals living in the twenty seven member states of the e.u. . i know that this whole process has been a cause of great worry and anxiety for them and their loved ones but i want to

repeat to the six hundred thousand italians in the u.k. and indeed to all e.u. citizens who have made their lives in our country that we want you to stay we value you and we thank you for your contribution to our national life a big mass in london any chance of those that warm words will calm fears there. i don't think so e.u. citizens are generally really worried here in the u.k. because you just don't know how this is all going to pan out so the reason may for example has said that in the trial in the transition period people would need to dread just. in preparation for this breck said and we still don't know how it's going to look like as barbara has said so we still don't know after this so-called transition period what are the rights and will people maybe have to pay if they want to send their children to university how about health care how about pensions

so all this is really hasn't hasn't been touched and maybe you can expect her to touch on this in a speech like this as well but also the question of the chords she says that the u.k. will take into account the european courts but what exactly does that mean so who is going to be the arbiter about of any court challenges so not very clear as far as you citizens' rights are concerned we can't view any speech that that is made by the british prime minister without a bearing in mind the fact that she has a away for thin majority there how is this speech going to play politically back in the u.k. . well politically i think labor the labor party has had a bit of a shift over the summer they said that they want britain in the transitional period to stay within the single market and the customs union and this seems to be the position that tourism a seems to have adopted according to the speech however

what's going to happen after that that is is the big question and this is something that she hasn't really made clear the brics it tears in her cabinet they will probably they have had a positive reaction we also know that she has consulted her own cabinet of course very important for her to have a cabinet colleagues with her because of a really thin majority so cabinet colleagues have supported this however there are so many in our party who are really pushing for a hard break said and this might be that direction that's reason may is going to go into she hasn't really made it clear today but there goes a fear amongst those who are not who don't want a hard race or that this could be the direction that the country is going because she has said that neither can a dart nor switzerland are good enough so some new model creative model as she said but what exactly is that going to be and how realistic is it to its chief that to negotiate this within the very short period of time i get my ass in london barbara

faisal in brussels thank you both. i voters here in germany are gearing up for federal elections on sunday and both candidates for the post office chancellor i'm making a final push ahead of the vote i'm going to medical is holding several bodies in southern germany so if i suggest conservative christian democrats could take the thirty six percent of sunday's vote martin shows that he sent and left the social democrats alike and behind them twenty one percent. national to social democrats are holding that final rally tonight to shut down and mocked by d.w. chief political correspondent melinda crane is that i welcome linda all the polls i'm going to buckle c.d.u. well ahead of the social democrats so what is the mood there the mood is definitely enthusiastic at the moment because martin chilton has just arrived here and his party's been doing their very best to whip up enthusiasm

prior to his arrival but when i talk to people i definitely hear mixed in with that enthusiasm a sort of a stoic determination and definitely also a measure of anxiety some of the polls are putting the party at one of its lowest results in many many years and there are many undecided voters out there but it's very unclear which way they're going to break so so this square is about two thirds could be fuller and those who are here definitely want to see this man bring in the voters but as i say a lot of nervousness i mean was his main message on this final day of campaigning. he said in the last couple of weeks that the s.p.d. a stitch and centrally stands for four things in this election campaign and they are equal wages for men and women they are is shoring up pensions to make sure that people can retire at the age that's been promised they are better education

particularly for those who are disadvantaged and standing up for german values including values of inclusiveness so essentially for values that put the ass back in s.p.d. looking at the social nature of the party and trying to win back a lot of voters who feel that the party has forgotten that side of their history and their promise so again a clear focus on those voters who say you know what the economy is doing well but we're not feeling it given what the polls are saying about s.p.d. likely coming second want to be supporters that telling you about their preferred options junior partners in a grand coalition or being relegated to the opposition. the people here on this square do not want to see another grand coalition the s.p.d. voters regardless of whether they're disappointed by their party or still hoping that it will do better than that than it's bold to do in the election with out fail

they all say this grand coalition has not been good for our party we've lost our profile to some degree we've lost our way even when we're successful at putting some of our issues through it getting them passed into legislation the citizens often don't see that that was in a speedy victory so there's a real sense that it would probably be a good thing for the party to go into opposition and sharpen its focus and its message and yet the chances that there will be another grand coalition look pretty strong unless the party basis says to the party leadership we are not going to support you if you call for a grand coalition the leadership has said it will put the matter to a vote and it's possible that the core would say sorry we're not going to do it interesting that they had to put out melinda craig thank you. well federal elections that on sunday there will hear d.w.

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a race against time correspondents will bring you the latest from mexico city where rescue teams are still hoping to save lives after tuesday's earthquake. let's get to business news with the head of the home free now and it's all about this ride hailing up buba it's a bit of a bump in the road and most certainly has feel in london has been well this feats have been ordered to screech to a halt i'm afraid now the city's transport regulator has revoked it was operating licenses decided that it is not fit and proper in public safety and security now is sort of the company's approach to handling serious criminal offenses and its use of software to block regular regulators reboard east from gaining full access to its up. the loss of its license is more than a small road bump for labor but the right healing service says it's planning to power through by preparing an appeal it accuses london's transport regulator of

unfairly favoring the city's traditional black cab drivers disgruntled at market share grab. but i think what's clear by this decision is that man transport from london has paid under extreme pressure from its main member of individuals and groups that want to restrict choice to consumers and competition within the impact of that decision if it stands with the over forty thousand licensed drivers out of work with no means to support themselves their families their loved ones the transport authorities took issue with hoover's approach to reporting serious criminal offenses background checks on drivers and its use of grey ball a software that looks like to passengers from using cars like investigators or regulators for example but while hooper has run into regulatory trouble in many cities in addition to london the service has been quite popular here goober cars make up a third of all privately hired vehicles this obviously most she was going to try

and boss still feel like oh i don't feel like i'm paying ridiculous amounts to get a cop was a good move for our kind of us to have us you know but it's only bronzer as i walk out the door for so long that it's going to really know nothing about the loss of the license is just the latest in a spate of problems which forced out the company's c.e.o. but whether new management will be able to push past this latest rope block will be an important test for the company's ability to stay on track. france's president and i knew a macaw has signed a series of contested labor reforms into no tens of thousands of people took to the streets on thursday to protest those changes and the measures make it easier to hire and fire work and allow small companies to negotiate directly with stoff rather than through trade unions president mike hall hopes the reforms will help reduce france's unemployment rate currently at a stop and nine and a half percent. so paris wants the french economy to pick up speed and home along

and so do most entrepreneurs let's take a closer look now at what those changes mean to the market and the people on the ground reports on the pros and cons of president marcos signature reforms money the grandfather's german had always dreamed of moving to paris eight months ago she opened a cafe here but life as a small business owner in france is harder than she expected especially when she hires staff that need an extended period of training as a fan the problem is that france has strict rules against dismissals. and one of my pastry chefs was still very slow two months on so i had to let her go if i kept her on a longer she would have had a permanent contract then even if she didn't improve i'd have been forced to keep or. even under the proposed reforms dismissals will still be strictly regulated

but the new rules would make it easier to offer short term job contracts also giving employers more time to see if staff are a good fit the proposal would also cap compensation awarded by courts and dismissal cases every for small business owners like sasha millo. we've always had this sword of damocles one yield for our head if we had to let anyone go it could be so expensive we'd go bankrupt. employers may welcome the change but many trade union activists are dismayed. turns back the clock to labor conditions at the start of the twentieth century employers will be able to calculate exactly how much a dismissal will cost them so they'll take advantage of that to fire experienced and more expensive workers and replace them with young workers who don't fob off

with low wages. the hardline c.d.t. union isn't ready planning massive protests so far few if any other unions have committed to joining them many economists say that's no surprise because the plan reforms are moderate overall they'd like to see even more changes. in your flock we really need our tax cuts to provide incentives for investors. the government also needs to slash incidental wage costs and improve training and continuing education. that's the only way our businesses will become competitive again. we told you to the. mother of a grandfather also hopes that this first round will be followed by additional reforms which have to have two employees i'd like three but can't afford it the

incident wage costs are too high more reforms are in the works to lower non wage labor costs and relaxed rules against dismissal but it's unlikely french unions would waive that through without a fight. and we can speak to karen hornet now she's an economist at home university and she is currently in perth to new york in the south of france karen good to have you with us now most economists to tend to agree that these reforms are necessary of course you know that timing is everything so is the french economy in good enough shape to stomach these reforms. i would say that actually the french economy is in bad enough the shape that it needs these reforms but i have to qualify this actually is it changing is getting better and it has been getting better probably in anticipation of the reforms that mark karr has promised when he started his campaign so we will see someone better g.d.p.

growth this year. investment and consumption soon to be going up a bit which is which is a good sign which will probably help mark karr was his reforms as he tries to use to speed up g.d.p. growth this will work because the order books are full of them they used to be and that will give a good incentive for people to actually hire people which is now easier thanks to live alone and yet people were protesting even on the eve of this bill being signed into law there's a great deal of opposition so how beneficial can these reforms really be. these protests are not as bad as an outstanding option or might might my assume it's been much less protest than usual and it's just been normal background music against and friends i think we just have to wait and see what happens the only the last crucial point will be when probably one will have to vote the gong which

which which puts this these decrees into practice and that will come and the months that that will fall so there will be the last test and that will be the last crucial point that the problem actually majority is clearly on my past side as we know his legitimacy is perfect so i don't i don't see that these protests will change anything and in terms of what they protest against of the security for the individual employee is still very high in france and it doesn't change to traduce to these recent reforms or i will we will be eyeing that unemployment rate. on. karen what impact in your thank you for your insights german flag carrier of tense is poised to snatch up the largest chunk of bankrupt that's according to local media reports citing inside sources tense is reported to

be considering a takeover of the bankrupt airline subsidiary nicky as part of a bid to carve up the company and the reports say easy jet and condo to speak about ins remaining assets in the air are now says negotiations will continue until the twelfth of october. it's fun and activity. so now let's talk about what's going on and mexico more than two days since a powerful earthquake us struck central mexico talking buildings and killing almost three hundred people emergency services are still working around the clock to find survivors w. correspondent kelly mitchell moyo has been to mexico city to watch the rescue efforts. this has become the most important symbol of hope for mexico city after the earthquake it sounds far silence please someone might be calling for help

under the rubble. volunteers are equipped at least with a spade or a hammer so they're not all as germany though every one helps with a hammer or with bare hands lifting stones have you found people. as those are yes of course a lot to do that while i was there at least eight people. prisoners. but meanwhile there are hundreds of people willing to help around the colored buildings in the city some are even turned away by the authorities they ask for more control that's what they're doing but what is it about. losing it's about controlling the number and i think there. once we are inside the end to see and go will of the people seems only many. people are working here for hours many of them for the last two days. i didn't sell this one has been here for over twelve

hours even fell unconscious but she still wants to help. that is why she was transferred from moving rubble to helping distribute food and beverage is. she strongly believes that there are still victims who are alive under the rubble. yes i really think so. this is why i'm still here. even though i fainted at least i can help a bit here. i think it's about them so i can no longer do so because these are my people this is my country i'm going to stay here and you are your. according to the major of mexico city at least forty buildings in the capital have collapsed like this one experts say that people could survive up to three days under their wings this is why the atmosphere witnessing here is very tense people and the pleasure and they

still hope they can find victims alive under the ruins it is a race against time. the regional judge in catalonia has ordered the release of officials detained during a crackdown by spanish authorities they were arrested for their roles in organizing an independence referendum deemed illegal by the country's constitutional court hundreds of pro independent supporters gathered outside the courthouse in the regional capital barcelona to demand their release tensions between madrid and catalonia are increasing as the very plan for the first draws near the trade has said that it will deploy more police in the region to maintain order. on the bones as they get back in action tonight with defending champions by an hosting. wolves have had a poor start to the season and sacked their coach earlier this week but by and have been on a roll. it might be october first but all is not well it buyer and rumblings of discontent from some of the club's big names have left coach carlo ancelotti

having to put a brave face on things. live and of skiis one who has spoken out criticising byron summer signings. he should be happier on friday and play vosburgh the same opponents against whom exactly two years ago to the day the paul rewrote the bin does lead to record books coming off the bench to score five. fold spurs new coach martin schmidt was the last month to beat by own in their own stadium when his mind team on their. much twenty sixteen but he's under no illusions of the tough task ahead especially during october fest and this obvious visual muslims we know what's in store for us that it's a great experience for them to play at home at festival time and be able to prolong the evening feeling that's a cone and if he can reproduce the red hot form of two years ago for schmidt and his team could be a long night indeed. up to date at the top of it of that it.

was. his english week in the minors nigga. a disaster is debut against draining. even under martin schmidt most would only manage doug. an easy victory for my own child whom was push over three

goals from munich. all germans enjoy the same rights except perhaps those eighty thousand people who have disabilities yulian pieces is not allowed to vote because he has down syndrome that seems unbelievable in a modern democracy. and has demanded account titian's explained to him why he's not allowed to voters. in sixty minutes on d w. this is the governess come to live from but end of the right to our correspondent is in central istanbul and we have our political correspondent here in the studio more on the stories in just a minute but first this news just in it's all about the perspective closer d.w. news this. hash tag germany decides. the day before the

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