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outlook its worst political crisis in decades drags on. and with robots entering the workforce a group of german scientists wants to make sure they're affordable as well as useful. this is your business update on helen humphrey in berlin thanks for joining me now the ink has barely dried on of trances purchase of parts of an already germany's largest airline has put a bid in for parts of another airline this time it's a tally of italy's ailing flag carrier now seven companies including the tenser and british budget airline easyjet handed in sealed envelopes yesterday in the hope of scoring parts of the italian airline the battle to carve up is heating up the ailing airline has only made a profit a few times in its seventy year history among the big names interested germany's

lost tons of its reportedly offering half a billion euros for parts of the airline the air giant is only interested in alitalia as aviation business and not its grand operations if that deal goes ahead half of the employees of italy's largest airline could lose their jobs that's around six thousand people and the other bidder is british budget carrier easy just put it to only wants a slice of the pie europe's largest budget airline ryanair has already withdrawn its bid for the airline office for parts of alitalia may not find favor in rome which wants to sell the whole airline. and joining us now from frankfurt is yvonne back he's the head of the not police commission that's an independent group which advise is the german government on competition questions thank you very much for being with us today know lifton's that has put in for parts of other tell us some say it's already been allowed to simply pick the best bits or do you agree

with that assessment in the times has taken part of it over the in the twin cities that it's the largest company in germany buying second largest so there are a lot of competition issues arising saw when you mention some best parts they have to take as it only takes those parts when the competition issues come up or what advice did your panel give to the german government regarding the case and do you feel that they took your advice on board that it was a fair that it's acting in a fair manner yes that section issues the sort of say it's a procedural vote ok so the bill in the insolvent sense of creators committee took over and they decided to sell parts to the tons and other parts still in negotiations so that's ok but in the early states the german government already expressed its interest that lufthansa should take at least part of that in and i think that's a private company say you're negotiating with each other and so it's not so drop of the government having said that it's a is a is a or isn't is

a good company so it's there's no harm in this that tons of buy some parts if it's not for competition issues so what we've seen now is said to groups in commission to investigate this merger and if there are complaints so if their review broadens to competition issues then i guess you too can commission will step in well what will it mean for us the passenger. so i think we have to wait until the decision of the group commission will be made and it's you know they have to investigate blind by line because you know if you fly from i know from from from frankfurt to london it's no eternity to flight or to paris instead so so they have to investigate every line what is it is what is the competition situation there and you know is that ok is it the sense of bias evident on that line or not and otherwise they have to give up slots so the right to start and then i guess they have to give up some of the slots if you know him as a general remark you know it's a lodge is the largest one in germany spying the second largest that's not good for

competition well of course you give recommendations regarding competition to governments i'm sure you have a sense of how this may be received by the european commission and competition authorities what do you think they're going to say about this there's a jew permission as they have a record of you know that being very careful in airline mergers and so i would expect it's also you know take a deep look into that merger and we will see you know if there's a face one where they you know mention their general complaints and that takes about a month and if they have more serious complaints in the interface too so we'll see whether they enter that phase two and i actually think you know there are so many lines where urban was the only competitor to lift under so i think there will be you know complaints by the true commission. him van but head of the monopolies commission here in germany thank you very much for your insights thank you now to

move that could and a us president donald trump european aviation joint boss has acquired a majority stake in one body is ailing c. series passenger jet business at no cost the move would enable the canadian plane maker to use an assembly line in the united states possibly bypassing top tariffs imposed by the u.s. government. spain has no it is its growth forecast for twenty eighteen as it continues to grapple with its worst political crisis in decades catalonia as controversial independence referendum and madrid heavy handed police response have sparked turmoil and the economy has already begun to. this was the scene outside the headquarters of the catalan government on monday nice protesters expressing their outrage over the arrest of two pro separatist leaders it's only the latest twist in a battle of wills between madrid and barcelona and the political turmoil is swiftly

translating into economic uncertainty the crisis over catalonia as quest for independence has prompted the spanish government to lower its growth forecast for next year from two point six percent to two point three percent the move comes after economists raise concern over the potential fallout of the crisis last week in the us that we're seeing agencies have warned that the uncertain political and economic situation could affect the catalan economy companies continue to leave the result could be a recession that would undoubtedly affect the growth of g.d.p. . limit there for thirty or article although the theme into the vote in the route of growth separatists have long maintained that catalonia would prosper without financial obligation to spain but since the crisis broke companies have been leaving the region in their droves the two biggest banks have already moved their headquarters elsewhere and hundreds of smaller companies have packed their bags to accounting for over a fifth of the national g.d.p.

what happens to catalonia as economy happens to spain as a whole. now mechanical engineers getting together hate to talk digitize ation over the next two days and industry certainly has a huge task ahead more and more technology. and scientists that today since the school of technology have noticed a market robots are getting cheaper it still costs a pretty penny to program them and that's about changing. this robot is a quick learner. software developer is teaching it. the robot understands the directions quite well but its own the scientists jacket actually. doesn't perceive this jacket as different sensors let's take a look of course they're mostly in the sleeves and here in the neck area the sensors register the orientation of our body and that's translated into the robot's

motion and that's how we steer and. after that you just need a few clicks on the computer and the robot can carry out the moves independently the scientists address and school of technology noticed a market need robots are getting cheaper but it still costs a pretty penny to program them. because there are so robots that only cost let's say ten thousand euros but in relation to the software the cost of programming the robot is still very high that's where companies need to save money so we can find solutions for anyone not familiar with programming. just a few kilometers away business students are attending a special lecture. after a short fear radical section it's all about practical knowledge this is where professor dirk rochelle it demonstrates all the possibilities available to industry

four point zero today. this is an experiment in learning platform and research platform we want to make industry four point zero excess a bill to companies using company trainings so that they can test processes and innovations and of course it's meant to give our students the possibility of experiencing modern digitization concepts. in large fully automated companies it's been normal for a long time but for many small companies this is still new territory later the young business students will be taking their knowledge of industry four point zero with them into the business world. in any case the management will face new challenges as well colleagues and operational processes. is a key the operational information systems will i think expand and have more and more of a role in everyday life. personal steam is about to make a break with the university the scientists want to form their own company so that

they can sell their invention to various businesses. the chinese capital beijing is set to become the home of one of the world's largest airports from twenty nineteen around forty five million passengers are expected to travel through the new airport which will have a maximum capacity of double that now if it reaches that it could become the world's largest airport now it will help relieve pressure on beijing's current main airport which is already the world's second largest the cost of the new app is expected to be more than ten billion euros. that's it you're up to date with the latest from the world of business for more find us on facebook follow us on twitter at data on disco business and i'm there as well how to not see how is my handle more business news in the next hour see it and.

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