this is. a crisis in italian politics is it a threat to the euro. the prime minister the economist carlos. has been appointed to head a caretaker government by the italian president and attempts by populist parties to form a government collapsed on sunday now new elections look likely this will tell you why also coming up here to the rescue undocumented immigrant saves the life of a toddler in the french president personally thank you thanks to the twenty two

year old for his astonishing rescue after the video goes viral plus can we live with plastic people in the european union might have to get used to the idea because the plans are a whole range of single use of the aim is to reduce the millions of tons of plastic waste that the european union generate every year. it's good to have you with us we begin in italy tonight the country's new caretaker prime minister has promised to do all that he can to steer the country out of its political crisis the president of italy asked carlos to form a government after the collapse of what would have been italy's first populist administration. doesn't plan to stay in office for long he's promised to new

elections by the beginning of next year italy has been without a government since march. this is the man with the mandate to form italy's interim government a moderate and former official at the international monetary fund he is a firm believer in the european union and the single currency. of the north a dialogue with europe to defend our interests is essential we can do better than we did in the past but it has to be a constructive dialogue fully acknowledging that as a founding member our continuous participation in the euro zone remains essential. after the coalition parties put forward a staunch euro skeptic as their economy and finance minister the president pulled the emergency brake rejecting the formation of a new government. it's the establishment versus the new kids on the block an

italian politics. the president trying to keep it away what he considers to be tenuous populist policies. leaders of the coalition parties in turn accuse the political old guard of acting autocratically. it seems anyone who has criticized the euro or europe is considered to be no good as a minister. if this is the case we have a big problem in italy. it's called democracy this is not a free democracy. the league in five star parties had spent days drawing up a coalition pact aimed at ending a stalemate following inconclusive elections in march. their agenda is to tear up the political rulebook but they may have gone too far shoppers in rome seem to

signed with the president. i'm absolutely pro european and i believe that italy is connected and must have a connection with europe for a future. you know sort of. at a certain point the president who looks after the constitution sees that things are moving in a direction that he doesn't want in my opinion he simply applied the constitution. you have to. some took the political turmoil with a sense of humor you know half a prophet ship a coup it's the same old mystery but we are totally and so it's normal we managed to get by so viva tahlia that you know we've only done. if conoco to really is confirmed by a majority in parliament he will plan for new elections next year if he fails to go near enough support italians could be heading to the polls again much sooner.

or joining me now is a member of the european parliament a leash law and she is talking to his evening from stross for france and it's good to have you on the show i want to ask you about these accusations that we're hearing in italy of the president basically sabotaging the will of the people from where you are sitting tonight does this look like an attack on democracy. well actually we are in the middle of probably the most serious and institution crisis that we have ever gone through but the president up there in public made a difficult choice yesterday but absolutely in the framework of his constitutional prerogatives according to the constitution the ministers are nominated by the president of their public on a proposal by the designate the prime minister yitzhak he has the power to accept them or refuse them or discuss them and also in the end there are precedents in history of similar cases in which

a minister was it refused by the president there public but he was simply changed and then the governor was formed anyway so what is new is that this time the forces that were trying to put on the jury the refused to go on without that minister in that position and let me also add that never in our history we have seen such a violent and dramatic get that to the institution of the president there in public with neath but acts yes they devise a movement leader talked about i mean each man's and over the two forces are right now rising tension by playing in calling on people to get on the streets and go on a demonstration on the second of june next week which is also the celebration part for their republic so it's a very hard thing some but let me remark once again i think the president has. done a difficult choice in a flame more obvious constitutional power and i have the impression that at least

one of the reports this legen or that with that they also wanted to get to this situation because they do and i accept the book in position unless is it minister of the michelin let me ask you is it is it the criticism could be that the president actually did exactly what these populist wanted him to do they put him between a rock and a hard place and he said no i. i will not accept this finance minister he is anti german he's anti euro the new government collapse now we're looking at new elections and now all of a sudden we're hearing this election will be a referendum on the euro that's exactly what these anti your party's want to growing possibly yes sometimes the right choice is a bad bet that you give an advantage to others that's true probably in the next i mean the next campaign will be even tougher but let me stress out that the major

mind that the president of the republic made yesterday is a point of defense of democracy actually because not one of the four of the two forces that we're trying to put on this government have done become complaint by saying they wanted to leave the euro zone so that if by is the president said clearly and that agree with that and if you want to look at the option of leaving the euro zone on the table you should do it in an electoral campaign not off that what could happen by trying to put them in this there who is also a symbol of a plan b. to get out eventually some of the results so i think part of the realities on the president also add to the fact that into next and i relations of the county we will see probably he wanted to get there but we don't see it with whom he's going to form a coalition for the next election that will be interesting because what will be that is going to be. really virtually we we're out of time on this line but we

appreciate your insights tonight it's always line joining us from the european parliament in strasbourg france that's a big thank you you thank. well now to paris where everyone's talking about the real life spider man he's twenty two year old mama do sama and undocumented immigrant from mali and he shot to fame after climbing the facade of an apartment building to rescue a toddler dating from a balcony on algos almost bravery has been rewarded with an offer of fast track french citizenship and an audience with the french president. with no thought for his own safety mamadou kasama begins to scale the facade of this apartment building in paris above him and shell tangles from a ledge and a neighbor looks on helplessly unable to reach the little boy using his hands feet and sheer determination to get some of whose unself from balcony to balcony. within

a minute the migrant from mali has reached and saved the four year old boy who was crying and had to inject food. french media claim the boy's father is being detained for parental neglect no one to kasamh has been compared to the fictional here or spite of and and now he's been personally thanked and on it by french president and you michael. so i came out and i saw a child in the full face floor i didn't think about myself or to you know. i ran across the road to save him. although some i was said to be living illegally in france he's to be given french citizenship and he's been awarded for his courage. and i'm very happy as is the first time i've ever got anything like this before so thank you. wish you. back outside the apartment

a neighbour's can't believe dishonest bravery. because not yet because it was impressive it's not something that you see every day and that's why people were impressed he said when he came from far away to rescue someone he comes from here. for us in the neighborhood it's something that makes us very happy. and to make the most of this climate in rescuing skills to some is also landed himself a job to working with the fire brigade. for more on the story now we want to go to paris where our correspondent lisa lewis is on the story for us we know that not everyone is happy with this that has been bestowed on mr solomon tell us about that. well what happens is that i think it's fair to say that people here almost everybody or everybody is actually happy that he will get french citizenship but what they're actually criticizing and that is that president in mind because trying to stay in the limelight from this hero whereas at the same

time he's government is pushing through a very controversial and tough you need great shindle of that will make the situation either migrants like him a lot more difficult here in france yet and i mean if begs the question so do immigrants have to perform heroic acts to secure a residency permit or citizenship well that's exactly the question because it when you look at it many people have gone through similar things like him he arrived in italy a few years back after having left his home country money and having gone through a various countries african countries on a very dangerous journey through libya among other things and other countries and then he got here hoping that france would offer him a future and if that hadn't happened if you had saved that need for you know a boy who now apparently is with his father again he he wouldn't have got the

chance this opportunity and so many people are now saying why are you giving i mean we understand that you're giving this man this chance but you you should take take in more people who've also face also face very difficult things over the correspondingly so that was on the story for us in paris tonight lisa thank you the european union is planning to ban a whole range of products made of plastic from forks and knives to straws and q-tips european union generates a staggering twenty six million tons of plastic waste every year and the e.u. says that has to change the proposals still need the approval of the european parliament and the individual member states in the meantime one grocery store in the german city of mine is wasting no time in leading the way. everything you would expect to find in a supermarket but nothing that is packed in plastic. instead customers bring their own containers. this store in the western german city of mine's open three years

ago and since then the customer base has tripled. they bring in their own jars they've had to reorganize things a bit i would say they've evolved and this evolution has happened quickly. this pretty much nothing i'm missing and i've stopped up on everything i need for the next week or two for that nichole of pollution through plastic waste has reached dramatic levels especially in the oceans prompting the european commission to act. a new directive aims to prohibit single use plastic straws plates and cutlery e.u. member states than expected to turn the directive into law but a great part of this initiative is to initiate a discussion about plastic mice that we end up burning most of the plastic that gets returned to us the very little of it actually gets reuse and it's not like we're avoiding using it just the opposite there is more and more plastic it will take years for the new laws to take effect yet time is of the essence experts are afraid that within thirty years there will be more plastic than fish to be found in

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