this is d.w. news live from berlin and tens of thousands of people take to the streets across europe to protest against far right parties and show their support for the e.u. recent polls show nationalist and populist parties are likely to make major gains in european parliament elections begin this coming thursday also coming up. austria's president calls apple actions after a corruption scandal forces the resignation of the country's far right vice chancellor. and the winner of this year's your version song contest received

a warm welcome back home in the netherlands. duncan lawrence is the 1st judgment to win the competition in nearly 4 decades. later thanks for joining us tens of thousands of people have been rallying across europe ahead of the upcoming european parliament elections they're protesting against nationalist and far right parties and showing their support for a stronger you recent polls show anti e.u. parties are likely to do well in the elections which kick off thursday in britain. a show of love for the european union. tough love. in cities across europe tens of thousands join pro e.u. an anti nationalist rallies like hearing. germany urging people to not vote for

nationalists but also urging europe to do much better many protesters worry that nationalist parties could make substantial gains across the continent. if didn't notice i think you have to send a signal against nationalism you just have to make it public i don't know if there's anything to stop people from choosing an end to democratic party but we have to show that many are against it and. i think through the european parliament election a signal can already be sent about it breaks it and i think it would clearly be against rex it and yes i also hope that the election goes in the direction of centrist policies and to the left and that there isn't a populist advance hundreds of civil society organizations back the rallies calling for better climate change policy and a more humane stance towards migrants but as the 28 e.u. members prepare for next weekend's vote poll suggests their fears are justified centrist set to lose while far right national parties are expected to gain.

austria's president has called for new elections in early september president aleksander founded and made the declaration after a corruption scandal brought down the coalition government of conservatives and the far right freedom party the announcement followed the release of video footage taken in 2017 showing vice chancellor heights christians trough apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a woman posing as an russian oligarchs nice in exchange for her backing his party's election campaign in that year. austrians will be voting for a new parliament but voters will have to wait until at least september transfer sébastien courts and president alexander fundable agreed to the general election roadmap during talks on sunday funday berlin said austria's reputation has been damaged by the actions of the country's now resigned vice chancellor. the president said the government needs to regain the public's trust. if. we need to take

all necessary steps to repair the reputation of our public officials and government representatives indeed for this this is an issue of national interest as well as of austria standing in the european union and the rest of the world. on your own. very. transfer cards also said the government was examining the video and considering taking legal action he said the videos content required careful attention from government investigators. due to the issues raised by the video we need to answer all open questions to really determine the range from abuse of power to possible legal consequences if you believe. that question is set to be answered in the coming days during talks between coats fundable and and the freedom parties does a good leader norbert hoffa. of israel is following the story for us from vienna

springer now have a good to see you so snap elections coming up this september but the day to day running of the country still has to happen until that how is austria's government going to continue to function. that my is the one big question because the best of course doesn't seem to have 2 sided yet this is a young politician who has a lot of charismata who is really high in popularity ratings here in austria and she usually wants to appear decisive and is quite quick out of the blocks but this time everybody has been waiting since saturday around noon he wants to make a declaration he came out hours later he didn't really say very much same same game on the sunday so we don't know yet he has 2 options basically he can be courageous and say i go with a minority government and i just carry the government till the elections and as throw out their freedom party from the coalition or the sort of the less the way

the sort of compromise solution here just reform kevin out and have some new figures in it and and then say ok we just carry on we once ability we would just carry on chill the elections in early september which is more than 3 months away which was something that would probably damage his reputation too so he doesn't yet know what to do and that seems something that also is. true for the freedom party the discredited right wing populist party you know austria too because then you leader no good today showed that he does know yet which way to turn people on the ground they're reacting to this seeming collapse of the government and this call for snap elections. i mean the when we heard the president earlier talk about. people losing trust austrians losing trust in politics in their politicians and in political institutions because this is just the end like with a bang off

a string of scandals that has been plaguing this government and all these scandals came of the source of all these scandals was the right wing populist freedom party so i talked earlier during the day when there was a pro europe and a pro democracy demonstration also in vienna i asked some people what they thought about the situation some kind of resistance towards the current administration the government's pretty completely corrupt and happy trust that we need a new face absolutely it's an absolute disaster and i hope that changes soon now we have a chance to change it all for the better the space of that's the only for heath was just on many of very happy about 2 terrible call it issue and stepping down is finished then please note that it isn't enough even if the freedom party is removed from the government they've had enough time to put their people into important positions. so this is far from over the. course of this in the long the 3 out there

we can see and we can hear obviously that people are quite concerned they do want change and some even fear that the rocks in austria might be deeper than is even evident at the moment my and these people who we heard from they may be voting in the european elections coming up this week is this scandal going to affect the austrian vote in those elections. it was certainly affect the austrian vote because supposedly the freedom party will be reduced back to its core voters they will be there they will turn out because they believe in their party and they are dyed in the rule dyed in the wool populist really and. conspiracy theories about this even a red he's throwing around however we don't know yet how it's about skin cords the prime minister the chancellor here will be fairing and where the opposition party for instance the weekend social democrats or greens or the liberals can sort of

gain from the scandal that is yet to be seen but something that is very likely the outcome off the scandal in austria is that this is a warning to european conservatives against going into coalition getting even to close politically with right wing populist parties that had been one of the dreams of the italian legal leader material salvini here he wanted to sort of get together was conservatives and sort of make this big quasar a coalition in the european parliament and they have been warnings from several european countries from the netherlands from germany's from conservatives there who said don't do it see austria as a dire warning lot of fast moving developments thanks to bob levey as well in vienna for following all of them for us. and let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world republican lawmaker justin amash has broken

ranks with his party to call for u.s. president donald trump's impeachment the michigan congressman accused of impeachable behavior stemming from a special counsel robert rollers investigation on russian interference that report far and no criminal conspiracy to left open the question of whether trump obstructed the investigation sixpence. a bomb blast has hit a tourist bus near egypt's famed giza pyramids at least 17 people were wounded but no deaths have been reported it's the latest blow to the country's tourism industry which has been showing signs of recovery after years of political turmoil and sporadic violence. voting in india's national election has ended and exit polls suggest india's prime minister narendra modi will increase his majority vote he focused heavily on national security during the campaign which helped to rally his b j p party's hindu nationalist base over 900000000 people were eligible to vote in the world's largest democratic election. nearly 2 thirds of swiss voters

have backed a referendum to tighten the country's gun laws the measurable brings with her lens firearms line firearm rules in line with the european union's laws the you tighten gun regulations in the way of the 2015 pair of. switzerland a lot of gun owners it's estimated that one in 4 owns firearms there are thousands of gun clubs and after the swiss finished their military conscription they can keep their weapon. guns deeply rooted in society here but now the swiss government wants to align its most with the e.u. switzerland is not part of the block but it does belong to the visa free schengen area the right wing populist swiss people's party says this compromises the country's sovereignty. firstly this law doesn't prevent a single terrorist attack and secondly it signals the disarming of the. swiss population. weapons like the semiautomatic rifles the army uses will now be banned

for private citizens but the government and the e.u. have agreed to let former soldiers keep there's sunday's referendum allowed swiss voters to decide whether to tighten gun laws and ultimately decide on the future of their country in the schengen zone the center left social democrats said a rejection could have created problems for switzerland's relationship with the e.u. it's going to be secure and this is about switzerland security and a by police cooperation and that's where we need to work with other countries on giving. the vote will not only affect cross border police work but also the tourism and exports industries with the 64 percent majority the tightening gun control was also a vote in support of showing him. in motorsports marc marquez has extended his championship lead by winning the french moto g.p. . the spaniard started from pole position on his honda and finished 2 seconds ahead of. the victory was marcus is 3rd in the last 4 races as well as

honda's 300 in moto g.p. it puts marquez 8 points ahead of italy's. in the championship standings. this year 0 vision song contest winner has received a warm welcome back home in the netherlands duncan lawrence was greeted by huge crowds at amsterdam's schiphol airport a day after the event this 25 year old brought the netherlands its 1st victory in the content sense in 1970 and his ballad arcade is sure to linger with us for a while. thank. you. thank you and a reminder of the top stories we're following here for you tens of thousands of

people have been rallies across europe ahead of the upcoming european parliament elections they're protesting against nationalists and far right parties and showing their support for a stronger you elections kick off on thursday in britain. austrian president. elections early september you know the stuccoed alongside chancellor. just after a corruption scandal broke down to purchase a far right coalition partner. you're watching t w news on my actuator and we'll be back with more at the top of the hour for now stay tuned for the bonus league is a look back at another winning season for by munich out and more is all coming up right after the break stage here's.

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