do you. feel like it's time the voices of one of. the 77 percent talk about the issues. from politics to class from housing to think. this is what. welcome to the 77 percent. this week and g.w. . alone a very warm welcome to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week in the u.k. where with so much at stake dagens are already drawn although members of parliament have only just returned from their summer recess the action and intrigue are

intense in and around the houses of parliament in london prime minister boris johnson appears absolutely determined to push through briggs it most likely a no deal bragg's it at any cost meanwhile the opposition including members of johnson's own conservatives is just as determined to block a chaotic departure from the year so who will prevail well the u.k. looks more divided than ever before a number geraghty off school teacher voters are it seems firmly opposed to briggs it all the talk north of the border is of another independence referendum like the one in 2014 focus on europe has been gauging the mood in the capital edinburgh and met with gordon mickelson a man who tailors the ultimate in scottish attire i'm sure you can guess what but 1st some drums. it's show time in.

every summer performers from around the world flock to the fringe the world's largest arts festival. for the scots it's a welcome distraction from their worries about break set. though politics has a place here too at least as parody. well you know if i'd been there with brett said a long time ago we would have been the year of europe in the u.k. it would have been separated a long time ago though to been here. along this the french coast i would have had you know that's what we look to do look to do thought places are still simple. cancer kills maker gordon nicholson breaks it is no laughing matter britain's imminent exit from the e.u. is already hurting business so a complete outfit costs around a $1000.00 pounds but now his clients are hesitant to place orders due to the ongoing uncertainty the kilt maker is fed up with britain's politicians he believes

prime minister bars johnson's bank said plans are plunging the u.k. into chaos. leaving the e.u. there's one cause we don't know what's going to happen we have no idea and no deal or treaty is being put in place so we are just hoping that things are going to be ok that's not the way to run a country it's still a way to run a business for many scots the kilt is an expression of their own identity or even of their own nation membership in a scottish national party has been rising for it and according to a recent poll some 52 percent of scots are now in favor of scottish independence. nicholson who also sees this as the right move. we have to tell him and nation and we have shown over the years that we are and if.

we went independent that strength of character and strengths of belief in what we we can produce and believe in would certainly take us through the insight that while many scots are turning their backs on britain this sentiment is especially strong in the scottish capital in the 2014 referendum on scottish independence some 2 thirds of voters in edinburgh voted to stay in the u.k. but since the break said vote the mood has changed dramatically. well educated young people in particular don't want to see their career paths blocked due to bragg sit. finley mcfarland spent a semester studying in the czech republic and recently traveled across europe by train he feels the british government has let him down. a whole new demographic of people are starting to question actually maybe independence is the way forwards and especially voting for young people like me like getting your vote for the future of

scotland are we stuck with another conservative prime minister and didn't vote for and that's been going on for years and years and years now and how is that fair out of the u.k. into the e.u. that would be a big mistake at least according to this scottish labor party m.p. . independence at this moment in time is possibly the worst moment you could be contemplating it and it would it would actually magnify the consequences that we're facing a because it breaks it but the other fundamental point is what what precedent is that establish in terms of allowing a seceding states and i think that will be a question in a lot of government and governments minds across europe. not to mention that the british parliament would have to consent to scotland holding a 2nd referendum on independence. one favorite of this year's fringe festival is this flame bearing bank. how timely

now that the british and scottish governments are playing with fire. and russia has also been rocked by several weeks of demonstrations ahead of show local elections the authorities initially responded with massive force and violent detentions although the mood has calmed somewhat in the meantime the demonstrators are calling for opposition candidates to be allowed to stand in the election itself or they were prevented from being poured on the ballots and among those taking parts of protesters a very different ages as we see now in this report from moscow. maria rosemary of as fearless the 67 year old may have trouble walking but she still been taken to the streets of moscow with a relative constantine every weekend for nearly 2 months now even after the russian police responded with muscle arrests there's we're going to look at the bottom.

line candidates are barred from elections and basic democratic rights are violated she says you have to protest. was. put in full of the art even if i am have dared to have to crawl almost i'll take part in every protest that can prevent the destruction of my country and my people the idea because that's what i'm seeing here at the preschool in the propaganda on television won't stop me. getting it. which is not demonstrating maria spends her days lying down the former teacher has rheumatism and is an almost constant pain she stopped watching on the state t.v. channels years ago she says because it's all lies. affairs critical online media and opposition bloggers like politician alexei navalny. maria grew up in a politically active family in the soviet union and it's hoped a very different system would replace it but she says the current situation in

russia is just as repressive as the former regime i knew well good deal it's what a government can do whatever it wants with whomever it wants it can hit anyone at any time and you haven't you know they can take away your property or even your freedom consequence of it can happen to anyone at all even to those loyal to the government. to because of they're in danger of losing custody of their youngest son they've been accused of taking them along to demonstrations many russians are shocked that the government would take such extreme measures. she hates the. children very much. and we hope that this case doesn't tear our family apart she did. for a dozen protesters have been taken to court for allegedly inciting mass uprisings protests in recent weeks observers say the state is using the trials as

a show of strength that means that you need to do to go many of these trials giving the impression they're not prosecuting with the aim of reaching a verdict it's like they're prosecuting just so they can arrest search and interrogate people to intimidate them the rest doesn't matter i guess. russian president vladimir putin defends the harsh methods of police in the courts the comparisons to france and the yellow vest demonstrations. so we just we all know how things went with the yellow vests during these demonstrations in france by our estimates 11 people lost their lives we don't want anything like that to happen in the russian capital and we'll make every effort to ensure our domestic situation remains strictly within the framework of the law. but maria reznor of a says the protests were all held within the framework of the law. she always greets the police and special forces that the demonstrations with

a smile because she says the russian people must be united not divided she's determined to keep fighting for basic democratic rights at all costs. more so it's my duty that i feel like a criminal like a sinner if i didn't take to the streets. now they can even load wheelchairs into police cars i don't think i'd survive if i got arrested. but the risk is justified. maria as mayor of the sign says hold violators of the constitution accountable. whenever rights are floated in russia she'd like to see ever more people put their fears aside to take to the streets and protest just like her. for what a brave woman after all russian court just sentenced a protester to 3 years in jail after finding him guilty of using violence against a police officer that's an opposition rally this summer. now on

a different note the people of poland have been commemorating the outbreak of the 2nd world war that came when germany invaded their country on september the 1st 939 the 1st targets of the german aggression with the vesta plants of peninsular in the port city of dancey and the small town of v. a loan which was struck by a devastating air raid around the hospital now while historians dispute precisely which of the attacks came 1st sophia book is still tormented by memories of that terrible morning 80 years ago. he won his war he's. in the field of work at chinn's got remembers it like it was yesterday. when the germans attacked poland she was 11 years old. more read every study and i mean c.f. my mom told me get up we need to get out and i was in bed in my nightgown that ashtray when suddenly we heard a loud roaring sound the ceiling started to crack the windows or blown out of the

our bedrooms were near where the 1st bombs were dropped the bomb. during several waves of attacks dive bombers of the german lift dropped bombs onto the lawn the small town was unprotected defenseless the attack from the skies was a war crime it was a precursor of the nazis goal of total annihilation which characterized the war. the pharmacy run by sophia book a family opposite the church on the market square was completely burned down. sophia's father a polish soldier held onto a few photos they were all that remained just like all my father had these photos with him while he was in captivity. every sunday he would write a couple of lines on them. this one reads sunday 1939 germany i think of you all the time. that i missed.

this and. at that point he wasn't sure if i was still alive. one of these photos showing her brother in front of the hospital became a symbol for this suffering they endured. sophia shows us the road where the photo was taken the clinic was attacked 1st a violation of the geneva convention. it had dramatic consequences for the survivors of the air raid ready ready ready ready. dr mariano was 5 years of age when the war started. later he examined the survivors for long term psychological effects of the war. that's of vanity. i was part of a committee for disabled persons there i kept examining people who were a consequence of their experiences during the air raid in russia. now they were

unable to work. after the war the suffering of the citizens was not addressed by the communist government for decades the german attack undone sic was officially recognized as the start of the 2nd world war but it was another witness of the attack on. a nick who pointed out that the bombing of the small town actually marked the start of the war he was 4 years old when he saw. later he studied history and as a historian pressed for the acknowledgement of the suffering of the on. the polish army's leadership once answered a letter of mine was saying that it's not possible as the vista plot is a symbol for the start of 2. because of the polish soldiers fought there.

the tragedy of feeling hardly suffice to instill a sense of patriotism in the young generation. for the 80th anniversary of world war 2 is outbreak the city museum in vienna is opening a new and larger exhibition. people in poland government and especially historians polish germans are revealing more and more details that prejudice. german major general. was responsible for the attack he had previously ordered the bombing of spain by dive bombers of the condor legion well became a world renowned symbol of civilian suffering the alone is still looking for its place mari and hopes for reconciliation between the poles and germans and then. today the germans are completely different people than back. different

to. now we've got the e.u. . we're all in the same union. we're going in the right direction to ensure peace. moves. at 91 years of age sophia book a chance got continues to work in her son's pharmacy. she still has trouble dealing with the past. but actually. when you ask the germans about this they reply that wasn't us the nazis did that. but where did the nazis come from from germany. and if you ask me whether or not i can forgive you know i'm trying but i don't believe the germans. what if this were to happen here all over again. 80 years after the start of the 2nd world war many poles feel that the air raid on and germany's attack on their

country has still not been suitably dealt with in german polish relations. now think of italy and you might country up images of extended families joyously eating and celebrating together with lots of band beady children the focus of attention that that is all sadly a thing of the past today's italy is a chronically aging society with a plummeting birth rate that is among the lowest in the world in the past so keiji a new government might soon take up office the 66th in almost 74 years but women like luis sr are much a have little hope saying that down the years it's the least of thora these have broken all the promises they've made so mothers and families. she's the apple of louise's eyes one year old livia who she affectionately calls the bit about his her only grandchild every year her family spends the hot summer weeks at

the seaside just outside rome no no no we misses the lively sound of children and extended families playing and relaxing used to be so common in italy it means you get to say that if you want to be sacrificed so much for. it's all pointless if there are no children or grandchildren to pass it on to. italy's demographics have changed for years the birth rate here has been one of the lowest in europe not only wheezy even cancer self lucky to have one granddaughter her daughter sarah was 39 years old when livio was born. selina who works at an airport thinks the lack of children can be blamed on politicians she says no government in the last 20 years has prioritized modern family policies to support working mothers that under the lot of these there are no structures in place if i had a nursery at the airport in rome or i could bring my child during working hours could

not have gone back to work a day after giving birth 7 i would doubt it but i couldn't order possible the weser things her children aren't determined enough like many young italian she says spend that they're afraid to take their lives into their own hands her son enrico works in a pharmacy he doesn't have a family of his own. nor my children's generation has no more real prospects and they have no convincing vision for the future. and not just because there's less work nowadays and not just because the state is making life harder young italians have lost the will power that used to be so characteristic in this country. back in the day louisa loves watching movies from her childhood when children were still a priority for many a talent and everything seemed to be looking up there to them. i still remember how my aunts used to look at us how they would huggers children tightly loved us and they gave us the feeling that through us life was beginning once again. so what's

gone wrong in adelaide sociologist say that during the last 2 decades generations they are have swapped roles. to families you know today the young they don't support the old here it is the other way around grandparents pass on houses or property to their kids or pay their grandchildren's nasseri costs with their pensions diety he already had one alyse. on average italian women are 33 when they give birth that's older than in any other european country both men and women often don't view children as a blessing anymore they see them as a burden. let me get you into the future. with taxes and expenses life is complicated enough in the few free hours you have left every day you have to spend time recovering or thinking of your own needs a little you going out with friends having kids puts an end to all that pure. but the wheezes son and rico likes being an uncle and visits his sister and niece

whenever possible family is important to him but he doesn't want children of his own instead the 42 year old pops in for lunch at his mom's house every day just before starting his shift. but i can't really see either my son or my daughter realizing their dreams so they know when to university but what does she have now a badly paying job in your life and i had to support her financially for many years . that the irish married now. and then rico get nothing i had a different future in mind for him to be needed so. luisa is disappointed in italy a country that's gone through $66.00 governments and 74 years she says all they did was produce crisis after crisis and have done little for the country's future and the future of her children and her beloved grandchild. never it's shocking to know

that many species of wild bees along with a wide range of other insects are increasingly facing extinction well in a bid to tackle the problem people in the dutch city of new tryst have come up with a great idea transforming bus stops into big stop so what's it all about well with the help of one of threats being a stock we've been finding out. ready lately the whole family here has been lighting as a guard not. his real job is to maintain bus stops in the city of new terrorist but now he's a busy stop keep it here to. the projects of finish out to let the matter in and then they'll be able to grow some more. of it of our docks. the 6 square metre rooftop is covered with see the make it a very hardy perennial also known as gold north stonecrop oval pepper it can

survive on very little water even in the hottest summer and freezing temperatures in winter don't kill it either the roof has been turned into a small island of green in a city that attracts a range of insects. as you can see the wasp is just across the line of iceberg 8 on the a 4 by. maintaining about shelter costs about 2000 euros a year 200 more with greenery added on top so in an increase of around 10 percent but who tries to get something in return for stop the boredom for the funny part of plants absorb a particular matter. up and because they keep blooming from around april to september they also provide food for babies and other insects for the. reputed under exactly. green huffy and intelligent that entrenched self confident slogan and the city council clearly takes it seriously its given $316.00 by shelters green roofs transforming them into b.

stops. and the locals are happy with the results. so it's a good idea to use public space so effectively for the environment. that there may have to make people more environmentally conscious and to understand how small steps can contribute to change things very sobering if it and it's a nice initiative it looks good and promotes biodiversity. that's positive. in july when the goal most unquote was in bloom images of the bus shelters were a hit on instagram and that inspired others to follow intrenched lead the city has now received inquiries from all over the world from australia to mexico to ukraine . this is the council is proud to trade is becoming a role model for other urban centers and has already thinking about greening up other public spaces away from aids or we set aside a little funding to help private citizens and companies plant they spaces folks can

also join together with their neighbors to make it a collaborative effort. the maintenance team travels from one bus stop to the next in an eco friendly electric vehicle. the costs of tending the greenery are covered by ad revenue and haven't been added to the prices of tickets. and passengers don't have to worry about getting stung the bees buzz about and the people way below. the screen either soften what i've never been stung i leave them to get on with it i do my thing here and they do that yes one day and somehow we work together going to yourselves all answers about bites fish from. otec shows that sometimes a small idea can have a big impact. great stuff and you could almost call those bus stops stops and it all once again just goes to show that greening

our cities can be so simple we really should be doing more of it that's all from focus on europe this time around thanks so much for joining us to come back next time and until then bye bye and truth. the be.

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