there's a camp they're all here to. keep me a lot of people from you. keep ignoring the reports we need. a lifting of the story. because i'm bored. starts january 27th on. hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm a lot about biloela thanks for joining us today for millions of europeans if the highlight of the winter season skiing in the alps the beautiful mountains and pristine nature attract winter sports fans from around the world. ski holidays have

become a $1000000000.00 industry that many in the region rely on. but there is also a flip side to this winter wonderland on the snow covered peaks ski resorts leave a large carbon footprint during high season the industry operates at full speed lifts run for hours as crowds queue to hit the slopes snow machines are needed to combat the effects of global warming and there is more of the same to come in australia's style valley a project is underway to extend the ski area to neighboring pits to create europe's largest glacier ski resort but the number of critics against the development is growing. it's tough going up here on pitstop glacier but the air increasingly thin. right of

fluid and his friends are trekking up to a mountain ridge to protest against plans to turn parts of one of the last pristine glaciers in austria into ski slopes. rising could be the thing to skiing regions will be linked and a new one. for the new area alone will be about half the size of the spit skiing region these are huge dimensions. bit by bit we are destroying our natural landscape you know the all of it. but down in pits still valley many local support the project like the knesset either who recently took over her parents' guest house

. she's deeply worried about the future of her business in recent years fewer and fewer visitors have stayed in the valleys guesthouses and hotels. it's the only scheme region in tyrol with such a downward trend. we need an economic impulse to get young people like me the confidence to invest in our businesses many of our guest houses are run down but young people like me are afraid to invest because we don't know how the tourist industry will develop so it's essential for us all that . economic growth. because. the plan is to link up tranquil pistola valley and its glaciers with neighboring boats the gracious 2 2 2 2 2. it's a huge construction project estimated to cost some $130000000.00 euros. 2 2 2 2 proponents say it will create europe's largest glacier skiing region.

but critics say these plans will have serious consequences they point to and the valley one of austria's premier skiing destinations drawing visitors year round. modern ski lifts transport droves of tourists up the mountain. the local tourist industry has been set on growth. and today a sleepy little mountain village has become a booming tourist hot spot. the customers want this and that's what counts our industry benefits austria's valleys i think this project will be hugely important to the next generation. the. advocates of the mega project say it would boost tourism especially in pistol valley so far the ski slopes are busy and ski lifts could use investment.

but within just a few weeks more than 150000 people signed a petition opposing the project to the surprise of many locals. vanessa ayers family for example rely on ski tourists to keep their business running the pony and carriage rides they offer simply aren't enough to make ends meet. as the small things might sometimes it makes us really sad and speechless when people claim we are destroying our unique landscape sure this impacts nature but when you look left in right and pits tile you'll see that we also do a lot to preserve nature have a conference on the 12th. many locals feel criticism of the project is out of proportion and be a baby. sticking to the designated borders of the skiing region we all want to ring the legal requirements from the states at all to ski areas support us in 2005 and

we owe it hearing to them what it's going to be doing. since then however there has been growing environmental awareness today many agree that mass tourism is putting a major strain on the austrian alps and that a limit has been reached. this is something that activists like reiner pfluger and his friends are drawing attention to. this is like you know enough is enough we need to protect our place is the natural environment and we need to switch to a more sustainable form of tourism if we destroy everything that will not be possible. so far there's no consensus on how much tourism really is sustainable. room for plenty of conflict in the future. well the conflicts could come to a head in a few days the state of to raul has to evaluate how strong the environmental impact

will be. it was a core promise of his presidential campaign but instead it has caused chaos in many parts of france and many well maccollins pension reform plan well he wants to reduce the $1000000000.00 pension fund deficit by raising the retirement age and replacing the dozens of different pension schemes with a universal one but france's powerful unions want him to scrap the entire plan and they're willing to go the distance for their cars travelers all over france have been affected by the strike but commuters in paris have been the hardest hit some not had enough but a majority still support the strike and activists like claire have devoted themselves to stopping mccall. and have a federal campaign of our young so confident and absolutely determined for over 6

weeks they have been opposing president mccollum's proposed pension reform these young women are standing shoulder to shoulder with train operators in mexico because the compulsory for them they say is especially unfair to women as they see pension benefits from others being cut. only the time works during your lifetime would be counted towards your pension that's not fair as it's mostly women who take the from work to raise children women are impacted by this reform front and center . clegg gave up her position as a senior secretary in order to run the feminist organization laissez fontaine meaning the defiant ones. she wants to fight cuts to social security which often impact women 1st. is a form to have reworded a famous french hits and want to win over others through humor. was.

really. the most people at the demonstration are absolutely opposed to the pension reform but they don't quite know why we send the lists are here to you that's what our song is for it helps to bring people to us. in class view the high deficit of the pension system does not legitimating reform she supports the actions of the powerful train operators union which brought public transport to a halt plant believes empty metro stations like here at the station unnecessary to ensure that the pensionable age remains at 62 for some like real work has even. clare believes mccrone wants to break up the french social security system with his reforms this suspicion is shared by many as french political scientist pascal perrineau explains why the government is simply unable to explain the reasons

behind these reforms. no matter if you're for or against them the president's approach was somehow amateurish. i don't think that he said to himself it's all staged this massive conflict and then i'll end up coming out of it stronger than before. i believe the opposite is going to happen. this conflict will leave the president weakened. in the meantime the reasons are being patient waiting for the few remaining trains like here i've got you know the majority in france still wants to see the reform plan scrapped. proposed to see before you think it's all been the opposite of common sense again within the government make the decisions 1st and only then did

they talk to the unions that's why we have to it's enormous strike we're going to go on the reform is necessary how else is it going to work we also have members of our family who aren't wealthy and they're not afraid of the reform to come over to the other of course we're all against this pension reform but the protests also address another issue all those professions where permanent positions are increasingly rare have taken to the streets i work as a researchers where there's no job security at all and nothing for class the french social security system is not outdated with its short working lifetime she thinks it could be groundbreaking for the future was a cut on the fly i don't see any. signs of the protests coming down. don't work and we'll continue fighting until the government takes back the reform plans because. you can't just keep cutting our social security system without any resistance

within this. that's not on. with your. plan is convinced that solutions will be found there for she and her fellow campaign as we keep protesting 2 weeks if necessary. in giving we receive it's an adage that has done to zele lives by like the rest of his country his community margene in southeastern turkey has fallen on hard times unemployment and inflation are high and the value of the lira has plunged while neighbors are relying on one another just yet by and this is true even for the 4 legged ones has done dedicates his time to helping sick and injured animals adjust to a new life on 2 wheels. but. for the last year sorry kids hasn't been able to use her back legs so our kids is turkish and means blonde girl

. the blonde girl has arthritis in her joints says around her. that's why her song was called. the sort of we met today for the 1st time. sorry kids it's very good natured earlier she barks a bit because she didn't know me but now i see how good natured she is. i'm sure hasan believes that sorry kids will get used to a walker quickly and without much difficulty the 24 year old built the dog walker himself. hassan says he's already been able to help almost 500 disabled animals in turkey. if animals haven't walked for a long time the position is unfamiliar and they're afraid of falling over he says. therefore the 1st steps are always timid. his son thinks that my also be due to the many onlookers but in the end

everything works out. because i'm so happy just now the tears came and very happy and very grateful. like. she did it. my deen and turkey's predominantly kurdish southeast is a staunch hometown. here the animal lover has his workshop he's been building walkers here for the last 5 years it's important that they're stable if they break quickly the animals and continents explains us on it all began with an old toy. it's out of our model mcadams i had a toy car that i broke you can use these for small animals they got tickets for example i took the wheels and made walk with the kittens but they didn't last very

long. they fall apart quickly. so i wanted to build strong and talk to scrap metal dealers out them to try to get a partial loop. these days a song gets his components from a bicycle shop for wholesale prices a song doesn't charge anything for the walkers. here and is living with odd jobs and finances everything with donation isn't. even if he doesn't get a single area for his work he still wants the animals in their owners to be better off sick. a shopping center and martine gave his son a workshop space free of charge. when his son started building the walkers we saw his story on the internet and social media what we liked was the connection with my dean who was this boy from our town who won the hearts of so many people which she just once i called him and said come here

which would give. this patient's name is cokie he was in a car accident 15 years ago. his owner said the long term effects started a year ago. cokie stopped using his hind legs and slides along the floor while seated. his son took exact measurements on a previous visit each walker is custom made his son believes kochi will start using his legs again soon. his 1st attempts at walking are promising. as i think the walker is made of aluminum and very light the weight is on the wheels with time cokie is condition will improve. he always wanted to go out of the house but his legs got sore from friction with the ground. with his walker his hind legs won't drag on the ground and he'll be able to go outside. the shot. all of

a sudden the little dog starts to walk. his owner on signing cheers him on yet. after a long time not using his hind legs the 1st steps are really exhausting for him. that. was a big i waited a long time for this little girl i could barely watch him suffer. thank you very much. called. nowadays hassan has a nickname in turkey they call him a maci see he's the one who can fix a life. concerned citizens patrolling the streets of berlin to keep the peace sounds harmless enough but what if i told

you many of those citizens have ties to germany's extreme right party the n.p.t. their cues police of not doing enough to combat crime despite evidence that germany is safer now than before well the extremists say they want to create so-called safe zones their methods which include wearing official looking uniforms are perfectly legal their targets are mostly people they perceive to be foreigners. a vigilante patrol in the heart to berlin 3 men from the n.p.t. and extreme right party the leader of this patrol is sebastian schmidt who has a criminal record for incitement to hatred when he is on patrol he sees himself as protecting his fellow germans. then you know i took saunas in if you see someone committing a crime in a safe cell not done then every german has the right and suddenly a chance for smith and his comrades the men call out to 2 young women who are

collecting signatures. they think they're scammers and pickpockets and follow them for a few minutes. because if you do we care the next ones you know they're in the same troop the vigilantes can't prove any of this they're going by instinct because when it does they come from eastern southeastern europe i'm most 17 year olds and you can recognize them by this list in their hands is a list and on of there's a settlement as it's often the case that in this area roma and sinti do those kind of things if you know the appearance of the vision lanty patrol evokes images of nazi propaganda the name shaft should zonen or make safe zones can be abbreviated with s s in german just like hitler is paramilitary organization doesn't see it that way through through not talking about it i think getting from shaft. is very

far fetched it's really close. create safe zones is a team on a very little base and seeing s.s. in it at most i won't understand i'm violating. the national soul is on the internet vigilantes seem anything but harmless and aggressive video advertises the protection zones and eventually the book and it's your site. whether it's no go areas or in big cities all right takes on the women of color in a storm in. home and after mercy of imported crime. pedestrians in central berlin notice the patrols off camera a few welcome the idea that someone is watching out they say there's too little police presence but most people we meet here are critical of the n.p.t. patrol. and the n.p.t. leaning i categorically reject the n.p.t. and we don't need a safe zone because we have police and they do their jobs properly. i think it's totally unnecessary some people feel the need to take action themselves. before

firmly lucic issued a mission. i don't even feel threatened anywhere in berlin or that i need protection i don't. but fishel figures don't support the need for a vigilante patrol germany's crime rate has been decreasing for years statistics say that local residents feel increasingly safe the government is alarmed at the spread of patrols in spite of these facts and sent in vigilante patrols are a worrying phenomenon that in germany law enforcement is soley the juki of the state it has a monopoly on the use of force whenever so-called self-proclaimed vigilante patrols supposed to be tried to create law and order instead of the state it lies outside of our legal order and we cannot tolerate it. we also need to raise awareness among our police departments on how to take action against such groups. again.

the police are present in central berlin they stop the patrol someone called the emergency services because of the right wing extremists ideas are checked and recorded but nothing else is done. the police officers have to let the members of the vigilante patrol go off the safe zone patrol moves on no one stops it authorities remain side. and over the issue the police union is concerned. just hard for the warden vest wearing red vests is not forbidden and over with regards to how we can really contain this is difficult. i believe the only way is for the state to be visible if uniformed police or security services from the councils are visible they will disappear. first sebastian schmidt kids right wing extremist party vigilante groups are a way to hide their racist ideology behind a caring image of theirs that i 60 most myth of i don't care if i'm called

a right wing extremist and we do what we think is right and i think that's reasonable if that's right we can stream ist i don't care and we don't care. he's very self-assured meanwhile the german authorities don't even know how many vigilante groups there are and they lack effective legal means to tackle them. math english science typical subjects in a child's education but that could soon change in england at least in the village of corbridge northumberland climate change is being added to the curriculum dr merrill batchelder was one of the 1st to obtain accreditation as a climate change teacher so while many pupils across europe are skipping school to take part in friday's for future others are experimenting with ways to make the future more sustainable. the science experiment a 6th grade class in the northern english town of hexham tries making fire with

different types of fuel the teacher meryl botch elder asks her pupils the difference between energy derived from paraffin and even on bella answers that only even all its carbon neutral. it's a science lesson about climate awareness whose aim is to teach young people how to mitigate global warming. we do this practical so we burn paraffin we burn ethanol what does it matter when you say actually the type of fuel makes a difference to our long term survival and health on earth then that makes it relevant if you meryl batchelder is england's 1st climate change teacher certified by the un for which she took a 20 hour on line course her goal to raise awareness among children as a foundation in the movement against climate change. heat waves appearing from all from july to the end all best i think that really changes how we

think it's our future and like people like it's not their future it's our future and our kids' futures we should have a bigger say than just little things like getting the electric cars. turn your lights off when you're not in the room that's what merrill does she's taken the initiative to put a climate change teacher in every school in the region convincing school administrators was easy everyone recognizes changes in their natural surroundings batchelder recently switched to solar energy at home and tries to raise her own food she 1st heard about climate change 30 years ago but felt optimistic but i was not particularly concerned i thought government would protect us i thought times would change now that we knew the science and the evidence was coming out 30 years later nothing much has changed now meryl much older is taking matters into her own hands as a climate change teacher in northern england. well

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