small in the e.u. member states it's really good that we don't have to have 27 different contracts with the vaccine manufacturing companies but rather one for all of the e.u. and that we don't have to have a big discussion about availability of this vaccination for all of the e.u. member states. with the. latest judgement to morrow the european council will be made and i'd rather tell you what we managed to do after the fact many things are in flux. and naturally we'll be talking about the brics it. with the country tractions basis of this exit the british prime minister is going to be visiting the president of the commission today the commission is brokering these negotiations we have full

faith in them there's still a chance of a deal and i don't know whether they will know about any success by tomorrow i can't promise that but we continue to work towards it but on the other hand we also are prepared for conditions that we cannot accept if there are conditions put was by the british then we won't manage to achieve this agreement because the integrity integrity of the single market must be preserved that is clear. and there are a number of complicated issues. such as how do we deal with the dynamic of the fact that states have a harmonized legal system and over the years the legal systems will of course change around environmental law health law public health law. labor laws and how will each side respond when there's a change in the legal system either in the u.k. or rather in britain or in the. e.u.

and we can't say that we're not going to talk about that we need a level playing field for today but also for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and for that we have to agree on how one side can respond to the other changes to its legal situation otherwise it will be distorted with conditions of competition which we cannot tolerate and that is the big issue that hasn't solved as well as fishing rights this question of a fair competition in legal systems that develop away from one another this is a major question that we need to find a response to and the european council also be talking about the years relationship to turkey unfortunately the offer that we made at the start of our presidency to have an intensive dialogue with turkey did not pan out the way i had hoped it would be the activities in the southern mediterranean are still there cyprus is suffering particularly as a result of this and thus we will have to decide how we want to respond after this

and then the challenge of the european financial framework and recovery fund is ahead of us you know that in july we had difficult negotiations it was already clear then that the sums of money wouldn't be the problem but the problem of the conditionality and the rule of law played a big role these are things we thought about a lot in july and now all of this has to be cast into legislation now hungry in poland we have said that have said they will not agree to this and so now we're trying to find options retaining this mechanism of the rule of law to find solutions to ease this blockade but again i cannot tell you now whether we'll succeed with this or not yet certainly the german presidency is working very closely together with the council to solve this problem. and this problem. is also to be seen in the context that will be dealt with tomorrow as well. how

does the the e.u. . position itself around more. complicated and ambitious climate targets we have said that 520202030 we want to increase our goals and i don't think europe is under a lot of pressure china has said it's going to be 0 carbon by 20162030 years as it will have reached its peak of carbon emissions is of very ambitious targets we know that the us with a new administration will probably well it will return to the paris accords so there are huge expectations on europe we want to have 55 percent as an agreement for all your member states and the illegal. act will only come into pressure later you know it depends on how far we make progress with the financial questions and in terms of the financials for the budget 2021 we have to

say that we're not going to be able to start with the media and financial perspectives. and if we haven't got a budget that means 112 of the last year's budget that was less than the budget because britain is no longer there so that means that for many of the programs that may play a major we'll here in germany the social programs the cohesion programs and. this means they'll be a great deal planning on certainty and these will be difficult times until there's clarity here there's a gentleman and the need to work together. will be for sharing the pandemic. has been becoming even clearer and the value of global partnerships has become increasingly important he was particularly we've seen this around you working on a vaccine and distributing the vaccine fairly as well and this is why i'm pleased that the g 20 in march we are already able to agree. we want to launch

a global initiative for the fed distribution of vaccines the. r.c.t. accelerator with the income tax platform and we'll be ensuring here that there's enough money to fund this there's not enough money in there although germany has contributed significantly to ensure that vaccinations can be procured not just for europe not just for britain not just really us but also for the developing nations thank. you president of the understanding ladies and gentlemen colleagues we are experiencing very unusual weeks and months perhaps we find ourselves in the most decisive. point in combat in the covered and of history shows that this 2nd wave of a pandemic is always the more difficult one and not the 1st and lyrics.

you've been watching chancellor angela merkel giving a budget address to the german parliament where the pen demick and the fiscal fall out from were of course in focus among some of the topics that chief political editor my heloc of that joins me to dissect it all mahela give us the key takeaways from what michael had to say today well just as we were dipping out of that she once again stress that this was now the decisive phase of the pandemic and that to me was learning or everybody is learning that this 2nd wave can be more painful than the us you stress the importance of international corporation also in rolling out that vital vaccine mentioning kovacs which is a system to provide vaccines also to poor countries which was agreed amongst the g 20 but not enough funding is there and she also stressed that this is also a competition of political systems she really stressed the geopolitical factor in this pandemic that many was trying to prove and was proving in her view

that a country a democratic country like germany can cope with this just as well as countries that are seen as dictatorships meaning of course china but not mentioning tiny by name because china is such a vital trading partner and that's also where the recovery of the german automobile industry is coming from right now so a very fine balance she has to tread there and she stressed also that the best way or the only weapon that germany would he has in getting this pandemic back under control through this process transparency is that individuals take responsibility that it was now up to every individual to be responsible rather than tough lock down restrictions or tough restrictions that cannot be controlled anyway because that's just remind ourselves china was able to deal with this and actually ringfence these outbreaks by simply having like full law in their homes where nobody was allowed to move and this was very much a top down instruction. that everybody had to adhere to that breaches

a lot of human rights as germany and parts of the world actually luckily interpret it she really stressed that difference between the liberal democracies handling of the pandemic why was that so important to stress well because also when you look at economic factors. china is actually doing well in this pandemic it's still has economic growth this is also to a large part because a lot of the products that are needed are produced in china the mosques just to mention the most prominent one but also because the economy was much faster to recover because of those very tough lock downs and the transparency approach that many chose to take also actually in differentiation to many of the european partners where you had for instance boris johnson coming out and saying that there would be a plan it would be contained actually from day one until america was pretty transparent and saying that she didn't have the answers and in fact she said here once again

that this was still an open question on how to deal with this 2nd wave throughout the winter and that's also where we are right now here and many that we are having this debate on should there be a full nationwide lockdown now there is agreement among scientists that that's exactly what politicians should be doing right now but at the political level and weighing this against other brights also the economy there is no unity here in germany and that's a very painful debate you don't have a leader from the top simply giving instructions and everybody follows so that's the difference and here countries like germany have to prove that that approach can also work what will this all today's speech mean for germany going forward do you think will have any effect on the unity between the states and the federal government well i think that the momentum is growing and that we will very likely see another meeting with the state premiers the last one only just a couple of days ago was the. posed to be that midterm strategy stretching into

january another one before christmas and that would be my suspicion i find it very difficult to imagine that we will see christmas with just individual states now announcing different approaches because there is a great demand for having some kind of unified approach and that's also the very stern recommendation here from the opel diena that there needs to be a road map so people can actually plan their lives and that this becomes much more foreseeable and much more understandable in terms of what it means for everybody and you don't have people from different regions speaking on the phone to each other and the. what they have to follow is completely different so my suspicion would be that there would be another meeting but the question is will that really be the answer because clearly clearly we are in a phase where everybody is staring at this those figures every day we have a record number of deaths and once again overnight we still don't see those numbers in new infections going down we have an infection rate of $150.00 per 100000

inhabitants a week what's seen as controlled boards up to 50 and that's where germany needs to head to get this under control again and also to produce the kind of economic comeback that and this is where the international level comes in again well under the medical stress where germany needs to be to be able to maintain its status in the world as a partner you can count on and also as a democracy that also delivers the kind of stability that everybody has expected from germany in the past so we talked about the disunity between the states and the federal government or with only mike but even within the federal government not everybody agrees with how is the parliament likely to react to these kind of words these possible number blocked out or parliament has the standing criticism that it wants to see more parliamentary debate on these issues. it has been bound in more now measures that are taken can only be implemented for 4 weeks then they need new verification. but betty what parliament once is see

a lot of that debate on the specific measures taking place more in parliament and not being informed afterwards at the same time that a regional parliament has a bit of debate about this there are ways of puppets who are debating this and the state permits in the end have to say germany is a federal state that is an advantage if you want to act locally and you want differentiation according to different levels of the pandemic right now it seems to be a disadvantage where the country is struggling to get a grip on this not becoming. an exponential growth factor again completely being out of control of course or i only can i thank you very much we're going to have to leave it there you have been watching thanks very much you have been watching a live speech of german chancellor angela merkel addressing the german parliament this is d.w. news we're back with more headlines for you at the top of the hour in the meantime as always our web site much more international mandate of any talk i'm

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like homosexuals muslims or women who get hundreds of hate replies per day to something they've posted but online hate speech can also target entire ethnic groups and it can escalate tensions and incite real violence says the special advisor on the prevention of genocide must start this stuff. always with more action and language no one. thought it that the whole look costs was preceded it. by hate speech crabs and hate speech continues to escalate tensions and animosity between groups here are 2 recent examples. in march. an open smear campaign on social media against her hinge of muslims a deadly crackdown by me a mars army sent over 700000 range of fleeing the country. conflicts with the

muslim minority has flared up time and again for centuries. since men mars population gained access to the internet in 2014 targeted misinformation about the revenger was disseminated. south sudan. here hate speech and social media has found the flames of civil war and further divided the country 64 tribes. platforms are used to spread propaganda targeting particular groups. in south sudan online attacks have also often been followed by physical assaults. but what about if hate speech is only online some say that this is so hurtful that it should be forbidden others call that censorship they argue that we should be free to say exactly what we think so where is the line between 8 speech and free speech the answer to that largely

depends on the country you live in. not even legal experts admit it's to separate free speech in a clear and by the way as renowned american civil liberties activist instructs. speech refers to motion which is. subject and. you're more. than that has been the body. hands are being in here aren't we they and subject to the discretion of who ever has power to enforce at. the top of that definitions are very indifferent parts of the world denial of the holocaust for example is illegal in 18 european countries but even here freedom of speech is up held as a doc you were protecting it is strong this herself the daughter of

a holocaust survivor nonetheless she says censorship isn't the right tool to his against hate speech. that well i'm and as in censorship knows it ends up doing more harm than good and that is this is a plea true with respect to all cost denial or any other kind of disinformation or misinformation in fact any kind of censorship the natural human reaction is that more attention is drawn to the very message that one is seeking to suppress. the former chairwoman of the american civil liberties union or a.c.l.u. is it invents that honest discussions are the only way to overcome distance between opposing sides counter speech is a very important factor and by that i mean any use of your freedom of

speech hours to persuade. or do anything you can to advance the messages are equality and inclusive and diversity and dignity and to rebut the counter messages. that there are limits. and when individuals are directly attacked except the 10 constitutes a criminal offense such as libel or threat of bodily harm is. it's no longer protected it's freedom of speech. tech companies have started taking more actions against negative content on their platforms nowadays because laws in europe have been tightened but there are still plenty of hate speech on social media because that kind of content brings money. each speech is controversial it's highly emotive and edge attracts clicks critics maintain that companies like facebook and

you tube are well aware of and actively promote the spread of posts containing extreme content facebook's algorithm for instance long favored potentially controversial. because they get more views and they to people spending more time on the platform which increases news. this was because they pursued growth in a way that was reckless. to promote content in a way this is ational stuff would get more exposure if you take extreme measures to get rid of all hate speech then you're going to slow down the growth. pace that projects these assertions the company says it has 35000 employees deleting hate speech codes. in the 1st quarter of 2020 facebook took down over 9 and a half 1000000 inflammatory posts a new record according to lawson europe companies are only obliged to take down

hate speech after it has been reported but in close groups content is only visible to members so it's unlikely hate speech there will get reported because posts are being seen by like minded audiences this is true for chat groups and also for online gaming communities where hostility can be expressed in a different way. to the world's largest p.c. games platform is not within 5. years he could be to shooter games to fell of themselves to bolster her home. sexual or jews or the. far right child groups have links to close to hate speech groups on telegraph these have clear rules that every must follow as cover well knows it can be to find it's off line to become a member is what i wanted to get. i wanted to prove myself to say i'm here you notice me that's how it is oh that's why i would be so one of the i told

the leader and even sent him a picture of that happy and i took that photo to prove i belonged to the group. that this is my family and i had to anything for them as it was on the phone. these days kevin no longer hangs out and right wing chat groups in germany the majority of hate messages on line about 3 quarters comes from right wingers about 90 percent are bible leftwing extremists and 14 percent cannot be definitely assigned to any political orientation according to germany's federal criminal police what i find especially interesting is that about half of all like for hate comments come from a really small number of users only about 5 percent experts have long known that hate speech campaigns are often well prepared and carefully timed only someone who's been targeted by such a complaint can know how devastating it can be someone like stephanie palmer from eastern germany in 2015 she launched an initiative to help refugees in her hometown . in 2015

a sentiment that for i told was turning against refugees sticky prop 2 thought that an organization to promote openness and tolerance she was soon but barred it but on the heat messages. you should be ready to go and get out of town we have the baseball bats ready to go. things like that. come down that was just the beginning for milk dogs was also blown up and people told her at night. and that is if you got this. it felt like it was coming closer and closer one might come home and they would immediately lock the door behind me and then i would 1st check every room holding pepper spray in my hand. almost bordered on paranoia. but i think at moments like that being afraid can be good to a certain extent because it makes you cautious and alert. the hostility she experienced has left it's more. it's good very days when the verbal attacks just

roll off me i can stand there and say oh come on you can kiss my butt well let's get to it and there are days when it really hurts when all at once i fall silent and take a step backwards. that's horrible and a lot of people have had similar experiences there are going is a sense that specialize in dealing with hate speech and digital ourselves to help those who have become targets of hate campaigns want to hate aid in berlin the 1st thing hate and hate employees try to do is to stabilize hate speech victims emotions. they scum hostile contact for posts that could carry legal consequences. not all of those attacks wish to file charges this also has financial reasons and. a if you've been libeled or threatened for a post and you go to a lawyer who says all right we'll take it to court you're facing at least 2000 euros and costs and if you lose you have to pay the other side's legal fees that's

another 2000 years or. advises people free of charge. if someone can't pay the court fees the organization offers legal aid. and also provides practical online security culture. into the isn't a huge problem online right now are attempts to get people's private data like their home addresses or children's schools. we help them comb the internet before the haters do. and hide that sensitive data. a good 500 people have contacted the organisation over the past 2 years 65 percent were female women or girls are attacked online threats often have sexual connotations many attackers remain unknown shielded by the anonymity of the internet. and i later found how to recognize that it's important for people to be able to be anonymous online. but if

someone violates the law she thinks their identity shouldn't be protected. by the huge problem we have in germany and in almost all european countries is that acts are committed on line which courts rule are punishable by websites or don't hand over the culprits data so basically they're protecting the guilty ones. there we have to say clearly this has to change. event your image court rules that an offense has been committed then websites have to be compelled to cooperate. i'm grateful to say i've never been targeted by hates each have you how do you defend yourself against abuse and hate speech on the internet let us know on facebook or you tube i and see you soon.

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. faces date opening news at live from the german chancellor angela merkel warns of trying times ahead during the pandemic 2nd wave in an address to parliament merkel demanded tougher restrictions as the nation's health care system nears its limit that can german leaders get the public behind a total lockdown during the holidays as health experts are recommending.