it was to us it was almost restrictive with richard on the borders which close economic and. ties and therefore the decision was to follow the european union program but it's not just about following the european union graham it's about being you know average at best within the e.u. in the way that you have been executing that program and i'd just like to bring in you know one of your fellow lawmakers alexander star from the s.d.p. who says germans they long believed that they lived in a well governed country one that was better run than most other states in europe both assumptions have turned out to be wrong does he have a point. i do not approve this oleksandr coughing up stuff which is a political. appreciated put addition from my point of view of it but of the opposite and he has to his duty is to to put its fingers and questions are in critical points we have but looking to the can paint running now 1st i would like

to mention that the german government never promised to have another situation into the vaccine. as other would see the situation that it is all proposals of the government about quantities of oxidation and the fog come off marks the nation is full of food we are now up to 25 percent of the population and day by day we could get more than close to one percent in addition to that though that we can be sure that the 100000000 doses of vaccine for 80000000 inhabitants in germany might reach a situation that every german can be very. adult german can be vaccinated up to end of july 1st that's an aged and send most of them on to a 2nd vaccination and then in july or august i sell the others my kit and sex and so much promise as will see if you can to let me because you were supposedly yeah yeah alternately though i mean even you talked about this common a you approach to vaccine determined they thought that that germany is very

strongly supported however here now in bilateral talks with russia to secure doses of the sputnik the vaccine is latter we put in really your best hope to solve this vaccine fiasco issue and yeah many i would i would use. sputnik like seen in case that european medical agency in my might confirm that this is a good vaccine for the pity with nick is that they are not so many quantities of their product that you would have might be able to sell it to other countries look into that what happened for example in the balkan states where some of the states. for example they have information that they can get some reps in from sputnik as have learned in the last days they didn't have any work see and now and now they are not able to deliver to the people because at the quantity it's not they have access the vaccine might be will but. also the protection purposes

capacities in russia and other states. at the moment too weak to produce a quantities put you'd want to deliver and even more controversial and i'd like to move to international relations now merkel continues to back putin's north stream to pipeline despite fresh calls from the european parliament the us and beyond to pull the project over security concerns why is merkel still holding on to north stream 2 when it's a stain on alliances and it puts fresh cash into putin's pockets concerning the no spin to approaching meeting germans to have met never had the chance to corvids partners in europe and us that this pro to protect is not timing security interests of europe 'd because one of our former chancellor scatcherd us especially involved in that project and therefore i can understand that nobody trusts in a neutral and neutral assessment of that by the german government but i can tell you stopping that project no would be

a favor for those who invested in that project my convention at the current conviction that said this project is economically a failure i think she would too what do you mean by that project mr what do you mean stopping the project because i mean there's supports for example within your party reports excuse me of growing support for a moratorium in your party so 1st of all is that is that what you're talking about and if that is the case is that the best hope to kick the can down the road so essentially someone else an ally the next chancellor can take decisive leadership on whether or not this pipeline will ever operate it would be possible by german law maybe it might be really. by german law to stop that project but then you have to compensate all those who are invested in that project because you can stop that project but it's a on a legal. it's built on the legal base and therefore you have to compensate those who invested in that and might might belief is that that this project is economically

a failure because we don't need to that pipe to get enough yes for germany or europe and therefore all all those companies that invested in that project have to face the challenge that that project potentially this project is economically economically a failure and in case that the german taxpayer is comping pump compensating that for those companies they would laugh about and therefore i think we should concentrate on the question what about energy security in europe jim government should present to our partners in europe and us a broken how to be talk about security of energy in europe and with that although it's a question of russian gas can be on some but but but but mr hart you know russian aggression has been on the rise for years of course so the question is how did you get to this point and is it time to admit that merkel finds herself in a bit of a trap over north stream the project as you've highlighted more than 95 percent complete pulling political backing could be costly. didn't merkel missed her window to take decisive action is she in

a trap of her own making we took russian gas also in the seventy's that said times of it union gas in the seventy's been bieber and the cold war and we've learnt that economic relations are to soviet union it's a time now to russia not not at risk for security but also a chance to make. it dependency of russia on european politics and maybe to influence but for to happen to in this country in the long term a situation i i think that we have to discuss about independence of your peon union energy security. he backed the proposal of us we should take more gas we'll ukraine instead of north korea this doesn't change the fact that it's russian gas that is that this is gus that comes that comes from states with companies and russia and the independence of one source like russia for gas it would not be changed if we

decide to not take it that it was grossly too but rubio ukraine there are few the arguments of the other side also very weak let's let's switch gears just briefly and talk and talk about china are you concerned that germany is falling also into a trap when it comes to china because after years of fostering business ties your main business association is now saying that the west strategy for opening up china has failed they call it a wake up call is it a call that germany is potentially answering too late we have a german in the pacific strategy and we have a 10 sheet of european commission 2 and a half years ago on a more tough strategy on china i think we should mention u.s. and north america very close and the question how to be face so even creasing and. because if news of china by mixing political and economic interests to gether and i know it's a german that we as germans have to to lose

a lot because some of our industry is very much depending on that and bed profits they they do in china but look to that watch in china is ongoing increasing pressure on people on human rights and also increasing pressure on taiwan we have to we have to take a more tough way including the question of our economic relations how tough do you think that strategy though appears to the chinese when you have human rights concerns overshadowing this investment deal for example with china that germany pushed through in december and it under its presidency you couldn't even get any meaningful commitments on. human rights they were just they promises on labor rights including forced labor did it send the wrong message to pay shipping european union did that works for example us to preserve us before i think i was strategy is and should be the common strategy of the best and vote to bring china back to following international regulation and international law or and having

a set of regulations spec china's agreeing on and b. have the chance potentially also the chance to judge on whether they follow or not it's better than to have such a wild west situation as it to spread tension lead now but i think only a common approach between u.s. and european union is helpful on that field and therefore i expect that european union and also the acting and the new german government have test to. close their o's together with north america because a leverage is much bigger if we work together instead of doing it on the on the scene of the signal by the turn away between european union and china let's go back to the elections 16 years of angle americal she came to power with a new cd you after helmut kohl do you think that the end of her era will also lead to a government where the c.d.u. need some time in the opposition to rejuvenate i mean we've talked about divisions

in the party the pandemic an assertive russia and china are you heading for the opposition i think that the government needs city will seize it will and i hope that this it was easy it would also present the next chance because of the fact that we might come out as the biggest party out of that elections and looking to that but i'm going i'm actually reached i think the economic benefit. of hope. it's perfect we never saw such a. continuous and long. boost in the economy in the last decades and we all. to see endeavor the other fields of germany came forward we have some maybe they have some some some at the likes of where we have work to do this is for me you can for insecurity issues closer relations between us and in for repeat for the security issue even in china going to see in russia obviously you're going to we have to leave it there thank you for joining us on conflicts on

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