this is looking at closing plans in germany for the 1st time ever and powerful unions are rare in for a fight. so what's driving the cuts and hasn't germany lost control of the wheel enclave richardson and berlin? you are watching the day. the . what do you see the great trends formation? uh for the folks login to the see that things are changing rapidly and so combs gemini is folding further behind in terms of competitiveness. right? yeah, but they get to me from what i've heard. 30 percent of employees here will be fired in the near future and excited of them. young people are scared of losing their homes of being fired plus being working at this plant for 38 years. quite so long is not successful in this turn around,

then the existence of the whole company using data also on the day should students be banned from having phones in school. well, francis trying it out and one study here in germany suggests it could help students wellbeing. i'm sure you have your own thoughts. we'll call up an expert for her. yeah. as long as i can reach him when he's on the road to find out where he's at the bonds, no problem for me. it's reassuring his phone won't get stolen or lost. just welcome germany. it's a by word for car manufacturing. but today, volkswagen has issued a warning that has people wondering whether it has reached the end of the road as an industrial powerhouse at a special meeting of the work force that has headquarters. vw executives told employees that the company may have to close factories in germany if it's to survive a huge slump in car sales, a competition from chinese car makers and

a failure to innovate in electric car technology has left them chasing the pack. so what does that mean for made in germany? i will be speaking to a top german economist in just a moment. but 1st, this report on the day a german car manufacturing giants told his workers, there's trouble had the frustration and, and the mocked the stones of the meeting. folks, fog and management laid out his plans to scrap a job security agreement. the company has had with his work is for us to use exec respite. and as the mood was very divided as a large division between the work council and the board, i've never seen that this bad. and then whenever the works council speaks, they cheer. and when the board speaks, there's boeing, i'm speaking with, i was just a moment. that is what people express themselves very clearly. yeah, they have fee is about the future. about the web council had some strong words to express what exactly the fee is of the work as a document. there are people here who are worried about being fired, bad,

so bad. to jump guarantee was supposed to vote in 22029. the lead to of a v w work is count, so saves, then, now getting ready for fights. you will get on just a matter of holding onto locations, whatever the cost, right, and then realizing in the next few years that this will catch up with this again the for what we must also ensure that our company is profitable. and it has always been the case in the past enough that labor costs in germany are higher than in any other country that we produce. this is nothing new. it's un under the non of what we all see on the 7th small years. the automotive sector is the most important economic engine here in germany. that's the message of works council ahead on you like have a look at the meeting today. she says that it starts bogging begins, cutting back jobs, entire communities will feel it. c, e o. all the for bloomberg has defended the moves,

explaining the new competitors in europe and the challenging economic environment. putting pressure on the company's finances. folks loggins a shaft price has food and buy nearly a 3rd in 5 years. increasing pressure on bloom to cut costs with cheap, but chinese brands already eating, interviewed, they'll be use market share. some say a strategic re think is required as well. the advertising sales back out to you was gonna say is even for the electric house they are producing in china. there is a very, very hot price competition going on. let's call it the price war. so they folks 5 needs to adjust on pricing here as well. that means losing money. work is hey we're, you've got to mine has now being crossed. i thought they could pay for the failure of management to keep up with the competition. and i'd like to welcome

a cars student because k i n g is chief economist for germany. for more on this story, your thoughts on what is happening at v w. how damaging is best for the firm this long isn't happening. curzy, it's combination of small colors, global factors, but also a whole make factor. so we, we know already almost 10 years ago we have the diesel scandal and then the other company as so many other german automotive company. so they and they missed that new trend automotives. i think they in the initial day, the loss of even the way. and then we have to beat factor china. china. i used to be an extreme or still isn't, is too important. export market for folks in books. china has become able to actually prove to use a car stem cells, same quality. the prizes. china is pretty run their hands when it comes to electric vehicles and not only in china, but no. china is also coming into the european markets and this new competition is

pretty also what is, who is timeframe, volkswagen. and then on top of that, we have the whole made, the germans comic issues. and that is a last in international competitiveness to legal investments and infrastructure digitalization education. and this also is clearly eating the volkswagen. so multiple challenges here. volkswagens finance chief has said that it has one maybe 2 years to turn things around. do you think it is possible to do something like that in the amount of time it's a full size? is such a huge company and to turn things around a city is that it's very difficult a fault. so i'm, as all of the john car manufacturers has started to catch up with, it's also pretty big in that in the lower price and middle price segment. while most other john carmody is anxious are either in the industry or segments and the

premium st wouldn't be the normal traditional cars. the electric vehicles is still something where others, the other competitors have not read the good name to. so you could argue that i don't know kind of providing cars for the entire spectrum. the something that is also become endured for folks on these days and such a broad and out of it. i mean, the bottom line here is that vw, things it can't turn a profit, making cars under the current conditions in germany. what do you think that says about the made in germany model? was it simply too expensive? i mean that is actually my the most important thing. so say vw is, i call me good fault. i can actually stand. there's hardly any other company. ready 80 for the success of german industry over the last 9 decades issue on so. so what this story is telling us that for years of economic stick nation times.

ready is also deteriorating international competitiveness to do something to any economy. they make investments and activities in this economy less attractive. so so, so therefore i think this should be a wake up call. now on the final wake up call after so many other wake up calls. i'm also furniture and policy makers, politicians to um, to restart interesting and reforming so that the country can become again more attractive. whether this is actually that we still have to have is such a strong automotive power house. i don't know the world is also changing. an economic sources are changing, but in any case, we do need much more investments and we do need structural reforms in order to make the journey economy more competitive just again. and what would some of those reforms and investments be if the german government does that uptake?

notice that this is a trouble in trend and wants to make germany an attractive place for multinational companies to operate. as i said, we do know that and the german government even brought up some of those with this growth initiatives um and they, they present it at the start this summer. and what is it? it is a reduction offer offer seat. um, it could also be a temporary, it takes, that is could also be a longer term uh, energy price here in order to, to create certain date, uh for, for businesses. but also for consumers in terms offer energy provision and energy prices. it can be faster depreciation off investments in uh, in innovation and digitalization. it also will have to be more, some, some public investments in infrastructure in education. so there's already quite a lot of years and the government is aware of that. so this growth initiative actually takes many boxes. the only problem is that it currently takes many boxes

with very little money. and i'm afraid that if we were to see a big breakthrough, it would, it also requires more money spent by the government to sound a little bit skeptical there. how likely do you think this has to happen under the cover current german government? small. i think many, many years know this story. ready about the german budget and then and the cisco debt break and how difficult it was for the current government to actually agree on a budget for 2025. so i don't see that there is very little room was in the current government to read each step up. and the fiscal stimulus president would also mean if they want to stick to the, to the constitutional desperate. and they will have to save money elsewhere. so this indeed means i'm, i'm skeptical that we will see the physical package and don't get me wrong. the physical package does not mean short term stimulus. cisco tech,

this really means investments over a long time horizon. but, but given that there is the, there's ongoing tension with in the federal government right now i'm, i'm very honest and i don't see the breakthrough in joseph investment plans until the next elections in fall 2025. well, thank you so much for joining us. to share those insights has been really fascinating conversation conversation. as karsten jessica, i, angie's chief economist for germany. it was very much appreciate your time. you're welcome. thanks for having me. as ukraine's foreign minister is standing down, dimitra cordova is one of you cranes most recognizable faces on the international stage, and his resignation is part of a wider reset. one that president for one mirror zaleski says, is vital heading into a nother winter in the war with russia. we have is

a little girl, but as i have already mentioned, the reset of the government as well as many ministries i do. i am very grateful to the minister and the whole government team that worked for ukraine and ukrainians for 4 and a half years and some for 5. now, we need new energy today. and these steps are related only to the strengthening about states in different directions. international policy diplomacy that he's not an exception on police diploma. much in the literature are correspond to nick connelly and key of has more on you ukrainian governments shake up here. we don't really understand why these ministers and these vice premier is in particular have being pushed out. felt like there was a kind of sheet with the kind of achievements and failures that was really explained to the ukrainian public as such. so, so it looks all the people seemingly keeping that jobs who have had a lot more criticism from civil society and from experts. but it does feel like

pulling zalesky fields. it's time for new faces that you know, given we don't have any elections because it's full time and that's something that you guys subject the most part agrees on there is need for change and from the visuals and for a new personalities. i see talk to the kind of experts, people who really follow kind of ukraine and governance closely looks and will say actually the ministers make less of a difference than people in volume is less keys. kind of close the obits, informal advisors, people who don't officially have maybe government jobs. why do you know those people often enough have more influence to administer? so maybe this actually would have that much an impact. you're looking for the next couple weeks and months to one of russia's immediate objectives in the war. and ukraine is the capture of the city of po crowds. it is you ukrainian military centre as close to them. that's an eastern region that russia already holds. for us of what appears the landscape admits of the situation is difficult, and despite fierce fighting russian forces appear to be closing in meters. at a time, russian troops had been advancing. near paragraphs they've already captured important

ukrainian positions nearby. the situation is growing more and more critical. they're getting closer to the very strong defense lines around because of the being billed for a long time, so it can defend against the city even against a much superior force. it's the last defensive about and well, the ukraine military's tough line of defense directly around paragraphs has been in place since 2014. the next lines are not nearly as strong. so as they can break through it, progress, the russians will likely find it easier to advance further terrain to the west. but for growth squad, feel the paper is pretty much very flat open during and they're not much defense position positions. so there is no force or peace line. the only thing what the

requirements can do is to 5 to delaying action of the russians. if there is a multi coal in operational breakthrough, preventing that operational breakthrough is vital. progress is of great strategic importance as a logistics hub by road and rail. the routes to vital cities like during that's constant enough to come, a tourist and the pro passed through it. but the russian army is pushing closer every day towards the graft. and an evacuation has been under way for weeks still, whether the russians can actually take the city military experts we spoke with. suggest it's not likely in the short term, at least they're a start to reach the hardening 6 lines. they actually might be happy to just shoot the city to ruins without tillery show that the re, lines truth at their old lines. because that the grades the usability of blue cross, cuz it looks nice. decal top. the latest russian defensive has been ongoing for many months. now, the russian army is seizing perhaps several 100 meters if you create in territory

a day in the move towards the graphs. whether the ukrainian military can put a stop to the advance is a matter to be decided in coming days. well, it's back to school time here in europe and france has been testing a mobile phone band in hundreds of middle schools. it is part of what is being called a digital pause, a for school kids. and several countries in europe are debating whether to band students from having smartphones while in school. if the trial is deemed a success, it could lead to a nation wide band next year. back to school will be different for tens of thousands of students and friends this fall. now they have to hand in their smartphones before they can head to class or next period. well, we're experimenting to see whether it works the earlier we deal with the addiction to these funds that back to the city for new sit,

friends is rolling out this experiment, which it calls at digital pause, across the 180 middle schools. part of a move by france is government to limit the time children spend on screens over fears. it can hinder their development. see as well, students were already required to turn off phones in class. now the devices will have to stay locked away for the entire duration of the school day, including during recess. so obviously the students used to being without their phones all day and teachers to live differently even during recess instead of being on the phone for lots of different friends, isn't the only country cracking down on phones and schools. the netherlands, greece and belgium have ruled out similar restrictions on smart devices. parents here said they were on board with the van. looks to one as long as i can reach him when he's on the road to find out where he's at the bonds. no problem for me. it's

reassuring his phone won't get stolen or lost. friends is phone band experiment comes ahead of a possible plan to enforce that nationwide from 2025. so who better to discuss this with then sarah rose a senior lecturer in developmental psychology at staff for sure university in the u . k. hello. so this is a conversation across so many countries just to start things off. how are things done in the u. k? are there restrictions on phones and schools? a yes there are. and so it's a type foss changing an agenda really isn't to it. so since february, this being, i'm a guidance in the you k, that phone should be not in schools, they should be bonds in schools. it's still down to individual schools, how they kind of impulse and develop a policy around finding mobile phones. so in some schools that might mean there's

no phones on school premises and children are expected to leave phones at home with parents and other schools that might mean that schools are handled in like we were just hearing about in front, at the beginning of the school day and not return until the end of the school day. and other schools that might simply mean that phones are still with children, but they should be never seen. and never heard of that would include a break times between lessons. so there is still some flexibility for schools in terms of how they choose to find things in schools, but the, the guys and says around funding findings here, as well as you know, some of that might be making as cool children, quite nervous to hear that that's what's going ahead, you have written though that simply banning phones that that could be missing out on an opportunity. can you tell me what you meant by that? oh, absolutely. so this is based on research that we did

a couple of years ago when the variability of what schools did was much grace. and we spoke to children, i'm the parent together and we spoke to them about the fuse and also the abuse on different kind of made buffering policies to schools. how does that time? and we were really surprised how maturely children spoke about mobile phone use. and we're really surprises the strength of use that parents had that were not supportive of complete funds in schools, parents and such folks that things are really important, but keep in contact with that child, but face at the end of the school drive the beginning of the school day on that journey to and from school. but also while they were at school and there's a lot of solos around actually digital resilience and exposing children to risk and encouraging children to make mature,

sensible decisions. and i think that allowing children to have a mobile phones on them. but having school policies and procedures in schools where we try and encourage children to not to use the phone when it's not appropriate, but task. so have access to that. they could help pad them for real. the real world and the fact that digital technology things are increasingly that we have to learn to manage these destructions of core real world servers. very much to always all on our phones aren't we. i do have to ask you that they're there. there's a current study here in germany from the university of osborne. it shows that banning smartphones in schools actually increases the social wellbeing of students . are you surprised to hear that results? so i'm not surprised to have been a number of studies looking at wellbeing and of children in relation to mobile

phone bonds. and to be honest about, she found quite conflicting results. some studies have found the actually fans kind of home, children's well being at school that they have a level well being in situations where there are bands of this disease like the one you mention in our book, suggest the actually that can be beneficial. and i misunderstood this in the middle that find really isn't seeming to have a must have impact on well, big i similar when we looked at things like educational obtainment as well. it seems that binding mobile phones can be beneficial. and maybe just some pupils that may be a slight, a low attaining people's people that maybe aren't doing quite so well at school. when we look over when we look at high achieving people, it doesn't seem to have the same effects. i think it's very easy to say we will find, find a school i think currently. and it's, it's a popular line that government choosing to take. but if we look at places such as

canada and some areas of new york, where bands been in place for much longer, there are now some instances or bands being with folks because she, they just citing design isn't the best rate fluids anymore. so just very briefly, i'm afraid we're only just got about under a minute left, but in your view then you think you'll probably some restrictions useful but a complete band, not the way to go. absolutely. i think it depends on the school, the setting, the age of the children, the maturity, the children. but i think that it could provide a real opportunity to work with children and parents to engage them in meaningful conversations about responsible mobile phone use. so rather than a complete brand, thinking about engaging with the people is having conversations about what's appropriate, what's most appropriate, and maybe even developing a policy together. which pupils we're,

is going to be beneficial to them. okay. and developing it with you close. it may make it easy for teachers to improve. well, thank you so much for joining us today with those insights that is sarah rose a from a staff at your university in the u. k. we very much appreciate your time. keep and that is our show for now. thank you so much for watching. i'm glad. richardson in berlin for me in the whole team working behind the scenes. we're so glad you could join us the

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