to everything for the stuff, find out about some on storage. info, migrant, reliable news for my goodness. they may be the most cost quite the megaphone. $211000000.00 follows on the x that's used to be theresa, which of course he now owns. and he's been using it to stop arguments with the elected leaders of job and the united kingdom. and france has been criticized and government policy in great britain, appraising germany's fall right a day. but for all this noise coming from the wells, the richest man, how much you fact, his pronouncements, having will examine the gem in case i'm feel go invalid and this is the day the

but it is all if we're being told 10 years ago that the owner of one of the world's biggest social media networks would intervene in the elections, including in germany, who would have imagined this task missed the most comfortable with the policy thought is partly far by takes 3 missed and just we can see he is not only doing this in our country of those to the supporting lines and then as far as wides, kind of interested in victims the interested in themselves stuff. this is something we not totally disagree with. i reject it to work. also on the day just intruder says he will resign after nearly a decade as kind of as prime minister i intend to resign as party leader as prime minister in this country deserves a real choice in the next selection. and it is become clear to me that if i'm

having to fight internal baffles, i cannot be the best option. welcome to the day we begin with the tech billing at who is fast becoming a political force since taking charge of x only notice, theresa. a loan mosque has use the social media platform as a platform for his own political views. and after spending millions of dollars helping to secure donald trump to return to the white house, he's not waiting into your pay and politics expressing support for $5.00 rights on . and he stablished wouldn't talk is across to your, including here in germany, in this town. but he treated his support for the fall of hide alternative for germany potty or a half day with a general election in february the half days polling sack and then pods, the pottery being monitored by german domestic security services as possible threats to democracy. on december, the 20, if he posted only the i f

d can save germany and then on new year's eve and referring to next month's elections, you posted a half day is going to win an epic victory. you know, most also used an interview in the gym, a newspaper felt to double down on who's suffused defending the i sd against its detractors. i'm describing it says jim, this laptop is also attacked. germany's latest saying that chancellor of shouts should resign immediately. i'm calling him, i'm incompetent for the jim and president from peralta shed. i'm my he said, starting my is an antique democratic tyrant. shame on him. helen has accused a long mask of election interference as well. when asked about muskets, barrels of insults directed at a month other gentlemanly. there's a chance to a shelves brushed off the comments. say, don't feed the troll. oh,

the shelves went on to say that it was nothing new and be highlighted. musk supports before i've a f d as a much greater consent. b, as in a sense of items as the social democrats we have been used to which media entrepreneurs disagreeing with our party since the 19th century. this isn't a thing new. dr. smith, lawyers doesn't shy, but assess the fact is not missed the most cost supposed to deposit that is partly far right extremist. and as we can see, is nothing the doing this in our country a get. this is something we not totally disagree with. i rejected by as is to hook so is a law must trolling having any effect on german politics, simon young as one of the w's battalion of political correspondence. welcome, simon. oh, mister musk comments having an immeasurable effect on public opinion. yes, bill. well, that has, in fact being a poll in the last few days, looking at

a loan mosques possible influence, but i'm afraid it's inconclusive. so that poll has said that 40 percent of germans believes that mosque could influence the upcoming election here in february in favor of the the a f d alternative to germany policy that 42 percent. so just very slightly more of those polled said that they, that they didn't really so indeed that number included quite a lot of young voters and also a people who say they suppose the a f d. so make, if that was what you will in terms of the actual voting intention, will the latest polls they do show an increasing support for the f d? uh there are just one percent now to around 21 off percent at the at the same time it also shows an increase of one percent as opposed to the greens who are very much

not supported by a loan mosque. so you know, these things are difficult to pick apart, but to a lot of people certainly here at least will eat on most costs on what about the events, politicians. we think chancellor shoulds bound playing must a circle trolling what else is being said yeah. as some a down playing it, but i think the, the political parties are overwhelmingly against these interventions by mosque. i mean, that's just remind ourselves, you know, calling the shots, learning competent full is cooling the german president and on democratic tyrant. and saying the i have the, the only ones who can save jim and a, it's a policy that so the intelligence agency here describes as a potential at extreme is great. well, that you know, the greens, a candidate to become challenge slides. currently, the economics minister robot haul back, he said hands all 5 democracy, mr. moscow,

where a point 8 on must called him a traitor to the gym and people at a full so it goes back and forth. a lot of politicians are cooling for more regulation of fake news and social media and that kind of thing. and i'm sure we'll see a lot more of that. of those types of holes in the coming weeks. i want to buy the i asked a i have a lot of a lot of musk samples as well. i think they, if they are overwhelmingly very happy about this kind of support, not say a static, i mean, he's someone who's an influential a celebrity. i think you could cool, hey, mary, has the air of donald trump, of course. and you know, he, he generates a lot of media comment free. and it's to some extent they, if they are leaning in, they say that to the media, to the team around alice vital is their jobs for the candidates are in regular

contact with a loan mosques people. and on the 1st day, alice viable and it will not continue to hold some sort of conversation live on the mosques platform x that designed to i'm, i think the able to is, if a german, they need to be careful, we think of what's been happening in the u. k. where even most said that the reform policy now you for all just policy for the only ones you could cite the u. k. and then he turned around and said, no, i go for ours is not the right man to lead that policy. so, you know, it, the i f t to could be vulnerable to just sort of sucking women's of someone like even most. well, if the in this live conversation don't x, for instance, that he criticizes the i of these policy of getting really close to russia on the vladimir putin. how would vital react? would she give any ground on that? so i think there are risks for what you know, with, with being so closely and supported by somebody with the

e on last profile. he's the sort of person who will possibly just say anything to get cliques and perhaps very often does. okay, thanks for that assignment. that would be political correspondence, i mean you but i have always been driven by my love for canada, by my desire to serve canadians and by what is in the best interest of canadians. and canadians deserve a real choice in the next selection. and it has become obvious to me with the internal battles that i cannot be the one to carry the liberal standards into. the next selection was kind of this just intrude or explaining why hill design is prime minister wants his liberal party has selected a new leader. mr. truitt has been trading in the polls for the past year, but he's popularity plunged to new lovers following december surprised resignation

. office finance minister, a chris to freeland. she accused him of using cost me get mix to a piece versus justin trade and a has been almost a decade and is the son of a former canadian prime minister? yeah, true to you guys. a pallet in 2015 on a wait list popped in our seed use we useful energy. these policies on the come box and climate change, all the sort of the openness of the values that i have. let's get more from jen this that loosely, if i'm alden, bonnet friend, who joins us from the canadian, the capital altima, a welcome to d w. and they say at last month, very public folder got with the finance minister marked a low point of to those to me. but he's popular. and so we have been folding before that driven by want as well. and that doesn't. that's like probably a really great place to start because as you say 2015, he could not have been more popular. he was popular, not only in canada,

but around the world. he was a bit of a celebrity prime minister. but since the pandemic economic issues have really been wreaking havoc on through those popularity, all the economic issues with, with whether it's installation, the cost of housing, general affordability, he's, he's, he's been really pumping this thing called the, the carbon tax, which many countries have. and he's been severely criticized that is just escalated the cost of living. then there is also his personal popularity at this point at 10 years that he's been prime minister. people are ready for a change, and there are parts of his personality. they just seem to now irritate people, he comes across as arrogant. he comes across as out of touch, and those, all those things together have really seen his numbers plummet, and they were growing calls for him to go from within his own policy. so was that just a reaction to his full living popularity with the public or was something else going

on? well, so, so what was happening is there were there were, there were tiny voices before pressure freelance resignation calling for him to resign. but it all indications were that he was gonna stick it out until the next election scheduled for next october. that could be a lot sooner. we can get to that. but when christopher freeland was fired, slash resign in december, all bets were off intruder. oh, really big the size for him to resign from within really starting to get so loud that he could no longer ignore them. and so he took the holidays to think about it to take a walk in the snow. and today he announced the results that really, it was untenable. there was no way he could stick it out any longer. but by waiting this long, he's really quick the hand tops on any potential new leader, because there must now be a leadership race. there has to be an election this this this year. so what it

could likely be very soon after any liberal at any lube leader is chosen. so that leader will have to hit the ground running and will also be cited with these low numbers. not only for trio but is liberal party. so was that also a feeling within his positive, adjusting to, to was the person to defend kind of his interest against the incoming us president donald trump? yeah, i think that was less of a concern because you'll remember he was the prime minister when trump was elected in 2016. and so by all measures that his government and was especially christian freeland, leading that as deputy prime minister at the time, they found a way to, to have a combination of springs in charm. when dealing with donald trump. so that really wasn't his achilles heel at, at, at this point, although donald trump has been slowly in canada significantly. and justin prudel calling us to 51st dates so, so there needed to really be a strategy on dealing with trump. but it wasn't his achilles heel, i'd say, right?

focus through the the, the, the run isn't right is and who's likely to replace mister trudy as well. christopher freeland, we've talked about her now as former deputy prime minister and, and finance minister. she's sort of leading the pack and then there are a number of current cabinet ministers who are, who are thinking of, of running and have already been making calls. then there is mark karney. this name may be familiar to your audience. he was a former governor of the bank of, of, of england before the governor of the bank of canada. there you see him on your screen. he is, he is a moderate, he is well connected internationally and he's also well respected with. he's also perhaps most importantly an outside or to the true go liberal baggage. so uh, so by all accounts he's probably the front runner at this point. so whoever wins will have to deal with or us present, threatening to impose 25 percent tires on canadian goods. unless off to a stands. what donald trump says is

a flow of migrants and drugs into the us is not likely to be a cum painting issue. for the posts of the liberal party leader and indeed a prime minister of this year. oh, i think that is that is a significant concern for any politician in canada right now. that's possible. a future prime ministers as well as premier's because of that possible 25 percent tariff this this has become a real concern, so it will be who will have the strongest strategy on dealing with president trump going forward. so we'll be watching that closely. it will be a significant issue. and what does this tell us? we who um, who are outside canada, who sort of look at business and say, just intruder about kelly. i'm teenager who's done so well for himself. we get this idea of it. canadian politics is plastic, but this seems not to be the case. oh no,

we're. we are a very dynamic. politically. i would say, i think at least we are right now, but you've caught canada at the 10 year mark. this is the time when canadians typically get fatigue with their governments when, when people have been in, in leadership for 10 years, it is often time for a change. and then there's also this global call for change. and so that's the dynamic and you have donald trump, right? you know, barking at our heels. so this dynamic is making politics and kaz canada. fascinating at the moment. so don't take your eye off us. all right, good to can do. thank you for to hear us through that. so clearly just that lucy found alden bond defense in auto. thanks dw investigation has discovered that, that you haven't government has been quietly cutting funding for several is riley and palestinian human rights. organizations that have often been critical of is

rose actions in the will and casa, since they have us to attack on each viable. on the 7th of october, 2023. politicians in germany have repeatedly emphasize that israel security is part of germany, so called stance. the rise on o v, as in the states, our investigative team has more as we get into this really city of spanish, she's just 40 cubic meters from gaza. so you certainly can upset that was why jim and officials cut the funding of his n g o. i don't know if it's been done so on purpose, but it's definitely been an intervention that was time to deliver the most possible damage to our work. similar workspace riley, human rights organization. you profile. it supports conscientious objectors, risk imprisonment, industry. since it's a launch to avoid god the following. how must her a ticket? october 2023. your profile has received of

a more request for support. and this is where catering to a real need by many people, including many people who have served in this really military and realize that they can't continue doing so often for ethical reasons. since 2023 is that work was funded by the gym and government to a partner in jail. after having been invented by the foreign office, they had signed a 3 year contract. but shortly after that, they had been deep funded. we are under enormous pressure all the time from before act and as role. but ok. what is the german government's business? imposing? yeah, ideological demands of these early government on these right. we citizens, what is the german government's business? trying to silence descent, not even inside its own country. the decision was made by the gym and for an office . and the book, it has repeatedly emphasized germany's commitment to human rights. the ministry confirmed that the funding but didn't provide the w all the energy else was any

official reason. just the foreign office examines old projects for which federal funds are used in accordance with legal requirements. the funding didn't just happened to new profile. we know if at least one of the east riley human rights organization that had been supported by germany for years and several posting in ones, but also not driven funding. recently. this comes at a time when a news france, the space for criticizing the government is free, and king says lawyer michael swat, he has been advising these riley and palestinian human rights organizations for years. we're in unprecedented severe crack down and target. think of is there any human rights organizations and in human rights activists? it's a trend that begin at decade and a half ago, but came to it speak with the current government and especially after october 7th

they did receive this experience. she's the director of so hot the as us radio radiation was funding was cut by the german government. so how does a winds rising activities like this to and it's right. the group advocates for the recognition of the displacement and exclusion of kind of students before and during the 1948 war and then right to return, which is a highly controversial topic. and these are they to read, tells us that before that funding was rescinded. she met with jim and officials who she says made reference to the whole cost to justify their position, the gym, and past the not sewage and was, you know, brought up again and again in these conversations. it's important to germany, to support israel because of the past that was very explicitly said, and then last ditch effort so hard to even send an official letter to the for an office,

clarifying the existence of the state of israel. is it not the question then opinion or moral judgment? we do not question any of but you know effect. they were defended snow for the reasons given. she things the gym and he was under pressure from that is really right when government to my great grandparents. all died in the holocaust. i don't want this tragedy to be used to justify another tragedy in the scaling and i really find it quite defensive and and, and dishonest. really confronted with the allegation, stuff is really influence the gem and for an office and search decent situation is inaccurate. the german government continues to support numerous, n g o's, an israel, i mean the palestinian territories that are critical of israel's occupation policy

. let's pick up some of those points with definitely investigative reports that then become as, who was part of the investigation team. so we had germany deny is acting on depression from these right. the government. so what reasons do job and officials gave for withdrawing, funding from n g o is critical of israel vaccines and casa, as well on the record. not a lot. i mean, the whole purpose is really a page, but we have to remember that these 2 organizations to, to as many organizations with talking about the very critical of these by the government. one of them works with conscientious objectors as a time, of course, when is males involved in a war and gaza? the other one campaigns with the return of palestinian refugees and that descendants, which is highly controversial in, in israel because it would of course change the whole makeup of the country. so, and we notice from some members of these to enjoys that. they were told look,

can you not just focus on the past? you have to be quite as vocal about the vice of a ton of palestinian refugees. so a lot of it could be but again, like officials here what to happy tax. would you tell us the real reason that they just don't want just out too much trouble, that they don't want to support the troublemaker? so you want me to read between the lines. but what does i actually say? what does a when you say? so why have you withdrawal in their funding? what's the response from them? and officials the responses that they have this whole system, the best thing and that at this time they would just not able to give a fund unless the waiver okay, the political to look at it so. so what does your research indicate then what is likely to be behind it? what do we presume that is that criticism of, of, of israel. yes. vocal criticism, including maybe to a point, and i think was uncomfortable from berlin. i mean, remember, berlin does. germany doesn't have

a very special relationship with isabel right. was obvious and started for reasons . do you, particularly of the 7th of october, came out very publicly like politicians came out very publicly saying that they would side with israel. which of course, that's a lot of criticism of, of politicians here, but it was very clear at least right at the start of the will that not jem and the german government was citing with as well. what's his role said about you, your findings as well. they node most of the questions, they know what the critical question is and just answer the questions about the palestinian n g o's. they did all of us say that they provided some information to the done before. it offers them to the intelligence services, but the critical questions they've just never got back to. you mentioned that the palestinian and yours at 6 policy. the and, and use the german government says the funded we heard about a couple of is really organizations. and what do we know about these 6 palestinian

organizations? so these 6 pal listed in organizations were actually designated as to organizations by these varies back in 2021. on what most people see is vice guns. evidence of terror links. in fact, the german government, together with other you'll ping governments, came out publicly in 2022 saying that they didn't believe the evidence and that they would continue to fund and then come october 2023 a couple of months later, the old funding is cuts what, okay, and the sorts of opaque funding decisions is this the way that the process normally works in 20 seconds? no, no. so tool i will talk to people to say this never happens in any other reasonable country. this is a purely, it's very palestinian problem as it were. ok, thank you for taking us through that. so now let me dw investigate before then we come and that was the day you can solve the team on social media at d, w. use lasers headlines on the dw 14 w dot com have

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