i think for yourself we all had to sign was incredibly like, providing you with free information. dw made for mind the this is the w news live from berlin, ukraine's president of little mirrors, the landscape, calls for a european army to confront of russia's threat to the you. the 2nd day of the munich security conference also here is in germany's chancellor call for more defense spending and to keep our right parties out of parliamentary decision making also coming up how mosse returns 3 is really hostages, as part of the shaky gods us. these fire deal is we're all is releasing hundreds of palestinian prisoners in exchange.

the a marietta evans dean is good to have you with us. german chancellor, all of sholtes says defense spending must increase significantly to counter the threat from russian speaking at the munich security conference. he also replied to controversial remarks from us, vice president j. dean vans who urged europe to open its doors the far right parties. shaw said it was germany's right to decide how it deals with far ride hate speech. ariel boomstra, meanwhile, ukrainian president flood of mirrors. lensky warned that russia poses a danger to all of europe. he said, new russian divisions destined for bella rose could be intended to attack nato countries on, as he called for a united, very keen army. so once he also said,

ukraine would never accept any deal made without his involve managed, antoine this you are. yeah. but he also had some advice for president trump when it came to russian liter vladimir putin. i told drum. mm. that potent afraid of him. yes. and he shorted me. and i'll put a note as well . and his address to the conference all of scholes called on europe and his allies to be ready to support ukraine for the long haul. even after any peace deal made might be made. c, o, p, as in european, so being the strongest supporters of ukraine. we are going to do this for as long as it takes to things. these is so long as the notice and the most indeed sidelines stop when the weapons pull silent them in the,

at the end of the negotiated solution. ukraine will have to be able to defend itself against the possible future russian attacks. if you not see it today, it will be a massive financial material logistic challenge. ukraine cannot do this on its own in the foreseeable future. and that is why the support of us europeans here and the transatlantic and international partners will continue to be necessary. the same way we have shed buildings together in the past the minds. i'm the 1st on the top and the w as chief political correspondent, nina. honda and joins us now from the munich security conference in a good to see you. so we've been hearing quite a lot about unity between the you and ukraine. but what's your impression, what are these words worth of this year's conference? this is definitely one of the core questions,

just how united is europe and has your really understood they wake up cold. that is not the 1st one off the, the americans have came here and um, essentially told the europeans, again look, we're going to be interested a lot more in other regions of the world in particular, asia, the in the pacific. and you all going to do, or you are going to have to do a lot more for your own defense. so this is something, wow, now you do feel like europe is advert crossroads when it comes to its future. and below them is the landscape. the ukrainian president was very clear in his remarks here in this speech. this is not no longer about the europeans doing everything they kind helps ukraine defend itself. this is about finding ways for europe to come together so that europe ultimately can defend itself, potentially against russia. because base is becoming aggressive. now we all know that ukraine has received while it receives the candidates stages to become

a member of the european union off the rest as a full scale invasion 3 years ago. but of course that is a long way down the road. now it's more about trying to coordinate a lot fact. so what europe can do to ramp up support for your trade by the will to, to find more common priorities on, you know, one of the specific things of the landscape suggested that your, of do it with the goal of increasing its ability to defend itself is the form of a european army. what could that mean? no, marianna, if you talk to security experts, defense experts, foreign policy analysts and you ask them about the potential the prospect of a european visa use. they would smile at you and say they say is the on so that

politicians give when they don't have answers to the pressing questions of the day . and with all due respect, steve, all of them is landscape. this is a goal that europeans will have to piss you at some point to really form this unity . but it's still a very, very long time away from now. now it's up to the europeans to find ways to implement the 5 steps towards those um, full says, well let them use the landscape knows that. and he wants europeans to act and implement. and more strategically, the european strategic autonomy and plans that they have all agreed on. so they need to every which way for the systems do we need? why do we owe all the different systems that kind of collaborate with one another? how do we get the financing going so that even smaller countries come by munition lessons? this is not just about trying to get soldiers together to form this army by europeans

. this is also about where do the weapons come from? where does the munition come from? below him is the landscape says, okay, i'll remind you of ultimate goal. and that way you can talk more specifically about the steps that need to follow. now. funding and it's one thing to find the funding for weapons for the individual european countries. meanwhile, ukraine continues to rely very heavily on military support from european nations and in particular from germany. one of its biggest, if not the biggest supporter, militarily of ukraine, is germany, though capable of increasing the support in light of all of these challenges. while the gym or representatives he is or the car in germantown, so uh well actually is but also his main rivals device meds for looks very likely

to succeed or life choice ultimately as durham and child. so it both made it very clear that the germany will continue to stand by you train side and that somebody will act in favor of you crane that it will continue to stand by you train side know all of sides and even suggested the lose thing out a bit of the financing mechanisms, he wants a gemini to be able to take on more debt so that 10 more weapons can be both at priorities. company decided together and more easily that then that of course disorders the dom defense minister also said that instead of having to decide about which questions to by to every yeah. and get approval from parliament every year. in this long legislative process, somebody needs to change the rules, so that has a government on parliament together. they can make a decision about which weapons do they need to buy for themselves and for the

allies like ukraine and the long term period. because buying weapons, producing references takes a long time and the current system isn't capable of fulfilling those capability gaps at the moment. because the industry simply doesn't have any guarantees that they will be able to and then sell those weapons that they stop producing to the government. if the parliament says no, the next year, for example. then you know, i also want to ask you about what many have observed to be some tension between the german administration and the united states. what can you tell us about that? well, the vice president of the united states of the trump administration's a defined stick to the states here in munich and delivered a speech that is memorable. and that will be talks about to use to come. i'm convinced of that. well, he didn't talk about to print as opposed to you train months. he didn't talk about

prospect for peace in europe. instead, he spoke about the fact that in his eyes, there is no free speech in europe. and that to all the political parties need to open up to the ed those essentially populous parties on the fringes. now this was of course, i would have to say rebuffed here. it was instantly bars disorders, the german defense minister in his remarks that followed j. d. months has comments on the stage. where is the story said that these comments were unacceptable because it tends to be meant uh that the american administration was comparing the situation in europe to what's happening in what socratic states, of course disorders got a lot of applause for that. but also this morning, all of the choice, the german chancellor said that it was unacceptable for the trump administration to meddle with internal affairs here in europe like that. and this is 9 days before

we're going to the polls here in this country. so maybe we can just have a listen to what all of choice have to say when it comes to date events essentially endorsing default, right? as the policy. i think it's important that we understand that germany is a very strong democracy. and as a strong democracy, we are absolutely clear that the extreme rights should be out of political control and out of political decision making processes. and that would be no corporation with them. and we really reject any idea of really rejected any idea of cooperation between parties, other parties and dislike stream right parties. i think there is a strong consensus between older relevant parties, some drama need that they won't do. so i hope that's still the last and continue, but it is absolutely sure and necessary to say it is not others to give us the advice to cooperate with these parties which we this unlocked,

working was for good reasons, especially when looking to the history of our country so again, this is 9 days before germany goes to the polls and this is unheard of for the americans to essentially give votes is advice on who to vote for. we also know that the vice president of the united states, after his speech here in munich, met with the leader of the fall, right, our least vital society minutes to discuss things about like, do you train the piece in europe? now all these vital is somebody who's pausing. nobody else from the other democratic parties, wants to collaborate. what with and this is also what's the best match, the likely next german chancellor repeated if you are interested and my colleague me say look who's not interviewed sibley smith. so the possible next to them and tom sla and asked him about his reactions. he was also very strong and condemning

this a so you'll find that on youtube and on our website as well. if he wants to take the look at that. no, nina, especially considering that germans go to the polls and just over a week and most people are expecting a lot of shows not to be the chance they're moving forward. uh, the opposition leader of the c d u. the center right party man is widely expected to be the chancellor. we don't know, of course, how the election will play out. but given that most expect this to be the end of shaw says term. s chancellor. just how much weight do his words have the conservatives with the lead candidates, somebody's meds are currently meeting the polls with a very comfortable advantage. you have to say they're leading at around 30 percent of the votes. this starts with democrats, a way behind at some 15 percent. oh,

i'm sort of still convinced he can and still may talk loud disadvantage, but we'll have to see what comes out of these elections. of course, what is also clear is that the conservatives have ruled out governing together with the 2nd policy and the polls the fall, right? if the that we've already mentioned and, and the fall, right? if the look set to take home the biggest and then you know that the most successful result in national elections, they some round at some 20 percent. but again, for these messages, rules out collaborating with them for me to call listing. so those months can also not coming alone, so he will need call listing hotness. and everybody is expecting for the consecutive to start negotiations with all sorts of social democrats now with a little upsides will be a member of that new cabinet or not. is a different question whether they will need the greens as well in that quality. and that is also something that says,

we'll have to see on the 23rd of february. and of course, in the meantime until those police negotiations and all that. so it's continues to be the german chancellor and he will be in power for a while to come skills. so people are still listening to what he has to say. because of course, everybody also knows that we really are at the crossroads here in europe and the next week on monday. we'll decide, looks about the future and this continent with older strong announcements coming from the us that they all going to pull out or is do considerably less than we hold if you train and to europe in the near future. and can we then expect a significant shift in germany's fans, particularly on ukraine, if there will indeed be a new german administration and possibly a new chancellor from the center. right. and split the rich man you

know, maria, and i think one of the biggest challenges for the next.