>> welcome to "the journal." yes of brian thomas. >> here is a look at what we have for you for the next half hour. >> a reverse course on austerity. >> ukraine cancel the high- profile conference after a slew of withdrawals from european leaders. >> and the new berlin airport not taking off on time. technical problems plagued the opening. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

has called on mainstream politicians to join them in a broadly-based government. they are trying to form a coalition of the hung parliament that resulted from the weekend elections. if they fail, new elections may be called, possibly in june. >> that would end tax hikes and salary cuts. the syriza has labeled the e- backed austerity plan "barbaric " and "of failure." >> after sunday's elections, the radical leftist syriza party is next diamine to form a coalition. they had and uncompromising message. he threatened to nationalize banks and spoke about the terms of the international bailout for greece. >> the international debt should

be investigated by an international commission. there should be a moratorium on an repayment. we need a european solution. the problem is not singular to grace. it is a european crisis. -- the problem is not singular to grece. -- greece. >> needs the support of one of the mainstream parties, the center-left or center-right, and they remain commented -- they remain committed to the international bailout. >> we're jains by a parliamentarian at the european parliament for the fdp. are you expecting efforts to form a coalition in greece to fail and actions? >> that is indeed what i expect.

the election results are so dramatically different from anything from the past, i do not see any majority that could stabilize the situation. >> those elections could happen in june. do you see a coalition been put together after that vote then? >> well, we have to wait for that. we see the collapse of the political system. the socialists, the conservatives basically are a eliminated. and therefore, we do not know the culture of the new political system that will emerge. we simply have to wait and see what the greek people are going to decide. >> there is a very strong possibility the next government after the elections will be anti-austerity, with a lot of difficulty for brussels. is brussels prepare for government in greece that will want to renegotiate the bailout deal? >> the greek sovereign decision if they want to negotiate, they

have in a solidarity from the northern countries is going to require a commitment to consolidation. if the greek government in a sovereign decision decides it wants to go the other way, it will have to do so probably without the transfers that have been coming forth so far. that will be a dramatic change of the situation. >> the designated french president francois hollande has mentioned he wants to renegotiate the fiscal pac. is angela merkel looking at being the lonely chancellor? >> i do not think so. it has the signatures of 25 countries. procedures in parliaments have started. i do not think anyone will reopen it. a think what we will see is an additional treaty, an additional agreement to stimulate growth. that then it will depend on what kind of growth you're talking about. is it one financed by debt?

or based on competitiveness? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> well, ukraine says it is canceling a regional political conference that european leaders boycotted over the treatment of the former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko. >> it was supposed to be on the black sea of delta. tymoshenko is serving a sentence and went on a hunger strike in protest of treatment. >> the berlin urologists had just examined -- neurologist and just examined yulia tymoshenko. the doctor had good news. >> we have come to an agreement

that miss timoshenko -- tymoshenko will be moved to the hospital tomorrow and have their be there. >> a short time later, her daughter announced her 51-year- old mother had agreed to end her fast. >> we will see tomorrow if she is transferred to hospital and the doctor will recommend treatment. that will mean is the dr.'s intend to take her out of the hunger strike. she needs to start treatment before the back pain before she becomes disabled at the treatment is not started very soon. >> tymoshenko has complained for months of crippling back pain. she has also been weakened by her thunderstrike. >> kiev has canceled the

conference. >> due to the inability of some european states readers to take part for various reasons, ukraine considers it sensible to delay the summit and not hold on may 11 in yalta. >> ukrainian authorities continue to deny mistreatment. >> russia's lower house of parliament has appointed former president dmitry medvedev as prime minister, completing a job swap with vladimir putin. >> the vote in the lower house was held under tight security. >> side-by-side, vladimir putin and dmitry medvedev. on tuesday, their job is what was completed. no one seems to understand why anyone would think the switch was inappropriate.

>> dmitry medvedev and i have made our decisions known with advanced notice. nothing has changed since then. >> all large majority of the russian parliament elected medvedyev as president. in his one term, he vowed to bring more rule of law to russia. little progress was made, but media if -- but medvedyev seems just as well intentioned as prime minister. >> i am open to dialogue with all political forces. government must have the best interests of all russians in mind. >> meanwhile, outside the kremlin, russian police led away dozens of anti-government protesters. they spent the entire night in the center of moscow demonstrating against woodson and medvedyev. -- putin. >> governing will be more

difficult. because the protest movement has sparked a new and more self- confidence civil society in russia which will be eager to make its voice heard in the future. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the leader of another party have agreed to form a unity government to call off early elections. there will be a commitment from netanyahu that orthodox jews must perform military service. the prime minister said the deal was good for security and the economy. for more on this deal, let's go to our jerusalem correspondent. she joins us live on . what is behind this latest government development? >> what we saw in the last 24 hours was really surprising. most israelis will but this

morning with a new government just after the election was announced. most people are stunned. the party would have done worse in the upcoming elections. prime minister netanyahu now relies on the coalition getting through the election and the coalition has the authority to block decisions and they are very important decisions to make. there is the reform of the conscription for the israeli army that could see altered- orthodox -- all drug-orthodox jews serving. -- ultra-orthodox jews serving. >> this is make a military strike more or less likely? >> commentators here are divided about a. -- about it.

kadima used to be more hawkish on the iranian issue. or, at you could say the government of israel in this new coalition is strong than in the united government. >> thank you very much. >> now for all of the other stories making news around the world. >> german politicians of called for the closing of offices after a clash with police in bonn over the weekend. the violence came after the as thomas tried to routes -- as

islamist tried to route protesters. >> the violence in syria is decreasing, but still unacceptable according to kofi annan. activists held a funeral procession for those killed in motor tax -- mortar attacks on the capital. >> the u.s. central intelligence agency has foiled what it said was a sophisticated al-qaeda plot to bring down a passenger plane with an explosive device. the bomb had no metal parts, making it less detectable to airport security equipment. >> france's incoming and out coming residents stood side-by- side at ceremonies -- president stood side-by-side at ceremonies to mark the end of the second world war. >> may 8 marks the allied

victory over germany in 1945. it is sarkozy's final appearance as president before he hands over to hollande next week. it will take until august before all fire safety checks have been completed. the delay is an embarrassment. >> they had hoped the june 3 opening reaching the -- the june 3 opening of the brandenburg branch would mark another chapter in the reunification of the former divided city. >> the rehearsals of been going on for months. at check-in, security control and luggage collection. everything ran smoothly until this weekend. then they ran into problems speeding -- into problems. >> at the end of today, it is the safety system that has to

function 100%. it has to be 100%. >> the risk for passengers was deemed too great and the opening was postponed. it is another setback for a project that has been controversial and costly. the logistical move, plans to the last detail, is out the window. it is a personal discipline of for the berlin mayor who chairs the airport supervisory board. -- it is a personal disappointment for the berlin mayor. >> we're looking at whether the problems could of been recognized earlier, but there still would have been a delay. it is a difficult situation. >> the new international airport is one of germany's's biggest infrastructure projects since reunification. now the grand opening could be months away. >> not the worst news in the

world. everybody loves a delay. >> we have more about race in just a minute. >> stay with us. -- with more about greece.

>> welcome back. the political stalemate continues to increase with that nation looking like a could face a new round of voting. >> voters made one point crystal clear at the polls. all large majority reject the last five years of austerity and see its as having harmed their country. that means whatever government finally emerges will be under intense pressure to renegotiate the terms of the country fell bailout. >> in athens' main industrial park, the elections are the main topic of conversation. these businessmen are struggling to come to terms.

they are worried they could come to serious difficulties. production might still be running normally right now, but the potential for problems is a huge. >> i do not even want to think about a return of the drachma. that would throw us a long way back in time. europe also has to pay as back for the extremely painful austerity measures. they should not forget that. >> midsized -- producing solar panels, along with other products. the country -- the company was given a multi-year-old loan. it came in the nick of time. >> we were lucky. as far as we were concerned, we qualified for it. but today, knows? maybe we would not be able to get it.

>> employees can also see an upside to send a's election results. they say precess voted against a misguided austerity program. >> there's no doubt we badly need a recovery and then in still wage and pension cuts. things have to improve. we have got to have worked again at last. stopping the cuts is the only way out of this mess. >> of course, everyone here wants to keep your rope, but the lesson they see an election result -- keep the euro, but the lesson they see in the election result is they cannot keep up the way they have been. >> so, lots of uncertainty. they may have put the country on course to exit the eurozone. >> shares in the athens stock exchange suffered further losses on tuesday, dragging other markets and the euro down with

them. >> athens leading -- athens' leading exchange fell to the lowest level in 20 years. stocks took a beating. analysts say a third of private households in greece are in default on their loans right now. private banks in the country need urgent help from any year- old rescue fund to stay liquid. -- from the bureau rescue fund to stay liquid. >> the major issue is the liquidity crunch. we have 25 billion euros that have been earmarked by the troika. however, unless there is a government in place, these sums will not be released. >> the lack of cash is felt across the economy even for basic items.

he has sold meet in the center of athens for close to a quarter of a century. he has never seen the economy get this bad. >> people are looking at the prices. these days they have in the wallace because wages, pensions -- these days they look at their wallets, because wages, pensions have been severely cut. >> he was hoping to retire next year, but now he is worried if anyone would be willing or able to buy his shop. >> there was a steep sell-off on tuesday. blue chips in frankfurt fell to their lowest level since january. our correspondent sent us this. >> after the open, the computer systems of the stock exchange operator did not work at all for more than an hour. which means, the graph of the

german stock, the dax, which usually nervously jitters up and down was a line for a while. this led into a very dissatisfying trading session. the nervousness about greece persists. and then, this is the month of may. this, t. l. o., is weighing on investors' minds. >> for another look at investment numbers -- hang onto your seat belts. eurostoxx 50 giving a more than 2%. the dow jones trading lower at 0.7%. and the hero? down as well at the value of $1.3026.

>> pressure on ukraine continues to grow, especially as countries have threatened to boycott the upcoming 2012 soccer tournament. that kicks off about a month from now. >> in poland, the co-host of the tournament is also under pressure. there is concern about the country's history of soccer violence. >> the brand new national stadium. as 2012 limbs, it is meant to symbolize -- looms, it is meant to symbolize a new age for sports in poland. that is because it is images like these that have defined polish soccer in the past. violence, racism, violence in the stands. poland's chief fan rep.

>> the number of violent incidents have fallen. in the top three divisions, they have become the exception. >> he lived in germany for 10 years. he is working to apply the principle of organizing the peaceful fans. but he is fighting prejudice from abroad. >> all its takes is a minor incident in a polish state and to have the media from portugal to norway buzzing about it. >> like last november, and poland's independence day holiday when far right hooligans attacked police. many assailants were said to be soccer fans. far right extremists and remains a major concern for polish soccer. he is confronting that problem. his fan network -- never again -- reports all incidents.

there is no permanent office for fear of attacks. >> there is the lack of responsibility for fighting racism and discrimination at the local level. at the level of the club, for example. clubs often do not understand they are responsible for the educational work with their fans. >> never again has a series of initiatives planned for the tournament, including having the shops around stadiums as racism- free zones. the european championships are a unique chance for poland to transform its and culture. he is currently setting up a meeting place for fans from warsaw. after the tournament, he hopes it will become a center for all peaceful soccer fans in the polish capital.

>> they have often been branded by the media as a bunch of dangerous gangsters and the fans want to prove that stereotyped wrong. for them, the tournament is a chance to show europe from their good side. >> the people from poland themselves are eagerly awaiting the soccer event. they believe the stereotypes will be proved wrong. warsaw hosts the first match in exactly one month. >> germany is falling behind in its efforts to integrate growing numbers of immigrants from other eu states suffering from the economic downturn. that is according to a new report that also says more money should be spent to help the. >> the report says integration must be a top national priority in cities and urban schools. in our next report, we take a look at the roma children in a school in berlin. >> a primary school in berlin.

two years ago, there was an influx of 60 roma children. baking with their families from romania and bulgaria -- they came up with their families from romania and bulgaria. most spoken of german. >> they came because they heard from friends how good it was here. every parent naturally wants to give their child a better future. >> almost 1000 roma move to berlin in 2011. few speak fluent german and have job training. immigration can be difficult, especially for those who are poor. that is why they're recommending freed language classis. >> need a proper integration strategy for integration within

the eu. it is a new area for us, but one needs attention. >> they do not want to restrict freedom of movement for europe's pour. instead, they want to give direct help to the communities that need it. >> and that brings you up-to- date with the latest international news. >> that is right. we will be following this coalition talks in athens threat even in. stay with us for that.