the one driving the ever that make it for me. the i destroy here a pain lawmakers condemn spain and the you over the arrest of cattle and separately to call us pushed him on in italy after almost 4 years on the run brussels and stripped the pe parliamentary immunity. now, face is expedition to spain, to face trial for service our q back laws. we'd relate to protest new schools and medical facilities, but critic school in the band and infringement of civil liberties. and less than a year after. 5 coming to office j biden's approval rating. pouring a raft is questionable policy with the us president no less popular in his

predecessor and like a future rival, donald trump. and with germany said to choose his next. john slid this weekend after 16 years of angle. americans at the helm, we begin our special coverage to country selection. ah, good morning, just come 10 o'clock. hey, re moscow. you with archie international disgrace. that's how europeans politicians have described the arrest that the castle and separatists lead to call us push them all in italy after he was stripped of his immunity as an enemy paid his wanted on a range of charges including sedition and has been sort by spanish authorities for nearly 4 years, the spanish disgrace just doesn't stop. neither does the european disgrace. solidarity was carlos put more. the spanish state is abusing the you arrest war.

and by using it in this way, allow people to exercise their democrats right to vote is not a crime. there is only one way to still be insistent repression of the states. amnesty self determination and independence total supports mr. president. ok, let's talk more now with the per tranquil and alia. we've seen lots reaction haven't way to what happened over the last few hours, and just bring us up to speed on this arrest. andrew, good morning. well, there's definitely could be the turning point in the fate of kinda line independence theater calls pushed him on and it could be the end of freedom for him . he was arrested upon arrival on the italian island of sardinia, where he was supposed to take part and a meeting that's about capital one full core, just cultural stuff, nothing to do with independence on friday. and italian court. busy is supposed to make a decision on the next steps in his case. and one of the likely scenarios is extradition

to spain, where mr. pushed him on is facing charges in particular of misuse of funds and also sedition, which could mean 25 years behind bars for the former capital one independent cedar . now you may wonder how is that possible if he's supposed to be protected by parliamentary immunity as a member of the european parliament? well, earlier this year and march, in fact, calls pushed him on and his allies were stripped of that immunity by the european parliament. and i can tell you that this was a very tens day and that parliament building hey cindy at these dates of europe and parliament lost or unity, but the europe in parliament lot more than that. but he didn't get results. it is also long to your marketing research goes on. well,

we may be opening the door to other member states to prosecute any piece from representing minority. this for probably together is ons on, you know, these is, these would be a tremendous fuzzy, but i haven't, the government should not open what we heard him. me. that's because your mom has been wanted by the spanish authorities for several years now and always stemming from castle and you paid for independence. right. let's just go back to the events that were happening exactly 4 years ago in september 2017. the capital at a reasonable regional for parliament, led by president calls pushed him on, initiated a referendum on the independence. and it went on despite been declared unconstitutional . body madrid, and i remember how a vast majority of the voters voted to break away from madrid even though the union

is decided to boycott that referendum. and it all resulted in a very brutal crack. down on the independence movement. was voters being severely beaten by police portage and being jailed at that time? some people were even saying that these votes were giving flashbacks of victim toil spain of the middle of the 20th century. i remember how there were floods. the streets were flooded with people carrying capital and flags, but it looks like the police at that time were given orders by madrid not to show any mercy to the voters or protest. ah. 1 the the

and i remember how it all ended, so catalonia never became independent and even it's autonomy. busy was taken away by madrid, some of the independent leaders were jailed but calls pushed him on was able to we, spain. and ever since then, of course the spanish authorities were after him. and this arrest that now happened on the all and the sardine a. this isn't pushed him on 1st run in with police, because already back in 2018, he was detained by german police. but that sad time, a local court decided that he cannot be extradited to spain on rail and charges. that would be permissible according to the german court, but the spanish stories came out with

a different way to charge him. the charges that are mentioned again, it could admit, refunds office addition. and now there you have it. you've been arrested in italy and we're waiting. what's the italian court has to say about that? yeah, we might just get a results on that a bit later today. okay, thanks. any that was awesome. in portraying my poor writer, director of the human rights defend sent to say that future mom's detention can only capitalized catalonia push for independence. actually, spain, he faced the possibility of criminal prosecution on charges raging from sedition. and also in the spanish camera is also charged with depth of funds, which seems to be a cloak for the political charges against him. and if he is convicted, he would be sent to the very harsh or regime of the spanish prison system, which hold hundreds of political prisoners in the bask in the catalog and independence. catalonia has been colonized and conquered by the spanish government

1st for hundreds of years now and at every step, the catalog movement has not been crush, it has not been silenced. and if anything seems beginning steam in recent years, especially in the last 10 or 15 years. so i think that there's a good chance that far from losing far from losing momentum. if anything we get along in movement will be further, catalyzed by this i was in spain, i was in catalonia barcelona for independence day. a couple years ago, i think was 2017, and the crowds are enormous. there's obviously massive support for the idea of independence, and i think the catalog and people themselves want to be free and want to be independent of a, basically the colonial regime and but dread. so i think that no matter how hard the spanish government tries, i think the trend is clearly that the catalonia people want and dependence, and they want to be free from central rule, from a dread. the canadian province in quebec has i, lord, covert related rallies,

new schools, medical and vaccination facilities. the bill claims to protect children and health workers from what it calls the dangerous impact of demonstrations. critic school. no, it denies people's right to protest, but the state premier said that demonstrators have gone too far. i understand, but it is difficult to restrict the right to protest, but frankly there are limits. we must spare our children. those who are sick and the work is in the health network, who take care of our loved ones during a pandemic that affects them all. well that all bands, demonstrations or fair incitement within 50 meters of schools and clinics offend in the face, thousands of dollars in fines. medical and school staff are still allowed to protest in the workplace where the law follows a number of antique vaccine protest side schools in quebec largest city, montreal. the head of the province said his patients had reached his limit after some of the rallies that have erupted across the country turn violent,

or he contributor, burn chen and roy, uterus gray, breaks down the reactions to the bill. the problem is that i cannot she, why such a lot less? because if the demonstration is violent or culture was loud, it can already disperse, under the criminal code and under various law. so there's absolutely no reason because i think they want to stop the message from being can be too late. and if that's the case, then it's a very serious constitutional contravention of the charges. and for anyone who does believe that such a law would infringe on the canadian charter of rights and freedoms, which does guarantee freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. remember that any and all of the freedoms outlined in the charter are subject to what it called reasonable limitations by the government. and as we have seen time and time again,

when different court cases have led that certain code restrictions violates human rights in canada, such as the canadian florentine hotels, it does seem that canadian judges are of the opinion that if something is done supposedly in the name of stopping the spread of co bid, then any and all limitations on canadian rights and freedoms are in fact, reasonable not less than a year after coming to office jo biden's, popularity has already slumped below that of his predecessor ham, possible rival to the next election. donald trump just 3 months biden's ratings have collapsed by more than 10 percent on quarter. takes a look. a pandemic spiraling out of control historic military defeat and a border crisis to boot. americans are starting to think things weren't as bad as they thought under former president, donald trump, the mounting issues on all fronts of lead to the surprise conclusion that trump is now seen as being as good a president as biden suggesting the honeymoon is being replaced with buyer's

remorse. first on the list, afghanistan, the washington shameful defeat, that concluded its 20 year long war was the last straw. for many americans, the disastrous withdrawal of us troops and surrendering of millions of dollars of military tax to the taliban. had republicans and democrats alike demanding the biden administration. be held accountable. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah,

the ap ganna stand might feel like a world away from america, but there is no shortage of problems at home under biden's administration. earlier this month, biden announced a number of vaccine testing and mask mandates, which is proving to be the latest american political spac connected to the pandemic affecting around 2 thirds of the u. s. workforce. it wasn't long before the cries that biden is violating people's freedom of choice, were heard. 24 republican state attorney generals, or even threatening lawsuits really disruption divides country. it increases the division in terms of vaccination when we should all be together along the campaign trail. biden. promised to make the country southern border a more humane place. instead, thousands of migrants are living in horrific condition. like under the del rio

international bridge, the immigration crisis is getting worse as thousands more asylum seekers come knocking at the us his door. and to top it all off, biden's approach hasn't changed much from that of the trump administrations. kids are still being put in cages. and despite biden's many promises to would be green cardholders, many migrants are being deported back home without getting their chance at asylum. ah ah, with a track record like biden's and not even a whole year in office, it's no wonder over half of america thinks the country is on the wrong track. don't call today are you watching? are you still ahead for this friday morning with just i used to go before germany

had to pose we begin special coverages, angle merkel sets time, chance for them to come up in the oh, i use i i use me join me every 1st day on the alex,

silent show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politic sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. me the the me ah, welcome back and i was the german elections just stays away. the country's gearing up to answer the big question. who will reprice chancellor anglo merkel as she leaves office after 16 years empower. ah ah!

now on thursday, candidates did hold their final debate, but at a rally, shortly before that event, merkle was actually booed for backing one of the candidates on the ship as her successor. meanwhile, germans have found some pretty creative ways to say good bye to the chancellor with a toy make a hay even producing 500 special edition teddy bears in her image. quite similar features, miracles trademark bolt on her signature, diamond shaped hand gesture, and in the capital berlin, people gather to, to paint colorful portraits of the going leader. i. mercosur, korea has been full of ups and downs, and she's tackled a raft of major problems to from the pandemic to being spied on by her us ally peter oliver looked back at the mirror, clara after almost 16 years in charge. the time has come for angle america to step down as german chancellor, drawing the curtain on a political career of over 3 decades,

coming through office in 2005. she's the 3rd longest serving german chancellor of old time, only her mentor helmet. cole held a position longer in postwar, germany, anglo myrtle have achieved something that most politicians haven't at the time of leaving office. she has remained popular with a large chunk of the voters. no small achievement. when you look at the challenges she's had to face me, germany weathered the financial storm that began with the collapse of layman brothers back in 2008 better than most countries. a 480000000 euro bailout for the banks and managing to keep on employment figures from spiking to high soaring de la medical reelected in 2009. then came the collapse of grief and the fear that could never pay any of it. and pushed the single current, the close to the brink and

a tidal wave of criticism crushing down on merkel and had government view 2013. so whistleblower. edward snowden reveal that the united states had kept detailed tubs on senior german officials, including chancellor merkel, her phone being tapped by washington. protests on the streets of germany were followed up with more diplomatic comment from the chancellor. have always made it clear to the u. s. president, buying among friends is not acceptable to me. one of the biggest moments of angle americans tenure came in 2015 with the refugee crisis. her statement of via shuffle. so we can do it. she did a policy which saw hundreds of thousands of ref geez, fleeing the conflict and syria coming here to germany. something which saw anglo merkel revered by some and reviled by others. each daughter guns,

i simply say that germany is a strong country. we have already managed so many things we can do it on these and whenever there is something sending, you know, way, if you don't need to cross that bridge, which is need to work on it. biggest is these are going to invite the indoor. so we have not migrant lose and search for and what we are seeing right now has no relevance to the present. when this is merkle, repeat constantly, we will cope with it, but not offered. a structured solution is on talk to the chancellor medical actions in regard to refugees change the makeup of the german parliament, his opposition to her policies on asylum allowed the anti migrant alternative for germany party to win seats in the bond. the stag, becoming the largest opposition party to her government, and making things difficult to her when addressing the chamber. i

me there being no easy route to the finish line for angular medical though. the government's policies on the covert pandemic set off a small but vocal opposition that at one point threatened to storm the boom. the stock, the me me, me, me the retreat from a dentist on provided the chancellor with more problems in her final weeks with accusations rifts within her cabinets over how best to evacuate people from cobble . and then issues over who had been able to get on german planes. because ultimately, if we will continue the evacuation operation for as long as possible in order to

help afghans who worked with us for security by freedom for the rule of law and development to leave the country. we currently have a very pragmatic procedure. we only carry out the security check upon entry to the country. we have now identified 4 cases of people who had already been deported border now in germany. she prepares to vacate the chancellor's office just behind me. alarm bells ringing loudly in angle americans christiy and democratic union party as they slump to record lows in the pulse. the chancellor's final address to the bone, the stag, which became a 10 to promote the d. u. candidate arm and lush, it as her successor ended in a barrage of hackles bodies. and it's not just about foreign policy and nato in europe. who would have thought i have been with

this gym and been descent for with he is here is out of the democracy. and this is exactly what will be discussed me. despite the obvious challenges, the merkel years will go down is a time of relative stability for most germans. her policies have made it easier for families to balance. children with korea's employment figures have remained steady while the economy is enviable in the u. internationally. germany has taken a far more prominent role under medical leadership than it is had in modern times. one of the big concerns right now though, is that with no clear successes, to angle america, in terms of policy or certainly international clout, what will become of those years of stability that was seen when to her rein feature all of her r, t, berlin. now we took to the streets of germany to get the people's gay, half miracle, and her policies. it's been

a long time. i've experienced 3 chances. i called schmidt and merkel. it's strange when you're $54.00 and you've only had 3 chancellor. i think she did a lot of good things for the country and also made a lot of strange decisions with c. d. u is not my party was, but i think she can happily retire. i will miss mrs. mccullough, because i'm not satisfied with the current candidates, i would have preferred her. i think mrs. miracle has done a good job, very charismatic. she's accepted everywhere in the world, not to city you border, but you can admire the woman for long, too long. mrs. merkel should have gone 4 years ago now. she has lost her way. she did a lot of good in the 12 years before, but now you can see that she's out of steam. now here's how the election process will actually work over the weekend. voters do not directly choose the chancellor, but half 2 votes to decide the next parliament. the 1st ballot is for a candidate in their constituency, and there are $299.00 constituencies across the country. the 2nd ballot is for

a political party, and there are $47.00 of them running for seats bus. only car thief is more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide can actually enter the blend. is one of the candidates for the chance the ship is an alina beer book here, the green party cody just in 2018. she's a nice spoken opponent of the north stream to pipeline to pump gas from russia to europe. has been criticized for lacking top level experienced miss even accused of plagiarism in her latest book will be discussed high. the election could actually panic with you and told him hoffer. he's an author, a journalist, and former politician, fee for miracles, christian democrat party, the violence. when he tried to get it con, go on like this. we have total stagnation in german politics. we can't get any

problem solve anymore. we have a failed cobra policy. no solution when the flood happened problems everywhere. the country is stagnant and frozen, and the big parties are also stagnant guns. there's no more progress to that is the cool problem that don't do anything any more. i was in the talk myself for 18 years . it's completely wrong about that. we no longer want the professional politicians who go into the button to talk and then stay there for 50 years and who's only goal is to be reelected. they get elected. what are the chancellor or presidents? the same was in america or france. they date, they are elected, they already thinking about their reelection, not about the fate of the country. we want people who put the good of the country above their own interests. of course that is not easy to achieve, but there is a way, don't allow more than 2 terms. then you get a completely different type of person who doesn't run after the mainstream. do as i bumped into and we have to leave the to the next generation so that it is

still beautiful. but the methods are different than the green c climate policy as a religion, as a belief that what you do once you've decided, but if it is decided they will be electric cars, then they will only be electric cars. that is wrong. you have to approach a big problem with an open mind. new things will be invented. it's a mistake to focus on the electric cars because 90 percent of the world's population cannot afford an electric car for countries don't have that. we need a solution for these countries. face been eyes for they take now nothing is happening, nothing more is coming. they no longer have any solutions. when a problem up these families looking at each other and don't know what to do, as i've talked to leaders for years, auditions and the federal government telling them that these was all wrong. and

that they had misinformed people or not, but are often going to storm still as badly off as they were 20 years ago under merkel. you were in danger of being kicked out of the christian democratic union party because you were against was for mrs. mark, like others, has given football too long. nothing has happened in the last 8 years. from mrs. marco's point of view, there is nothing more to be achieved. she was never a real cd. you leader. can we roll that continuous, special coverage, tell you what the german elections throughout the we can just come up to our past and it moscow this friday morning. good to have you company more from us in about 30 minutes? oh, i don't know. i mean, there's some steps in there were rescuing the food that they were scabbing or, or where were rescuing resources that are still good. this is best by march 21st

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