u. commission made it clear for now they define this as an inner spanish conflict and will not take on such a role so it's a domestic concern according to the e.u. max how concerned is the e.u. that this crisis could have a ripple effect and inspire other restive regions from unilaterally declaring their independence. as far as we can gather they're concerned for a whole range of issues about this conflict of course having this is part of the european union very important part and as you said there might be a ripple effect because for example the flamers parts of belgium or scotland in the u.k. all of those had some independence tendencies in the past and of catalonia did some things the sec's successful by unilaterally declaring their independence and getting away with it that could be a problem for the european union but the sharpest sword that the e.u. has in this case is not necessarily mediating but repeating over and over again and they've done that here in strasburg today that whoever leaves you member state in this case it would be spain would no longer be part of the european union

u. commission is also ordering amazon to pay two hundred fifty million euros in back taxes to luxembourg for starters said the small western european country had granted the online shopping giant an illegal tax break meaning almost three quarters of its profits have gone on taxed now the u. commision seems to be getting impatient with the tax tricks of big multinationals but also with member states that actors tax havens so let's bring in our brussels correspondent barbara vessel barbara ireland was ordered to collect this tax bill from apple more than a year ago by the commission what was the hold up island doesn't want to do that it's as simple as that because the government in dublin said this is what our tax laws are and we protest and they went to the european court of justice to sort of go against this first ruling last year however the point is that going to court in protesting against the ruling from brussels doesn't necessarily mean that there is a suspense of effect they have to collect this money and thirteen billion i mean even for apple that's money and nonprofit says we're

u. commission investigated at b.m.w. headquarters in munich which is of course something that could be expected since it's been out while already there your commission suspects that the german carmakers formed some sort of illegal cartel b.m.w. says no comment but well that's something perfectly understandable no company wants to talk about stuff like that i guess b.m.w. shares are obviously down today although it does seem to have such a squeaky clean reputation otherwise. yes the shares of b.m.w. are down but all carmakers have lost today and that has to do with news from germany's largest leasing companies six leasing where it's reported that the resale of diesel cars is so bad the prices have dropped so much that it really has problems the shares in six leasing lost eleven percent today and of course that's a bad omen for the sale of cars in general so that had an impact on the share prices of the car makers today now comrade you have a lot of experience reporting from frankfurt on the central bank the european centr

u. s. law covers the use of commissions to sell weapons. no question now is whether airbus misled authorities willllfully. or not. if the inaccuracies are judged to be unintentional the company would likely b e finened up to five hundred thousand dollars per violation. what is the department of justice decides to investigate? and discovers the violations are criminal that find could double. more drastic penalties could see airbus temporarily blocked from buying us made goods covered by i. tart. including components that uses in small transport planes helicopters and satellites. in two t thousand and ten british defense contractor be a he systems was ordered to pay four hundred million dollars. for criminal violation of part one thirty of the i tore rules. airbus already faces corruption investigations in eueurope. related to the use of middlemen to pay bribes. the company's earnings report warns of it penalties from those investigations could have a significant effect on its finances. purging on some days other business headlines now. briti

commission is demanding millions of back taxes to be collected from u.s. tech giants amazon and apple also the license for monsanto's cry for save is up for renewal in the u. and it's facing challenges and a swiss investment group is helping to get iran's rail infrastructure back on track . welcome to d.w. business i'm crystal kober in berlin the european commission is turning the screws on u.s. tech companies on wednesday it ordered amazon to repay a quarter of a billion euros in back sex and the commission has taken ireland to court for failing to collect billions from apple. patience has run out of the european commission taking to the podium the e.u. competition commission announced that brussels had on and in its sights taking the country's government to the european court of justice for its failure to collect taxes from us giant apple then a year ago the commission docked at the decision. requiring ireland to recover up to thirteen billion euros in the league from apple. however ireland has still not recovered any money not even in part. apple is currently appealing the case it argues that the revenues in question a subject to u.s. tax rules instead

commissions page two when south african government contract sounds dubious. here we're talking here about six point five million euros and we're hearing that s a p u was paying this sort off mt in order to get contracts from state owned companies this is a really big topic right now in south africa also involving south african president zuma. s.a.p.'s saying that they are very ashamed about all of this that they really have to work on getting a better image now in south africa also suspending three employees and saying that there are no going to be any more commission in the future when it's about contracts you know related to state owned companies why don't you call in frankfurt thank you so much for bringing us up to date. on its final day and that is today germany's bankrupt carrier air berlin has managed to do what it rarely could in its prime name is still tickets at a price high enough to ensure a profit the airlines last flight is scheduled to depart munich this even ing it's been sold out for two weeks with some seeds given for six times the usual fare since its announcement that today would be its last day of flying the carrier has seen an outpourin

u . so we are not yet in talks with other parties. but of course, we are proposing that programme, and we can see that they picked it up, we need an enquiry commissionp with the idea to have a migration law, like canada has one. so we see that they are coming up with a programme. and if they come to the parliament with those ideas, we will of course support it, of course. now, alexander gauland, as i say, your co—leader, said, "the government should get ready for tough times, we will hound her" — angela merkel. "we'll get our country and our people back." what does it mean? what are you actually going to do? well, we will have a strong debate, we will ask difficult questions. we will focus on the government, we'll control the government — that's the role of opposition. 0pposition has to control the government. this has not taken place the last years. we have had a grand coalition with the left and greens and the government — no, not in the government, sorry — in the opposition, but not going against the government. but basically, supporting it in all major ideas. so this is something that would change dramatically. we will have real debates again in

commission. that has not happened. this is a domestic affair. the responses not they wanted and that could be the response why we had this massive u-turn. getting these comments coming through from various spanish newspapers talking about whether banks based in ursula network catalonia are choosing to move their headquarters. this is a live conversation in the markets. the implication that any independence claim would have on the banks that operate within catalonia. >> exactly. yields have been -- the ibex is down but pressure on catalan banks very at they are -- banks. most of the business is in spain. if you look at it in terms of branches. this of the economic reality, the banks have been under pressure. ,ith a have access to the ecb would it work that way? a lot of questions we're not getting answers. the administration is very vague. it is beginning to kick in. manus: thank you very much. the catalan government is claiming to have counted more than 2 million votes for separation but they have not been independently verified for four days after the referendum. they still have not presented the final results. anna: we will bring you

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commission has authorized google to send 30 more balloons to that area. google has warned that the technology in the balloons is still experimental but was tes tested prior to being put to u course better than nothing for those people there. welcome back. you're watching good day philadelphia weekend. i'm lauren johnson. scott williams has look at your saturday forecast. it seems to not be able to make up its mind, scott. >> temperatures running a good 10 degrees or more above average, lauren, later on this afternoon. feeling more like spring. a little bit of a chill, though, first thing on this saturday morning. a warm weekend ahead. we'll talk about the monday night football scenario, and if those showers will hold off. rain a good bet though as we move toward your tuesday. temperature wise, 37 degrees currently in mount pocono. so some frost on the old pumpkin there. 40 degrees in pottstown. 47 wilmington. 44 degrees in millville. we have 49 currently in atlantic city. we'll kind of zoom in to sections of south jersey. mullica hill 40 degrees. 40 in bordentown. 42 hammonton. mid 50s north wildwood. 55 degrees in ocean city. later on this afternoon, a lot of sunshine. d

commission is demanding millions of back taxes to be collected from u.s. tech giants amazon and apple also the license for monsanto's guy for save is up for renewal in the u. .