spoke with the german foreign minister heikal masamune he said maccollins comments could prompt europe to take a more critical look at its own role in the transatlantic alliance as if it we will accept the invitation to the strategic dialogue we believe that we 1st need to decide within europe how to meet the increased demands in the future we will have to do more for our security but i think it would be a mistake to put europe against the us. as it were in its security alliance that works nato but it needs reform and we're discussing that now we want to bolster the european side of nato and to do that we 1st need to reach consensus in europe that dialogue that the monoid mccrone has proposed complaisant if it can roll in this that's why we will take part. in them to give you chief political correspondent melinda crane is covering the conference for us in munich she joins me now melinda hello there's a clear debate about the current state of the transatlantic alliance and your specific role what are you hearing from delegates about the best way to move forward. essentially from the eur

he spoke with the german foreign minister heikal mohsin munich he said much comments could prompt europe to take a more critical look at its own role in the transatlantic alliance as a vivid and we would step the invitation to this strategic dialogue now we believe that we 1st need to decide within europe how to meet the increased demands in the future we will have to do more for our security but i think it would be a mistake to put europe against the u.s. . as it were in that security alliance that works nato but it needs reform and we're discussing that now we want to bolster the european side of nato and to do that we 1st need to reach consensus in europe that dialogue that the manuel mccrone has proposed can play a significant role in this that's why we will take part in the discipline him. chief political correspondent melinda crane is covering their security conference for us in munich and joins me now today is the last day of the conference what can we expect. well this was traditionally middle eastern day when the conference discuss the various conflicts in the middle east rangin

says he wants europe to do more without the united states fact we asked germany's foreign minister heikal moss for his thoughts on the matter. as a bit we would see the invitation to the strategic dialogue now we believe that we 1st need to decide within europe how to meet the increased demands in the future we will have to do more for our security but i think it would be a mistake to put europe against the u.s. . as it were in its security alliance that works nato but it needs reform and we're discussing that now we want to bolster the european side of nato and to do that we 1st need to reach consensus in europe that dialogue that the manuel mccrone has proposed complaisant if it can roll in this that's why we will take part in that assault on them so terry looks like mosse not ready to give up on the united states yet or even on nato even though there have been these increased tensions with europe. that's right every european leader acknowledges that there is no replacement for nato as the security guarantor for europe even those europeans and there are very few i would have to say who

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tearing libya apart as well as refugee flows across the mediterranean and the german foreign minister heikal mass speaking before a panel discussion spoke of a new stage in the world's political order. on the year of american global pollution is over think of syria africa afghanistan not because of the lack of military or economic power but because the commitment of those responsible in the white house has changed when it comes to the world older. must there speaking at this year's munich security conference which has as its overarching theme a word restlessness might be a word many people haven't heard before don't worry what it means who said she had an existential crisis among western nations about what their role is on the world stage today was talking about this in relation to the middle east on friday saying that nations like russia turkey and iran were now the ones who are really driving the agenda in the middle east at the moment and their decisions on the future of that region were being made not in geneva or new york but in sochi and aston are now he firmly blames the united states

latest from libya but 1st a live to dominic casey in in berlin dominic the german foreign minister heikal marks says this agreements has been reached what else would he have to say. to the masses saying that this is a big step forward for the burnin process the goal being to prevent further arms supplies reaching the civil war parties in libya that reference of the berlin process is harking back to the conference that was held in the german capital bringing together many of the key players if not all of the key players in the libyan scenario plus international represent representatives from the international community to try and thrash out a way forward in libya now the point here is there have been stumbling blocks and sticking points but one of the key things for mr mass for germany has been the need for greater international cooperation certainly of a european level this is what mr ass had to say in brussels a little earlier on. i would assume of a musician libya is also about the security of europe so everyone must be aware that we have to make a contribution to ensure security here i

details at the united states from john mccain he's in berlin for dominic the german foreign minister heikal mass says this agreement has been reached what else city have to say the important thing to remember here is the impetus of the german government has been trying to bring to resolving what can be resolved to drive to bring warring sides together for some considerable time certainly mr maher spoke about the need for progress in this issue just this weekend at the munich security conference but it's also something that his entire government has been working on as i say for some time people will recall that in january there was a conference here in the german capital bringing together all the main players in so far as they could be brought together to try to thrash out some form of progress here so when he spoke to reporters in brussels it was clear for him this was about trying to increase international pressure to find a resolution what he had to say. i would assume movie and of a musician libya is also about the security of europe so everyone must be aware that we have to make a contr

the condemnation of what took place there has also been certainly from the german foreign minister heikalmass from the social democrat party he has said that the country must now come come to terms with the fact the far right violence is here to stay in germany and must be confronted and clearly that's a sentiment that many of the people who walking behind me seeing the venue where the shootings took place they echo that sentiment back to you ok dominic in their life as in hanau thank you. now the german parliament has recently approved a bill targeting hate speech on social media the government says there were nearly 9 fan isn't attacks by far right groups and individuals in the 1st half of last year that's an increase over thousands compared to the same period the year before $2185.00 states reported at least 3 right wing racist and anti jewish attacks per day the government says it stepped up efforts to tackle the problem last week 12 men were arrested for planning attacks against asylum seekers muslims and politicians and earlier this month the leader of the governing christian democr

there and we're seeing that because the german foreign minister is attending this meeting that's heikal mosse as well as the belgian deputy prime minister who is actually. leading this meeting why those 2 countries there that co pen holders on the humanitarian situation in syria what that means is essentially that they are the 2 countries on the security council that are in charge of the un's humanitarian file on syria we did hear from heiko mosse the german foreign minister for just a few minutes before the meeting began and before he went in and he just in very brief comments said that they need to get together to figure out how to get humanitarian aid to the people that need it the most and also called on all countries to figure out how to reach some sort of cease fire in terms of this meeting that we're seeing right here at the security council as you're seeing there we're hearing from the 6 systems secretary. of humanitarian affairs we're also. expected to hear from the head of unicef was expected to lay out the very dire situation for children in northwest syria and then we're exp