political correspondent in brussels and asked him if he believes the crisis is now behind us. >> i don't know if a major part is ahead of us. the crisis is certainly not behind us. as one who stands on the sidelines of these talks here in brussels, you can see the same old tensions. the balance between severe austerity and the need to give incentives to the public to help create wealth and growth. that is what the public in athens are protesting about -- too much austerity, not enough incentive, not enough job opportunities. certainly, this is not behind us. this economic crisis is much where it was before. that raises concerns for countries such as portugal and ireland, who are raising their way out of the bailout syndrome. if greece falls back, that could spell trouble ahead. >> staying with economic news and german exports fell unexpectedly in may. suffering the steepest incline in three and a half years -- in 3 1/2 years.