bohmermann is under police protection.is: how will she deal with the political scandal surrounding jan bohmermann. they wanted to know if the government would make way to deal with the offending poem. ms. merkel: the values are spelled out in article five of the constitution. these fundamental values are in an illegal, regardless of all that -- art in alienable. doris: jan bohmermann's column provoked president erdogan to such an extent that he wants to see him -- in court. >> it would be strange if the german government helped erdogan while at the same time, he would curtail the freedom of opinion and artistic expression in his own country. . that can only bring about misunderstanding. the german government can never be allowed to be blackmailed. doris: an online petition is also underway with a petition to the german government. 100,000 people have already signed the petition. the turkish president has made it clear that he won't give in. if you can't achieve his aims by pressing charges, he has already taken another rou

malte: i would say jan bohmermann.r happens, even if he gets prosecuted, he would be regarded by the germans as one of the best satirists. , i agree.mermann andreas: i think all around, all three of us. peter: [laughter] i suspected. thank you very much for joining me. you have given us plenty of food for thought. please join us next week. get in touch by mail or social media. bye-bye from "quadriga," for now. ♪ 8úxúñÑÑçoçobq >> today, global 3000 goes to chile, where we meet some tiny frogs which biologists are completely mad about. but why are there numbers on the decline? and we had to nairobi, homes to thousands of street kids. while most people there ought to turn a blind eye, one person is taking a closer look. first, we had to the west bank where and israeli is supporting the palestinians here in their battle for more rights.

malte: i would say jan bohmermann.r happens, even if he gets prosecuted, he would be regarded by the germans as one of the best satirists. , i agree.mermann andreas: i think all around, all three of us. peter: [laughter] i suspected. thank you very much for joining me. you have given us plenty of food for thought. please join us next week. get in touch by mail or social media. bye-bye from "quadriga," for now. ♪ ñÑÑçoço announcer: this is a production of china central television america. mike: without a doubt, technology is redefining our daily lives. but there are some innovations that have changed the world forever. this week, conversations with innovators whose "light bulb" moments are history in the making. i'm mike walter in los angeles. let's take it "full frame." think about this question

malte: i would say jan bohmermann.r happens, even if he gets prosecuted, he would be regarded by the germans as one of the best satirists. , i agree.mermann andreas: i think all around, all three of us. peter: [laughter] i suspected. thank you very much for joining me. you have given us plenty of food for thought. please join us next week. get in touch by mail or social media. bye-bye from "quadriga," for now. ♪ p1uvvñÑÑçoço michelle: hello and welcome to "focus on europe," where we take you behind the headlines and discuss the stories affecting the people across this great continent. i'm michle hener thank you for joining us. on today's show -- taking the taboo out of domestic violence in france. poland's political horse trading. and ukraine's eurovision entry hits a historical note. with the explosive revelations from the panama papers, where big name financial groups, political elites and even soccer stars were helped to hide cash in offshore havens, it's no surprise that the public is angry. while tax avoidance i

bohmermann made crude, -- crude comments against him on television.ut he said he will not be appearing on his show, for the time being. >> satirist bohmermann on his television show, deeply insulted the turkish president. >> the president the house to punish the party involved. above all, he vows to prevent him from saying that in the future. >> erdogan is taking advantage of law, saying it is illegal to insult a foreign head of state. however, chancellor merkel must give her permission for the prosecution to take place. that is something the nations legal experts are now discussing. there is now a reference to another german law. >> our fundamental values are spelled out in article five of the constitution, the freedom to express one's own opinion, in the freedom of sciences and the arts. these fundamental values are inalienable, because of all the political problems we have been discussing. >> will germany allow erdogan to press charges? >> it would also be strange if the german government helped him. while at the same time, everyone wants freedom o

a media group is standing behind bohmermann. "i i completely support all your turns of phrase, and legally i would like to make them my own,, too." at the end of march, another dv satire -- another tv satire lead to another clip. the critics say she has made herself vulnerable, and it is increasingly an assertive leader to help the migrant crisis. anchor: our chief respondent is with us tonight. why are german and limitations -- why are german politicians getting involved? >> a rather obscure, outmoded provision of the german criminal code sets up a defamation of a foreign head of state has a possible crime and says the process leading to charges maybe triggered by a formal diplomatic complaint. this provision of the code goes back decades all the way to a controversy surrounding german media coverage of the life of the shaw of iran, so that is sometime back. the law has rarely been applied. the law is on the books, and turkey wants to see it implemented. anchor: you have to handle -- hand it to the turkish president for knowing