let's go over to frankfurt where daimler's major trading as place. patricia has more. >> great numbers. outlook also looking quite good, however the stock this morning was down by as much as 3% earlier on. now recovering, but still amongst the main losers. i have to say, looking it at the details of the number, there were more positives than negatives, but perhaps the negatives are weighing out the sentiment out here. so what we need to raise is the issue of operating margins falling by almost 1%, but again, less than expected that fall. operating margins now at 8.4% expected 8.3%. also the free cash flow dropping by about 2 billion. the comment by the cfo earlier on in the call, he said that the pricing environment in china in the first quarter has softened somewhat and that of course is a big issue going forward because you do still have a very growing market, revenues are up. however, the pricing needs to stay stable in order to continue to increase profitability going forward and keep those margin levels. now, also interesting comments made in te

that's why you heard daimler and nissan coming up with new brands. but today the market is growing in the suv segment. that's why we heard from companies like ford rolling out new suvs. and the luxury segment, there is just no sign of a slowdown here. this remains the key market for all of the luxury segment here in china. back to you. >> thanks very much for that. silvia is also following wen's trip to germany. when you look at the new orders, 44.9 tenth month of contraction, i dare say they need as much demand and help in china as we can get. >> absolutely. the chinese market has become more and more important especially for the german automakers. if you look at the top brands for example when it's audi, whether it's porsche, whether daimler, record sales in china even during the teams of the crisis, these were the markets that were booming. so yes certainly more important. and china also as a banker, as a money lender, as supporter more important. this is why mar kell herkel is woo china's interests in the eurozone and what we've heard in terms of

kneedler - >> daimler/chrysler - >> don't you think it's unrealistic to say leave it to congress, as though you are sending it back to congress for congress to consider it dispassionately on balance, should we have this provision or should we not have provision? that's not what it's going to be. it's going to be, these provisions are in effect; even though you -- a lot of you never wanted them to be in effect, and you only voted for them because you wanted to get the heart of the -- the act, which has now been cut out; but nonetheless these provisions are the law, and you have to get the votes to overturn them. that's an enormously different question from whether you get the votes initially to put them into the law. what -- there, there is no way that this court's decision is not going to distort the congressional process. whether we strike it all down or leave some of it in place, the congressional process will never be the same. one way or another, congress is going to have to reconsider this, and why isn't it better to have them reconsider it -- what -- what should i say -- in tot