e.u. environment commission a common novella to germany and five other countries to court. some of the pm complains to be. in two thousand. and five and no two complaints are to be in two thousand and ten so i think we've waited a long time and we cannot possibly wait and all and the longer we cannot have plans which are telling us that compliance might be some time even after twenty twenty seven after twenty twenty five. i don't so these were the main reasons. the most effective way to rapidly cut nitrogen oxide pollution is to ban diesel cars from roads with the government dragging its feet the organization environmental action germany began suing the sixty five affected cities to force them to stay within the e.u. pollution limits the first verdict was handed down and in early june twenty eight hundred became the first german city force to take action by an administrative court because a lot of the state of north rhine-westphalia was no take all necessary measures to ensure that a complies with the limits of nitrogen dioxide by september first twenty nineteen of the scot

e.u. at each level on environment we've seen that in a lot of surveys we see it in this election result that's good news for europe moving ahead on ambitious climate policy so one last thing green parties are winning in several other european countries as well are doing quite well austria arlan france that means we're going to see a bigger bloc of seats in the next to you parliament for the greens that gives them more bargaining power with those big parties shrinking they will be required to do more deals with parties like the greens in future and again that can put some dynamism in climate policy really interesting take away is there and really showing the shifting political landscape as you said melinda if it's a message to the traditional parties we also have to say it's a message to chancellor angela merkel's conservatives they got around. 8 point and they had gotten the last time a little bit less than they had hoped for. party head on and got come out with speaking a little bit earlier let's listen to what she had to say about their results these are valid this election result is not the

necessary if you're to a good and a member of the european parliament and on the committee of environment at the e.u. a real pleasure to have you with us on the view thank you. here in germany lawmakers have paved the way for the use of the scooters on streets where dr debasing the country has been fierce over the issue the death strings want protection and many motorists see them as the has. their compact and they run on electricity east tutors will be hitting german streets soon. these 2 women are test drivers sophia and selena both from bombay are going varia neither of them have ridden an easter before now a representative from the public utilities company gives them a crash course in how it works and they're both excited to hit the street on the new form of transport. traffic in terms of traffic because it's like being on a bike if it will have to see how it goes with cars and buses in the main. helmets are required here and there are once those are on sofia and selena are off. after practicing in a parking lot they head into city traffic the scooters go up to 20 kilometers an hour the scooter

a good and a member of the european parliament and on the committee of environment at the e.u. a real pleasure to have you with us on the view thank you and we have some breaking news coming in for you from the u.k. the leader of the opposition labor party jeremy corbin has ended cross party drags the talks of prime minister to resign the 2 sides had been negotiating for 6 weeks in an effort to reach a compromise on the ucas departure from the e.u. corben said the talks have gone as far as they can and of course be following the story for you and bring you more on that as soon as that it becomes available meanwhile returning to environmental issues and here in germany the debate is on over the rules of the road for a new form of transportation east kutas should they be allowed on the street these scooters have invaded pavements across europe but this trans want protection and many motorists see them as an hasn't talked to our tech expert in just a moment but 1st this report. they're compact and they run on electricity these tutors could be coming to german streets. these 2 women are t

e.u. parliamentary elections many voters say their concerns about the environment will decide their vote next week some member states have called for the european union to become carbon neutral by 2050 a germany feels that goal is to ambitious effects of climate change and the pollution of the seas has prompted millions of young europeans to take to the streets we have this report now about one woman trying to take up action herself to help the health of europe see. some final instructions before the dive that was how do the nets look. i know dozens of old fishing nets are caught on a shipwreck off lithuania's coast sabina care and her crew are going to bring them up. is a pharmacist and one of germany's most experienced divers. in 2016 she noticed a particular kind of waste in the baltic sea all trolling and fishing nets. a study revealed that thousands of nets are lost in the baltic every year. and europe has to lay the foundation for plastic to be protected as far as possible by. 10 percent of the plastic trash in the seas consists of ghost nets. and when they degrade they release micro pl

e.u. alexa new parliament. and like eating meat want to help the environment food scientists are creating lab grown alternatives we'll show you what they're cooking up. welcome to g.w. business i'm stephen beardsley in it's for joining us. chinese airlines are losing money from the grounding of boeing $737.00 max and they want compensation and that's just the latest pressure on boeing which is facing lawsuits over fatal airline crashes in indonesia and ethiopia and losing orders on its once popular air frame exactly when the 737 max will take off again is anyone's guess. stranded on the wet tarmac nobody knows exactly when the boeing 737 max will be allowed to carry passengers again thursday's gathering of air traffic regulators in texas reached no official conclusions for the u.s. federal aviation administration and others the only thing that really matters is that the model is safe. although boeing is working on a software update this will have to be certified by the regulatory authorities the european pilots association has already warned against too swift to return to the skies. in 2 crashes an ethiopian in

e.u. wants to be a leader in key technology but fails to create the right environment critics say. welcome to do business i want to get jones and berlin good to have you with us so yeah the tone is getting shot up between the united states and china and chinese take from hallway is caught right in the middle of it u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe said the c.e.o. of your way is lying over the company's ties to beijing the u.s. government put huawei on a trade to blacklist last week banning u.s. companies from doing business with it a market reaction has been negative for us hopes of a successful resumption of trade talks between the world's top 2 economies decline . you are way hasn't been out of the headlines very often recently but this week found itself at the very center of the ongoing trade conflict between the u.s. and china several u.s. firms including google restricted access to while away in order to comply with the u.s. barring order foreign companies such as japan's panasonic are considering doing the same u.s. secretary of state mike compare says wow is dishonest ab

e.u. alexa to parliament. and like eating meat want to help the environment food scientists are creating lab grown alternatives we'll show you what they're cooking up. welcome to.

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environment. the taste of sweet success. belongs to the area frontrunners slovenia is an excellent position for the accession but during the exceptional goshi ations there were some nuts the e.u. didn't crack like the sticky links between slovenia bangs and politicians when the financial crisis hit the economy took a beating when it comes to baking as with joining the e.u. you should measure your progress with position. if the dollar a little poke if your first impression is short lived you don't know isn't ready like serbia. which has been trying to join the club for the past ten years if the whole you've made sticks you've left it's too long like the excess in talks with turkey formally started in two thousand and four they've been stalling for years. but if the dense lowly brown suspect your bread will rise beautiful the like hot air balloons on the days live in your joint with nine other states the biggest expansion in e.u. history. time to enter the e.u. and the oven ten minutes at two hundred fifty degrees celsius then reduce the temperature to two hundred and bake for another twenty minutes. slovenia really does have it all the mediterranean the alts great athletes and

environment ministry windows were open and workers were dressing down. first quarter profits does it had to pay a one point four billion euro penalty related to an e.u. probable collusion in the diesel. the german comic has sent the charge for causing the profits down to five hundred eighty eight million euros around seventy five percent less than the same period a year ago once they want to invest as a big fine from the european commission was likely brussels pledged b.m.w. colluded with dima unfold sought to avoid competing on emissions control technology . and that's it for me on the bizarre for the team here in berlin for more business news and features photo website dot com slash faced with his quick check on global markets news africa with any market is up next so stay with. pick up. goldstone but everything is still up for grabs. even after the third to last match of the industry seems. to come german champion. we'll call five for your book. and you will get relegated. to sixteen. shillings for people who've world over information they provide. the means they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. best

environment ministry windows were open and workers were dressing down. first quarter profits flans does it had to pay a one point four billion euro penalty related to an e.u. probe of a collusion in the diesel. the german comic has sent the charge brought quarterly profits down to five hundred eighty eight million euros around seventy five percent less than the same period a year ago once it was investors but a big fine from the european commission was likely brussels ledge b.m.w. colluded with dima unfolds to avoid competing on emissions control technology. and that's it for me on the business africa team here in berlin for more business news and features go to our website. slash based with his quick check on global markets news africa with any market is up next so stay with. my. rearing to read. not everyone who loves books has to go insane. d.w. literature list. hundred germans must reads. they want to represent you so what do you want from the song from twenty four i'm doing chevelle as we put your questions to you politicians from around to your opinion and across the political spectrum in our special debate we'll be hearing from young europeans voti

we're right now in an environment of very tense global trade situation we also have an awful lot of new technologies that it's very hard to keep up with how competitive is the e.u. in its current form i think it is still competitive in you know in the middle of technologies like cars and machines and so on but of course we have beginning to look behind because those other countries. do lift up their economies to invest in infrastructure and for instance renewable energy germany has been a leader in the field but has been taken up now by china which is now a leader because of the market also because of unfair trade policies but the european union was not strong enough to counter those. of policies now we see that donald trump is doing it and basically he's doing it to also has a consensus in the american political system but we are not doing that and we are falling prey to those unfair trade practices now the e.u. starts to elect a new parliament starting on thursday in some countries all the way through to sunday how big a difference will it make how important is this election so it's important for the political atmosphere because a lot of european right wing p

e.u. do. and as the european election approaches. 60 minutes on g.w. . for small consumer big changes. people making it possible for eco africa. fantastic right trying that as they set out to safety environment. to learn from one another. and work together for the future. i think in south. africa w. we're not here to judge you but to eliminate prejudices. we're not here to change your opinion. but to open some space for different points of view we're not here to speak on behalf of anybody but to let everybody speak for themselves. we're not here to give the right answers but to ask the right questions. we're not here to indoctrinate but to listen. close 90 connect to an unbiased agenda subscribe now on you tube. this is state of the news after that coming up in the next 15 minutes fresh talks between process as an army rule is kicked off incidentally date this as thousands of demonstrators are still camped outside the military headquarters demanding a civilian government. and honoring the women lets out of sandy is his people talking to the founders of the park cars and museums that's recognizing the role sandy and put it plays in pre-colonial times.

e.u.'s democratic rules and values. the agreements these sanctions is only going to get harder in an environment where the far right parties have a strong showing in these elections. and i think that that will be significant because if it becomes clear that actually the can't read the section then the threat falls away and so i think we will see. a kind of an increasing recognition that the e.u. is quite toothless sanctions then the threat falls away and so i think we will see . a kind of an increasing recognition that the e.u. is quite toothless. hungary is one country that would be well served by a toothless e.u. . brussels is currently taking action against prime minister viktor or balance government accusing it of systematically undermining democracy and restricting fundamental rights. not only true hungry has changed it has become a radical right wing country. we are experiencing the rebirth of a world we have only known from history books literature or films. shortly before the broadcast of the political talk show could talk for gosh. regular commentator shunned presenter eastbound devaney and the other guests are pr

environment series on t.w. . us secretary of state mike pompei on has made a surprise visit to brussels where e.u. officials have been trying to salvage a nuclear deal with iran washington wants the block to withdraw from the 2015 accord the e.u. is top diplomat federica mochrie ni called on the u.s. and iran to exercise maximum restraint and avoid any military escalation in saudi arabia claims to have its.

e.u. member states have their say and defend their national interests the council is comprised of the national ministers of each member state for example the minister for environment agriculture and fisheries or justice and home affairs and the vast majority of cases a law can only pass of both the european parliament and the council agree it should be adopted why yep you got it checks and balances. ok deep breath you've almost made it to the end well done 3 more institutions to talk about there's the european court of justice basically the e.u. supreme court it's comprised of one judge from each member state i don't have to do the whole checks and balances thing again i think you get it by now right they make sure countries and e.u. institutions abide by your law there's also the european central bank which is based and frankford to symbolize its independence from political control and. there's the european court of auditors but both of these institutions deal with the money. i won't bother you with the tips so what have you learned today well that there are lot of you institutions in different cities with different roles and functions some said he had done that

threat to the environment but one woman has made it her business to make art from the waist in order to reduce its harmful effects. pretty cool earrings right well they're made from the e.u. west these country chairs are also just like these funky coffee table design a painting turns truck into treasure she finds her room experience at. the dump site for electronic waste it's a place where old computers and keyboards wind up along with stocks of car tires the smell of burning rubber fills the air a lot of people here farm the trash to recover pieces of coal part that they can fill on but much to the pain it's not hunting. she's on the lookout for inspiration of what's going to work with anything whether it's broken or is new or is all the words that some one says that's what we call them once in a while command a store final critical story so we pick up what ever we clean from the. rights of the way but we focus more on the end result of what will become almost. the 1st stage of the transformation is a good clean then the material is cut into small pieces. and send them down to make smooth ages finally matilda payne puts the finishing touches to how unique earrings. mati

e.u. they've been really one of the big protest votes also it's worth bearing in mind the stats that come out from these things 48 percent of germans who were polled said that the environment was a major factor for them voting in these elections seems a lot of people have gone to the greens the conservative opposition in germany they fare well they feel better than they get on their own call to do better than they did in 2014 back to take around 10 percent of the vote however that is less than they took in the general election back in 2017 earlier i spoke to some of the members and they told me that they hope to be able to try. and shake things up in the upcoming european parliament the good thing out of this evening is that we will end up in a very strong group and it will send out this signal or the the wind of change is coming to the year for you and we're very happy that we got this resolved this evening and i think it's a good signal for europe because another conservative party is gaining additional votes and what we are going to do is we are trying to reform the european union together with the other conservative parties we care or we are problems day care on climat

environment. i'm phil gail welcome to the program. british prime minister theresa my is under renewed pressure to scrap a planned vote on her latest idea of taking the country out of the e.u. the opposition and many within her own party are criticizing the deal saying that not enough has changed despite mrs my opening the door to a 2nd referendum on the term precast impudent with the e.u. the prime minister lawmakers to grasp what she called a last chance there is an issue about customs there is a difference of opinion in this house on the future customs arrangement with the european union that's why it's important that this house actually comes to a decision on that issue this 2nd referendum the 2nd reading of the withdrawal agreement bill will enable this house to come to a decision on that issue it will also enable the house to come to a decision on a 2nd referendum which i continue to believe would not be the right route for this country to go down we should deliver on the 1st referendum suggesting anything about a 2nd let's go straight to. mass and welcome. as well as political turmoil there are now reports that members of cabinet are to meet with her to day one of t

environment. the taste of sweet success. belongs to the area frontrunners is an excellent position for the accession but during the accession goshi ations there were some nuts the e.u. didn't crack like the sticky links between slovenia bangs and politicians when the financial crisis hit the economy took a beating when it comes to baking as with joining the e.u. you should measure your progress with precision. if the doa little poke if your first impression is short lived utah isn't ready like serbia. which has been trying to join the club for the past ten years if the whole you've made sticks you've left it too long like the excess in talks with turkey formally started in two thousand and four there's been stalling for years. but if the dense lowly bounces back your bread will rise beautiful the like hot air balloons on the days live in your joint with nine other states the biggest expansion in e.u. history. time to enter the e.u. and the other ten minutes at two hundred fifty degrees celsius then reduce the temperature to two hundred and bake for another twenty minutes. slovenia really does have it all the mediterranean the alts great athletes and small guy make

environment in which you are operating. far more cautious. also in europe you have to stock spiel, and also brexit while not to the same degree is also relevant to the e.u. 27 as it is in the u.k. >> great question. i think you're spot on i don't think the market is going to respond to near-term movements in overall gdp numbers. what it is looking for is what's going on a mile from here in westminster and whether there's going to be a resolution that on the one hand could lead to more certainty over a transition period, or indeed a change of government, and i think a lot of the conversations we're having with clients start on brexit, but actually move towards the political implications made and the political implications of a change of government for conservative government to a labour government and what that does for taxation assets and asset prices. when could that happen >> first thing to say is the gis count we've seen since q2 2015 is around 15% to 20% on a trade-weighted basis you need to be fairly confident you're going to double your shorts there's still a strong short interest on the sterling if you're not going to -- if you don't take a long

e.u. that would be a great idea right. hand from germany speaking there center good see i'd like to come see you he's talking about pan-european environment initiatives much more harmony you're representing a transnational group that wants more europe closer ties is this something that is really achievable given the very different men yesterday's demands we all know what we have to do. there are the parents agreement and we have two reasons objectives reason exactly we need to give our sense more financial means in the union and more political clout on the global scene this is why let me say we propose to create a finance climate to bank to write direct private savings on the project we meet the target of the paris agreement and we think that that we have to play more as united act on the global scene because as you go it was saying we are we are the leader and we must remain the leader on an issue which makes a difference for the young generation in terms of i think and he said it was a false sense i thought about more resources about like you talk about the more i should use all money is more and more i rationally about emory it's alway

e.u. that would be a great idea right where you do. and from germany speaking those undergrads i'd like to come see you he's talking about han european environments initiatives. national harmony you're representing a trans national group that wants more europe closer ties is this something that is really achievable given the very different many as you say you. don't know what we have to do. there are the parents agreement and we have to reach those objectives to resolve exactly we need to give our cents more financial means in the union and more political clout on the global scene these why let me say we propose to create a finance climate the bank to write direct to privacy being on the project we meet the target of the paris agreement and we think that that we have to play more as united act on the global scene because as you go it will say no we are we have the leader and we mean and we must remain the leader on an issue which make a difference for the young generation in terms of i think and i'm using the way we saw losses i talk about more resource when somebody like you talk about them or i shall use our money more i mean look i rationally

the town here in central romania with ten commitments all around the environment addressing key issues such as migration where the e.u. wants to show that they do stick together they also will talk about diplomatic successes of bald economic successes for you since the eastern expansion a lot of european money one fifth of the e.u. budget has gone into a regional structure for instance take a look at this town of former not part of east eastern europe. of the communist world it has really flourished. however that does not mean all the problems are gone i could took a look with my colleague barbara ways lead a roma settlement where things are still the highly problematic one of the poorest parts in europe. cosman wants to get in here into this new house which looks so nice and clean because till now he and his five siblings have been living here in an old hard made from wooden sticks and clay this is one of the many roma settlements in romania always on the outside of the villages it's a small miracle that houses are being built here at all i'm going to cut they want i tried with the bank but they didn't give me a loa

e.u. elects a new parliament. and like eating meat want to help the environment food scientists are creating lab grown alternatives we'll show you what they're cooking up. welcome to visit us i'm stephen beardsley in berlin thanks for joining us chinese airlines are losing money from the grounding of boeing $737.00 max and they want compensation and that's just the latest pressure on boeing which is facing lawsuits over fatal airline crash.

environment series on t w. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o has made a surprise visit to brussels where e.u. officials have been trying to salvage a nuclear deal with iran washington wants the block to withdraw from the 2015 accord the e.u. is top diplomat federica mochrie nie called on the us and iran to exercise maximum restraint and avoid any military escalation. saudi arabia claims 2 of its oil tankers were among vessels had by an alleged sabotage attack off the coast of the united arab emirates the u.a.e. said a total of 4 commercial vessels were targeted the u.s. has warned that iran or its proxies could be targeting maritime traffic in the region. at least one protester and a military police officer have been killed and many others wounded during clashes between security forces and demonstrators in the sudanese capital khartoum that's according to local doctors and the transitional military council the council accused armed groups of opening fire while protesters blamed counter-revolutionaries linked to the former regime. blasts in the western pakistani city of queta has killed at lea