e.u. expert service team europe and a faculty member of the training unit of the german federal foreign office in london we go to george urban he is a professor will research associate at the university of london and in new york we have marshall are back he is a global portfolio strategist at madison street partners and a fellow at the economist for peace and security are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump any jump in any time one if i can go to you in berlin it seems to me that angle americal is finding yourself more and more isolated and i don't have to remind you of the panel or our viewers what's going on in europe right now particularly greece we're looking at spain there's a run on greece in a big way can angle merkel continue to take her hard line on our stared particularly when we have a new french president. i don't think it's a question of either or america is committed to what you represent and the chancellor for governor of clear like the government in germany and therefore she has to care for german taxpayers interests germany is a rule based economy and