how that count as it should be chosen the german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccraw are at odds over these issues get more from brussels bureau chief max often in just a moment 1st though let's take a look at what makes the job of the european commission president so important now the european commission proposes legislation so the president has a powerful role in shaping laws that affect to be entire a u. secondly the commission president appoints the e.u. commissioners with one commission from each member state the president decides who's in charge of what which countries commission is responsible for trade migration energy and so on so let's take a look at the 2 front at the front runners 1st of all germany's money for the vague he is the leading candidate for the largest group the parliament the conservative european people's party backed by german chancellor angela merkel. then we have funds to moments from the socialists and democrats a group heading from the netherlands he's calling for most social justice in the e.u. and then we have a vest from denmark allia

turning to france now where president emmanuel mccraw has just announced a tax cut of five billion euros it was one of several new reforms and a victory of sorts for all the yellow vest protesters who first hit the streets almost six months ago demonstrating over the price of fuel the cost of living and tax fairness macro initially tried to appease the movement by boosting the minimum wage but it didn't work and when that fire consumed part of paris is not a damn cathedral and macro led the fight. raising efforts for the reconstruction he played right into the protesters hands those multimillion dollar donations from billionaires which happen to be tax deductible underlined the issues of tax inequality and the government's priorities the media are more than just a subplot in this protesters complain about the underreporting of police violence the sensationalizing of the demonstrations and reporters have been restricted manhandled by police and subjected to arrest so the yellow vests are producing their own coverage live streaming across social networks listening posts are now on the tuss

adviser jared kushner libyan warlord khalifa haftar is in paris for meetings with french president emmanuel mccrawafter us forces have been attacking tripoli against the internationally recognized government there the un special envoy for libya is warning the country is on the verge of a prolonged civil war. briggs it uncertainty may have led to another big business casualty with manufacturing giant british steel collapsing the u.k. based company was hoping to secure a bailout from the government for the high court has ordered it into compulsory liquidation the industrial giant employs 5000 workers directly with another 20000 jobs involved in its supply chain british prime minister theresa may is coming under renewed pressure from right wing m.p.'s within her own party over another plan to steer the government's briggs it deal with the e.u. through parliament may told politicians they have one last chance to deliver breaks it m.p.'s have already rejected the plan 3 times china's 3 biggest airlines are demanding compensation from boeing after its troubled 737 max fleet was grounded china was the 1s

merkel is backing a fellow german concert conservative but she is at odds with french president emmanuel mccraw over how confident should be chosen more on that in a moment 1st let's take a look at some of the conference vest aga to months or veba the elections are over but the race to succeed. as the next commission president has just started too many he is the front runner manfred veba the lead candidate of the largest group in the problem and the conservative european peoples party despite a loss of 38 seats his group and him still claim the e.u.'s top job but brokering a majority in parliament will likely prove difficult for fans to moments from the social democrats it will be even more difficult the dutchman's s. indeed group came in 2nd with a total loss of 40 seats even if he managed to form a coalition with the greens liberals and the left party he would still fall short of a majority in parliament. it is the 1st time in 40 years that the big center right and center left groups aren't able to control a majority of seats in the european parliament so some think she might come out as the

live streaming policy as this comes as new zealand's prime minister down in french president emmanuel mccraw joined other world leaders and bosses in paris to explore ways of fighting the spread of hateful and violent content on live in march a white supremacist gunman used facebook to live stream his rampage or 2 mosques in the new zealand city of christ chose leaving 51 people dead. a day w. porter publisher for the ask a tell us more welcome public but why has this summit come about well 1st and foremost the new zealand premier just in darden has been pushing for this now it's called a christchurch call of course because back in march let's not forget that a self described white supremacist carried out and use ian's worst terror attack he killed 51 people and basically what was happening was he could live stream and he was live streaming the attack on facebook and facebook has 2700000000 users and just in the ardor and was absolutely horrified because afterwards then it was still available online and it would just automatically play without you even wanting to watch it online the footage

rift appears to be growing between german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccraw over who should become the next commission president chancellor merkel backs a process by which the top job goes to the lead candidates of the biggest party in the european parliament would be the head of the european people's party who also happens to be a german the president says this process is obsolete after last week's or european elections shifted the parliament's balance of power. as europe's leaders took their seats at a summit in brussels there was little to suggest that anything was wrong but after last week's elections to the european parliament in which both the center right to and center left parties lost seats the political climate here is changing and so too are the jobs. the biggest question is who will replace this man john claude younker is president of the e.u. commission and soon to step down. and these are the frontrunners for the post they've been nominated by the political groups in the european parliament we can bring the whole strength of europe our valuable

merkel the german chancellor is backing his candidacy for the top job but the french president emmanuel mccraw is not he thinks it's time perhaps for another change they don't think the old system back in 2014 should be operating anymore in this particular parliament and this particular time and it is the case that people who study here in brussels the architecture of the power here in the way it's changed are saying that the balance of power has radically altered let's hear what one of those specialists is saying. now i think it's a little bit different because the patent is more fragmented so it will be more difficult than it was time more time to kind of find majorities inside the institution so i doubt if they will have the same kind of momentum or that they will use this one mentum that they have actually today before before the leaders meet and the leaders here because on the other side they also learned a lesson from last time and i think at all despite their the different opinions on who should be the candidate of course they do think that every institution that liking on a kind of get

president has commemorated the seventy fourth anniversary of the end of world war two in europe emmanuel mccraw met war veterans and they'd a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier under the in paris victory day or v. day marks the allies try and provide that to germany on may eighth one thousand nine hundred forty five. and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is impose new sanctions on a rainy and steel and mining industries and he's threatened further action if in his words tehran does not change its behavior this comes hours after iran announced they would roll back some restrictions to its nuclear program the move stops short of violating the landmark two thousand and fifteen deal but president has son ron is threatening more action of countries do not shield it from u.s. sanctions she had breast cancer has more from washington. on the arms deal and copper sections of the iranian the river aryans economy target not just the. within iran who deal in these metals but also those around the world who want to do business with iran their revenues are pot

group although clearly it's very difficult to pin that down as being totally 101 percent accurate emmanuel mccraw there flanked by the 1st lady of france. remembering the people who lost their lives and also saying thank you to the various government agencies involved in what happened. a rise in attacks by armed group book or are most forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in the jail over the past few years the u.n. refugee agency is warning of a growing humanitarian crisis set of reports people in one community by lake chad in the different region are now struggling to survive. lake chad is shrinking. means today's catch will be a small one but at least for now these men can fish legally in 2014 the governments of new gen orange area and chad banned fishing on the lake to try to prevent the armed group boko haram making money from the lake and its surroundings but restrictions have recently been eased. the government's decided to lift the ban on fishing growing paper and exporting fuel into going to. have a time these things have been banned years ago was the biggest beneficiary ye

appeals to put a halt to the fighting in the capital tripoli talks between have to and president emmanuel mccraw in paris failed to reach an agreement on a ceasefire after us forces have been fighting troops loyal to libya's internationally recognized government based in tripoli for weeks or to serious natascha but the reports now from paris. it was not the 1st time that the french president a man or mark karr is meeting with the renegade commander after they have met several times before but is the 1st time that they are having a one on one talks and he comes nearly 7 weeks after have to launch an offensive to try and capture crude tripoli where the u.n. backed internationally recognized government is based now the u.n. backed prime minister fires i was right was also in paris a couple of weeks ago also had a meeting with the french president emmanuel mark on what michael is trying to do with these meetings is really talk to both sides to urge them to restore stability and calm to libya he wants them to agree to a cease fire and to return to the u.n. backed peace process is specially because th

commission angle americal want someone from the sensorites european peoples party wants french leader emmanuel mccrawys the decision must reflect the gains made by the far right of the greens and the liberals in sunday's european parliament votes. over austrian politics the controversy led coats to force the party's cabinet ministers from office last week now they have returned the compliment. you have the guts if you made the entire freedom party responsible for the wrong actions of 2 people who took the appropriate measures as we agreed that's what he did he tried to take advantage of a difficult situation of a government partner he tried to enlarge his own power base for the social democrats it was about denouncing what they call the unconstitutionality of course his actions and his then shallow this is a shameless unrestrained and irresponsible power grab this is what we are witnessing but the power in our country is based on people and not you it was a stark contrast from sunday scenes when sebastian cortes led his party to its best european election result in 20 years which makes the opposition