discussed but some of the 2nd tier jobs were discussed and in particular vice presidents of the european commission the leaders decided among themselves that a couple of names including funds to members who were discussing before will be vice presidents of the commission that that is a job that is a decision that the supposed to be in the gift of the president to choose their own vice presidents the fact that the heads of government which is in themselves tells you quite a lot about how important it is for them to retain control of the process so given the democratic deficits that you've all identified would you if you were a member of. the european parliament and next tuesday when the vote comes up would you vote. in or out would you essentially punish the leaders for doing this backroom deal yes or no vote in or out. voted yes because i don't believe it's because i would vote yes simply because what is the plan b was still at a candidate and how do we renegotiate like these jobs or do we have to reopen the whole package the whole package has already been decided so in order to actually do that ye

discussed but some of the second tier jobs we discussed in in particular vice presidents of the european commission the leaders decided among themselves. a couple of names including funds to moments we discussing before will be vice president said the commission that's the that is as a joke that is a decision that is supposed to be in the gift of the president to choose our own vice president. the fact that the heads of government which isn't in cells tells you quite a lot about how important it is for them to retain control of the process. so given the democratic deficits that you've all identified -- would you if you were a member of the european parliament to next tuesday when the vote comes up would you vote. ursula fund allied in or out would you essentially punish the the leaders for doing this backroom deal yes or no vote in or out. dylan. would vote yes because i don't believe in physically that process in the first place i think it is essentially a powered by a backroom deal just in the difference as usual in european parliament. catalog with emmanuel -- i would i would vote yes --- simply

the european union gets a new commission president. ropean parliament has elected the germans conservative politician. she is the first woman to hold europe's top job. she says climamate change will e on top of her agenda. we will speak with her in just a moment. also, the world marks 50 years since apollo 11 blasted off on a mission to put a man on the month. the fight to combat the sprea ofof hiv-aids. we report from south africa on signs of progress in the battle against the disease. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. today, members of the european parliament made history by electing the first woman to be european commission president. germany's outgoing defense minister is now president-elect. she will succeed jean-claude juncker after being voted in by a very narrow margin of just nine votes. she will be the first woman to serve as commission president. she has promised a unified and a strong europe saying she will work pragmatically to get things done. >> i feel so honored and i am overwhelme

to use winds from berlin tonight history in the making as the european union gets a new commission the president a madam president european parliament has elected to the german conservative politician ursula fundal i and making her the 1st woman to hold europe's top job she says fighting climate change will be top of her agenda we'll talk with the president elect in just a moment also coming up. the world marks 50 years since apollo 11 the white stood off on a mission to put a man on the move. and the fight to combat the spread of each i v a as we report from south africa tonight on signs of progress in the battle against the disease. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome to today members of the european parliament made history by electing the 1st woman to be european commission president germany's outgoing defense minister ursula fund a lion is now president elect of the e.u. commission will succeed. in the top job after being voted in by a very narrow margin of just 9 votes. will be the 1st woman to serve as commission president.

it with her personal story makes it with the fact that she's the 1st woman candidate for the european commission presidency by all accounts she really did the right thing here. and you know it's interesting because that's the view from from the european level but melinda here at home we do see some social democrats criticizing the opposition to fund alliance of the kind of to say frankly we see them see sawing back and forth sigma gabriele the former party leader the former foreign minister said shortly after this backroom deal had been done and arcelor funded line had been declared by the heads of state to be their preferred candidate he said well you know that might be grounds to actually for the s.p.d. to leave the coalition. he is totally backtracked on that now and said he thinks that arcelor front and would make a good commission president other leading s.p.d. members including head of the parliamentary group here in germany not in brussels but here in the in the bundestag have also said the same but frankly they are looking in considerable disarray and the big question would be and i don'

quite reach you on behalf of the parliament on your election as president of the european commission on behalf of the other member states. and the rest of this assembly. you have a very important job it's very important for the european institutions we need to prepare for the hearings of the commissioners the designate commissioners and let you know that we will be very scrupulous in the life that we do here in the parliament and you mentioned topics today here in plenary and we've got forward to getting into the detail and speaking to the levels of the college with those and then the competent committees will be dealing missed the next few years are going to be very important she's important for the future of the european union and we will be successful and if there is close cooperation between the european institutions i will give you the floor so that you can speak to the assembly you have the floor madam. mr president i'm on her royal manvers self this folly and i feel so honored and i'm overwhelmed and i thing you for the trust you placed in me the trust you placed in me is confi

european leaders have now agreed to choose her as the next president of the e.u. commission if the european parliament induces her she would be the 1st woman to fill the influential post. and our coverage continues now with the don't use teri schultz she is covering the story for us from brussels good evening to you cherie so ursula from the lion we know that she was not the 1st choice she wasn't even the 2nd choice is she a good choice. well brant the very fact that she is the name upon which all 28 leaders could agree makes are really the only choice and the best choice in fact neither of the leading 2 candidates that came out of the european parliament's nominating process would have managed to get approval of the other leaders and so there simply was no other choice but to move on to other names that's caused a lot of hard feelings and that may come back to bite the european union leaders as they still need to get parliament's approval and we know it took 3 long days to reach the point where we are right now after the summit today the german chancellor angela merkel she

european europe needs to take on more responsibility born and raised in brussels from the line is fluent in english and french she's the only candidate the u. member states could agree on to lead the commission because the hard european politics are domestic politics it's totally normal for her to speak with the talent and french people that comes from her childhood in brussels brussels is familiar to right foot was enough on the line but a woman at the top of the u. a 1st for her and for everyone else. her votes are being counted. for the european commission the president let's go back to hoffman in strasburg mugs we heard her talking to the leader of the italian democrats tell us more about what the lion has problems she was a cop she was a controversial selection initially it was a knife edge now things look to be moving in her direction so what is she offered. the art of that speech was that she pushed different buttons that resonated with their front groups without alienating some of her supporters because if she goes too far to the right then the social democrats as we just talked to them would have said no we can't go along with that and the other way around some of the very important

meet the first female european commission president ursula von der leyen, who says she'd be willing toising but a leading think tank says living standards are still falling for many households.

a competent person even if she's not our 1st choice so it was close but she has done it the european commission will have a new president from november president is the german defense minister said off on the line here she is thanking the european parliament for their endorsement i feel so honored and i'm overwhelmed and i thing you for the trust you placed in me yet the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in your of your confidence in the united and a strong europe from east to west from south to north your confidence in a europe that is ready to fight for the future rather than fighting against each other your confidence in a europe that will take the fixed challenges of our times together the task ahead of us how mobile it's me. it's a big responsibility and my work starts now i thing president saucily i think all the group leaders i thank all the members soft volume and decided to vote for me today but my message to all of you is let us work together constructively because the endevor is a united a strong europe thank you very much thank you rejoined hoffman in strasbourg so sor

if elected she will be the 1st woman to lead the european commission. shall michel will with his experience of better job prime minister be ideal for finding consensus and building community a monk member state. just a barua foreign minister and former president of the of the un parliament to be a strong representative from defender of the european union's interests and values in the world. christine lagarde to international background and standing current managing director of the international monetary fund be a perfect president of the your bills of about. in addition to the european look of the note of for thoughts on their alliance intentions to nominate for us to madame oath and margaret of the starker of the highest ranking vice president of the commission. we also expect a lot from the lion to ensure an appropriate geographical balance in the team of vice presidents i wish the new leaders of the best thank you. thank you and now open the floor for your questions georgia you have to say. hello president i'm hearing your rebuttal from your octave h

european leaders have now agreed to choose her as the next president of the e.u. commission if the european parliament jindal says she would be the 1st woman to fill the influential post. for one of the story i want to take it too strong that is where the european parliament is located i'm joined by our correspondent max hoffmann good evening to you max we know that the parliament still has to confirm this nomination i mean that's where the final decision is can we say for certain that ursula fund a lion will she get the approval because we know she wasn't the 1st she wasn't the 2nd choice for this position washing. the european parliament brand in the last weeks on a daily basis said that they would only approve a candidate who prior to the decision was a so-called spits in county da that's the german word that everybody uses now in the brussels and strasburg bubble it means the lead candidate for a certain party that is presented in the european parliament and there really were only 2 of those one was funds to months the social democrat that was deemed to be the front runn

the lion has been approved as the next president of the european commission members all for european politics confirm tom nomination a vote she's from germany and becomes the 1st woman from the commission. which you know of today. kicked off. for me. yes some. news it's a kind of culture war to me a sun media phenomenon. i refer to the legal. system. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language but the 1st word emerged in the. rico is in germany to learn german why not play with him it's simple online on your mobile and free to suffer from d w z e learning course nikos free german made. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the fight against the aids a u.n. report say's africa is winning tell you about the effects that have led to a reduction in the number of people dying from aids and the decline of a chevy in fictions. and getting help from about how drugs saw saving lives in remote parts of who want to.

her the german conservative politician ursula from the line has been elected president of the european commission the 1st woman to hold the european union's top job and she wasn't the 1st or 2nd choice among europe's leaders her win tonight suggests that in european politics the 3rd time can be a chore i burned off in berlin this is the day. and you'll fall the trust you place to meet. the trust you placed in me. confidence placed in europe. to live on the line is a christian democrat she's a genuine european. machine didn't have her do a good job and germany is why should i expect that she will do a good job ts the commission's president we keep the heart european politics our domestic politics. it was fun to line his calls doubtless in germany about harriet ministration of office and the defense ministry she wants to build a centralized undemocratic updates a full government is a. top down. and coming up later tonight we take you to the launch pad where 50 years ago today she a man of these greatest journey began. box. our. own to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the wo

germany's herself on the line has made her final pitch to become the 1st woman president a big european commission to set out a series of ambitious pledges on trade the environment i gratian and brags that a confirmation vote will be held in the european parliament later to the full. up next how did the that have become a global export products for a documentary on bananas and the public's for get more news coming up at the top of the hour i'm sara kelly in berlin thanks for watching great to. see. her firstborn english. doors grandma is arrives. join your regular jane on her journey back to freedom. you know we're interactive documentary.

teri: the president of the european commission gets to decide which countries will get which posts in the commission. a five-year post is a very powerful commission -- position. they will decide who will take the agriculture job, who will be in charge of the digital agenda, who will be in charge of the economic policy. these are significant posts that will have a lot of impact that the eu takes for the next five years. that is obviously a very visible job. if it is ursula von der leyen she will be the face for the next five years. that carries a lot of weight. the fact that christine lagarde has managed the imf through choppy waters over the next several years makes her a very strong candidate. it is not have to be rushed seem to be a lot of oppositions. nobody seems to be worried about the nomination. brent: thank you. earlier, i spoke to max hoffman and i asked him whether the lawmakers will approve the eu leaders pick for commission president. max: parliament on a daily basis said they would only approve a candidate who was a lead candidate for a certain party. that is presented in

of nominees i should just go through them quickly find a line nominated as the president the european commission the belgian prime minister sharon michel as a new president of the european council you mentioned christine legarde for the european central bank she's already said that she's temporarily stepping down from her current post at the i.m.f. and also your support. from spain for the position of a representative for foreign affairs and security policy barbara just also we heard an american speaking a little while ago and she said that she had stain from the decision concerning fund and line her current defense minister here in germany do we know why ship state. yeah because it's germany getting the top job and then it's sort of like good manners to step to the side and say ok you sort of figure out where the you want to go and put. the on the table here at this point it's how it's done if you want to behave gentlemanly and that's all you could say to that so she would sort of show the others that she is not pushing this german candidate that she sort of gives them you know gives them leave

as chancellor all more recently as the next head of nato european leaders have now agreed to choose her as the next president of the e.u. commission if the european parliament induces her she would be the 1st woman to fill the influential post. let's bring in deede of years hans but our political correspondent so germany's defense minister was upon the line has been nominated to head the european commission what's the political reaction here in. well the 1st reaction frankly was one of surprise when this name was 1st probably sometime in the more going on tuesday morning and nobody really was reckoning on this woman becoming the head of the european commission there had been some talk that she might be interested in one of the positions of commissioner in other words something like a minister of some sort in the european commission but that she would get the top job that nobody expected when the surprise had kind of settled in i think it specially the conservatives here in germany were very pleased that this woman from her from their own ranks was going to was likely to be the top politician in the european union and at the same t

a consensus it's the 3rd meeting to pick the blocks top jobs including the president of the european commission a math and 20 hour negotiation on monday broke down over eastern european opposition 2 friends to moments a dutch socialist politician has the backing of germany spain and france. here's a breakdown of what's at stake in these negotiations the major debate is over the top job the european commission president well that takes the role will steer policy for the next 5 years also up for grabs are the presidencies of the european council and parliament for the next 2 and a half years they'll lead then represent their respective arms in a unity goshi ations finally there's the e.u. foreign affairs chief and the president of the european central bank will set monetary policy for euro countries to fill those roles e.u. leaders will not only have to reach consensus but also fulfill a number of criteria including a geographic and gender balance and then barbara joins us live from the european parliament in brussels so nadine does it look like it's going to be a case of 3rd time's a charm. very

brexit deadline, ultimately that's a decision that the 28 leaders of the eu need to take the european commissionoes not have a final role when it comes to that decision however if ursula von der leyen becomes the next president of the commission, she will be in those meetings, she will be discussing that with the leaders of the eu. but she also made other commitments for instance when it comes to social matters. she said she wants to ensure fair play, she wants to fight inequality so those messages were clearly sent to the socialist group, one group that had the highest criticism on von der leyen's appointment, and she also made the point that if she becomes the next president of the commission, her team is going to have a 50/50 gender balance. this is a very important matter for lawmaker here's at the european level she made it clear that she's the first female candidate to be in this position of becoming president of the european commission and she wants to ensure a 50/50 gender balance in her cabinet. in terms of what we can expect here today, at the moment, as i mentioned, she's still addres

ok yorks of 5 top jobs what's so important about being president of the european commission. of course the president of the european commission sets the political agenda for the club of $28.00 nation states which which formed formed the e.u. in terms of real political power it is rather limited it is the most powerful job though within the institutions but what it clearly is it is a platform for for politics it is it sets the guidelines for for this european union and so it very very much depends on the poster who fills that job because that process participates in in g 7 meetings that person gets to hold a so called state of the union speech every year on the state of politics in the european union so it is. a job where you can lead the club into new political heights into new things where you can set the agenda and so that is also why it's so hard for leaders to find someone who has the capacity who has the abilities to fulfill this job during his in brussels thanks for that. sports now and germany's men's under $21.00 footballers have lost the european championship final t

any peace that will be voting in the european parliament to decide if those live on the line becomes the next commission president the m.e. peace themselves were busy on tuesday they were sitting for the 1st time in the european parliament in strasbourg and it wasn't without incident itself there was a number 29 in fact from the break that party from the united kingdom he decided they were going to stage a little protest wild to joy the anthem of the european union was being played in the chamber they decided to do this. party piece that turning their backs but they will be a my. the only piece that will have a bow to the side of ursula on the line the current german defense minister becomes the next european commission president and the 1st woman ever to take the job. the british home office has sparked outrage after insisting that nigerian women traffic to the u.k. to work as prostitutes can enjoy a wealthy life when they return to africa in the wake of the scandal the home office says it will now rewrite the advice challenged pinsky reports. it's been described as at crisis level the number of nigeri

her the german conservative politician ursula from the line has been elected president of the european commission the 1st woman to hold the european union's top job and she wasn't the 1st or 2nd choice among europe's leaders her win tonight suggests that in european politics the 3rd time can be a chore i burned off in berlin this is the day. and i think you'll fall the trust your place to meet. the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in your up close a little underlined is a christian democrat she is a genuine european in. that. you know she didn't have her do a good job and germany is why should i expect that she will do a good job he has the commission as president to keep the higher european politics our domestic politics they feel. it was an underlying his cause a delicacy in germany about terri ministration of office and the defense ministry she wants to build a centralized undemocratic updates a full government is a tough. tough tough tough tough. and coming up later tonight we take you to the launchpad where 50 years ago today she man of these greatest journey began. to. walk a

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the new president of the european commission it was about funded line as promised to strive for a quote united and strong europe saying she will work constructively and pragmatically to achieve it she is germany's former defense minister and is the 1st woman to be elected to the top job of all the vote by members of the european parliament in her favor was a narrow. uncertainty until the very last minute. the members of the european parliament knew the vote on the next commission president was going to be close but not even the candidate herself was enough on the line would have thought it was going to be that close. vote the 5 votes in favor 383. things are on the line secured the majority by just 9 votes a week results in the end still enough to celebrate. my message so all of you is let us work together constructively because the endevor is a united a strong year old. the former german defense minister spent the last 2 weeks building a majority trying to convince the political groups in the european parliament to support her bid sho

with rash of the problem is that to there is no collision the european commission and european approach to the russian the matter of the russian question still in there are few countries that can support such kind of the situation that at the moment to really realize the depth of the. small signal of risk story in the russian within the council of europe that maybe this is the 1st step to arts every consideration of the russian rollie and the sanctions in the european context. do you think that other e.u. states offer secretly wish to have better relations with moscow. well you know all debt historically and culturally and not only economical also the german countries but also other countries a little late to have been too stressed in the garage with a rash that there are as it was said before there are obligations so there are european levels so this is the 1st obstacle political obstacle and the political struggle within the european context in the short term of that would be me based on the signals of improvement such kind of a collaboration so we will see if these are will happen to

underlines name now seems to be squarely in the ring the favorite to take over the post of european commission president why has she been named the favorite so far and what would make her a good commission president. she has been named as a favorite because the other 2 names that had been on the table have been knocked out that was 1st month for a conservative and she was the favorite off the conservative group in the european parliament we have heard already and talked a lot about this so-called principle of lead candidates that parliament chooses and then sort of proposes to european leaders now that has failed the 2nd one on that list has also failed france to months of social democrat because the eastern european countries didn't want him was sort of knocked out by president mcclung the french president so those 2 were down now we needed a name it should have it should be a woman many said and so they were looking around who has a woman could do good for fill the job who has enough experience who speaks languages and then there i fell of love fund a line it was a proposal from i'm going to

this is g w news live from berlin tonight history in the making as the european union gets a new commission president a madam president of the european parliament elects the german conservative politician ursula from the alliance making her the 1st woman to hold europe's top job she says fighting climate change is top of her agenda we'll have one of the 1st interviews with fund a lion after the election that's coming right up also coming up tonight the fight to combat the spread of a child be a report from south africa on signs of progress in the battle against the disease. i'm brant goff it's good to have you with us today members of the european parliament made history by electing the 1st woman to be european commission president germany's outgoing defense minister ursula fund a lion one lawmaker's backing to take the job and the lion has promised a quote united and strong europe saying that she will work constructively to achieve it she will succeed. in the top job after winning by a very narrow margin. uncertainty until the very last minute. the members of the european parliament here i

as chancellor all more recently as the next head of nato european leaders have now agreed to choose her as the next president of the e.u. commission if the european parliament induces her she would be the 1st woman to fill the influential post. our political correspondent is covering the story for us and joins us now from our parliamentary studios huns germany's defense minister also on the line has been nominated to head the e.u. commission what's the reaction here in berlin. well when the name was 1st floated on tuesday sometime during the morning everyone was very surprised by this this was on not a name that anybody had expected would come up for a head of the commission there had been some talk about was a left on the line possibly becoming one of the commissioners another was becoming something like a minister in the european policy in the european government but that she would become prime minister of that government effectively that was something nobody expected so surprised with the 1st reaction then there is also some sense of satisfaction i think one can say i'm especially amongst conservatives in berlin germany because

eu leaders have chosen germany's defence minister, ursula von der leyen, to head the european commissionages from around the world. the south china morning post says hong kong is picking up the pieces following viole nt protests which left the legislature ransacked and vandalised. chief executive carrie lam has vowed to pursue those who caused the unprecedented chaos to the end. the philippine starfeatures news the department of health has announced they are banning the use of vapes and e—cigarettes in public. along with standard tobacco cigarettes, they will now be prohibited in all public areas. and good news for those planning a vacation in japan. the japan times reports on the introduction of airport facial scanners forforeign tourists. starting this summer, short—term travelers will be able to skip long lines when they are leaving the country. let's get more on the fallout from monday's unprecedented anti—government demonstrations in hong kong. chinese officials have condemned the protests as an undisguised challenge to its rule by violent offenders. developments are being closely w

european commission that is based on centrist policy politics is not trying to satisfy the demands of e.u. countries or voters who are increasingly moving away from the center. that is not maybe the main problem that people are moving away from the center if you don't mean the conservative e.v.p. the sort of center right parties that used to dominate the commission for the last 15 years but of course we see europe europe more splits we see the east moving in a completely different direction we see that you need 3 big parties in the european parliament now for a majority and you see the same phenomenon among the heads of state in government is the unity of earlier days where it was a simple deal that helmut kohl and maybe the french president would sit down and just do a deal and then the names would be named and it was it was over that is done that is the past so it's more and more difficult to find majorities and to sort of get together all of the diverse interests that are contained in these european countries in those very different parties that are now have a voice in european par

it's ruutu all the ran at the european commission highlighting that the main institutions wrongly apply pressure to the southern european countries to privatized water and that this has to stop. a few months later the commission replied saying that it believes the privatization of public utilities including quater supply firms can deliver benefits to the society when carefully made. their. branch was as they wanted a duffer to cosign. such never. accepted on the city best able to locate it was optimal. zoom enormous economic every year in the database of about it that. little need shift the bureau. open and by day just be sure. to dismiss your bridge you know that. is. deval sikkim you could. leave. the. city is the result was there is a very serious one. when the troika came to ireland they wanted to privatized the water utility. but there was no water utility. the water was sprayed in toward the 7 local authorities so today we're told our government by the troika to build on the i was government set up a company called irish water which began installing meters. aside to people's homes

prospect of france timmons the dutch labor leader getting the presidency of the european commission did worry a lot of eastern european states like poland and hungary which he's criticised strongly for the rights records for the judicial reforms and so on but not just that the p.p. the center right grouping in the european parliament is still the biggest group even have a majority. so the convention now is that the nominations must reflect the results of the the latest european elections so they've said all along has to be has to be one of ours their original name was very german m.e.p. now we were hearing from the voters that the plan is. for the european parliament presidency for the 1st half for the 1st 2 and a half years of the next to the job would go to a member of the social socialists and democrats and for the 2nd half it would be somebody from the. probably mr verver ok with the breaking news for us there on the elections and brussels thank you. odd al-jazeera 21 people that is monsoon rains said western india bringing flash flooding and widespread disruption. to strike her spa

it will be that spirit that will guide the european commission that i have the intention to be the president of and mr president ladies and gentlemen. members of the european parliament the founding fathers and mothers of europe from the ruins and ashes of the world war created a fantastic new world of peace with a stronger common market the ability to work and study and research across borders 500000000 you're appearance now live limit over to your i phones and in wealth and freedom. my children generation is able to look ahead to a europe which is a home and they can't really imagine it any other way and those born into that help positive generation assume just parents that this would always be the case but today it is now clear that we are going to have to fight the we're going to have to rise up for this europe of ours the whole world is called upon with disruptive to further moments of pace not to allow this to go by party by europe globalization of the world economy the huge digitalisation of our world of work and of course climate change none of these met us in development new. they h

the german defence minister ursula von der leyen has been elected president of the european commissionpposition. she's the first woman to hold the european union's topjob. thanking the european parliament in strasbourg, she said she was honoured and overwhelmed and that the task ahead humbled her. with more details, gareth barlow reports. asmile, a a smile, a side and a standing ovation as ursula von der leyen was announced as the next president of the european commission. the german defence minister, an ally of the chancellor angela merkel, was narrowly elected following a secret valet among meps. i thank you for the trust you placed in me. the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in europe, your confidence in a united and strong europe from east to west, from south to north. the political path forjean—claude juncker‘s replacement won't be easy. with just nine votes to spare, the strength of her appointment and her clout will be far weaker than hoped. ocean ofan clout will be far weaker than hoped. ocean of an lion is new face of europe. the first woman to lead the commissi

leaders after days of exhausting negotiations agreed to support ursula funda lion as the new european commission president for the lion is currently germany's defense minister and is a member of german chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party of her nomination now goes before the european parliament for final approval but there is no guarantee of that approval and it is important to note that fund was not a candidate and she was not the 1st she was not the 2nd choice here is what the german chancellor angela merkel said this evening about the nomination. of the office of the president to the commission we have nominated for the very 1st time a woman tied to a select funday line comments placing one abstention the others who are in unanimity from young to sound the extension came from germany from me and we agreed amongst the german governing coalition it if you don't reach agreement amongst the coalition you abstain if we have been able to pass this without any negative vote. that was the german chancellor angela merkel speaking earlier this evening we have team coverage of history i

mrs main was there with 27 heads of state to try to find successes of the 2 younger at the european commission and for the other top jobs but she didn't want to meddle in european affairs anymore and breast is just said you know we want out of sorts so they said no to the old to joy by beethoven now do you think today's stunt could actually make bracks that talks even more tense than they already are. i don't think it'll be much more tense one boris johnson comes in 10 downing street probably he will come up with a proposal so that the zone there will be probably refused by michele bachmann and by the european commission has said repeatedly that there is nothing more to negotiate and so it's a hard breaths it that we will probably witness on the 1st of november the same date it's on the same day new president of the european commission will be designated to fish again stop working if they find one by then but we can hope that they will the slide to 717 hours of negotiations that ended up in no result today. what do you make of the failure to fill the as top jobs this delay that we're seeing ov

on who should get the top jobs germany's also the founder lyon has been proposed as the next european commission president belgian prime minister sharon michel is nominated to be the european council president spain's for mr jones at boorowa has been chosen to be the e.u.'s top diplomat a high representative for foreign affairs and i.m.f. chief christine lagarde has been proposed for president of the european central bank. are now have to be endorsed by the e.u. parliament european council president donald tusk warned that there's a huge question mark over whether they will be but said he's hopeful they will. this is right we have parliament i mean to debate or discuss to argue. and then to decide to run. but i hope that if the political leaders are not on the prime minister prime ministers will do everything to do to convince our colleagues in the parliament to. support this this. project. is going to identity in brussels so they had to compromise to reach these their these various names how popular are they. well there certainly well known figures that's for sure the nomination for the what so

today which is that we've nominated for the very 1st time it would run as the president of the european commission that is wonderland. this wasn't an easy process though. munford verba from the european people's party was thought that he would be a shoo in to be the next commission president not so much a day in france to moments from the socialist would he be the next one he seemed almost anointed but you know he said particularly those from central and eastern europe we have seen this process whereby a lot of people have started to question this this nomination procedure that goes through particularly big voices as well the president of france of money with saying he was far from happy with it this fight this fight this rocky lead into these nominations that all to the now i guess we can say outgoing european council president said he was happy with the way it had gone we have a greet the whole package before the 1st session of the parliament. 5 years ago we needed 3 months to it and some leaders were against. this year 2 or 3 days and know about divorce against $750.00. the war that's the numbe