would not be but so far at least ambiguity as to exactly what happened to the f.t. in this element bear in mind that more than nine hundred politicians have had their details exposed by this twitter account which is now closed more than nine hundred more than four hundred of them were from angela merkel side of the chamber nearly three hundred of them from the social democrats and so on down through the the party groupings in the bundestag behind me but not on the face of it from f.t. members of the bundestag well as i say there is a degree of ambiguity i think what that shows though peter is that this investigation is is moving swiftly and they're trying to work heretick exactly who has been affected how much they've been affected bear in mind that anger merkel's personal details weren't exposed well that's because the chancellery would have that particular high security presence on the internet dominic thanks very much. still to come here on al-jazeera the u.s. ramps up attacks against i still in syria as the trumpet ministration prepares to withdraw its forces. w

and she was telling me about her father who had an affinity for the f.t. . most she was there she started chatting with him via text message. at the end she wrote to him what you're saying is rubbish but i love you. it's not about rejection but most of you need to uphold a dialogue about men and in that dialogue you need to say on this point we completely disagree and you're on the wrong track. you've spoken about youth and this young woman forty one percent of german students fourteen and older don't know there was a concentration and extermination camp at auschwitz are what's wrong with the history lessons shit sometimes. it's been this and i'm not all knowing and i don't know. i know more history teachers that prepare these parts of history with incredible personal care. maybe it's not reinforced intellect in the rest of the classes so maybe a sidelined by all the other topics maybe the pressure to excel is too high. so. i don't have a tried and tested answer to that but i agree with you the number is indeed henri's . so to should visiting a concentration

vice president of the european jewish congress and the world jewish congress and that she accuses the f.t. of trivializing nazi crimes and keeping close ties to right wing factions did her saying that hold a mirror up to the f.t. party so you have it most certainly. wouldn't. the most a c. in the of the will have to put up with being called out like that. what they say is taken seriously and elicits a response and that's exactly what she did she responded. and to pick up what you said earlier about which was in a bit. it would be quite in the interest of the d.g. when status silent commemoration. can. quietly. but no this is a contemporary massive dispute auschwitz is back at the center of remembering and at the center of dealing with today's attempts to push aside history and silence the culture of memory if you. missed. the embers of voters all right we extremists how can they be dealt with in a way that wins them back over to the democratic consensus in makati so what's with in. india months the alstom by taking them seriously. and by telling them. oh you will also be measured by what

it's the this is the f.t. the biggest opposition party in germany at this point in time great concern among commentators politicians and ordinary people and deeply disturbing and it should be noted all also that charlie no global she addressed the the bavarian parliament also on a holocaust remembrance day the a f t faction there apparently got up and walked out because of statements that just a few days ago. the resurgence of such as in germany do you see that is that something when witnesses i mean are there incidents increasing incidents of very much so the government has established a sort of official. votes mano a commission for to to take the battle against anti semitism up and they have begun now collating the figures the figures do appear to be on the rise the question is are they on the rise because there are more incidents of because people are reporting the instance more frequently there can be no doubt however in germany that jews do feel very very threatened by incidents on the street incidents in

secondly the young alternative is declared a suspicious case and certainly the movement within the f.t. the week is declared a suspicious case. the decision to put the a of d. on the investigation is correct our democracy must protect itself from its opponents even if they act under the guise of a party and a four hundred fifty page report the intelligence agency curse of fires they see as a case to investigate although it states this will not involve full on surveillance of the party however the regional youth wing of the f.t. has been put under surveillance because of suspected ties to extremists peter by strength in the party's foreign policy speak when the but in the stark says the f.t. supports the work of the secret services about suspects political bias. well then the state should have the right. tool to find themselves. facing a huge drop on the spit so us is on the political control ministries saw there are follow us so we are quite confident that they are. planning to go to say. this very problem on six case well we don't seem too high. on all several times of the arse watchi

whenever there's any f.t. really article or we have the f.t. member on the program some of the reaction to it is quite direct some say the f.t.'s policies marginalize minorities in germany they say it coupled with inflammatory comments poorly chosen language without in mind a not so some people feel about your party do you expect these attacks a certificate as they are of course to continue. i'm afraid they will continue and they will intensify the reason is very simple let's take a look at east germany there will be three federal elections this year. in regional government regional parliament and regional stakes right now. twenty seven percent of the votes according to the latest opinion polls we're leaving all the old parties behind our party is extremely successful not just in east germany also in west germany and the established parties feel for influence that petrified and i'm afraid to say specially the left they send in their storm troopers to the empty which is being classified a terrorist organization in the united states and they do a

case secondly the young alternative is declared a suspicious case and thirdly the movement within the f.t. the wing is declared a suspicious case. the decision to put the a of d. on the investigation is correct our democracy must protect itself from its opponents even if they act under the guise of a party. in a four hundred fifty page report the intelligence agency classifies the a.f.p. as a phone to investigate and i would states this will not involve full on surveillance of the party however the regional youth wing of the f.t. has been put under surveillance because of suspected ties to extremists earlier my colleague neil harvey spoke to peter bistro on the party's foreign policy speaker in the bundestag he says the if he supports the work of the secret services but does suspect political bias. are you helping you helping yourselves for example some of your members at times of these language that's been considered by some as inappropriate i believe andras then heart insulted muslims and what they consider sacred doing you more harm than good or is that just the nature of your organiza

damaged three suspects have been detained german lawyer maximillian cry told us some members of the f.t. no longer feel safe. there is an atmosphere in the country that everything which is right wing. conservative is man it is evil and i think there are some crazies and some crude of those who believe that they don't have the right to get. these. which are regretted whether that's already of people but it's only there is no problem there is that there was there is a public hearing if he is able to to hold it but when he on brain well in hunger or in parts of the live in the absolute or realize that the inspiration or to have a public hearing. for instance included it was during those three members of parliament would be protected by the local means we have such an anti far left wing it's all over today but the conditions especially. variable makes it or already possible to have ordinary political lines. russian military police say they have started patrolling an area to the west of the syrian city of man being with a view of ensuring security there of course. has more on the development

here in germany the f.t. publicly closed ranks with a rightwing extremist during street protests in the eastern city of candidates last summer united by a determination to end the magical era the populist movement in germany make gain new momentum. with three eastern states going to the polls this coming all term the f.t. will have to prove whether it can become the strongest political force in any of these states. if the far right are targeted for germany manages to replicate its general election results from twenty seventeen it could become the strongest political force in saxony a defeat for the c.d.u. and yet more state elections would also be seen as a rebuke for chancellor merkel's leadership. all of those factors will also play a role in the half time assessment of the coalition partner of angle america's government the social democrats wrote an exit clause into their coalition deal if they trigger that anger machall could crash out of her last term in office. lots of crash possibilities this year let'

the f.t. he has been accused itself of stirring hatred but how much anger is actually directed towards the party itself in germany it depends on where you are and where . if you live in saxony richardson before where he's from pot if you use except that it's quite strong especially in the former best parts of cuba but even in the last week maximum we saw an attack didn't weigh on offices in that region where you're saying has quite a lot of support but indeed these are these are excerpts and which are. regretted by the literate people. but in sexily there is no problem if there is it that once there is a public hearing if he is able to to hold it. waiting on brain men in heaven. but little it's possible to organise a demonstration or to have a public hearing that for instance included are also public hearing of three members of parliament and it couldn't be protected by the local police that means we have such an anti far left wing extremists over journey but the conditions especially in west

germany party was attacked by a group of men as he was leaving the office of a local newspaper the f.t. post and. magnets injuries on social media dominic cain has more from berlin. the political reaction to the incident that took place on monday evening has been swift and condemnation politicians from many of the mainstream parties have also said that notwithstanding a person's political perspective there is no justification for such acts of violence the facts are these that at twenty past five local time as the magnets was leaving the office of a newspaper in blame and he was set upon by three masked men he was left for dead and was discovered by two people who called emergency services who took him to hospital sources from his party then put an image of mr magnets on social media showing the starkness of his injuries with son saying that they believed him from his party thing they believed he was half dead well he has been speaking he is conscious now and has been speaking to the d.p.a. news agency here in germany saying that he doesn't recall much of what happened and still could n

case secondly the young alternative is declared a suspicious case and thirdly the movement within the f.t. the weekend is declared a suspicious case. put the a of d. on the investigation is correct our democracy must protect itself from its opponents even if they act under the guise of a party in a four hundred fifty page report the intelligence agency classifies their fifty as a case investigator that states that this will not involve full on surveillance of the party meanwhile the regional youth wing of the f.t. has been put under surveillance because of suspected ties to extremists. ok let's bring in an a.f.p. representative party member peter bicester who serves as the foreign policy speaker in the bundestag great to have you on peter appreciate this will give you a chance to respond as well i can imagine you're fairly unhappy about what we've been hearing what do you think of the reasons for this investigation. and ok i thought maybe we had a lengthy delay there but it piers as though we have lost the connection with peter was able to speak to him a little earlier so maybe we'll be a

as to why people might feel they might want to attack members of the f.t. but it's also worth saying that this suggestion that he was half dead seems perhaps to have been a little exaggerated because it's being reported this morning that mr magnets is awake is conscious and has been speaking to the official german press agency of the day saying that he doesn't have a great recollection of what actually happened to him he didn't hear or see the people who attacked him but it's clear he's conscious he is out of any particularly serious danger he says that he expects to stay in hospital for some time longer from the official perspective the police are investigating they've been appealing for witnesses to what happened as i say which happened at twenty past five local time yesterday evening or adama thanks very much indeed dominic a reporting from. a nationwide protest is underway in one to demand a better minimum wage the federal government had agreed to that amount but some states said they couldn't afford to pay it labor unions say that the minimum wage must

dated by a hack or victims of an internal leak elim political party not affected was the right wing f.t. the stolen data was published on twitter and december but only recently came to light counting centers in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa started compiling there was all of last sunday's election catholic bishops who feel that the largest group of election observers say there is a clear winner and they're calling for accurate results to be declared a while the un's human rights office warned the government's decision to block the internet may trigger a violence place in sudan have fired tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrators who gathered after friday prayers. want the president omar al bashir to step down they're angry over rising prices and government corruption at least nineteen people have died since the unrest started last month as of the headlines to keep it on al-jazeera much more to come up to the last drop or turns. watcher is the driving force of life and natural resource that this carries and to which one tenth of people on earth have no acce

party might have created circumstances in which a person might feel that it was right to attack the f.t. from the official perspective police say they are investigating what took place and twenty year old german man has been arrested in connection to a massive data breach that saw the private information of hundreds of german politicians including chancellor angela merkel published online joan media reporting the man has confessed that he acted out of annoyance at public statements made by the figures. and now him take you straight to amman in jordan well we've got the u.s. secretary of state that might pompei is giving a briefing with his today and counterpart iman. of sentiment just pleasure to welcome on my dear friend the city here in jordan finally are speaking obvious and there's going to be translations i would do with. the rally was your charger to deliver. on the color of the secretary but i don't think it was that big a thing on my own part because general was limited to a man and there's the president when it comes out very good i think. we have had a. discussion on a number

comments like that causes a lot of emotion and anger amongst many people and let's not forget that the f.t. is actually the third largest party here in germany and that we're seeing an image here this was an attack on a jewish cemetery in france in fact and in a study carried out just several months ago seven countries in europe it was found that one in twenty of those people had never even heard of the holocaust which is quite shocking. this study revealed many other shocking things that you know one third of european said that they lived they knew actually little or nothing all out all about the holocaust so of course this comes at a time when people are remembering the atrocities of the holocaust so bring information there. thank you very much. to tennis now in the world number one novak djokovic has beaten world number two bra feel nidal to win a record seventh australian open title it took the serbian just over two hours to complete his three set victory djokovic got off to a flying start winning thirteen of the first fourteen points the dollar had cruised on his way into the final bu

targeted by a hack or victims of an internal leak a little political party not affected was the right wing f.t. the stolen data was published on twitter and december but only recently came to light. counting centers in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa started compiling there was all of last sunday's election catholic bishops who feel that the largest group of election observers say there is a clear winner and they're calling for accurate results to be declared a while the u.n. suman writes off this morning the government's decision to block the internet may trigger violence place a.

daily batches throughout december all germany's political parties were affected except the far right f.t. . i don't think we're dealing with an army of professional hackers here it looks like someone was snatching data over a long period and looking to steal passwords. the breach was discovered by former us leader martin schultz who received calls from strangers on his private telephone number and reported it to police. chancellor merkel was briefed on the matter but many lawmakers first learned of the mass hacking from the media. and what i heard shocked me this is a grave attack on democracy in our country. there are massive problems in the digital security architecture we put tensions haven't looked off as enough in recent years the government has crossed and neglected that . we have to take action this is a turning point. and this will findings suggest no politically compromising data has been leaked still the government says it is a serious case and that almost all security agencies are involved in the investigation good come on you can't really make money off this since the data ha

here in germany the f.t. publicly closed ranks with the rightwing extremist during street protests in the eastern city of kenneth's last summer united by a determination to end the magical era the populist movement in germany make gain new momentum. with three eastern states going to the polls this coming all to the a if d. will have to prove whether it can become the strongest political force in any of these states. if the far right are targeted for germany manages to replicate its general election results from twenty seventeen it could become the strongest political force in saxony a defeat for the c.d.u. and yet more state elections would also be seen as a rebuke for chancellor merkel's leadership. all of those factors will also play a role in the half time assessment of the coalition partner of angela merkel's government the social democrats wrote an exit clause into their coalition deal if they trigger that anger merkel could crash out of her last term in office. other presidents have felt world football

party embracement he says he was assaulted by three men in the city center on monday saying the f.t. published this photo of him in the hospital and said he was beaten unconscious with a piece of wood we suspect the attack was politically motivated. well earlier due to the news spoke to one of the a visa leaders alexander gaul entity set the mainstream political parties in germany are partially to blame for the attack because of their efforts to sideline the far right party and its anti immigration rhetoric. when you call a democratically elected party undemocratic you're socially inviting thugs to get violent and that's what happened here this is it's an escalation of the type of undemocratic behavior we're seeing even in the during the parliament as. well the political opponents or however quick to condemn the attack foreign minister heiko mosque tweeting violence can never be announcer to political arguments regardless of the target or motive there is no justification for it whatsoever anyone who commits such a crime must be punished the leader of the social democrats meanwhile an

data of hundreds of german politicians including merkel appear online but members of the far right a f.t. escaped the leak. continue through the weekend in washington as the partial united states government shutdown enters its third week eight hundred thousand government workers are currently not. paid as a stand off of our president border wall with mexico needs to mandate over five billion dollars for congress is not willing to pay up is threatening emergency powers to get it built had a kahane house the latest from washington. the two sides emerged from both sides of the white house with very different impressions of how their meeting went and they had a very very productive meeting a lengthy and sometimes contentious conversation with the president. with democrats now in charge of one chamber of congress they came to the white house to try and find a compromise to reopen the government the president says he won't sign a bill that doesn't spend five billion dollars on a wall the democrats say they simply will not spend a penny to build it they only seem to agree on one thing in fact h

politicians including the chancellor i'm gone merkel all the political parties except for the far right f.t. were hit in the. thirties acted very quickly very efficiently and around the clock. i can say with full conviction that our security agencies are guaranteeing the safety of the public and our politicians at all times . despite data being leaked in december in the form of for the advent callender the cyber attack only came to light last week the investigation is continuing and questions about the security of the german government's digital infrastructure half yet to be answered. joining me now is christoph abos he is head of the cyber security research program for police when eight it's a berlin based think tank because of it's good to have you on the show let us talk a little bit about what we're dealing with here where the suspect is a twenty year old high school student still lives at home with his parents described by police as not a great computer expert. what he must be good at something if he was able to do what he did right i think is that collecting data as far as i'm aware o

this was the version of events from the f.t. via facebook it reads they knocked him unconscious with a wooden plank then continued kicking his head as he lay on the ground. if he co-leader alexander galland even spoke of attempted murder the party now admits the initial report was wrong video has since come to light captured by c.c.t.v. prosecutors say it shows the entire incident. we can't see any of the suspects wielding an object it any time the video we have to is not shared that. it also does not show any kind of kicking or blows delivered by the suspects to the victim's body. what we do see is the suspects fleeing a mediately after the attack. of forty five taken from the. prosecutor's of treating the attack as grievous bodily harm for his part frank magnate still believes it was politically motivated. in belgium the trial opens today of a french national accused of shooting dead four people at a jewish museum in brussels in two thousand and fourteen prosecutors say the assailants killed an israeli couple and two people wo

conservative also from the center left social democrats and the left party the notable exception the far right f.t. the party confirmed yesterday that none of their lawmakers were affected german authorities say the government's i.t. network was not compromised and they're looking at where the information came from the intent remains unclear some politicians are demanding action but what i heard shocked me this is a grave attack on democracy in our country. there are massive problems in our digital security architecture we put tensions haven't looked off as enough in recent years can we commit to the government has gross and neglected its if you find nothing this least we have to think. this is a turning point for more of the story we're joined in story here by is of us she is an expert on cyber security currently at berlin's digital society institute's isabel thanks for joining us here as we mentioned the cyber security agency the b.s.i. as it's called here in germany this is agency is defending itself right now saying it couldn't connect the dots between the information that they were seeing lea

just go in behind us here and that is the criticism that's the ticket coming from the far right in the f.t. part of the largest opposition basically suspecting that once again one can say germany would have to pay what is seen and essentially all say european projects of course as. being very euro skeptic indeed but there's also been criticism on the other side of the border in france nothing depends on us and not a policy. been suspecting that this would be an attempt to try and get more influence particular over those border regions the alsace region an attempt to pretend she's seen more people speak german there so a lot of suspicions around this but at the same time this is so much more than spending a pot of money on individual cross border projects it's an aim to really convert policy priorities going as far as basically unifying the market even further taxes being made more equal and integrating the two governments to a certain degree which will now meet even more often and this goes as far as france having declared as its own policy aim to see germany get a permanent seat in the un

extent of the party's right wing extremist motives this will not involve full on surveillance of the f.t. but the party's youth wing will be observed more closely and public statements made by a.f.p. members as well as the party's links to the far right identity tarried movement will be monitored when germany's constitution contains strict safeguards against extreme. let's get more now we are trying to buy a group of you know votes from our politics department so why has the same message intelligence agency decided to do this now i mean what did the head of the service say. the the president of the office for the protection of the constitution that's the official name of germany's domestic intelligence service thomas hide among he gave a press conference just half an hour ago and what had to say. is a quite a blow for the dean said that there are indications that the represents a policy that contradicts the constitutional order of germany that would make it possible that this party can be treated as a test case that's the rather official name of what the office or for the protection of t

frank magnet suffered serious injuries and remains in hospital the f.t. described the incident as an assassination attempt a magnet spoke to watch t.v. about the attack. i was at the new year function organized by the wiser courier newspaper el of the party shortly before six and went to the car park to my car i took a short cut through an area i don't really like and there was a mistake i went through the square next to the sea theatre there are normally no people there the only people there were there were two laborers who loading their car and i went past them then around thirty metres away or so the point at which i was knocked unconscious when he came round i realised i was lying in the street and someone was shaking my arm and asking if my wallet and my by phone were still in me that person then dropped me against a wall lot was running down my face or someone called the police an ambulance last friday an a.f.p. office and lower saxony was targeted in another attack and no one was injured but the blasts cause damage to the building as well as to nei

too much what people upload on it so this is also cooked in connection with the fact that you know no f.t. and politicians fair exposed it is definitely a platform that was used by far right extremists what do you make of the fact that . the government's infrastructure seems to be still survivable to any type of community was years ago when we talked about it as a having the cell phone number of the german chancellor and a lot of people have the impression that really nothing has happened since then yeah. the actual government networks were deemed safe today so this was all the private information that was leaked by politicians but also you two were as an isis and moderator as so what i do make of that is. people are still could be a little careless with whatever they publish on their private channels some people i talked to dave while i was very fine information also told me that today they learned for the first time what a safe password this after what were they saying yeah and these are people with. two million three million followers who publish content online and that is their full t

is kind of failing and it's failing in slow motion it's failing with brax it it's failing with the f.t. it's failing with mccraw the twenty three percent is failing with it the end of merkel's tenure but it's not urgent we're watching it happen in slow motion that's what we call geo political climate change i mean you know all of the climatologists thirty years ago the science was in we we knew where the world was heading but because it wasn't urgent and it was only affecting some people and countries would really care about we never do anything about it now unfortunately geo political climate change doesn't take thirty years to play out it takes more like thirty months but i don't think it's twenty nineteen and as a consequence the love urgency that you're not going to see the headlines driving a perfect storm for europe in twenty nineteen but the trends are unmistakably in that direction and we want to get your take tonight on something has happened in the the us tonight on u.s. television networks they're coming under fire for their decision to air the us president's speech tonight

politicians across the german political spectrum there's also been a statement that has been issued by the f.t. parliamentary caucus and they have called this an assassination attempt saying that part of the blame must be borne by mainstream politicians and the media. the russian lawyer at the center of collusion claims in the twenty sixteen us presidential election has been charged with obstructing justice in a separate case we'll tell you vessel in the sky is. wanted in america overallocation she was involved in a money laundering scheme. which are in the details hi nicky what exactly are we learning about this case. well tell us on this guy is in the news again this time with charges over this civil case being brought against her she's of course well known after she became named as the key person of interest by special counsel robert muller and his probe into suspected russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election all centered on that now infamous meeting which took place at trump tower between a vessel at sky and donald trump which was alleged to have been aimed at dis

investigation is underway frag magnates with frank magnets was seriously injured and remains in hospital they f.t. describes the incident as an assassination attempt magnates there was able to speak to r.t. about the attack. i was at the new year function organized by the words or career newspaper of the party surely before six and went to the car park to my car i took a short cut through an area i don't really like and there was a mistake i went through the square next to the cd theatre there are normally no people there the only people there were there were two laborers who were looting their cars i went past them then around thirty meters away or the point at which i was knocked unconscious when he came round i realised there was lying in the street and someone was shaking my arm and asking if my wallet and my bottle phone were still in me that person then dropped me against the wall blood was running down my face someone called the police an ambulance last friday and i have to the office in the us x. and he was targeted in another attack no one was injured but the blast caused damage to the b

on the premise it could be politically motivated lawyer and media pundit mixminion crowd told us the f.t. members don't feel safe in many parts of the country. there is a litmus here in the country that everything which is right wing. conservative. man is evil and i think there are some crazy and some criminals who believe that they don't have the right to get. these. which are regretted either that or do you people but it's only there is no problem there is that once it's there is a public hearing if you able to. to hold a wedding on bremer were impossible. possible to organize a demonstration or to have a public hearing for instance included it was during all three members of parliament and it couldn't be protected by the local means we have such an anti far left wing extremists all over today but the conditions especially. variable makes or ready it possible to have ordinary political life. russian military police say they started patrolling a rural area to the west of the syrian city of man with a view to ensuring security there our senior correspondent were garcia has more the devel

that's where the information about the plank comes from towards this was the version of events from the f.t. via facebook it reads they knocked him unconscious with a wooden plank then continued kicking his head as he lay on the ground. hey if alexander galland even spoke of attempted murder the party now admits the initial report was wrong video has since come to light captured by c.c.t.v. prosecutors say it shows the entire incident. we can't see any of the suspects wielding an object should any time the video we have to is not show that is that it also does not show any kind of kicking or blows delivered by the suspects to the victim's body. what we do see is the suspects fleeing a mediately off to the attack on the forty fifth taken from the. prosecutor's a treating the attack as grievous bodily harm for his part frank magnet still believes it was politically motivated. a court in istanbul has sentenced a reporter who works for d.w. news to thirteen months in prison or was convicted for insulting and slandering a public official now those charges come from her reporting on the paradise

politicians across the german political spectrum there's also been a statement that has been issued by the f.t. parliamentary caucus and they have called this and assessed imation attempt saying that part of the plane must be borne by mainstream politicians and the media already former cia chief has described president putin as a gift to nato for a lot more of the brics he was. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be rich. that you'd like to be close as like them before three of them or can't be good get . interested in the waters in the. city may. seem wrong. just all. that you get to say proud just being educated and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. or welcome back in this dark international night former cia chief has suggested nato would have no reason to exist if it were not for russia david petraeus who was speaking on wednesday at a conference in india. the latter putin is the greatest gift to nato since the end o

politicians across the german political spectrum there's also been a statement that has been issued by the f.t. parliamentary caucus and they have called this an assassination attempt saying that part of the blame must be borne by mainstream politicians and the media. the european union has expressed anger over a diplomatic dong raid for its officials in washington. this is no way to treat pardons especially as neither the u. high representative nor the u.s. was formally notified of this change as would be expected on to customer diplomatic practice. in the change became a party to the e.u.'s washington and boston or at the funeral of george h.w. bush when the usual pecking order of that was being seated was altered traditionally the u.s. state department called the longest serving officials first with the e.u.'s david o'sullivan expected to be amongst one of the earliest to be called he wasn't. picks up the story now of a seemingly growing divide in the u.s. relations. this comes as you say it's difficult juncture in the relations between the e.u. and the usa president trump has made no bones