they won their first seats on the german parliament.it years later, -- became the first environment minister. after the chernobyl in the clear disaster, fears of radiation and its long-term consequences mobilized germans. the anti-nuclear movement, by then more than a decade old, gained ground. protest movements have been generally more successful in germany than in other countries. >> the federal system in germany means that at the very least, such local movements can have an impact at the same level where they can cause problems for regional governments. >> in the 1990's, anti-nuclear protests concentrated on the nuclear waste transports. there was massi civil disobedience against moving the waste to the temporary storage site. in 1998, the social democrats and the greens came to power. and early 2001, they legislated to phase out nuclear energy within 20 years. when the nobles received generous state subsidies. >> in the long term, there is hope that the german energy industry and its associated technologies will get a boost. >> when

germans are skeptical. only 10% believe greece will be able to sort out its economy even after the rescue package. a resounding majority say it will not. >> germany's debt is growing by millions of euros every day. at some point we will be in the same position. who will help us then? we need to be honest about the fact agrees cannot cope financially and we will need to write off their debt. there is no other option. the people in the banks need to be told the facts. but no one has the nerve. that is why a writ for the yellow card -- i reach for the yellow card. >> shortly before halftime, a substitute in to the deputy chancellor position. the resorted to a practice strategy. >> what was crucial was to reach agreement on cutting taxes. we want to discuss the issue of progressive tax rates. we want to cut social insurance contributions. >> then came a counterattack from a teammate, the finance minister. he played offside. >> there are no secret reserves in the budget. the fact is, and this is a philosophical

for every five germans killed in combat, not people bombed from the air, but german soldiers killed on the ground on the battlefield, for every five of them, four were killed on the eastern front. what britain, america, canada, and the rest were doing was effectively killing the 5th german and we did other things vital to do with keeping the sea lanes open, landing in north africa, italy, and obviously d-day, keeping russia in the war by massive land lease operation to them and then vitally also through the combined bomber offensive keeping 70% in the west protecting their cities which, of course, had that not happened, would have been able to be used in the east against moscow and stalingrad and the battle by kurst, but we have to acknowledge the fact for every american who died in the world war, 90 russians died. >> sir, you may have, of course, have a number of ide loming call -- ideological elements that entered into major episodes and may jr. themes, -- major themes. i'm wondering whether it was really, really close. in other words, he didn't have to do all of these and were there

officer corp.s and the german general staff and certainly the german generals themselves were a verybitious group who were quite willing to outmaneuver each other, they were quite willing if one was sacked to jump into his place. they, um, took large amounts of cash, just straightforward money from adolf hitler, estates in poland and so on. there was a screenal side to them -- venal side to them as well as moral cowardice to quite a lot of the german generals which i go into in some detail in the this book. gentleman in the back there. >> [inaudible] you raised are -- you raised a question in the literature of this talk about why the panzas were held back at dun kirk, and i was curious. i'd never heard that -- >> yes, yes, thank you for mentioning that. the question was why on the 24th of may 1940, 71 years ago today, as it turns out, were the panzas who had virtually surrounded the town of can kirk and were on the heights above the town given the order, given the notorious halt order which, um, because they then didn't go down into the town allowed the british expeditionary force of

officer corps and the german general staff and service which german generals themselves were a verymbitious group who were quite willing to out maneuver each other, they were quite willing if one was sacked, to jump into his place. they took large amounts of cash, money from adolf hitler in poland and so on. the gentleman in the back of there. >> you raise the question in the literature up to this talk about why the panthers were held back, and have trees, i never heard that. >> thank you for mentioning that. the question was why i 24th of may 194071 years ago today as it turns out, were the panzers have it virtually surrounded the town of dunker, were on the heights above the town given the order, giving the notorious halt order, which because they didn't didn't go down into the town, allowed the british force of a court of the layman and then some 80,000 french to escape. it was finally counted on the 28th of may, by that stage the town evacuated had started. and the answer -- well, many stories have many different answers, and one answer though that, one argument that i believe i

are for the germans the germans don't germans don't have to pay the piper let greece go bankrupt it would be good for greece it would be good for the europe would be good for the world if greece went bankrupt and ran out of the hands of pay their bills or stop lying then you would have everybody would know it's a strong sound currency based on a strong sound economy why not let him go bankrupt there's nothing in our euro in america we've had stage called wait until you can see it is still great growth we've had carries no great growth it didn't in the united states and it didn't in the u.s. dollar ok shares and you know. i'll tell you why because of the four hundred billion dollars of debt that greece has fifty percent is held by german and french banks and those countries still want to take it so i think in the financial markets it's that simple. why should why should taxpayers bail out banks since when the taxpayers have to bail out mistakes made by banks the taxpayers didn't make those mistakes when i make a mistake i can i come to you and let you bail me out next time i start losing m

the german legal authorities. as a spokesman for the foreign office and the german government, i cannot comment on the decision to in ponte the plane. >> the row over outstanding debts and a confiscated airplane could escalate into a diplomatic crisis between berlin and bangkok. >> to the tour de france. two frenchmen were defeated in a finale today. there are too would have killed meters left. -- 2.5 kilometers left. >> a norwegian claim to dethe n inth tour de france stage. he risked it all on the dissent, breaking away on a solo run. less than three kilometers before the finish line, the norwegian caught the frenchman and left them behind. >> this is the best moment of my career. when alone in a hard day. the rainbow jersey. i think it is incredible. he is the first world champion since 2002 to win a stake in the -- a stage in the tour day frantz -- tour de france. the showdown will be one of the highlights of the tour 2011. >> more sports. stay with us for that. captioned by the national captioning institute -

with the germans you can see the germans giving. you all the time so that brings up a very interesting point and look at the dentist i mean at one point the germans are going to say enough is enough and i think everyone would feel that's justified turnout's of the dangers we have here. yeah it sure is a when you say decisive action what sort of decisive action should have been undertaken decisive action on the part of government always frightens me what sort of decisive action would you have said would have been proper. if the clear message is that clear message to the market that a fund has been created the bailout will happen the restructuring will happen everybody's aware they agree to not pay the money back instead of saying you know what one year from now they're going to go back in the private markets that was not going to happen even today the european central bank is not talking about restructuring they do want private investors involved in this plan but the bottom line is everyone knows it has to go that way so they delay t

only available to germans?give me an interview, refused to give me an explanation. could they tell i'm brbrisis could they tell i love a lounge chair? could they tell i'm angry? i'm nick watt for "nightline" in london. >> our thanks to nick watt for not going speedo. and thank you for watching tonight. we do hope you'll check out "good morning america," they'll be working while you

good news from the german car inindust. in the six months running from january to june, dealers in europe's biggest market sold some 1.6 million vehicles, representing a sales increase of 10%. they ain't -- they expect domestic sales to continue at the same pace. gererman cacarmaks have seen thr export business picked up speed as well. >> the assembly lines are set to run longer this year. summer vacations are being shortened. international demand for german cars has declined, an average of 13%. production is also at record leve. china remains the most important for the automobile industry. eyes are also on russia and india, and there are demands for lower trade restrictions. >> terrace have to be lowered in countries such as -- tariffs have to be lowered in countries such as india. >> german cacar makers are investing in the development of fuel-efficient models. more and more consumers, especially in urban areas, are choosing greener cars. the german automotive industry has been working tords the development of alternative

those fears are unfounded according to the german ministry. >> german-made food has an excellent reputation around the world. that is a valuable commodity that the government and industry should seek to maintain. >> germany is one of five european countries whose population spent less than 10% of their income on food. that is reason -- that is the reason why cheaper ingredients are replacing expensive high- quality bonds. >> a good day for norway in the tort difference. >> that's right, there cyclist has won the 17th stage. -- a good day for norway in the tort to france. >> he finished 40 seconds ahead of the second place rider. this is what it looks like near the finish line of thursday's 18th leg at the summit. this is the highest stage finish in the history of the store. -- of the tour. the south america# soccer championship is underway in argentina. uruguay has booked a spot in the final after defeating through -- after defeating peru. >> uruguay's of victory triggered a celebration in the capital after the game. suarez was the man of the match. he scored in the 52nd minute. five minute

about 100 german couples visit him every year. they'll suffer from a genetic defect and their children might be severely disabled at birth. >> it is most of the time on the genetic diseases one gene. people don't think that you have all these different issues, blue eyes, this is imagination, not reality. we're talking about severely sick children. >> but critics worry about how things may develop in the future. will couples want to select embryos with desirable characteristics, so-called designer babies? at the moment, european countries agreed that screening should only be used. suffering. medical complications can occur, too. >> most of these patients have a history of the handicapped, a genetically induced children, so they're trying to avoid this. you can do the tests, amniocentesis, to check. >> proponents of screening argued that abortions would not happen if the testing or permit it. embryos, they say, should not have more protection than fetus is that are further developed. severely disabled fetuses are often not aborted i

a german or french or other european bank can buy a greek government say fifty percent. pledge this to the european central bank and get full euro's a. full value on the dollar and get free money by speculating we don't know whether the german banks or the french banks are carrying this greek debt market value or a nominal face value so germany is itself is being sacrificed. to the banks and i don't think you can say that the interest of the banks of the one percent is the interest of germany unless you're redefining germany and redefining europe as a kind of neo feudal oligarchy society run by the back so that's why angela merkel herself is losing electoral support in germany the whole political spectrum in europe is being thrown into disarray by the fact that what do the words left and right main when you have the whole issue basically one of finance finance cuts across the political spectrum from left to right it cuts across the spectrum of what is germany what is france what is europe and it really has put the class war back in business in a very different way than w

got back they got nice infrastructure built by the west german firms so where is greece being merged into and what are they getting back they're being merged into germany and they get back the privilege of not being killed by german army people with guns that's what they get in return well is the french banking system and cozy and they all concocted this for cock to plan which i guess was being read. s. and p. is counting as default but here's a country that have this revolution where heads were child off because of toll booths introduced everywhere in society so the french banking group one of their plans was that the rollover of debt of the french sovereign bond holdings of greek debt would force them to reinvest seventy percent of that into greek bonds yielding at least five and a half percent but the greeks were forced to reinvest the money they got in this loan back into european aaa debt what paying like two percent so it's a wealth transfer it was a constant annual wealth transfer that's exactly right just adding more debt that's always been the solution sense the end of brett

that he can promise them what german doctors cannot. now they have to donate the sperm. >> you are not coming in, are you? >> they want to avoid creating a marketn germany that would take advantage of women who need money. emphasizing her motivation, it is to help childless couples. >> yes, i get money. >> 20,000 czech crowns. about one month of wages. but it is not my main motivation. the money is an added bonus. like icing on the cake. >> those that oppose a donation warren of the health risks to donors. nonetheless, she plans to donate eggs a few days from now. back to the clinic, an anonymous donor has had eight eggs removed. all of them will be fertilized with sperm. in germany, no surplus embryos can be produced. they all have to be implanted within the uterus and choosi among them is forbidden. but doctors will be waiting five days to choose the best. that will increase their chances anonymously. after a botched operation, she was unable to become pregnant, even whenhe was young. now she is a last-minute mother at 44. that is why

the german government is calling this a partnership of equals. is that what the african governments are looking for? >> well, it depends on how you define a partnership of equals. i think by this term it means that this is a partnership of mutual respect and the past that was always up the case. hundreds of years ago, but nowadays, i think that germany is looking forward to deepen its relationship with africa and in the long run, it has to be a partnership of equals. >> in your assessment, why has germany decided to change its strategy now and will this initiative be a good one? >> well, i cannot really see a change of strategy. this is a very good initiative. i think that it is more the trial to unify the different policies of the different german ministries. doocy, we have the foreign office, we have the ministry of economic development and cooperation, we have the ministry of economics, we have the economy, we have the ministry of environment could all of them are dealing somehow with africa. this is an attempt to unify this to one comprehensi

german companies reporting strong earnings. continental has raised its full- year sales forecast after profits doubled, 700 million euros and for six months. long-term prospects are good because the german government wants to see 1 million electric cars on the road by 2020. the traditional car companies are turning to companies like continental, which are up to speed on electric vehicles. >> here at the and the northern german town, the pilot engines are coming off the production line. but in just a few weeks, mass production is set to begin. at 60,000 electric engines will be produced. the time when continental was purely a tire company is long gone. now the firm makes everything from electronic components to hybrid engines. >> for years, we have been researching the electric cars. we think we can play a leading role in the parts supplier market. >> weighing in at 65 kilos, the continental electric engine it is considerably lighter than a comparable combusted engine and packs of 290 horsepower. the engine operates on the princ

that means that the german troops there remain in great danger. the more than 130,000 foreign soldiers are stationed in afghanistan. 90,000 of them are from the u.s.. president obama inherited the afghanistan war, but he says progress has been made and that the death of osama bin laden has weakened al qaeda. >> i just want to say a few words -- we are being successful in those emissions. the reason we are in a position to draw down 10,000 troops this year and a total of 33,000 troops by the end of next summer is precisely because of the extraordinary work of our men and women in uniform. >> in summary, this terrorism analyst says the taliban has been driven from power for 10 years. >> but the country is a long way from being stabilized, and that was the main goal. given the growing indications of a looming internal afghan conflict, we are looking at a complete failure of the mission. . >> the taliban are still confident of victory. after the withdrawal of western forces, they are likely to gain influence, and al qaeda is thought to have shifted it

tanks and everything the german government denied it and now right in the arab spring right into the movement for democracy and freedom in the arab world this german government decides to two hundred of the most modern tanks it's a disaster clearly a lot of opposition from political parties will the german government listen to the likes of you and perhaps make a u. turn. we know that even in the end the ruling parties there's a lot of opposition against this because you know it was this government in the past couple of months went to egypt went to an easier who always say that we have to promote and support the movement for democracy in the arab world and everybody here knows and talks about that it was saudi arabia who invaded bottom line with tanks by the way. to fight down there in a bloody intervention the democracy movement so it's even in the ruling party to there are a lot of members who say we can do this if we know all sent to our modern tanks to saudi arabia to that really through more whites violator then we lose any kind of credit in the arab world so don't do it but whet

of russia and his german colleague are in the. course of a permanent dialogue. it's something working out. it's taken form solution. to the science and i and you know you insist on i thought . the fact that we don't we're not supposed to use any. military means to stop this. and we thought this would only give rise to the violence itself and. our. foreign minister and you the west are really talked about back in new york at the united nations. and i think was so we think that's our base signal as much as you said. the isn't a good sign of it and this is a day of reforms because we think that we have an agreement on that obviously boids us. and reassuring writers. for instance on the presidency i have to see him but he's in the midst of all this because of chancellor mr as mr president. president definitive how as i think how we should look at how should we ensure the stability of the euro and as it enters how we should how should we be watching this to see and should we. make the bank making sphere more stable. than a function of how can how can market laws help

th fr at some products could end up getting the fears are ununded accordingtohe german ministry. >> german-madeceenretaon aro world. that is a vuae commodity that the government and industry should seek germany is one of five european countries os population spent less than 10% of their income on foodis reasoe ason cheaperinednt are replacing expensive high- quality bonds. >> a good day for norway in the rtifree. >> that's right,he cli has won the 17th stage. -- a gd yor norway in the tort to france. fish 40 seconds ahead of the second place rider. this is what it loo like near the ine of thursday's 18th leg at the summit. this is the highest stage finish in the history of the store. -- of the tour. theou arin cc championship is underway in argentina. uruguay s ok a spot in the final after defeating through -- after defeating peru. >> uruguay's of vtory trged cebti ithe capital after the game. suarez was the man of the match. he scoredn the 52nd minute. five minutes later tree s ai peru's fate w sealed when one of their players got a red card. th wl face eitr paragu or venezuela will meet in the other se

of russia and his german colleague are in the. course of a permanent dialogue. on. working out. a can form solution. and you know you insist on. the fact that we don't we're not supposed to use any. military means to stop the conflict. and we thought this will only give rise to violence. and. how our. foreign minister and if the west are really talking about that in new york at the united nations. and i don't know we think that talk of this signal as late as you said. it is a good sign of it and this is a day of reforms we think that we have an agreement on that swing vote us. writers. when it comes on the president. because he's in the midst of all this it will be federal chancellor mr as mr president. the president of the truth of how society how we should look at how should we ensure the stability of the euro and incidentally how we should how should we go watching this to use should we. make the bank making sphere more stable. as a function of how can how can market loss help that process. your support that initiative. i talked about the euro i explained the situation to tha