women overall ok well. that's a that's an interesting factor to learn kate ferguson there from the conference of the german women association entrepreneur associations thank you so much. thanks so much well the european parliament elections are next week with populism on the rise many politicians are stressing the importance of unity and common interests but where money is concerned it's every man or every country for himself cash strapped italy for one recently got friendly with beijing. it was a special event for a special deal at the end of march italy signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with china on the new silk road beijing's belt and road initiative the 1st g 7 country to do so in future italian ports like 3 aston genoa will mark the european terminus of the maritime routes to and from china. they're already being upgraded with chinese capital made ready for the mega ships that will distribute goods throughout europe from here debt burden italy is betting that will boost economic recovery. other e.u. countries like france and germany are more reticent they worry about potential chinese influence over italy as well as