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or even the reunification of germany. hollande has a reputation of being a very solid, courteous, defendable politician. if elected president, chancellor merkel will have to make some concessions to him. she would do that for the sake of franco-german friendship, the motor of the project. it is possible, of course, that after elections that she might, as a result of this cannot be able to continue her present coalition and may have to form one with the social democrats. many analysts in germany think that is exactly what she would like to do. >> john, thank you very much, as always. >> the stars of the big screen are in berlin for the german film awards. >> 2000 guests came to see and be seen at the gaullists' ceremony. -- gala ceremony. >> michael bauhause received an award and he has been nominated for three awards. it brings with it a cash prize totaling nearly 3 million euro. that is not bad. who were the big winners of the german film awards? the ceremony is underway right now and after the break, we will go live to

and germany fell leading economic institutes forecast growth for europe fell largest -- germany's leading economic institutes forecasts growth for europe's largest economy. captioned by the national captioning institute today. india has successfully test fired a long-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warhead. it is powerful and accurate enough to reach major chinese cities like beijing and shanghai. >> washington has already urged india to use restraint. we begin with this report. >> with a range of 5,000 kilometers, the agni-v is india's first long-range capable nuclear missile. the launch was described as an historic milestone. p>> it is a tribute to the sophistications -- >> the missiles india has also -- has already deployed in january could only reach pakistan and parts of china. the new rocket could put beijing and shanghai within range and potentially redresses the balance of power within the region. india says the new missile is purely for deterrence. china has reacted cautiously to the test. a spokesperson stressed the two nations are not competitors, but cooperative part

the problem is especially severe in germany.nd that a baby girl born today in germany will have a life expectancy of 82 years. baby boys come in five years shorter at 77. in 2010, around 678,000 children were born in germany -- that is the lowest birthrate in the eu. in the same time, nearly 200,000 more people died and were born in what statisticians grimly named the death surplus. in plain terms, it means germany's population is shrinking, despite the arrival of new migrants. today, almost one in five people living here have a non-german background. germany has a population of just under 82 million. in the year 2030, that figure is expected to drop to 78 million and hit 71,000,020 years later, and those estimates are conservative. the population is not just getting smaller. it is also growing older. in 2013, when germany's baby boomers will have all retired, a huge challenges for government and society will have become reality. >> we are looking at a longer life expectancy and a falling birth rate. that raises a range of issue

on the one hand, investor confidence in germany rose surprisingly.in has been able to sell more bonds than expected, in an amount of more than 3 billion euros. last but not least, u.s. companies reported results that have been far better than expected. numbers coming from coca-cola and goldman sox gave a boost to shares and help to the dax turning. >> stefan wolff in frankfurt. checking up the market numbers for you on what was a surprising day. the dax doing wonders, up well over 2.5%. still below 7000. the euro stoxx 50 closing up even further, 2367. to new york, the dow jones is currently following suit, up 1.5%. over 13,000 points. the european trading in positive territory, $1.3142. back to that story we mentioned. the bank of spain has confirmed that the country fell back into recession in the first quarter of 2012. as we just heard, in another effort to save the country, the spanish government has sold off a massive chunk of short-term debt. >> however, interest rates were sharply higher to attract buyers, reflecting continuing investor concer

but lufthansa says it is a serious blow to germany as a location for business.ners say infrastructure in some of the world's mega cities could collapse and cause gridlock for traffic. it is reason why the bicycle is getting some serious consideration. >> some cyclists have decided to test the possibility of commuting by bike in one of the world's most interested in polluted nations, jakarta in indonesia. but in a city with more than 10 million people, that is easier said than done. >> 3 million cars. 9 million motorbikes. and all of them competing for space on the streets of indonesia's capital jakarta. the commute is a daily nightmare for drivers. with colombia long backups and stop and go traffic. now, small but growing number of commuters is catching on to an alternative, riding a bicycle. one of those opting for the bicycle is the accountant who fights her way through traffic every day on her way to work. >> you have got motorcycles, cars, and buses. they cut in front oft you fronthey honk. it really gets on your nerves. >> it is crazy riding a bicycle here,

germany wants to increase the power of its forces. new measures would permit them to use aircraft to attack higher targets up to two kilometers inland. -- an attack pirate targets up to two kilometers inland. >> we are not prepared to sit back and let others take the fight to the pirates while we make it easy for ourselves. this is something we have to deal with together. we need to work together. it is right that germany not isolate itself in europe. >> the opposition social democrats and greens are cautious. they supported anti-piracy measures in the past, but they call the new proposal redundant and dangerous. >> this mission as we have known it is threatening to more from one of securing international borders to an air and ground war, and that could be playing with fire. >> both the opposition and the government said they favor a political solution to the simoleon pirate problem. >> now today three of the trial of norway's mass murder appeared today, he told the court that he should either be acquitted or put to death. as you know

but lufthansa says it is a serious blow to germany as a location for business.ners say infrastructure in some of the world's mega cities could collapse and cause gridlock for traffic. it is reason why the bicycle is getting some serious consideration. >> some cyclists have decided to test the possibility of commuting by bike in one of the world's most interested in polluted nations, jakarta in indonesia. but in a city with more than 10 million people, that is easier said than done. >> 3 million cars. 9 million motorbikes. and all of them competing for space on the streets of indonesia's capital jakarta. the commute is a daily nightmare for drivers. with colombia long backups and stop and go traffic. now, small but growing number of commuters is catching on to an alternative, riding a bicycle. one of those opting for the bicycle is the accountant who fights her way through traffic every day on her way to work. >> you have got motorcycles, cars, and buses. they cut in front oft you fronthey honk. it really gets on your nerves. >> it is crazy riding a bicycle here,

. >> the palm has sparked a lot of debate in germany.or newspapers and networks have given plenty of time to the poem "what must be said" which has been sharply criticized by many including benjamin netanyahu. >> the poem that gunter grass published earlier this week has triggered a storm of criticism. the winner of the nobel prize in literature has been accused of everything from ignorance to anti-semitism. but gunter grass says he's being attacked unfairly. >> i feel like i am seeing the media lining of together on one side and crowding out any opposing voices. i am getting heaps of e-mails from people who agree with me. but of course, the media will not mention this. people are not open to the content of the poem. the facts that i mentioned. and these facts are not being contested. >> brass says the very discussion he hopes to ignite with his column is not taking place because voices like his are stifled from the outset. >> i know, of course, that one voice is not enough. i want many people out of friendship and concern for israel to

germany's economy as britain did back into recession. >> on world malaria day, will look at attempts to find a new vaccine to fight the killer disease. >> there is growing concern over the health of ukraine's former prime minister, yulia temoshenko. >> she is in prison and suffering from debilitating back pain. >> on top of that, she claims jail guards beat her last week. since then, she has been on hunger strike in protest. >> this is more than just a case of international medical aid. it could determine future ties between the ukraine and the west. >> if kiev agrees, she could be treated at berlin's's hospital. the hospital chief already examined the imprisoned former premier twice. if it were up to him, she would be here now. >> for several months now, she has been under great psychological as well as physical stress due to pain. add to that a hunger strike, and i personally find the situation quite worrisome. >> these images of temoshenko in her cell where taken -- were taken using a hidden camera. germany's foreign minister says he expects proper medical attention for all of ukr

what was the jewish community in germany going to do? they decided that in order to get the kids out of germany, they had to developing a churl training -- agricultural training institutes, and the reasoning behind this was that if they could train youngsters to becoming a churlists -- agriculturalists, farmers, other countries would want them because they thought farmers were always in demand. and they bought, or rather leased for nothing, a training institute in germany. the person who became the head of this institute to train these people was a social psychologist, kurt bondi, an amazing man, way ahead of his time. his specialty was how do you treat juvenile delinquents and turn their lives around? his professorships, of course, were strict through the nuremberg laws. they settled on the institute, and the institute became an island of safety for these kids. because they were insulated, if you will, from the maniacal prejudice and discrimination and assault on the jewish people. they made great friends. there were about 100 of them i

course that translates badly in germany they called it the euro and now of course we're finding that the euro is helping germany and hurting france's course are hurting other countries particularly spain and we know about the pigs and how the damage it's cause it was also hurting france as well and france is suffering as a result of the e.u. imposed austerity program so really so cosy years where did himself two and chancellor angela merkel in germany and really if hollande is going to break from that will be a major paradigm shift within the european union and it will take a very bold man a very bold french politician to do that and he's hollande the guy that will do that well will he break with the german axis which is really forcing austerity along many nations within the european union and that's what's causing economic harm richard it's interesting because one is now considered a man being told ok he's considered boring and maybe that's what the french want compared is that of course the what do you think about that is he a bold politician i mean he's a socialist he's a socialis

germany would like to let them altogether. >> germany is arguing from the development and the. they say you cannot have development unless you have sanctions. the other argument is as a political tool, we have to have something. we just cannot drop them overnight. >> ok. he was calling for the unconditional release of all political -- the eu is calling for the unconditional release of all political prisoners and the end of all ethnic conflict. >> this is the real test of the military's willingness to reform. a lot of political prisoners have been released. there is controversy about some prisoners, whether they are political prisoners or they just pretended to be. and the government has really reached out to the ethnic minorities. i think generally the government has made a lot of effort. we are going to see how that plays out in the parliament. >> great talking to your. thank you so very much. >> hanover messe is under way with 65 exhibitors from 700 countries. >> the dominant country this year is china. he wants trade with germany to increase by 50%. especially green tech. >>

of germany so as soon as the reserve bank goes bust they'll take that country with it as well you've got more derivatives of j.p. morgan than the g.d.p. of america by many times over for five dollars of g.d.p. of the entire country so as j.p. morgan goes belly up goes bust and jamie dimon is a very. immoral illegally bent type of corporate now mel malcontents. family tree goes belly up but hey he's going to join dimes on the street to do to make a john d. rockefeller impression but let's look at some of the crimes listed here along with him for a graphic about what j.p. morgan is done to keep a seventy trillion piles of derivatives taken morgan is rumored to hold fifty to eighty percent of the copper market and manipulated the market by massive purchases j.p. morgan is also guilty of manipulating the silver market to make billions and two thousand and ten j.p. morgan had three perfect trading quarters and only lost money on eight days lawsuits on home foreclosures have been filed against j.p. morgan aluminum prices manipulated by j.p. morgan through large physical ownership of materi

germany relative to last september so the euro area crisis has had a large effect on germany as well notwithstanding ta they're in a much better position to cope with it. in our view, there is enough fiscal adjustment in germany. germany has space to adjust much more slowly than the rest of the euro area is doing so appropriately so much less than in the euro area. it can loosen up if the situation in the euro area were to become worse. and like others in the euro area, it also faces its share of structural challenges. for example, the batching sector is still very much influenced by the public sector and this something that will need to be reformeded over the medium term. there's a need for structural reforms to raisin investment. not only would it boost activity in germany and there be help the rest of the euro area, it would also reduce the large current account surplus that is germany has and there be help internal rebalancing in the year area. >> we'll take two or three more questions. there's a lady way at the back there. >> thank you. i'm from reuters. i have a question. is ch

. >> it is bordered with germany. we are basically a trying goal that comes into the belly of germany. we border with bavaria on the south, and saxony on the north. and of our north border, it is quite a long border, with portland. and our eastern border, we border -- with poland. and our eastern border, we border with slovakia. >> the population of the czech republic now is how much? >> it used to be a 50 million nation, czechoslovakia, and it split 2 to one. >> and the capital, of course, as prague. which i understand is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. >> that is correct. >> and a great terrorist attack -- a tourist attraction, i would say. if you put together all of the people of the czech background, what are the characteristics of the people? >> feddis difficult to ask an ambassador. if i say something, it is self promoting. i think checks are very tolerant people. they can very much accept all sorts of different opinions, different cultures. on the other hand, they have been through a very long ti

germany is open to the idea. >> i am satisfy the things are moving in the right direction.m hopeful that the democratization process will receive the necessary support from abroad, and that includes letting eu sanctions expired. >> in rangoon, many burmese are cautiously optimistic. they hope it will bring improvement to their daily lives. >> i hope there will be changed. suu kyi was not in parliament before. i hope when she takes a seat, the country will change more and things will get better. >> burma's southeast asian neighbors have praised the election, saying it was conducted in an orderly manner. the poll was closely watched as a test of the military leadership's commitment to political reform. >> west african leaders have opposed a raft of diplomatic, economic, and financial sanctions on mali. >> the ecowas has put its military forces on standby. it follows a 72-hour deadline for mali's military leaders to restore democracy. captain amadou sanogo led last month's coup and has promised mali to promised's original constitution and hand back power to civilian authoritie

he plans to come to germany, but it is not clear if he will be allowed to leave china. rumor has it that he wants to set up another studio here in berlin, and he has been offered a visiting professorship at the university of the arts. his arrest one year ago prompted an uproar. protesters gathered in front of the chinese embassy in berlin. even the german foreign minister called for a release. but after china emerged as a potential rescuer from the euro crisis, the tone softened. no one wants to risk angering the potential financial backer. the academy of arts wants to maintain the pressure on china. it has named the artist as a member. >> publicity is the only protection against capricious treatment. whenever we believe the danger is rearing its head, we speak up, as loud as we can. and many here hope that the government will remain dedicated to the cause. >> in other news now, a report shows germany's carbon dioxide emissions actually fell in 2011. >> the environment ministry years as companies is less than their annual allotment of pollution credits under the eu's em

the european union says it may take germany to court over a controversial data log.he case could cost berlin fines of more than 30 million euros. >> the row is about a directive ordering states to store records of people's phone calls and e- mails. germany's justice minister is having none of it. >> who made what call and who mailed home? that is information at the center of this row. the eu wants countries to store all the data for six months to help fight crime. germany's interior minister agrees, but he's locked in a battle with the justice minister seen here on the right. he wants long-term data storage only a concrete suspicions are raised. allies are annoyed. >> a lot of time spent in brussels drawing up directives. once they are agreed on, they have to be translated into law. we expect our citizens to follow the law, and we expect no less from the justice minister. >> dispute is part of wider jostling in the coalition. the fdp is playing down the threat from brussels and says the eu directive puts basic freedoms at risk. >> to brazil now where the laws protect

you just got back from germany. what are you seeing in terms of trends and job creation in the u.s. >> first of all, depressing story when you look at policy in germany versus the u.s. because there they have economic trade policy that allows -- >> specifically. >> specifically they focus on retraining in ways we don't do. you see youth, 15, 16 17 getting trained from the companies investing in germany and the infrastructure in germany -- >> they have an apprenticeship pipeline in other words? >> yes. >> and that leads into a job. >> leads into a job. and in a manufacturing sector here is a country with a higher standard of living at this point, that continues to export. so they expore using some techniques we are trying to use in lien manufacturing and other things you are familiar with from michigan. but we need an integrated policy that integrates trade and tax policy and education and things like health care. health care is not on the ledger sheet in germany because it is on the public ledger sheet. >> health ca

>> i'll respond to the question, about germany. as carlo showed in the slide's opening, there's relatively small adjustment plans in germany in both 2012 and 2013. in fact, in both your slower adjustments than we initially expected. this is fine, because it reflects to some extent the overperformance that occurred in previous years. carlo talked about how countries with fiscal space could choose to go a little bit slower in their adjustment plans to address downside risks. and certainly germany is in a relatively strong fiscal position or would have the opportunity to do that. at the same time we should recognize there's not much adjustment to begin with. under germany's rule, there is limited scope to go more slowly in adjustment in any case. germany is a kaunt country that should allow this. if growth turns out to be slower we think germany should tolerate a slightly slower deficit as a result of the impact of slower growth. in the event, much sharper decline in growth, clearly for authorities to review this in the event of a ver

the poem also caused controversy here in germany. he said the country was "a threat to world peace." >> at first, few israelis seemed interested in the pelham, but the interior minister -- in the poem, but the interior minister's decision to declare him persona non grata has excited the controversy. >> he says things we cannot accept people in >> opposition leaders say that the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is trying to position itself as the protector of national interest. the former ambassador to germany described the travel ban as over the top and slightly hysterical. >> this is just domestic politics. it is wrong. i do not believe he is anti- semitic, not at all. >> since the bomb was published last week, the author -- since the problem was published last week, the other has modified his position. the title "what must be said" suggests that he is saying what others are afraid to say. some say history makes it especially important what he is saying. >> there is this taboo about criticizing israel in germany that

but is this enough strength for germany? >> we need germany to be strong particularly in terms of its domestic consumption and domestic demand more so than production. it's been strong in production terms somewhat, but production ultimately depends on finding a market for that. it's interesting thes c distincn between the current conditions versus the expectations. expectations depend on do we find manufacturing in the future and that's much less clear than whether we've found them today. production has been strong, what we need to do to lead it into recovery is for its consumption to be strong. >> is germany able to do that, are we likely to see germany lead that recovery? >> i fear the answer to that is no. i think the prospects for the eurozone economy are really rather bleak and part of that is because the german consumer just isn't doing enough to be the locomotive for growth. >> we'll come back to many of these topics in the show. certainly eurozone is core. coming up, too, olympus shareholders finally say yes to a new

must be no doubt he has succeeded. >> it is a permanent ongoing debate in germany. we had a few newspaper articles. it did not make the headlines. he is seen in israel as very critical because of his past. he would not have the moral or historic rights to comment on politics. on the other hand, it is said it is rather pathetic or anti- semitic what he wrote. there is an ongoing debate about iran and what the consequences are. it does not add anything new to the debate over here. >> when you travel to berlin, one of the things that stands out immediately are the towers. >> all those visits to what was once a symbol of communist east berlin have taken a toll on the structure. it has just reopened after a deep facelift. >> one of berlin's iconic landmark. it was completed in 1969 to show the world its technological prowess. now for the second time since reunification, the tower has undergone extensive reunification and. reason enough for a fresh coat of paint. the 1960's look remains unchanged and many other elements at the tower's form. it is still europe's tallest st

but germany applied austerity when the rest of europe was booming.ut when you're up as a whole tries to retain, the economy will shrink, so that burden will actually increase. >> many politicians in spain agree with george soros, even though the country has introduced sweeping austerity measures to rein in its deficit, its deep recession continues. the former hedge fund manager does not confine his criticism to germany. he also says efforts should be stepped up to regulate the world's leading banks and their complicated financial instruments. >> because that is a tremendous source of earnings for five large banks. and they have a lot of clout, and they have really been quite successful in resisting regulation. >> george soros quickly left the press conference without saying when he would be meeting with the bundesbank president for private talks. >> luxury car maker bmw says sales have accelerated to a new record. it sold almost 186,000 vehicles in march, the highest number ever for a single month. >> sales for the first quarter were up by 11%. growt

frankly i was a correspondent who lived in germany twice.it never occurred to me to write a straight history of the not the era biography of hitler. it has been done, done several times extraordinarily well that is also preoccupied with the stories i was covering at the moment, the collapse of communism, reunification. but i was always fascinated by all those books on all of those accounts. but two things really got me going on this subject. and that is one oddly enough to reset and the appearance of books about america's apparent in london. another source of inspiration. but they say wait a minute. what about all the americans in berlin especially? well, has anybody really written about them before? and i went through and while there are plenty of individual stories, memoirs, biographies, nobody had tried to use but their story together and somehow they faded from the personal consciousness of people that it just seemed like paris of course and as that has that romantic aura to it. but the real place to be in the early 20s was berlin. it is

but the threat is not just coming from germany. other leaders say they will stay away. 1 spokesman made his position clear. >> the president has no intention of going to ukraine or indeed participating in events in ukraine at this point in time. >> some reports suggest angela merkel me ask all ministers to break off from attending the matches if tymoshenko is not given the medical care she needs. >> tell us about this reported threat by angela merkel. >> i think angela merkel sees these football championships as an opportunity to put pressure on ukraine over this is she orders all her ministers to stay away, and if german politicians and other europeans boycott the ukraine in parts. that will put the spotlight on human rights concerns. the german foreign minister is saying ukraine risks jeopardize thing its aspirations to become a full part of europe over this. i think the chancellor must be thinking ukraine will not want to risk more negative headlines and they will be desperate to show themselves in the best possible light. >> th

germany threatened to even the score for her defeat in 1918.other side of the world, the japanese were introducing their neighbors to their own brand of arson. china felt the brutal aggression directed by the japanese warlords. the japanese onslaught of china carried out the ambitions and aspirations of a nation bent on territorial conquest. for a while, many of us laughed at a comic opera character speaking from a roman balcony. but his intended victims in ethiopia did not laugh. they were a proud and fierce people determined to resist the italian dictator's aggression. benito mussolini invaded the tiny african kingdom anyway, and another piece of earth caught fire. an appeal was made, but no one came forward to answer it. mussolini demonstrated for his friends how easy it was. the day germany invaded poland, george marshall, then a brigadier general, made the extraordinary jump from one to four stars to become the army chief of staff. for secretary of war stimpson, the task of mobilization lay ahead. the resources of a mighty nation had to be

. >> kroft: i mean, how powerful is germany within the e.u.?oper: germany is the check writer. >> kroft: with its huge industrial economy, its vast trade surpluses and balanced budgets, germany is by far the most powerful country in europe. and it reluctantly agreed to bail out what it considered to be its deadbeat relatives, but only up to a point and only under certain conditions. in return for going along with the bailout, chancellor angela merkel insisted that all euro members roll back their debt, and that severe austerity measures be imposed on greece, requiring it to slash government spending, roll back pensions, lay off 150,000 public workers, reduce salaries by 20%, and raise taxes, all of this imposed on a country that had been in recession for the past five years. describe the situation in greece to me right now. what's going on? >> yanis varoufakis: greece is in its great depression. greece is in a coma, and it is getting deeper into that coma as one company, one firm, one shop shuts after the next. >> kroft: yanis varoufakis is an

europe is -- germany is unhappy their purpose is to suck money out of germany to pay for these things dreamt up in another country. >> can i add one more thing to this point about the poor germans. i think it misses one profound advantage they have from the eu and euro. a way to think about it is, germany plays the role of china. the eu was constructed perfectly to allow germany to do that. it is a little bit rich of the germans to be testing goes bad southern europeans. without them you could not have this powerful export-led growth of germany. >> he is not clearly explaining there are two sides. they do not produce enough for saving enough. on the other side you have a country with 60% of exports going to other countries. what would happen if the euro failed? i do not think it well. unless you consider it a loss of greece would be an eventual failure already. what would it be if the germans said with the deutsche mark? they would not be able to afford a bmw or mercedes in the united states anymore. in that regard it is absolutely true. >> let's bring you back into the conversation.

situation even though germany is the big and of course all the money printing of the monsters asian is causing inflation yes and also all that money printing causes any investor to say wow this system has cracked this thing has gone psycho the european monetary union is going to fall apart and in which case where do you want to be where do you want to hide all your uro's whatever you have you want to buy assets in germany which is perceived as the strongest of the european nations gold and so are up against every single currency last year and speaking of europe max we have some more insanity in the news exclusive goldman's european derivatives revenue soars yes you would have thought the last few years would have told you the best thing to do is run away from goldman sachs's derivatives but no apparently the europeans are running into the arms of goldman sachs goldman sachs group's first quarter earnings are expected to benefit from the increased use of derivatives by european clients seeking ways to hedge risk according to an internal report seen by reuters they have a risk against do

lars yes well of course we all know that european central bank is essentially the biggest bank germany is preparing a raft of measures to safeguard its financial system and prevent excess stimulus from the european central bank leaking into an inflationary credit boom. the e.c.b. is one trillion euro blitz of three year loans to banks has started to reignite monetary growth in germany even though the key aggregates are still collapsing in southern europe so they created all this money to help southern europe out all of that new created money went directly into germany house prices are up five point six percent because nobody wants to be in south europe pro merkel has also gone and say she's also norman bates she's also psycho she doesn't understand about the c.c.v. situation even though germany is the big and of course all the money printing of the month as asian is causing inflation yes and also all that money printing causes any investor to say wow this system has cracked this thing has gone psycho the european monetary union is going to fall apart and in which case where do you want