past week and the question is how united is germany disunited is germany. well i think germany is still in a way. not really united and. it hasn't really been different in all those years after the reunification it's just that all of a sudden it seems to come out like like we see it because there is this party if. all of a sudden you see. most of the war voters. come from east germany and most of them are man. should talk about that when you say it can't it just comes out it's suddenly there why is it there now because people have the feeling that they like that they can speak out what they maybe have thought for a long time their disappointment their anger about things that happened to them. in all those years after they're in if you cation so i guess a lot of people feel that they. belong to that united germany to that germany that is very successful in the world. for a billion wojciech and judy let's just listen to what germany's president frank voter steinmeyer had to say at the reunification celebrations earlier this week. it was them our trivia doing

germany? germany isthink still, in a way, not really united. and it hasn't really been different in all those years, the reunification. it's just that all of a sudden, it seems to come out, like we see it, because there is this party, afd, and all of a sudden, you see the voters, you know, east germany and most are men. about. to talk it just comes out, it's suddenly there. now?s it there >> because, you know, people have the feeling that -- like that they can speak out what they maybe have thought for a long time. their disappointment, their anger about, you know, things to them in all those years after the reunification. i guess a lot of people feel that they don't belong to that, know, united germany, to is verymany that successful in the world. >> before i bring in wojciech to judy, let's just listen what germany's president, frank-walter steinmeier, had to stay at the reunification celebrations earlier this week. >> the great wall across our is gone. 24, it becameer clear that there were

this past week and the question is how united is germany or disunited is germany. well i think germany is still an away. not really united and. it hasn't really been different in all those years after the reunification it's just that all of a sudden it seems to come out like like we see it because there is this party f.t. and all of a sudden you see. most of the war voters. come from east germany and most of them are man. should talk about that when you say it can't it just comes out it's suddenly there why is it there now. because you know people have the feeling that they like that they can speak out loud say maybe have thought for a long time their disappointment their anger about things that happened to them. in all those years after their unification so i guess a lot of people feel that i belong to that united germany to that germany that is very successful in the world. before i bring in wojciech and judy let's just listen to what germany's president. had to say there reunification celebrations earlier this week. the great wall across our country is gone. tha

and eastern germany. you were a president of the bundestag let's talk about the office toscan challenge. the point is talk president now that there are right wing extremists right wing populists in parliament what does the bundestag president face what would vulcan surely be doing a plenary session if for example alexander gallin says we'll hunt down this is magical. it's because i think it's a tightrope walk. the bonus tax rules the rules of order but also the rules of parliamentary decency apply to everyone equally. we shouldn't focus especially on the f.t. big but it forces the rules equally on all and that's a duty of the president's office and the president in particular that. we have to ensure that the bundestag and the german public don't jump through every hoop and react to every provocation of the. thing that merely gains the a.f.p. attention tough at the same time we must also contradict them and apply the sanctioning tools there are many of them when suddenly the attempt is made in parliament t

that is all great for germany, but it is causing a few problems for germany's neighbor, france. >> germany, as seen from the french region of alsace. french family business velum, which makes lighting technology and is based in bischofsheim, wants to conquer the german market. so far, it's been exporting only a handful of its products to german businesses, restaurants and industrial factories. now, velum boss anne vetter wants to double her company's exports to germany to a volume of 4 million euros. but for that, the company also needs change its image. >> a german company boss told me he was surprised france makes such high-quality products. it hurt to hear that. because it's unfair. we french must prove that our products are better or at least as good as those made in germany. >> vetter is proud of her innovative business concept customers can choose the shape , and colour of lighting to suit their specific wishes. velum engineers then calculate which color temperature and intensity is best suited to a particular space. >> up there, we've installed lighting rails. they don't emit a hars

what this will mean for germany's policy towards migrants is still unclear. for the very latest on the story let's cross over now to our political correspondent thomas sparrow thomas chancellor machall has said time and time again that she's against any limit two hundred thousand has been the magical number there is she now backing down. brian in a way she is backing down in particular after this agreement that was reached yesterday it's seen as a concession to the sister party the c. as you head of the very difficult coalition talks but very important for. two it's one if you look at the wording of the agreement it clearly state that it's a it's a goal that they want to reach and second it is a goal that they want to reach that is absolutely not set in stone in other words depending on the national all the international context that limits could be moved up or down and also for going to merkel something very important is the agreement does not include the german word or back then that's the upper limit for the number of refugees and this is the word that has

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be a peaceful germany. and this year especially ask about the statesman the german you have here not from rhineland fights here want to see is the historical moment and. made the act of unification politically possible helmut kohl who died three months ago. that is the germany ladies and gentleman and into which you young people were born as i know germany and that has come a very long way from unbridled nationalism that brought war and destruction to europe . a divided nation in the cold war. to a democratic and strong country at the heart of europe ladies and gentlemen. i pass must continue to be in peace and friendship with our european neighbors it must never again lead us back internationalism thank. god i'm going to ladies and gentlemen in german unity is every day but do we feel it every day. when the moments in our everyday lives that we become aware of the fact that we are part of a community of eighty million util for many. that happened nine days ago on the twenty fourth of september. the free an

germany obviously has a larger responsibility before the e.u. so let me ask my question again do you think germany with this new renewed mandate that angle america seems to have gotten for the new term as chancellor do you think she can address the problems of the european union and namely. preserving the unity but also addressing the structural. balances death threats and that the liberals. are very critical of president marcos. and it depends whether america manages in the negotiations with the liberal. to get them to agree to you know a program to strengthen europe again along the lines suggested by mark quote my next question may may come across as disagreeable to your perhaps even bias but many here in russia believe that the ukrainian crisis was essentially an out of the grohl of the policy of building greater europe a europe that was conceptually exclusive off russia but tried to pull in. other former communist states not to perhaps as members but but as associates as it was in case of ukraine do you think there is still appetite for that

still to come there was a huge economic gulf between east and west germany when the country reunited in one thousand nine hundred so what is the situation almost three decades later. that story and much more coming right up with your head in business. we have you know whether you know don't get up yeah i think we're showing you around freely this is a television live i just want to get up and walk away and have an. interest on the stadium was so loud it was a really special event don't remember it all my life everybody had a dream. and you don't need to shout your dreams when you see what you will know things are going well but we can still win it. right you know the one only to return fire you can to an international break. international break. here. an exclusive journey into the sun. the sun media phenomenon starting october fifteenth on d w and on line. at the. german celebrates twenty seven years of unification is germany's still a tale of two countries nearly three decades have passed since the wall came down and west germany incorporated the run down economy of the communist ea

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germany suggests an indifferent attitude to referendums, does that never resonate in germany?ut more on a local or regional level, but because it is a federal system, we have something like a popular vote on issues like closing down the station, for example, there has been referendums in the past, like in stuttgart there was a big thing about a station being built. but there is generally a trust in the parliament, which is out of german history. hitler used referendums and plebiscites as a way to stir up nazis and exploits the results. yes, this is a functioning democratic system and gradually the parliament is in charge of taking these complex decisions and as we have seen the brexit, for example, such a complex historic question putting down to 50—50, to a nation, that actually, if it is true that the day after the referendum, the most googled word was european union, it might be doubtful whether it is a good idea to hold a referendum! this idea that parliament can decide, some decisions are so fundamental that they must be left to people to make them, because otherwise we c

east germany. —— gera in the former east germany. in the former east germany. a small city unfamiliar with immigration because of its isolated communist history. home now to a new population of refugees. around 2000 are expected to arrive in the next few years. hello! well, ru going to show me around? whale, that is a big... this family is among them. they chamois videos of life in syria, for the war they fled. —— show me. daham work in electronics in syria, his wife is from a family of farmers. daham da ham was imprisoned daham was imprisoned by the syrian regime, accused of being involved with rebels. he suffered eating this while locked up. daham fled, making the epicjourney overland across europe on his own. —— beatings. he got asylum in germany and his family we re got asylum in germany and his family were flown over by the german government as part of family reunification. l. l, m, and, oh, p... across germany, 500,000 people applied for asylum in 2015. in gera, applied for asylum in 2015. in gera, a small army of volunteers fi

to be bigger than the number of votes the party won in germany's recent elections. we will take back our country and our people. a sign of the times says callahan's finest man one of the internet's will fathers of germany's new right. the success of the f.t. isn't simply because it managed to unite nearly thirteen percent of voters behind it their success is linked to grab a trend a bigger movement the end of which we can't physically. and this trend is already changing the climate for those from a non german background people such as as roku joke who often speaks from was limbs in germany. mentioned i'm going to the experience of germans with an immigrant background is that attitudes are getting harsher and us. have heard but at the same time they're being told their needs are on the political agenda i think it's extremely dangerous just sixty but. a changing climate many politicians don't know how to react. to election victories in europe show two radically different approaches france's emmanuelle macross water fight the far right austria sebastien kurds poach the

it was germany who stopped. the americans especially from bringing ukraine into nato. in two thousand and eight. we knew that. and i think that is still our position. that we we cannot push nato to the doorstep of the. i think you are i mean here are clever enough and experience enough observer to know that you know dad position of germany in two thousand and eight as much as it was appreciated in russia was not final push by major generals by american politicians ever closer to the russian border was not stalled back in two thousand and eight that she was not of the table and the would have passed had a declaration wasn't very conclusive i mean it still left the door open and with all due respect i don't think that the german government was very forthright back in two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen when the ukrainian events were under way i'm sure you can also imagine many other scenarios that the events would have taken place would have perhaps excluded the necessity off the crimean events you know i don't think in two thousand and eight we could do

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and and germany still does not have a government in fact i think is. spotty one the biggest block she is trying to form a government in coalition with two other parties potentially the free democrats as well as the green party just how difficult is it going to be for her to come together and form this three week coalition well it's some. thing that's really never been tried before the national level at the national level yes so i mean i mean you're running a very big country and you've got more people that need to be satisfied there needs to be more horsetrading two things however i think speak for the fact that this is going to work the first one is that there's no other alternative the. the big part is they can't afford to hold a new election that will that would only benefit the f.t. basically when the social democrats said that they were not interested in continuing the grand coalition it meant that there was no other way to do the math than to have the f.t.p. and the greens join up with the conservatives and then the signs i mean they've been hold

made in germany in sixty minutes. when history books are brought to life. maybe the stories therein will get a rewrite. of the story of the russian revolution. from the perspective of writers thinkers and to covent garden just didn't feel like to live in times of a revolution and the people. nineteen seventeen a real october starting tobar twenty fifth g.w. . bush god the stadium was so loud it was a really special event i remembered all my life everybody have a dream. and you don't need to set up your brings up when you say do what you want most things are going well but we can still win it. right not the my holy return fire in munich into an international brand. i'm. my family. international brand. i shared passion. an exclusive journey into the sun by making. me a son mia phenomenon starting october fifteenth on d w and on mine. germany marks twenty seven years of unity but less than two weeks after a far right party is elected to parliament on a ticket of xenophobia the country's president warns of new divisions i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day

his case is further straining relations between germany and turkey with germany's foreign minister calling the accusations in comprehensible. on july fifth peter storrie dinner was among ten human rights activists detained by turkish police on the island of beauty off the coast of his done bull the expert was taking part in a workshop run by amnesty international one topic was how to protect sensitive data from the authorities for turkish prosecutors a reason to charge the activists with belonging to and aiding terrorist groups. the evidence being put forward against our clients is not evidence that can lead to an arrest it's completely illegal and unlawful not just in regard to the european human rights convention but also in regard to the turkish constitution. the indictment comes shortly after turkish foreign minister moved to told german news site spiegel online that he had asked the turkish justice and interior ministers to speed up the legal process german foreign ministers ignore gabriele called the charges a matter of great concern he said the demand for up to fifteen years in jail

germany has inherited from its religious best even at a time as we have just said in which germany has become a very secular country it looks like the ceremony in is about to begin so. if you can sum up in two sentences what we can expect well we're going to see a concert in this one concert and we're going to hear a couple of speeches from them give them a bit of the president of hungary in another other dignitaries the music is about to start so let's listen in. why. where. they are. so you get. the gist of this just heard. in that song by the thought of this. reform asian symphony ok now this is a speech by a lot of hassle half the state i think is it of lower saxony zero. starts president mr president i would not be on message in these times extraordinarily pleased to be able to welcome you. here in britain bags on the wellspring of the reformation in the stocks i like to send a particularly warm welcome to you mr understocked parliamentary president and madam chancellor of germany america a very warm welcome to you as well been described by surprise isn't the greatest days but now

germany has of course a very different view to referendums.s that let the people decide question never resonated 7 no, of course it does but it does more on a local and regional level so because it is a federal system you do have something slightly different, like a referendum but more a popular vote on things like opening or closing down a station or... there have been quite vivid referendums, people's votes in the past, in stuttgart there was a big political thing about a new station being built or not, but in general there is a trust in the parliament which is out of german history,... because hitler used to hhold referendums or plebiscites, perceived as a way of kind of stirring up masses and then exploiting the politics. so the trust is actually there that this is a functioning democratic system that actually be parliament is in charge of, taking very compact decision and as we have seen with brexit for example, such a complex historic question, going down to 50—50 to a nation, it is anecdotal but if it is true that the day after the refe

the man who controls germany's concentration. oh is it when they're on line we were in hurricane winds full almost like thirty six hours these are the things that has to address or if you join us on sect a member of the ku klux klan but we struck up a relationship base is a dialogue tweet us with hostile a.j. stream and one of their pitches might make the actual join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera november on al-jazeera. in a historic visit the pope will travel to me in my bangladesh bringing more focus to the plight of the i have. a new six part series about extraordinary lives of the common people from across town is here. as the u.s. backs away from the paris climate agreement well diplomats will be gathering in bone to restate that commitment. from the heart of asia one when east brings captivating stories and award winning film. as tensions on the korean peninsula remain high president trump embarks on a five nation tour to east asia november on al-jazeera. a young mind a blank slate primed for the wonder

had agreed that sweden could send an envoy to germany.on the sixteenth of february one thousand nine hundred forty five then adults embarked on one of the most courageous humanitarian efforts in history. as style accompanied her husband to stockholm as brahma airports as count falcon bernadotte boarded a german airplane to but. it was a journey into. this situation was desperate from the point of view of jim and woody and. from the point of the view of the nazis. of course ben i don't want you to. take advantage of this and to pressurize the author to concede they were nice of some prisoners. but to achieve this bernadotte would have to take a crucial step. negotiating face to face with him the man who controls germany's concentration. as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was he was started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was really the kind of aspersion job an investigation reveals how even the smallest devices deadl

for germany some strive to decouple europe's foreign and security policies from the united states and others place their faith in a german french mini version of europe some recommend that germany should maintain an equidistance between russia and the united states some even recommend that germany should go further and align itself with russia or china in the future all of these propositions are costly or dangerous or book. well joining me tonight here at the big table are two of the eleven authors of that open letter joined by dieter berger she's at the american jewish committee here in berlin and john to show you heads of richard holbrooke form at the american academy here in berlin to both of you welcome to the day this is an open letter. but you must have had certain people in mind when you wrote it to whom is this letter addressed. we were very concerned a course about the impact of the current us administration on chairman policy we have a new government it was clear that a new government was coming in germany and we very much hope that those who are negotiating a coalition agre

well twenty seven years ago west germany inherited an east germany economy that lay in tatters then chancellor helmut kohl also known as the father of german unification promised very soon flowering landscapes would appear in the east but to this day differences between east and west remain and they are quite steep just take a look at disposable income with an average per capita income of nineteen thousand euros the lowest earning regions are still mostly located in the former east germany areas with a per capita income of twenty one thousand euros tend to be those bordering the former east and in contrast germany's wealthiest regions are all in the former west humber the rial and of area and in the south boston burton back have an average per capita income of twenty three thousand euro's or more but there are also examples where east and west have grown together right here in turin job we found a company where workers from the east and west are reaping the economic rewards of reunification. around one hundred people work here a proprietary limited in highness off the range which was once in e

they left east germany together in one nine hundred fifty two. they owned land here in altoona bushland so they were allowed to cross into the west to cultivate their fields and then they decided to defect and illegally cross the border it was illegal because they were supposed to return in the evening but didn't they were put up by relatives with whom they lived for a year until they started building a house on the land they own they stuck the spade into the ground and dug for water they built a well then a house and then a nursery of. that the greenbelt has become the opposite of what it used to be it was a dividing line today it's a connection that you can experience very directly where the border around it's become a biotope for plants and animals it's to be enjoyed not to divide us and and the roses. the roses become a symbol of unity to me. the very river was long the symbol of division today it's the life blood of the greenbelt for many kilometers. ever since reunification the state a few ringette and friends of the of germany have tried t

a chord in germany in the fight against extremism have a listen. have we address the causes of fanaticism enough doing enough to counteract the radicalization that is taking place in our midst no not by a long shot and it remains to be seen whether what we are doing is the right thing . but the public is gradually becoming aware of these topics people are paying more attention in school yards in cafeterias and social media everywhere where another person might suddenly extraneous leo threaten to completely alienate himself. finally the national anthem protests in the n.f.l. have taken center stage an official talks between players and owners in new york tales of neds during the pre-match anthems to draw attention to racial and social inequality amid protests outside a group of eleven owners and more than a dozen players met on tuesday with one topic discussing the players' platforms for speaking out on social issues earlier this week n.f.l. quarterback colin kaepernick who was the first to protest more than a year ago find a grievance against the n

executives to see russia as a particular threat china is not far behind a third of respondents in germany believe that hackers from inside the u.s. could digitally spy on their companies or launch cyber attacks against them with the several damages can be a. bad reputation you will face in the market. seeing current media really there's about a large hack in the past for sure this damages your appreciation you can have a direct financial impact you can also simply lose your complete business if now product information got stolen the product can be produced much much cheaper in a country by some estimates german companies already losing fifteen billion euros annually due to cyber attacks and analysts say criminal groups are constantly planning the next big assault. in germany why would users will be battling twenty percent less compared to last year due to this summer's poor weather but don't worry your favorite he slaying will not be getting more expensive and here's why. most of this year's crop was harvested especially early late frost summer hail storms and foggy days are all to blame

who are coming to germany i would say that stars that are interested in coming to germany should have a close look. at the federal funding that the available not only to german citizens but also to to foreigners and it is not by coincidence that we published the money for today because and wednesday to coalition agreement will start and one of the things that we want to include in this coalition is a start up visa because we think that the german star ecosystem can really. benefit from the from the income of foreign founders and. i think in the future they will be more initiatives to actively attract. foreign founders to germany because a couple of these are thank you very much for coming in today thank you. and i was doing business with you and i'll see you again very soon to delhi. s.u.v. in the city. as a growing number of models on the market and then no shrinking by take the new kiosk on the small. toyotas c.-h. off the shelves. right now. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word in the. eco is in germany to learn german why not learn simple

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she could not stomach working with the next largest party, alliance for germany, the far for germany,ich got i2%. as for the free democrats and the green party puts together, could secure them a parliamentary majority, well, there is little on which they agree. the chancellor has already moved her finance minister apparently to please them. french president emmanuel macron‘s ambitions to reshape the eurozone depend on german support and such a coalition might not give it. stefanie, it should have been a great celebration for angela merkel, is it as good an election result as she might have hoped for? and how much will exchange? and how much will it change? no, of course it was not the result she had hoped for. she went at the same night saying strategically we have achieved our goal because i am back in office. as you say it is going to be a bumpy time now because there is only one coalition between cdu, black, option and this is the so—called jamaica coalition between cdu, black, the fco the liberals, yellow, and the greens, but it is going to take quite some time to form this coalit

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