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germany's biggest an elitist film company. a cinematic history from the german empire to the present one. in the story of your e.t. . hello and welcome to quadriga germany's inconclusive election in september a shirt in crow long wrangling between chancellor angela merkel and the panoply of potential coalition partners but now following the longest period of political deadlock in post-war german history an end may be in sight after merkel's christian democrats embark on a difficult courtship with an initially reluctant bride it looks like the new coalition will be a reset of the old once again germany's two biggest parties the conservative c.d.u. and the center left social democrats are set to form what's known as a grand coalition that is if the bride can be persuaded to go along for it remains to be seen whether the social democratic party base will approve the deal so is this at best a marriage of convenience lacking in vision or could this grand coalition outperform expectations. government wanted how we can our topic on q

it divided germany and chancellor in a united germany. but if i were to. able to reform our constitution on that issue i would look very much to countries that have limited the election of person of individual to the top government position like in the united states where just one reelection is possible you can also have two maria lections but if you have a limitation then the government is almost forced by the situation to think about the continuation through electing. people in the next term. you have more mobility now angela merkel and put in may have very different personalities but the political trajectories do you have certain overlaps both have been in power for quite some time and both now deal with the country's. going press following changes in germany it's the reintegration off migrants in russia its economic and hopefully political reforms do you think established leaders like that can change with the times in politics can you teach an all dog new. they don't change they have a political leader that has been in office a very long time usually f

germany to. issue its own inhabitants that they can it. shovel safely into the turkey because turkey really needs this money from the journey tourists and many of the trance state it on because they they're fed of turkey and of course the whole issue of tennessee in daily and made it clear to the germans that is somehow unsafe to travel to turkey i think that's the main reason why dennis was finally released and somehow. top up business. move my we see meetings between angela merkel and the prime minister were seen meetings between two foreign ministers they were they engaged in a tea ceremony effectively together that sounds like normalization to me. well it sounds i mean that's that's what the politicians do i mean the thing is we as journalists we need to tell the realities i mean of course i would i would never ask or wait that my country would have huge problems with joining of course these two countries should work together they have long thought in history i mean like gordon three or four million people living in germany or just peo

several places in germany now have the so-called city trees. london has another right it since october drivers of old polluting cars have paid an extra ten pounds a day more than eleven euro's to drive in the city center of britain's capital that's on top of the congestion charge already in place this is part of a package of measures were the most basic process of a process of a cleaner was stopped by diesel buses only heartbreaking electric and a hard and double decker buses will license it in a diesel taxi's we're encouraging them to give the assistance to me from diesel to charges we're increasing the amount of money we spend on public transport but also look at and cycling spain's capital madrid also introduce drastic measures at the end of twenty sixteen when pollution levels get too high half the privately owned cars abound from the road and whether you can drive depends on your license plate number the idea came from italy where these temporary bans have been implemented in rome and milan paris also adopted the idea. in the boat carrying

last year germany's palate manufacturers turned out one hundred ten million of them. that would fill up over one hundred fifty thousand forty ton trucks. the sector association says output has doubled in size ten years . in. general the companies are scraping the production barrel basically they're trying to squeeze everything they can out of their production lines with extra shifts holding people back from holiday times essentially taking all possible measures to ensure that every last minimal capacity is utilized just to make sure the demand is met somehow enough i. think allied is waiting impatiently for new machinery. would dry as and heating systems were ordered a long time ago. but the economic boom is evident here as well. there aren't enough of the companies left that make our specialized machinery those still on the market today have extensive lead times we sometimes have to wait two or three years for a new machine. even the mild european winter is a factor behind the shortages joint managing director marcus winkle hider says it's hard to get wood from easte

in government germany has ever had. for himself and he is going to aim for a sort of a my call type europe a tight integration of the eurozone possibly a european finance minister european economic economics minister possibly even euro bonds and obviously america isn't going to stop in big because the finance. in the finance ministry. now the s.p.d. has got that too so this is quite include i mean i'm i magine champagne bottles of popping all over the palace and the ballet mall the seats of the european commission in the same fact one person who has been waiting a very long time for a german government to get up and running is french president emmanuel mccall in a speech at the store bunn last september he outlined his vision of europe's future including a common strategy on financial foreign and defense policy he said quote i don't have red lines i have only horizons americal and martin schultz agree on many european policy issues including the implementation of e.u. reforms and strengthening the european economy again

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in germany many for many for the. perceiving this is someone think of a major bargaining chip they have on their hands and the big question is that we will be asking wall to give an exchange for this gesture although both sides insist that the judiciary is independent but i'd like to turn to you know you mentioned the german foreign minister and his statement let's take a listen to what sigma had to say before i return to you. we have held many discussions with the turkish government over the past few months especially with my colleague the turkish foreign minister and we try to establish a report of trust and urged ankara to expedite the case of the german journalists and these huge oh to be flowing again turkey's government stressed that it would be an independent decision by the judiciary and they didn't want to interfere. but they also made it clear that they were willing to excel or at the process they did so successfully in the past few hours and days or some of. the turkish court has announced that denis future

and to stay in germany. back in life. shandor darvish is on her way to the sun on this school years almost over today she wants to find out whether she stands a chance for an apprenticeship even without a tenth grade education. is full to have fought for by cause i wanted to meet with the u.n. to own skewer belgium apprenticeship. and fourth approximates everywhere paying closer attention to educational qualifications we want to offer our customers high standards we would prefer all our apprentices to have a tenth grade leaving certificate or even be qualified to study that's one level above what you'll get with. this someone once new apprentice is to have a year ten leaving certificate with results that the average or higher standard darvish is working on a year nine even sit if it had even with good grades it's not enough. the manager is also disappointed by some other interns he'd hoped his efforts to help new arrivals to germany would bring better results. thus some people haven't been able to keep up with the jew cha

this might not be the government germany wanted, but could it be the government germany needs? charlotte: yes. we need a stable government and chancellor. melinda: thanks to all of you for being with us and for you for tuning in. >> this week, lobal 3000" heads to mexico, where customary automobiles are being transformed into vehicles of the future. will that improve life for the smog-ridden city's 9 million residents? a basic income trial in finland is being followed with great interest around the world. how's it going? but first, we head to the central african republic, a land

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this might not be the government germany wanted, but could it be the government germany needs? charlotte: yes. we need a stable government and chancellor. melinda: thanks to all of you for being with us and for you for tuning in. michelle: a very warm welcome from a chilly germany on this weeks' edition of "fokus on europe." i'm michelle henery. the metoo movement was a hashtag that went ral on social mia last ocber, brging to lit the pervivenesof sexual sault and hassment. and in sweden a count consided to furtherhead than mt when it mes to genderqualit-- the date over t movemensnowball in a socl phenomen. thousands of people have taken to the streets in a show of solidarity with metoo.thed harsher punishment forexual violence.

but many places in germany outside the big cities suffer from slow connections germany is virtually a developing country when it comes to super fast fiber optic cables in japan over three quarters of all broadband connections are over fiber optic cables. latvia leads europe though with over sixty percent via fiber optics by comparison the average for all always nation to slightly over twenty two percent but here in germany only about two percent of broadband is delivered via fiberoptics many businesses are frustrated with berlin because there has been little progress over the last few years there have been ambitious initiatives by earlier governments but investment remains lacking. well joining me now in the studio is yanina mitzna she's a board member of the german startups association and a startup founder herself and last week that association launched a petition calling for the creation of a digital ministry in germany good to see ya nina thank you for coming in how could a digital minister help bring germany up to date so as we saw in your film germany's leaving behind invitation

is going to lead the process i think germany is going to let france a micro. you know paid his horizons and germany will follow and the left and right there will stop someone and they will. then just pay the debt and the beta debt yes but yeah i think after the break student after the financial crisis we had to you rupa it's definitely europe's lex vision that we already know that since december more since twenty thirty years i think now is definitely to chance with someone like make sure it's on the nose a foreign minister he's a driven politician he's a he's eloquent he can he can paint a picture about europe and together with michael i think this is something to be excited about not necessarily in mind country in the netherlands but in big parts of europe they will be very happy with this go on this show that quite fascinating actually that the title of the agreement that i read out in the beginning of the show mentions europe before germany yeah and actually the first five pages of the agreement on europe before they move on to germany i think that's absol

taken by theage turkish government against germany.awunrest had no links with and even his release has no relation to law. it was like a negotiation between the countries. and something happened behind the curtains and he is now free. peter: let us hear what he himself had to say. : the funny thing is i still do not know why i was arrested a a year ago. why i was precise, taken hostage a year ago. i also do not know why i was released today. ♪ , you also spent time in a turkish jail. about how always read turkish journalists suffered. i have learned personally that your government never forgets what you did before. even if you do not have any .inks with the gulanists they never forget about your past. erdogan never forgets about the journalists. they punish you at the right time. after the putsch they used it to punish their old enemies. peter: frightening and punishing. you worked with deniz yucel erds about the journalists. at taz where you work presently. what was your reaction? we were immenselyou relieved. it was also stressful be

this is germany, this is my germany and not theirs.nt: do you see the possibility that the far right is extending its power and influence in germany? i know when a party makes it over the 5% hurdle, they have rights to all kinds of things, foundations across the country, and it allows them to spread their party philosophy. do you see that happening? guest: this is a populist party, a right minded party. we have to be aware of this but not fall to them. 15% to 20% of the people are voting for this party. we have to work against this, this mind makers, but we cannot work against the democratic way of behavior. they are a part of the german parliament. now it depends on how the democrats are going, getting along with this. brent: you are doing very important work, and we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us, member of the greens and member of the german parliament. thank you. guest: thank you. brent: now to poland, lawmakers have backed a controversial bill criminalizing anyone who suggests poland or its people were complicit in

several places in germany now have the so-called city trees. london has another right it since i'll tell you the drivers of old polluting cars have paid an extra ten pounds a day more than eleven yuri's to drive in the city center of britain's capital that's on top of the congestion charge already in place and this is part of a package of measures. the most basic process of a bus is that a cleaner. was stopped by diesel buses only heartbreaking electric and a harder than double decker buses will last and sit in a diesel taxi's we're encouraging them give them the assistance to move from diesel to low mission. increasing the amount of money we spend on public transport but also will create and socket in spain's capital madrid also introduce drastic measures at the end of twenty sixteen when pollution levels get too high hope the privately owned cars abound from the road and whether you can drive depends on your license plate number the idea came from italy where these temporary bones have been implemented in rome and milan paris also adopted the

it divided germany and chancellor in a united germany. but if i were to. able to reform our constitution on that issue i would look very much to countries that have limited the election of person individual to the top government position like in the united states where just one reelection is possible you can also have two maria lections but if you have a limitation then the government is almost forced the by the situation to think about the continuation through electing. people in the next term. you have more mobility now angela merkel and put in may have very different personalities but the political trajectories do you have certain overlaps both have been in power for quite some time and both now deal with the country's. going press following changes in germany it's the reintegration off migrants in russia its economic and hopefully political reforms do you think established leaders like that can change with the times in politics can you teach an all dog new that they don't change they have a political leader that has been in office a very long time usua

conservative and social democrat carries and also what risks germany has because of the fact that it hasn't had a new stable government since the election in september so two in a search in a certain extent we can say that this speech here that i'm going to merkel will give about the e.u. about the upcoming summit has been in a way overshadowed by the fact that germany has been for such a long time without a stable government. turns a local she generally briefs the parliament just before you so she's about to do so no it's just serco straight over to her speech chancellor. the other big if you can but we are only there to seeing what is happening in the world around us and we also saw how trusted principles being don't it's how established partnerships are tested we want. this is how europe is exposed due to its geographical position. he was in libya syria ukraine are not happening somewhere in the world but a few by plane away from berlin we also know that the violation of borders which have been recognized by international law in europe is no longer to we also notice how the focus

germany this is one of the basic issues. issues that the fifty as you mentioned it's has been built into a party has taken an issue with that one thing that upset and frightened the many about the latest german elections was the success of the alternative for germany or the a of d. which pollen meant for the first time and people who dislike the a.v. usually refer to it as xena folbigg or even fascist but you make an interesting point and i want to. your articles that one of the factors driving support for the a of do you was this sense of resentment about the expanding social obligations including towards many thousands of migrants do you think the critics and the detractors of the f.t. appreciated this social grievance enough. that there are very different issues one of the issues is that germany has an older population so the words the younger generation is much smaller then for instance they are under generation when i had my family and my children. so there is. an aging german population and the aging german population

in germany, it is very late that germany has, ultimately, come up with a central right new party, stickingnd virtues that were normal in europe up until the 1990s and 2000s. you are not centre—right, you're far right. i have listed your bedfellows, they're all far right, many people would say extremist parties. i would have to look into each and every one of them, and geert wilders is completely different from marine le pen and from the austrian right, that's properly going too far now. in what way are you completely different? the way i see it is that we — and in my personal opinion too, i haven't changed my political opinion in 20, 30, a0 years at all. i only stick to a world where the nation state was the natural state of affairs, where nobody disputed that. no party — we have a programme and i was a member of afd's programme commission that the cdu had up until 2005 and even the spd had in the 1990s. so we are not extremists, that was normal at the time, we did not change, society has changed and especially the media perception of society. i am not talking about media perceptions, i am

actually, we late comers in germany.is very late that germany has ultimately come up with a central right new party sticking to the values and virtues that were normal in europe up until the 19905... values and virtues that were normal in europe up untilthe 1990s... you are far right. i havejust in europe up untilthe 1990s... you are far right. i have just listed your bedfellows. they are all far right, many would say extremist parties. would have to look into each and every one of them. it is com pletely each and every one of them. it is completely different to marine le pen and from the austrian right. that is probably going to —— to find out... in what way are you com pletely out... in what way are you completely different? out... in what way are you completely diffe re nt?|j out... in what way are you completely different? i have not changed my political opinion and 20, 30, 40 changed my political opinion and 20, 30, a0 years. i stick to a world where the nationstate was undisputedly the natural state of affairs, nob

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comes from germany. so we have the raw materials and we have the engineering expertise to produce cells the problem is the size of the investment needed and the speed of development that's what deters many in germany. these made by some still spend. several hundred million euros to start up production of battery cells in germany but they're now facing increased competition leading manufacturer such as some some. blanks in europe to supply sales to comment on the continent while the germans did the koreans are already up and running. but the german government is now set to charge up domestic production it's committed around four hundred million euros to the development production. and dismantle three availability will be a critical issue as demand grows from the one question is whether we will manage to acquire enough batteries from elsewhere. carmakers in particular are starting to recognize that they need more control over how things develop in the future. so cars coming off the assembly line here at b.

was a sad day for germany. so that c.l. financial markets responded to the news and cross over to diana cope with a national correspondent who's at the heart of the action there in frankfurt at the stock exchange donna how is the market all the markets reacting. well the market i can tell you i get is actually relief that we are most likely not going to see a new election happening this would have most likely resulted here and a landslide for landslide at the stock market but guess traders in general are not so happy what is written on the paper they were hoping for more courage for more efforts also to stabilize even more stabilize i should say the german economy of the tax system is certainly a very big topic here they're actually really calling a donald trump an example who was a lowering of the corporate tax down to a level of only twenty five percent and many analysts here are saying that germany in order to be competitive in the market should have a similar tax system as well. don't have the finance minis

germany. so european. activities and trade feel now you mentioned the sanctions one of the purposes of sanctions is that to change the behavior most of the german sanctions originate in russia perceived behavior in crimea americal believes the borders should not be changed and perhaps i think on some level even though i didn't put in the will agree with her on that but the i'm sure you understand that for russia in crimea it was not only a matter of principle it was a matter of strategic security the expansion of nato the possibility of losing the the base in the black sea and those when you deal with strategic security it's very difficult to uphold principles even if you agree with that do you think russia could have played any other way alternatively do you think that russia is likely to . repeat what has happened in crimea. this is a very difficult question that i would have to say you're followed because it reaches far beyond the issue of of sanctions that we have chests discussed. sanctions could be c

for germany as a biggest and oldest company. most cinematic history from the german empire to the present one hundred or so from the start of the feb eighteenth on. the odd . busy to the news live from berlin south korea officially kicks off the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics are about to see pictures here of the olympic stadium n.p.r. chuang with the opening ceremony lit up the night but not everyone in the mood to celebrate a final ruling party of dozens of russian athletes from the competition but also coming up this olympics brings the first ever visit to south korea by a member of the north's luling dynasty kim jong wants to search what is behind her diplomatic in-depth across the border. the u.n. calls for an urgency east.

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germany surrendered. while soviet troops triumphed in english and americans discovered the scale of the destruction caused by their bombers germany was buried under four hundred million cubic meters of rubble. was at. the interrogation of nazi leaders revealed stunning information not only had german production not dropped during the country's bombardment but it had even increased until the end of the war only intensified attacks against transport station and oil and gas facilities could have truly hurt them. so had the aerial bombing campaigns open for nothing. seven million germans hundreds three hundred fifty thousand civilians killed by bombs with double that number wounded that raised the question. could people be both victims and perpetrators. how. sharing british victory celebrations chancel did not say i was about bomber command all the tens of thousands of pilots who had died on missions he conveniently omitted that he himself had initiated and supported his strategy. and given bomber harris his

are working here who are paying in the security systems does this germany and this is my germany a not better do do you see the possibility that the far right is extending its power and its influence in germany because i know when a party makes it over the five percent hurdle in parliament you know they they have rights to all kinds of things and they have connections to foundations for example across the country and it allows them to spread their party philosophy do you see that happening well those of us what is happening this is a populist party it's the right mind the party they have to cope the fuck you have to be of their office but you cannot for bed to them because if fifteen to twenty per cent of the people are voting for this party we have to work against this against this my makers but we cannot work against that democratic way off behavior did is what it does what it does there are a part of the german parliament now it depends on how weak the democrats are going and getting along with this and doing against this we are doing very important work and we appreciate you taking

why did i choose germany in fact it was germany that chose me while i was in prison i wrote a book and it was later published in germany and the weekly german paper at that site hired me to write a column writers associations offered me fellowships i want to wards and was invited to speak to distinguished audiences about the situation in turkey. in the one nine hundred thirty s. and korea welcomed german jewish intellectuals who had fled but not since now berlin can return the favor. since the one nine hundred sixty years large numbers of types have emigrated to germany and the majority of them now support the one. like me many people in germany are concerned about the way the turkish government has cracked down on its opponents. for example denice eugenic turkey correspondent for the newspaper development has been held without charge in jail for months. i notice that john is still a little nervous here in germany. he hesitates when i ask him why he doesn't use taxi cabs after many discussions with the drugs the drivers decided to take or taxis and. driving is better for me and that's

turkey is perhaps on nato membership how dependent is germany on. their hostages that turkey's a big nato partner and of course the refugee problem and the refugee refugee problem is number one which turkey's proposed population here in germany and as you know that's right but the poll that had been published by b. of last week it's shows that the the horror of the fear in this country is getting bigger and bigger about the refugees and that helps if the in this country still anything happen in the country change or influence what's grilli going in the government into it's ok thank you very much for those thoughts thank you all three for being here we've been discussing turkey dinners you jel is free what again is turkey playing was the question. we give you plenty of food for thought come back next week by by inches. move. going to. cut. cut cut cut cut cut. cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut. cut cut cut. cut. cut cut cut cut. cut. cut. the beat the germans new and surprising aspects of placentia culture in germany above us american keep news up

being small things like what we call in germany. are going down but not for everybody only for people with lower income than others so there's not much development in here we're really lacking a reform that goes into the structure and helps companies one thing that is of course a real pity the competition is rising and what we can do to be the number one position in x. sports for the time being would be of course more innovation and more innovation asks for. tax credits for research and this might come but only to a very small extent not helping for the whole problem a small extent but the association of german chambers of commerce and industry had quite a lot of praise for this coalition treaty saying that the pact did include investments in broadband expanding broadband and also digital education. yes for the infrastructure indigenous has a sation there is something in this contract but unfortunately last very long till this is in place they are talking about finalizing the nets for companies in germany by two thousand and twenty

who are working here who are paying in the security systems does this germany and this is my germany and not better do do you see the possibility that the far right is extending its power and its influence in germany because i know when a party makes it over the five percent hurdle in parliament you know the they have rights to all kinds of things they have connections to foundations for example across the country and it allows them to spread their party philosophy do you see that happening well those of us what is happening this is a populist party it's the right mind the party they have to cope with you have to be of they are off this but you cannot for bed to them because of fifteen to twenty per cent of the people are voting for this party we have to work against this against this mind makers but we cannot work against the democratic way off behavior that is what it does what it does there are a part of the german parliament now it depends on how weak the democrats are going and getting along with us and doing against this we are doing very important work and we appreciate you ta

news coming to you live from berlin painful compromise leads to a coalition breakthrough germany's new government in the making has taken its first shaky steps deals sealed yet still subject to a membership but on the social democrats if they don't give the green light what's the alternative also coming up. north korea analysis that kim jong il and sister will attend the winter olympics but u.s. vice president says the following relations between seoul and pyongyang are a distraction and promises tougher sanctions from. washington prevent another government shutdown that could come down to immigration policy and speak to a congressman who himself was once an undocumented migrant. well i'm terry martin and welcome to the show germany's two biggest political parties have finally agreed on a deal to form a coalition government they made the announcement in berlin after another grueling game of give and take more than four months after the country's elections but both chancellor going to buckle and her social democratic counterpart month in child say the agreement is the only way to guaran

but many places in germany outside the big cities suffer from slow connections germany is virtually a developing country when it comes to super fast fiber optic cables. in japan over three quarters of all broadband connections are over fiber optic cables. latvia leads europe though with over sixty percent via fiber optics by comparison the average for all always nations is slightly over twenty two percent but here in germany only about two percent of broadband is delivered via fiberoptics. many businesses are frustrated with berlin because there has been little progress over the last few years there have been ambitious initiatives by earlier governments but investment remains lacking. well joining me now in the studio is yanina mit says she's a board member of the german startups association and a startup founder herself and last week that association launched a petition calling for the creation of a digital ministry in germany good to see danny and i thank you for coming in how could a digital minister help bring germany up to date so as we saw in your film germany's leaving behind i

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germany's right wing populist party the alternative for germany or d. has overtaken the social democrats for the first time in a national opinion poll the latest insall poll for the daily newspaper believes found that if an election were held right now sixteen percent of voters would vote would support the d. compared to fifteen point five percent who would vote for the social democrats now news comes just before the s.p.d. begins a critical internal vote on whether to join a grand coalition government with chancellor merkel's c.d.u. again he as p.d.s. numbers have been in freefall since the national election in september. well for more now let's bring in political correspondent thomas sparrow to talk about this new polls suggesting that the far right party has overtaken the s.p.d. is germany second biggest party of first of all tell us how significant is this poll result. terry as you mentioned this is the first time a national poll has these results but it's also important to stress that this is only one out of many polls that we see here in germany a

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when i lived in your parents immigrated to germany from turkey your mother is kurdish does that mean you have three different identities. what well i'm often called a turk mostly by neo nazis telling me to go home by which they mean turkey will some call me a kurd because my mother's native language is the kurdish dialect. and my father's native language is turkish but i think all these descriptions are just more projections than anything i was born here and grew up here i only have german citizenship and i'm very happy with that it puts you in relations between turkey germany and the kurds are a major political topic for you because turkey is using german built tanks to attack the kurds in northern syria because germany's ally in the fight against the islamic state you've called the german government cowardly why. because the german government is turning a blind eye to a nato member violating international law that. this clearly started as a war of aggression and violation of international law because the syrian government in damascus did not request this intervention and there exis