facing germany right now.nervousness. the governing coalition is seen as argumentative, and as a result the poll ratings for the government are at a record low. damien mcguinness there on the streets of berlin. well, the imf, the international monetary fund, thinks there's going to be a modest improvement this year. we also asked the german government for an interview, but they declined. so here's some of what the finance minister said at the world economic forum in davos, where he rejected the idea that germany's economic troubles make it the so—called sick man of europe. germany is not the sick man. germany is, after a very successful period since 2012 and these years of crisis, germany is a tired man after a short night, and the low growth expectations are partly a wake—up call. and now we have a good cup of coffee, which means structural reforms, and then we will be continuing to succeed economically. ok, so what needs to change for the world's fourth biggest economy to be more successful? well, private bu

namibia slams germany over genocide. germany is among a few countries that have taken an unpopular and controversial decision of defending the israeli apartide regime from charges of genocide in gaza. in response, namibia's president denounced germany for hypocrisy, citing genocide that the germans committed in the african nation more than a century ago when it was a german colony. full support to south africa's icj case against the israeli regime and has called for an end of the regime's us back genocidal war on gaza. now during his new year message, the namibian president said the world cannot ignore the pride of palestinians. no peace loving human being can ignore the carnage that is wage against palestinians in gaza. there the war in gaza is telling that there are two types of human beings, those who can be killed like dogs and those who are holy. well, for more on namibia's condemnation of germany's support for israeli regime's genocide against palestinians, we have contacted parata daniel, human rights activist and

that is a germany economy going forward. another problem in german industry is the slow bureaucracy and sluggish planning process. for new projects, this is was guns that you from southern germany. he's an architect in building developer. in china, he was able to complete a huge construction project within 2 years. in germany is also doing a construction project to the southern city of detroit cards. the car manufacturer of portia is interested in investing there, but the plans have stalled desperate kids investment unless the projects that we're now working on here, for example, is in the german sino eco park. and this is in the dust drill area, covering 24 square kilometers. here we're talking about 16 hector's, which is many times larger units. i'll have that one. um, we don't do the project at the same time is here in stuttgart. we're almost finished with the show here, this into a mobile for the automaker portion. would like to move in to its new office space in germany. so what's the problem endorsed? is this on the es

for decades, germany was regarded as the model country in europe. it's still the largest economy, but the economy has suffered a mass of downturn. how did this happen? and is germany once again, the sick man of the rough as some international news headlines have all ready for playing we'll take a look at the sectors where things are not running so smoothly in germany. how spain is trying to get a handle on illegal irrigation. what a new type of under c station for humans might look like and how drones are helping to save lives. we are visiting medium sized companies in germany. companies with up to 5000 employees. there are hundreds of thousands of them. the driver of the german economy, but the mood has never been so bad. what are the problems? take your lead, for example, a family business that has been producing ceramics for bathrooms for over 200 years . dorothy has several locations abroad with many thousands of employees, but here in southern germany, the high cost of gas is becoming a problem. so the kiln is the part of ceramic production. we

germany's shadow germany has overtaken germany itself and now germany is in such a cloud of its past.e a variety of comments and all this is said in different ways, but strictly speaking, the conversation , if we talk about interviews, i could read little serious in the german press, and what scholz said is, of course, well, in general, ridiculous , i even. i don’t know what to call scholz anymore and how to talk seriously about the chancellor, who didn’t even really understand what was said in this interview, and didn’t take action, didn’t take action no action to comment on the most important points from this, well, i’m not even talking about the minsk agreements, i’m not talking about how it all started, you know, it even seems to me that today it’s not so important how scholz reacted to everything this. but it is very important to understand that germany, which i personally have always talked about, germany has been denazified, germany has gone through the process of denazification and, probably, this past will never happen, in germany it will never come, this shadow of the past,

in germany about this and about the connections of this party alternative for germany with the fsb,deral security service of the russian federation, that is, a descendant of the kgb and the nkvd and yes. in your opinion , why do they come out, is there really such a danger there, that a fifth of a million, in absolute terms, it is not so much, because as far as i remember, there are 85 million people living there in germany somewhere and 200 thousands don't seem like a lot, but it still means that people are worried, and why, why, why is the root of this opposition anti-fascist. and fascists, because many call the alternative a fascist or fascist-like or nazi-like party. greetings, good evening, to be brief, there is of course a certain set of reasons, but to be brief, there are two main ones, they are connected on the one hand with the fact that representatives of the alternative for germany party have recently been involved in certain media scandals. as well as in investigations and not only journalistic ones, but also the german special services, but there the more important trig

and germany would have a lot of leeway here at 66 percent of its gross domestic product, germany has the lowest national debt of the g. 7 countries followed by china with 83 percent in canada and france. it's almost twice as high as in germany. in the usa, it's even higher. the and the lee has the highest national debt. at 144 percent. germany was once the economic engine of the european economy at the moment. it's the brakes and there's a danger that more and more companies will go bankrupt or move abroad, the folk smug and bmw mercedes and portia b a as a buyer's bosh. and to some who just a few of the german companies that are well known worldwide. and some of them have been leaders in their industry for decking that for many of them. that seems to be a thing of the past. there's simply too many hurdles right now. are truman industries? on the decline? for decades they was a gold standard. german cars, machines, paints varnishes medicines, radios and televisions, many products with the labeled medium of germany dominated world markets. and today in germany, a slips into a recessio

no about coming to germany was not my choice. it's a cool country, but i'm not here on my own freewill. i'm here because they tried to kill me up with the beads. despite the risk in january 2021, alexei nevada, and the flew back to russia and was immediately arrested. protest took place across the country to officials quickly stumped out. there was supposed to move at the kremlin christian, it wouldn't be signed and it should be the book. within days of his arrest. his team released a pre recorded video in which he claimed putin own dunlab fish secret palace worth of billions, alleging it was all financed by tax payers. money must go denied the claims, but the story quickly went viral with security. yet to more proof of the political need to influence and appeal dodge, he continued to manage the opposition movement. he funded from behind bob's resulting in f a longer jail times. by august 2023, he'd been sentenced to move in such he is his supporters convinced the russian states had finally succeeded in financing its most spent c

after germany's re unification, public funding was diverting to germany's eastern regions that were in dire need of investment. even today, the roy lags behind the rest of germany. but one thing has worked well for the region, the push towards education and research for the past 20 years. the hydrogen and fuel cells center into sports has brought scientists, industry, and politicians together and researches new technologies. because the region is still looking for new sources of energy. if you see me, we have a very large chemical industry. we have a very large steel industry and we've grown up with industry. and that far as part of a gene was always done by the fact that we are an industrial region and the chance to make this technology this industry green now is a great opportunity for us as great potential. they're developing technologies that can use hydrogen as a power source for german industry and consumers. some on such a grew up in the roy area, tend to always wanted to work on renewable energy sources like hydrogen, fuel cells. otherwise, we can use it to achieve emissions, f

and how resilience is germany's democracy. on to the point, we ask defiance in germany, ken mass protest, stop the far right. the welcome to this week's to the point i'm, you know? yes and i'm joined by today's guess. brandon bourne is a member of the baptist month foundation and it's europe's future program. to focuses on us german and transatlantic relations need a has a is dw as chief political correspondent, based here in berlin. and katya jolla is a researcher at the king's college in london and author of the best selling book. beyond the wall above the former german democratic republic adjoining us from like 12, you're welcome, and thanks for being here. yeah, it's been a long time since germany has made such a international headlines with a mass protests. what sentiment is uniting all these people as well, there is a sentiment that there is something at stake here, and that is the foundation of democracy. so, and we've seen this building up for the last couple of years. you know, it's additionally in germany, protest wa

the germany promotes of itself. it's hard for palestinians to find a place which doesn't just involve demonize ation or erasure. the severity of the suppression of pro palestinian speech in germany tests often international backslash which is producing results. in december, berlin city council announced it which stopped funding artist and refused to abide by a definition of anti semitism. that includes criticism of israel in response, more than 500 artist, among the winners of the prestigious turner prize, and a nobel laureate, back to movement cooling on create is to start working with institutions funded by the german state. berlin's authorities have no scrapped step policy. meanwhile, the tone from the government is also shifting germans for administer has cooled on israel to comply with the international court of justice, order to prevent genocide in gaza, but actions speak louder than words. and as long as berlin keeps sending bones to tell of b and curbside to sent, remaining things. so 2 were concerns about g

and that fundamentally things need to change here in germany. and that is something that is talking many people. and so that taking to the streets and then taking to the streets and numbers that we really haven't seen since the protest movements in the g d. all in the 1980s that eventually led to the full of the bilingual. now we have to talk about who is actually going to these protests. katcha germans don't really have a tradition of going on demonstrations at least not in smaller cities and towns like people in other countries. how diverse is the crowd that is going to these protests to i think it's been really quite amazing to say that there is such a broad spectrum. you call old people young people, the people bring their children. you cool people there with and like gratian background themselves well worried about what might happen to them. but also obviously lots and lots of, of germans who lived in this country for generations who also don't want to live in a society as envisioned by, by some members of the 50, according to the, to the r

germany statements war attacked poland.ptember 3, 1939 , great britain and france declared war on germany. on september 6, 1939 , the british dominions declared war on germany. that is, as they say, it turned out that the great european war involved states located on three continents. a plan for an attack on the soviet union was developed, in 1941 by this time there was already the so-called barbaros plan, this was done back in december 1940, which suggests that the military actions were planned in advance, the attack on the soviet union was not is no preventative. let’s say, with a blow, as they later tried to explain at the nurem trials, and this was a clearly pre-planned operation of the german wehrmacht forces to seize the territory of the soviet union, well, the ost plan, which also took place for the further colonization of the occupied territories, the territories of the soviet union, where specific destruction figures were outlined. civilian population on the use of the economic potential of the occupied territories

investing, especially in germany here, tesla and the lead 100 years in germany font. but nevertheless point 2 percent is a name that race. this is beth 3 investments. this is semi conductor that will be invested in germany. and if i get it right, the new semi conductor production sites in europe, 8090 percent of this will happen in germany. and this is something which gifts and sign of the strength of the economy economy. yes, germany is the one, the economy that this most exposed to exports. we are, is related to the figure of the number of people living in the country. 84000000 of the strongest ex, pulled nation globally. we are connected to most every country to nearly every country to the world. and yes, if there is something that is difficult and void and growth in the world, we feel it because of being linked to all the rest. but this also change again when things are changing. and just 2 days ago, i was all i was together with one of of one of the managers of microsoft that announced to invest 3000000000 in germany. and this and the next year. and they are not

germany's fluoride a if the party, the alternative for germany has been gaining popularity and recent months. but a new poll shows a slight weakening of its support. a flurry of recent demonstrations against the far right through hundreds of thousands of people nationwide. those who hit the streets, expressed alarm reports of extremist networks in germany, but also anger at what's regarded as a tepid response from the government. for weeks germans have been protesting in the 10s of thousands, against the rise of the far right. people from different political backgrounds who will agree on one thing. the extreme right is a threat to german is democracy, and it must be stopped. the latest in for testing and poll shows 72 percent of gammons think these demonstrations of a useful purpose. it also makes clear 2 thirds believe the f. d, alternative for germany policy is up for religious organization, something the f d do not of us. and one of these is me personally, is that the young people are now coming out. no doubt they had their opinions about the sd before, but you didn't see it via th

he made himself an alternative to germany in germany, they are considered as the government's opposition , they are opposed to the government's immigration policy and the general policies of the german economy, but in any case , if we leave these large-scale demonstrations from the government's area, one of the reasons for these large-scale demonstrations is that germany it accommodates many immigrants and such a meeting can be considered a serious threat for those who have emigrated . and faced with the fortune of the people, i am exactly what i want to be about i would also like to ask you about the status of this party, but in the meantime , i think it is a vague issue. i want it to be more clear about the secret meeting that was held, and now the debates within the aafz party are about the deportation of new asylum seekers or not immigrants who are already legally residing in germany. become? as i said, from the content published in the media from this meeting , a plan was proposed, including the plan proposed by an austrian writer, that certain groups of asylum seekers should be dep

so these are two countries, france and germany 40%.ut if you look at the share in eu budget transfers, which... redistributes these two economies receives only 10%, that is, in fact these are two economies of the donor, and this had a fairly clear rationale, because through this involved stimulating the development of lagging economies, economic in terms of gdp per capita in terms of poverty levels, development in infrastructure, but a striking example is poland, which is, for example, the brightest largest recipient of many programs, well, italy goes further there and so on further and also on... in recent years the rate was simply on average 4%, on average for the european union, depending on the period of the seventeenth year, look somewhere 1 and 2, and in germany this rate was simply lower, it was somewhere okay there are the last ones years, it dropped quite sharply to 0.3 somewhere and went away, what does this mean? that there was a conscious decision that, at the expense of the german economy, stimulates the development of the

well, it's a question whether you can say germany. so i have the tons of tron slow is so reluctant to, to send to taras while his coalition and members of the different colors and parties, hugs, and leap to deliver those. the fear behind this is yvette to tar us as a long range weapon system might reach areas in russia proper. and that sort of thing. the chancellor urgently wants to avoid it. but then how does that differ to say, but example, the storm shadow grows. me sign that the you care delivered to you creating that ukraine used very effectively. that's also christmas i that's right. the, the systems are pretty similar, but still different. charles has a much longer range and it's much smaller resisting against g, p as in jamming and spoofing. so of the child's father ukrainians was a taras to reach. and as for teacher to the significant goals like this tori, the carts bridge might be much higher with this drum with weapons. but for john list and expert on security and defense policy, tomas be going to a quick look now at some o

well, would we hearing from our sources here is that germany has a play. it's an important role at this meeting of you leaders that it was a germany's hard stands and the pressure on hung gary on prime and is to victoria our button that probably made a difference in the and, and we also have to add, add that it was the fact that all the of the $26.00 member states were standing together and showing their determination to move a hat with this age package for, for you create, even if a shoot a link to all by decides to block could. so this effect to us, i think a very important because speak to all but have to understand that he would be isolated in the your opinion. and that is probably, that was probably the reason for him to give in. and we also have to add here that victoria or by the has been slammed by some into your opinion. and as poor teens agent and an amended leaders are criticizing him for, he's repeated the times to block or delayed sanctions against russia or held for ukraine. and i thing, what do we have seen today here is the result of that,

i would like to do an apprenticeship in germany in the hotel industry in do so i'm in germany. there are lots of opportunities for young people that i'd like to have a successful career easily dismissed. i would like to trying to work in the retail trade in the heat. martin here in robots, they're preparing for a life far away from home. the idea is to promote integration right from the start . it's part of a new agreement between morocco and germany, to support legal migration and reduce illegal migration. to germany's minister for economic cooperation and development spaniel, schultz is in morocco as part of a drive to attract skilled workers and all. but we need work as to come to germany . we'd benefit if they came lots of young people here, one prospect for the future. and want to earn money. so that benefits e m a russell would benefit as well. 8 percent of the countries to the v comes from americans living and working abroad. leveled out on the german economy needs an extra $400000.00 skilled workers each year. in morocco, some 25 percent of people with higher education

after germany's re unification, public funding was diverting to germany's eastern regions that were in dire need of investment. even today, the roy lags behind the rest of germany. but one thing has worked well for the region, the push towards education and research for the past 20 years. the hydrogen and fuel cells center into sports has brought scientists, industry, and politicians together and researches new technologies. because the region is still looking for new sources of energy. if you see me, we have a very large chemical industry. we have a very large steel industry and we've grown up with industry. and that far as part of a gene was always done by the fact that we are an industrial region and the chance to make this technology this industry green now is a great opportunity for us. it has great potential there developing technologies that can use hydrogen as a power source for german industry and consumers. some on such a grew up in the rural area tend always wanted to work on renewable energy sources like hydrogen, fuel cells. otherwise, we can use it to achieve emissions, f

the germany promotes of itself. it's hard for palestinians to find a place which doesn't just involve demonize ation or erasure. the severity of the suppression of pro palestinian speech in germany tests often international backslash which is producing results. in december, berlin city council announced it which stopped funding artist and refused to abide by a definition of anti semitism. that includes criticism of israel in response, more than 500 artist, among the winners of the prestigious turner prize, and a nobel laureate, back to movement cooling on create is to start working with institutions funded by the german state. berlin's authorities have no scrapped step policy. meanwhile, the tone from the government is also shifting germans for administer has cooled on israel to comply with the international court of justice. order to prevent genocide in gaza. that actions speak louder than words. and as long as berlin keeps sending bones to tell of b and curbside defense remaining things. so 2 were concerns about g

after the west, germany is now the biggest donor of military a to keep. but when it comes to sending taurus cruise missiles to ukraine, german lawmakers suddenly stumble. why? i broke off in berlin. this is the day. the, as long as it takes is not enough. the benchmark is what the ukraine really needs on the veterans. ukraine is still not receiving or material. it's apparently needs to effectively combat versus war progression. germany is his mind. so what it's doing for ukraine's fight potsdam stuff. and what is the big problem with delivering taurus me, science. nobody knows. the top like the one who has the last edition, and he doesn't tell us why he is relaxed and delivery. that was the christmas side . also coming up is the large numbers of migrants crossing the us and southern border and how that is going to impact the us presidential election this year. it's almost like they have given up on the, on the visual p are aspects of it. they just don't care anymore. i mean look, and this has been going on for 6 months now. daddy constant and a nobody wit

those calls have been condemned by israel's allies, germany in the us. some of this rhetoric and the language and that, that was attributed to some of these ministers at this event, a irresponsible, reckless incendiary. i go so far as to say, and certainly isn't. that isn't report with our strong policy statement. we have made clear that there can be no reduction in government territory because it's the fact that re settling garza is being discussed at all has reached fears that the issue has come out of the fringes and will gain legitimacy. meanwhile, danielle advice told dw, she might not wait for permission. she wants to lead a group of settlers to start building and does that. so, let's look at this with how heiner a show speak. so the office of these are the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. a welcome to the w. mr. nissan who has said repeatedly, becky, oppose a civilian settlements in gaza. why hasn't he been strong in his repudiation of these calls from ultra nationalist ministers in his own government as well? so i think the prime minister has

for germany or an alternative for germany, these as the opposition of the government they are considered to be opposed to the government's immigration policy and to the general policies of the german economy , but in any case, these large-scale demonstrations from the government's area, the large-scale demonstrations, one reason is that germany accommodates many immigrants and such a meeting can be considered a serious threat for those who have immigrant roots. at the same time, if we distance ourselves from the fact that it was a secret meeting, in recent months , in the polls, this aafdeh party had been accepted and favored by the people. i would like to ask you about the state of this party, but this in the middle of an issue, i think that the secret meeting that was held and now the debates within the afz party are about the deportation of new asylum seekers or not immigrants who have already settled legally in germany. as i said, from the content that was published in the media from this meeting, a plan was proposed, including a plan by an austrian writer, that certain groups of asy

all flights have been canceled and the strike was organized by germany's second largest trade union.lier, german railway workers went on strike. residents of central and eastern europe have their own problems. farmers are dissatisfied with cheap supplies of agricultural products from ukraine. the eu canceled duties after the start of the svo, and carriers are angry that kiev... all this is taking a toll on the already not very rich eastern europeans, truckers from poland and romania even blocked the border with ukraine for some time, practically stopping cargo transportation . about the european economy let's talk with yakov sergienko, head of the company yakov and partners. she specializes in macroeconomic research. yakov, why is this happening? grains, if we take them as a base, their cost of fertilizers, which are quite energy-intensive to produce, has increased from two to five times over the past year, plus the cost of fuel itself, including diesel, which is quite significant for farmers, according to in total, this of course brought brought quite a lot of problems for them in a

the, the, the, the, we news long from berwin, germany's top diplomat warrants that gaza is on the brink of collapse. and the bulk urges israel to delay its planned attack on the city of ruffled spies international pressure. benjamin netanyahu says you will press the head with israel's offensive. also coming up, one person is dead and many others injured after a man's shooting during the kansas city chiefs super bowl parade. police detain 3 people and are investigating a possible motive. and former defense minister for both the v auto claims victory and indonesia presidential election preliminary results for him. ahead with well over half the votes. but the opponents yes. to complete the really welcome to the program. canada, australia, and new zealand have joined international calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and gauze, and enjoyed statements. the nations warned israel of potentially catastrophic consequences if it expanded its military operations into rough or israel is planning to move into the southern gauze and city to fulfill its state of goal of destroying him on a gr

and one of those powerful allies is germany, and germany has particularly around the good to institute a kind of soft power around the world, through lots and culture and creativity. and we believe that they have not taken a firm enough stones to stop israel's genocide against the palestinian people. and so we are calling them out today. jim and weapons exports to israel have increased 10 fold since the start of the assault on gaza at the same time germany. so it fits a suspend its funding to the united nations relief and works agency active as an ox, a seal approaches thing to demand that germany was to its military political system, messic and cultural supports which is right in the face of the tools of, of genocide charges at the i c j. the also saying that german cultural institutions, including the who to institute, refuses to please the politics of the office and then said, insist on the economy from state policy invites critical discourse and the loss of defense. that's a home for me for our t janice, but i saw that for god. just want to bring you details now about a new documen