the hand of i'm going to machall behind this what role did the german chancellor play and. getting this huge row for sure. on the line is a long time close confidant an ally of machall and clearly when it emerged that the so-called the 2 leading candidates of the 2 biggest party blocs banned from babe and france to man's couldn't get the support of the european parliament another name was needed. and obviously angle americal thought right now is the moment after about 5 decades or more to have a german in the top job of the e.u. and a c.d.u. christian democrat from the same party as merkel suits very well a lot of people have also said of course pointed out that this is part of a big personnel deal within the european union other big jobs bills have been up for grabs and some people have pointed out that a likely german success somebody seen as the german success against vive men going to the top job at the european central bank that wouldn't have seemed to dangle americal so she said all right we'll have the the french lady christine legarde running the central bank and a

50 years head the european commission so in some sense also there is a feeling that i'm going to machall as german chancellor put forward a kind of that will support it in the end the kind of that that also increase germany's role in european politics so you say that chancellor merkel supported this nomination but formally germany actually abstained from voting on ursula found alliance nomination for commission president why. yes we've just heard from max in strasburg how controversial this nomination is among social democrats and we have to remember that in germany i'm going to market is governing together in a coalition with the social democrats and the social democrats here in germany have been vehemently opposed to the nomination of also left on the line so germany abstained formally because i'm going to not go did not want to endanger the atmosphere endanger the coalition in germany here so it's basically out of respect for the social democrats at the same time we have to say that there is a little bit of a cloud hanging over the left on the lens hood in the sense that in her defens

funded lion whose star was sinking here in germany who once was seen as a potential successor to machall is now just become europe's most powerful woman arguably as you commission chief ok ours widely seen as you mentioned is the woman chosen by all americans to succeed her as german chancellor how does the step to the defense ministry fit in all the political life well it clearly demonstrates that she still has that aim and that she will be going for it at the same time there was a lot of criticism because she did protest too much in the past making rather clear that she didn't aim to become a member of angela merkel's cabinet and now hey presto she's germany's defense minister but it also gives her an opportunity to learn the ropes particularly on foreign policy where she's had very little exposure to date and to potentially indeed follow an angle americal shoes because it is an open secret here that that's what i would like to see happening so we already see some legacy building here and i'm going to side michelle thanks so much for bringing us up to date. it's to the united states no

that they taken this very high podium and say who is the big guy on it fall next to it i'm going to machall as though they're in school and the teacher said you go stand in the corner and be quiet because then came the to write that to rage against merkel and her policies she just had to stand. and see she did and. that was a travesty what has their opinion of angle of machall many people felt that this kind of treatment did real harm to our political culture. and put it to rest just. cologne on new year's eve 2015. the celebrations near the cathedral became the scene of mass assaults women were sexually harassed groped robbed some were raped the victims describe their attackers as men of arabic or north african descent far right populist sees the movement claiming merkel's refugee policy. that their side was the far right a.f.b. party which had initially formed an opposition to the euro and the e.u. bailout but by then it had become anti immigrant and it joined the attack. club and. mob group will come think more clearly as i lack a few things that church that angle americal in some way ca

here in germany i'm going to machall very much a champion to that issue and it cost the political capital what sort of future do you see for a sort of on the line with this particular issue where they live on the lines in states and certainly in support of the medical law and if you can call it that on migration a compassionate approach to dealing with people who are you know in serious trouble and they help on the other hand. sending a message of you know that europe's borders can't just be open for everyone to wander in as they please so you had a bit of that today in a speech in the parliament saying on the one hand we need a humane humane border system and on the other hand saying that we need to speed up the process of beefing up you know the european border agency with. 10000 operatives. which sounds like a lot perhaps but when you think of a vast territory that the all the borders in the relevant borders to the to the south and the east of europe you know there's a reserve a lot of territory to cover there so maybe it isn't such a such a such a tough line after all but she's saying

both english and french as well as german funded line has long been seen as a possible successor to machall as chancellor or more recently as the next head of nato european leaders have now agreed to choose her as the next president of the e.u. commission if the european parliament endorsers her she would be the 1st woman to fill the influential post. and i understand that will be visiting strasburg and visiting the european parliament the softer new do you think she's going to be able to convince parliamentarians there that she is the right person for this trial. it depends who she's going to visit we know she's going to visit the political group of her own party the european people's party so the conservatives that should be possible she will meet with month it babe i had a chat with faber earlier saw the actually candidate of the conservatives and he said he's going to support her this is just how the political process goes albeit being disappointed about this choice about was enough on the line but you could say this is a home game if she decides to visit the social democrats it's going

already heard from the head of the foreign affairs committee and all but what can do is from other machall c.d.u. party leaving that out having a mission in the region under u.s. command at the same time the u.s. is germany's closest security our in fact european german security depends on the united states and so official political speak will be that many would always look favorably at it but will already hearing here from the social democrat side who are also in a coalition government if you see a similar scenario basically to the iraq intervention it is very unlikely that germany will go into any kind of alliance of that kind of robust nature that we're hearing out of washington so reluctance behind closed doors is what i understand from your answer let's go to washington and get the view from there how about this comes after the u.s. called on nato allies to form an international coalition to protect the shipping in the strait of hormuz that basically fell on deaf ears but now it's found a loophole. i mean death is always selective hearing i think i think it's fair to characterize this

both english and french as well as german funder line has long been seen as a possible successor to machall as chancellor or more recently as the next head of nato. european leaders have now agreed to choose her as the next president of the e.u. commission if the european parliament jindal says she would be the 1st woman to fill the influential post. for one of the story i want to take it too strong that is where the european parliament is located i'm joined by our correspondent max hoffmann good evening to you max we know that the parliament still has to confirm this nomination i mean that's where the final decision is can we say for certain that ursula fund a lion will she get the approval because we know she wasn't the 1st she wasn't the 2nd choice for this position washing. the european parliament brand in the last weeks on a daily basis said that they would only approve a candidate who prior to the decision was a so-called spits in county da that's the german word that everybody uses now in the brussels and strasburg bubble it means the lead candidate for a certain party that is presen

both english and french as well as german funded line has long been seen as a possible successor to machall as chancellor all more recently as the next head of nato european leaders have now agreed to choose her as the next president of the e.u. commission if the european parliament induces her she would be the 1st woman to fill the influential post. let's bring in deede of years hans but our political correspondent so germany's defense minister was upon the line has been nominated to head the european commission what's the political reaction here in. well the 1st reaction frankly was one of surprise when this name was 1st probably sometime in the more going on tuesday morning and nobody really was reckoning on this woman becoming the head of the european commission there had been some talk that she might be interested in one of the positions of commissioner in other words something like a minister of some sort in the european commission but that she would get the top job that nobody expected when the surprise had kind of settled in i think it specially the conservatives here in germany wer

both english and french as well as german funded line has long been seen as a possible successor to machall as chancellor all more recently as the next head of nato. european leaders have now agreed to choose her as the next president of the e.u. commission if the european parliament induces her she would be the 1st woman to fill the influential post. and our coverage continues now with the don't use teri schultz she is covering the story for us from brussels good evening to you cherie so ursula from the lion we know that she was not the 1st choice she wasn't even the 2nd choice is she a good choice. well brant the very fact that she is the name upon which all 28 leaders could agree makes are really the only choice and the best choice in fact neither of the leading 2 candidates that came out of the european parliament's nominating process would have managed to get approval of the other leaders and so there simply was no other choice but to move on to other names that's caused a lot of hard feelings and that may come back to bite the european union leaders as they still need to get parliamen

course you have to argue that out with the finance minister and one of the chancellor i'm going to machall she's in her final as chancellor does she still carry the or 40 she used to when she said she's not going to stand for chancellor again so she's in her final years but i think it's been a good couple of days for the chancellor she's got to have her close allies now in the front rank and of course with a lot on the line in brussels. will be assured of being at the very least heard and understood. at the top level of the european union and the movement of care of our into the defense job i think is also good for america all because she too is a close ally but it also means that a potential successor is no longer you know scheming in the wings as it were she will now be on stage and being tested so you know moving more women into top jobs was also something that anglo-american has said she wanted to do she certainly done that over the last 24 hours and i think she's got lots to celebrate today which is her 60th birthday of well. some of you thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the

talking she's been seen in this condition in public sparking concerns about her health but i'm going to machall says she feels fox. this estate life abundant up next to news asia a small child said you caught the skyline it's the new normal in the interest capital and activists assuming the go. on we take you to the front lines of the daily battle between man and monkey in india's capital. those stories in what was better spanish even just a moment i'll be back at the top of it out of the day. with . the family. reliable data just. distance 1st close extent. on the most vicious. most of all the livestream. trying. to get me it's seen as a sex phone operator who wrote her master's thesis on the potato for the right to create. not a turn on well it gets more ridiculous from a. literalist british woman mistreats. it's been 50 years since the moon landing. she was the 1st man to walk on the moon . by her. as a small boy she dreamed of the stars. as a pilot she flew anything no matter how dangerous. a shirt or go to the mall. as an astronaut she took part in the greatest adventure in history. a lege

there are new concerns about the health of all of the machall after the german chancellor was seen trembling in public again it was the 3rd time he's been seen on camera in this condition in the past month the latest incident occurred as the chancellor said alongside finland's visiting prime minister until dinner while watching military honors to welcome his arrival. let's bring in our political correspondent linda train for more on this good morning melinda this is the 3rd shaking incident in public are there concerns that chancellor merkel might be battling an illness or or is 2nd. certainly there are concerns that this newest episode made headlines here in germany but the chance to herself and her spokespeople say no she is not ill after the 1st episode in mid june she attributed the shaking to the heat it was in fact a very very hot day and she was she was standing outside during military honors for a state visitor and at that point she said well i drank a glass of water and then i was fine after the 2nd episode one of her spokespeople suggested that perhaps that 1st attack during on the

always seen a lot of ladies protesting too much anger machall says that he doesn't want to have any influence over who succeeds so that was up to the party to the decide now i'm going to. be a parent and successor as party leader is closer to the chancery that you see behind me by having joined the cabinet and i've come kind of our herself of course in recent months protesting that that was not the plan so now we've seen her ever play somebody whose political star was clearly sinking here and many always that are funded line became e.u. commission chief and i think they've come stepping into her shoes quoting was enough underlined today saying we need more europe and vowing once again that he would stick to its spending plan of getting closer to that 2 percent spending go 1.5 percent by 2024 that of course is in doubt because of the governing coalition here the coalition partners doesn't really want to see that and they're reporting here in berlin or one year from today tokyo will start hosting the summer olympics organizers are heading into the final phase of preparations ticket sales are sa

silly that they take in this very high podium and say who is the big guy on it next to it they are machall as though they're in school and the teacher said you go stand in the corner and be quiet because then came the to raid that a rage against merkel and her policies she just had to stand. and. that was a travesty whatever their opinion of angle of machall many people felt that this kind of treatment did real harm to our political culture. and put it to. cologne on new year's eve 2015 the celebrations near the cathedral became the scene of mass assaults women were sexually harassed groped robbed some were raped the victims described their attackers as men of arabic or north african descent far right populist sees the movement claiming merkel's refugee policy. at their side was the far right party which had initially formed in opposition to the euro and the e.u. bailouts but by then it had become anti immigrant and it joined the. as i was. finishing school in that church that angle americal in some way caused or promoted the influx of refugees is absurd for both the. research a long time