period in today's times newspaper and amongst the signatures of a new head of i'm going to machall c.d.u. party on a cotton bow the head of germany's social democratic party on threat not less and green party to robert havoc it reads after the horrors of the second world war britain did not give up on us and has welcomed germany back as a sovereign nation and the european power base we asked germans have not forgotten and we are grateful should britain wish to leave the european union for a go. but it will always have friends in germany and europe but britain should equally know that we believe that no choice is irreversible door will always remain open europe is home we would miss the legendary british black humor but more than anything else we would miss the british people our friends across the channel therefore britain should know from the bottom of our hearts we want them to stay well let's go to london then i got reaction from i.t.w. our correspondent. welcome bogut how has this letter been received well we don't have as far as i know an official reaction but it by any of the government f