weber -- in this case, manfred weber.e stand for our leading candidate, the epp candidate, which is manfred weber. >>>> the candidacy hangs by a thread with some arguing he does not have enough executive experience. parties, theeft social's; rules and reigns, many more seats in the eppa against him,. emmanuel macron feels that they should share the alliance's vision for europe. president macron: i want these appointments to be gender-balanced, meaning that we have two men and two women. i want us s to have the best profiles p possible. and of course i want them to be balanced politically and geographically. >> earlier tuesday, macron -- frenchmark's negotiator, and kellerman as more ideal candidates. eu leaders said they hope to agree on the next commission president by next summer, on june 21, but still, filling all of the top spots could be a long, contentious process. genie: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu could be facing an election one month after winning the last one in he has just hours left to form a coa

first there is germany's manfred weber. he is the leading candidate for the largest group in the parliament, the conservative european people's party. backed by german chancellor angela merkel. and then there is frans timmermans from the socialist and democrats in the apartment. he is calling for more social justice in the eu. and then there is margrethe vestager from denmark. her alliance gained 40 seats in the election last week. she has the backing of emmanuel macron. it is a complicated picture. we are hoping that max hofmann can clear things up for us a little. good to see you. it seems like there is a lot of disagreement in the eu over this question. max: and like you said, it is extreme he complicated. we could not even talk about a 10th of what is going on if you think about all the different countries and interests. north, south, social democrats, liberals, conservatives. but the true frontline we have right now you mentioned it is between angela merkel and emmanuel macron. angela merkel is supporting this process

is likely to be the strongest party still so the center right and of course manfred way but is there a candidate there she can do that. so that would speak for him getting the job but i think it's not a done deal could you think the best candidate would be. difficult to say i think he's he's he's good he would be sol it's to have a real a tentative no it would basically play though into the argument of nigel farage for example who says the germans are running the show here in europe absolutely and then that sense it be better if an historian where very strong candidate being in or you know another country that has not played such a big role in the e.u. i agree with that because it feeds into his spent 3 and 1000000000 very berlin parts on it for the economist thank you so much for joining us with us for having me. well kenya is preparing for what could be a landmark ruling on the legality of same sex relations the country's highest court is due to reveal its decision on whether a law dating from the colonial era banning gay sex is legal or unconstitutional now observers say that if t

as the next commission president has just started too many he is the front runner manfred veba the lead candidate of the largest group in the problem and the conservative european peoples party despite a loss of 38 seats his group and him still claim the e.u.'s top job but brokering a majority in parliament will likely prove difficult for fans to months from the social democrats it will be even more difficult the dutchman's s. and d. group came in 2nd with a total loss of 40 seats even if you manage to form a coalition with the greens liberals and the left party c. would still fall short of a majority in parliament. it is the 1st time in 40 years that the big center right and center left groups aren't able to control a majority of seats in the european parliament so some think she might come out as the winner. the best denmark the serving competition commissioner didn't run as an official candidate during the campaign however after her liberal alliance made strong gains she made clear that she is up for the presidency. in the end it will be up to them the leaders of the member states wi

migration energy and so on so let's talk a take a look at the front runners firstly is germany's manfred a very but he is the leading candidate for the largest group in the parliament that's the conservative european peoples party backed by german chancellor angela merkel and then there is france to months from me is socialists and democrats group hiding from the netherlands he's calling for more social justice in the e.u. and the moderator vest from denmark alliance of liberals and democrats gained 40 seats in last week's election and she has the backing of french president emmanuel mark wrong so lots to fight over let's go to brussels where we'll find bureau chief max hoffman who has been following the summit welcome mats so lots of disagreements among the 28. well we don't know and you know why we don't know it's because for the 1st time 28 leaders were locked in a room in their phones jam literally so they can't talk they can't leak anything this is top secret but what we gather from the arrivals so far is and that's an important point that most of the leaders support the so-called s

so, the front runner is the leader of the evp, manfred weber.he european elections so we should get to go first. well, that needs to be decided by a majority in the parliament. and a majority of member states. so in that sense, yes, there are the biggest in the parliament but we as the greens have made clear that we are going to decide on the basis of a programme, so the candidate for the commission presidency that is really going to deliver a new and a change to europe which is going to act on climate change, going to put in more social policies, that can be the candidate we will support because manfred weber is not having a majority support yet. there needs to be negotiations on a programme and then let us see who we can support.|j understand the french president met with the spanish prime minister yesterday, clearly with an eye on forming this progressive alliance that could stop manfred weber. it seems like we are heading towards a battle royale! i thinki hope, seems like we are heading towards a battle royale! ithinki hope, it is a lwa ys b

manfred vega the lead candidate from the biggest block in the e.u. parliament for a strong global stage but french president emmanuel mcconnell doesn't like this lead candidate system that wants change perhaps even this woman e.u. commissioner margarita vest feebleness the young because the german government is committed to the principle of the need candidates however the parties represented in the coalition have different views as to which candidate is best suited. if everyone just stays with their preferred names because none of the groups are the majority all alone and even if 2 of them work together they still have a majority we need 3 or even 4 groups to do this for some believe america is behind the curve on this because she herself will soon be leaving her own job. if you don't affect you there is a kind of missed opportunity between france and germany the germans were at one point more european than the french there's too much of an economic discrepancy between france and germany germany is the 1st economic power in europe so europe is less v

he is clear he thinks manfred weber is not up to the job. angela merkel is not willing to let go of him just yet, and this is a whole package. commissioner is agreed, they cannot move on to the central bank, and that is a concern for the markets. mario draghi has to leave by the end of october. francine: thank you so much. let's keep it on all things europe. joining us from the hour, economist at vanguard and the head of fx strategy at goldman sachs. let me kick it off with the financial report. a are saying there are challenges amidst the downside risks. how worried are you about europe in general? i am not very worried about financial stability or the economic situation. we are having modest growth, it may continue for a while. but we do not have imbalances of the kindurozone we had a head the lehman crisis or eurocrisis. -- ahead of the lehman crisis or eurocrisis. if something goes wrong, the consequences would be comparatively limited, with one exception. it italy chooses financial suicide, the italian choice, things might be different.

translation: naturally, coming from a grand coalition, i support manfred weber but not all parties dovery important. while the european commission will choose the nominee — their decision must be ratified by the 751—member parliament. and the eu election results have thrown a spanner in the works. in the 2014 election it was dominated by the main centre—right and centre—left groupings. but if we look at the new parliament, we can see it is much more fragmented. and the left—wing alde grouping has gained seats. the alde includes greens, socialist parties, and most importantly emmanuel macron‘s en marche. and the french president wants to flex his political muscle. translation: will likely face a new phase of the european adventure. for the first time there is not a majority with the two parties and we need to build something else. a new project that will reflect with the european people have chosen in this regard, the central force of progress that we have currently build will have an important role and responsibility. let's find out about that and more from damian grammaticas in bruss

basic research conducted by professor manfred kaiser had helped develop a new form of d.n.a. research known as genealogical testing case that is head of the department of forensic molecular biology at the university of russia. in many imus case why chromosome d.n.a. tests were carried out in september 2012 in an effort to find any male relations to the killer. that money is a in this kind of d.n.a. profile analysis all you need is a sample from one male relative however far removed and that will give you the trail to track down your are known perpetrator. of. men living within a 5 kilometer radius of the meadow when mariana was found asked for a d.n.a. sample around $8000.00 submitted their d.n.a. voluntarily but then something unexpected happened. i got a phone call was the 14th of november by the end of i they told me we have a match and there is something that you cannot describe. the killer it was a local farmer who had voluntarily submitted his d.n.a. he had hoped the test wouldn't work. if he did not would have given his d.n.a. we would have found him anyway he was caug

manfred weber who is the leading candidate for here a pain commission president says once he assumes the presidency he will drop this session talks with turkey completely what will turkey's answer be to that but actually he's not telling the truth because even if he's elected even if he is the leader he will not have such an authority the e.u. process the e.u. negotiation process the accession talks could only start with a unanimous vote of all member countries and it can only be stopped with a unanimous vote of all member countries so if the soever kent control the will and the sale of all $28.00 member countries of european union only then he can but i don't think anyone in europe will have such a great or tory few of all the countries so he's exploiting the turkey issue for his upcoming elections which is not fair because he's not being honest to his constituents so after the opposition candidate was elected to be mayor of istanbul in march present there are no gun called for a rerun of the election of course european parliament's top politician of stuff said that this was another

reporter: german chancellor angela merkel has put her weight behind german mep manfred weber, the leadandidate from the biggest bloc in the eu parliament. but french president emmanuel macron does not like this lead candidate system, and wants change. perhaps even this woman, eu commissioner margrethe vestager. >> t the german government is committed to the principle o of the lead candidate. however, the parties represented in the coalition have different views as to which candididate is best suited. >> if everyone just stays with their preferred names, we will be stuck because none of the groups have a majority all alone. and even if two of them work together, we still don't have a majority. we need three or four groups to do this. reporter: some believe merkel is behind the curve on this because she herself will soon be leaving her own job. >> there is a kind of missed opportunity between france and germany. the germans were at one point more european than the french. there's too much of an economic discrepancy between france and germany. germany is the first economic power in europe

they also have the choice of turning to the liberals the 3rd largest political group and in fact manfred ever has said quite clearly that he is not going to deal with any party that doesn't believe in the european spirit that doesn't believe in the european project so at least from the largest political group the p.p. they are trying to downplay any euro skeptic hopes of being king makers brian terry thanks much for that from brussels let's cross over now to our correspondents alex forrest whiting in london and federico baggio in milan let's pull them up if we could there a good morning to both of you nigel for auditions breck's of party trouncing the main parties in britain and on the far right in italy we have details salvini also topping the polls and that's country alex have a good start with you and in london britain's conservative and labor party is waking up to huge losses this morning together they make up about a quarter of the vote you give us a sense of the impact of the bracks of party in this election. yes that's right bryan absolutely humiliate. the conservative party didn'

german chancellor angela merkel has also given her blessing to manfred for the e.u. commission president however it's not known exactly how cold cream is should a better option come on the table list of better though well he's already talking he's got the job summed up the future european commission on the my leadership insist the principle of sort of rule of law a solution is going to have to be i undoubtedly a european summit which will take place in june after all the entry elections we 2 will be time because it's. not just the e.u. commission job that needs to find a success at soon they also have to find replacements for european council president donald tusk and chief of the european central bank mario draghi by the end of this year earlier this year the money will micron's said he wanted to see a new written a song take place in europe well if he can reform the way directly elected positions are filled in the e.u. institutions well the us may be more akin to a revolution peter all of our r.t. early geopolitics expert peer manual to man told us why he believes

conservatives they're just close their election campaign was speeches from i'm going to go as well as manfred. one of we've been here thank you they're about to be behind you might need to do that monthly these are is the barrier made sure to also bring the woman on food she succeeded on the mantle of the seat party. and could also become the next song so many see have pretty much in the frame there already and so we do expect to hear a lot about this struggle the fun begins now so listen that i'm going back also highlighted there's very few election appearances that she heads coming up throughout this evening but for now you can see there's also a distinct focus on a bit of an. relieve you terry perhaps i will come back to you when you have a go at karaoke i'm a fairly tough one thank you. some of the other stories making news around the world and your prime minister narendra modi is holding talks aimed at forming a new cabinet on setting a date for his inauguration latest election results indicate a landslide victory has given his a hindu nationalist party the b.j. an increased majority. on

credibility to want to could you be to keep watch you know to me is that i'm in a coalition to my support manfred vega but not all of my partners do pull the same the principle of the lead candidate is important to receive 50 as michael says the social democrats in the european parliament want to see their own hopeful friends to months take the top job but they also support the lead candidate process and they are glad to have merkel on board at least on that that was a message from the social democrats group leader when he spoke with brussels bureau chief. as i'm running bruce's. remember 5 years ago. jump forward towards. democracy and still pinion that is widespread. parliament even if she supports munched it be able so the other spits in your spits again you know it's going to be enough to those trucks some of us is going to become the next president of the european commission what makes you. so certain about that i've been wondering because after all you are not the strongest group in that you are part of who smell the wind of change it's very obvious that the people of europe want to see a v

candidate manfred weber others stand by their lead candidate obviously that's a problem in the european parliament stated today that the majority of its members are committed to the lead candidate principle that is the message to the european council even though not all heads of state and governments are fully convinced of the value of that principle. the system has worked perfectly and if it ain't broke why fix it but marco has a political headache on her hands president micronor leads a group of rebels pushing for total change not to mention a different candidate. i'll speak to we confirmed tonight that there is nothing automatic in the lead candidate process. political group what their own concerns are to help their opponents the conservatives and socialists have taken a political battering so they think they hold all the cards and they're not the only ones these socialists also have their own ideas and guess what yes own kind that we would support france i think he's a qualified person for the position for the commission i seem to not only he was his speech and come to do it but als

manfred vega and as well there is the dutch politician france timmermans of the european socialists but in the countdown to next week's vote the e.u. is very much on its guard after the bracks it shock and because of growing euro skepticism across the block and that's before we even get to the idea of disinflation this information campaign the campaigns are trying to influence voters with lies and half truths last year the e.u. commission set up a task force to deal with this threat but critics say that its efforts may be too little too late the w.'s teri schultz has this. whoever you are wherever you are you can get involved european union institutions have poured enormous resources in to get out the vote campaign but have they invested enough in stay out of the vote efforts in ways to prevent malicious meddling it's not like there was no warning 5 years ago the kremlin's internet research agency in st petersburg was revealed estimated to spend more than a $1000000.00 a month pumping out anti western spin 3 years ago us elections were the target of that russian troll farm yet the europ

viktor 0rban himself, he said that he doesn't recognise the candidate of the european people's party, manfreds a viable candidate. so he has hinted that he would want tojump ship and move to a bloc with salvini. now, if that was to happen, the bloc that these far right nationalist parties are going to form in european parliament could be quite significant. nowhere of course is european politics more turbulent than in the uk. the british prime minister theresa may has said she will be making "a bold new offer" when the government puts her brexit plan before the house of commons for a final time next month. but the opposition brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer has called on mrs may to offer mps the option of another referendum. here's our political correspondent ben wright. a forlorn campaign launch on friday for european elections theresa may didn't want to happen. next thursday, we will be holding european elections. but soldiering on, mrs may now says she will ask mps to vote on a new and improved brexit plan. on tuesday, the cabinet will discuss changes to the brexit bill she hopes will win

the top job the head of the european commission the 2 favorites for the rule german conservative manfred veba and the dutch social democrat france to months. now here in britain celebrations of kicked off to mark the 70th anniversary of germany's forced for constitution known here as the basic law it came into effect on this day in 1949 under the supervision of the allies now it's considered the foundation of german democracy official festivities have been marked in front of the brandenburg gate. now amidst the celebrations german president from back to steinmeyer noted that even more germans even german sometimes thought little too little about the hugely important constitution now all this week we look at how the basic law was translated into reality by ordinary people today we focus on the guarantee of freedom off expression we met with him and shared one originally from iraq to see how he sometimes for evocatively uses this right to say what he wants. my country because of freedom of expression he was always very important to me to be able to express my opinion. ahmed had to flee his

walk you through moves and i'm in a coalition i support manfred vega but not all of my partners do all the same the principle of the lead candidate is important to c.b.c. as michael says the social democrats in the european parliament want to see their own hopeful fronts to months take the news top job but they also support the lead candidate process and they are glad to have merkel on board at least on that that was the message from the social democrats group leader when he spoke with brussels bureau chief. assume the running process for. remember 5 years ago i know pre-shared. for what it's all democracy and still pinion that is widespread in the european parliament but even if she supports much that vevo so the other spits in county da not your spits a county that is going to enough of us this front simmons is going to become the next president of the european commission what makes you so certain about that i've been wondering because after all you are not the strongest group in that you are part of the smell the wind of change it's very obvious that the people of europe want to see