a man with a vision for europe french president manuel mccollum convinced european cities the continent is in danger in his latest pro european initiative the french president has addressed europeans directly in major newspapers across all twenty eight a few members states the raft of proposals is directed against nationalism and calls for a european or thore to protect democracy a statement by german chancellor angela merkel spokes person said berlin supports the quote lively discussion about the orientation of the e.u. of the german parties were notably more critical but welcomed micron's principle campaign. is tight i don't you go into every sentence or project but the core idea is that we need to change europe to maintain the peace project that's essential and we see that just like mccrone and with just three months to go until a new citizens head to the polls the proposals have been widely well received including in germany but just tossing to. this is really about the preservation of europe and as i see it our democratic structures are also in danger of populist parties over this

thousands but organizers had hoped for stronger turnout a show of force to answer president manuel mccollum's call for dialogue. because that there is a dialogue it's a first step by the government to go and wash out but really all they've got just download is useless just like to listen to and so. most protesters don't care much about my cross town hall debates which the president has held for the past two months more concerned about the police response to the demonstrations also the topic at the un this week we encourage the government to continue dialogue and urge full investigation of all reports court cases of assess if use of force it is the images like these that have cost french police in a bad light the police have also been criticised for the use of rubber bullets and in many e.u. countries government estimates put the number of injured protesters at above two thousand. but the police haven't escaped unhurt. because of some of our colleagues have almost been lynched in fifteen hundred police have been injured in the last four months. the tension was palpable in paris today but there

brax it to a withdrawal of article fifty the ball is in britain's court and france's president manuel mccollum warns that e.u. countries contemplating similar moves. should take note little exceed that means you need a record that is in my opinion not a matter of technical negotiation but above all a political lesson will do for pretty to reject europe without having a plan in place leads to a dead end. mendelian us at least she doesn't have this problem for the icelandic prime minister the e.u. still remains a win win situation. because what the public face will is in brussels she says the e.u. leaders are now looking to london to decide finally on the way forward that leaders head to reason may in here for an hour and a half that's a long time and asked her over and over again what is your plan b. if you parliament reject the deal again what will you do and she didn't have a single answer which is again then everybody found pretty annoying and so now in london there seems to be a certain amount of movement and everybody here will be quite happy to see that because now there seems to have bee

hate speech has left members of the jewish community fearing for their safety french president manuel mccollum has made a very public show of condemning the crimes which include vandalism of cemeteries online harassment and physical attacks but the public outcry has done little to address the underlying problem as catherine martin reports many jews living in france increasingly feel under threat. good neighbor move a good look at your door those of us are going to do without it if i were you benefited us a car is not a handle that's not so after a lunch alone is preparing for shabat it's friday and tonight he's meeting other members of his jewish congregation together they are going to read the sabbath prayer as the thirty four year old is an active member of the jewish community here in paris being jewish is important to him but so is being french that's why the increase in violence disturbs him so much to both bodies and cities with their insults vandalism and sometimes even cases of murder for us that means staying aware and alert and always keeping an eye out we wouldn't have to do that if