brussels bureau chief max hoffman has been following that debate in the european parliament he outlined the use next steps article seven procedure of the groundwork for that is already laid what does that mean article seven eventually could lead to the stripping of the e.u. voting rights of poland although that seems highly unlikely because some countries have already said they would veto something like that especially hungary although you never know how it's really going to turn out in the end but something that could really hurt poland is the money because they're getting a large amount actually the biggest amount of the cohesion fund. funding from the european union and there has been talk and there have been lots of discussions about tying those funds to the state. of the country in this in this case of course we're talking about the judicial system in poland if this is really the case they get less money because of that this could pose a huge problem for poland and its government was max hoffman in the brussels let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around t

the state of the rule of law in poland then that might hurt told right now important point there max hoffman reporting for us in strasbourg thank you very much max. and one fans are celebrated in the english capital yesterday after their team's win against colombia with renditions of football's coming home that's after a dramatic day at the world cup that saw their side progressed to before the finals for the first time since two thousand and six. by the match that went to penalties leaving even the most optimistic england fan worried the three lions have one of the worst records in the sport when it comes to spot kicks but they finally turn the tables and found a way to win. harry came penalty after fifty seven minutes put in lynden the lead against an ultra defensive colombia side without the services of their injured star hi mr rodriguez. in injury time england keeper jordan pickford had to produce his best save but was powerless on the ensuing corner when yet he mean up pounded the ball into the net for the last ditch colombia equaliser i mean is third goal at this world cup sent the mat

and they have used brussels bureau chief max hoffman is standing by for us at nato headquarters as the summit set to get underway hi max good to see you so we've seen president trump again attack in germany as the summit has gotten underway tell us more about that you know there's a new twist to it you just mentioned it to me that he said that germany was captive to russia because of the money they pay russia for the gas they get from russia and that's typical for trump he's mixing everything together defense trade now the relations to russia and always the centerport of his attention seems to be germany and i get back oh so i put the question forward to the ambassador of the u.s. to nato hutchinson the master why she thinks that he's so focused on germany her explanation was it's because germany is such a big economy and to play such an important role in nato but so are just not paying enough but she also said that germany was a very important ally and remained a very important ally to the united states but if you listen to the u.s. president it sounds a lot to. work max it's a divisi

presidency for the next six months and our correspondent max hoffman is standing by for us in fact how is the austrian government responding to this immigration deal that was struck in germany they have announced that they would prepare safeguarding their southern borders if germany really starts rejecting migrants at the austrian german border overall though the reaction wasn't too negative what the austrian government apparently wants is clarification more details what does this so-called compromise really mean for austria and cool it's the austrian chancellor took this this discussion in germany when he gave a speech here at the european parliament to emphasize again that this also showed that it was necessary to secure the outer borders of the european union something he has been demanding for quite some time though what about other countries in europe max could they end up following germany's lead for example setting up transit centers on their borders. the transit centers have been mainly a german idea so far i really haven't heard any other countries floating this idea as strong

let's go right to do that max hoffman here is at nato headquarters in brussels for us hi max after such a confrontational start what are we going to see today. indeed it was a confrontational stars to me on wednesday morning but you know what then it got better incredible but true because if you look at the actual facts the u.s. are carrying the nato communique they supported and they didn't change a thing so donald trump did not want the two percent goal that we just heard about in that report from catherine martin's anchored as a binding goal and there remains an aim that the different nato member states are pursuing and so that's good news for nato but with donald trump you never know this should be the easier day but if you look at the tweets from last night he might have another surprise for us if things go as planned then today they're going to meet ukraine and georgia two potential future nato allies although there is nothing immediate in the cards here and they will talk about their mission in afghanistan they have pledged to continue to support afghanistan and the afghan troops

max hoffman is at the nato headquarters in brussels following those developments let's listen to what jones the meca had to say donald trump's tactics appear to have worked european and nato allies have all up their financial commitments. to be fair this whole process started way before donald trump was u.s. president it started in two thousand and fourteen with a different security situation with russia having taken crimea with the situation in eastern ukraine also what's happening on the southern borders of nato but yes it seems that was able through his rhetoric in the strategies to add some more urgency to the turnaround and it seems like he was reassured by the other allies that they would up the spending in the coming coming years to reach that goal of two percent that the nato allies more or less committed to again it's not a binding goal but they committed to aim towards those two percent and next on it from been missing a contentious comments about germany saying it was controlled and captive of russia something he walked back on today let's first take a listen to what he had

good the good side of the secret that we now join our brussels bureau chief marks hoffman was at the nato headquarters max shah was from the german chancellor talking about making policy independently i'll be heading towards a show down between these two leaders at this summit. at least she took it to a personal level as you just heard that i'm reading connecting what trump said about russia to her past when she lived in east germany which was occupied by the soviet union so apparently you know i met her doesn't show too many feelings but she is not amused i think that's safe to say and also difficult for her that donald trump recently has started establishing a pattern connecting different topics that in the past were separated on an international level for example trade and defense or now the relationship between germany and russia and defense trump is connecting them creating these conditions through them direct or indirect and trying to add up the pressure on some of the nato allies especially germany to pay more but it was given the context to why trump raised this issue of russian gas supplies the r