we'll take up position as a council president in november let's see if we can have a word with max hoffman. in strasburg. a fun time line received a fax and congratulations there we have knocked off one. i'm sorry i didn't catch that question and i did not tell you what i was wondering if you were actually that i'm jus off so. much i want to say. what they what do you make of those figures. it's a listen there was a learning curve involved in those numbers last week it was really all about just getting that majority for it was enough on the line that sometimes you know it seemed a little out of reach so. you know obviously being journalist there was a bet going on who would be closest and you had a lot of the journalist at that 438-381-3823 extension 83 so very close to that absolute majority she needed 374 now the optimism in the last days on the side of. increased because the social democrats started coming around you even heard today some of the greens saying they might vote in favor of her and that's why many thought she might get over 400 votes just like her predecessor. a majority no

political correspondent melinda crane who joins us here in the studio and our brussels bureau chief max hoffman is standing by at the european parliament in strasburg max i'll turn to you 1st because her nomination has been controversial especially among parliament deputies this was really her last chance to convince them do you think that she did because i mean we just heard from the greens and they say they're still not back in her. it seems though that the stars are aligning in favor of was enough on the line we talked to a couple of them a piece here in the mean time and even the greens that were the 1st to say we're not going to vote for and after meeting her last week said this was a pretty good speech we talked to one representative of the belgian greens for example and on a scale of one to 1010 being the best score what do you give. for that speech and she said a 7 or 8 so she really managed to cater towards the greens whether this really changes their overall decision not to vote for her that's something they're going to have to hash out this afternoon when the political groups meet bu

young here they're here to talk us through the arguments so welcome both so let's start with you max hoffman in strasburg i am told that the voting has now finished counting is underway how do you rate on the lines chances. well we just said those boxes going past us here and that's where the fate of the line is so as you said the voting is done now begins the counting so we want to know what those crucial players voted for especially the social democrats and that's why i'm talking to. you who's next to me he's the head of the italian delegation in the social democratic political group a group that was very skeptical of off on the line but has now decided to support or why because we decided to negotiate some program magic political conditions. and i think that the answer where a satisfactory so we got a lot of what we asked so i think now it is seed used to vote in favor and of course to be very vigilant for the implementation of those commitments so is not the check in black that we are giving but we will be very very much the monday in the next weeks monts if she will be elected as i thin

was cross over now to brussels where our correspondent max hoffman is standing by for us at the council building max the air leaders have been negotiated through the night there i understand are they any closer to reaching an agreement. terry the people behind me here sure hope so because they've been up all night too and if they had made any progress the leaders that would all be for naught but we do know that they have now convened for breakfast so that's not a break up it's breakfast and that's a good sign because if they had the feeling that they weren't getting anywhere and they probably would have called it quits already but we don't know how much longer it will take as we just heard in that report by cutting martin's 16 the difficult what are the sticking points here max they're trying to agree on candidates for the top jobs is that right. that's right and normally you always have the difficulty of balancing out the regions making sure you have or trying at least have equal parts men and women on that top jobs you want the smaller countries the bigger countries the east the west

the european commission that vote taking place later today back with our brussels bureau chief max hoffman and our chief political correspondent melinda crane max i'll turn to you did we just watch the next president of the european commission speaking there can she get this. i'm inclined to say more yes than before her speech she really touched upon all those topics she needed to touch to might get some of the votes of those political groups that are not naturally inclined to vote for her and how she makes her know a personal story also a mother of 7 woman historical moment that was very clever and that's the feedback we're getting around here as well so if i really had to put my money on yes or no i would say yes that's the next president of the e.u. commission but you know this is without any guarantee and you always have to keep in mind it's a sacred secret vote and a lot of things can happen in a secret vote melinda do you agree i'd absolutely go with the same i think that she will pull it out i think she will make it there were 2 areas where she had been criticized for being too vagu

and that was our max hoffman they're sticking with the president elect of the european commission here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world at least 10 people have died after a residential building collapsed in the indian city of mumbai rescuers are looking for several others feared trapped in the rubble collapses are common during monsoon season as heavy rain weakens poorly constructed buildings the 1st ebola patient in goma a major city in the east of the democratic republic of congo has died prompting fears that the contagious disease could now take hold they are the victim was a pastor who became infected last week when visiting a town heavily hit by the outpouring. climate activists from the group extinction rebellion have blocked the entrance to a concrete factory in london they're trying to stop the construction of a road tunnel under the river thames and they've planned a week of disruption in 5 british cities trying to urge the government to take action on climate change. a united nations report shows that the number of new hiv infections ar

political correspondent excuse me our brussels bureau chief max hoffman who has the view from strasburg bear so max what will arcilla founder line being bring to the role and what will her main challenges be. well as she said in her speech by the way the way she started her speech yesterday she is a woman and she's the 1st woman to have that position by the way also the 1st german to have that position so that's already a big change and a big deal obviously also for germany but that's not the only thing the most visible thing will probably be that she promised a gender balanced commission she said in her speech if the commissioners that the different member states sent to brussels don't add up to 50 percent male and 50 percent female then she will do something about that so expect your new commission at the end of the year to have a very different look from the one we have now as for the topics she intends to to work on and the way she feels i got the opportunity to talk to her yesterday right after the election here's the interview it was an i phone and is with us today and i have a ve

this point nice thank you very much for filling us in on those complicated negotiations that was max hoffman that in brussels. some of the other stories making headlines today at least 15 people have been killed in mumbai after torrential monsoon downpours caused a wall to collapse the. addition calls travel chaos in the city flooding roads and water logging train tracks whether agencies say the area was hit by at least $35.00 centimeters of rain which fell overnight into tuesday. facebook evacuated 4 buildings said its headquarters in california after a suspicious package tested positive for the nerve agent sarin 2 people are being checked for possible exposure to the top 2 compound which can be fatal doherty's have not yet positively identified the substance. and the paris fire fighters to battle the flames at notre dame cathedral in april have been honored by france's interior and defense ministers the federal spire and roof were destroyed but firefighters managed to save the bell towers and many artworks hundreds of firefighters arrived on the scene in under 10 minutes. 30 firefighters h

s max hoffman is in strasbourg has been covering all these negotiations and joins us now from the european parliament where they are voting today max what to any piece there make of fonda line as the nominee to become commission president. it depends which political group you asked now the greens have flatly rejected the whole package so if things don't change dramatically in the next 2 weeks they will not vote in favor of. the conservatives will vote for it was enough on the line at least most likely many of them were not happy with the choice because they wanted their candidate during the campaign months to be able to be the nominee but that didn't happen it's going to be difficult for them to oppose fund a lie nevertheless because like i said she's from the same party and so the conservative e.p. p. would continue to provide the e.u. commission president now the key to this whole conundrum are the sole szell democrats they are extremely disappointed because up until the end it looks like they're the candidate plans to moments was going to be the choice of the leaders in brussels but tha

that press conference would you accept a euro skeptic commission and not quite answering it at all max hoffman strasberg and simon younger here in the studio both listening in to that press conference that's the news if you're just joining us on the line has been confirmed as the next president of the european commission matters are you ok we're having some technical problems with backs off from the ad so we'll come back to him that's simon young. what did we learn from it what did you learn from from that press conference that reaches professing to well i mean is that on the line starting into this job with with gusto and with verb to pick up the word angela merkel used yesterday she said she feels on an overwhelmed has got confidence and she wants a fight for the future of europe my work starts now and so on and. you know she she talked she was ours to we just heard a few of the questions there about in particular the generous rossing about. plans for her commission which is of course the 1st tricky question that she's got to face who will make up the commission we know that. what he said sh

edifice interestingly strangely rep and it's reminiscent of the political situation here in germany max hoffman in in strasburg so. now has the job i think she doesn't start until november what does she do next. she's going to give a press conference later but i think today she might celebrate with a little sparkling water because that's her way to celebrate. because it's a close confident we can say that right david but alister he's obviously from the european people's party so the same party as. also the head of the foreign affairs committee and i guess on d.w. frequently i saw you hugging. earlier after a victory how do you feel. this was a very moving moment not only for us in a funny line but for many including myself i know it was a fun time now for nearly 20 years we started off political korea together in the regional parliament of the designs and and she's just a convincing european and she's a convinced european we all knew it would be close we all knew it would be a how to take which wouldn't be easy and now we can look forward there's a lot of work now in front of us. today coming f

let's go straight to strasburg now we're joined from there by max hoffman max thanks so much for that report of fun the lion has written a letter we understand courting the social democrats in the european parliament what's your message to them looking at your report is going to be a very close vote. there you saw a mention that many social democrats thought what she offered last week when she met that political group in brussels was too vague so she's written an 8 page letter now which has a lot more details than before of course she can only go that far because if she gives too much to the social democrats she might lose the support of the more right wing groups like the e.c.r. that we just saw that might put her over the hump right there but one passage is very important for fun because social democrats were especially disappointed with what she had to say about enforcing the rule of law in countries like poland or hungary and now she reaffirms this is a very important point and she is willing to use and i quote here the full tool box what's at the disposal of the european commissi

earlier, i spoke to max hoffman and i asked him whether the lawmakers will approve the eu leaders pick for commission president. max: parliament on a daily basis said they would only approve a candidate who was a lead candidate for a certain party. that is presented in the european parliament. there were only two of those. one was a social democrat who seemed to be the front runner. the second one was the official candidate of the conservatives. the european people's party in the parliament. also, the part -- party of angela merkel. also the party of ursula von der leyen which is now the official proposal of the leaders for the commission presidency. hohow will the european parliamt now deal with a candidate that has not been a lead candidate? you migight get the c conservats on your side because she is a conservatitive but the social democrats will have a much harder time. what we are hearing from them is that ursula von der leyen is not acceptable. brent: what happened if ursula von der leyen is rejected by the parliament? max: then it's back to square one. you need a double majority

diffused chief political correspondent and to crane and we also have our brussels bureau chief max hoffman standing by at the european parliament in strasbourg and max i'd like to begin with you because funder line she's really facing an uphill battle here what does she need to do in order to get the votes that she needs. it's a balancing act sarah because if she gives too much to the right for example too many concessions to the right then she'll lose votes on the left if she gives too many concessions to the left and she'll lose votes on the right so really she can't be too concrete she can't be too vague she really has to hit that sweet spot in the middle and it's got much more complicated than in the past to do that because you need 3 parties to gain a majority here in the european parliament and she'll probably even need from 4 different parties to get a majority from the liberals from the conservatives from the social democrats and also even from the conservative euro skeptics that's why it's been so tough for her harder than for any of her predecessors that's why she's been writing

commission and our countries the fall feet on well do you see that brussels bureau chief is max hoffman he's that at the heart of the action welcome max why are these eastern european countries so close to mr timmons. well funds to mons is already a member of the european commission he is the 1st vice president and he's sort of the go to guy for infringement procedures so if a country does something wrong the commission says funds go get him he's done so for example for poland with the rule of law procedure especially for eastern european countries and so he has become a symbol in those countries for everything that in the eyes of the leaders there is wrong with the european union the watchdog from brussels who tries to change things things as they are run in those countries that's why there was such fierce opposition in eastern europe so does this appointment necessarily need unanimity. it doesn't you need a qualified majority of the qualified majority it works like this 65 percent of the population of the european union need to be represented need so that's the majority you need there

max hoffman in brussels thank you. and the 1st global conference for media freedom has begun in london as part of an international campaign to highlight the importance of media freedom its role in calling governments to account and in protecting universal human rights reporters without borders is described last year as the deadliest on record for journalists 99 were killed among the most dangerous countries afghanistan 15 reporters were killed just doing their jobs last year syria so 11 journalists killed in 2018 and mexico is the deadliest place to be a journalist outside a conflict zone 10 reporters will not advance last year d.w. has been to mexico to meet a journalist who risked her life every time she goes to work. let's. do a scene apart i got a call a desperate voice saying we found bodies again the reporter knows the woman who called her she belongs to a group of mothers looking for their missing children now it's become a search for bodies. records life that we will be as nothing on them or hello we're in one

skillfully take into account the interests of all the member states this bill so let's bring in max hoffman who is in brussels covering these talks max there are 28 countries here they're trying to green on something or are they getting any closer to finding a new head of the e.u. commission. so far all they did compared to yesterday is sleep might be the crucial and the secret ingredient to find a solution here because as we understand from sunday to monday tempers flew very high which is understandable they negotiated for about 18 hours but it doesn't seem like the front runner so far really has very good chances with the eastern european countries france to moments they candidate the lead candidate of the social democrats was again rejected today for example by the czech prime minister andrei bobbish when he arrived here he was one of the few who's already arrived we expect the other leaders to come too so really to sum it up it's unclear what the path forward is because the interests are so different but if they don't find a solution on this 3rd day of negotiations then that is going to

at the speech of her life in in parliament and that is where our very own brussels bureau chief max hoffman is this evening good evening to you max we understand that ursula fund a lion has now written to the parliament's social democrats do we know what she said. well she touched upon many of those topics where the social democrats insisted that she still needs to do some work you remember she visited the social democrats last week in in brussels but there were many questions open and the feedback from those members of the european parliament was that she's too vague so she wrote this 8 page letter now saying that she wants a fair and social europe for example that she wants to have more competitive or tougher goals to counter climate change to fight climate change for climate protection but what really struck me was that she told him she would use the full tool box when it comes to enforcing the rule of law in certain countries because some of the social democrats that said she was being too soft on the countries like poland and hungary where the commission has some some beef as you know

there's enough on the line has exactly one chance if she fails she can't be put up to another vote i max hoffman out reporting for you from brussels thank you very much max. i want to talk now about some of the other stories making news around the world britain's ambassador to the united states sir kim darrow has resigned days after the leak of confidential memos in which she described president donald trump's administration as quote inept on his resignation comes after the president hit back describing serkin as a pompous fool and british prime minister to some a as foolish when she backed her to put out. the united states wants to build a military alliance to save guard the strategic waters off iran and yemen the u.s. says it aims to guarantee navigation in the strait of hormuz and bedlam and that both crucial trade routes while this comes as tensions between washington and tehran escalate. the american rapper and it came a notch has carol sold a concert in saudi arabia saying she wanted to show support for women's and gay rights in the kingdom instead menasha was supposed to headline the worl

is max hoffman he's standing by in strasburg for us hi max what will bring to this role and what do you think her main challenges will be. we do expect a difference in style if you look at john through the easy going type and then it was enough on the line who has a reputation of being very disciplined she always says herself when she wants to celebrate something she can she cracks open a bottle of sparkling water i think the most visible difference though will be her promise to have a gender balanced commission she even went as far to say she will reject proposals from the member states if it doesn't add up to what she wants 50 percent women 50 percent in that you commission as for all the other things and what she's going to emphasize on i had the opportunity to speak to her right after the election on tuesday evening here in strasburg let's have a listen. as with us today and i have a very simple question to start out the interview how are you feeling. relieved and happy because it was a tough ride over 13 days now i had to. formulate the guidelines the political guidelines and to co

report produced by the brussels bureau chief max hoffman who joins us now from the european parliament and welcome max let's start with the news that. says she will quit as germany's defense minister regardless of the way the vote goes what should be read into that. that news reached us just before 5 o'clock local time here in strausberg and she announced during a group meeting of her own party the european people's party and it just shows she's going all in she's showing her commitment to the job she says it is this or it is nothing but it doesn't mean that she can be sure to get a majority here on tuesday. she's not written to the parliament social democrats what was i message. yes the social democrats had requested to ask a number of written questions after they felt like they didn't get enough time with the law and so when she wrote back she gave an 8 page summary to those questions a little more detail than what she did when she met them last week in brussels for example she's making in sessions on fighting climate change so on climate protection an even more ambitious goal than h

democrats of already set themselves against it while for some analysis now let's go over to the max hoffman he's in strasbourg where the european parliament is meeting today max the ball is now in the e.u. parliament's court what do any piece there make of the nominees that they've been given by the european council for the top jobs. let's go back a couple of weeks remember most of the european parliament said they would only support a candidate for the commission presidency who previously was a so-called which was the lead candidate for one of the political groups right here in strasbourg. is not that person and you can imagine that among the political groups here there is well i wouldn't call it happiness because of that decision now you have the conservatives was enough on the line is a conservative she's a member of the european peoples party so they'll probably come around the real problem here lies with the social democrats they are not at all happy with this decision 1st of all it's not just bits and 2nd of all they were very close themselves to have the commission presidency with. a

s max hoffman he's in strausberg where the european parliament is meeting today so max the ball is now in the e.u. parliament's court what do any p.s. make of the nominees they've been given for the top jobs. there terry you just said that there is strong opposition especially among the social democrats that are hugely disappointed because of 2 things 1st of all they were very close to having the top job for themselves with their lead candidate or a spitz in county as it is called funds to moments and the 2nd one is that they've said all along we will only accept somebody who actually was the lead candidate spits in county dodd for one of the political groups here and so especially the german social democrats the s.p. the are dead set against the lion and i asked their boss cutter you know barley who used to be the minister of justice in germany whether she would risk an institutional crisis by voting against from the line and this is what she had to say. this is already an institutional crisis because the council obviously ignores what the parliament has stated clearly from day one fr

max hoffman in brussels thank you. news live from berlin and still to come they say we choking it delhi can't be a beach is affecting not just swimmers but also local wildlife so why is it happening in this find out. ahead of the 1st global conference for media freedom has begun in london it's part of an international campaign to highlight the importance of a free press reporters without borders just described last year as the deadliest on record for journalists with $909.00 killed amongst the most dangerous countries afghanistan by 15 reporters were killed during that jobs last year syria so a laugh and killed in 2018 and mexico is the deadliest place to be a journalist outside a conflict zone 10 reporters lost their lives there last year. has been to mexico to meet a journalist who risks her life every time she comes to work. let's. go to call a desperate voicing we found bodies again the reporter knows the woman who called her she belongs to a group of mothers looking for their missing children now it's become a sea

s max hoffman he was one of the 1st journalist to speak with the president elect. on the line is with us today and i have a very simple question the start of the interview are you feeling. relieved and happy because it was a tough ride over 13 days now i had to. formulate the guidelines the political guidelines and to convince the parliamentarians this was not a lot of time and i made it and i'm happy right now does the majority bother you that it was only 9 votes ahead majority's majority and 2 weeks ago i didn't have at all a majority of course i understand that because the parliamentarian said we want to know more of you we want to know what your program is we want to know the details of the topics we're dealing with so it was a tough time a very intensive the most intensive in my political career i've ever had but now i'm happy and you happy with the speech you deliver the feedback you got yes because it showed my conviction and it's worth to fight for this europe and its west to tell the story of our you are united and strong how i see it for the future and so

and did abuse max hoffman has been off all night as well if you had quarters in brussels following all of these talks for us max we hear that leaders are getting close to an agreement on france to months we mentioned the dutch socialist tell us more about what you've been hearing there. correction i was not up all night on the early shift but a lot of those poor souls behind you were up all night we have 18 hours and counting so i'm kind of fresh and still it's mind boggling what's happening here but you're right there seem to be 2 names that we're hearing in all the models now for quite some time the 1st one is chance to moments the dutch man who appears to be poised to become the next president of the e.u. commission the 2nd one is to send in a judge who is currently the president of the world bank but we know are here in brussels because she used to be a vice president of the e.u. commission and she left your commission just to go to washington d.c. and become executive at the at the world bank so she would come back and had this institution where i'm standing right now which is the

analysis here in our studio now of the speech that has just taken place our brussels bureau chief max hoffman is standing by in strasburg and we also have melinda crane our chief political correspondent joining us here in the studio and max i'd like to begin with you because you watched the speech happening live there and you know arcilla funded she really had a lot of people to convince in the room do you think that she did so effectively. well at least she touched upon all the main points that she had to talk about she had a forceful in true saying i stand before you as the 1st nominee or 1st candidate for a 1st female candidate for the presidency of the e.u. commission she mentioned that she was a mother of 7 so she did play that card and in the end she got a little emotional telling stories about her father trying to underline to emphasize how important the e.u. was for the big matters of war and peace and how precious it is in her eyes so for those willing to listen and for those willing to take seriously what she said this was at least in my eyes a strong speech a speech where she was v

the european parliament in strasbourg correspondent max hoffman is that welcome. on the line speech as it moved the needle how do you write such chances. it appears that the needle has moved a little bit phil were talking to the different groups that were so solid beforehand it seems that she's getting more and more votes from that area take the social democrats for example you know that the german s.b.s. of the german delegation within the social democratic group has been very much against him but they appear to be more and more isolated because the spanish delegation which is the strongest delegation within the social democrats is very much in favor of one fund so we expect her to garner about 100 votes out of 154 which is much more than you would have expected a week ago take the liberals for example they're about to make a big announcement in favor of fun so she can expect a big majority of those votes as well so if you have a lot of people here saying it would be very very narrow it might still be narrow but less narrow than before some people even think that

well earlier i spoke to the don't use max hoffman he is covering the story from strasbourg france that's news sheet of the european parliament and i asked him whether the lawmakers there will approve the european union leaders pick for commission president. the european parliament brant 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 presented in the european parliament and there really were only 2 of those one was funds to months the social democrat that was seemed to be the front runner over the last days and the 2nd one was month it was the official candidate of the conservatives the strongest party the european people's party in the parliament and also the party of i get a makeover the german chancellor and here's the clue also the party of fund and i and which is now the official proposal of the leaders for the commission presidency self how will the eu

brussels' bureau chief max hoffman spoke with the commission's new president elect shortly the last night's vote. is with us today and i have a very simple question to start the interview how are you feeling. relieved and happy because it was a tough ride over 13 days now i had to. formulate the guidelines the political balance and to convince the parliamentarians this was not a lot of time and i made it and i'm happy right now does the majority bother you that it was only 9 votes ahead majority's majority and 2 weeks ago i didn't have at all a majority of course i understand that because the parliamentarian said we want to know more of you we want to know what your program is we want to know the details of the topics we're dealing with so it was a tough time a very intensive the most intensive in my political career i've ever had but now i'm happy and you happy with the speech you delivered the feedback you got yes because it showed my conviction and it's worth to fight for this europe and it's best to tell the story of our europe united and strong how i see it for the future and so this w

for her case in order to become the president it is a commission we thank you so much max hoffman joining us from brussels belinda crane here in the studio and you will be with us live for the hour joining that speech as well. let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world. a new foreign minister who ministers have pledged to support efforts to keep the iran nuclear deal alive that is despite america's unilateral withdrawal and iraq subsequent to breach of uranium enrichment restrictions e.u. foreign policy chief frederica mogul raimi said that iran could reverse steps and go back to full compliance the. monsoon flooding in south asia is getting worse as some states on india's border with bank with us and me on mar has been particularly hard hit 4000000 people have been displaced from their homes there in recent weeks and forecasters warn of further rain to come in many parts of eastern india bangladesh and the policy. in puerto rico protesters have stepped up their calls for governor a big cargo rozelle go to resign they are angry after the leaked text messag

max thank you so much for filling us ended up as max hoffman there in brussels. china has condemned what it's calling gross interference by other countries in hong kong's affairs after protesters broke into the parliament building there yesterday and vandalized it china expressed resolute opposition to statements made by the us britain and the e.u. in support of the demonstrators a tense calm has now returned to the city. cleanup is underway. at hong kong's legislative council building the police have moved in after the protest has moved out. the city's leaders have condemned the destruction of. the legislative council complex has been stalled and extensively damaged. the police just now gathering evidence in the complex. past let's go president i strongly condemn the serious woden's that undermines the poll bad it was all on call. just hours before the protesters were able to smash their way in with nobody standing in the way. previous demonstrations have been largely peaceful but with the hong kong executive offering only limited concessions campaigners say the

so she's really hoping to make it on tuesday ok we'll see what happens then on tuesday for now max hoffman thanks very much. let's brief you now on some of the other stories making the news at this hour in brussels e.u. foreign ministers are discussing how to get that red nuclear deal back on track tensions in the gulf region have of course deteriorated since president trump pulled the u.s. out of that deal last year around recently began breaking the limits on your anian enrichment in breach of the agreement. the head of the world health organization says the latest case of ebola in the democratic republic of congo is quote a possible game changer on sunday's officials said the disease had spread to go a major city in the east the u.n. says millions of dollars in aid are needed to tackle the outbreak. nearly $300.00 people have been arrested across france after algerian football fans took to the streets to celebrate their country's qualification for the african nations of a cup of nations final in marsay which has a large algerian community police had to fire tear gas to break up the crow

correspondent max hoffman has been assessing the mood amongst you lawmakers and he spoke with the vice president of the lines conservative group and the european parliament david mcallister mr mcallister we're trying to guard the temperature a little bit here which is which isn't easy to you think things are turning into the direction of was it off in the light yes some rather optimistic that we'll be able to get a qualified majority tomorrow here in the european parliament of course it's very exciting this is a secret ballot and nobody knows exactly what will happen but my impression is more and more every piece know exactly what's at stake and of course more and more n.d.p. is also what's the alternative if it isn't elected tomorrow we will be in deep trouble for many many weeks and what we need now is a new commission president which can take action immediately can she expect all 182 votes that's a number of seats that your party her party the european people's party has oh i'm very sure of all any piece from the european peoples party will support but as you just said we're only 18

correspondent hoffman welcome max way is the opposition to us enough on the line coming from. the opposition is coming from all sides for example from the social democrats who are disappointed that they couldn't have their lead candidate who campaigned for them funds to in the lead for that position also from the greens but the doors opened at least with the greens who said it depends on what kind of program will fund the law and will propose but oddly enough maybe not so odd if you think about it there's also opposition in her own party the european people's party so the conservatives the reason for this is that they also had a different beat candidate monthly if they vote so that's the man who went on the campaign trail for the party beginning in last september and so he was hoping and his party was also hoping that he would be the one pro posed by the leaders for the commission presidency as we all know that went downhill and completely changed so the question really is despite this opposition also in your own party will fund the lion have the necessary votes in 2 weeks tim

for this job she's up for it and she's got some ideas that's let's say we can rejoin hoffman back in strasburg. max listening into that press conference on the line and again what it what they will what did you learn from. obviously she's not being very specific yet that has 2 fold reasons 1st of all she needs to you know know who she's going to work with she needs to get up to speed on the different topics tonight is not the night to start a controversy between let's say eastern european countries and central european countries so she's being careful she just said she will work together constructively with with each head of governments because i believe she was asked by a british journalist if she preferred boris johnson or jeremy hunt as prime minister of the united kingdom so you. you can tell she's confronted right away to the e.u. environment where you have very specific and very different questions from the different countries. now simon young. very much i'm going to mak calls a protege and we are we hearing anything from the german chancellor at this stage we all feel there's a statement has

young and in strasbourg where the votes is that taking place in brussels bureau chief hoffman let's start with you max the voting finished time ago where are we at what i say sometimes about a half an hour or so ago where are we in the counting. the bell just rang here and that means all the members of the european parliament are asked to get back into the plenary so their votes have been counted and sources are telling us that funnel made it but with a small margin smaller than we expected apparently the number is 383 she needed 374 so only 9 votes margin if this really is the official result and we will find out soon that it will be very very tight does it not matter how or busy how much does it matter if the margin is a close one. it really depends on who gave her those votes the suspect i suspect what happened is that the right wing euro skeptics from the e.c.r. had said last week they would probably vote in favor of from the line pulled back their votes we know that they did not have an official recommendation for their members of the european parliament because underlying made a very left leanin

hoffman in the european parliament in stride as a biographer now a thank you. i'm more from max and full coverage of about virt and its results in the next in about 30 minutes to 45 minutes time here on d w ahead of that we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the 1st of all a patient in goma a major city in the east of the democratic republic of congo has died prompting fears that the contagious disease could not take hold that the victim was a pastor who became infected last week when physically town heavily hit by the outbreak. at least 2 people have died after a residential building collapsed in the indian city of mumbai rescuers are looking for dozens of others feared trapped in the rubble collapses are common during monsoon season as poorly constructed buildings become weakened by the rains. protesters in puerto rico have stepped up their calls for the resignation of governor ricardo reseller they're angry after leaked text messages revealed a culture of intimidation and massage any insight his government government reseller has so far r

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