minister hypo moss we're joined here in the studio by our chief political correspondent melinda crane welcome to you melinda what exactly does he mean here is the transatlantic alliance of course one of the world's strongest alliances not strong enough to withstand some tweets from donald trump well in fact he said quite literally a bit later on in that speech that the actions we've seen president trump take over the past year meaning leaving the paris climate treaty renouncing the iraq agreement with the u.s. close allies the recent retraction of the u.s. agreement to the final statement at the g seven seven summit last weekend the direct criticisms of long term partners and allies that all of that adds up to what he called a convulsion with repercussions that will go beyond the trump presidency and he basically is saying that all of these actions are undermining the multilateral rules based order the very principle of the idea that the problems in the world the

right for more analysis on the verdict we turn to deal with his chief political correspondent melinda crane melinda came to tell us a little bit more about the court's ruling. yes the perpetrator of the attack was sentenced to four weeks of detention but in fact then was allowed to walk free because he had been in pretrial detention for two months basically since the attack and he has also been sentenced to monitoring for the coming year monitoring by someone who will also be watching his behavior and attitudes to see whether his regret that he expressed before the court is in fact borne out by his actions so what looks like a fairly mild ruling by the court in fact is somewhat stricter than it may appear and in fact people here were greeting it saying that it is in accordance with the wishes of the prosecutor it's pretty much along the lines of what the prosecutor had been looking for and of course he was sentenced under juvenile law which holds less strict remedies than otherwise and as i noted he had expressed regret saying he made a mistake and will learn from that in the future and a m

i'm joined in the studio by our chief political correspondent melinda crane melinda mack is under huge pressure right now to find a european solution on migration i mean the e.u. has just been so divided on this issue why is the solution so crucial for machall right now the e.u. is absolutely divided basically the system for distributing refugees has been broken ever since the huge influx of migrants in two thousand and fifteen and that has been imposing enormous strains in particular on the countries on the external border of the european union that's countries like spain like italy like greece it's one of the reasons that italy rejected that boat that we just saw and said no we're not taking on anymore it's one of the reasons that we now see a nationalist populist populist government in place in italy so one reason for uncle americal is simply fairness justice within the e.u. but beyond that this is also imposing strains on the european union as a whole it has absolutely been an ongoing dispute within the union which is why the chancellor has said again and again this is a european p

achieved a lot on that side and joining me in the studio now is our chief political correspondent melinda crane melinda judging by what we just heard there from marcus is that it seems that he satisfied can we now say that that conflict between the c.d.u. in the c.s.u. is resolved it's done and dusted no we certainly can't say that yet we will know more tomorrow that is when the leadership of both parties both the chancellors christian democrats and this bavarian sister party the c.s.u. both of their leaderships will meet separately tomorrow to discuss this deal both a deal that was arrived at by the e.u. summit and also these separate bilateral deals that the chancellor arrived out with fourteen different member states and after that we will know more about whether the c.s. use leader is ready to walk back his ultimatum to the chancellor basically he has been saying all along that starting monday he was prepared to use his powers and his interior minister to send migrants who were already registered in border countries of the e.u. italy greece spain back to those countries rather than let them

let's get some analysis now for that i'm joined in the studio by our chief political correspondent melinda crane melinda so from what we heard in that report some conciliatory words from one of the c.s.u. leaders that this mean the dispute between the c.s.u. and chancellor merkel is now resolved no we can't say that and we won't know for sure i think until tomorrow when the leadership of both parties will be meeting to look at what was agreed last week and decide on the part of the varying conservatives whether it is enough for them to essentially back down the main sticking point here still remains this question of unilateral action as mentioned in the report so as you remember the conflict began because the head of the very conservative party who was also germany's interior minister had essentially said that he believes germany can and must go it alone to turn back refugees who were already registered in another european union member country normally the countries on the periphery of the e.u. the southern border like greece like spain like italy and send back to those countries now despite the

all right that every is the chief political correspondent melinda crane is standing by melinda lots of ground that i want to cover with you is this chose the america's worst crisis and could we see the german government collapse over its migration policy. it is certainly her worst internal power struggle and that within her own party and there is absolutely a risk that the government could collapse at the moment most people seem to believe that some kind of compromise is likely to be found and we've heard that the former finance minister of wolfgang who is now the head of the parliament that he has been asked to mediate between these two conservative parties the chancellor c.d.u. and the bavarian conservatives the c s u and he is highly respected by both sides and that kind of a compromise would involve some sort of face saving measure for the c.s.u. but essentially allow the chancellor her two weeks to keep trying to find a a multilateral sustainable e.u. approach prior to that summit at the end of june but if that compromise isn't found over the weekend or on monday and the interior

covering the story for the for us maximilian a kosik at the c s you had quarters in munich and melinda crane at the city you had quarters here in berlin good to see you both lax let's start with you there a new nick what they were saying he is not backing down on migration policies he's giving the chancellor two weeks time is that are you see it. here at the federal interior ministers or saver so he has gotten what he wanted but at what cost we can see all eyes have been a munich today and what he will say and what his party will do in the ongoing crisis and we've now heard it before now have seen him preside and his much debated but not have been seen before masterplan migration the one that initially kicked off this crunch this crisis between the two parties and the government and he's been presenting that plan not just a couple of minutes because in munich saying that. he wants to go forward with this plan with his preparations but not implemented them as long as german chancellor angela merkel sold out over reach a deal at the u.s. summit in a few weeks time now this is the second thing

of more in this old chief political correspondent melinda crane joins me now in the studio melinda i have to ask you the big question straight off how big is the risk that the german government could fall they're absolutely is a risk if they don't. succeeded in finding a compromise over the weekend they are apparently meeting to talk about possible compromises and we're told that the person brokering that is the former finance minister current head of parliament. who absolutely has a great deal of respect from both sides but the compromise definitely would have to be something that offers the bavarian conservatives an opportunities to save face while also buys time for the chancellor to look for a european solution so probably not easy to find if they don't find one by monday the interior minister has said he would go through with his plan to essentially reimpose border controls or to toughen border controls and to begin sending some my currents back to the first year of pm countries which they entered if he does that the chancellor basically would be in the position where she would

sarah: for more on this dispute over immigration between the cdu and csu, we have melinda crane, dw's chief political correspondent. there is more to this than meets the eye. how much of this has to do with power and wished -- with angela merkel's future? melinda: both. in the end, it's more about politics than principles. key to know about this is this bavarian sister party of the chancellor, that is the party of the interior minister who essentially has given the chancellor and ultimatum -- they have a major regional election coming up in september, and they are very concerned about losing their absolute majority, not least because of the rise of the far right party in bavaria, the afd. that party is very concerned about migration and the huge influx of refugees that we have had in germany starting in 2015 with the chancellors open-door policy. since then, basically, it's one of the reasons the coalition negotiations took so long, but it's coming to a head now. the bavarian sister party wants to look really tough on migration and therefore says this has to be resolved now. there is

and chief political correspondent melinda crane is covering events she joins us now melinda it's clear that this crisis is not good for angle americal but does it have the potential to unseat her it absolutely does if the interior minister sticks to his ultimatum and actually moves to carry it out on monday as he spoke of doing then essentially the chancellor might wind up with no option but to fire him because that measure that he is proposing namely to essentially reinstitute border controls along some of germany's borders and to turn away some migrants or send them back to the first countries in europe that they entered that would absolutely contravene sections of the coalition agreement that he signed up to and would directly contradict the wishes of the chancellor so essentially he would be putting her in a very difficult spot indeed if she were to dismiss him then his party group the bavarian conservative see as you would lead the government that would mean that the coalition would then not have a majority of the seats in parliament which means that the government in turn would f

and chief political correspondent melinda crane is covering events she joins us now melinda it's clear that this crisis is not good for agel americal but does it have the potential to unseat her it absolutely does if the interior minister sticks to his ultimatum and actually moves to carry it out on monday as he spoke of doing then essentially the chancellor might wind up with no option but to fire him because that measure that he is proposing namely to essentially reinstitute border controls along some of germany's borders and to turn away some migrants or send them back to the first countries in europe that they entered that would absolutely contravene sections of the coalition agreement that he signed up to and would directly contradict the wishes of the chancellor so essentially he would be putting her in a very difficult spot indeed if she were to dismiss him then his party group the bavarian conservative see as you would lead the government that would mean that the coalition would then not have a majority of the seats in parliament which means that the government in turn would fa

bring in our chief political correspondent linda crane melinda we now have apparently the interior minister hall suitable for softening his position somewhat is this the beginning of a compromise between him and chancellor merkel hard to say for sure because we are also seeing reports this morning that he told a circle of the the bavarian conservative party's leadership that's the c.s.u. party that's at the heart of this whole dispute he told them apparently i can't work with that woman anymore to chancellor merkel so that makes it sound as if he is still seeing this as an absolute head to head power struggle but he did go on in the quote that he that you gave us to say that the c.s.u. as much as anybody else wants a sustainable solution and that's kind of an interesting term that would tend to indicate a bit of potential for compromise because it's a term that the chancellor herself is using the only sustainable solution is a multilateral european solution so we know for sure that merkel and say whoa for have been speaking this weekend we're hearing some leadership within the c.d.u. merkel

problematic and i think there's no room for compromise on that our chief political correspondent melinda crane thank you. well now let's get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world french president emanuel mccrone is calling for profound reforms in europe's migration policy he made the comments after talks with the talian prime minister just seppi kaante in paris micron said that europe's response to mass migration has not adapted to the times he backed conti's plans to create processing centers for asylum seekers in africa china says that it is imposing tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of u.s. goods including agricultural and auto products the move is in retaliation after the trumpet ministration announced levies on chinese their imports the tit for tat threatens to ramp up global trade war. donald trump's former campaign manager paul metaphor has been ordered to jail a federal judge revoked metaphor to house arrest a week after special counsel robert miller charged him with witness tampering metaphor displacing two criminal trials on charges incl

and his chief political correspondent glenda crane is covering events and joins us now does this round melinda have the potential to unseat the chancellor it absolutely does if the interior minister follows through on his threat to act unilaterally on monday and essentially against the chancellor's wishes and basically move to reimpose border controls along some of germany's borders that essentially would demand that the chancellor fire him for for lack of lack of. essentially following a coalition policy because he signed up to a close coalition agreement that this would directly violate now theoretically she could simply condemn his move and issue a kind of warning to him but that seems unlikely where they essentially are going head to head on this we are told though that there is a feverish attempt to find a compromise so perhaps that will ensue over the weekend and ward off the prospect of the varying conservatives leaving the government coalition the coalition and no longer having a majority and essentially the government following which would lead to new elections absolutely so there's s

and i'm joined now by she finished school correspondent melinda crane to unpick this for us melinda what appears to be a softer tone potentially now from the interior minister who will say who for he states the beginning of a compromise between the interior minister and chancellor merkel what do you think possibly that same newspaper the builds on sunday is now reporting that mr say hope his party the c.s.u. the bavarian conservatives will give the chancellor another two weeks essentially that's what she's been asking for to try to come up with a european solution to essentially fix the broken system for refugee and migration policy within the e.u. we have a very important use summit coming up in two weeks time and this would give her some time to try to find agreements with other affected e.u. countries. this morning there had been other indications that perhaps the c.s.u. was going to remain firm and in fact at the moment they are denying that they're ready to do a compromise with the chancellor but frankly their options are very small if they were to push this to the limit and essenti

crane. joins me now in the studio melinda we understand that both sides are holding talks behind closed doors today to try and find a solution that said it didn't stop merkel from making her position clear today did it tell us more no it didn't in fact she used part of her weekly podcast to talk about the issue and basically to reiterate the fact that only a european solution can really be a sustainable solution for this problem the issue here is essentially the following if germany were to act unilaterally as the interior minister is pushing the country to do and send refugees back to the first countries that they entered in europe the first countries where they were registered essentially that's germany going it alone putting all the burden on to those countries those countries are for example greece italy they for the absolute brunt of this refugee crisis since its inception for three years now they've never had adequate support from the rest of europe we've seen a lot of turmoil recently in italy and it has partly to do with this problem so uncle americal absolutely is sticking to her gun

let's bring in our chief political correspondent melinda crane here mullin of the german government has decided to send asylum seekers back to afghanistan that even though the country is controlled largely by militants and germany's own representative there describes it as a battleground how does the german government justify this deportation policy. the german foreign office prepared a report on the situation in afghanistan which after some delay was made public at the beginning of this month now according to that report the country is vala teil there are enormous regional differences in the level of security and safety and the country remains plagued by war poverty and corruption but the report does determined that the capital kabul is relatively secure and that there is no active attack by the government on its own people all of that is seen by the government as a basis for saying the situation there is safe enough to resume deportations of people in germany who do not have the right to remain in germany and are from afghanistan now just to give you a sense of the numbers two hundred

for some analysis on all this i'm joined in the studio now by our chief political correspondent melinda crane similar in that we just heard of the various state premier and he did sound rather satisfy it is this an indication that the dispute between chancellor merkel and the c.s.u. is now resolved we just don't know yet and we probably won't know until tomorrow afternoon or evening the leadership of both parties is meeting separately and they will be talking about whether these deals that were agreed on both by e.u. leaders at their summit at the end of last week but at this week but also but with the chancellor between in bilateral agreements with e.u. member countries fourteen we're told whether that's enough to placate the c.s.u. if you remember the conflict was precipitated by the varying conservatives the christian social union they are the sister party of the chancellor they haven't been behaving very sisterly basically giving the chancellor ultimatum saying that if she didn't come up with a satisfactory deal they would move on monday this coming monday to essentially turn back refugee

well our chief political correspondent linda crane is still with melinda in that report we just saw a young afghan man threatened with deportation from germany how does the german government justify its decision to send large parts of the country are under militant control and not safe but it designates afghanistan. safe country of origin because essentially the capital kabul is regarded as secure and essentially terry this is a political decision by the government of germany under pressure to reduce the numbers of people receiving asylum here under pressure to deport those who are not legally qualified for asylum they have made deals with certain countries by which those countries essentially are designated safe countries of origin then they do get some financial support from germany to to help those who returned but essentially it is part of this overall concern about that enormous influx of refugees and asylum seekers into germany in two thousand and fifteen and trying to cope with it and as you know the german government's coalition agreement specifies that deportation will be car

melinda crane, we appreciate it.igration also topping the agenda with emmanuel macron meeting with giuseppe conte's in paris. after the talks macron called for profound reform of the european union's migration policy. the summit past update after a tense exchange earlier in the week over italy's refusal to let migrant ships docked at its ports. reporter: days ago they exchanged harsh words. now it is handshake and back rubs. french president emmanuel macron and italian prime minister giuseppe conti are finding common ground despite their differences. one is a european cheerleader, the other the head of the eurosceptic government. but both agreed that the current rules for processing asylum-seekers are not working. >> the concept of a state entry must be reviewed. whoever set t foot in italy sets foot in europe. >> today the current system does not work. solidarity system is designed with quotas and did not deliver satisfactory result. we must find something so each state can bear responsibility for migrants on its te

we have melinda crane news chief political correspondent joining us here in the studio thank you so much for joining us melinda because there is really more to this than meets the eye right how much of this has to do with power and with angela merkel's future both absolutely it really is in the end more about politics than principles key to know about this is that this variance sister party of the chancellor that is the party of the interior minister who essentially has given the chancellor an ultimatum. they have a major regional election coming up in september and they are very concerned about losing their absolute majority not least because the rise of the far right party in bavaria the a.f.d. that party is very very concerned about migration and about the huge influx of refugees that we've had in germany starting in two thousand and fifteen with the chancellor's open door policy now that policy has been a bone of contention with her variances to party since then. basically it's one of the reasons the coalition to go she took so long to finally form a government but it's coming to a h