firefighters break northern california's wildfires under control and germany's chancellor angela merkel faces her critics in cabinet she faces some tough questions from residents at a public meeting three months after an explosion of racist violence that shook the city. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program we start tonight with a story of justice finally delivered almost forty years late for the first time a u.n. backed court in the capital of cambodia phnom penh has found two leaders of the camera rouge regime in the one nine hundred seventy s. guilty of genocide the defendants presided over the murder of around two million people a quarter of kemba u.s. population they're already serving life sentences. for crimes against humanity. for the victims it's a long awaited moment to form. and cure some fun a sentenced to life in prison for genocide by a un back court the home of the high priest i.e. the chamber has considered the gravity of the crimes including the brutality the number and the vulnerability of the victims for which the accused have been convicted yet. these two men are th

so to germany now where the secretary general of angela merkel c.d.u. party has reportedly stepped down as she prepares to run for the party leadership replacing the outgoing merkel but the jury's still out as to who will win the race there are other major contenders for the post as peter oliver reports. this is often nice when a spectator acted fast pull at the next see do you party convention december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this fourth time is the last one for me i will not run for a chance and i join the twenty twenty one election the queen is dead long live well that's the thing we don't exactly know who is going to step in to angle or merkel shoes as the sun begins to set on her career and front line politics her coalition has taken a pounding in popularity polls of late and those campaigning to try and be the next leader of the christian democratic union a just sling for position so let's have a look at who the front runners are. for the c.d.u. is the start it's not about which single person is shining within the city a

merkel's favorite or is considered merkel's favorite she is moderate she's more conservative on. issue regarding for example she was against the legalization of gay marriage but she so she is more conservative in aspects but on the whole see if moderate and then we have. a very conservative who just wrote a big article in the efforts at the franklin tag a manifesto where he said that the migration crisis was something the party needed to go back to needed to talk about her decision in two thousand and fifteen to open or not open the borders but to let the people in that that was really the turning point and he wanted to go back to that so quite contrary to what critic matt said and then you have matthew for some reason everyone now thinks the big. it's the almost the like they're calling him the fat highest rate who is going to really unify the party and obviously young people. don't really know him that well from two thousand and two when he left and so it's going to be very interesting to see how he's going to present himself what also with his background he with he was. he was

policy saying that they are in step with her religious beliefs she's also on side with angela merkel's policies internationally skeptical when it comes to russia but very keen on e.u. cooperation same old same old big problem a.k.k. could be though the people got sick of the same old same old and that's the very reason that i'm glad merkel's job is up for grabs. spahn is a completely different story however the thirty eight year old health minister seems to hate everything mrs merkel stands for her migration policy is the white elephant in the room according to mr spann he opposes limited dual citizenship for young foreigners criticized attempts to loosen laws on advertising abortions and called for banning the book or in public he is liked by the right wing conservative element in the party to an extent his homosexuality and marriage to his long term partner last year thought to count against him with traditionalists though when it comes to international affairs he's seen as more nationalistic and some even speculate he's the one most likely to get on with u.s. president donald trump

news live from berlin germany's chancellor faces her critics in ten minutes merkel answers tough questions from residents at a public meeting three months after an explosion of racist violence shook the city . also coming up according cambodia delivers a historic ruling to kemah rouge leaders are found guilty of genocide forty years after they oversaw the slaughter of almost two million people and as firefighters bring northern california's wildfires under control residents return to their homes we need a man who lost everything in the blaze that destroyed paradise more than six hundred people are still missing. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program we begin in germany where chancellor angela merkel has faced some tough questions on a visit to come that's the city shaken by an explosion of racist violence back in august it was sparked by a man being stabbed to death allegedly by a migrant from syria merkel was hoping that a meeting with chemist's residents would diffuse some of the tension but when members of the audience had their chance to speak the mood was not always cordial. but the f

also coming up a blast from the past a former rival of angela merkel emerges as a front runner in the race to succeed her as c.d.u. party leader weeks claimed why friedrich moussa could mean merkel's days as chancellor are numbered and in football an outstanding performance concludes the second round of the german cup always side by are they were couzin knocked five an answer goals past gladbach as they advanced to the third round which. kelly welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is in kiev today for talks with her ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko her visit comes as the country prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the my don revolution which began with demands for closer ties with the e.u. five years on has ukraine moved any closer to europe did have a usenet connelly takes a look. this is how it all started with a handful of people taking to modern square protesting against president a coach's decision to abandon a long awaited dissociation deal much to fear of angering moscow within weeks the protests a growing to tens of thousands of people europe wasn'

once merkel leaves. the class could it has become something of a truism to say that by blurring the conservative profile of the c.d.u. by taking the party toward the middle of the political spectrum on issues like migration among others that america essentially lost voters to the right wing national party but could one also say that by taking the party in that direction she gained voters who otherwise would never have voted conservative unfortunately not the interesting trend is that we saw in this region most recent regional election confirmed is that her party loses almost exactly the same number of voters to the alternative for germany the anti migrant right party and to the green party which is the most open to migrants progressive party so it's more like the party her own conservative bloc is split if there is a there is a tension within it and voters are defecting for the two poles that are clear on the subject that's essentially the trend that's what's eating them up and that's why they're the nex

chancellor merkel believed it was the right thing to do. but since then merkel's popularity has declined steadily especially among people who live in eastern germany. the refugee crisis also created tensions in her conservative coalition. some of her opponents said she should have taken a tougher stand. interim minister horse as a whole for has been a particularly vocal critic of america's refugee policy. and there was another sign that merkel had been weakened politically the election overall for breakouts has c.d.u. c.s.u. parliamentary group leader. instead of the chancellor's preferred candidate for pick out or. what lies ahead for the c.d.u. once america leaves. and close clip it has become something of a truism to say that by blurring the conservative profile of the c.d.u. by taking the party toward the middle of the political spectrum on issues like migration among others that uncle americal essentially lost voters to the right wing national party but could one also say that by taking the party in that direction she gained voters who

things couldn't be closer between emmanuel macron and angela merkel nowadays. they have a very close personal relationship. they very much represent the liberal democracy and european union integration and multilateralism which is also part of this weekend's celebrations and ina way, of this weekend's celebrations and in a way, the are at the opposite end of the global political spectrum to the other world leader who was in paris today, president trump had at bilateral meeting with emmanuel macron but tomorrow when the paris peace conference opens after the official marking of the armistice at the arc de triomphe, a peace conference which will welcome 70 world leaders which has a message of cooperation and global governance at its core but donald trump will not be attending. that in itself is a very poignant and a very symbolic indication of how you have the two opposite ends of global politics here, of political ideology, emmanuel macron, a young 40—year—old, a real believer in the european union, i believe and multilateralism, in liberalism and liberal democr

tomorrow and watching out international still ahead for you this hour the race to replace angela merkel is the head of her cd the party is on with two with front runners rejecting her migrant policies we'll have a look at the candidates more detail just after the break. what politicians do something to. put themselves on a lawyer. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. for something i want to. get it right to be close that's what the four three of the more camp you could get. interested in the waters of our. last question. welcome back now the u.s. is allowed eight countries to continue buying oil from iran are three imposing punitive measures that were lifted in twenty fifteen when the nuclear deal was struck america's national security adviser said it was a temporary exemption china and turkey which have both been granted by us of criticised by washington's penis of measures. well we were asking for an exemption from the united states we have also been very frank with them but cornering iran is not wise isolating iran is dangerous and punishing the rein in peop

also coming up a blast from the past a former rival of angela merkel emerges as the front runner in the race to succeed her at seaview party leader we explain why friedrich math could mean marable's days as chancellor are numbered plus zero. zero zero zero zero. zero zero zero zero zero documentary uses a novel method to show how some syrian refugees are still living with the horror of war every day here in germany. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is in kiev today for talks with her ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko her visit comes as the country prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the revolution which began with demands for closer ties with the e.u. five years on has you crave moved any closer to europe did abuse nick connelly takes a look. this is how it all started with a handful of people taking to modern square protesting against president a coach's decision to abandon a long awaited dissociation deal much to fear of angering moscow within weeks the protests are grown to tens of thousands of people europe wasn't the only issue but t

of course reporting that now the race to replace angela merkel is the head of. with two of the from run is rejecting him migrant policies will have more details of the story to you on the way just after the break. this is neo mercantilist. all countries competing with all countries no more globalization no more central bank domination no more on national monetary fund world bank united nations colluding in back rooms and down to continue to corrupt the global economy. join me every thursday on the alex i'm i'm sure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go on to be press which is what before three of them or can't be good. i'm interested in the waters and my. question. again i'd be pair of london says it could take a generation to tackle what's being called an epidemic a falling crime in the capital the reported killing of a sixteen year old in south london on monday night the number

what was angela merkel doing today? was it an attempt at a legacy speech? >> possibly. she was invited to speak at the parliament like other leaders have been invited to speak before her. obviously, the circumstances for her and germany, part of the expectation was that she would deliver a speech outlining her expectation of europe. she has never been so good at outlining visions, but what she delivered here was unheard of before, so maybe this is something people to note of. >> where you're surprised she came out so strongly and said "i want a european army?" -- were you surprised? >> president macron of france raised the issue. i think also the celebrations hat probably left a mark on her. she raised the army issusue and said that this would be a sign that the europeans would never fight against one another, so building an army means you overcome even the possibility of going to war again, so i think this is part of the strong symbolism. >> is that risk today of european countries going to war stronger today than it was 20 years ago? >> 20 years ago, it was thought to

attend a peace forum in paris hosted by french president emmanuel mccall german chancellor angela merkel warns that the world can't take pieces for granted it will bring you the latest. marking one hundred years since the end of world war one more than sixty world leaders attended a ceremony in paris to mark a century since the guns fell silent in the great war the bloody conflict that claimed millions of lives. california is wildfires grow bored deadly by the day search teams combing through the remains of the town of paradise have found more bodies at least twenty three people have died in the north of the stick. i'm calling osman in berlin thanks for joining us french president emanuel mccrone is hosting a global peace forum in paris following this morning's world war one armistice commemorations the event aims to highlight the importance of international institutions in preventing and solving global conflicts german chancellor angela merkel russian president vladimir putin and scores of other world leaders are taking part u.s. president donald trump is not among them. chancellor merk

angela merkel jumped before she could be pushed.t sunday saw her party lose around 10% of its support in a second regional election in succession, mrs merkel announced she would not seek a fifth term as german leader. despite heading a cross—party coalition that's creaking at the seams and is one of the reasons for her centre right party's electoral drubbing, she thinks she can remain as chancellor until 2021. is that feasible or is she just going through the motions? no, i think at the moment it is quite feasible because there is no strong leader or alternative candidate to take over from her. we have three figures who are now fighting for the party presidency, which will be decided upon in december. but this is no time for the country to want another election. the problem with angela merkel is she has overstayed her welcome, obviously, after 18 years as head of the party. it is a long time and there is a weakening going on. but why is she weak? she is weak because in germany, wherever you look, you have coalitions. and you spoke s

disillusioned with merkel and her governing coalition challenge will be to step out of merkel's shadow and shop and her own profile. today she said it was time to open a new chapter. yet she refused to criticize the chancellor's controversial immigration policy saying the challenge now is to find solutions. when somebody knocks on our door and we take the men and give them protection if they then abuse that protection to commit crimes here how should we deal with that because those are the questions that people expect answers to but they don't xpect as to discuss three years later whether what happened in two thousand and fifteen was right or wrong. america is refugee policy has come under heavy criticism not least from one of crime combo's contenders for the party leadership and spawn who currently serves as health minister and her cabinet met with c.d.u. members in north rhine-westphalia on tuesday. along with matts who is also standing both is seen as more conservative than the chancellor and have vowed to move the c.d.u. to the right the new leader will be elected at a party confer

the nazis unleashed a night of terror on germany's jews a dark prelude to the holocaust chancellor merkel warning of resurgent anti-semitism. also coming up seeking safety in numbers as thousands of migrants fling violence and poverty make their way north to the u.s. they tell you firsthand of the dangers they're facing on the long journey. and a wall of fire puts countless lives at risk in california tens of thousands are fleeing fast moving wildfires there and officials warn the blazes are gaining strength. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us germany today is commemorating some of the most important historical events in the country's history chancellor angela merkel spoke at the country's largest synagogue in berlin on the eightieth anniversary of crystal knock known as the night of broken. yes on november ninth one thousand thirty eight the nazis and their supporters carried out nationwide attacks on the jewish population. as a prelude to the holocaust. or the chancellor said state authorities needed to take decisive action to combat racism and she stressed the importanc

party it comes on the heels of chancellor angela merkel's seismic like announcement that she is stepping down as party leader in december and stepping down as chancellor in two thousand and twenty one mr mansour said nothing today about aspirations to be the next chancellor but maneuvering to become the next c.d.u. party leader puts him on a direct course for the chancellor e. today's announcement ends marriages decade long self-imposed exile from german politics now at the beginning of this century he and i'm going to medical they were rivals within the c.d.u. and we all know the history america would go on to become chancellor and in two thousand and nine merits called it quits well now he wants back in and he wants to win the latest polls show him as the clear favorite to lead the party and the country and regarding his to mulch was passed with chancellor merkel today mr maritz almost sounded like mr magnanimous meet chancellor merkel's old rival the man she once ousted it's back to challenger . gets the cd units renewal and a new stunt. the c.d.u. needs forward thinking political dis

party leader we explain why friedrich mao tse could mean merkel's days as chancellor are numbered. as in football the second round of the german cup has concluded in the brewing fashion with another outstanding performance by a wayside by our labor crews that hi go ahead next team knocked five unanswered goals past gladbach as they advance into the third round. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is in kiev today for talks with her ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko her visit comes as the country prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the my don revolution which began with demands for closer ties with the e.u. five years on has ukraine moved any closer to europe didn't use nick connelly takes a look. this is how it all started with a handful of people taking to modern square protesting against president coach's decision to abandon a long awaited dissociation deal the much to fear of angering moscow within weeks the protests a ground to tens of thousands of people europe wasn't the only issue but the european flags were hard to miss. the pro

goal of french president today we learned that it is also the vision of german chancellor angela merkel where you'd think that this would be music to the ears of pay your fair share u.s. president donald trump well tonight tone deaf and flouting the facts trump accusing europe of military designs against the u.s. i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. isn't it and it gives you an we should be pursuing the vision of one day creating a true european army he shot the deficit plan on me it wouldn't be an army against nato come on romney could compliment nato forces know and intends to call into question our traditional the mind says and then. nationalism and self centeredness must never again have a chance in europe but the fear then that fuel in play and when nations don't respect one another and when unions such as the need of nations created as a result of world war one failed even great to horace followed. also coming up tonight being first lady was never her first choice michelle obama her new memoir becoming is already tipped for the best seller of the year. she is. like greatest of

we begin in germany where chancellor angela merkel has faced some tough questioning on a visit to kemet the city shaken by an explosion of racist violence back in august it was sparked by a man being stabbed to death allegedly by a migrant from syria merkel was hoping that a meeting with chemist's residents would defuse some of the tension but when members of the audience had their chance to speak the mood was not always cordial but the first questioner played on merkel's famous saying we'll get through this in response to the massive influx of migrants in twenty fifty seven the point was to find an answer to the chaos cuts one toss in germany when you said we'll get through this and after two years you still said you didn't know what you have done wrong she did me a great. as a hollow. miracle did her best to calm angry questioners. back then i said we've gotten through so much in germany we'll get through this too. or what kind of a chancellor what i have been when faced with a challenge i didn't say that pissed off and that merkel's day began in far more relaxed fashion when she visi

disillusioned with merkel and her governing coalition her challenge will be to step out of merkel's shadow and shop and her own profile. today she said it was time to open a new chapter. yet she refused to criticize the chancellor's controversial immigration policy saying the challenge now is to find solutions. yet when somebody knocks on our door and we take the men and give them protection if they then abuse that protection to commit crimes here how should we deal with that and those are the questions that people expect answers to but they don't text back to us to discuss three years later whether what happened in two thousand and fifteen was right or wrong without. america's refugee policy has come under heavy criticism not least from one of crumb carbo's contenders for the party leadership and spawn who currently serves as health minister in her cabinet met with c.d.u. members in north rhine-westphalia on tuesday along with mats who is also standing. both are seen as more conservative than the chancellor and have vowed to move the c.d.u. to the right the new leader will be a tha

angela merkel side by side with emmanuel macron.hern france yesterday in the forest clearing where the armistice was signed, exceptionally tight security, two hours of getting through security with sniffer dogs and bobby searches and searches of every bag. there is and searches of every bag. there is a big security threat to this city and with so many leaders of states and with so many leaders of states and governments here. among that group that he was seeing, there are those who champion the liberal democracy, the multilateralism of emmanuel macron and angela merkel, the values they want to promote, and those who are more nationalist, authoritarian. i was struck, i was looking at the newspapers earlier, the front page of one, a photo of emmanuel macron staring at donald trump, it said, the otherfront, an allusion to the fact that even though the guns fell silent on the western front 100 years ago, a new front is opening in a sense between nationalism and liberalism today and president macron warning the echoes of the interwar peri

if there's any doubt thanks chancellor merkel was greeted by applause. thank you for joining her speech the atmosphere was emotionally charged was thank god thank you i've been that while i'm actually enjoying this that doesn't bother me i also come from a parliament that had been a major point of contention with some polman terry and merkel strong call for a true european army. you know. a common european army would show the world that there will never be war again among the european nations and that's nothing against nato you know me a gig come on ladies and gentlemen it's in addition to nato vote again and nobody wants to cut established time assuming. that raise doubts even among supporters of the plan which has not yet produced any concrete steps was action told small than words we have to decide to work together and then we will gradually get there but you know grab visions without putting your money where your mouth piece is pointless so often also high on medicals agenda another difficult issue of the reform of the european asylum process over mi

the french president, emmanuel macron, and german chancellor angela merkel signed a book of remebrance inside a railway carriage identical to the one where the original ceasefire was sealed in 1918. the former transport minister, jo johnson, says more ministers may resign over the prime minister's brexit plans, and voters were sold a false prospectus in the referendum. we're not going to get greater sovereignty, we're going to cede sovereignty, we're going to lose control over how rules affecting swathes of our economy are shaped. it's not the british parliament that's going to gain control from this, it's the french, german and european parliaments. four people, including a one—year—old baby, have died when a people—carrier was hit by a car in sheffield that had earlier been pursued by police. thousands of leicester city fans have taken part in a memorial walk in honour of those killed in the helicopter crash outside the club's stadium two weeks ago. please help us to be safe. driving through the inferno. at least nine people are killed and 250,000 forced to flee their homes as wildfi

there is no certainty who is going to inherit from angela merkel and was glad to bea from angela merkelabout the same time, the economy is doing tremendously. the germans are to be missing a boom time at the moment. if donald trump gets away with a successful economy, it will be immaterial for who will be fighting for leadership, the economic issue will rule the day.“ the democrats to take control of the house on tuesday, what will be the effect, how will they use that power, do you think? the only thing they will be able to do is use subpoena power and the power that shares of committees how to conduct investigations. his tax returns and his business dealings and russia will be back. we haven't heard anything back from robert mueller. ina way, anything back from robert mueller. in a way, they have stopped doing anything public, indicting people in the run—up to the election. i bet there is a full order book to be used in the next month or so. and if the republicans hold on, what happens to jeff sessions, the republicans hold on, what happens tojeff sessions, the attorney general, what

come back to the weekly now after almost two decades in national politics angela merkel announced on monday that she was stepping down as party leader of the christian democratic union adding that she won't run for chancellor either for a fifth time merkel's decision comes on the heels of her party's latest disappointing performance in regional elections. that the figures that came in overnight from her selection a wholly disappointing and bitter. but it is it can no long. business as usual for us after this result has after the result of the area after the conflicts between the c.d.u. c.s.u. in the summer and after all the difficulties in forming a government coalition as the previous attempts to form one between the c.d.u. c.s.u. f.t.p. and the green party fell through well i'm glad merkel began her political career after the fall of the berlin wall joining the c.d.u. in one nine hundred eighty nine ten years later she became the party secretary general and then its leader in two thousand and five merkel made history by becoming germany's first female chancellor and since then she

now after almost two decades in big politics angela merkel announced on monday that she was stepping down as the party leader of the christian democratic union what's more merkel also said that she wouldn't run for german chancellor in the next federal election slated for twenty twenty one of course decision comes hard on the heels of her party's latest disappointing performance in regional elections in the state of hester the c.d.u. suffered a double digit loss. the figures that came in overnight from the election a wholly disappointing and bitter. this politically it can no longer be business as usual for us after this result has after the result of the area after the conflicts between the c.d.u. c.s.u. in the summer and after all the difficulties in forming a government coalition as the previous attempts to form one between the c.d.u. c.s.u. f.t.p. and the green party fell through what i'm going to began her political career after the fall of the berlin wall drawing. in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine ten years later she became the party secretary general and then its leader

so it seemed really that this was an option chief angela merkel who hasn't been to kiev since twenty fourteen to really focus on underlining those ties and to talk about anything from culture to infrastructure she's meeting students behind me university rather than addressing the really difficult issues those i think were left for the behind the scenes talks you know i one of those issues of course being russia's annexation of crimea and chancellor merkel played a significant role in trying to mediate peace between russia and ukraine over the years why has this problem been so intractable. well indeed ukraine and its conflict with russia has been one of the defining issues of angela merkel's diplomacy in the last five years even she hasn't been here personally since twenty fourteen the problem with the mint's process which is most associated with is that it requires both sides kiev and separatists in moscow to make compromises but it doesn't make clear in which order so the ukrainian government's expected to give certain autonomy rights the separatists and in return kiev expects the

who might succeed angela merkel medicals out what's next that's our title on quite weekend and here to answer that question are our guests badly hurt is a political analyst for spiegel online? valerie says if a conservative follows mackel the possibility of a power struggle with the chancello. much greater. and it's a pleasure to welcome okay hammond she is an author and an editor at the berlin daily newspaper the top. and she says no matter what happens the green party stands to gain. and very glad to have andrea screwed back on the show he's editor in chief of hunters blood global that he says. members decision was both clever undignified in may let her stay on as chancellor until. twenty twenty one angela merkel is the longest serving leader of any western democracy after donald trump's election. some of the anglo saxon press dubbed her the leader of the free world how she just turned herself into a lame duck and if so what would be the implications for germany for europe and for the world. i think that's a very interesting question i don't think we can really answer that and so we

president emmanuel macro and today we learned that it is also the vision of german chancellor angela merkel where you'd think that this would be music to the ears of pay your fair share u.s. president donald trump on tonight's tone deaf and flouting the facts trump accusing europe of military designs against the u.s. i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. just let it through and we should be pursuing the vision of one day creating a true european army he shot does a second on me it wouldn't be an army against nature it would come all wrong it could compliment nato forces know it intends to call into question our traditional alliances and that. i mean that nationalism and self centeredness must never again have a chance in europe but here they're not dealing in point when nations don't respect one another and one union such as the league of nations created as a result of world war one failed even greater horror as followed. also coming up tonight being first lady was never her first choice michelle obama her new memoir becoming is already tipped for the best seller of the year. like greate

well it's difficult to say but obviously chancellor merkel does have. a longstanding relationships with both president bush and co and with president clinton much more the ukrainians that president karzai and the ukrainians say they trust or they trust they think that she understands the situation understands russia as well as russians actions but at the same time as i say the the the diplomatic. efforts are going nowhere and it is exactly what exactly germany could bring to the table saying that they have also been involved in the normandy for talks normandy for talks is it is difficult to say yuri how is all of this playing domestically for president putin because we know that the russian president's approval ratings have slumped partially because of existing sanctions is this as coalition in the conflict with ukraine likely to help him get back support from the russian people what you know well in my opinion this story won't actually have a big effect of latin and putin's approval ratings either way either way of course the russian propaganda is tryi

news live from berlin germany's chancellor merkel and her vision for the future of europe she is due to talk about her hopes for the e.u. in a speech to the european parliament will be going there live in just a few moments. i'm sorry so much kind of good to have you with us germany's chancellor angela merkel is preparing to set out her vision for the future of europe but she will be speaking shortly in the european parliament in straw spoke with president mcauliffe france merkel played a central role in marking the one hundredth anniversary of the end of the first world war of the weekend she spoke out against the dangers of resurgent nationalism and the need for countries to work to get rid of your she's due to address the problem in the next few minutes and we will of course be listening in live to that . let's talk about what we can expect from the chancellor we have group of politics with us here in our studio and our brussels bureau chief max hoffman is at the european parliament in strasbourg for us max let's start with you as we said the chancellor it's expected to outline he

has never been more unpopular leaving merkel even less invested in e.u. reforms which french president emmanuel mcclung has floated i think for the time being she's trying to avoid any other crisis and maybe pave the way for someone to succeed who would then maybe with mark or together can get to the next stage but i don't see her actually being the one next to lead to invest much in the next three years to really make a push next year they'll be european parliament elections across the continent the big unknown is whether they'll be early general elections in germany if there are things could change for everyone just like the conservative voters are maybe banning that to go to the f.d.a. we're talking about the. voters going to the greens and should the greens be strong enough for example at any potential new elections that happened before within the actual cycle. then you might even see a more. european face of germany. for now angela merkel is focusing on domestic issues and denying she has ambitions for a job in brussels if and when she's no longer ch