at the startup scene then so you're getting the sense that companies are getting further ahead than germany in this area would you say that germany is lagging behind in terms of business potential i see a problem definitely and i also don't see that we change if you cation the plans in these digital fields at the moment coding for example holding for example those countries like belgium or japan who train coding even in the mentor school and at the family needed yes even or just this petition who signed up and what do you think its chances of success are to actually see a digital ministry anytime soon so we launched this petition last week and more than forty. associations already joined us and we have reached almost ten thousand votes on this petition already our goal is fifty thousand and i'm pretty optimistic that we can reach that oh right you know it's a board member of the german startups association which norge that petition calling for a digital ministry here in germany thank you. japan has posted strong growth in both exports and imports mean a continuation of the expansion same in

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should also remember that the number of asylum requests france received last year is still less than germany's one hundred eighty six thousand registrations which still is the highest in all of the european union and what happens next jake is there brought support among lawmakers allow this bill to pass. well as initially even michael has. some criticisms on the opposition and his own camp so where they're going to move forward from here is going to be lawmakers and officials will debate the bill as it is proposed today and revise it before sending it to the national assembly later this spree lawmakers there will then discuss the bill further and criticize it even more and try to make some negotiations to get some leeway and to modify the bill before they hold a vote so there's quite a long road ahead of negotiations jake as he can you know a journalist based in paris france thank you. it's still lights camera action here in orlando where the international film festival is still in full swing. some feel as cox there are down at the red carpet how guys tell us about one of the movies that hit t

at the startup scene then so you're getting the sense that companies are getting further ahead than germany in this area would you say that germany is lagging behind in terms of business potential i see the problem definitely and i also don't see that we change educational plans in these digital fields at the moment coding for example holding for example those countries like belgium or japan who train coding even in the mentor school and at the family needed yes even or just this petition who signed up and what do you think its chances of success are to actually see a digital ministry anytime soon so we launched this petition last week and more than forty. associations already joined us and we have reached almost ten thousand votes on this petition already our goal is fifty thousand and i'm pretty optimistic that we can reach that oh right you know it's a board member of the german startups association which norge that petition calling for a digital ministry here in germany thank you. right now japan has posted strong growth in both exports and imports continuing its function of the world's

outspoken about human rights violations within the country in the one the cause is so much bigger than germany isn't it of course i'm in germany you're right has been outspoken when we talk to the german foreign ministry to the chancellor for instance as human rights watch they are open to our issues and they are ready to respond germany should therefore take this position and take it to brussels for instance and try to persuade other countries to maintain a firm position in relation to turkey as you know turkey wants to build better relations again with the e.u. . germany should be standing firm and saying back out happen until this this systematic crisis in human rights is is ended and turkey turns over a new leaf same with the council of europe in distress book turkey is on the watch list of this for the council of europe it should stay on that watch list until things improve and germany can influence that. where do you see the trajectory going right now given the current state of affairs and what are your hopes for the future i don't see many positive signs as great this is happened today

french general staff was astonishingly confident they may have had more manpower and equipment than germany as well as the support of england but their strategy was hopelessly out of date. that. the first world war had been dominated by static trench warfare the second world war. was to be completely different. i. feel. on may tense nine hundred forty the allies got their first taste of modern warfare in the form of the german blitzkrieg the cities of western continental europe were effectively presented with a choice surrender. one by one western european cities fell. after a brief period of futile resistance brussels was declared an open city meaning it was handed over to the enemy without fighting. the netherlands also surrendered but too late for rotterdam this was fatal german planes bombarded not only oil and gas facilities but also the medieval city center. an area of two point six square kilometers was leveled and eight hundred fourteen people died. millions of jantsch belgians and french civilians fled the advancing german army and their force. passed. to spare paris the fate of ro

air force this was a second chance italy was less well defended than germany. bought it a day it was like a china shop almost all the italian industrial sites were located near architectural treasures. how could the allies even in the name of liberty destroy the cradle of western civilization. the american general staff began classifying cities are courting to their heritage value. category c. sienna p.'s or belonging and twenty one others. category b. nine hundred citizens of looting karma via montepulciano. category a rome venice florence. crews were given detailed maps of the one hundred sixty most noteworthy city is indicating the buildings to avoid believing that all necessary precautions had been taken the american command authorized bombing raids. interact. no city was spared. not even rather a category a city which was both a treasure trove of architectural masterpieces and a center of christianity. i am. the attack of july nineteenth nine hundred forty three targeted the capital's train stations and air bases bombs went astray and fell on residential n

they view them as both inefficient and unfair that point was that is germany is paying a much higher price for those sanctions than west germany do you think they have a point and do you think that voices are heard in berlin well i don't think you should put too much emphasis on these statements do have certain sanctions and we have considered them well and it is very difficult and of course vice versa would also russia would also try to influence the behavior of germany and say restraint in trade and. commute forms of communication. i'm not a very good friend of sanctions but there are always some issues that one or the other country is trying by way of sanctions to change the attitude of the other party. and i don't think you can do it way of with that as to the size of germany german states in terms of population all of them the five of them have as much population the same size of bavaria. so that the five important but they certainly do not form. germany. so european. activities and trade feel now you mentioned the sanctions one of the purposes of sanctions is that to change the behavior most of the german sa

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is lower in the polls than ever germany and all of europe are asking will crew knots authorization campaign succeeds. because. they are. fired up and you know i don't know if. this is even. at the beginning of another long day pauses to collect his thoughts. later he'll hit the road to try to convince more s.p.d. members to vote against a grand coalition. to notice traveling throughout germany today he's in the telling of the time near frankfurt. lots of s.p.d. members want to have their say and there's a big crowd here today. it was tonight the leader of the party's youth organization who launched the debate. about. our election manifestos no longer sound like s.p.d. principles but a compromise tailored to a grand coalition we know we have few options if we want to get into government we can only do it with the conservatives. and. that is why we limit ourselves in developing new ideas. it is clear that we've given up and are not willing to come up with real solutions to current issues now thought that we have reduced our thinking to suit the grand coalition. with. the s.p.d. was part of a

than the cdu. if you look at them together, they do have a majority of voters in germany.t of voters are disappointed, and they have found a social division in our country. if we have a growing number of living,ho make their they have to ask for social care, that is not good. who voted fore usd are not right wing. it was a vote of discontent. what do you see resulting from that? in the daily work that you do in the bundestag, you used to have the budget committee, now it is in afd member heading that committee. are they able to make policy? gesine: of course. they have influence. one side is how to leave the commission, but the other side -- for our talks, they wanted to part from us. i think that is a dangerous situation. do you expect things to turn out? what you see happening in the coming days and weeks? is there going to be at government formed? gesine: yes, i think so. every member of the social democratic party want to make an end. they want to show the public that they are able to act. the whole situation is not only , it is a badpd situation because people lose mo

disappointing results out today for germany's a biggest bank more than half a billion euros in losses so what's going on at the country's biggest lender. and more than three months after the murder of an anticorruption journalist in malta d.w. meets local residents carrying on her fight against government corruption. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show just over half of germans think the chance for all a macro should stay on at the country's helm more than four months after germany's national elections she still has not managed to form a new government and germans are losing patience and new numbers out are even worse for her potential coalition partners the social democrats germany's largest center left party is looking at its lowest approval ratings ever. germany's social democrats need to regroup they're still the second largest party in parliament but their standing has been flagging since the party's poor election results last september the latest polls suggest if people voted now chancellor angela merkel's conservatives would score thirty three percent of the vote f

they view them as both inefficient and unfair that point was that is germany is paying a much higher price for those sanctions than west germany do you think they have a point and do you think that voices are heard in berlin well i don't think you should put too much emphasis on these statements do have certain sanctions and we have considered them well and it is very difficult and of course vice versa would also russia would also try to influence the behavior of germany and say restraint in trade and. commit forms of communication. i'm not a very good friend of sanctions but there are always some issues that one or the other country is trying by rate of sanctions to change the attitude of the other party. and i don't think you can do it way of with that as to the size of germany german states in terms of population all of them the five of them have as much population the same size of bavaria. so that the five important but they certainly do not form. germany. from more so european. activities and the trade field now you mentioned the sanctions one of the purposes of sanctions is that to change the behavior most o

our ten-year bond yield is higher than germany, uk and italy and when people are starting to look for on u.s. treasury, i think most people will choose that. and i think that's where the support for the dollar eventually comes from. as people outside the u.s. or inside by treasuries, are buying dollars and that should continue to support the dollar. lauren: in terms of the ten-year yield, edward as we wrap this up, when we kicked closer to 3%, the stock market got totally spooked, are we looking at the spooky number being 4%? >> we've had such abnormal monetary policy over the years and eventually how long is this going to last and if we do see hidden inflation creeping up, i think that is the long run risk, they are always us leaving us guessing with the changes in who is in charge with the fed, we don't really know, that's my big problem with the federal reserve, it can change so drastically as you have changes in who's in charge? lauren: yeah, we have a fed that signals everything, maybe they shouldn't. edward, sean, have a good weekend. can he-- cheryl: i heard that somewhere. bit

growing stronger than germany. a sound growth picture for the core france and germany as well.e have the italian elections coming up soon that could jostle markets and cause volatility in the euro on the whole we do like it as an yir with good v area with good valuations for the stock market >> coming back to the u.s., which sectors are more right for a top off? >> the u.s. equity dispersion of sectors is high. some tech stocks, the f.a.n.g.s have high valuations there in terms of where we see potential because of a slightly steepening yield curve or long-end yields, financials look attractive they have good evaluations they pose a bit of benefit if the deregulation policies of the trump administration come throug through. >> great stuff your positivity this morning has put the s&p in positive territory in terms of futures. we are now up 1.6% thank you very much for joining us on cnbc >>> barclays shares are rising this morning following the bank's latest result the bank says they lost 2$2.7 billion last year due in part to the u.s. tax overhaul and the weaker dollar. jeff stal

caused private households to become a much more important contributor to economic growth here in germany than it was in recent years where we've got a budget surplus of thirty six billion euros that is rather large couldn't germany actually be investing a bit more. well i would say a majority of economists here in germany are demanding exactly this expression the public sector should spend more if you take a look at the state of the school buildings in many places here in germany or at some of roads it's quite obvious that something has to be done here what's positive during the fourth quarters pending by private companies by businesses has picked up somewhat businesses for a long time for many years have been very very cautious to spend but now they seem to be coming back here as a bit of relief there what else is important for the market today. well lots of very long ago we just got an update on consumer price inflation in the euro zone prices in january increased by one point three percent that's of course far away from the two percent target of the european central bank and if you look lo

the french happy, because the french wanted nuclear weapons and to tamp down, it is more bavaria than germany. this was a european centered approach which had unintended consequences with moscow because what moscow saw was this was a proliferation of nuclear weapons within nato. there, i agree. and unintended consequence. -- a unintended consequence. in the penpal letters, which set the stage for khrushchev's decision-making and risk-taking, they're talking about the details of berlin. i think berlin is important but historians disagree. if is part of the fun. >> a more narrow point. it sounds as if you are saying de gaulle's advice would apply to north korea. connected to that, i am wondering in retrospect, to what respect eisenhower came close in his dealings with khrushchev to taking de gaulle's advice compared to kennedy. to be sure, eisenhower did let himself be pressured into having the visit to the united states by khrushchev and the summit in paris in 1960. he was worried. i don't think eisenhower produce -- produced the same impression on khrushchev as the bay of pigs and kennedy's b

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opening five shots and would finish eighth in the men's ten kilometer sprint no one more stunned than germany's pesah who took home the gold. france didn't finish day two entirely empty handed purina phone won gold in the women's moguls those are just crazy i mean i really realized that just one day you're lame pigs and when you. when you blame the champions there was a great fit in. the drama of the day care. i'm in the men's thirty kilometer ski at line seaman heads down kruger with laughter in the early stages have to think floored in a collision. but the norwegian recovered to take the lead on the penultimate lap and we go home and just era. germany are top of the medal table after two days of competition with three golds the netherlands are in fact and australia join the list of all the medal winning countries after a victory and them and. eleven gold medals are up for grabs in the biathlon at these games here's peters to take you through the events history and technicalities skiing and shooting seems like an unlikely combination for the winter olympics the roots of biathlon or in hunting

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christian: there are many more opportunities to start a business in bulgaria than in germany.here are plenty of ideas that would work here just as well as they do in germany and other western countries. reporter: one example is gourmet cooking from a sofia rooftop. this big kitchen has a staff of 50, plus 50 more working in the adjacent restaurants that serve 1000 customers per day. the new enterprise at the top floor of a high-rise building has an impressive view of the city. and it's all run by 24-year-old gergana manolova, who earned her masters degree in business in vienna and london. half a year ago she took over the management here -- a rarity in the male-dominated food service sector in bulgaria. gergana: i came back immediately after university, because there was a great business opportunity that i thought couldn't wait. because the country has so many opportunities that need to be grabbed, like the opportunity that i hadn't grabbed. reporter: even though she's been successful in this venture, gergana manolova has other plans. at some point, she says, she'll leave this

and disappointing results for germany's biggest banks more than half a billion euros in losses so what is going on with the country's largest lender. i'm going to have you with us michael heads into the final round of talks to form a new government this weekend with less than half the country supporting her hoped for a grand coalition that according to a new poll released today there is still doubt whether merkel will pull the coalition off and germans are losing patience the numbers are even worse for her potential coalition partners the social democrats germany center left party is looking at its lowest approval ratings ever. germany's social democrats need to regroup they're still the second largest party in parliament but their standing has been flagging since the party's poor election results last september the latest polls suggest if people voted now chancellor angela merkel's conservatives would score thirty three percent of the vote far ahead of the s.p.d. which would get only eighteen percent and that's just four points ahead of the far right alternative for germany party whic