we have our political correspondent thomas sparrow with us here in our studio hi thomas explain the skepticism to us well it has to do with the role she has in the german cabinet as you mentioned it already she was the current minister of defense and as such she has had to deal with a lot of problems in the german military a lot of criticism about the capability and the readiness of germany's our forces that have been reports saying that the children are understaffed under equipped that they're too bureaucratic i.g. is also facing an investigation regarding spending in a regular so those elements that according to many here in germany are enough for them to be a bit skeptical about these problems it's also important to stress that some of those problems she inherited this is a position that is described in some cases as a career killer so depending on how you view and you might think that under the circumstances she might have done a good job whereas others actually criticize her for not doing enough so what about this nomination to become the you commission president what that allowed to in h

i'm joined now by our political correspondent thomas sparrow thomas why this skepticism about wilson a funded lion was in the fonda lion is germany's minister of defense on a such she is in charge of a extremely difficult and controversial ministry this is a ministry that is but has been criticized time and time again because of the state of the forces here in germany the criticisms relate to the readiness to the capability of the armed forces on a such as a reform the line has also been criticised although it's important to stress to some of the problems she inherited this is a role that in many cases has been described as korea so depending on what your position is on was it on the line you may think that she has done a good job given the circumstances or she hasn't done enough to change things in the bundesliga so that said that's one issue why germans may be skeptical about her she's also facing an investigation into spending irregularities and i think many germans are also not happy about her nomination because of the way that she was nominated in the end not having been on the

correspondent terry scholtz from the european council in brussels and our political correspondent thomas sparrow he is at our parliamentary bureau here in berlin to both of you good evening terry let me start with you we have to history making nominations to women for the jobs of european commission president and president of the european central bank 1st and foremost to remind everyone why are these jobs so crucial and so coveted. the president of the european commission is the most visible person in all of the blocks of jobs not only that but the person in this position gets to decide which countries get which commission jobs so she she if it's are still of underlying will be handing out you know who's in charge of agriculture or who's in charge of the digital agenda who's in charge of energy and for some countries these are very very crucial positions because their interests are tied up in what policy is being made for the next 5 years that this commission will preside so this is a very influential job and everybody wanted it that's why it took 33 different summits to come to agreement on thi