their rather chastened faces with friends timmerman saying look we have to be humble and i think that they realise that it's not simply that votes didn't go to their political parties it's that more than 50 percent of eligible voters actually turned out to vote reversing decades of apathy so people were very interested determined to tell brussels they are not satisfied with the status quo ok and they made themselves very clear the beneficiaries have been the greens on the left and the nationalist parties on the far right now how will they make their weight known on policies will they have an impact in parliament. they will have an impact and they don't have to be huge to have huge margins to be able to to have an impact because they large political groups are going to have to join with them i'm going to have to make cross party coalitions there's not going to be a choice of course then this socialist and democrats and the european peoples party are not going to have to turn to the far right they also have the choice of turning to the liberals the 3rd largest political group and in fac

future as they have done in the recent he is socialists and democrats party list can visit france timmerman called for humility as his party lost 35 seats and stressed the need for cooperation among the so-called progressive i will repeat my proposition to work with other progressive parties in this politics to try and build a program that addresses the aspirations to dreams and also sometimes the fear is of our fellow europeans those progressive parties include the jubilant greens resurgent in germany and set to become a big hitter in the european parliament women and the liberal group also made significant gains their candidate might be to have a style year now has designs on becoming european commission president comes from living in europe thank you that monopoly of power is broken. and this is of course why we can do something else and i very much appreciated it was my colleague france to milan just said that a coalition can be built on those who wants to do something. yellow vest protestors in brussels on sunday they see the e.u. is undemocratic everybody wants to change europe the fi

chancellor merkel herself wouldn't be so opposed to that on the other hand you've still got friends timmermans you can't count him out he's one of the most fervent pro europeans around and his group the socialist and democrats came in 2nd so while the results of the european parliamentary elections mean that the european people's party and the social scene democrats can't to sew up this nomination there is going to be a very long fight over whether friends timmermans are more aggressive vestavia or as was mentioned in our in our package somebody else altogether gets to take this top top job here in brussels the president of the european commission and that's what's what's the priority on the agenda tonight as european leaders come to brussels teri schultz in brussels thank you. let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world the austrian chancellor sebastian curt's is vowing to fight on after he was ousted in a no confidence motion he says that he will stand again as a conservative candidate in early elections set for september kurtz's ousting came in the wake of a

tonight german conservative politician munford vapor of the european peoples party and friends timmermans of the party of european socialist who was from the netherlands they battled it out for the hearts and minds of voters on subjects likely to affect the future of europe whichever political group in the e.u. performs best at the polls has a good chance of replacing outgoing commission president john called you i'm crying . well the first perhaps most topical issue in that debate was climate change with questions coming from several young people in the audience fronts timmerman from the netherlands from the center left group being the party of european socialist as they're known was passionate about the need for action devolved. we definitely need a carbon dioxide tax and quickly at the european level and what i'd say is that if we don't manage to achieve that at the european level member states will do it individually and that would be very bad for our economy and for sustainability and we have to do this together as europeans and we have to make these economic changes much more quickl

replace him they are a german conservative m.p. a man fred vega and also dutch politician of france timmermans of the european socialist but and the countdown to next week's vote the e.u. is very much on its guard after the brics it shocking because of the growing euro skepticism across the bloc and that's before we get to the decision from asian campaigns trying to influence voters with lies and half truths last year the e.u. commission set up a task force to deal with this threat but critics say its efforts may be too little too late d.w. teri schultz has this report whoever you are wherever you are you can get involved and european union institutions have poured enormous resources in to get out the vote campaign but have they invested enough in stay out of the vote effort in ways to prevent malicious meddling it's not like there was no warning 5 years ago the kremlin's intern. research agency in st petersburg was revealed estimated to spend more than a $1000000.00 a month pumping out anti western spin 3 years ago u.s. elections were the target of that russian troll farm yet the european com

future as they have done in the recent years socialists and democrats party list candidate france timmerman called for humility as his party lost 35 seats and stressed the need for cooperation among the so-called progressive so i will repeat my proposition to work with other progressive parties in this parliament to try and build a program that addresses the aspirations the dreams and also sometimes the fear is of our fellow europeans. those progressive parties include the jubilant greens resurgent in germany and set to become a big hitter in the european parliament women and the liberal ouda group also made significant gains their candidate might be to have a style year now has designed on the coming european commission president comes from living in europe thank you that monopoly of power is broken. and this is of course why we can do something else and i very much appreciate it was my colleague trying to more than just set that a coalition can be built of those who wants to do something. yellow vests protesters in brussels on sunday they see the e.u. is undemocratic everybody wants to ch

at least 3 political groups and she's seen as somewhat of a unifying figure but you know france timmermans hasn't given up the fight he's got at least 2 member countries who say that they're going to support him and there's even talk that none of these nominees will be the european commission president that someone like michel barnier bret's a negotiator could sweep in at the last moment and take the job away from any of the political groups nominees all right teri schultz in brussels we will be watching with bated breath as this continues thanks so much. all right let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today. afghan politicians and representatives from the taliban have met in moscow possible conference marking 100 years of diplomatic ties between russia and afghanistan opening the meeting russian foreign minister sergei lavrov cold for the complete withdrawal of international forces from afghanistan. in australia the new be reelected prime minister scott morrison has been sworn into office a week off to his conservative coalition one surprise victory h

mancha veba and the dutch politician timmermans of the european socialists now ahead of the vote the e.u. has made a major push to boost turnout already stung by the brics referendum bloc also faces growing euro skepticism and there are concerns about online foreign disinformation campaigns trying to confuse voters last year the e.u. commission launched a task force to step up its response to that but critics say its efforts may be too little too late whoever you are wherever you are you can get involved the european union institutions have poured enormous resources in to get out the vote campaign but have they invested enough in stay out of the vote efforts in ways to prevent malicious meddling it's not like there was no warning 5 years ago the kremlin's internet research agency in st petersburg was revealed estimated to spend more than a $1000000.00 a month pumping out anti western spin 3 years ago u.s. elections were the target of that russian troll farm yet the european commission waited until just 6 months before the european parliament elections to launch its action plan agains

and then there is frans timmermans from the socialist and democrats in the apartment. he is calling for more social justice in the eu. and then there is margrethe vestager from denmark. her alliance gained 40 seats in the election last week. she has the backing of emmanuel macron. it is a complicated picture. we are hoping that max hofmann can clear things up for us a little. good to see you. it seems like there is a lot of disagreement in the eu over this question. max: and like you said, it is extreme he complicated. we could not even talk about a 10th of what is going on if you think about all the different countries and interests. north, south, social democrats, liberals, conservatives. but the true frontline we have right now you mentioned it is between angela merkel and emmanuel macron. angela merkel is supporting this process which is called, and you explained it. i know it is a terrible word but it basically says that only those who have officially been lead candidates for the group in the european parliament and eventually be elected to become president of the

numbers to get their decisions through you also have the socialist and democrat candidate friends timmermans who did extremely well in his national elections his labor party won and he's made no secret of the fact that he hasn't given up this fight yet so while chancellor merkel may say she wants this done quickly i don't think you're going to be coming out with any unified decision from the summit that we're holding here in brussels today all right terry what's that what's this space thanks so much for your reporting. all right let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. at least 40 people have been killed in prison riots in brazil or thora sees say the deadly clashes with spock's by fights between rival gangs in 3 different jails across the town of analysis the government has mobilized additional stuff to secure the prison . malawi's president. has been reelected to another 5 years by a narrow margin the country's electoral commission confirmed the results after a delay to the final count over allegations of vote rigging. ukrainian president has visited sol

they don't agree on candidates munford ever is by no means a unified choice you still have friends timmermans for the 2nd group who has a lot of popularity and you have much greater vestigal the 3rd largest political group the liberals who also has a lot of support so just has a big job ahead of them and they wanted to have it wrapped up by the next e.u. summit at the end of june it doesn't look like that's going to be possible now both total to a scout and president both said they wanted agenda balanced nomen need less to be used top jobs and we going to be seeing more women taking on key roles that you know we hear this every time the top jobs turn over young euchre also said he wanted more women and he ended up with a commission that has only one 3rd of female commissioners so they all say they're going to do this and we'll see if that happens a lot of it has to do with what nominees the member states put forward to brussels you can't choose from a female candidate if you haven't been given them but margaret's investor has said that every country needs to propose to female commissioner can

because there are plenty of candidates who still believe that they should be in the running friends timmermans the nominee for the 2nd largest group the socialist and democrats and a very popular candidate vestey who is the nominee for the 3rd largest political group the liberals so in arguing about whether you should be forced to take the lead candidate whether that should be automatic the groups are also arguing for their their personal favorites to be the president of the european commission and there's no agreements now and it looks to be a very long fight now after the summit was it was clear the usual usually the close allies france germany and notes on the same page as have a quick listen to that take on last night's talks. the german government is committed to the principle of the lead candidates however the parties represented in the coalition have different views as to which candidate is best suited to this if everyone just east with their preferred names will be stuck because none of the groups are the majority all of them and even if 2 of them work together they still have a majori

candidates the margret investee who is heading the liberals group she deserves a shot at it and friends timmermans who is the head of the number 2 political group the socialist and democrat says he's not out of the running yet either so not only is there an argument over who it should be but as you mentioned over how that person person should be chosen and we have to mention i mean that arguing has been quite public france and germany not normally airing this out in the open why is this happening now. the european parliament elections just wrapped up sunday so it's only become obvious now that the 2 major political groups the european peoples party on the social democrats no longer have the sheer numbers to push through their or their decisions so there have to they're having to talk to everyone else and that's opened up the process significantly the greens say that they should have a bigger say in this we just heard from scott keller who says you know i really would like to see a woman in charge clearly throwing her weight behind margaret divestiture as others have done so yeah it's really open n

earlier today expressed its support for choosing one of these lead candidates like the bird or prince timmermans and she made clear as she has not done on many other occasions that manfred bever is her candidate she's been accused of being perhaps lukewarm on bevere and even suggesting on occasion she wouldn't mind seeing a woman in the post and so it was very important for vevers candidates see that chancellor merkel came out and said his name tonight now that's something that french president a man you mccloughan said he doesn't want to do at this point as he arrives for the summit because he doesn't want to talk about people at the same time he did mention some of the candidates and deborah was not among them we know that mcclellan is supporting margaret to vestavia and that he doesn't like the system of having the candidates pre-chosen by the political groups so there is going to be a lot of of wrangling ahead and a miracle in mccrone will meet separately ahead of the summit so we'll see if a franco german compromise comes out of that meeting at the same time there are 26 other countries who

that we take action also in the race fifty eight year o old former dutch foreign minister friends timmermans. of the socialist and democrats alliance. he served as outgoing commission president un because depeputy ad laununched you legal challenengs against poland and hungary governments. to win the job he would need the greens liberals and socialists to unite behind him. meanwhile another name is being whispered behind the scenes sixty eight year old frenchman and e. u. brexit negotiator michelle bonnie a of the center right ppp group hasn't declared himself candidates. bought the french president has said he should be considered for the job. another development that in that the e. u. let's take a look at the results that in more detail now 33% of italian voters. cocosts that ballot for the far right matteo seventy the legal party. salvini the controversial anti mike went interior minister vitaly is haley this is part of a far right shiftft. in three of the major you nations france britain and of course. to hear him tell it the election was a triumph for the fall right. not only is the firs

the bloc and his socialist opponent argued a europe wide minimum wage would create economic growth timmermanted, he will work to bring the uk back into the european project >> look at what the divisiveness of brexit has done to the united kingdom. today, the united kingdom looks like "game of thrones" on steroids and that's because of this divisive politics. >> tomorrow's headlines. >> that's because of the divisive politics. so we have a responsibility to offer propositions >> my colleague joins us live from brussels. besides brexit, what were the other topics discussed in detail last night >> there was a lot of focus on climate change, as well as taxation so i would say these two subjects are likely to be very important for the upcoming european commission. of course, there was also a lot of talk about populism and, of course, the surge of nationalist rhetoric across the eu earlier this morning, i interviewed a candidate for the right wing party here at the parliament, and he said that it is time to bring down the main stream coalition that has led europe over the last 40 years. let's take

european people's party is projected to win the most seats in next week's elections, and frans timmermansis debate? what is it people want to hear from them that is most likely get them them that is most likely get them the topjob? i am not sure, as usual numberof the the topjob? i am not sure, as usual number of the public will be watching this. i am sure you will be glued. of course i will, with my notepad at the ready. the public in europe do not really know a lot about the process, and that is why the system has been developed over the system has been developed over the last few years and it has tried to make the race for the topjob in the eu, running the european commission, a bit more visible to the public and make it seem a bit more democratic. but they have ended up more democratic. but they have ended up with quite a complicated process where it is not like a presidential election where you put a cross nectar the name of the person, you vote for a party any own country at that party might be part of a bigger block that is put forward, one of these people, to be the commission pre

future as they have done in the recent years socialists and democrats party list can visit france timmermancalled for humility as his party lost 35 seats and stressed the need for cooperation among the so-called progressive i will repeat my proposition to work with other progressive parties in this parliament to try and build a program that addresses the aspirations the dreams and also sometimes the fear is of our fellow europeans those progressive parties include the jubilant greens resurgent in germany and set to become a big hitter in the european parliament women and the liberal aldred group also made significant gains their candidate my creative a style year now has designs on the coming european commission president comes from living in europe thank you that monopoly of power is broken. and this is of course why we can do something else and i very much appreciated it was my colleague france to milan just set that a coalition can be built of those who wants to do something. yellow vest protestors in brussels on sunday they see the e.u. is undemocratic everybody wants to change europe t