europe eventual he came up with an. vestment program but small businesses like ricardo's felt this help came too late. i've looked all that you foresee in order for you to hold me i would have really liked to have seen a united europe as everyone had predicted a strong union with fundamental coordination see something sort of thing i mean i would have liked to have seen those with more opportunities to help the others a true europe you know key and obviously mineral ok. but in the end it didn't work out that way in which everyone close the borders and said here's a brick wash your own dirty laundry at home you buy the spark you know about the ruling. that really showed us that we can't talk about a single europe will be on the mend i mean think in the ocean with a lot of the old all. anyone who comes to trist can still experience the charm of the old habsburg monarchy. 100 years ago the port city was a trading hub to eastern europe. the iron curtain interrupted the links for decades . now the city wants to return to its

all in europe the chinese. judge in the city is assigned ologist and author who lived in china for 6 years and observed the events around the new silk road development with a critical eye. she thinks the italian government was trying to create an economic advantage for itself but underestimated the plant's political dimensions. but a lot of thought the ricotta he acknowledged mines of this political project by a member of the g 7 had a great propaganda value also in china itself i think a propagandist the kind that an offer of this the new silk road is quite clearly and economic project and like all projects in history in china and the usa it's not in that of charity they are pursuing that own interests and. it's obvious that china is trying to gain a global foothold through key infrastructure investments such as for. trade yes to the north east of italy could also become an important logistical center for the chinese. francesco party z. is a businessman who's currently planning to bring a new investor on board

troubled by what we see and hear right so i think you know the issue with europe is europe still has this concept of itself you know these nation states in the cities i'm french i'm german we're white french were white german without understanding that the concept of europe historically was more around the mediterranean so you have people on the mediterranean now who are no longer considered european but historically and when it culture were so the issue is where do you start looking right and i think european culture right now has been stuck since the age of conquest and exploration. going. on into these weapons of fate let us. bring i just want to add more because i'm not your pm and i don't i would like to hear from from from one from europe what do you think about this because i from my rams perspective point of view when i came here to 15 and i see all these welcoming narrative and all their narrative that you know i think i have. but he now in the united states. diplomatic super correct when you refer to my friends and yet you see that not much has been. so. ok you are of the m

and europe has been losing to asia when they get cold and they do market and then you know, europe. ready bit less, but then i mean, there's pipeline to play in no way i'll gear russia, they can supply as well. but that's where you have no problem. moment russia has been slow to send additional gas to the you this year despite the critical shortage of stocks. some analysts believe the limited deliveries are no quinn sentence and accused moscow of exploiting europe's energy weakness. why? inter nordstrom to the 9500000000 euro natural gas pipeline. russia recently completed constructing to germany. the russians have spent a fortune under put in developing an entire new natural gas province. what happens in europe then, as part of its climate policy cuts back on natural gas consumption? indeed, many politicians do see climate policy, namely, a faster move towards renewables. as the solution, but building out that infrastructure could take years. so what about right now for now, government seemed to have decided the answer is more fossil fuels. china has doubled down on coal while here

c, as based in europe is growing a lot. all of these nations are very easily accessible by, by the part of the, as they saw. you know, i think it is very simple. if you look at a map, you see that if you pass fruit and you go to hungary to germany, to say you arrive foster van busing from the northern range port the, the city is investing even more in its rail network than in the port itself. built over 100 years ago. it's direct links to eastern europe are still there. they just have to be upgraded. but it is also at pains to emphasize that although it welcomes investments from china, it has no intention of selling off the port lock stock, and barrel. what was a free years ago? 2 years ago, only a problem, a matter of transport became a geopolitical issue. now, if you said the port authority, you say ok, this part of a territory is no more my territory. and this was than in increasing. this is not what is happening here. below here is the port authority of president is italian. i am directly governed by my minister, so you

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it's one of the major roots for russian gas to europe. some western politicians and industry experts have accused russian president vladimir putin, of withholding deliveries to europe and mid political tensions over ukraine and not stream to something that he denied during his annual news conference. the vol to him, it would buy them, they lie all the time. they mix everything up. gas from supplies, all are requesting gas volumes, under current contracts. and not only that, not right, it's also increasing the volume or a premier ship, the contract spokespeople for our w e and uni power, which among gas prompts, biggest gas by us and germany set. the russian company was still meeting delivery obligations by measurements. show that gas volumes flowing through the jamar pipeline have been reversed. some western politicians believe protein wants to put pressure on not string to. it's another pipeline which is set to deliver gas from russia through the baltic sea, directly to germany. germany has not approved the pipeline yet. some experts bel

it's the perfect gateway to europe. over the last few years, the chinese have turned perez into the biggest port in the mediterranean and they're planning to make it the biggest port in europe, pledging $600000000.00 euros of additional investments in the next few years. your music i was born and raised in prayer for you. i love him of amendment. i have felt connected with the sea and since i was small before me, this place will be on now. it's important to us medical meadows, not only for its charm and atmosphere now it deserves to be only men, but because it's a part with open access to the c particle and expose the family. and because it was managed to keep it that way, the status. okay. yeah, the most. yeah. tracy honest darzy, a francis cocky believes that the old port area belongs to the cities residence and has long been campaigning to get them access to it again. she's the left wing, threes of parties, maritime policy spokeswoman. that is skeptical about the chinese commitment. she believes massive investments b

so i think europe still has a draw it may not have the gloss that it did say 15 or 20 years ago and the question is going to be in a place like russia where i think you're right there is this clash of values do younger russians say no we still want the values of europe and then how does that work out internally with russia and i think that the problem russia has is i think russia would. there's a signal the russian population and i think this might include of many people in common who would like to join europe but on russian terms and i'm not sure that europe is prepared to accept russian values and i think that's the clash of my point with the use of europe have changed you might disagree but it's also true in the west that become somehow militant also in the wars a lot of i work with many russians in the people a sense here in the west would just say yes but what's all king about. germany is can hardly be described as a functional as new liberal society we can we can talk of germany's probably the best model for liberal democracy in the world as i'm saying this as a german but in

in europe full smog and find its way to the top spot an electric vehicle sold last year followed by the rendon nissan mitsubishi group well tesla came in 3rd. at the same time established automakers are introducing new models and several start ups joined the frenzy. and accidents have celie pioneer tesla's image the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in texas have yet to be clarified influential consumer advocacy magazine consumer reports says the autopilot is dangerously flawed. chinese authorities to accuse the company of poor quality and the protests of a customer who accuses tesla's faulty brakes of causing an accident have gone believe viral on social media. let's get more from this and all this from our voice it shows the delay he tells he could live in the studio so a record a test of it for some reason there's still some disappointment around how come yes we actually have seen the stock selling off a bit and after this report and i think this just illustrates how difficult of a position tesla is really and tesla is so hyped right now their stock rose 700 percent last year t

flexing its muscles from the middle eastern europe to cyberspace. from afghanistan to the persian gulf the u.s. remains deeply in tangled in conflicts it doesn't know how much were sold. in europe it faces allies so disillusioned that they're hedging their bets on america pushing the future of the western alliance into question. but in the contest for global power and influence one challenge overshadows all of us in china a new superpower has risen. one with a military might challenge the west. and an economy that's the envy of the world. as washington takes it on the brink general trying to turn one china looked on with obvious glee. with a veto in i.p.c.s. found 28 year that she may 1 day mean america so diminished that china can take sarcastic satisfaction in the state of its democracy think for a moment just how far the tape. tunde just 30 years ago george bush sr hailed in america triumphant it had won the cold war it was in chunks no substitute for american leadership the president carry no one american credibility and role ayatollah but no on

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to africa and from africa to europe. but jews and also muslims were expound from spain in 1492 by 9. and then after the 2nd world war, many hundreds of thousands of jews travelled from north africa back to europe, and also israel, whole fucking. and it goes back to the old testament, if you want to look at a mythological and this whole aspect of judaism in central europe is something we're not really conscious of, not in the general community either in the open mind too much of that. and that's actually clearly had such a major impact on europe. migration flows in both directions. so we're now seeing another migration movement here in the same place they've been happening for centuries. and that's the reason we're starting our journey through europe from her . yes. so she'll open you up again in a ah ah, i've never been to mars day, but i'm excited to see what jewish life is like here. the . it's a typical pause city with lots of influences and immigration. and that's why city that's always been open to the jewish commun

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every investment, the chinese make in europe, angers the u. s. and exacerbates the standoff between the u. s. and china. francesco perisi has decided on a partner to help trying to expand not china, but a european investor. the port of hamburg he stresses that this is a purely economic calculation. but he doesn't deny that political factors also played a role or easy remembers the cold war. and it's worried about any new confrontation, this rotational situation ended. it was of another cold war method of concern for me personally. and for my business in general for me in general. it also is it as a, as a citizen of the european union, we can see that international trade for sure. bridge. we can see that to be helpful to keep them and paid peace. the debate about the role europe will play and the trade war between the u. s. and china is nothing new and is not limited to the economy you bad. i hope to some european leadership because if not, europe risks becoming china. us saying that instead of laura can be the 3rd key player in the global arena.

europe eventual he came up with an. vestment program but small businesses like ricardo's felt this help came too late. i would have thought could you foresee the whole me i would have really liked to have seen a united europe as everyone had predicted a strong union with fundamental coordination. or something one of the i mean i would have liked to have seen those with more opportunities to help the others a true europe you know he and i was in the middle ok. but in the end it didn't work out that way in which everyone close the borders and said here's a brick wash your own dirty laundry at home by the spark you know about the reading . that really showed us that we can't talk about a single hero. in the meantime into an ocean and with a lot of the overall. anyone who comes to trist can still experience the charm of the old habsburg monarchy. 100 years ago the port city was a trading hub to eastern europe. the iron curtain interrupted the lanes for decades . now the city wants to return to its former glory and is hoping

the conference in the future of europe. there are $10.10 of several, tens of thousands war on daily basis. debating on the future offer d a european union, and in top of that, that has been in a scientific way, 800 people selected. and all these people have nothing to do with european union to participate in the decision making process. we have seen such err. yeah, what we called citizens convention, already in france already in ireland, already in germany. but it's for the 1st time that it is organized on a ben european level. and my expectation of this exercise is not to listen to, to citizens because we know what the citizens want. we have the euro barrow meter. we have surveys, like it's in the gaze also in britain. note, the big difference is that the citizens are, are selected, will continue to participate in not only formulating recommendations, but also in the answers. the politicians will diff, to their wishes and to do recommendations you said to regain people as trust in democracy. we need to fundamentally revisi

today the head of the europe central europe, central bank, said not yet. how much will these euro's get you? at least for a while, the answer is going to be less than they used to. as economic activity returns in many parts of europe, demand across sectors has spiked, helped along by stimulus keeping borrowing costs down. that's had one particular side effect. inflation has picked up over recent months, largely on account of base effects, transitory factors, and an increase in energy prices. it is expected to rise further in the 2nd half of the year before declining as temporary factors fade out. on new stuff, projections point to a gradual increase in underlying inflation pressures throughout the projection horizon. in other words, the european central bank expects prices to keep getting higher this year. as the continent recovers time then to ease upon stimulus siding, a still uncertain economic outlook. the c b says no, it's keeping interest rates are record lows and it's 1.85 trillion euro emergency bond buying scheme, untouched. rising prices notwiths

europe we see the port of. leave here they've got to go what they're very dangerous or kouddous and then. a smaller vessel is that with all of them their vessel is they've got to go and they're redistributed. the many other ports. but dock workers are skeptical. only 70 to 80 percent of the containers are transshipped which won't create any new jobs. the profits stay with the owner of the port. the chinese state company costco. none of it goes to the greeks. i think it's all about the expansion of chinese capitalism. the chinese state has a lot of money and this is its way of expanding and asserting its status. its position in the world the fish if. china is a world power you can't overlook that or be indifferent to it. if you walk the industry. and then you walk into streets in shanghai you don't need to do any analysis to understand why countries grow active 0 percent like here and why some other countries a girl 8 or same's i see the cost to china you just see immediately and i've been witnessing in 10 years

for europe are being diverted to buyers outside of europe i burned off in berlin this is the day. we are. implementing printer wall which i consider the people currently on. the democrats the most urgent task facing us. but it is fair to say. that. has grown almost every country in the world can you spend any period we need security we need transparency communication and. collaboration. also coming up it was 10 years ago when the arab spring arrived in egypt triggering protests powerful enough to unseat president hosni mubarak but did they have the power to replace his rule with democracy. to. the right position. to any. being. easy doesn't actually need. isn't it. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of our viewers around the world welcome we begin the day with europe's coronavirus vaccine supply shock it has been a month since the 1st vaccine was approved for use here in the european union to say that the vaccination rollout since then has been slow would be an under state government bureaucracy is being partly blamed but the main focus is now on the pharmace

for europe are being diverted to buyers outside of europe i'm pretty tough in berlin this is the day. we are here because all. printing print. which i consider the people. of the dimmock is the most urgent task facing us. but instead to say we should. has grown almost every country in the world to spend any period we need global security we need transparency communication would mentioned. also coming up it was 10 years ago when the arab spring arrived in egypt triggering protests powerful enough to unseat president hosni mubarak but did they have the power to replace his rule with democracy. the right position. to any. meeting. since he doesn't actually need. is a media. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of our viewers around the world welcome we begin the day with europe's coronavirus vaccine supply shock it has been a month since the 1st vaccine was approved for use here in the european union to say that the vaccination rollout since then has been slow would be an under statement government bureaucracy is being partly blamed but the main focus is now on the p

and i think that's actually the majority of citizens in europe. they are very worried about the migration issues starting from this that white people all have to leave data data homeland in the sunsets. it's very human and in lots of cases, human threats it so that i guess the majority of people in europe in distance don't want to see that people will have to leave their homes and start the life of g. i'm not only about total, say yes, mr. i'd perhaps the most disappointing aspect which human rights groups are underlined last month is how the e u has failed to safeguard people against serious human rights violations at its external borders. the spotlight has fallen on the border agency front, tx, which is accused by human rights watch of failing repeatedly to take action of allegations of human rights violations. that's a serious issue, isn't it? it's exposed depold lines in the values that all mental countries was supposed to sign up to have not been a major disappointment for you. why the, for me, the big disappointment actually is that we still

the conference on the future of europe. there are $10.10 of several, tens of thousands war on daily basis. debating on the future offer d a european union, and in top of that, that has been in a scientific way, 800 people selected. and all these people have nothing to do with european union to participate in the decision making process. we have seen such err. yeah, what we called citizens convention, already in france already in ireland, already in germany. but it's for the 1st time that it is organized on a ben european level. and my expectation of this exercise is not to listen to the citizens because we know what the citizens want. we have the euro barrow meter, we have surveys, like it's in the gaze also in britain. note, the big difference is that the citizens are, are selected, will continue to participate in not only formulating recommendations, but also in the answers the yet, the bullet since well diff to their wishes and to do recommendations. you said to regain people's trust in democracy. we need to fundamentall

hungary offers easy access to the rest of europe. how much of that business might involve illegal dealings no one knows for certain. i believe the fact that the government is quite friendly to the chinese immigrants vs the whole policy toward china and chinese people. reflects. a desire to have. close relations with china and this why i say is that. going to government is quite on friendly to immigrants . in hungary and public discourse the chinese people living here they do not count as immigrants. indeed orbán rarely passes up an opportunity to publicly do his chinese partners it's no accident that it also sends a message to the e.u. hungry has its sights set on the east. beyond crucial to develop this region we need external technologies and financial help. for you for european money alone is no longer enough so we welcome as a sign as being a new world order but china is looking to peace region as a place to get involved in development yankee violently under this new world order hungry has decided to profit from china as much as

let's say china united states or europe on the other hand europe is the weakest link so there is a temptation for the chinese to say if you want to kind of battle we go for the weakest link not for the strong competitor you the states if you how far do you think europe will be willing to go particularly with that awareness of how dependent it is on china's market well i think germany is very dependent on the chinese market the rest of europe is not as dependent on chinese market china is the largest trading partner now for the e.u. i believe although it's mainly because they export so much from china they're not selling as much to china as they are to united states for example united states is more important export market for europe as a whole so europe is as martin said very reliant on the u.s. in various ways especially for its security i think that the fact that it is kind of come around on china is more a sign that they are accepting the reality as it is and that's why things like the sanctions i would argue are important because it creates moral clarity and i think as recently as decembe

troubled by what we see and hear right so i think either the issue with europe is europe still has this concept of itself you know these nation states in the cities i'm friends i'm german where white french were white german without understanding that the concept of europe historically was more around the mediterranean so you have people on the mediterranean now who are no longer considered european but historically and when it culture were so the issue is where do you start looking right and i think european culture right now has been stuck since the age of conquest and exploration. go on. to say what you're. doing i just want to add more because how much you're pm and i don't i would like to hear from from from one from europe what do you think about this because i from my ranch perspective point of view when i came here to 15 and then i see all of these welcoming narrative and all the narratives that you know i think you have. but i know in the united states. diplomatic super correct when you refer to my friends and yet you see that not much has been. so. ok europe or most people in

just one example of how much has changed since you arrived in europe. more has turned out the 5 clubs in belgium most recently spent 4 years with the small of the to bruges based 1st division clubs. so keep it in mind and i be a place like this. now. you can come from training and just pick up. whatever you choose you know and going there if we're not we played without shoes beginning one where no shoes even the boys you know. the boys the. boys told me. it was you know and it was just fun and just to distract from everything that's going on around you it was small. i mean skip. all of the trash from all of one it'll be you know everyone thought this trash into. we. just left through it so we used the plastic bags for example to make. my friends you know stopping for trying to do the damn thing. so. it became part of our lives. there's a saying in kenya nothing good comes from dunder. what worries johanna is that kids like alice sundra are still facing the same problems a bit he faced as a youngster 20 years ago. you know life is hard in the gesso somet

and europe during the trump years school and european allies as freeloaders and that has shaken trust perhaps even permanently because one day trump or someone like him could be back now if europeans look at the transatlantic alliance that is stronger degree of course and that world and who are good and europeans need to build up their own research and their own strategies to be able to act in a more indeed and the death throes of the trumpet ministration have added to fears that the u.s. has become fundamentally stable a power that allies can never again depend on in quite the same way. ultimately that means that biden success or failure at home will profoundly affect what he can achieve abroad he says america is back but the rest of the world is asking is it too broken to lead. it was richard walker reporting there let's take this now to our chief political correspondent belinda crane she's here in berlin good evening to you melinda it's amazing isn't it 4 years of donald trump it feels like it's been a lot longer than that now we're talking about rebuilding transatlantic relations

more than a 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. christianity from established itself. both religious and secular leaders or eager to display their power. to trace begins. who can create the tallest biggest and most beautiful structure. on. stone mason builders and architects compete with each other. this is how massive churches are created last. contest of the cathedrals flame. the 12th on g.w. . law. this is the news live from berlin germany's chancellor merkel u. turn over a stricter easter lockdown calling an unexpected crisis meeting merkel overturns a decision to send the country into 5 days of a tougher shutdown following a public backlash also coming up in australia the wild weather is easing back in.

to china and usa and europe can be the 3rd key player in the global arena i hope that's what europe decides to do things better. politicians in rome are also gradually turning against china. human rights violations haven't been a reason to cut down on business so far. but world wide criticism is growing. these 3 members of parliament are part of a cross party alliance on china. they want to see a tougher stance towards beijing. when you make an economic agreement with a country that doesn't respect human rights you are dealing with human rights because it means that you don't care much we need that utopia he needs to defeat another single counter each of the so you are peas already too small to add up real early with china all together but one single country can't have a stronger relationship with china and that's true so if you google in debt interaction . as equally it's sure that you will lose that relationship so i believe that is the most important mistake. above and beyond party politics be the left wing centrist. conservative what unites these politicians is the worry that eu

let's say china united states and europe on the other hand europe is the weakest link so there is a temptation for the chinese to say if you want to kind of battle we go for the weakest link not for the strong competitor united states. how far do you think europe will be willing to go particularly with that awareness of how dependent it is on china's market well i think germany is very dependent on the chinese market the rest of europe is not as dependent on chinese market china is the largest trading partner now for the e.u. i believe although it's mainly because they export so much from china they're not selling as much to china as they are to united states for example united states is more important export market for europe as a whole so europe is as martin said very reliant on the u.s. in various ways especially for its security i think that the fact that it is kind of come around on china is more a sign that they're accepting the reality as it is and that's why things like the sanctions i would argue are important because it creates moral clarity and i think as recently as december when t

troubled by what we see and hear right so i think either the issue with europe is europe still has this concept of itself you know these nation states these ethnicities i'm french i'm german we're white french were white german without understanding that the concept of europe historically was more around the mediterranean so you have people on the mediterranean now who are no longer considered european but historically and when it culture were so the issue is where do you start looking right and i think european culture right now has been stuck since the age of conquest and exploration. go on. to say yes. i'm going i just want to add more because how much your pm and i don't i would like to hear from from from one from europe what do you think about this because i from iran's perspective point of view when i came here to 15 and then i see all these welcoming never to if and all the narrative that you know i think you have. i mean now in the united states. diplomatic super correct when you refer to my wealth and yet you see that not much has been a bounced. so the euro ok europe or most

but most of us do not realize europe's woods are in serious danger. the greatest foe surprisingly small. as the past 3 years, the tiny bark beetle has spread through europe, spruce forests, attacking countless trees. the insect poses a grave danger, says belgian forest re expert hubert toyed. even though technically, the beetle only attacks 6 trees. you know, truly, i know pittsbur the natural response of bruce tree or any tree for that matter against bark beetle is to produce a sap in the hearts was in the beetle, cannot grow to maturity and then dies in the bowl of batteries that lack water at their roots can produce sap done, and are therefore defenseless against the insect and unreasonable and careful was out of it. although this year was rather cooled and damped so far, that was not enough to offset 3 years of drought and drive away the people. we meet at snyder as his family, his own, as far as to the east and belgium for the past 100 years. about 60 percent of europe forests, a privately owned and pose huge problems for their owners. the scienc

citizens that vaccines produced in europe are available all over the world but not in europe. and window a person in your news minister thank you very much for the interview. at this time of year every year the business and financial elite of the world come together in the swiss alps for the world economic forum but this year the pandemic well it has changed almost everything no face to face meetings no snow no swiss alps or the world economic forum it began today virtually in topping the agenda the pandemics impact on the global economy chinese president xi jinping delivered today's opening address for the 1st time in history and economists all regions have been hit hard at the same time with global industrial supply chains clogged and trade and investment down in the doldrums. despite the trillions of dollars in relief packages won't wind global recovery is rather shaky. and the outlook remains uncertain we need to focus on current. and covert response and economic development. macroeconomic policy support should be stepped up to bring the world economy out of the woods as e

the conference on the future of europe. there are $10.10 of several, tens of thousands war on daily basis. debating on the future offer d a european union, and in top of that, that has been in a scientific way, 800 people selected. and all these people have nothing to do with european union to participate in the decision making process. we have seen such err. yeah, what we called citizens convention, already in france already in ireland, already in germany. but it's for the 1st time that it is organized on a ben european level. and my expectation of this exercise is not to listen to the citizens because we know what the citizens want. we have the euro barrow meter, we have surveys, like it's in the gaze also in written note, the big difference is that the citizens are, are selected will continue to participate in not only formulating recommendations, but also in the answers. the politicians will diff, to their wishes and to do recommendations you said to regain people as trust in democracy. we need to fundamentally revisit

it's also in northern europe. now in europe, the northern hemisphere ventilate rooms as often as possible. all of these are traditional, simple measures that we all can get when on top of it. the vaccines do give projects, they give protection, certainly again, without the variance. and they also give protection against the, the army. so if you are offered the vaccine, please take it and if you offer the booster, it's also time to get it still in my thank you very much for talking with us. that was christian lind, bios spokesperson for the world health organization in geneva. thank you. is a lucas mother developments in the panoramic world wide south african researchers have found a booster shot of johnson and johnson's covey. 19 vaccine is 84 percent effective at preventing hospitalization. covered 19 cases have reached a record high in the united states. however, the country's centers for disease control and prevention, se deaths and hospitalizations are comparatively low, and the ice hockey junior world champio

citizens that vaccines produced in europe are available all over the world but not in europe. mr spock thank you very much for the interview or i tell for more i'm joined by professor going to shine rashid is the deputy director of the viral a-g. institute at the sharky hospital here in berlin doctors good to have you on this show you know we just heard germany's health minister they're calling for a fairer distribution of vaccines we know that by on tech pfizer and astra zeneca they've both announced allays and cut in the number of doses that they are delivering to europe i mean what's the explanation here has the e.u. over promised or have the vaccine manufacturers over promised frankly speaking i think enough that's indows necessity or it's tearing this some up time last year and at that point nobody even know experts could anticipate which vaccine would be successful so do government tests make deals with several companies that are using different vaccine platforms and that was a good strategy from my point of view so i think it's really a matter of production and delivery

in europe well. some french manufacturers are calling for higher import taxes on foreign masks to try and redress the imbalance in pricing. but with officials admitting that france will need to produce less than hof its current output when the coronavirus crisis is over it's hard to see how well 20 french produces survive the end of the pandemic. and from european manufacturing let's take a look at european markets amsterdam has overtaken london as europe's biggest trading hub of us things to bragg's that which prompted some e.u. firms to move from the u.k. capital so that they could continue servicing you markets and amsterdam was the biggest winner share trading there shooting up to 9200000000 euros a day during january knocking london down into 2nd place the u.k. capital seeing only about half the daily trading it averaging 2020 a dutch copper also leapfrogging paris and frankfurt to emerge as the biggest winner so far of britain's exit from the e.u. at least in trading terms now our financial cor

let's say china united states and europe on the other hand europe is the weakest link so there is a temptation for the chinese to say if you want to kind of battle we go for the weakest link not for the strong competitor you. know if you how far do you think europe will be willing to go particularly with that awareness of how dependent it is on the on china's market well i think germany is very dependent on the chinese market the rest of europe is not as dependent on chinese market china is the largest trading partner now for the e.u. i believe although it's mainly because they export so much from china they're not selling as much to china as they are to united states for example united states is more important export market for europe as a whole so europe is as martin said very reliant on the u.s. in various ways especially for its security i think that the fact that it is kind of come around on china is more a sign that they're accepting the reality as it is and that's why things like the sanctions i would argue are important because it creates moral clarity and i think as recently as decemb

we need to strengthen europe's sovereignty because europe mustn't put all its eggs in one basket the good on the. multiple suppliers in different countries sounds like a good idea but when every country is affected like in a global 10 demick even that doesn't help much. so will this crisis change the current system. if you can make something cheaper somewhere else you need to outsource it or even go there so do you think that this pandemic fundamentally alters that calculation part of the reason why things were outsourced why there was this fragmentation of supply chains was to take advantage of cheap labor around the world but in a world where credit to are done by machines or to mates of. cheap labor is no longer an advantage. robots replacing workers seems like the way. of the future but in most industries low wages are still a competitive advantage. for example when it comes to face masks. during a pandemic everyone needs them but decorative cloth masks like these are no good for doctors and nurses they need high quality masks made of non woven fabric. that's why it was all the m

we have customers from australia to europe, to the us, south american. so on. just at the beginning of this year, we've analyzed the entire us transmission and nearly 1000000 kilometers of overhead lines. as a read, there's no limitation to what satellites it can monitor in terms of scale and nearly nothing in terms of scope. satellites are getting smaller and cheaper. the company astro find has established itself as a supplier in the field. these reaction wheels can be used to steer satellites and align them with the sun. they're packed and released into orbit from boxes like these. he claimed to be the reason that small satellites are starting a revolution is because the barrier to entry is not that high anymore. if you build very large satellites that carry a lot of instruments, it costs a lot of money. but if you make the satellite smaller to rise, the components take advantage of the increase inefficiency, and then you can put something into orbit faster with pocket sized satellites. that cost maybe 300000 euros. and then you can launch your business model

they've opened up loads of debates in europe as well about how independent, how much should europe stand on. it's going to be, shouldn't really defend itself. and if it does defend itself, then that means making it actually more independent from american interest, which of the americans may not want. so there's an awful lot to pack here and yeah, this is maybe just the starting point. let's come back to do today's meeting. that one thing that stands out, it's michael's last dance, at least on the international dance floor. if you set the scene for us a bit what, what does that mean? and we're seeing a picture of the family photos that happened 10 minutes. we just think about how many of the faculty faces agular math. i tell you one telling thing the macros team was briefing the media yesterday and they were asked about, you know, how many of these so many. so she taken part in and they said, oh yeah, it's at least her 15th when you can't exactly remember how many of the summits you've taken parts and you know, you've been around for a long time. so, you know, germany is kind of waiting w

more than a 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. christianity from established itself. both religious and secular leaders are eager to display their power. to trace began. who can create the tallest biggest and most beautiful structures substantial basements builders and architects compete with each other. this is how massive churches are created the be. a contest of the cathedrals from the been told 12th on g.w. . the be. the big . this is g w news live from berlin a new setback for europe's struggling vaccination rollout germany halts astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine for people under 60 after new cases of blood clots a march. also coming up italy's baby bust the country's birth rate falls to its lowest in over a century is locked down.

the council of europe has student life is verdict on human rights and democracy in europe. and it makes unpleasant reading. europe's democratic environment and institutions that says are in neutrally reinforcing, decline. we talked a lot about democracy and human rights on this program for the good time, holding politicians to account for actions for the peace when danger of those rights. but the situation is now so critical, always decided to question a leading official is trying to protect human rights about why that protection is famous. dounia me out of it is commissioner for human rights to the counselor, and she's always been out of stuff. what is it gone so spectacularly wrong? the dounia may out of edge welcome to comfort zone. thank you. 2 months ago you press the emergency button on human rights in europe. you said 2020 had been a disastrous year for those rights on the continent. one of the bleakest assessments to be heard for a long time. do you think anybody is listening to your warning? well, i hope so. it is something that is affecting us all, no matter which

growth forecast for the global economy going down here in europe. well this is a forecast that is as you said earlier very very lopsided what we're seeing essentially is china and the u.s. driving much stronger economic growth that will have some benefits for the rest of the world for europe for example which is a big trading partner of both the u.s. and china but other economies are going to be recovering much much more slowly particularly here in europe many economies are still struggling very much with the coronavirus pandemic but also poor economies as well so there will be a lot of a lot longer recoveries 1st countries here in europe and particularly in low and middle and lower and lower income areas as well but how much growth is actually driven by europe right now because the loss also. from the hope and success will that. some will find. europe is definitely behind it and it's going to continue doing so in the u.s. have already basically fully recovered from the pandemic in terms of their economy in europe is not expected to do that until th

the conference on the future of europe is an unseen exercise. well, we try to combine representative democracy with participatory democracy. the synthesis war you're talking about in totally 800 selected, randomly selected people are not her or not dad, to give their opinion. ah, and it's over no, no doubt, participating in the decision making process. it's will the 1st time i think in, in, in a modern democracy, a dad to citizens are directly involved in the decision making process. that is what we are doing. but sandra davis, i went them and not many of them either. not many of them. the numbers taking down that are known as natalia. this are so small as to by almost irrelevant. i don't know. i don't know. there are for the moment that are, for the moment, full 1000000 people will are on the platform who have got access to the digital platform, the conference on the future of europe. there are then and.

europe is very close. in europe. yeah. it's like on adrenaline so it didn't match the energy. she changed styles experimented with electronic beats and made sound collages discovering the world a new in the process. and just a mix of the african reality in the digital form basically but. now spends most of her time in germany she lives with her young daughter in berlin but africa is a strong part of the mix on this track she sample speeches by kwame nkrumah the 1st leader of an independent gonna. and mixes them with bits of dialogue she recorded during taxi rides around cameroon . now. she no longer feels the need to enlighten germans who blank on their country's colonial past in germany i have conversation more with people like jim need to. in berlin gets a taste of home at this cameroonian restaurant these days her search for identity has faded a bit into the background. the mixture of the to make. because going back to come and that. that i felt i belonged to which was true but i guess i needed to do that. so at the end of the day for me to create. that mixture in my everyd

spoke with any peaceful and your heart about to europe's position. as she is a member of the delegation of relations with countries of southeast asia and joins us from brussels. but a european parliament advice about the situation in myanmar just this week and just 15 minutes ago i voted on our joint resolution on on the situation in myanmar and it's clear that that you must act and support the protesters that are demanding that the democrat is a nation process in the country continues and that the military returns the power and the european parliament is very clear we're calling for support to the u.n. to get access to the country and of course the e.u. is not a big diplomatic power but we are an economic power where the 3rd largest trading partner of myanmar we need to expand sanctions against the military and that are responsible for the coup and we need to suspend the preferred access.

, and is eager to sell in europe in the united states game. and tried to convince the european allies that if they were to take on this technology, that they would be opening themselves to substance abuse going forward by the chinese. and they've had mixed success on that front. but i think at least this issue of china is taking a much more central position in the european debate than it did even a year ago. i think just to add on this, it's also difficult to advances debate in europe because of the public mood and of the public perception of china, which is only shifting very slowly. so china is still not perceived as a threat in germany and also in many other european countries. and then we have an addition, the equipment making twists. obviously the business interests of china. and this together is something which sort of politicians have to consider when they take a strong approach to china, to take that population with them and to explain to them why we have to change our china policy. and can you imagine she doing pain going into listeni