well the people we're hearing here say it will not endanger energy security in germany because germany is already getting russian gas through ukraine it would make it easier for germany to get russian gas and would probably increase the part that russian gas plays in overall german energy mix at the moment i believe the numbers are about thirty five percent russian gas and on the whole energy mix but in the gas mix and that might increase up to fifty percent of this happens but you have to keep in mind that gas is only a rather small part of the whole energy mix in germany it's about a quarter because of course germany's trying to amp up is renewable energies here so i would say germany would survive but it would be a blow to all the plans and it would make it just more more costly than plan for germany to get russian gas and max briefly any reaction from gas from all russia on these plans by the e.u. well we do know that germany russia is probably more dependent on germany for economic matters than the other way around so this is a very important project for the russians but we will s

germany will much pay will depend on how much germany can pay. the commission would meet to look at those issues. they came up with a real fudge. there was a certain amount that germany had to pay immediately in gold and kind. size -- sliceger would be paid in bonds. and the third portion would not be required until the first two pieces were hugely important, the germans felt they were being ground down and paying too much and that they were being punished for the war. in the 1930's, increasingly, the origins of the war came under scrutiny. the german foreign office selectively released documents and cultivated historians giving the impression that the war had not been started by anyone. increasingly, that feel became the view, it least in the english-speaking countries, that no one was responsible. and if no one was responsible, why should germany pay? providestice helped ammunition to undermine german acceptance of the treaty. the peas conference it self did what it could. up with was imperfect in difficult circumstances. and the germans themse

germany would not have to pay for the sins of the old germany. and so the very way in which the armistice was made, and i think the way in which the high command, who had effectively been running germany, not just running the german war, but running germany itself, the way in which they were able to avoid taking responsibility for the armistice, and for the defeat was to be very damaging in the long run for germany. and so we have two things that are going to come together with the peace talks, we have a sense in germany, only just beginning to grow, but a sense in germany they were promised something, they were promised they would be treat different, fairly treated. and why some people in germany actually thought with self determination, we might become a bigger country because the german parts of the oet australia-hungarian empire might be able to join us. so you have a set of unrealistic expectations and myths growing in germany, that somehow they had changed, they were different, they had been offered something by woodrow wilson and they were

especially germany. but we are committed to the two percent target is already going to sleep and just as the german government has confirmed to nato and just as it had been laid down in our coalition agreement the o.p.o. and europe to know is has to do more months of the invasion and we have embarked on a towards a european defense union. finally we have found ways and means. to overcome the fragmentation in horrible ways we are now harmonies english planning clear mint and operational readiness this creates new common in european abilities but is a few of these capabilities also directly and some needed benefit because if we. are more evocation us not to act united asked you about in the case of a crisis then this directly contributes to transplanting burden sharing manty function in order to be able to carry more weight. you don't have to resolve some contradiction this will be exhausting. many is in favor of adopting the majority principle in european foreign policy that is correct and that is also go

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and china saying that germany and japan would be the first to feel the fallout if chinese consumption collapses due to the trade tensions. now asked about business relations with china and ongoing concerns about data protection merkel also spoke about the role chinese technology giants your way could play in the german telecommunications landscape yes what she said. that the goals of the war here in germany there's currently a big discussion about weiwei and whether to use it but you know that's something that needs to be discussed with china that the company doesn't simply hand over data to the government german consumers need to be certain that the chinese state isn't getting access to data on chinese products that are sold in germany who looked at through quote from con. german chancellor and america there talking to students in tokyo and for more on i get americans to day visit to japan i'm joined now by. business good to have you here in the studio keogh so when it comes to china do japan and germany see eye to eye well they have a lot of a lot in common both japan and germany ar

news live from berlin and anti semitic crimes on the rise in germany now statistics show that hate crimes against jews are at their highest level in a decade sparking alarm among the country's jewish community. also coming up the girl whose pains moved to the worlds and strengthens the movement to end the vietnam war now unesco goodwill ambassador and a peace activist she is receiving the peace prize awarded by the german city of dresden. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the number of anti-semitic crimes committed in germany has risen by almost ten percent over the past year the highest level in a decade figures released today are causing alarm in jewish communities violence attacks are up by more than sixty percent this has prompted germany's central council of jews to call for stronger action from police and politicians the signboards of a jewish restaurant smashed a pig headed marked with a star of david dumped by a door swastikas and stars of david on a wall. this was the aftermath of an anti semitic attack in the eastern german city of chemists in august twenty eighth. it was j

and only of us survive the journey from hungary to germany. police checks rarely find trucks with illegal migrants on board the people smuggling rings are very flexible and to tap their behavior to avoid being caught. in the throes of it is that sort of the human smugglers check whether the coast is clear by sending scout vehicles out ahead and they avoid the risk of being caught by continually changing the smuggling routes. that used to be more trucks taking illegal migrants from austria and across the german border into the area. with them then it shifted to the german czech border and subsequently into the border area with poland by the photo in the. sense of. the investigator accompanies us to the outskirts of dresden. we're heading out of dresden in the direction of map it's a truck run by people smugglers was detected here and close as. it was a chance to sky in august two thousand and seventeen police discovered a trunk with illegal migrants close to the a four interstate a total of thirteen syrians and iraqis were picked up the turkish

and since germany's imports have increased they helped to reduce germany's long standing trade surplus for years germany has been exporting more than it imports something the country's trading partners including u.s. president donald trump have criticized in recent years. let's go now to yen scored our financial correspondent new york yes as mentioned there in that piece lower growth projections for germany for the e.u. what does that mean if anything to wall street investors. well first of all germany is the biggest economy in europe and the european union so far is still the bigger trading partner to the us then china is so it is important in that respect and then especially if you look at the this week because of the chinese new year festivities there was no trading in china therefore investors here on wall street paid even closer attention to what is going on in europe and there are some economists saying that the global economy could derail in twenty and nineteen when you look at the u.s. so far we get mostly still solid numbers from the u.s. economy but one trader actually told m

ambassador to germany also richard grenell said that the north stream essentially makes germany dependent on russia the german chancellor angela merkel responded to that and here's what she had to say let's have a listen. and i not think you could fully become dependent on russia because of this gas pipeline i say no if we diversify at the same time. germany will expand its gas terminals with regard to liquefied gas. this that means that we don't want to make ourselves depended on russia and that any circumstances. but russia was a source of gas during the cold war and it will remain side today without his entering into one sided dependence. so that is how the german chancellor is responding to her critics hons is that enough i think in the end i think that does not really address the concerns of many people we have to see behind this there is some commercial interest from the side of the united states a lot of gas is being produced and the united states is hoping to make europe a major client for selling that gas but behind that is also a. strategic thoughts consideration a concern in uk

a trial in germany search will survive in other words he's telling you he wants to come back to germany if he wants the court system he wants his human rights to be respected here despite having left and gone to fight for a system that would not respect those rights this is one of the things that really make me really suspicious on his on his goal why he want to come back because you know he's a war criminal and there is a videos of him in that mix a two thousand and sixteen and he has been less that in the united nation a list of war criminals and he told us that i yes i did that bad thing but in the end of the interview they tell us he would like to go back to germany if he has to choose he would like to come to germany to have his rights as a human being. authorities here in germany they hear these stories that amir is telling and it has to influence their thinking are they ready to take these people back. well as you said we are talking about forty faithful or so so it's not a huge number although it would be a large group of people if you include spouses and children and i believe

part of germany's energy strategy under threat. construction of the north stream two pipeline is a ready well underway but the face of the project lies in the balance e.u. members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular appear to be at odds over regulation this is what's at stake the pipeline would transport gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state energy company gas problem. and that's exactly what critics including the united states and seemingly france object to. the dependency from russian gas. dress achille with a pipeline and that's the reason why they construct that. contradicts obviously the european goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely an economical on friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the block's energy rules to gas prom if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to

we meet a young man who and to germany with a student visa. i just wanted a better future and the only country that accepted syrians at the time was germany . and a colleague told me that he knew a man who could obtain a visa for me who lived in germany in the city of lights so i contacted him and he said that he could get me papers proving i had a place at the university of life for fifteen hundred euros and. this was. the young man paid the one thousand five hundred euros and four months later he received disto comment it's confirmation of an application to study medicine and i think and that even though his grades do not meet the university's requirements for this cause. he says he's not the only one who received a document like that from the university of leipsic. it's going to be what saved or i know more than ten people who got to germany through that guy and there are probably more of them that i don't know. the whole thing works like this the syrians go with the documents from leipzig to the german consulate in lebanon and jordan or in

germany will expand its gas terminals with regard to liquefied gas. this that means that we don't want to make ourselves dependent on russia and that any circumstances. but russia was a source of gas during the cold war and it will remain so today without us entering into one sided dependence. is that enough to. reassure critics of this deal i don't think it will be enough to quieten down that criticism right now based defense of the project that we heard from merkel today is nothing new she's been defending this project for months now and so complaints even from the u.s. which isn't actually directly involved in this project i don't think they are going to go away overnight if anything since donald trump became that the u.s. president that those complaints over this project have been getting louder and louder from washington so i think there would have to be an awful lot of opposition again maybe even from the e.u. as you were discussing with barbara that it would take a lot of opposition to bring this project to a halt and of course a lot has also b

now as we all know context matters so why did germany and the u.s. put on a show of unity and talks over importing liquefied natural gas well because at a different front both sides are engaged in nasty spat over a pipeline project that the u.s. says will deepen europe's energy dependence on russia so germany agreeing to buying more u.s. gas can be seen as an attempt to gloss over these differences. the controversial north stream two pipeline is being built here to bring cheap gas from russia to germany but now berlin looks to be eyeing other suppliers. economy minister picture of meyer says two german terminals could soon be receiving shipments of u.s. liquefied natural gas a move he said was not in response to u.s. criticism of the pipeline. now and this could be about the no there's absolutely no deal involved germany has its own interest in diversifying its gas supplies and gospel to divest if you'd see them and we also have an interest in developing our trade relations with the u.s. in such a way that we can achieve not higher but lower tariffs

need trying to ministration has to germany we look at nato spending germany is spending one point two one point three percent far short of the two percent that it's required to by its own agreements to spend it's the richest country in europe a concert me afford to do this so trump is right about that he might not express it in the way that i like it you know in terms of berating them constantly but germany is not playing it's not really you know throwing its weight around as it should on the issue of north stream too this is a fundamental betrayal of germany's own allies in eastern europe which are fellow e.u. and nato members there throwing them under the bus in order to you know extend economic relations with an adversary russia there's no excuse for north stream to no matter how many times the german government tries to make excuses for it. and so these are some really crucial yeah sorry about that we have a little delay there in the audio you also wrote in i'm not going to quote you here as well j.b. you said that berlin has the gall to complain about trump's hasty retreat from s

but the marriages registered there are recognized in germany. she wasn't paid to get married that is the law that if this is the stuff the young that she comes here also will know i wasn't that's what i'm telling you he wanted me and i thought well i'm alone here anyway why shouldn't i take advantage of that. the yearly up to the wedding she and her pakistani husband registered but the registration office for foreigners in sit out in eastern germany. as well as a rental contract for an apartment and level she also produces an employment contract with a clothing company another western city of frankfurt. you know what that for the people smugglers of organized proof of employment for the eastern european bride so that she can produce this document. thing was a pretense and the registration at the relevant office was also faked by the through to the big old are needed if you want to get an e.u. residence permit because. the european union residence card also allows the newly wed men from india and pakistan to live completely legally in germany. wa

especially germany and russia. we're german football is taking a hard look at itself today to address anti-semitism in and outside the stadiums across the country incidents provoked by football fans have reportedly been on the increase a conference today in frankfurt called you'll never walk alone is looking for solutions and to talk about that i'm drawing here at the big table by caress there we go from our sports desk chris good to see you first of all for people who may not know what is happening ant football games here in germany will unfortunately brit anti-semitic it is in football are happening again and again and i'll just highlight a few incidents and use the table leaders bruce you don't mean to do so and there was a time when far right ideologies were commonplace among men supporters this was an eight hundred nine hundred eighty s. and ninety's you know last october. dortmund far right extremists used and frank in a sticker and put her in their rivals jersey shellac and this started on social media outra

chamber of commerce here in germany both sides will. to promote a free trade agenda despite the current headwinds from washington and the threat of high a tariffs on german cars and that is why germany is keen to stress its close business ties with the u.s. that's how some facts and figures now some three thousand german companies are linked to the united states with direct investments that's according to germany's bundesbank adds to that another one thousand six hundred to germany companies whose in direct u.s. investments are organized in holding companies together these companies are said to be responsible for six hundred and seventy thousand jobs in the us making germany one of the top three foreign employers there behind the united kingdom and japan so how do those facts and figures go down with the u.s. representatives that scam germany together with its american business partner sway washington stance on free trade my colleagues and i caught up with the president of the american chamber of commerce for export to laurie for more s

need trying to ministration has to germany we look at nato spending germany is spending one point two one point three percent far short of the two percent that it's required to by its own agreements to spend it's the richest country in europe a concert me afford to do this so trump is right about that he might not express it in the way that i like it you know in terms of berating them constantly but germany is not playing it's not really you know throwing its weight around as it should on the issue of north stream too this is a fundamental betrayal of germany's own allies in eastern europe which are fellow e.u. and nato members there throwing them under the bus in order to you know extend economic relations with an adversary russia there's no excuse for north stream to no matter how many times the german government tries to make excuses for it. and so these are some really crucial yeah sorry about that we have a little delay there in the audience you were also wrote in i'm not going to quote you here as well j.b. you said that berlin has the gall to complain about trump's hasty retrea

our to germany back to germany actually a reason to trust watchdog is cracking down on facebook moving to restrict the social media giants ability to collect data in the country authorities say cannot gather information from third party sites without user account without user consent excuse me well more evidence that facebook's business model fifty four could be under sarette. it is a long awaited decision three years that's how long it took germany's federal cartel office to decide to clamp down on facebook's data collection the question was whether obtaining data from activity on social media widgets on third party sites could be considered anti-competitive behavior is being used as a given is. the whole conclusion is that facebook can still collect data on its platform invited. facebook facebook can also continue to gather data on its other services like what's up or instagram or on third party sites. but they may in the future collect such days out only with a user's explicit consent. dustin. indy's it's. very clear minded. like in most countries facebook is the leading social medi

germany by the us we have more troops in germany the us troops in germany russian troops of course but he is . he's a businessman and he wants to sell his part to stand up look we are you know we don't need to learn to accept our but i think this is a matter where we have more in east in europe germany has more enemies in europe then people who supply the german the even though every oil is is living on german and german money in the euro so this is just insane what was happening now if there are really votes against germany it would be the first big break in the european union but only much much more equal to a breakup from the end and of course of the violation of the just signed. thank you so much live from hanover germany this hour political commentator. nato is expanding in europe's balkan region after members agreed to let the small former yugoslav republic know known as north macedonia joining the military alliance nato chief stoltenberg welcomed a soon to be thirtieth member. today it is a story for your country and a proud day for us all nathan busses have just signed a sessio

when i've been in the major museum venue is one of the most hotly debated construction projects in germany my callie david leavitt's has been following the story welcome david first of all. tell us about the controversy surrounding the building it's ok robin brace yourself for a little bit of time travel here because the home board form is partially a reconstruction of the size of the baroque city palace of the german emperor is located at the heart of berlin now the allies did bomb it in world war two it could have been saved but no socialist east germany had other plans they tore it down and put up the palace of the republic and its place that's their parliament and cultural center hideous yes but also kind of great in its own way i think. you are right with hideous well you know a lot of people were still yes it is but still a lot of people were sad that it got torn down to put up this new version of the city palace because the point is why create a historical replica. of a building instead of maintaining an actual historic building ok but about it's all done and dusted this forum is we

germany up its game well it's interesting to see because germany seems to have always quiet sort of suspect role is not that seems not that proactive but when it comes to actual security masses looking back to the ukraine crisis for example in two thousand and fourteen german chancellor angela merkel was in fact being very proactive she was the one fostering the normandy talks together with france to bring russia and ukraine together at one table and try to solve the crisis resulting effectively into the minsk agreement and i think this is the role we can and should expect more from germany and from the german government to kind of be a broker in security issues and topics for example like the i.n.f. treaty to bring people back to the table to bring and foster negotiations when those concerns. ok so we're actually seeing live pictures right now of chancellor merkel approaching the. stage and we will be crossing to her as soon as she starts speaking in the meantime million we will continue with our conversation here you mentioned the i.n.f. treaty the intermediate range nuclear force

ambassador here in germany richard grinnell to send out letters at the beginning of the year to german companies involved in the project saying that there was a significant risk of sanctions should they continue their involvement a month later the ambassador was again talking about nord stream to this time he said that germany should use the project to leverage against moscow a sentiment that was well picked upon and repeated by the u.s. vice president mike pence in munich just last weekend and the united states commands all our european partners who have taken a strong stand against north stream to. and we commend others to do the same for the austrian chancellor went on to say that from his meeting with trump it was clear to him that the united states is particularly unhappy with germany over this issue however but has shown absolutely no sign of being willing to test. i think you know one of wanted to be unilateral independence and russia did not receive russian gas not only leading our where i lived but i soon west germany during the cold is russia really a partner whatever the fee

germany will expand its gas terminals with regard to liquefied gas. this that means that we don't want to make ourselves dependent on russia and that any circumstances. but russia was a source of gas during the cold war and it will remain so today without his entering into a one sided dependence. in. our chance on the market speaking there before we're all with me here on the set is our political correspondent bruce to help untangle some of this a war of words that erupted overnight almost germany's gas pipeline deal with russia has been a thorn in the side of u.s. president donald trump so this criticism from the u.s. ambassador is not not very surprising but what's the objective i think on the face of it we can see apparent u.s. concerns for security it was pointed out that these of where expressed by the u.s. ambassador to germany but also to denmark and the e.u. and these concerns are shared by the e.u. polman by the commission but at the same time it's worth remembering that critics have pointed out that the u.s. could in fact. it has its own int

germany. in his practice gynecologist christophe sam has experience with the suffering caused by female genital mutilation or after. he was one of a handful of gynecologists in germany who have specialized in this problem he has been treating affected women for more than twenty years he writes expert opinions and arranges operations including surgery to reconstruct the clearest. d m a notice is often send. this is scientists that practice this are patriarchal societies in which women play a fundamentally subordinate role. and from that subordinate role they can only become a halfway respected member of society through marriage. that is the bottom line in all the practicing societies is itself but the entry ticket to being married to it is being cut highlighted via credit if a girl is not cut she can't be married because she's looked down on as a prostitute by. a prostitute yet a up have yet to vote. via the us so is is because that's the way it has. you know others and grandmothers carry it ou

the us is hoping the pressure on europe to ban chinese telecoms giant huawei germany has announced a decision one way or another look at the awkward position in which the government finds itself. and who should be building these robots as german manufacturing struggles to compete against massive american chinese resources prelim wants to encourage its own champions but a new plan already has critics. i'm seeing birds in berlin thanks for joining us the czech republic's top security cyber security official said tuesday that chinese telecom giant huawei will be left out of more state contracts in fact more european nations are debating what to do with the firm as they build out their mobile networks critics of huawei chief among them the us one of the companies the trojan horse for the chinese government and the bling espionage war plan disruptions telecom carriers say it's a necessary supplier germany hasn't yet moved to prohibit huawei but chancellor angela merkel has suggested the company needs to reassure its customers speaking before an audience of university students in japan ger

take a tour of germany state by state on d. w. dot com. i was here when i arrived here i slept with six people in a room. it was hard i was fit. i even got white hair. benjamin language nothing on this gets me a little bunch maybe two in trouble let's say you want to know their story my parents are fighting and reliable information for margaret. this is due to other news coming up in the program the royal who wants to be prime minister up princess thailand and hope for a into the module actions and decades of pulitzer practice why did she do it. made the chinese screenwriter who's become a symbol for a country's fledgling me to movement. is determined to take down what many have described as china. shop. and from the hills to the high advisers.

reports that teenage kids are among the dead too real for the latest coming up reports that france and germany compromise of the controversial pipeline paris has tried to pull the brakes on gaffney with russia to look at a new charm for the project at the back you broke the deadlock. plus the law of the richest man claims he's been. checked is those accusing the american tabloids the national enquirer of trying to blackmail intimate photos. of international film festival kicks off direct to a normally shared things the kindness of strangers the event the first of several. directors in this year's competition. to. other unwelcome. we begin with some breaking news in brazil ten people have died in a fire at the soccer club flamengo in rio de janeiro at least three others were injured. the blaze broke on before dawn on friday in a training facility at a club there unconfirmed reports that some victims may have been teenagers from the flamengo youth team was sleeping at the center at the time now the expensively busy training center had opened just two months ago the cause of the fire is still not

>> it is a rather severe setback for germany. it also throws some doubt on the state of french-german relations because france has had germany's back or this project are quite some time now. the two big countries formed a blocking minority in the deliberations of the european council. their governments meet and discuss this, so the regulation could not t go ahead if france w turns away. the question is why. some speculate they are finally caving to u.s.-american pressure in order to safeguard their own energy investments with russia and their own economic interests ththere, and there's also the ft thatat the french presidedent it going toto be here over t the weekend alongsidengngela merkel at the security conference, s so there is a lot w whirling a aro, and nobody knows quite what is what is the moment. brent: that is a surprise, too, to hear that about the munich security conference. what does this mean for franco german relations? >> certainly not a positive side . it could be just another issue to add to that ever-growing li

of one of germany's largest mobile carriers. and the head of aston martin says a no deal breaks it is utter madness so then why is he building a new plant and wales. i'm stephen beard is in berlin thanks for joining us was only recently the darling of the german business press now it's fighting for its reputation why are cars the payment services provider who's growing business propels it into germany's blue chip dax index last fall has been the focus of a series of news articles claiming fraud at the company's singapore grand branch and among senior executives the fallout so far a stock in freefall and a major media company under investigation. he was brought in to strike fear into the hearts of the major established banks marcus brown has been head of the financial services group wire card for seventeen years and has overseen rapid growth of the company during his time at the helm. card offer solutions for electronic payments such as online payments and credit cards the company's profits hugely from the rise in online payments

also coming up with germany under pressure to reduce dependency on russian oil and tries to soulsville liquid natural gas from the united states but could africa's gossips fortis help as well. on the show be. sales are fizzing across africa as the world's big brewers understand the continent is among tops growth mark. this is business africa. this africa needs jobs and that means it needs investment for countries like germany whose export driven economy leans heavily on overseas manufacturing and markets that's an opportunity which is why germany's development minister is in our krug the day where he says german firms have oh lots alike about the larger african market. the i.m.f. says africa needs to create eighteen million jobs annually up to twenty thirty five to employ its rapidly growing population and while traditional development aid has targeted areas like health and infrastructure experts say more private investment is needed to spur business but domestic pulls are limited meaning external players like germany can play a greater role ghana in particular is an example the host o

especially germany and russia. german football is taking a hard look at itself today to address anti-semitism in and outside the stadiums across the country all incidents provoked by football fans have reportedly been on the increase a conference today in frankfurt called you'll never walk alone is looking for solutions and i'm now joined here with me on the set with by rather chris hansen from sports cursed so good to see you what is going on in germany's football stadiums and with some of the football fans i'm glad to be here in terms of this issue i'll just list look back at a few incidents this particular season brucia dortmund faced by munich and at the game to know who gains one was convicted for manslaughter and was in jail for five years another one was banned from the stadium for a handful of years they were spotted at the game and that sparked a bit of concern from upper management within doormen because dortmund does have a history with their fancy and having far right views dating back to the one nine h

that it's illegal in germany the woman doesn't know that an. abortion in germany is in fact a crime but there are exceptions in cases of rape on medical grounds and on certain conditions prosecution is avoided if the abortion is carried out within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy if the woman attends mandatory counseling and then waits another three days before the abortion but at the center of the current debate is tiny article two hundred one thousand nine hundred eighty of germany's criminal code it dates back to the nazi era and makes it a crime for doctors to publicly advertise abortions. after being overlooked for decades it's now sparked political debate. the principle must be that we do not advertise abortions it's forbidden and unborn life must be protected i cannot allow abortion advertising and we want to prevent it even in a limited number of attempts. there is one of the hundreds of doctors who have been accused of violating the article in her case it was due to a flyer on the clinic website stating that she carries out of fortu

north stream too is only part of a broader effort to provide more gas to europe and germany over the next twenty to thirty years which it will need in order to maintain its. current growth trajectory so to speak up. because of course the u.s. as you've just mentioned plans to pipe liquefied gas into the e.u. so one wonders how much it's it's objections to north stream about trying to. ensure that it has a big proportion of the market sure. it's very clear and president trump has made that very clear he said it publicly. the official policy of the trumpet ministration is what they call energy dominance so sure they would love to replace gas prom supplies of gas with american elegy the problem is is american elegy is too expensive now and isn't competitive with piped gas from russia or pipe gas for example from norway so the prices will need to come down for the united states be successful in that market that said though germany has in an effort to try to demonstrate that it is prepared not only to buy russian gas but gas from elsewhere has said it is prepared to help facilitate and ev

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, help the brea down germany's external about 8% of gdp in germany. another is a domestic case for stimulus as well. germany's own economy is slowing, it was actually one of the weaker euro area economies in the industrial production server and in a gdp numbers, which were slightly negative. q4 was only slightly positive. so there is a domestic as well as external case for fiscal expansion. caroline: let some would counter that what germany has done up to this point has been relatively good for their economy, despite some of the issues they have had in the last six or seven months. is there an argument to be late but keeping these twin surplus is going or list not getting in the way of them would be prudent in the long-term, and that maybe the short-term pain is worth it? brad: i think there is a long-term argument that germany naturally will run, because of aging, in modest current account surplus. i don't think that explains an 8% of gdp current account surplus. germany has a fiscal surplus of 2% gdp -- 1.7%. to 0%, run a balanced budget, and still