for germany to lead within europe but that puts germany in a dilemma because if it assumes a position of power old fears about germany wanting supremacies and europe will rise again this is the new fear which is actually a fear dating back to the nineteenth century or before. and which germany's european neighbors have felt for at least two hundred years or. so i mean this and five hundred yards beneath the lang are parked the can how can germany resolve this tense relationship with germany mistake other european countries position into account and also take their perception of germany and to account germany must also not let the power politics necessary for europe to be a powerful global player. and try to end up here automatically this is a necessary balancing act and one of the greatest challenges for political leaders but also. the in trying to hold hold on for political furor. minister had another minister speaking in brussels actually addressed precisely that challenge and said germany will have to lead from the center how could that work early because that by the to be

important for europe and america. pope john paul ii ronald reagan and -- ronald reagan and pope change the world and significantly affected europe. the lives of people like me, of people from the former communist , itral and eastern europe believe in the law of comparative advantages and i'm always trying to maximize my comparative advantages. i have a, i am afraid comparative disadvantage here. i am not and i don't pretend to be an expert, a lifelong expert of ronald reagan or on pope john paul ii. nevertheless, they are part of my life and my personal experience. let me see a -- let me see a few words. let me start with two factual remarks. first, i am not convinced that we should speak so sure on lake to speak been done about partnership between ronald reagan and john paul ii. as i see it, it was at the very most and implicit partnership only. they defended freedom and traditional western conservative attitudes. there is no doubt that the effect was considerable. communist central europe felt it. most of them were a great inspiration for us. our communist leaders on the contrary, regard

1978, 88 and how john paul ii and reagan impacted eastern central europe. you got an inside look on how the reagan white house integrated the message of the vatican in his tragedy to meet the soviet threat. throughout it all, i see over and over certain things. the tacit alliance of reagan and the course ofed history. the key to that dramatic change was a belief that communism was a contradiction to end a violation of the human spirit. this message was heard loud and clear in huge crowds that attended people masses in poland. it was heard by dissidents lingering and suffering in soviet presence. -- prisons. it was heard by millions of americans who after decades of confusion welcomed the clarity of ronald reagan standing up for freedom. alliance of tacit reagan and john paul ii so successful? they were playing for high-stakes. the universallear aspirations of all humanity were at stake. the cold war was not just about the number of arms the nations had but about the universal cause of freedom. it was the marriage of this universalism to the actual national strategy of the most power

talking about the remarkable events of how john paul ii and reagan impact the east and central europe. an inside look at how the reagan white house integrated the vatican in its strategy to beat the soviet threat and challenge. throughout it all, we see over and over again certain things. that the alliance of reagan and the pope grammatically changed the course of history. that the key to that dramatic change was a common belief that communism was a violation of the human spirit. the message was heard loud and clear in a huge crowds that attended. it was heard by dissidents lingering and suffering in soviet prisons. it was heard by millions of americans, who after decades of confusion, welcomed the clarity of ronald reagan standing up for freedom. why was this tacit alliance as i call it of reagan and pope john paul ii so successful? because they were playing for very high stakes. let me be clear that the universal aspirations of all humanity were at stake. the cold war was not just about the number of arms that nations had but about the universal calls of freedom. it was the marriage of

. europe.to change it would be a big mistake to destroy europe. parliament wants more power. [applause] are the only ones elected directly but -- by the citizens. increase the budget. resources on imigration. we want to cooperate and achieve good solutions. it's possible to achieve an agreement before the end of this year. to achieve good solutions on immigration. we need to invest more in africa. we need more money against againstchange, terrorism, a new modern cooperation between europe and africa. as we need a european foreign policy with a european defense. this is very important for the future of the european union. chancellor, thank you for being here. [applause] over 50 years ago, the german president at the time unificationropean as an exemplary experiment. this was 10 years before the direct elections to the european parliament. union was still in its infancy at the time. foundations had been laid. there were hundreds of walls and dictatorships. time, they had a stable, peaceful future ahead of them -- ahead of them. i am here to talk about the servitude in front of the greate

who's an analyst at europe control risks. good to see you. let's begin with the front page of the times. it has a moment where the queen is praying, she has highs closed, it is the centenary she has highs closed, it is the ce nte nary of she has highs closed, it is the centenary of the armistice. 70 events have ta ken centenary of the armistice. 70 events have taken place with the yesterday but in the days prior to that. this has been moving, hasn't it's as always in the uk, that senator yesterday morning, the queen headed over the replaying duties to prince charles last year.” headed over the replaying duties to prince charles last year. i think is to her will stop this article talks at length about her involvement, of course, and the various other events are taking place, the symbolism of this year, being 100 years since armistice, marking the end of the first world war. 50 many armistice, marking the end of the first world war. so many ceremonies taking place all across europe. if we move on to the atlantic, it talks about the events taking place in paris, where can you know,

hosted a discussion on the state of democracy in the formerly communistcountries of europe , political scientists discussed the rise of populism in hungary and poland and the motives behind russian interference and other countries elections. >>. >>. >> good afternoon everyone. i'm mark plattner, founding coeditor of the journal of democracy and cochair of the research council of the national endowment or democracy and international forum for democratic studies. i was very pleased to welcome all of you to this afternoon's discussion, both our audience was here at the offices of the national endowment or democracy and those of you who are viewing us on c-span. the international forum for democratic studies in addition to publishing the journal of democracy and hosting the reagan fellowship program conducted research and organize conferences of meetings on a wide variety of subjects related to democracy . his recent focus has been on the impact of authoritarian influence within democracies on transnational cleft doctor sees on protecting the democratic information states. if y

the way, for europe, we need to change euro europe, to be a big mistake, we want to be european also in the next year. european parliament, want more power. we are the only one. [applause] we are the only one, by the citizens. we want to decide before the european election. we want to increase the budget from 1.121.3. we want all resources and immigration, the other important issue. we want to incorporate with, want to achieve good solution on that. it's possible to achieve an agreement before the end of this year. also, if you want to achieve good solution, on immigration, we need to invest more in africa. we need to plan for africa. we know need more money and after. a change. [applause] in the new position, more than a corporation between europe and africa. but this is also, european foreign policy. the european defense. this is a very important, for the future european union. thank you for being here. you have the floor. [applause] >> president of the european parliament, antonio. president of european commissi commission,". ladies and gentlemen, members of the european parliamen

u.k. government has allegedly been working with opinion makers all across europe to promote anti russian narratives an effective network is best achieved by forming in each european country a cluster of well informed people from the political military academic journalistic and think tanks fears who can analyze examples of this information in their country and inform decision makers and other interested parties about what is happening clusters the key instrument of integrity initiative and a fairly powerful one as proven by the spanish cluster which has shown how the program gets things done back in twenty seventeen in the u.k. seemed surprisingly concerned with events playing out in spain's catalonia and london's keenness to see russia's hand in that bid for independence from spain so step one get public opinion on your side it's simple really you can write up a study yourself this curse to produce a major study on russian influence in the catalan referendum process which was circulated privately to key influences in spain including the prime minister's office and throughout euro

high hopes that russia would become part of a larger euro atlantic european community europe whole and free from vancouver to vladivostok yet twenty five years later after the war in ukraine started we're again divided in europe and the relationship is very hostile suspicious. neither side no one wanted this and the book is an attempt to answer how this happened now correct me if i'm wrong but the main argument of this book is that what happened in ukraine in two thousand and fourteen and what transpired since was essentially the result of russia not having a meaningful place within the european security institutions i wonder if it's a bit larger not just russia's place within the security institutions but generally russia's place in the world and the disagreements that both sides have with regards to that question of what place should russia take in the world when i think i focused on europe and there may be issues and complaints having to do with other regions the world but europe i think has been and the near abroad vision is a little bit or has been most important to russia since o

would be happy if europe did more heavy lifting the u.s. is involved in three theaters right now and if your did more heavy lifting in its own region i think that would be very much appreciated and i want to bring bring up something to theresa made a good point that she said that there maybe it is a fair critique that europe could do more of the heavy lifting and some would say that that's what donald trump has been trying to get to it's just maybe not perhaps the most diplomatic way that he says things and let's just be honest he's actually insulted a lot of allies bit and said things that just weren't actually true about you know they owed the u.s. money etc etc having said that do you think he has a fair critique. of course i mean he doesn't have a point the europeans are not doing their share to collective security within nato and. european allies everybody agreed to a two percent spending goal in terms of g.d.p. and many countries including germany are not moving closer toward that goal at least not fast enough and saw too many americans including donald trump for european allies c

populism in europe and western liberalism in the national endowment for democracy. this runs an hour and a half. good afternoon. i'm mark, the co-editor of the journal of democracy and cochair of the research kennel the best counsel for the international forum for democratic studies. i'm pleased to welcome all of you to this discussion. both the audience here at the offices of the national endowment in washington and those viewing us on c-span. the international forum for democratic studies, in addition to publishing the journal of democracy and hosting the reagan fellowship program, conducted research and organizes conferences and meetings on a wide variety of subjects related to democracy. its recent focus has been on the impact of authoritarian influence within democracies on transnational -- on protecting democratic information space. if you're interested in learning more about the work of the international forum, i invite you to visit our website. you can also find our blog, power 3.0. unfortunately, most regions of the world today are living through what my coeditor larry diamo

and publishers from europe and china meeting homburg to explore free trade possibilities only meet the man who advises such as president xi jinping as coming up with a home free and business. at the top of the hour but in the meantime of course there's always the web site b w dot com how to protect. the. earth. home is of species. a home worth saving. given those are big changes and most start with small steps little ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. to use the country when it comes to purchasing insurance and resource to try. to create interactive content teaching the next generation about what mental touch i should. use and all channels available to inspire people to take action and we're determined to build something new for the next generation coming along the ideas the environment series of global three thousand on t.w. and online. trying to reach europe at the hamburg summit he eighteen a gemini china says it's increasingly open to european investors they say that having a harder time doing business that we talked about and chines

remains fine and dry across many parts of central and eastern europe but out towards the west it is looking wet and windy as could be at case's as can be the case as we go on through the next couple days supply out spilling in from the atlantic strong winds as well as for them and sunday of course this weekend we are going to see that wet and windy weather moving right across the british isles it's a good pasta france into the low countries and gradually pushing over towards scandinavia and western parts of germany that's sunday itself. thirteen celsius in london fourteen degrees there for paris a wet one the winds not quite as strong but it will still be blustery the quite a rash of showers blasting away and you can see they stretch the way across into the near constant some heavy rain say into portugal more in parts of spain looking still rather disturbed but for central and eastern parts if you have ten we find a dry cold enough in moscow temperatures struggling to get anywhere near freezing in the heat of the day meanwhile across northern parts of africa it is generally dry stil

you first but i'd like to quote i guess the ice aspiring sun king of europe there are no other well known as the president of france mccrone he said this patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism national him is a betrayal of patriotism and i'd also like to throw in another quote that he said earlier this year when he was a candidate which absolutely stunned me still does quote as candidate there is no such thing as french culture what is this man talking about john. well whenever i hear mccoy moore is reminded of oscar wilde's remark about someone who said. deep down he's very superficial and that's true of my core every time we have mrs melton he seems to conquer new heights of mediocrity but i was also reminded of another french leader charles de gaulle who of course made a famous appeal to his country on the eighteenth of june one hundred forty is often forgotten that winston churchill made an appeal on that same day he'd given a speech in the house of commons and he went to the b.b.c. to broadcast the words of the speech and that speech was his finest hour speech and both

policies and to the end of nationalism in europe. recently announced that she would not seek election when term ends in 2021. >> president of the european parliament, president of european commission. latest and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen. as 50 year, the german president at the time, described european unification as an exempt exemplary experiment. this was ten years before the elections to the year the european parliament. about time, the european community was still in its, achievements such as title market, revisionary projects. the foundations have been laid and hundreds of years of wars and citizens of europe were over for the first time, they had a stable peaceful future ahead of them. today, i'm here with joy, but also attitude in front of the greatest parliament of the world. we have 751 members from 28 countries that represent the half-million people, approximately 7% of the world population. in this house, we feel at the heart of democracy, beating, 10000 by 28 countries and this describes, examples about your. this is one of the greatest strengths of in europe. becaus

program europe mocks the bowmen one hundred years ago when the battlefields fell silent at the end of world war one ending the conflict that drew in around forty nations the leaders of france and germany came together in a highly symbolic ceremony honoring the seventeen million who died president emmanuel chrono france and german chancellor angela merkel laid a wreath and unveiled a clock in the forest at the armistice clearing in called binya the moment highlights the special alliance at the heart of your. the culmination of a decades long process of reconciliation this was the first visit to campian year by a german leader in decades and a manual micron greeted chancellor merkel with demonstrative warmth. reviewing the troops of the euro corps franco german brigade the two leaders cross the clearing that there is testimony to a defining moment in european diplomacy. it was here that germany capitulated to france and its allies on november eleventh one thousand nine hundred ending more than four years of carnage on the western front. mccrone americal unveiled a plaque in both lang

. machining's out role in the -- about america's impact he role and the of breks it -- brexit on europe and america. thank you, john. thank you for all of you coming joining us on us on webcast. i'm here to talk about the topic i and what it r also for today but followed world war i and that 20-year period and that led to of world order and world war ii and the role of american leadership. adam and bob have written really fascinating books on this topic. so we would like to look at take it sons but also to too, what it means for the america and american leadership. but i think it is appropriate to start with the history. maybe start could with you and just ask what do is of nk the main lesson the inner war period and what war i.d world what is the big take away from on scholarship and worth that and geo politics? >> thank you, tom. pleasure to be here and it is a pleasure to be here with adam. his new book is" crash ", which big sensation. you ongly recommend that read his book deluge. ask you how ed to you picked the dates you did. i think it is clear from the is a -- iway, which anywa

. europe, early trade for you coming up right now. europe also saw a decent bounce towards the end of october, the last two trading days. in general, ftse is flat that's because of the rally, the pound in an adverse relationship we'll come to that in the second block of the show. germany up 0.7%. we have a special guest this morning. jim mellon great to see you, particularly here in person >> nice to see you >> let's kick off with that wild pullback in october. what was the cause of it in your eyes, the size of it is it in the rearview mirror now? >> i don't think it's in the rearview mirror. we'll see further falls in the next month or so the causes are quantitative tightening in the u.s. you have the internet stocks, the f.a.n.g.s were overearned and still are. they were the principle cause why the nasdaq went up so much in the previous year you will see more bad news out of them. and i would be cautious generally on the u.s. market in particular >> let's talk about some of those f.a.n.g. names facebook in particular before i left the show, we would discuss your negative view on

monday we visit a shop with a less frenzied approach and trying to meet europe at the hamburg summit here in germany china says it's increasingly open to european investors but they say they are having a harder time to do business there and it stinks so badly it's bad in many public places but the jury and it's also known as the king of fruits that the chinese are developing it takes. i'm christopher caldwell welcome to the program u.s. president trump is quote not happy with the announcement car giant general motors made earlier on monday g.m. said it plans to layoff more than fourteen thousand factory and white collar workers in the united states and canada and put five plants up for possible closure g.m. said the move was in response to increased cost pressure and waning demands for traditional sedans now it wants to ramp up resources for electric and self driving vehicles the company also said tears on imported steel imposed earlier this year by the trump administration have cost it one billion dollars so far. for more let's bring in our wall street correspondent yes quarter here let

this is d.w. news live from berlin a day to remember the wars that europe pledged never to repeat the french president urges closer cooperation with berlin during ceremonies marking germany's day of remembrance monolog pronghorns a future dangers that europe must face together also coming up ahead of a european leaders meeting to discuss bragg's it when you visit one english town where the leaf vote was among the strongest and where some people are now switching sides. tangent tennis germany's alexanders farah upset world number one nobody just published to win the prestigious a.t.p. finals in london. by marrying the evanston it's good to have you with us we begin with a call for unity from french president i'm on a mock wrong address in german lawmakers here in berlin and his speech was part of germany's annual remembrance day which honors victims of war and oppression from across was a chance to rally germany to his vision of a new era in europe. on a day of remembering war and division a strong show of unity. speaking to the german bundestag the french president said france and

germany. we who had brought her reflects suffering to europe and the world and the second world war was from eastern europe as well. paid isn't gentleman it was polish. who once again an inconceivably grand gesture wrote to the german fellow believers in one nine hundred sixty five saying we forgive you. and we ask for forgiveness does. the fact that will and france and germany join together in the european union with twenty five other partners is an incredible. stroke of fortune for all of us but also all of the partnership the friendship that we have built on together in this community all will survive organizational changes we trust in us. and we are grateful to all of our partners. but shimon and his countrymen more name i think it was one of the architects of the european community. that they precondition for reconciliation lies in a willingness to reach out one's hands to the other. but also knew that this reconciliation can only truly survive if these hands are then used to build something common together. and shaping the future with one another and standing up for one anothe

audience. i am pleased to be here because -- importantpic of , both for europe and america. ii did change the world and significantly influenced europe and as a result of it, the life of people former from the communist central and eastern economics -- an economist to always tries -- and trying to maximize my comparative advantages. this time i am afraid to i am at a comparative disadvantage. i do not pretend to be an expert on octagon or john paul ii. , of myre part of my life personal experience. words in thisew spirit. let me start with the scope actual remarks. -- start with two actual remarks. dayas been done during the to speak in both partnerships between ronald reagan and john paul ii. mostsee it, it was at the and implicit partnership only. y defendedparallel freedom and traditional western conservative values and attitudes. there is no doubt the synergic effect of their parallel activities was -- we felt very strongly. greatf them were inspiration for us. our communist leaders on the contrary, regarded them as a threat. first comment. second, the title of the conference mentions

oh she ses the politicians alarming narrative also with us is matthew khalid shaikh chief europe correspondent with blue. we won't use that unfortunately populists of points in the debate to such an extent of the facts of. the matter and of all welcome to to do it your. mommy who is a presenter and correspondent with g.w. based here in berlin. migration is as natural as the flow of rivers we can shovel it slow it down. but it will always be on the move the pact is an acknowledgement of the inevitable. because if you have a might the parents everybody's talking about it is jus to be endorsed in america morocco in just about two weeks try and u.n. secretary general antonio good tara shows described as a truly historic agreement what makes it so important what makes it so important is that for the first time everyone agreed back in two thousand and sixteen that it was a topic that needed to be this cost right of course because of recent situations happening with this so-called crisis of two thousand and fifteen that he europe so so we have to look at it historical because of that an

rest of europe. i'm not too sure that it makes that much of a difference i think after this election the next election with the presidential election so if it's beat it will be personally the game of mr trump and he will use all his powers to play that game and that is not to based on congress but more on his presidential capacities as and trade in foreign policy so i think it wouldn't change that much. but it would be a big symbol internationally if the image the american electorate would say this has gone too far we want a different type of politics if that's happened that would be good for everybody also for germany of course so would you be able to tell us what you're hoping to see if an outcome in this midterm election no hope is hope you had for the best of all the spirit the number as and obviously nobody trusts the numbers at this point but the numbers are pretty clear the house will flip in the senate probably not. if that happens then we might celebrate for a day because we all like to see mr trump lose and the republicans at this point but i think the polarization will con

of this highly important both for europe and for america. ronald reagan and pope john paul ii, they did change the world and significantly influence europe. as a result of it, the lives of people like me, of people from the former communist central and eastern europe, i am always trying to maximize my advantages, but this time, i am afraid i have a comparative disadvantage here. i am not and i don't pretend to be an expert, a lifelong expert of ronald reagan or own john paul ii. nevertheless, they are part of my life and my personal experience. let me say a few words in this spirit. let me start with two factual remarks. first, i am not convinced that we should speak so strongly as it has been done during the whole day, to speak about partnership between ronald reagan and john paul ii. as i see it, it was at the very most an implicit partnership only. they defended freedom and traditional western conservative attitudes and values. there is no doubt that the sin are effect of their parallel exhibit was considerable. we in the communist central europe felt it very strongly. most of th

. clever projects from europe and. eco india on t.w. . six. the four years from nine hundred fourteen to nineteen eighteen in europe seemed on course to destroy itself. on august the fourth one thousand nine hundred fourteen germany invaded belgium. most of the world's major powers was soon drawn into the conflict. by the time the war ended almost forty nations in europe africa the middle east and east asia were involved. the so-called rich war was fought with unprecedented destructive power. of more than sixteen million people were killed. parts of belgium and northern france were devastated. the austrian writer. said the war had affected him deeply. all the pale horses of the apocalypse have stormed through my life including revolution starvation and epidemics. nationalism has poisoned our flourishing european culture . in france alone one point four million soldiers were killed. the allied powers including the british empire france the united states belgium italy and serbia had defeated the central powers the german empire. hungary and the ottoman empire. when the armistice was ann

this addition of nationalism. even in europe and if i may say so many new rock. all roses edition of the nationalism are very dangerous because too much in nationalism to drive will drive us to war. president trump arriving in paris on air force one he's one of about eighty leaders gathering here for the commemoration of one hundred years since the end of world war one that war was followed by increasing nationalism particularly in germany the league of nations forerunner to the united nations failed after the us didn't join it because of opposition from hardline republicans a wiser person to me once said history doesn't repeat itself but it right as james plays out zero paris. zener in moscow have some of the each other's ambassadors other claims a retired austrian general worked as a spy for russia for decades the seventy year old allegedly provided russian intelligence information about austria's military and political situation since nine hundred ninety russia's foreign minister says they know nothing about the issue. for a time for a quick check of the headlines here in al-jazee