saw not only france is in crisis what is no days vision. of europe. a place where people come together because they have something to say to each other not just because they want to trade things i cannot make arguments are not enough it's not enough to say that france alone wouldn't be able to negotiate free trade agreements that's a bad argument i think people need to have something to dream about. in our continuing series 100 must reads featuring famous german language books that are translated into english today's novel is called the wool by the austrian. school for there's a cataclysmic event at the beginning of the novel which means the main protagonist whose name we never found find out is alone in the world behind a kind of wall anyway here's david levitz to explain more. what if my arms were right and you could actually get trapped behind an invisible wall and what if you were trapped behind an invisible wall alone in the forest and you were possibly the only person left on the planet. austrian author molly and household for wrote about this m

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at given she's tomb in was france. it's on the and it's on say did this renascence period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when rene soames jenius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king as an awful city davinci spent the last three years of his life at the chateau say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has few equals. full is just over a month before the women's world cup kicks off in france and there is word that the best women's player in the world will not be competing that's right adda huggy bear the winner of last year's coveted by award was left off the norwegian team's roster that's wrong. place for a french club that has spoken out against her whole federation over frustrations with the state of the women's game in norway the national team coach says her bags absence is by her own decision. here's a reminder the top story that we're following for you but it's w

so not only france is in crisis what is no days vision of europe. it's a place where people come together because they have something to say to each other not just because they want to trade things i cannot make arguments or not enough it's not enough to say that france alone wouldn't be able to negotiate free trade agreements that's a bad argument i think people need to have something to dream about. dublin is building the future on the banks of the river liffey. for many years the docklands area was poor now it's a lively business hub where many i.t. giants have their european headquarters multinationals were drawn by low corporate tax rates and flexible labor laws now they declare their worldwide revenues here and save billions but they've also brought money to the country and jobs as a result however housing and general living costs have exploded. members of the folk band come up very unhappy about the general economic situation they scrape by somehow the group house is in a ratty pizza kitchen in a working class district of the city this is whe

some partial results in from the from 2 countries germany and france of the stations like the greens are having a good night the national rather in france where they take 23.2 percent but as far as exit polls are concerned looks like being a good night for a marina in the pens. and as. far right populist parties across europe are expected . best strongest showing that ever in an election to the european parliament it is a political phenomenon that is being felt in nearly everywhere across the bloc in pinion polls ahead of the election. for this party's in 4 countries the u.k. poland hungary and its early were expected to take more than 30 percent of the votes in those countries plus several of those parties that are trying to forge a united front in europe. the cd come not to break you up but to remake it divided by language. meaning so late. night by popular is a pretty good shit once it ever exit memory is good it starts it can be right and a common enemy is an example junk of. their europe's far right leaders and together they are appending decades of e.u. rules and norms laying s

is something in france which is very damaged. this imbalance is also reflected within europe itself. this is the subject of fall creates this play i am europe which started last nor did a staged at the beginning of the year. not be in. the year that. we are now. so not only france is in crisis what is no day's vision of europe. it's a place where people come together because they have something to say to each other not just because they want to trade things i cannot make arguments are not enough it's not enough to say that france alone wouldn't be able to negotiate free trade agreements that's a bad argument i think people need to have something to dream about. dublin is building the future on the banks of the river liffey. for many years the docklands area was poor now it's a lively business hub where many i.t. giants have their european headquarters multinationals were drawn by low corporate tax rates and flexible labor laws now they declare their worldwide revenues here and save billions but they've also brought money to the c

repercussions on domestic politics in france and germany. we have hope that they stay there for evidence of confidence for the same as turned in what are you to say. i believe the time they will have to actually work. together because for now and we see them across was really outspoken about his vision for euro hasn't been a response all when there has been a response a quiet negative response from the side of germany that was linked to the past election i believe now there is space for germany and france to come together for real this time and actually with this with having in mind also seeing the real trend off the right wing populist to really come up with a new vision so i believe it's going to be fun to be frowsy really only did the difficulty in germany is always an election somewhere as a federal state there's federal elections state elections and we've got this sort of tandem in germany we've got to stay on as chancellor but the party her part is now led by ana got to come qanbar and she had a real setback yesterday that was her 1st

take to the streets of france to demonstrate. a court proceeding in this southern polish city has thrown unexpected light on russia's suppose that methods of peddling its influence to europe's right wing base the defendant is michelle p. a right wing radical on trial for terrorism since early 2019. he's accused of having organized an arson attack in neighboring ukraine. specifically in who's who wrote western ukraine home of many ukrainian citizens from the hungary an ethnic minority on the night of february 4th 2018 a surveillance camera recorded 2 men trying to throw molotov cocktails at a building used by a hug area an association. they caused only minor damage. the defense attorney explains his client's motives. of the controlled operation was planned to inflame ethnic tensions in the western ukraine in province of. you. talking turkey it was calculated to trigger hostility between the hungary and minority on one side and the ethnic ukrainians in the other part of the region pincher to go and that's up as a couple. it coincid

populists also had a good night winning the votes and france the u.k. italy and poland now farai to nationalist parties had been predicted to surge to success all across europe but things didn't quite work out that way. france's marine le pen was one of the far right leaders celebrating last night victory over the party president emmanuel mccall was razor thin but hugely symbolic she say's it means things will have to change in france in future. she was a soft cheerless she believes he can get out of the situation where she finds himself tonight the failure to defeat the team is experienced with a reach and which she will play recklessly with the saying it will not work that is not what the french people expect. in britain and to european leader nigel farrar she also said the success of his party showed not just that britons want to leave the e.u. but that they also want politics to change fundamentally. but the most significant victory of the night went to materials salvini is far right party in italy. there when went beyond all expectations salvini sa

in france marine le pen again beat the french president's past. hungary's viktor orban spelled it out the migration issue by itself and the reaction of the people only we all reorganized the 40 specter with the traditional party families will not play the same role in the future as they have done in the recent years i also own traditional jubilant greens resurgence in germany such become a big hitter in the european parliament. and our family as. we achieved this because many many people took to the streets for climate protection because many many young people were ready to fight for climate protection in schools universities in sports halls. yellow vests protesters in brussels on sunday they say the e.u. is undemocratic everyone wants to change cheer up. the fight over which way will be played out in parliament and on the streets. for some analysis of this i'm joined by all of her political scientist and senior advisor. with the resinous and global in britain berlin an absolute shocker for sticking with us all night here thank you so much so euro

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at given she's tomb in was france it's on the one is so say this renee songs period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when rene soames jenius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king as an awful sea davinci spent the last three years of his life at the chateau do close to say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has few equals. south africa's olympic running champion cost as the menu is being urged by supporters not to quit her sport this after some in you posted a cryptic tweet hinting she might do just that quit or wednesday she lost her appeal of an international track and field rule that will force certain women starting on may eighth to lower their to start with drugs. cast to cement his recent treat as have many wondering about have future she posted this a day after she lost her appeal at the court of arbitration for sport knowing when to walk away is wisdom being ab

difficult to see what is actually going on and that will remain so for quite some time now speaking of france we got the results and most successful party it seems for the european elections will be a marine le pen's us some room on us and now you your job is also to find a positive message about these alerts what is your positive message in the face of numbers like that. i finally can't quite impressive becoming here with 22 members so my calls party yes as a 1st they will be joining or we will create a new group with them and the other family that i find to be very promising and when you look at the turnout i think that's probably the best message this early in the evening that we seem to be about 50 percent that's amazingly good news because that's a backing for our european democracy which would be up from about about 7 percent up from 43 percent and why do you think is that is that necessarily good news or might it not be turnout for the right wing populist what i think is because sense an effort has been done a big effort has been done to get the vote counts saying not saying to people

in france marine le pen again beat the french president's party. hungary's viktor orban spelled it out the migration issue by itself and the reaction of the people only real or reorganize the 4 to the spectrum with the traditional party families will not play the same role in the future as they have done in recent years i also own traditional jubilant greens resurgence in germany. become a big hitter in the european parliament. and our family ah. we achieved this because 90 many people took to the streets for climate protection because many many young people were ready to fight for climate protection in schools universities in sports halls. please they are here these results are the votes of those people who are active on the net and those who are active in companies and small communities also in chambers of trade who said go and vote this is our election that is change europe together and that. yellow vests protestors in brussels on sunday they say the e.u. is undemocratic. everyone wants to change europe. the fight over which way will be played o

and in poland now that is big news for france especially one of the e.u. member states and has once again proved to be a thorn in the side of the country's main street parties her national rally achieved just over 23 percent of the vote that is ahead of president in mind on my call centrist party that won just under 22 percent of the pen said the expected result quote confirms the new nationalist globalist division in france and beyond her party is now calling for the formation of a powerful populist group in the european parliament pena dress supporters a short while ago let's listen to what she said. if you wanted me to argue this is a victory for the people we have taken back power tonight with pride and dignity we will surely joyfully welcome this result tonight because never before has the national rally so deserved its name good because there is a vote from the head of the heart rest assured that vote for a national rally was above all a vote for from the people. let's bring in our correspondent lisa lewis she has been a with president calls a march

in france naveen lapan again beat the french president's party. hungary's viktor orban spelled it out for the icing good the migration issue by itself and the reaction of the people only real reorganize the political spectrum with the european union called the traditional party families we're not playing the same role in the future as they have done in the recent he is socialists and democrats party list can visit france timmerman called for humility as his party lost 35 seats and stressed the need for cooperation among the so-called progressive i will repeat my proposition to work with other progressive parties in this politics to try and build a program that addresses the aspirations to dreams and also sometimes the fear is of our fellow europeans those progressive parties include the jubilant greens resurgent in germany and set to become a big hitter in the european parliament women and the liberal group also made significant gains their candidate might be to have a style year now has designs on becoming european commission president comes from

france great britain apologies to just top priority you won the elections of course you'd germany is obviously different but you know i come from six only and we also don't number one party there so in my mind it is the number one priority. and we try to convince people to focus on that priority and not to focus on. other priorities let's say climate change because we don't think that that is as urgent mycenaean come from the h.d. thank you very much for talking to us sumi back to you all right thank you very much max. now polls close are earlier in france one of the key member states and marie le pen has once again proved to be a thorn in the side of the country's main stream party's national rally achieve just over twenty three percent of the vote that's ahead of president manuel mcconnell centrist party that won just under twenty two percent that then said the expected result quote confirms the new nationalist globalist division in france and beyond her party is now calling for the formation of a powerful populist group in the european parliament now the penetrance her supporters

in france and also the german a 50 but 2 big hitters of right wing populism. and they're already in government so for example hungry see this with viktor orbán they're not part of that yet at least they're part of the conservatives of the european peoples party and also in poland the peace party that's also governed is not part of this right wing coalition if they were part of this coalition it would be significantly more powerful not powerful enough to take over the european parliament or to obstruct business there but the effect of course is that it makes all the other pretty parties have to work together which we've seen before in grand coalition big coalitions where the 2 biggest parties at the work together prime example germany and this usually at least that's what many say hurts democracy because people feel they don't have an alternative anymore between the left and the right and you won't have that in the european parliament that much anymore the alternatives now are between european or anti e.u. and pro european meaning pro e.u. as we know it yes so

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at given she's tomb was france it's only on its own say this renee stone's period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when you're in a sense genius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king and see given she spent the last three years of his life at the chateau do close say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has few equals. tolerance can watch you alone cohen has murdered woman's body guards just days before his coronation the king is a three time to go see he's forty to hold a fourth wife and a surprise this time and that was shown on hold tight each other you create a screen. this was some weights we're now a relationship that love was a rumor few years now it's official the king annoying seeing his queen with sacred water this elaborate ceremony was broadcast to the entire country and it was watched by leaders of the country's ruling military and other royal family mem

we could say this how it turned out in france didn't have. to do with with europe that it was very domestically if what you say derogated the election was described by one commentator is a battle for the soul of europe as it was who won the battle i think common sense won the battle finally we've voters and said right we understand there's always been this discrepancy between domestic politics and european politics and while there were some countries france austria where domestic politics is really raging at the moment and that was uppermost in people's mind many other countries people are saying i always say we finally understand that european politics affects domestic politics and domestic politics affects your. in politics so they i think they're finally understood that they finally understood there are problems too big for nation states to tackle alone like climate change think the penny dropped because that argument has been argued for so you know the law and wishful thinking if you want because they're all every country is different obv

france and germany join forces to make their mark on the battery cell market for electric vehicles production is currently concentrated the hands of just a few mainly asian companies. plus first she was his bodyguard now she says queen talons came marries the deputy head of his personal security forces just days before his official coronation. i'm sumi so must come to thank you for joining us. the destructive force of cycle in canada starting to become clear a week after a tour through mozambique the government has confirmed that the death toll has reached forty one but that number is expected to rise a many parts of mozambique are inaccessible with remote areas and small islands still waiting for aid supplies our correspondent our travel to ebola an island in the north of the country that has been especially hard hit. we are onboard an eight flight headed towards the vacation island of now for the first time we get an aerial view of the massive destruction up till now flights have hardly been possible due to the strong rain. i've never seen anything like this there's an entire village just c

is something in france which is very damaging. this imbalance is also reflected within europe itself. this is the subject of fark race display i am europe which studies last nor did a staged at the beginning of the year. let me tell you that. we. saw not only france is in crisis what is no days vision of europe. it's a place where people come together because they have something to say to each other not just because they want to trade things by economic arguments are not enough it's not enough to say that france alone wouldn't be able to negotiate free trade agreements that's a bad argument i think people need to have something to dream about. dublin is building the future on the banks of the river liffey. for many years the docklands area was poor now it's a lie. business hub where many i.t. giants have their european headquarters multinationals were drawn by low corporate tax rates and flexible labor laws now they declare their worldwide revenues here and save billions but they've also brought money to the country and jobs as a

it was in that spirit that the presidents of italy and france gathered at divin cheese tomb in was france. if you don't know and it's all say this renee sounds period was an extremely important time in the friendship between italy and france when rene soames genius came to france to spend the rest of his life at the invitation of a young french king don't often see given she spent the last three years of his life at the chateau do close to say and died here in fifteen nineteen at the age of sixty seven but his legacy in contemporary europe has you equals. the not commemoration comes amid the largest spike in the country's mostly violence for decades experts say part of the reason is that members of the holocaust and are facing so a new project has come up with an innovative way to keep those memories alive and call number and tell us welcome come i mean how do you keep passing these memories on from generation to generation and it's not easy to keep those alive and so the idea here is to use something like instagram to tell the stories of the holocaust to a younger generation and you can

in france marine le pen again beat the french president's party. hungary's viktor orban spelled it out the migration issue by itself and the reaction of the people only real reorganize the 4 to the spectrum with the traditional party families we're not playing the same role in the future as they have done in recent years i also and traditional jubilant greens resurgence in germany. become a big hitter in the european parliament. and our family as. we achieved this because 90 many people took to the streets for climate protection because many many young people were ready to fight for climate protection in schools universities in sports halls. these are here these results are the votes of those people who are active on the net and those who are active in companies and small communities also in chambers of trade who said go and vote this is our election that is change europe together and not. yellow vests protestors in brussels on sunday they say the e.u. is undemocratic. everyone wants to change here at. the fight over which way will be played out in

countries was realistic poland and france leading that statistic. and the sentiment was much higher among people planning to vote for far right parties like someone else in ireland france or the of one of the of the dutch law here in this country and surprisingly a lot of young people also feared for the european peace in france and netherlands 4 out of 10 young people's were afraid that conflict conflict could break out and now people also were also given a bunch of words to choose from to express how they felt about life now many europeans that they felt optimistic but in france for example most people said they were afraid in hungary and greece the most. commonly chosen word was stressed so some quite depressing results no to say that nobody asked nobody asked us in britain a bit shocked what is behind all this pessimism well there's a paradox when it comes to. people's feelings towards european union their statistics show that the e.u. has not been this popular since 1903 now much of that should be a reaction to the uncertainty around rex it for

she too wants to see a european revolution an awakening of the people who are in the path france's right wing figurehead. good such we don't want to see european union any larger issue that has brought the ill winds of globalization upon europe. they want to form a european alliance of people and nations ideally with poland hungary and the u.k. but within the european parliament the nationalist leaders are anything but unified how strong is europe's right wing. county which is making the case against the far right. of some video would make it to a battle as he sees it between the elites the european brussels elites of the one hand and the ordinary working people of europe on the other he would say that many of those ordinary working people are being left behind that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer you have any sympathy for that case because that's where a lot of the i guess the fear the aggression the hate is coming from absolutely as a social democrat i absolutely can can relate to the s.n.c. off the poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting rich which

nodule for raja's 1st italy france england it's the sign of a europe that is changing. but despite his success it's unlikely that slovenia will be able to fulfill his dream of working with other nationalists to turn the e.u. on its head from within the populace in other countries did not do as well meaning the far right will still be in a minority in the european parliament. and they're also divided among themselves hungary's anti immigrant leader viktor orban netted more than 50 percent of the vote but disagrees with other populists on a range of issues even so analysts say would be no longer possible or why the europe to go back to business as usual. given the gains made by such parties. the changing dynamics of politics in the media have been brought into sharp focus race and they asked some world leaders can test the legitimacy of journalists on their work this is one of the subjects being debated at the annual global media for hosted by that which started today in bonn in western germany one of the forums standout voices with japanese president german president fra

and nigel farage is padi is the top party in britain so it's only france and england it is a sign of a europe which is changing. a federation. we see there salvini positioning himself clearly he we know he wants to be the head of this new nationalist walk he wants to form for europe is italy going to be the springboard now for the creation of that national's front. well brian much has held venia has definitely become a point of reference for other nationalists across the e.u. and this when there is a boost for nationalism at the european level it's also a boost to he's a plan of creating a pun european alliance of like minded parties but there are still some questions that are being raised about this alliance the 1st question is a 1st for how are these the parties that are on board to going to work together when they are a nationalist party is by definition they stand for their national interests and some of these interests are in conflict or they have also different affiliations for example towards a russia so how are they going to work together how are they going to show a united f

in france shot in france the french 1st in italy the italians. are they united only because they see a common enemy. to . get over lets a colleague's show him around more than bake a migrant district in brussels he thinks it's the perfect place for his message he announced during the election campaign that he would actually move here the f.t. candidate love stunts like this is happening is that i wanted to move to more than beg so when i come home each day i can see why i'm fighting. i guess not all the streets among them back look like this. there must be a few corners where you can still live in safety of the trolley but. its style is 1st time in modern bake and he's not even trying to talk to the people there but he's quickly reached a verdict anyway. so many muslims in one place makes him a quick easy. but of course he says he has no beef with other cultures but while islam somehow is through a tough situation i feel the freedom we have enjoyed for decades is under threat that i feel threatened by too many immigrants who come from a completel

the man was seized in neighboring brittany on may the 1st was touring an area france's long gun laws travels to avoid amid fears the hostages would be 100 over to china had to say mali french president manuel micro gave the green light to special forces to raid that captain's camp. that raid left 4 kidnapped instead as well as 2 french commandos centric to hear from. the team also stumbled across the south korean and another american hostage managing to free them both. jihadist groups of long been active across picking a fuss over in mali and the violence seems to be spreading france has some for no hostile reason troops in the region to combat the threats and most locals bug presence. governments in europe are coming under fire from aid groups off to one of this year's deadliest shipwrecks in the mediterranean involving migrants at least $65.00 migrants drowned off the boat capsized off the coast of sin is e on friday this nation navy was able to rescue 16 people survive the said most of those on board the boat from bangladesh they had deposited from libya on thursday. and head of t

in france marine le pen again beat the french president's party. hungary's viktor orban spelled it out the migration issue by itself and the reaction of the people warmly we all reorganized the political spectrum with the european rules for the traditional party families will not play the same role in the future as they have done in the recent years i also and traditional jubilant greens resurgence in germany. become a big hitter in the european parliament. and our family yes. we achieved this because many many people took to the streets for climate protection because many many young people were ready to fight for climate protection in schools universities and sports halls. these they argue these results of the votes of those people who are active on the net and those who are active in companies and small communities also in chambers of trade who said go and vote this is our election that is change europe together and not. yellow vests protest is in brussels on sunday they say the e.u. is undemocratic. everyone wants to change. the fight over which

does this just makes me think of the situation in france where we have to divest movements which was quite for present and save our people having a feeling they were and haired and that is a major impediment for india coming elections for him and because he's the pro european candidate which has the more chances whose party has the more chances to gather the most votes but he's not liked by a lot of french people and who is the party who shows an understanding to the problems of the citizens according to their propaganda it is a has landed on us and that of my in a band which has in that nest in that nationalistic agenda which is complete a paradox they run for office in the european union which is a transnational which transcends. those national isn't yet they want to be elected the european parliament in order to develop their nationalist agenda ok before we move on let's just listen to him extract a short extract from the video we've been referring to where the from a wrote freedom party leader talks about helping the russian oligarch to take over the cruel mood sites and that is

nodule for august 1st so italy france england it's the sign of a europe that is changing. but despite his success it's unlikely that salvini will be able to fulfill his dream of working with other nationalists to turn the e.u. on its head from within the populace in other countries did not do as well meaning the far right will still be in a minority in the european parliament. and they're also divided among themselves hungary's anti immigrant leader viktor orban netted more than 50 percent of the vote but disagrees with other populists on a range of issues even so analysts say would be no longer possible or why the europe to go back to business as usual given the gains made by such parties. austrian chancellor sebastian courts and his government have been ousted after opposition parties joined forces in a vote of no confidence the motion was backed by lawmakers from the far right freedom party in coalition with courts until last week it was a spectacular reverse for a leader who only last night was celebrating victory for his party in the european elections. i said sebasti

to watch donations illegal donations for the party we've seen it in france where european money was. derived into the party directly so all these cases i would say it's the nature of these right wing populist parties all these cases out there and still people. are reluctant to see the reality behind us behind us parties and even more all. the discussions they lead if i look at the german bundestag for example that threatening discussions for minorities in germany it doesn't only stay in the bundestag but it leads to a consequence actions on the streets if. germany. uses the word. he job girl. never really deliver to the. wait this leads to actions on the streets in the women with heat up and then. they'd be spat out on the on the street people to tear that they had their head a pregnant woman has been punched in the stomach so if we see that the that the sentiment of the this parties is something which we already see on the streets and which is a dangerous thing for people of minorities ok let's find out a little bit about what the far right your of europe's far right euro skeptic le