with the approval of the basic law constitution the federal republic of germany all of west germany was established in 1949. looking back on 70 years of german history and here we see kind of adenauer signing the basic law. when the last of germany was still in ruins but i know i wanted to emphasize the importance of this historic moment. so he used the very grand gilded silverware from cologne town hall in. the start of. the establishment of west and east germany in 1949 sealed the division of the country. became the provisional capital of west germany and the seat of its parliament. its 1st freely elected members sat on these chairs. and you all know this tells us something about the 1st west german parliament. we got some of the original seats and created this display also the podium and lectern from which are no and others address the assembly element. we have some speeches about nuclear weapons which was a major issue back then and. i look at some and also lighthearted and even rowdy ones which show how parliamentarians sometimes let rip. important moments for. east german history

post-war germany west germany and complete sham any we had 2 camps center right sent to left and 2 big parties one to the right the christian democrats and one minute the ball to the left the social democrat. and the idea was that these 2 parties always could get a majority and that they had different concepts and if one government was not delivering anymore the other could take over and having these 3 grand coalitions with until america already. this whole idea is. just not working anymore because i'm going to michael has turned to the left she's a social democrats some people in her party say and this is not a positive thing in her party and on the other hand we had before. who also turn to the right and was doing something his own electorate wasn't really saying was a good thing so these are all whole idea is not working anymore and we don't have any. probably any new parties that give us an idea how it could work so the traditional german policies being swept aside to a certain extent from that's a by by tectonic changes there and among those there's a lot of talk about another tec

the cheating results germany's major political parties can dream. east of the country the right wing populist alternative for germany is growing stronger in many places they could be coming state elections. most of germany's big cities. protection is a major priority they want. to tackle global. in the affected areas a big mistake. to them environmental protection is a luxury only rich city can afford. can bring the country together. professor who can bring the country together. i don't think the greens are particularly failing they are attracting this. very hot and the green question the question is also a social question because when we look at. suffering from. change for example yes of course there are those coal miners but 1st of all we can find solutions with . different of the poorest people we have. with climate change. we do we do have to find like other solutions on how to move how to be more inclusive about how to use energy differently so that we can just keep on living. more sustainable and i think that we can tackle these questions anot

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talks us through a raft of english words that get lost in translation someone in germany to switch. but 1st we start on a far away stage busy in the world's 2nd largest film market the 22nd shanghai international film festival is currently on until june 24th that's one of the biggest film festivals in asia. and although its main priority is to promote the development of the chinese film industry it does have an international panorama section that gives foreign directors a valuable exposure. for instance germany's stefan sic whose documentary the inner light is on the official program a gentle exploration of life for people with dementia 6 film which premiered here at the belly nala in february offers a poetic interpretation of a special state of being one that he hopes will reduce fears of dealing with a disease that affects nearly 10000000 people in your. 1st 1st film as a director stefan xix spent time observing the residents of an old age home in st garde patients with dementia go about their lives. who couldn't score with. the director says he wanted to capture the perspective o

any of them are all over the place in germany failed information point human results that. not everyone is happy about these linguistic invaders particularly if a perfectly good german already exists but surely even worse already more bizarre is the use of english words that even native english speakers would understand. here is an english word that the germans use wrongly. kick off with a classic example. in english handy means useful in german this is a handy i mean you do hold it in your hand but by that logic this would be a handy and this would be a handy. this is a great one they have a little bit morbid public viewing in jet lots of people gathering public to watch something want to be free to do this for. public viewing in english visiting a dead person who's been laid out in a. flexible working is all the rage right now and that means not necessarily being in the office all the time while in english you would say i'm working from home the preferred expression in germany is a home office all about it in home office and in the u.k. home office means something differe

welcome to you meet again in health check up will be running through some fun facts about health in germany they think the get started let's play a little game of have you ever the home remedy edition how many might speed big even launch mountain belts yeah yeah well kept them on time cloud done folks didn't have to. and rachel is right here with me welcome right cheryl i'm going to see you now how do you find your subjects i presume you have a vast crew of research and well actually it's quite personal for months so these really are the kind of things that i've just noticed over the last couple of years of living in germany the kind of things i would still to my friends about in the pub when you're sort of comparing your culture to other people's cultures ok that's correct but some people might see your videos and think oh you're just having a lawful at the expense of the germans but you know what we are having a laugh about tonight it's meant to be a good fun it's meant to be quite entertaining quite tongue in cheek i'd say but there's a lot more to it as well we're trying to be very info

germany's wealthiest people live why do they keep such a low profile me i was snooping around to catch a glimpse. of the it's hard. to describe the super rich starts to take. agriculture is in crisis not just in many parts of africa which are prone to drought and land speculation ravaged by climate change soil degradation pesticides and insect death a lot of farm land is no longer able to bring forth the bounty who once taken for granted the united states to europe from africa to asia and australia there is trouble on the farm and if we want to continue having our daily bread we have to act now welcome to mate and it's time to rethink the way we farm our land why because even in temperate climate zones like europe conditions are changing and they're changing fast in regions of germany for example the water table is falling and harvests are declining as a result adapting to the new conditions requires a willingness to explore new methods and take advantage of new opportunities when your crops no longer grow the way they used to it may be time to try something different. full it's early

for instance germany's stefan sic whose documentary the inner light is on the official program a gentle exploration of life for people with dementia 6 film which premiered here at the belly nala in february offers a poetic interpretation of a special state of being and it's one that he hopes will reduce fears of dealing with a disease that affects nearly 10000000 people in europe. 1st 1st film as a director stefan xix spent time observing the residents of an old age home in st garde patients with dementia go about their lives. who could no scar me. the director says he wanted to capture the perspective of the residents themselves. no interviews in the film and no commentary instead we get lingering shots often several minutes long we're asked to imagine the inner life of people whose minds are lost to us. from the childminding. it was extremely important to me how we look at things for me it was about experiencing things with the patients and not be told look here this is how you have to think about this and this is what you should feel free. we are told but maybe can imagine that meant

i've got to admit i don't quite understand i mean it's ok but kind of bland so come on germany what's all the fuss about your why it's a spiral this. schmuck i'm talking to some some are different. from uncle charles you see that's going to bring school. right up to me and you could look to see outside vendors who thought it was crazy times that's because they've been hiding it said we just don't think. very much p.p. my friend. i finished boggle grows underground all tucked away in a loosely patch mound as soon as the tip of the spear breaks through it's time to dig no more sunlight for you each single spear must be plucked out by hand and all the veggies grown in the land from lower saxony write downs of the various asparagus takes up the largest area. you will and early on while there is limited so the prices might give you a bit of a shock 20 yours per kilos not out of the question and all season long you'll pay for perfection these are the discipline to she does body i know i'm true for. life you know the cutest. are god's will so why would the sheep buy no i didn't go down try t

yes they have these revisions to the history of germany as a colonial power. so they all are very political but they do try unfortunately a sort of neo to following to some extent but they say to be very left wing and so . yeah they've rarely give interviews so we have to guess what they are really trying to express with the provocations but even though sometimes it looks the up a bit they seems to be left wing songs like all links would bite full proof that sort of left 234 letters what it really needs is that the hardest beating on the left side ok thank you very much as a way thank you. from brutish music to you brutish i just go from switzerland likes to smash car windows but he does it very carefully and with surprising results he's an artist who has to in effect destroy something and then rebuild it creating a work could be a smash calculating machine or his favorite robot serial. you might be tempted to brand the work of artist cmon bear as willful destruction. but what looks like vandalism up close makes a different impression when seen from a distance

any other occasion in germany joins as many wealthy business analysts. the acting adds a lot out steam to presenters dear jury members dear ladies and gentlemen welcome to manager magazine's hole effect. when we 1st founded the hall of fame in 1902 we wanted to take a stand for excellence and unconditional entrepreneurship and against faint hearted ness and averageness. if we begin our nominations today with a moment and his company united internet is valued at around 11000000000 and on our list of germany's richest people you ranks 25th with a personal wealth of 4500000000 euros for months once the midfield. electively the guests at this elegant evening are worth billions of euros. this is the face of wealth in germany main email and although we're close to the super rich here their world remains somehow also for each. hamburg home to manage a magazine's parent company the speaker group hardly any publication keeps close a tabs on germany's ultra rich every year the magazine's team gathers information on wealthy germans and using the forbes model makes

keil in northern germany is a city of boats and bikes. but even here the 2 bikes ridden by maximillian shy and youngish don't stand out from the rest. their frames are made of bamboo. we were just used to it's people always ask does it hold up that many people knock on it of their homes close right and then they'll knock on it to see if it really is bamboo or just painted metal those are the top 2 reactions when people see these bikes. the 2 men discovered bamboo in 2012 as students today launched their my boo company their idea to help produce sustainable bikes in ghana and sell them in europe. the finishing touches are made in germany they say bamboo is ideal for bicycles almost also bamboo is a long grained grass unlike other materials normally used for bicycles but the long grain allows for a tougher exterior but low weight and very high flexibility. the men from keel work with the local project in ghana helping to set up a bicycle frame factory. bamboo is a commonly used material in the region it's ready for harvest in just 3 years.

eco is in germany to learn german one. simple online on your mobile and free shops d w z e learning course nikos fake german made me see. i played violin since i was 5 and then switched to be a lot it's always been the amazing music that you get to play with so many amazing people and get to travel everywhere and so it's always been so attractive so i have had this passion for it so long and then at some point i guess i couldn't do anything else. this festival has so much kind of hype it's like a big festival it's a big thing so it's kind of it's really great press to get to come here and play and like several years in a row we get to come here and that's very exciting to come back and play for this audience because it's always a packed hall and it's so much like energy from the audience as well. but. yes . or. war. or. what. 2 2 2 2 this really amazing play with this many young musicians it gives me a certain fired brings me back to my roots to graze me back to towns where national for interval where i was scared where i

ecology students are coming to germany from india. the reason the universities are among the world's best when it comes to environmental science is the accompaniment . university students in meeting lives. next on d. w. . be in good shape in modern society the pressure to perform seems on the present but sometimes the journey ever ready. for tests is a catastrophe for men and it's wrong to only you can all read it you should talk about the increasingly common incidence of erectile dysfunction our focus in this week's. 30 minutes on. william had a big gun goes up as well lions high you know if i had known that the boat would be about small i never would have gone on the trail of you i would not have put myself and my parents on without danger to the bot it's a game of the going to give us leave with. that one little bit of that is the one i had serious problems on a personal level and i was unable to live there but what i'm going to. want to know their story the migrants terrified and reliable information for margaret's. in hong kong c

in football a teenage star is born in france as germany made a winning start at the women's world cup. and standing up for the little guy a major titian all german company putting on a brave face even as it risks being ruled by the competition. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program kazakstan is voting today to elect a new president it's the 1st time since independence that long time or thora tarion later nursultan nazarbayev will not be on the ballot the world's last soviet era leader ruled the central asian nation with an iron fist for nearly 3 decades but in march he unexpectedly stepped down was handing over the reins to his protege kassim john not to cry over is expected to win the election. day w correspondent emily showmance been speaking to opposition activists in the country she said has this report. poetry and music against political repression sloc a cause like poetry collective is rehearsing a new p.c. . it's a statement against political apathy though the young performers insist this is just art. you're. the. boss had told us of a is here to support the group the com

being with them then it is possible because you may not forget europe in germany they didn't reactivate the u.s. sanctions against iran so we could do gurk but it's really hurt her german and european companies to go on working this iran. thank you very much for being on the show you're welcome. dima has cut its profit forecast for 2019 it's the 3rd time this year that the german com makers have to do this the same spins parent claims higher than expected bill for software upgrades of diesels out of the continuing fallout of the emissions trading scandal the warning comes at a decisive moment the company's new boss order plan u.s. has been summoned to berlin along with other auto industry bosses to discuss the satans future. so it's down to one woman german chancellor angela merkel and a whole lot of men in suits to decide the road ahead for germany's most important industry 800000 people work in the casa if they hear that in mind the c.e.o.'s argue taxpayers should fund their shift to clean a tech. this is the 1st electric car made by mercedes the e.q. see will be available this fall i

that germany has a longer environmentalist green tradition and i wonder whether you believe that. that image of germany still stands up and still violent yes of course i it is climate change protection that has moved in the middle and into the mainstream within the last month and that i think that the green party success is in some kind you can't you can understand it as the movement off climate change protection and within the family's virgin. a broader society we have. professor malcolm. the question is i suppose the success of the greens that has now been on the very been on the rise as marx he was pointing out for quite some time is it here to stay because they've been they've been here before and faded back to becoming a 1015 percent party they had to stay this time as one of germany's leading forces . i'm a bit more cautious about these polls reading and press and polls of polls elections our elections and by the way european elections are different from national elections in national electorate people milne vote more for party where they're not only have trust and have symp

one germany played another months in $990.00 emotions boiled over. and just photography caught it all. up which i'll follow up on some time yet for the most of us it's quite impossible. that's going to happen on. the scene as the void is i guess. i got thoughts of the place floating also holding them. and got them hidden in mumbai. at least didn't heiling wasn't the question of the principle not in a must. not that more than 6000000000 targets we didn't have to. become subside on 6 even vulcan book like this while biden has an amusing blast mutates aboard 51 shots i love it when you talk to each his own. will be for that i'm one of them and i'm standing up to it happen also condemned to tal an author who is fertile in wa to set a small $1000.00 sign couldn't other $1000.00 indians another none. there was one of these 2 who talk at. the funeral and goes thinking how long. he must feel in english talent by the end of a street off on the spot come on he seems to spawn all the times to. lunch. those folks who started this whole thing with. money it's not

one of germany's most famous puppet theaters. a georgian woman will show us her hometown but to meet. cancer days your video brings us travel impressions from can both. this is the center of the town hall is located on the square at the end of. this renaissance building is magnificent although it was almost completely destroyed by bombing in the 2nd world war it was rebuilt in the original style for many centuries was an important political center as a prince bishopric and a free imperial city. the golden hole recalls the city's former splendor. above the front door a picture shows that water was seen as the source of the city's wealth. it's clear that had become an important city from an early age by the way it's the 3rd largest here and of area after munich and nuremberg but there's much more you should know about all spoke. the romans founded a settlement here in 15 b.c. now the city has about 290000 inhabitants. in the 13th century old sport was named a free imperial city in which merchants a bank. why important contacts for

from the syllabus think it was worth it for me to come to germany coming. up in the grammar lessons to work as a swimming instructor to share knowledge to children number 2 don't subscribe to the speech instantly. lets your story take part cherish on info like greenstock. the model little. are we alone it's a fundamental question obgyn man is trying to figure out whether or not. life existed on mars pretty clear water was there and quite abundance while that would be and so on mars the atmosphere is a 100th of what we have here on earth it's very very cold at the fast it's like at the arctic you could imagine bringing some supplies and you know you do and build a little self-contained pressure vehicle or vessel which would be on the surface there are things like oxygen that you can harvest from the. the spirit to help make living possible. if you want to think of humanity if we really want to survive for ever we're going to have to move off your eventual and i know that seems a little crazy but you gotta start somewhere c. a former florida sheriff's deputy

he himself took it over from a collective shortly after the collapse of communist east germany. as the it's one thing on profits that when we made an offer in 1902 to privatized this farm we had to show proof that we had agricultural technical training otherwise we would have got it wrong but today i don't need to tell you what counts only one thing counts what's that it's your money can you buy the farm or not. 25 percent of agricultural real estate in eastern germany is already in the hands of corporations and companies based elsewhere many farmers are very angry let us the mother of a few because it always leads to people with no ties to the region taking over services from somewhere else in germany coming in with containers and technology and doing work there and they're leaving again on the high there's no connection at all to the people in the region high enough i've been no mention in of that you want. large agricultural areas are currently seen as a low risk way to pad portfolios of multimillionaires it may be a solid investment dickens' economic downturns for them but s

in football the teenage star is born in the bronx as germany makes the winning start of the women's world cup. and standing up for the little guy 28 a traditional german company putting on a brave face even as it risks playing golf by our competition. i'm rebecca it is good to have you with us kazakhstan is voting today to elect a new president it's the 1st time since independence that long time off for terry and roland. will not be on the ballot the world lost soviet era leader rules for central asian nation with an iron fist finale 3 decades but in march he unexpectedly stepped down handing over the reins to his protege kassam. is expected to win the election. the w. correspondent emily sherwin has been speaking to opposition activists in the country she sent us this report. poetry and music against political repression it's look like poetry collective is rehearsing a new piece it's a statement against political apathy though the young performers insist this is just art. do not go. you're. the. boss had told us of a is here to support the group the community activist was recently releas

when they were young they had never imagined is germany west germany. united reunion. but somehow it happened so. that those german told me don't lose because everything could happen both men hope for hong kong homeland where democracy and the rule of law prevail just like in germany. entire regions of most some people are destroyed an early march when a cycle tore through the country more than a 1000 people died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless people were left without basic supplies those in the port city of beirut were among the hardest hit . weeks after the cycle and really knows house is still barely habitable. the family have moved all their possessions into the only undamaged room that's also where they now sleep. you know we'll never forget the day the storm it. was just the idea to go anywhere because. they couldn't come out so they leave. going out that was a very. you know his house is just a few 100 meters from the shore the sea is the most immediate danger. bera is often flooded parts of the city are below sea level the districts of fun town j.

to sleep got 2 free teams only england or germany not that i'll tell you off the guy because. i think that's a trend in the autumn would this mean in that in a minute to. really make. it back with some of their yes some of them want to make a fan base that fan base it on the status as it may so you mooched they have something good going on in germany with the youth development to the german challenge my brother a higher level of the of the british i think you. are right sir with a little done we're going to get on our way to the stadium and see what's going on there usually the fans got their pre-game for the big. we are on i weigh to the stadium there it is work it are beautiful now i've gotten players itself has said that the blues think it is actually not the worst in the premier league this is the premier league is more hyped up so more people see it more people watch it at work follow it with the talent is just the same as in the bundesliga now ballack a german legend on the other hand she thinks differ. really these things you can see and noticeable difference in the qua

i think germany is guessing grain. free election now we see that in especially the state elections the last couple years we've seen that in bavaria last year where the greens have become the 2nd biggest both in the american parliament which was traditionally very conservative and reined by merkel sister party the very end conservatives we've seen that also enhance their one of the other comes after strongholds where the grains gain significantly they're getting a foothold in almost every of german states the question is how ready are they going to be governing the states how willing are they going to be governing states and is this still a debate we only see in the west because we'll have a couple lessons coming up in eastern germany and the greens have again quite often they are going for the reason i'm asking about how green is germany's because you will know that there are people outside germany who are always asking whether they're very aware that germany has a long environmentalist green tradition and i wonder whe

germany's super wealthy how do they live and how do they see the country they live in. the way wealthy people in germany are talked about bothers me because it sensationalizing and sycophantic and and in no way reflects what wealthy people have done and continue to do for this country for this long clothes on but. i need a creates this impression of rich people being like scrooge mcduck that they have these money bins in which they wallow in their coins. and scrooge mcduck wants more more more that's not my world mind if. i like earning money but not swimming and. we thought. we wanted to get closer to the discreet world of germany's ultra rich of company owners and as with millions we wanted to find out what makes those on top of the world take. every year an exclusive event takes place in the schlosser take on balcony a friend 1st to which the public is not invited. it's the annual hall of fame evening for the business monthly manager magazine partly any other occasion in germany draws as many wealthy business onus. the air gets a lot out of steam to presenters did ju