Candles and pictures of the victims. And it looks like you have some what i guess the obviously gathered here today on the First Anniversary this is my terrible terrorist attack that took place on bright side of plats. Element for many people. This was a day that destroyed their lives twelve people lost their lives many more were wounded and we have expressed our grief here today with the bereaved relatives for that and with those who were injured here as well and have unveiled this memorial here i met with some of the bereaved relatives and some of the injured yesterday and we had a very open. Talk and i believe that it was a very frank one on behalf of those who were briefed or injured and it showed from their point of view the weaknesses of the state and i have to speak now on behalf of myself and on behalf of the German Government to say that we need to work to improve the way we deal with things like this. That we must do everything in our power not only to try to protect the people in this country but also to ensure that people whose lives are affected by attacks of this kind that were doing everything we can to help them adjust to their new situation which is why the bereaved relatives and the injured i will be meeting again. Soon to tell them what we have learned from my mistakes what we will do differently next time in order to help. To. Overcome this terrorist attacks and to ensure that in. Future we as the german state will do everything we can talk to help today is a day of mourning its vivid but it is also a day just as one aiming to do better next time thank you. Chairman chancellor merkel speaking there thank today is a day of mourning. She helped unveil earlier this summer moral side to the victims of the Christmas Market terror attack chancellor merkel also saying that she did meet some of the braves relatives injured they had an open talk yesterday she said that germany does need to work on improving how the country deals with attacks like this to protect people but also to ensure that people whose lives are affected to make sure that they are helped in adjusting to their new situation thomas that she had pulled back earlier after taking part in the opening of the ceremony and now coming to speak to the microphone something she wasnt expected to do what do you think that was important all there was some there were some hints that she could do exactly what you did just a very brief public appearance but it is as you mentioned that she was and didnt want to make the biggest speech of the of the events but yet again in this brief appearance she stressed that you had met some of the relatives at the chancery and also but only focusing on the mistakes that sheen away acknowledged but also saying that in the future germany has to to improve not only the security aspect in other words trying to protect people from these kinds of events but also when people are affected by these types of events trying to help them in the new situation thats something in fact that has been already discussed a few days ago and some of the ideas that have been mentioned in order to precisely help people when theyre affected by these kinds of events is having centralized units having portals on line but people can inform themselves much more clearly also increasing some of the Financial Assistance that relatives and victims receive after such an attack so that they can at least with help of that Financial Assistance try and improve the situation they live in but i believe merkel clearly stressing here that the government. Certainly could improve. When it comes to future circumstances to future situations like the one thats being commemorated today but stressing once again that today its about the victims or today its about expressing the grief and expressing the grief with the families of the victims she did say that she would be meeting with them again to share with them oh what has changed what your money has learned and what will be changed Going Forward it seems that the criticism that has been mounting in the past weeks and months has really affected the way the chancellor has been dealing with this i completely agree with you there and i think this future meeting is particularly important as a symbol as a as a message to those people who were affected and to germany as a whole that this is not only about something that theyre going to discuss when they commemorate such events but also in the future if shes talking about improving if shes talking about about making changes and those making those changes that are going to be made also have to be made with the help of those who were affected by the attack a year ago and relatives who as you mentioned were extremely critical of Angela Merkel and the government not only after the attack happened but also before the attack happened in what they did to monitor the attack and which sadly did not lead them to preventing the the attack so in fact a very very strong open letter that the victims sent to the chancellor and i think that has certainly been received in the chancery and that has prompted obviously this reaction from the government saying it is not only about today we want to continue meeting with with the relatives of those affected more chancellor merkel said today is a day of mourning to honor the victims also the families of the victims but we were talking thomas about how germany has been changed and has changed indeed in terms of security as well lets take a look now at what germany has done at this point to prevent another attack. The the worst ever islamist attack carried out in germany was the work of a terrorist who had outsmarted the authorities. Asylum seeker and his amry used fourteen different identities while living in germany. The police had categorized emery as dangerous and capable of an attack but they had lost sight of him. After the atrocity put it in decided to act. As a signal intelligence and government has made a number of legal changes for example with regard to the control and surveillance of immigrants classified as potentially dangerous also the streamlined deportation of these people should stop anything like the amry case from ever happening again at least in germany even if you know. Its now easier to deport potential Foreign Terrorists and this is happening if as in the case of honest angry they have no documents they can be imprisoned. Fingerprints of asylum applicants and now stored in a Central Data Bank along with biometric photos and if their status is dubious data can be extracted from their cell phones one year after the attack germanys interior minister believes that the authorities can no longer be tricked into accepting false identities and yes if someone you know is in the emory case enters the system using multiple lass that will actually help us to identify that person as someone whos seeking to deceive us into your view that germany has also extended its use of phidias surveillance there are plans to install cameras and facial Recognition Systems at central locations. Further measures include electronic ankle bracelets to money top the location and movements of potential terrorists as bad as mine as we put it in my opinion these were all symbolic measures that were taken to suggest to the public that something was being done to increase their security really that if you analyze the mammary case youll see that the Legal Framework allowing him to be arrested was actually already in place. That someone for all mean by lies and half so named in berlin the most clearly visible action taken this year was the installation of concrete barriers at the scene of the crime but they cannot stop the terror on their own what is needed for more security is targeted prevention more effective policing and above all closer cooperation both nationally and internationally German Authorities have done a lot this year but they still need to draw more lessons from the fatal armory case. Fabienne funded mark reporting there thomas we saw there a wide array of measures that germany has implemented in this past year since last years attack one of those being more surveillance thats if you will the visible side of the changes surveillance. You can see that for example in cameras that have been installed in Public Places in germany you also saw as we saw in that report of the concrete slabs the concrete barriers that have that have been placed in not only Christmas Markets but also another Public Events here in germany thats a direct completion of the type of attack that honest im really tired out that we not only saw in germany but also in other places that idea of taking a lorry or a truck and just driving it into a group of people so one concrete element in order to try and prevent that is precisely these these concrete barriers but there are other measures that have been put in place as we saw in five mins report that idea too to make deportations of failed Asylum Seekers all of potential. Dangerous people much more easy. The use of uncle tax to monitor them a bit better is also something that has been introduced although thats something thats been extremely controversial because it has also been proven that many authorities are not necessarily very happy when they come to to using those uncle tax because they dont think its the most effective means of of protecting or of my protect no monitoring these potential terrorists in any case a wide range of measures to try and prevent this from happening and its important to stress that according to German Authorities there are around seven hundred potential terrorists in the country the socalled. A word that we hear all too often here in germany to refer to these kinds of people theres been a lot of questions still and there are still a lot of questions being asked about why German Authorities didnt do more to prevent this attack in just last. We thomas news coming out that authorities had assigned a special case worker to honest and that also they had seen that he had downloaded instructions on perhaps building a bomb on his phone that asks a lot of questions still about what germany can do in the future but if you reconstruct what happened in the months before the attack you will clearly see that there were mistakes basically in every area within the German Security apparatus they simply misjudged i mean im reinserting cases they believed that he was a petty criminal someone dealing with with drugs and in other cases. There was definitely no clarity as to who was responsible for what they have been proposals off to the attached try and change a little bit that federal that that idea of federalism when it comes to security in germany because you have around forty institutions working together to try and prevent these last fourteen situations that cooperate here in berlin at the federal level at the state level when it comes to security measures and that just creates the chaos that we saw in the news im rick case where one institution does not necessarily know when they are responsible and when they are not responsible and i miss amerie who was someone who spent some time in berlin then spent some time in some other cities of germany well clearly exposed those difficulties when it comes to the different institutions and you to believe he had fourteen different identities that had been registered and also thomas the cooperation with other european authorities because after this attack on a summary was and ended up being found in italy thats thats correct and thats Something Else the German Authorities have been trying to ask for changes because there are databases that a european level that cannot be matched with other databases in Different Countries so you can have one database for example you can have the fingerprints of different people there are other databases where you have the names and addresses but not necessarily the fingerprints. So thats Something Else that european level theyre trying to to streamline that all the different databases can come together and that if you register one person in one place then you can find out about that person in other places as well all right a lot of conclusions that have been drawn from that attack a year ago our security correspondent Thomas Farrell thank you for that analysis and to remember to stay with you throughout the day for more on the anniversary of the berlin Christmas Market attack and check out the Facebook Page on our website we have plenty of stories there including an indepth look at the fate of the first person who was killed in the berlin attack that was the polish truck driver will crush on. Dot com for that. And a reminder of the story that we have been following here in berlin a ceremony has been held to honor the victims of a truck attack that struck a Christmas Market in the heart of the city when your chancellor Angela Merkel another german leaders joined with relatives and survivors for immemorial Service America has said frank talks with survivors and relatives have revealed mistakes and the governments response. Thank you for watching. Living in the digital age. Coming up Computer Generated mythical world. Amazing animation and an hour for street kids but first game designer has become a modern dream job and the industry is booming at this years german computer game awards the best were recognized to awards in the counter great concept by young talents went to teams from berlin universities. 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This is deja vu news live from Berlin Germany must do better those words from chance along the american letter Memorial Service for the victims of last years Christmas Market truck attack michael admits mistakes were made in the aftermath will take a closer look at that responds also coming with every decision