hello and welcome to bbc news. a major meeting of ukraine s allies has ended without agreement on whether to send more tanks to kyiv. representatives of around 50 countries gathered at the us airbase in ramstein in germany to discuss co ordinating military support. germany s new defence minister denied blocking the export of its leopard tanks which kyiv has been pushing for, saying such a decision had to be carefully considered. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. germany s new defence minister has said no decision has been made adding that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies acted together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the frontline. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv w
Also opposed to merkels policies. Theyd like to shut down the ball con route that many refugees use. Opposition in germany is growing too. The christian socialists complain about what they call a state of lawlessness. Can the chancellor survive this challenge or is this the end of the merkel era in coming to you from berlin, quadriga, the international debate. Your host this week, peter craven. Peter a warm welcome indeed. Coming to you from the heart of the german capital. This week its all about the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, she has her back against the wall, many people are saying shes more isolated than ever before , in germany and in europe as well. Thats the reason why the question were asking this week is, is it the end of the merkel era. To answer that question, i have three excellent guests with me in the studio, let me introduce to you, beginning with alan posener, a regular commentator die e berlinbased daily welt. He says merkel is paying the bill for her arrogance.
Also opposed to merkels policies. Theyd like to shut down the ball con route that many refugees use. Opposition in germany is growing too. The christian socialists complain about what they call a state of lawlessness. Can the chancellor survive this challenge or is this the end of the merkel era in coming to you from berlin, quadriga, the international debate. Your host this week, peter craven. Peter a warm welcome indeed. Coming to you from the heart of the german capital. This week its all about the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, she has her back against the wall, many people are saying shes more isolated than ever before , in germany and in europe as well. Thats the reason why the question were asking this week is, is it the end of the merkel era. To answer that question, i have three excellent guests with me in the studio, let me introduce to you, beginning with alan posener, a regular commentator die e berlinbased daily welt. He says merkel is paying the bill for her arrogance.
Also opposed to merkels policies. Theyd like to shut down the ball con route that many refugees use. Opposition in germany is growing too. The christian socialists complain about what they call a state of lawlessness. Can the chancellor survive this challenge or is this the end of the merkel era in coming to you from berlin, quadriga, the international debate. Your host this week, peter craven. Peter a warm welcome indeed. Coming to you from the heart of the german capital. This week its all about the german chancellor, Angela Merkel, she has her back against the wall, many people are saying shes more isolated than ever before , in germany and in europe as well. Thats the reason why the question were asking this week is, is it the end of the merkel era. To answer that question, i have three excellent guests with me in the studio, let me introduce to you, beginning with alan posener, a regular commentator die e berlinbased daily welt. He says merkel is paying the bill for her arrogance.
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