now in talks with the u.s. and other allies about whether it would participate in military action in the event of the use of chemical weapons let s hear uncle americal on the subject. i thought about what simply to maintain that we can look the other way if chemical weapons are used somewhere in violation of an international convention cannot be our response either. all our responses will always be based on the german constitution and parliamentary obligations that s absolutely clear it cannot be the german position to simply say no no matter what happens in the world i had to say. we share leaders what purpose would be served by joint western action in the case in case of a threat of the use of chemical weapons has it achieved results in the past and would german participation make sense no it wouldn t make sense but we need to understand the reasoning behind this discussion which is of course there s
a very liberal open minded off was offering to give shelter to all those refugees coming to northern europe and then lots of small incidents started happening and every single migrant crime case was covered extensively by the german media and that also started shifting the debate in favor of the anti immigrant party of the party and so if you ve got this shifted debate then uncle americal is losing her narrative lots of small initiatives on the ground saying we felt left alone we didn t know how to counteract this we need more support from the national government and this is something that i believe the government have understood that this is high time that they re showing more support to pro-democracy groups on the ground or else they lose than ours have entirely to the eighth day which is already the strongest opposition party on the national level you know thank you so much to do for you political correspondent. well as need to mention there appears to have been a shift in tone and
is the autocratic factor in the political spectrum and here we are don t have the common interests here we try to correct his course and that was the moment to do that but at that time with the european union do they they they said ok we don t want turkish membership we ll give them a privileged partnership so this again drew turkey back and now at this point i think it s really really important that turkey doesn t feel itself left alone again you are so much mistrust between the two sides the. america who always made it clear that she opposes turkish entry to the e.u. which was always viewed as an insult and at the same time. president her once ranting and raving about german german nazi procedures and attitudes which she just has done on a many occasions has been perceived as insulting as well and how is it possible to see uncle americal and president one sitting down trump style and striking a deal. it s very difficult. but it is i think believe
that but at that time with the european union do they they they said ok we don t want turkish membership we ll give them a privileged partnership so this again drew turkey back and now at this point i think it s really really important that turkey doesn t feel itself left alone again as a so much mistrust between the two sides the. american who always made it clear that she opposes turkey. treats of the e.u. which was always viewed as an insult and at the same time. president had once ranting and raving about german german nazi procedures and attitudes which you do has done on a many occasions has been perceived as insulting as well and how is it possible to see uncle americal and president one sitting down trump style and striking a deal. it s very difficult. but it is i think believe both leaders should should really sit down and look for a reasonable solution we would we expect them to be reasonable this is what it s
have also been pushing her on that agenda on the migration issue and in fact that dispute is what led to an almost led to a collapse of marcos government just a couple of weeks ago so migration indeed is a central issue merkel i suspect will be saying look many of the demands have been match the number of refugees is being reduced there is not really much to discuss on that matter anymore hence in recent days we ve actually seen the chancellor trying to shift the focus away from migration to other pressing issues are we likely to see more of that. yes of course she will do that and if we look at the other issues that are in the offing or that are no not in the offing that are on her agenda things such as the transatlantic relationship with the united states would tween germany the european union and the united states under president donald trump which is often obviously become very tense very fractious very acrimonious and it seems that trump has in fact taken a particular dislike to u