As long as im comfy and his friends can dream up. This Movie Theater in kenya refugee camp. His life story may have ground to. 27 years ago but theres no holding back his dreams. Thank you for watching. Cinema stars may 27th. Smoke leaving europe. Is here on the wrong. What is the general public think about the e. U. These days. How do you feel about the e. U. Force if the rules are decided over our heads and just imposed on us simply britain wants to leave the e. U. Would you like germany to leave to go to an absolutely and we should go back to the dutch mark so. Whats the most common preconception about the e. U. That you hear most for you know that every country does its own thing we dont really have an e. U. Thats going to be im horrified by developments such as brecks it and whats happening in hungary you know marco i mean if its not good that every country does its own thing on its own right now i have my doubts about it of its life or if people are fed up with the e. U. The most often heard objections on
germany is the use paymaster. The e. U. Is too weak. The e. U. Is too interfering. Is a bureaucratic monster. Ok it isnt if you ok were going to see if theres any truth to these ideas that go on further. By the idea. Well with an Electric Scooter already approved in something new countries and soon to be allowed in traffic in germany too. Were planning to sound out opinions not just here but also in italy poland and possibles. I take the train to hamburg to investigate the idea that germany is the paymaster thats how the people we surveyed put it. In my opinion were paying for countries that arent giving anything themselves just
taking germany is financially robust and has good Economic Growth rate but there are other countries that dont and they benefit from us were bailing out the southern European Countries with it going to be driven up the middle countries like greece need to be helped out that takes effort and no one feels like it. Or that it supports germany would never have become one of the worlds leading exportations. In. The port of homburg as one of germanys main hubs of goods handling lets start by crunching the numbers. According to the European Commission in 27 team germany was the biggest net contributor to the e. U. A 10700000000 Euro Small To brussels than is back. Written france italy and sweden also paid more into the budget than. Talk back. Im eating and go a coffee born and bred in hamburg former s. P. D. Politician and Party Spokesman for the maritime economy and now co c. E. O. Of Port Of Hamburg marketing. Because. Of that weve made it a little while longer than that was quite a climb. Just to see some people complain that germany is the e. U. s paymaster and theyre not wrong the fact is that on balance germany pays more money to brussels than any other member state do you understand why people get annoyed about that and consider it unfair. Tax of germany is the strongest economy in the e. U. People might complain but its not justified germany gets a lot back well generals if you recall the simple fact alone that were in the euro zone means there are no Currency Barriers to trading with various other countries
as europes number one export nation thats a major advantage. For example the hamburg port also serves as a port for the Czech Republic we handle 500000 containers that are checked so we also benefit from the czech export economy and what the Czech Republic imports from china for example. That sounds impressive close to 25 percent of jobs in germany depends on exports in recent years the countrys Foreign Trade balance has showed a record surpluses. So germany is an excellent economic shape but what about other countries that are less well off. Im off to italy im going to explore The Dark Side of the e. U. Along with the widely held idea that the e. U. Is too weak. The mediterranean no longer seems so a dalit in the last 3 years an estimated 10000 people have lost their lives trying to cross hairs many of those who survived the journey ended up here and it really is. Why cant the e. U. Solve this crisis whats the situation like today. For years refugees have been trying to reach italy by the mediterranean the e. U. Has failed to relocate them evenly across the Member States and italy has been largely left alone with a crisis far right populist seize the moment and were voted into power now the government has closed italys pause as a result the number of refugees arriving in spain quadrupled in 2018 to 40000. Last. Im eating even. He used to pick tomatoes as
a day laborer now he loves and Lemon Campaigns against the exploitation of refugees in southern the police agricultural sector. Is going to shame me against her for refugees he cut her living as day laborers. But for the many of the Harvest Workers live in the ghetto because they hope to find work in the fields in the ghettos of lost places cities within the city marked by desperation and crime. And it up what a lot of the. Problem is on tells me that the mafia is involved in the specs courses of sister. Socalled Couple Ronnie actis intermediaries controlling the Migrant Workers often forcibly. The cost of transporting food and water is deducted from their wages leaving them with as little as 3. Euros 50
a day yeah a lot of the tomatoes they pick export it to germany where few are aware of the conditions in which they were harvested. Their slaves for the couple of the agricultural businesses and the system to give off its not right that goods harvested this way end up on consumers plates. We at this produce every day europe needs to put a better Monitoring System in place for Agricultural Production needs to be monitored and certified. Diskette or as known as a model matter no no. Its right next to an official refugee camp its a bizarre juxtaposition of worlds and one refugees waiting to find out if they can stay and then the other others whose Asylum Applications were turned down. The squalor the shocking. Oh my god. But i thought well there are 3 twilights for everyone it stinks. Oh my god. But here the man still shaves here even though theres no running water. And. Theres nothing to harvest these days. So the Migrant Workers spend all their time hanging around them i guess are. Those who live at the edge of the camp of the lucky ones. There are 20 people share this Stone Building its no way to live. How does he do you think the east too weak live no no dont be a last dying bed of a man go to the e. U. Isnt intervening here to solve the problems its not taking part in the discussion about immigration law. These are real People Living breathing people
who experienced torture crossed deserts to get here but. Will be people who fought they were going to paradise on earth partly because they see the e. U. s the cradle of human rights. But now theyre here and theyre being used as slaves theyve been stripped of every last scrap of dignity so. They stop. The fact that a continent as wealthy as europe is letting people exist like this raises a lot of questions. And join the e. U. 15 years ago im on my way there to get to the bottom of a completely opposite idea that the e. U. Interferes too much. In warsaw im meeting some people to find out more in 2017 the e. U. Commission triggered article 7 disciplinary measures for the 1st time in its
history against poland. It was on the grounds of a clear risk of a serious breach of the rule of law the toughest sanctions also known as the Nuclear Option suspend certain rights such as voting bot it requires a unanimous vote in the European Council and hungry announced it would veto any sanctions that the e. U. Might propose against poland. The threats proceedings against a member state is that going too far. Do you think the e. U. Is meddling in polish affairs. No i dont think so i havent raised this with we are part of europe. And Western Standards and rules should influence poland. Thats something positive i think part of the but the but is not talking about us i think the e. U. Can give us The Best Of Everything Freedom No Borders or a better standard of living actually. I i dont care if im out of it its to
company to complicated for me. To just crazy for. I find whats going on here a bit crazy when the right wing law and Justice Party came to power in 2015 it began introducing judicial reforms including lowering the Retirement Age of Supreme Court judges as a way of forcing out opponents of the government according to the e. U. The reforms threaten Judicial Independence putting democracy in jeopardy. The countrys president is andre duda but polands political mastermind is Jaroslav Kitchen Leader of the law and Justice Party. 2 years ago regular protests against the judicial reforms were held here among the demonstrators was monica much worse a member of the Grassroots Movement see a democrat see the. Morning go by you know who brought with the candle page im sure you see yes theres a lot its not going to look from 2 years ago no not but similar yes almost the same yes do you remember the time 2 years ago. The movement slogan was a better and fairer poland in 2017 it mobilized thousands of people to protest against the reforms they took to the streets with Candles Night After night. But now with some reason it stopped the west to protest going. I think you cant i mean expect from people to especially in hundreds of thousands or Tens Of Thousands to be on the streets every day about something. And this is the major problem now in
poland. That we have the current government throwing us every day with the new issues that we could potentially protest about. The e. U. Is at least interfering a lot in the last is that true is it a cliche as a true i wouldnt say its a cliche definitely not its also not true. What i would say is that this is the only institution to on the force that is sort of helping poland enough to go down the drain we have at the moment a systemic you know which is literally one person taking all of the major decisions that he believes are questions yes yes for the country which is absolutely unacceptable i mean this is not a democracy. That
use most draconian disciplinary measure cant be enforced because one country vetoes it is it really fair to call the e. U. Interfering. In Southern Italy im still finding out what the e. U. Was doing to help the country deal with the refugee situation. If its too weak to. The things you how do you feel about the plight of refugees here in italy advena you know what can i say i feel sorry for the immigrants id like to give them somewhere to live food work and i hope its not italys problem its the use
problem a lot of those. You get the impression the e. U. Is just too weak to find solutions. Had to fill so no i think the e. U. Is very strong and could find a solution or maybe it just doesnt want to. Its certainly left italy to deal with the issue of. One of italys biggest trade unions issues were up to migrants but only those with residence permits now the right wing populist material savini as Interior Minister im told that hardly anyone is awarded a work permit. So what europe can do its just go rent more rights for these people that are right here for walking not for entertainment or Something Like that i mean its really on the margins. Some people in poland do think that eve was interfering too much. One of them is Alexandra Robbins just a german polish journalist who works for a staunch league conservative News Organization that publishes a weekly magazine staff here are progovernment and one could say the skeptics. He was interfering too much true. Id say the European Commission is meddling mainly in terms of the Legal Proceedings for most people the European Commission used to be a weird club making Sure Bananas Werent Crooked and issuing idiotic directives that no one needed. But i think the newer Member States feel like theyre treated differently than other countries good. And whole and is a big country and we arent going to just be at the beck and call of germany and france. As well so basically Chancellor Merkel calls the shots so yes to a large extent she is calling the shots. We need the e. U. 1st and foremost as a market and as an economic power the question is do we need a political eat you. Have so we just shut it down and start over oh no no we need reform. But if there were reform what would be left an Economic Union fenced off to others putting National Interests 1st and no longer a union with common values thats not my kind of europe. And its not his either in february this rising political star found the new left wing liberal party. Polish for spring. According to the latest polls hes now the most popular politician in the country. Yet on an openly gay atheist. Do you. Feel snow wants to boost the Clean Energy Sector and support young entrepreneurs separate Church And State and approve
same sex marriage be it on wants poland to embrace europe and his message is going down well with young voters sky yesterday still when you add up a stolen belongs to the ego and whether or not it makes progress is closely tied to the e. U. At the moment poland isnt taking part in any discussion about the European Union it doesnt have any ideas about how to contribute right thats something we need to change. Is further to be pro european and well fight to integrate poland more closely into the e. U. Decision day. By school. I ask our translator whos from warsaw what she thinks about the e. U. Is treatment of poland. Even a deal musics field i think the e. U. Is too slow too wishy washy and too indecisive. We think its regrettable that the e. U. Doesnt intervene more but rather lets the government carry on with its nonsense
function right thats one. Well she didnt mince her words contrary to our 1st impressions people in poland are actually well disposed to the e. U. And the latest polls show that a majority are in favor of it. That goes for italy too im still on the road trying to find out of the e. U. As a helpless bystander or a hopeful ally. I ask my translator what she thinks shes from naples and used to live in germany. Shabby outlash on the ski to the fs i get the feeling that lots of countries have understood that things cant go on like this that this would be easy they realize that this union needs to be managed on different terms for all sits back at the shifted and so on that. Everyone seems to agree that the e. U. Needs to change but how. Thats a question that sociologist from anetta from its researchers at the university of georgia. Needs to what extent is europe to blame for the Current Situation what i meant that problem the problem with europe is that no one has paid enough attention to with social aspects economic europe is a more or less accessible model but political europe has failed now we need to have a go at a social europe. Nonprofit up on the. Exact lead go about creating a social europe my visit to italy has been i have. Come to my supposed union create social cohesion im going to work with a member state with a populist government that doesnt respect the e. U. Back in germany. Many in poland and italy seem to want a stronger but at the same time theres a widespread sense of political frustration and anger across the continent. To monitor they just do their own thing they dont ask us were nobodies who for you know i mean if youre kratz with fat cat salaries this globe i think people are fed up with the e. U. Eastern germany isnt the only place where people are dissatisfied with the political establishment as a result the far right parties are gaining ground here and elsewhere in europe. In italy and austria theyve even made it into government in hungary and poland the governments are increasingly drifting to the right. In germany support for the right wing Populist Party the a. F. D. Is strongest in the east although polls show its popularity that kind of strong slightly still incites anywhere in Regional Elections will take place in september its the 2nd strongest party. Of the one cutting. And im about to meet an expert on the right wing extremism who is researching far right parties in the European Parliament and interesting woman. You have been doing your research has shown that the far right is very provocative and very loud in parliament but in actual practice its just a load of hot air are we more worried than we should be is that the reason we do need to be worried we can see that far right parties even when they arent