A big difference and so there is still room for discussion but the hour long acrimonious debate that has been characteristic of these meetings one is trying to avoid today theres been a lot of consultation in the last few days and one is hoping that this paper that has been agreed on will be passed more or less without much resistance part of the discussions about a hard lock down and the impact it will have on business and we issue the meeting of nickel and they state leaders will also discuss compensation. Yes absolutely that will be one Central Point of discussion theres been an open letter today from some of the major retail chains in germany and theyre warning that if a locked on is taking effect immediately before the christmas before christmas that they are going to lose their christmas business that that business is going to be pushed into the internet and they say this could be the end of high street retailing as we know it so there is a lot of stake a lot at stake and a lot o
To german population and to those businesses and sectors of the economy that are going to be particularly hard but hardly affected by this exactly as you were saying there that therell be a Significant Impact on business and tell us about whether and what type of compensation theyll receive. Yes indeed the finance minister said that compensation is going to be paid its going to be somewhere around 11 or 12000000000. 00 euros every month if that month is a month of locked on thats huge amounts of money but at the same time we have to say this is a time that is critical for retailers especially because this is the most important time of year where they make a large and large part of their turnover the of their profit. What exactly the numbers are going to be what exactly the measures are going to be is not clear yet until now the subsidies have been based on turn over and its turned out that that has been sometimes too generous so theres going to be a new way of calculating the assistanc
Then move. On that shows that this is a very generous support package. I want to say i think it is absolutely justified he does if youre absolutely. Retailers and consumers not on the what they are facing in these last couple of weeks of the year it will be an exceptionally quiet Holiday Season but the hope is that that will also be true for hospitals. And Political Correspondent so when young joins me now simon welcome and almost full lockdown has been an announced as expected what are the main takeaways. Well i think the main thing is that the run up to christmas this year in germany will look very different from previous years and its incredibly drastic measure closing down nonessential retail from the 16th of december the time when a lot of people do their Christmas Shopping and that will mean an enormous amount for many businesses as well as individuals but the government is responding with this huge packages the finance minister said theyre costing between 10 and 12000000000. 00
Finished were going to see a runoff in particular there in the state of georgia thats right all of our salary pouring for us from wilmington delaware thank you so much. Back here to europe where many leaders are hoping joe biden will help repair transatlantic ties that have been strained under the presidency germanys foreign minister today hails bidens election victory as a chance for a new start so what would a biden presidency look like for europe. He says he views you rope as a park now 1st resort and has pledged to work more with allies joe biden and leader with long standing ties to europe here in brussels e. U. Officials are hoping that joe biden the will rebuild Transatlantic Relations and restore trust. Trust they are expecting a friendlier tone towards europe but will there be real change in terms of substance fabrice put on the. Official is skeptical he believes its keno to focus on issues important to both i think its more about finding those global issues that where really
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