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00:05:24believers of different faiths from all over Europe. Today we
00:05:28will meet a young Protestant from
00:05:31the Netherlands. Josephine Pell will show us why faith
00:05:34still occupies an important place in her daily
00:05:37life.
00:05:40For me, Jesus is someone "who is always with you, no matter
00:05:44where you are, he lives in your heart, he is
00:05:48there in difficult times, but also in beautiful ones. Josephine Pell
00:05:52is 22 years old, and today she will show us what it means for her
00:05:56to be a devoted Protestant. In her
00:05:59homeland, the Netherlands, she belongs to a minority because only every
00:06:03third person her age identifies as a member
00:06:07of a religious community. I used to feel very
00:06:10lonely in my faith, because there weren't many religious
00:06:14young people in school, I went to a Christian elementary school and
00:06:17Christian high school, but I was still the only true
00:06:21believer.
00:06:24Josephine is studying pedagogy in her hometown of Utrecht, every
00:06:28Sunday morning, while many of her peers are still
00:06:31asleep, she goes to
00:06:33mass.
00:06:46The Protestant mass has a set order that includes
00:06:49church songs, prayers and a sermon, everyone is
00:06:53welcome as they are, there is no special dress code
00:06:57or other rules.
00:07:00There are no lavish symbols and images common in Catholic
00:07:04churches. The interior of the temple is simple and
00:07:08modest. Protestantism is one of the branches of
00:07:11Christianity. We believe in Jesus, we believe that he died on
00:07:14the cross for our sins that he is the son
00:07:16of God. Josephine's home looks just like
00:07:20the home of any other Dutch student. There are no crucifixes or other
00:07:23religious symbols on the wall.
00:07:27However, faith has been a part of her life since
00:07:30childhood.
00:07:34These are photos from my baptism. My parents
00:07:37decided to baptize me when I was still a child. By doing so, they
00:07:41actually conveyed, "Yes, we commit
00:07:44our child to God." Later, I started thinking about who God
00:07:48is to me, who Jesus is. Then I consciously
00:07:51decided to dedicate my life to
00:07:53Jesus.
00:07:57Protestantism originated during the Reformation in the 16th
00:08:00century. That movement for the renewal of Christianity criticized
00:08:04certain teachings and practices of the Catholic Church. And
00:08:07today there are great differences. In Protestant
00:08:11churches, women can be ordained as priests, and
00:08:14celibacy is not required of the clergy. Less than
00:08:18a hundred years ago, Protestants made up
00:08:2044 percent of the population
00:08:23of the Netherlands. Today, they are only
00:08:2613%. A few years ago, Josephine
00:08:29joined a Christian student association where
00:08:32she studies the most important foundation of Protestantism, and also
00:08:36of Christianity in general,
00:08:37the Bible.
00:08:43Members consist of smaller groups, together they read
00:08:46passages from the Bible and discuss their
00:08:49meaning. In the end, it all
00:08:52what it means to live meaningfully and what happens
00:08:56after death. These are important questions that, in my
00:08:59opinion, trouble every person. Although the Bible
00:09:02was written more than a thousand years ago, the world has changed
00:09:06a lot since then, I think people are still searching for answers,
00:09:10hope, meaning. For Josephine,
00:09:13music is an important part of faith, as is Protestantism
00:09:16in general. Martin Luther, one of the founders of Protestantism
00:09:20in the 16th century, loved to sing and composed
00:09:23church songs, he knew that music has the power to directly
00:09:27touch a person's soul. When I sing or
00:09:30play, whether alone or with others, I feel that
00:09:34kind of connection that one finds in
00:09:37prayer. I think music is a beautiful way to
00:09:39connect with God. But, of course,
00:09:43faith is not just about life here and now, but about
00:09:47answers to the biggest questions of life. I don't know
00:09:50exactly what comes after death, but I believe that
00:09:54something exists, I believe that life is not just this on
00:09:57Earth, that we were not born just to live,
00:10:01die and that's it. I believe there is something after
00:10:04that, an eternity where everything is much better than here on
00:10:08Earth. And if that's not the case, that's
00:10:10okay.
00:15:10A worrying crisis at Volkswagen, slavery in
00:15:13Europe, the problems of Roma in
00:15:15Greece.
00:15:27Good day to you. Germany has been in crisis for a long time. The symbol of that
00:15:31crisis is the former symbol of success and strength.
00:15:34Volkswagen. News coming from this German automobile
00:15:38giant is one after another getting worse.
00:15:41The latest arrived before the summer holidays, it speaks of
00:15:44the abolition of about a hundred thousand jobs and even the possible
00:15:47closure of four production sites. Among them
00:15:51is one of Volkswagen's most modern production plants,
00:15:55the one in the East German city of Zwickau. The closure
00:15:58of the factory would threaten the entire region. Therefore, local
00:16:02residents and authorities announce a decisive fight against
00:16:05Volkswagen's plans.
00:16:09They are angry, disappointed and desperate. Volkswagen employees
00:16:13in Zwickau, Saxony, found out from the newspaper that
00:16:17their factory is on the list of four Volkswagen
00:16:20locations that this car manufacturer could
00:16:24close.
00:16:31You're angry because you give your best every day. This is a
00:16:34chaos of feelings. Suppliers, we are talking about easily
00:16:49several thousand jobs
00:16:53and also the small baker, the butcher, the trade, everything depends
00:16:56on it, if people simply don't earn enough money at the height of
00:16:59their careers. Baker Heiko Reinhold knows this well,
00:17:03most of the work in his bakery is during shift changes at the
00:17:06factory. Reinhold runs a small bakery with
00:17:09his wife, already in its third generation. Many
00:17:13customers he serves work at Volkswagen. When the night shift
00:17:16at the factory was canceled, sales dropped, the bakery had to
00:17:20lay off two of its 15
00:17:22employees.
00:17:25Uncertainty, so no one knows where the journey is going. Yes, I'm also thinking about the family,
00:17:28I'm thinking about the employees who have built something up here, who naturally also have their
00:17:32houses. The Volkswagen crisis
00:17:36is all that is
00:17:39talked about even in the narrow streets of the historic center of Zwickau. After
00:17:43all, almost every family has someone who works in the
00:17:48What is this?
00:17:51I don't know how this will continue.
00:17:54She started as a teacher at VW last year. As a
00:17:58mechatronics technician.
00:18:01Uncertainty among the people is felt in the city
00:18:05hall. Zwickau,
00:18:07we will notice this first and foremost in consumer behavior. People who are afraid of losing their jobs
00:18:11may no longer go shopping as much, they no longer go to
00:18:14restaurants because they simply want to save their money. We also notice this
00:18:17in the construction sector when people no longer invest in residential properties or perhaps
00:18:21in the commercial sector. Despite this, they want to
00:18:25fight here, says the deputy mayor, for
00:18:28every job, if Volkswagen really implements its
00:18:32plans.
00:18:34Scenario. It looks like this: there is a
00:18:37shortage of labor on the market, which leads to a search for workers
00:18:41mostly abroad. On one side are intermediaries who
00:18:45are looking for workers for their own benefit, on the other are those who
00:18:48want a job. Intermediaries then find a job, help with
00:18:52obtaining visas and you happily think that all you need to
00:18:56do is diligently perform your job.
00:18:59However, the moment you invoke your contractual
00:19:03rights, harassment and abuse begin
00:19:06from those who helped you. Those
00:19:09who gather the strength to resist pay a high
00:19:13price, some have paid with their lives as
00:19:16in this example from Italian fields. These
00:19:20terrible images shocked Italy. In June, four
00:19:24foreign agricultural workers burned at a gas station.
00:19:27They were locked in the vehicle and had no chance of
00:19:31surviving.
00:19:32They arrive in Italy and Europe
00:19:37and often what they find is this, this
00:19:41cruelty, this cruelty.
00:19:44The four workers were allegedly killed
00:19:47by criminal intermediaries because they protested against the conditions in which they
00:19:50worked. This event drew attention to the exploitation
00:19:54of agricultural workers and the networks behind
00:19:57it. We are in Southern Italy on
00:20:01the Ionian coast between Calabria and the Basilicata
00:20:04region. Strawberries, peaches, apricots, melons
00:20:08and kiwis are grown in this fertile area and exported throughout
00:20:11Europe. The four murdered agricultural workers also
00:20:14worked here. The agreement was that they would be paid 45 euros
00:20:18per day for eight hours of work. They received their last salary
00:20:22in April. We meet with Gervasio Mangano,
00:20:25a farmer and founder of an association that aims to raise
00:20:28awareness about the exploitation of workers. With him we
00:20:31return to the place where the four men
00:20:34died.
00:20:37represents what agriculture is in Italy, in Europe, it makes
00:20:41no difference if they are Pakistanis, Afghans, Bangladeshis,
00:20:45Africans, this is what we see
00:20:48every year in our countryside, there is very little
00:20:52desire to reason about the true causes of these
00:20:56tragedies. It is estimated that at least 200,000
00:20:59people in Italy alone work in discriminatory and slave-like
00:21:02conditions like the four victims from Amendolara.
00:21:06However, the problem starts already
00:21:09with settlement. Many seasonal agricultural workers come to Italy with
00:21:12a regular visa, to work for companies that then turn out
00:21:16to either not exist or not be permanent, and so they often become prisoners
00:21:22of intermediaries in finding jobs.
00:21:25Union members Federica
00:21:28Pietramala and Alessandro Dicalo try to free workers from
00:21:31such employment relationships. Like this group of Nepalese agricultural
00:21:35workers who worked in the same environment as the four
00:21:38murdered men from Amendolara, for the same
00:21:41criminal intermediaries.
00:21:43a protection and
00:21:50assistance project both regarding the residence permit
00:21:52and also regarding housing.
00:21:56No more slavery, this sentence now stands at the gas station in
00:22:00Amendolara. A warning, an appeal at the
00:22:04place where four
00:22:07alive. Poverty, lack
00:22:10of education, life in special
00:22:16settlements, isolation and thus non-integration into society and
00:22:20culture. This is what characterizes the life of Roma in
00:22:23Greece, but how to solve this problem. The Greek authorities
00:22:26hope that a greater police presence could contribute
00:22:30to greater safety in Roma settlements and thus improve the
00:22:33situation there. But the Roma see this as a
00:22:37sign of distrust and racism.
00:22:40Zefiri is a Roma settlement
00:22:41in the north of Athens. More than
00:22:4410,000 people live here. It is characterized by high
00:22:48unemployment and a low level of education. The crime
00:22:51rate is high. Some people
00:22:55call Roma settlements ghettos, claiming that it is not
00:22:57safe to go there alone, especially at night. The police
00:23:01want to improve safety by introducing patrols that operate 24
00:23:04hours a day. The police
00:23:08strive to be highly
00:23:19visible, using large vehicles that no one else in this
00:23:22area drives, uniforms and weapons are visible.
00:23:26According to police data from 2024,
00:23:30Roma are involved in a greater number
00:23:32of crimes than other residents. According to these
00:23:35data, they are responsible for 58% of burglaries and
00:23:38thefts in Athens. According to
00:23:40official statistics, just under 120,000 Roma live in
00:23:44Greece, but the actual number could be significantly
00:23:48higher. As a marginalized minority, they are generally
00:23:52not sufficiently integrated into Greek culture and
00:23:55society. Most residents do not want to be
00:23:58filmed, many people in Zefiri object to their houses
00:24:02being filmed. Stigmatization is evident.
00:24:05Many Greeks believe that if a Rom lives in a nice house and not in
00:24:09a shack, it must mean that he is a criminal. An
00:24:12older woman is willing to talk. She doesn't want her
00:24:16face to be seen on camera, but she allows us to film the interior of her home,
00:24:22she has a clear opinion on the new regular police patrols. The problem
00:24:43is a lack of education and opportunities, says the president
00:24:47of the National Federation of Roma Eftimios Dimitri.
00:25:00is to hire in all services in the decision-making
00:25:04centers there should be Greek
00:25:07Gypsies
00:25:09within the various services so that they can
00:25:13smooth things over and serve people
00:25:16and we do not want delinquency or theft or violence.
00:25:22Originally, there was even an idea to recruit members of the Roma
00:25:26community for police patrols as a step towards
00:25:29integration, but it has not yet been realized, and the police are
00:25:33still focused on Roma
00:25:35settlements.
00:25:37Meanwhile, a police patrol is on its evening rounds of the
00:25:40settlement. Even the police themselves were surprised by the picture
00:25:44of life in Roma
00:25:45settlements.
00:25:50they brought it here, we suffered a cultural shock, we didn't
00:25:53know what we were seeing, the conditions were miserable,
00:25:57another police officer says, and some residents are beginning to trust
00:26:00this mostly young police unit.
00:26:04Who among us, in the age of artificial intelligence, will keep
00:26:07their job? The answer to this question is not even ventured by
00:26:11the best experts in this field. And while on
00:26:14one hand numerous professions are threatened, in skilled
00:26:18trades there is still a shortage of workers. In
00:26:21Germany, for years they have been unsuccessfully trying to make such
00:26:24professions more attractive to young
00:26:28people. Here's an example of how it is still possible.
00:26:31Marlon spends a year
00:26:34gaining practical craft experience, today this
00:26:37twenty-year-old is installing an electrical line for a new
00:26:41charging station for bus batteries. This is part of the voluntary
00:26:44craft year program at the company Electro Breitling.
00:26:47Young people are enabled to try out various professional
00:26:51occupations. During the year, they will go through four areas from IT
00:26:54technician to system planner.
00:26:58But I don't really want to study,
00:27:02I'd rather do a trade, and then I just wanted to get a taste of
00:27:06what it's like, if I even enjoy it.
00:27:10Super offer. Marlon spends most of his
00:27:15time on construction sites, not in vocational
00:27:19school. This allows him to learn quickly through
00:27:21practical work. This is what motivates participants in the voluntary
00:27:25craft year, says electrical engineer Jonas
00:27:29Gentner. He is Marlon's instructor. The
00:28:02annual vocational training attracts many young
00:28:05people, and the attractive earnings of 200 euros
00:28:08per month for a year of practical experience.
00:28:11Instructor Kolz says it's money well spent.
00:28:15money, because once participants start vocational training,
00:28:19they almost never leave
00:28:21it.
00:28:27The one who also wants to do the job, who feels called
00:28:31for craftsmanship. The one who is eager for craftsmanship,
00:28:34who wants to do something.
00:28:36will.
00:28:39This one-year program was launched by company director Jörg Feucht
00:28:42in 2021 to attract more
00:28:46young people to vocational professions. We have a strong urge for
00:28:49academization, but also a high dropout rate
00:28:53among academics, and there's simply a need
00:28:56for something where you can offer people a perspective, where they can
00:29:00try themselves out, to gain experience.
00:29:03and also, well, to figure out
00:29:06for themselves if craftsmanship, if the academic path isn't for them, if
00:29:10craftsmanship
00:29:13Marlon Ritter now knows which profession suits him. After
00:29:16completing the one-year program, he will train as
00:29:20an electrical technician for energy and building
00:30:24Good day, dear viewers, welcome to
00:30:26the news.
00:30:30The fire in Konjic has not yet been extinguished, despite the deployment of helicopters
00:30:34of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. All
00:30:37available firefighters are defending houses from the raging
00:30:40inferno. The fire is truly spreading abnormally,
00:30:43a very, very difficult
00:30:45situation.
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