merkel wants to get a clearer picture of exactly what measures island is putting in place for the eventuality that the e.u. the u.k. sorry crashes out of the a you on april twelfth without a deal but they say is also a sign of solidarity from then to dublin and we can have a listen now to exactly what merkel had to say ahead of the visit. we often say in europe and this is a question of war and peace and we can see that it's fundamentally a question of violence or nonviolence of course we want to play our part and so i will look closely at the situation regarding the irish border and ways to find solutions to prevent heart breaks it in the one that sent these solutions must ultimately come from london. we can see that intense efforts are being made but also that there are clearly very different competing visions i hope that the