a lot of things with the euro and then of course we had the migration issue so i think that you know what should underestimate what was at stake and at the same time you know these things evolve at a certain epoch and i think that at the end of 60 i guess 21 or whenever just when one has she will be able to bow out and i think quite frankly with a great deal of legacy behind her let me ask you before we run out of time when she does step down in 2021 will that be the time that lawmakers here say now is the time to draw the line now is the time to declare east and west history not of that that's going to happen i mean i think as i said before in the united states we have great our regional diversity as i think germany has had diversity. for almost the entire existence of it as a country and even well before that they shouldn't necessarily be a 0 sum game there ought to be a way to combine the regional identities with the national identities and maybe of course with the european focus all right jack shane senior fellow at the german marshall fund checkers always good to have you on the show good to hear your