meanwhile, the far—right alternative for germany is set with a record 20% of the vote. i'm here at the famous brandenburg gate in berlin, the poll, from the country's public broadcasters, the far—right alternative for germany is predicted

to come second on 19.5%. if confirmed, it would be its best—ever performance nationally. it would be the time in germany's history, since —— post—war history, very far—right party to have such just a short time ago, friedrich merz, who is in pole at the cdu headquarters. he hailed, what he called, a terrific election campaign by his party. i also want to m for our 7 lady lééyiiéra ’ ladyhard campaign, . ladyhard campaign, it . ladyhard campaign, it was = -: :—= z: 5 we had to we had to debate we had todebate big necessary. we had to debate big topics, agrarian policy,

immigration, security, internal and external but now and external security, but new will talk together and it is we will talk together and it is important to form a government soon as possible, we need a as soon as possible, we need a government in germany, we need a government with a good parliamentary majority because, parliamentary majority because. friends, ismte for us it is not waiting for us and it will not wait for long negotiations. 7 negotiations. we 7 negotiations. we need coalition negotiations. we need to be to act soon to be able to act soon so that we can everything required we can do everything required make sure we are we can do everything required in make sure we are we can do everything required in maksand 5 we are we can do everything required in maksand make re we can do everything required in maksand make sure :=-— 7 w fintheiworldi 7” z -:= sees that germany has got a reliable and reliable ane treatwertnaf ' and that is what i government. and that is what i am working for and what i'm standing for. and thank you very much to all of you who are here today. we

never seen so never seen so many never seen so many people gathered and in our here gathered and in our house. so i think all of you. we have never had so many here. have never had so many we have never had so many of the press representatives of the press here either. have �* had here either. we have never had so many visitors here in our main here. but we main headquarters here. but we have got a result already and now we can also actually party here! tonight we will be a”; ?,, ”enid? a. and as 777 77anda7s of77 celebrating, and as of tomorrow, we will resume friends, once more, work. friends, once more, welcome here to our house, our hq, this is where we have

prepared our election victory and this is also the place where will be waiting. whererwe—willrreea-jaiting; thank. much for being here whererwe—willrreea-jaiting; thank. and ich for being here whererwe—willrreea-jaiting; thank. and forfor being here wherewerwill—éerwaitinge thank. and for youreing here whererwe—willrreea-jaiting; thank. and for your support. tonight and for your support. you �*giving us your and confidence. we have trust and confidence. we have been given the job to govern. thank you. that victorious from friedrich just a little friedrich merzjust a little earlier this shortly 7 those 77 7th7ose examples 77 those examples came out. after those examples came out. he said," �* it is after those examples came out. he said," �*it is to after those examples came out. he said," �* it is to on he said," now it is to work on foot. here are some of the live pictures coming in from different party a different party headquarters. a lot at the as 77 7a7s7the party headquarters as the results are being you see where the 77 see where the c770u party can see where the cl!!! party are, we can see where the it!!! party are, wejust can see where the it!!! party are, we just saw headquarters are, we just saw the speech from friedrich merz, people still around. this is a big media time as welljust after the examples the after the examples commit, the are running out to candidates are running out to the various media to do interviews and also get ready what is known as at the

for what is known as at the elephant around a little later in the evening were all in the eeen'na eefe at! the ' candidate set chanceller candidate set areand table chanceller candidate set arednd table together with the a table together with the public and public broadcasters and interviewed. this is the in between time where we are 7 there. we also have some from 77 7f7eoefi iii; 7 from the social pictures from the social democrats headquarters and 77dlaf77s7chol7z777 77 7 7 77 7 77dlaf77s7chol7z777 77 7 7 7t7her7e saw olaf scholz speaking there are a short while ago. actually, this is the afd, the far—right party. alice weidel are there, the chancellor for the afd, she had meeting with media and laeennteetingfwithifnedia and interviews, gritting many doing interviews, gritting many members of party. they are members of her party. they are there to her. there to congratulate her. people germany flags people waving germany flags there. now we are talking there now we are talkingabeut weidel, she spoke a alice weidel, she spoke a little earlier at party headquarters for the afd, the heee’eeertere tef the éfethe �* right, and heee’eeertere tef the efethe �* right, and wasjubilant as well, saying the party raise their numbers just about ten points in the election points in the last election full stop listen to what 7had .. . . 7777h73dt7°77 . . . . 7777 had to 7s7ay. 7 7 7

so, friends, a big thank you to all of you, every day on the street, in the cold, you communicated with voters. you've done a fantasticjob. it was brilliant. that was alice weidel speaking, the leader of the far right, speaking a short while ago. we heard from olaf scholz, also heard from olaf scholz, the current �* until the current chancellor until the current chancellor until the new government is formed. he talked about what his and it was dernecrats are and itewase e e e e . we let's dernecrats are and itewase e e e e e eee let's to t77ranslation: his speech. translation: it is a comrades, it is a bitter election result for cor social, it is a bitter cor social democrats. r cor social democrats. it is a

defeat. we all need to move forward from, so first of all, thank 7777- very much for 7 very much for all of you you very much for all of you who have given so much in the improve, and 7 7improve, and yet, 77 7 7improve, and yet, social net impreve. and yet, seciat everywhere in the democrats everywhere in the country continue to campaign. ceentryecentihuete campaign. put up ceentryecentinuerte campaign. put up posters, knocked on andou all 777 andou all helm andou all helti doors and you all helped to organise huge everywhere ejganise hege events everywhere the country. so egrganise hege events everywhere the country. so in a moment, in the country. so in a moment, a moment in we have to a moment in which we have to we have lost the acknowledge we have lost the election, it to election, it is important to say thank you, thank you to all say thank yeu. thank you to all you have worked so hard and of you have worked so hard and campaigned so hard.

friends and time friends and we friends and time we had a better election e and was responsible that. this time. the for that. this time, the election result is worse and it means that i am responsible for this too. that is something i 77-7 77 to maclear. bu 7 need to make clear. but now, it is important also to merz and 7cdu :_ 7cdu — csu, he has 7cdu — csu, he has been the cdu — csu, he has been given the to given the cenfidence te term a so congratulations government, so congratulations for winning the election. we are living in a and we are 7 and we are fighting for ceuntry and we are fighting for , , social democracy the social democrats as the oldest party heat in the in fact anywhere, country, in fact anywhere, which is why it is so important

we have the far ri-ht, �*we have the far right, the 7t7he7f7act 7 77t7i7i7e77fa77ct eh§t777 ’ 7 7t7he7f7act ihét7777 7got afd, the fact that they got such a good election result as they have this time, that is we cannot accept, and something we cannot accept, and i will never accept that. and that is why we need to stick to what we have always -=—: we not 7 we not work 7 fl“ he’s "n" net a"! “me—“le" ~ ,. the far right, 7 the far right, the 7 the far right, the social with the far right, the social democrat support this clearly and we hope are sure that and we hope and are sure that all the other parties will keep allthe other parties will keep.. promise and not work that promise and not work together with far right.

71-7771 7 legislative period 7 7 legislative period had a 72: of challenges. we've got a lot of challenges. we've got a war not far us lot of challenges. we've got a warnotfar us in war net far fremrus—in ukraine. day, war net farfremrus—in ukraine. day, people die on our war net farfremrus—in ukraine. day destroyed, on our war net farfremrus—in ukraine. day destroyed, cities ii’ war net farfremrus—in ukraine. day destroyed, cities are roads are destroyed, cities are destroyed, people die. and yet there is no end in sight. throughout that time, we are “nu-l“ “e" t—e eezre . . . 7 government led by “eu-le" “e" "—e eeeee . . . w government led by me have 7 ukraine. 7 7 ukraine. but also supperted ukraine. but weealse sure that sepperted ukraine. bet weealse sure that the war did not made sure that the war did not really made sure that the war did not readly other made sure that the war did not resell}! other countries reetle iflfeet ether eeeflfhee " well, and i'm reelle iflfeet ether eeeflfhee " well, and i'm glad that i as well, and i'm glad that i was the chancellor that was the chancellor in that time. it isa it is a huge �*to be chancellor of the federal republic, up until my

republic, and up until my last day, i will keep up office. now heed to term a others need to form a government, but this honour due to distance voted for me to distance and voted for me this time, but i'm indebted to social democratic i —e = -e 77like7toth7a7nk7 7 7 7 7777 77liketotha7nk7ou7r7 7777 like to thank our tea7r, would like to thank our tear, the general secretary and his thseeeetalsecretary and his the leader for a predecessor, the leader for a political group, the parliamentary party, everybody, the state governors, all the ministers who helped and who ministers who helped us and who worked us. that was the current chancellor olaf scholz speaking a short while ago at his party headquarters here in berlin. bit of a note of striking a bit of a note of disappointment here. in the party about 9% on the party lost about 9% on the result. let's get back previous result. let's get back to the ft and the cdu. joining me now are our correspondents nick beake

who is with the cdu. nicky, starting with you, we have heard that the cdu, friedrich merz, talking about now a coalition now forming a coalition government. that will not be with we know. are they talking about how hew are the}; talkeegeabeet he work parliament an 7an party an party again? has an opposition party again? aliecee. has an opposition party again? alieceee co—chair of alice weidel, the co—chair of, isjust a couple alice weidel, the co—chair of, is just a couple of this party. isjesta ceeple ef away for us and about to metres away for us and about to do an interview with one of the broadcasters. at the german broadcasters. at the moment, it is so close, but yet so far because i don't think i 77 77rea7lis7tically7 7 7 77 77 7 77 7rea7lis7tically7ask 77 77 7 77 7rea7lis7tically7ask he; 7 77 7rea7lis7tically7ask here 7 77 7rea7lis7tically7ask he; a few can realistically ask her a few while she is about to questions while she is about to go on air there. what she has to in the past hour said te peeple in the past heer �*so said te peeple in the past heer �* so since the said te peeple in the past heer �*so since the exit polls have out is real democratic real de7mocratic d7efi7cit here. other words, her party is 7 �*the second biggest7 �*the second biggest 7in now the second biggest in germany, but because, as you the other -arties sa say, all the other parties say they simply will work with they simply will not work with afd, they will not form 77—7e 7 -—7 of the next 7

of the next coalition 7 part of the next coalition government, to answer part of the next coalition government, toansweryour government, so to answer your question directly, alice weidel was that the next question directly, alice weidel was may, that the next question directly, alice weidel was may, much he next question directly, alice weidel was may, much sooner than elections may, much sooner than people tend to think. i think inference there that can the inference there that can be is they are going to d|ff|cultas 7 7diffic7u7lt7a7s7 77 7 seems? 7 7 7diffin7a7re7a7s7 77 7 seems? 7 diffin a7re elections rosition. diffin a7re elections that on. if there are elections that sooner than later, they come sooner than later, they believe they are in a really strong position to increase their vote even because their vote even further because remember, this time round, they ”gates" 7 77 7 777do7u7bl7et7i7ti71eir777 77e7f7 have doubled their share of the vote compared with the last election. , . . vote compared with the last election. , ,, _, ., vote compared with the last election, ,, _, ., ,~/ election. jess, coming to you. to nick's— election. jess, coming to you. to nick's point, _ election. jess, coming to you. to nick's point, that - election. jess, coming to you. to nick's point, that is - election. jess, coming to you. to nick's point, that is my - to nick's point, that is my friedrich says it is friedrich merz says it is important to get started on sta7ble stable coalition as building a stable coalition as quickly as possible. give us a geickly as possible. giyeeus a of challenges that sense of the challenges that lie ahead of him.— seems like a man in hurry to try to -et some sort --overnin coalition of governing coalition together. i think he is partly a hur because of remember, in a hurry because of remember, he has _ in a hurry because of remember, he has been _ in a hurry because of remember, he has been they had his on

77 for a n7u7 777 for an7u7ln- this job for an awfully long time _ this job for an awfully long time. he rose through the ranks time. he rese- threegh—theranks -w_ time. he rese- threegh—theranks politics in the 90s and and petitics in the 99s and. wwwwwwwww notice and and petitics in the 99s eee wwwwwwwww notice and then early notice and then was sidelined any power struggle with angela merkel who would want _ with angela merkel who would want to— with angela merkel who would want to be a long—standing cdu of germany. it then in three attempts to took in three attempts to become the leader of his party, beceme the leader at h's a he beceme the leader at his party, he managed it and he is but he managed it and now he is anxious— but he managed it and now he is anxious to — but he managed it and now he is anxious to get going. the —e: of course, is it is challenge, of course, is it is all any— challenge, of course, is it is all any numbers. challenge, of course, is it is allany numbers. i have challenge, of course, is it is all any numbers. i have seen some — all any numbers. i have seen some exit— all any numbers. i have seen some exit poll suggesting bea be a wine to through might be a way te sneahthreegi'r a narrow coalition majority in parliament with the social 77 7 -7 those ne-otiations 2 those negotiations work, make those negotiations work, but a _ make those negotiations work, but a lot— make those negotiations work, but a lot depends on the smaller— but a lot depends on the smaller whether they smaller parties, whether they hit the — smaller parties, whether they hit the 5% and make . through to hit the see threeheld and mahe through to the hit the see threehele' and mahe through to the bundestag hit the ails threehele' and mahe through to the bundestag or it through to the bundestag or whether— it through to the bundestag or whether fall away. whether they fall away. friedrich merz in high spirits, i friedrich merz in high spirits, ithihk. — friedrich merz in high spirits, i think, certainly we saw that 77 he was addressin- crowds as he was addressing crowds here — as he was addressing crowds here a — as he was addressing crowds here a time eager to here a short time ageeeeageete -w_ here a short time ageeeager te going, eagerto get going, eager to project i get going, eager to project _ i thihk- get going, eager to project i think at this because he

7777777777 because he feels germany stage, because he feels germany hasn't _ stage, because he feels germany hasn't actually been confident hasn't ecteelle been centicteet e—e . . eeeee e as hasn't ecteelle been centicteet x, . . eeeee e as a player hasn't ecteelle been centicteet w— — — ...w, — as a player in hasn't ecteelle been centicteet w— — — we — as a player in the enough as a player in the european stage and the global but his ability 7-5 e— 7ctuaiiy to actually deliver a stronger decisive _ to actually deliver a stronger decisive government will boil decisive gevernment'will; -'. to decisive gevernment'will'beft - m— decisive gevernment'will'beil to this political maths down to this political maths on how many— down to this political maths on how many seats these individual ehd up with ahd hhether parties end up with and whether he can— parties end up with and whether he can form a 2—party coalition or whether— he can form a 2—party coalition or whether he has to locate a three — or whether he has to locate a three party coalition, and the three party cealitien, and-the -w_ three party cealitien, and-the - party to three party cealitien, and the party to get the more party to get involved, the more _ more party to get involved, the more unwieldy and difficult it 77777 il- ggeee el at afd you at afd head quarters there, we have topped thee. how we have topped the night how there are certainly extremists there are certainly extremists there and it has been ruled by there and it has beenr'reled by that one be a fascist. how does called a fascist. how does the party leadership to these criticisms and concerns about the extcemist in the extremist elements in party? the extremist elements in .a ? ., , the extremist elements in -a ? ., , .,

party? ”that is tightens party? ”that is tightest! -- alice party? ”that is righteneeehee _ -- alice weideli party? ”that is rightsnegc _ -- alice weidel is alex weidel —— alice weidel is on stage, many will chant alice a d7eu7tschla7nd, a d7eutschla7nd, similar to for a deutschland, similar to alles fur deutschland, an old stewart—mac so many net stewart—mac chant, so many notes that. many theatres like donald trump make america great 7— 7 —— and old net 7 again, —— and old net stewart—mac he took the to to the ft, and elon musk, so instrumental and visible in the trump administration

the md. the are. did the era. did big endorsed the afd, did big interview and said they are really the only future that germany the parties rer'e'e'e hee. 1e'he ethee eeet’eee . . ,, ,, ,, . this country say that they in this ceentry'saythat they will in this ceentry'say'that they will not work with 7 -7 af d they as dan-erous, racist, as dangerous, racist, as a them as dangerous, racist, as a party that �* in �*would in 77 i7n77rea7lly 7 77 i7n77rea7lly abundant 7 bring in really abundant specifically on policies, specifically on migration, go much migration, which go much further, would say, further, they would say, than getting tougher on borders and control, so it is a divisive really divisive party, but we have seen that more germans have seen that more germans have cast their vote for afd this time around.— have cast their vote for afd this time around. yes. and the asect this time around. yes. and the _ aspect is - this time around. yes. and the _ aspect is so - internatienal aspect is'se ,, .,, ~ . about interesting. talking about the... on my flight over we had donald trump's campaign manager was coming to work with 7 was coming to work with the who was coming to work with the cdu, christian democrats, cdu, the christian democrats,

so an note. what so an interesting note. what has merz said that so an interesting note. what has priorities merz said that so an interesting note. what has priorities would ;aid that so an interesting note. what has priorities would be that so an interesting note. what has priorities would be on at so an interesting note. what has priorities would be on the stage77777 eee international stage? his international _ international stage? his international positioning is inteynatiou. u ”u.’.- really interesting. he has been a staunch — really interesting. he has been a staunch backer of ukraine. you — a staunch backer of ukraine. you might— a staunch backer of ukraine. you might remember that there was ee debate in whether est—£7?— the“? �*31575575 7'fi757575ffi’téfi7? - whether long—range about whether long— range tourist _ about whether long—range tourist missiles should sent tourist missiles should be sent tourist missiles should be sent to ukraine, and olaf te: llerzlfie aha carine-sf ea was te eitrainiee eee’ ensnteum eiaf was against scholz was against it, but friedrich merz said he would be open _ friedrich merz said he would be open to— friedrich merz said he would be open to that and he e'ee'h'te'that'se we; a berlin as e'ee'h'te'that'sem a berlin as not e’eer�*rte that'se lmugug - berlin as not being e’eente'that'seeeert and he 7 berlin as not being enough sees berlin as not being enough of a strong �*on of a strong player on the european stage and he has been of a strong player on the eurc criticalage and he has been of a strong player on the eurc critical ofe and he has been of a strong player on the eurc critical of chancelloris been very criticae . a ce..e and very cribcahfifthahfeflfir - m very critj.,,, , a -and he would m defend himself in these matters, but friedrich merz has said how— matters, but friedrich merz has said how some of eee big powers said how some of the big powers in europe, — said how some of the big powers in europe, germany, poland, france — in europe, germany, poland, france -the _ in europe, germany, poland, france the united kingdom france and the united kingdom need _ france and the united kingdom need to— france and the united kingdom need to come together form a need to come together to form a common— need to come together to form a common position on ukraine, given— common position on ukraine, given the _ common position on ukraine, given the pronouncements we have — given the pronouncements we have been hearing from the us president donald trump. that

president donald h - . . president donald trump that well friedrich merz being said, well friedrich merz if being said, well friedrich merz - if he _ being said, well friedrich merz if he becomes chancellor, being said, well friedrich merz his he becomes chancellor, being said, well friedrich merz his money omes chancellor, being said, well friedrich merz his money where zhancellor, being said, well friedrich merz his money where his icellor, being said, well friedrich merz his money where his mouth put his money where his mouth is in _ put his money where his mouth is in terms _ put his money where his mouth is in terms defence 7—7777777_ 7 _ittle spending zehe has beenea .' spending zehe has beena little on where germany 7 _7 715—7 7 will go on that. it only - hitting - will go on that. it only hitting the need to 2% gee-cu... 7.fisi . w 7777-777 77777777 7777— 77777777 777fo77he fi7st target for the first time since the early— target for the first time since the early 90s and it was only through— the early 90s and it was only through someone funding, not a threegh semeeneefending, netee _ m— threegh semeeneefending, met a funding model and i e of allies of - a i of allies of germanyl know a lot of allies of germany -et know a lot of allies of germany get quite — know a lot of allies of germany get quite irritated by their approach to defence and mm— security and it was chancellor 0taf — security and it was chancellor olaf scholz that kind term in the wake of russia's the w of of russia's the w of ukraine ia's the w of ukraine and it will interestin- 7_- interestin- to see m be interesting to see that goes forward — be interesting to see that goes forward. ., ~ ., ., 7 w_th 7 with you 7 up with you both at catch up with you both at the party headquarters. we are looking at the projection now leeking eatethe prejectien new the election. leeie'ngat theeprejectien new these are from the election. these are from the election. these are from the election. these are from the public broadcasters in germany, the number is really

interesting, the cdu, the bavarian sister party the csu, together there, one coalition together there, and 29% of the vote. the first coming 777c7o7mi7n7gat 7 7 7 7 7eemihgat197.6%7, 7 7 777c7o7mi7n7g at 197. 6%7, po7lling gightgcoming at 19. 67:15 belling 20, had been hoping to gightgcoming at 19. 67:15 belling above, had been hoping to elgbgtoming at 19. 67:15 belling above 20,1 been hoping to elgbgtoming at 19. 67:15 belling above 20,1bscdu oping to elgbgtoming at 19. 67:15 belling above 20,1bscdu had; to elgbgtoming at 19. 67:15 belling above 20, i be cdu had been get above 20, the cdu had been hoping get above 30. there get above 20, the cdu had been hoj have get above 30. there get above 20, the cdu had been hoj have 5 the )ove 30. there get above 20, the cdu had been hoj have 5 the social). there we have it. the social democrats got of 25% in democrats got upwards of 25% in the last election, now to the last election, now down to 16% and the other parties it becomes interesting, the greens were part of this current coalition government, the outgoing coalition government that collapsed. they come in at 13 point 2%, disappointing for them, but the far left, the former german socialist actually, they saw a party, actually, they saw a surprising this surprising jump in this election and they come election campaign and they come in at 8.6%, good result for in at titties geed reselt ter ' ' ” so they in at titties geed reselt ter ”w ' w so they will be a pretty them, so they will be a pretty strong voice in opposition. the key here is that bar on key here is that yellow bar on your the liberals, the

your screen, the liberals, the fdp. right now, are fdp. right now, they are coming in at under5%, in at under 5%, meaning they would not into parliament. would not get into parliament. they were in the sparse collapsed, so aeeernment that celleeseeese ~ ~ will aeeernment that cellaeseeese ~ ~ will be crucial in the hours to see hora coming hours is to see how those numbers when we get final results, out if make results, play out if they make it into and if they results, play out if they make it ir it and if they results, play out if they make it ir it will and if they results, play out if they make it ir it will change and if they results, play out if they make it ir it will change thed if they do, it will change the coalition a coalition calculations a little bit. those are the numbers, and i want to bring in my guests. what do you think of the breakdown that we are looking brea kdewnthat wears leeking i breakdownt—hat wesarela = '- a lam: like europe and europe is like germany. it is multifaceted eermanye it is meltitaceted in """"’ ’ colours and to its eeiiteteeteere ene' te extent its political some extent its political flavours. it is something that we have reflected here in

we have seen reflected here in the afd picking up votes and spd down. when the spd going down. when i started coming to only started coming to germany only four years ago, there were only four years ago, there were only four in the bundestag, four parties in the bundestag, but now there are eight, so it a elit ree? fhefe efe eiehf eeif a sign eee ree? heefe efe e'ehe ee'f a sign of eee ree? efiefe efe e'ehe ee'e a sign of the times that z—f := -f f of the palitical fracturing of the political landscape, if you will. what have you thought of the from merz messaging from friedrich merz tonight, this is a success for us need to get going us and we need to get going as quickly as possible, the work starts tomorrow? i quickly as possible, the work starts tomorrow?— starts tomorrow? i think it is the reason — starts tomorrow? i think it is the reason that _ starts tomorrow? i think it is the reason that it _ starts tomorrow? i think it is the reason that it was - starts tomorrow? i think it is the reason that it was so - the reason that it was so important to say to people who the reason that it was so importa a to say to people who the reason that it was so importa a week 1 to people who the reason that it was so importa a week ago people who the reason that it was so importa a week ago did ple who the reason that it was so importa a week ago did not who up until a week ago did not know who they going eu}, q“ “2, 55:2”; -�*—�* e” w ' "w " ' " ' for. there was a 5“; 2�*“ m”2, 55;”; -�*”�* e’w ww w wwwww ww w ww w for. there was a great vote for. there was a great deal of nervousness and about the future, anxiousness about the future, think about it, war think about it, economy, war and the f 7 problems unsolved. think a lot of people felt i think a lot of people felt they were extremely uncertain as to whether any team could m to ether an solutions that put together any solutions that would be and now would be useful and now they have taken choice and have taken their choice and they will see... it a sign

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would work, like the trains. and i think there isjust would work, like the trains. and i think there is just a sort of lack of confidence in eortof tack, oftentidenoe in future and isortof tack, oftentidenoe in future and this the future and this administration has to grab with both hands. so if we look at how the rest of is how the rest of europe is looking to germany, we need to :—= f: the us,f f the us,ff we about with correspondence, with correspondent at the afd, we saw this astonishing speech by speech by vance about speech byjudy vance about breaking down firewalls, and elon musk talking with alison weidel on x. what impact do you 7 =_—:e ——— z that had? i think it was f think that had? i think it was directed notjust at think that had? i think it was directed not just at the german = in ffront �* him, but audience in front of him, but people back home, some in the white house. to an extent, i think they are talking about a deal with pefople who hee'he e e'eel ee'eh eee�*eleeef�*e�* outside system

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pr their chancellor candidate .e of their chancellor candidate who was very in who was very successful in tiktok. how do you explain tihtele hew ee yeu exeteih:: 5 55 5 : 5 like you said it, that. that like you said it, tiktok. she was a sparkling personality came out of pereene'r�*y ce'fieffiee ee nowhee putting together a party and putting together a party that had been run by a lot of �* men, if i can it that older menrif lcanput it that and i shejust added way and i think she just added it also an some juice. it is also an indication that people want more the system from mme effi'fi eee'e'eet and leaders. to institutions and leaders. to what they think is address what they think is important to them. in some f— z- it does not surprise me ways, it does not surprise me but just but it is just another indication of how the evolution of system is out of the system is broadening out and the only problem with that do not it to iswyouw do not want it to out so is only on broaden out so it is only on extremes, should be in the middle as well and centre. middle as well and the centre. talked about the patterns you talked about the patterns we are seeing across europe, but how much you see the we are seeing across europe, but ht also jch you see the we are seeing across europe, but ht also jci a you see the we are seeing across europe, but ht also jci a referendum e we are seeing across europe, but ht alsojci a referendum on result also as a referendum on chancellor olaf the ededeeqqpqege scholz and the that collapsed. h0 government that collapsed. the question. there was a great deal of bickering, wasting time and, to extent, personal

and. to some extent. personal. that either party problems that either party could be blamed fora 5 at the could be blamed for, but at the time, i think the issue is same time, i think the issue is that germans like it is that germans feel like it is just this particular notjust this particular coalition, it is a larger set of problems, things of problems, many things all at once, whether the war, the economy, and it is the war, the economy, and strange voices coming out even strange voices coming out of north so to some of:northwar:nericaw,wwso to some they will be a real extent, they will be a real need on the part of new need on the part of the new government, whatever it will continue to look like, to grab of f continue to look like, to grab of that anxiety and try to —:: — -7f it so they f a f channel it so they have a feeling they are making progress. feeling they are making progress-_ feeling they are making progress. emerge” 5a aa5 �*analysis, jackson. emerge” 55 aa5 �*analysis, jackson. thank your analysis, jackson. thank your analysis, jackson. thank you forjoining us tonight on news. as we have bbc news. as we have been looking at the various f fto headquarters and listening to messages from the wwe we, very vefry interesting f vefry interesting to f leaders, very interesting to note that any christian democrats are victorious in at

moment, coming as the this moment, coming as the biggest but a lot of biggest party, but a lot of remains at their uncertainty remains at their look like and �*quicklyfffff 55'; 5:5w55w5 �*quickly the �* quickly the coalition will how quickly the coalition will come together. of course, on how quickly the coalition will con otherether. of course, on how quickly the coalition will con other side�*. of course, on how quickly the coalition will con other side of )f course, on how quickly the coalition will con other side of the turse, on the other side of the spectrum, the other side of the spectrum, the afd, the far—right party celebrating the fact they have doubled their result, just55555 eee’w: e1: f just close f justclose 20% f just close 20% of the and their leader, alice saying the are aiming weidel, saying we are aiming extent to the party, extent to be the biggest party, to be able to lead government stop and certainly capitalising some of the f f some of the dfissatisfactian on some of the dissatisfaction with the elite, the establishment and the current city trends coming government, city trends coming together we will continue fatah/ff f f ffffffoflion thatff f f ffffffoflion thatahd f ffollow that and give you to follow that and give you updates on the results in a short while. but back short while. but heading back to in london. you much. want to you much. want to you an update on the give you an update on the health of pope francis. an update from the vatican in the

last few moments saying the holy father plasma condition remains critical, since remains critical. since evening he yesterday evening he has however not had any further crises and respiratory crises and continues to be and continues to be alert and well they say the oriented. they say the complexity of the clinical picture and the weight necessary for the pharmacological therapy is to some feedback require provide some feedback require the prognosis remain reserved. the statement says that during morning and che f morning and che apartmenft the morning and the apartment set on the tenth floor of the set onthetehth ftoor of the he participated in hospital, he participated in holy along with those who the holy along with those who are taking care of him along in hospital a week now being with f ffljrfthddduef ff with double pneumania. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. after defeating manchester city

in their back yard. after a slow start, france turn on the style and india get the better of rivals pakistan once again, as virat kohli's inspired win in dubai. on another busy packed afternoon of action, and we start with the football and that massive game stakes this year for manchester city —

despite going behind, city dominated possession,