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ahead of rival parties but short of the 30% vote share short of the 30% vote share they had expected. they had expected. even before they had expected. even before the result was clear, friedrich merz said his top priority was unity in europe to achieve independence from the united states. the other big winner was the far right afd who are celebrating a record second place result of 20.8%. the front my correspondent has

last week. my correspondent has been following he been following developments. he has been following developments. he: has been asked about some of those strong statements he made about the germany about the relationship germany has with the us and i want to tell you what he has been 5 he said it 7 he said it seems 5 he said it seems that saying. he said it seems that the willingness to work with the eeeillinansss t“ erase—k “h ~ ~ 77" . ,, , is diminished and i hope we can convince the said i hope we can convince the americans we can work together but he said you have to deal with the worst—case scenario, as he called it, when those not america first make not america first but america there lotto are america alone there lotto are leading the way. he also said teasing thcfiaeficalefiea'e ' " had a long conversation he had a long conversation with the french emmanuel the french president emmanuel macron is in washington and macron who is in washington and he said they talked what: 77 whatjemmanuel 77 whatjemmanuel macron's we re were to discuss with priorities were to discuss with trump and that they president trump and that they were in full on those

were in full agreement on those priorities so they made sure squared away what they saw they squared away what they saw as the important for z— to discuss emmanuel macron to discuss with donald trump. they are presenting a united front, if you will. another note i thought was he thought was interesting, he said he was worried about what he's seen coming out of washington in the last few days 7=£ he said, i'm hearing from; congress different voices, many americans questioning the direction the government, direction of the government, perhaps questioning those j7_7 that they have about trump administration, in the trump administration, in particular that speech the vice delivered at us vice president delivered at the munich security conference. said the nato conference in he said the nato conference in summer will be critical and summerwitl'ba'critical and will be looking to have they will be looking'ta' have a position unify before european position unify before that nato summit so it is clear to everyone things stand. to everyone where things stand. really interesting lines coming from friedrich merz. we have a of him speakin-

of him speaking earlier. translation: if??? ' " to translation: j??? to form translation: j??? ' " to form a government mandate to form a government and if_ mandate to form a government and if we — mandate to form a government and if we look at the distribution of seats, it is —: for us, deliver - for us, deliver morel 2 for us, deliver more than time around. last time around. there only 630 — last time around. there only 630 - if— last time around. there only 630 - if we _ last time around. there only 630 if we put those 630 seats, if we put those tggether for the together with for example the sbd, _ together with for example the sbd, we would be able to form a together with for example the sbd, we with d be able to form a together with for example the sbd, we with the i able to form a together with for example the sbd, we with the sbd! to form a together with for example the sbd, we with the sbd so» form a together with for example the sbd, we with the sbd so iform a seatitien with the sbuse lf—ww—wewr that with eeetitien with the sbuse lf—ww—wewr that with the discussed that with the executive committee and they = -5 i 73—— this as well. support this as well. there are - major— support this as well. there are major topics we have to three major topics we have to talk about. first of all, and security poicy, foreign and security policy, particularly in light and particularly in light had and what — particularly in light had and what -- _ particularly in light had and what —— in light of what saws”..- e—we “s been said in washington. it is clear— been said in washington. it is clear that _ been said in washington. it is clear that we in europe need rapidly— clear that we in europe need rapidly to become to act. rapidly to become abte te est need to rapidly ts: besarne ebte te est

need to be able to rapidly ts: besarne ebte te est _ - need to be able to organise _ we need to be able to organise our own— we need to be able to organise our own defence. has we need to be able to organise our owi over ince. has i: we need to be able to organise our owi over the. has t: we need to be able to organise our owi over the next has t: we need to be able to organise our owi over the next few; t: the second key topic is weeks. the second key topic is migration _ weeks. the second key topic is migration. the e— question of migration, our proposals have been put you e .'..-.'"i are preselheerwngee -fi wau - you will all- you will all recall forward, you will all recall the — forward, you will all recall the discussion we had in the last— the discussion we had in the last week of there was we put forward on mi - ration mi-ration to e mi-ration to the limiting migration to the country— limiting migration to the country i imagine the country and i imagine the social_ country and i imagine the social democrats will be 3 this i social democrats will be . 3 this with willing to discuss this with us and solve _ willing to discuss this with us and solve problems. the third issue is the - issue is the economic. tnejer issue is: theetnnntnit in tnejer issue is. theee-inntteit in particular situation, in particular the situation _ situation, in particular the situation for our we situation for our industry. we need — situation for our industry. we need keep in industry 7— in germany. friedrich merz la in: in germany. friedrich merz laying out _ in germany. friedrich merz laying out priorities - he| laying out priorities and he said he will be speaking with —:: of the 77 of the social e this afternoon. they democrats this afternoon. they are eager to get talks moving

as soon as possible. it's interesting to note, there is a interesting te neteg'theteie e’m" ' ' state interesting te nete';thete is. e"”" ' ' state election interesting te neteg'there is e"”" ' ' state election this hamburg state election this coming sunday so that puts a of the momentum on powers bit of the momentum on powers to bring these talks forward by the latest, week but by the latest, next week they be sitting hopefully they will be sitting hopefully in coalition talks. ;———’z’” ' his? ' (on ransom things look for the social democrats? of course, they had �*worst democrats? of course, they had �* worst result ever, democrats? of course, they had �*worst result ever, olaf theirwarst resett ever, qtef talked about the scholz talked about the that the experienced in democrats experienced in the selection. nonetheless, he has sstsstien.’ finnstnstess" nshss ’ it seledinn’ finnstnstess" nshss’ it ever selettien’ fienetnetese’ nehss’ it ever since last night we saw the results coming when we saw the results coming in that the social democrats see it as their responsibility to europe to the world to sure there is a stable german government in place as quickly as possible. we see clip of as possible. we have a clip of speaking at the press him speaking at the press conference. eertferette.e yesterda was a translation: ijfié ,-,, - 7 result for the sbd and better result for the sbd and things— better result for the sbd and things have not become any

z i'm -ratful that i was —= the right —— in the right in the right —— in the rightl - iii - country, the right —— in the right- - in - country, not direction in this country, not leaving _ direction in this country, not leaving ukraine alone, and if i leaving ukraine alone; . ' with leaving ukraine alone; anch�*h - with great leaving ukraine alone; and if i with great gratitude to work we have i work we have done i 277k we have do together. 277 we have do together. 277 ise have do together. 277 is urgently together. 277 is urgently ded ther. 277 is urgently ded in er. country, standin- . country, siing up- - country, siing up for. this country, standing up for justice. _ this country, standing up for justice, equity, being a voice for- who— justice, equity, being a voice for who rely onjustice. for those who rely on justice. and — for those who rely on justice. and cooperation. for a society iaéndcoo-era 'u - . - '- 5 really and cooperatggg fig; 2 ggggg - really has that really has genuine cohesion. at the same we cohesion. at the same time, we are looking _ cohesion. at the same time, we are looking at modernising our — -—7 you can do both of society. youcan do both of societ ., youcan do both of society. youcan do both of at the same it's an unprecedented quite an unprecedented challenge and it's important challengé’and ', a ',-o a , me challengéandfit�*sdmportant i m— challengéanfl' it's important me to make sure ohallanga’ano' it's important me to make sure the sbd can for me to make sure the sbd can take up— for me to make sure the sbd can take up that in take up that challenge in future _ take up that challenge in future as well. clear that both arties future as well. clear that both parties here — future as well. clear that both parties here appear _ future as well. clear that both parties here appear to - future as well. clear that both parties here appear to be - future as well. clear that both | parties here appear to be ready to enter coalition talks to enter into coalition talks

soon as can take place as soon as that can take place but that doesn't mean that it will be easy for them to agree on all of the that on all of the points that friedrich merz laid out stop we to sa that this to cam-cain, s german to cam-cain, the man election campaign, the campaign ahead of the shortened campaign ahead of the snap election, was really marked by raw and snap election, was really markt exchanges raw and snap election, was really markt exchanges between and tense exchanges between the parties of the middle. we saw attacks between personal attacks between the parties, between the chancellor candidates olaf scholz and friedrich merz, who is likely to be the next chancellor, and toebe thernext chaneetter. and something toebe the—next—chaneetter, and something that could that's something that could also affect the talks that they also aftett the talkie that they ' " ” " that alee afteet the talkie that they ' " ” " that being said, it might hold. that being said, it might not be water under the bridge but as we've been saying, both parties see to be able come together and to come together and find agreement. that appears to be will really drive what will really drive the talks forward. all of that place in the a; ”see, ,, he” ,, ,, ”8? tag three—year? " context of the three—year anniversary of the war in the european leaders

'j'far�*e the lopez" 'eade= , ~ ~ ~ w w ~ canadian leader are showing and canadian leader are showing their support a virtual their support in a virtual summit included other summit which—ineldded'other president zelensky a prisoner of war suggested a prisoner of war exchange could be a way to trust 5 trust ahead 5 trust ahead of edild trdet ahead'et and eventual negotiations and any eventual there are thousands negotiations and any eventual th detained ousands negotiations and any eventual th detained in sands of ukrainiansdetained in some have been held russia, some have been held since the invasion of in since the invasion of crimea in 2014. the us is a draft proposal circulating a draft proposal within the security council today that calls for a speedy end to the fighting but both russia and ukraine warned russia and ukraine have warned any hastily negotiated that any hastily negotiated deal would end in a return to —— a return to war. it's become something of a ritual, european leaders

with ukraine on the back foot on the battlefield the ukrainian president will need all the help he can get from his visitors. this year should be the year of the beginning of a lasting peace. putin will not give us peace or give it to us in exchange for something, through our cooperation. the leaders around the table promised more money by its absence. beaming in online, the prime minister insisted the us had to provide a security backstop for any peace deal. president trump has changed the global conversation over the last few weeks and it has created an opportunity.

now, we must get the fundamentals right. have a seat at the table. later, president emmanuel macron of france will echo a similar in kyiv, even some of mr trump's most ardent all the language we are hearing about, the united states were responsible for attacking in brussels, eu foreign minister stood in silence amid

on president zelensky. "he changes his stance more often than his green t—shirts," the russian foreign minister said. "it's also hard to understand the stance of the european countries." meanwhile, the fighting in ukraine enters its fourth year since russia's full—scale invasion with continuing drone attacks on the capital kyiv and a relentless war of james landale, bbc news. let show you some live pictures from this is pictures from kyiv. this is the press conference room in kyiv where we are press conference room in kyiv where we zelensky: new — —— s press conference room in kyiv where we zelensky: speak , s president zelensky to speak to the assembled press alongside v011 von der leyen 7

von der leyen and 7 von der leyen and the ursula von der leyen and the prime minister as well, spanish prime mintster as well. sanchez likely to be pedro sanchez likely to be speaking. we will keep an eye on that. in the meantime, let's hear from our on that. in the meantime, let's hearfrom our ukraine hear from our ukraine james hearfrom our ukraine james waterhouse. it's harder to do this year. you previously had the visit of presidentjoe biden and european leaders rallying around president zelensky ahead of a counter offence, now it's of a counter offences how it's picking president zelensky like picking president zelensky defea— the we are up, that's the tone we are hearing. we have had continued pledges from the and eu pledges frem the tile, and ett ' ~ ~ ' m a " ,,, cannot be ignored, which cannot be ignored, of pounds worth of billions of pounds worth of military support, but it is who is not here which speaks volumes. america is not here, america has made it plain how it sees this war ending. it has also thrown in a couple of

insults along the way terms "labelling? ' ' labelling president zelensky of labelling president zelensky as a dictator and blaming him for the war. it has upended america's policy america's foreign policy and, given this of year, this fegfith'et'mefiteesr this a fesfith'sf'msfitesef th's a very fesfith'ef'msfitesef th'e a very different anniversary, a very different to this wartime fixture. we have european 7 7 7 we have european allies here, we have european allies working out including canada working out how they are going to provide security to the continent, how they police or enforce a they might police or enforce a onceit they might police or enforce a once it is ceasefire agreement once it is eventually signed here in andfthe tone here is ukraine, and the tone here is not a one, there not a conciliatory one, there is no glossing over. clearly is no glossingover. clearly relationship js no glossingover. clearly relationship with is no glossingover. clearly relationship with america not working one. is not currently working one. president zelensky hosted president zelensky has. hosted world leaders but at various world leaders but at the ukraine is looking the moment, ukraine is looking in word and looking to its in word and malena torits— —— closer in word and “miffed torits— —— closer to home who neighbours closer to homeewho far from neighbours closer to homeewho farfrom united on how best are farfrom united on how best to go from here.

are russia editor rosenberg has been us thef % thevcurrent 7 the current russian about the current russian negotiating position. igi’: is say say is 1575th in russians say is that in order to finish this once and for all, want america to all, they want america to analyse understand the root z— :-= ’ oftheiconflictf 7 of at egfifiiéijin' " causes of the conflict. in russia talks about the root causes, it means this is not causes. it means this is not reassessed.” fault, it causes. it means this is not——— ~ w , , , fault, it it causes. it means this is net——— tt w , t t fault, it it is faanine if fault of ukraine under a fourth of nato west, a fourth of nato russia does not expansion, russia does not accept any responsibility for the war which began years the war which began three years ago with a full—scale the war which began three years ag ukraine. ull—scale invasion , ,, , the war which began three years ag ukraine. so-scale invasion , ,, , the war which began three years ag ukraine. so it:ale invasion , ,, 7 the war which began three years ag ukraine. so it seems asion , ,, 7 the war which began three years ag ukraine. so it seems the n , ,, , are not in a hurry, russians are not in a hurry, they believe they have the ' 7 vonthebattlefield. russians have been making the russians have been making progress, territory, progress, gaining territory, not fast but still gaining and they hear what's territory, and they hear what's coming out of the house, coming out of the white house, the kind of comments that donald trump has coming donald trump has been coming out with. donald trump has been coming outwith. trump administration officials have coming out

which have 77 which have been 77 which have been ver with, which have been very critical of president zelensky and not critical at all of ; 5 putin or the kremlin. vladimir putin or the kremlin. and they put those two things together and that gives 77 a lot 77 77 alotof 77 -—— ’ with us 7 with us talks especially with us russia talks having under way, that having got under way, that gives them confidence that they end the war, 77 benefits 7 77 benefits russia. there's plenty more on the website if you to follow website if you want to follow events kyiv. we will talk a events in kyiv. we will talk a lot more about it after this break.

welcome back. are going to talk more about this third anniversary of the war in ukraine. here are the live ukraine. here arethetiue , , of ukraine. here arethetiue , , ,,, of the press pictures of the press conference which is about to conference whichris about to under way at the end of a

summit 7 summit that president virtual summit that president zelensky has been hosting selenshy has been hosting" , , ~ justin trudeau, the today. justin trudeau, the canadian prime minister there, alongside european alongside the european commission president von commission president ursula von we also 7 the spanish by . pedro" . pedrorsanchez to speak minister pedro sanchez to speak at this press conference. —— 5&7" prime minister. at this press conference. —— 559? also prime minister. at this press conference. —— 559? also prime minis from we've also been hearing from the eu from the uk this the eu and from the uk this about new the eu and from the uk this are about new sanctions the eu and from the uk this are putting ew sanctions the eu and from the uk this are putting on sanctions the eu and from the uk this are putting on russia ns the eu and from the uk this are putting on russia so they are putting on russia so they are putting on russia so the targets will include producers and suppliers of machine tools and electronics. korean defence the north korean defence minister, another north korean to 77 to russia, 7 to russia, and 7 to russia, and we are support to russia, and we are from the uk side that hearing from the uk side that they be putting new on peopl7e who sanctions on people who are close kremlin. 1630