just because you can see violence against children doesn't mean it isn't there make the invisible visible hopeless might violence against children disappear. this is due to the news coming to live from the world when uncle arrival begins the hard work of building a government she's ready to talk to former partners the social democrats but they've already ruled out a return a government that could mean nichols about to work with the two parties who have

very little in common and then there's this. the student that it i'm sorry him but our view is we need new policies one million foreign people have been brought into this country and they are taking the president this country away from us this day if he does not want this we have been elected to address these policies head on. the far right and to immigrant a.s.d. use that first news conference since their stunning election result a promise they're going to shake things up in german politics. welcome to the show my name sarah harmon it's good to have you with us. america has begun the search for new coalition partners after securing a fourth term as chancellor but seeing her support drop significantly she's most likely to seek a deal with to unlikely bedfellows the pro-business free democrats and the greens

but all the wheeling and dealing is taking place with a huge elephant in the room a far right party is about enter germany's parliament for the first time in decades . nothing in the german parliament will stay as it was behind the scenes power plays and party leaders sounding each other out the first bombshell came from the f.t. as one of the leaders of the far right party walked out of its news conference. i have decided not to be part of the f.t.'s parliamentary group but to sit independently in parliament for the time being. just to be. frank of petry is unlikely to be the last in the f.t. to distance themselves from the extreme right elements within their own party but johnson the angle americal is facing bigger problems after the social democrats ruled out forming a grand coalition with her conservatives

a three way partnership with the business friendly liberal democrats and the environmentalist greens seems the only possibility even if it's all smiles in public their political outlooks remain worlds apart they are likely to demand a heavy price for making any compromises meanwhile the bavarian christian socialists the c.d.u. sister party are also threatening to quit their alliance with merkel's conservatives unless their demands are met. as. you can my view it's absolutely essential that we set out a clear commitment to stemming the influx of refugees in other words a cap on numbers. that's what we've promised people. the f.t.p. and the greens are unlikely to go along with any cap on refugees it almost seems as if the chancellor is already missing her old coalition partners in the s.p.d. . they're not really thought of chris we will begin having exploratory talks with

the f.t.p. and the greens. but i would like to add also with the s.p.d. because it is important that germany form a strong stable government. after their hammering at the polls the social democrats are looking to reinvent themselves their leader martin schultz is not counting on any invitation from the chancellor. she wants to call me she can i think that since the so-called elephant round of talks yesterday she has better things to do with her time thinking all others. the new parliamentary groups will come together for the first time on tuesday the powerplays just getting underway. dude obvious chief political correspondent linda crane is with me in the studio for some analysis melinda welcome to the far right after these that take about ninety seats in the bonus side that's quite a lock how much power will they really wield and how do you think they're going to

use it that absolutely remains to be seen even in fact whether they will be one block at least one important party leader has said she's not sure she wants to belong to the parliamentary group she may go her own way and that reflects some very big internal party divisions including over what kind of policy stances they want to take this is a party that started out as a euro skeptic party and evolved over time into a much further right nationalist party that is entirely focused on anti immigration and many many people who voted for this party and probably also some party politicians essentially see the parties will as protest in other words they're not really looking to get into the concrete mechanisms of legislation what they're really looking to do is send a message to germany's political mainstream parties saying we want less immigration

we want a cap on the number of refugees allowed to be here and we want to see many of those who are here deported so very very unclear exactly how they will be dealing with this newfound power that they have and how they're going to put it to use you know they took a million votes off of anglo-american as conservatives this time around miracle meanwhile is trying to build a coalition and right now the most likely candidates are the pro-business f.d.p. and the environmentalists party the greens how is that going to work well the those are actually quite an easy bedfellows there are a number of areas where they absolutely do not agree on policy the way that it works is that the parties get together and essentially compare the pro. grahams that they have come up with prior to the election programs that are intended as a guide to their voters about what it is they're going to do if they get into office and then look for possible areas of overlap i can tell you where they're definitely going to find possible areas of divergence policy on the e.u. they're the put the business friendly free democrats are much more unwilling to see

increased integration within the eurozone they essentially want a lot of power to be retained in national governments where is the greens they would like to see a great deal more integration policy toward russia another area where they probably are going to have a hard time finding common ground where they might agree a little bit at least is getting germany ready for the future in terms of more focus on investment on digitalisation those are possible areas of agreement but this could be a long and thorny process the chancellor said it could last a christmas outlasts talk listen as well and is it possible that no deal would be reached and if so what happens that's absolutely possible the free democrats this business friendly party they are coming into parliament again after four years in the wilderness they aren't necessarily that eager to hold power yet they have very few people on their bench who actually have any political experience any governmental experience so they're eager in this to rush into a coalition is going to be limited and they've made it clear they plan to be hard

bargaining partners the same goes for the greens as i say it could be tough if they can't get to agreement and if the chancellor can persuade the s.p.d. to take back its statement that it wants to be in opposition the next step would be as it is in all parliamentary systems to call for new elections the problem there that is something no one wants because it is very unclear if mainstream parties look like they can't even get their act together to govern together that may send even more voters off to the protest party the far right a.f.d. and that's something that all of the established parties surely want to avoid sounds like a lot of stake here and we're going to be hearing from you much more in the coming days as these coalition talks get started thanks for walking us through some of that. well the a.f.d. did surprisingly well thirteen percent of the vote we sent our correspondent vandermark to the eastern city of dresden or the empty house

a lot of support family and good evening thanks for joining us we understand that there is some kind of rally underway where you are in saxony tell us a bit more about what's going on there. yes that's true i'm here right at the marketplace where the movement is meeting this movement against the so-called islam is ation of europe as they call themselves and when you look behind me year you can see people with german flags but there are also clearly right wing extremists among them there are people and groups that are observed by german services racists right wing extremists but when the speaker here came to the stage he welcomed everyone as we are the resistance and this is the capital of the resistance and they clearly support the a.f.p. when they was when they spoke about the a.f.p. result the end tires square behind me scream a f d a f t these are just about four

to five thousand people but they clearly support the far right a.f.d. and the speakers here on the stage they said since yesterday those people their voices would have an arm in the parliament with the f.t. i found and you've been alan in dresden talking to voters what are people telling you why did they vote for the war today. when you speak to people who have different voices some are quite moderate and some would say well we're just worried. that germany could cope with this amount of refugees that came into the country others say we just wanted to make a sign of protest and mix up the political scene a little bit but then you also hear people that are clearly race. cleary. say we don't want foreigners they speak a lot about being the victims they are victims of victims of the press the

foreigners would take away the money from them would take away the rent from them that's the general mood here among these people that support a.f.p. and go to the picky demonstrations so that's the general mood what specific policies do they want to see their parliamentary faction in act now that they have some representation in the on the side. well first of all they want to bring magic to court that's one of the major things that steve has planned that also these people behind me want to see they are they believe that america has broken the law by letting in the refugees to the country they also want to close the borders of germany they want to send people back to the countries where they come from this is really the major topic that everyone is having in mind here all right our reporter found in found on march they're ready to get

a rally in dresden found me and thanks for sharing the news with us. well turning now to some other world news notes are being counted after a rocky kurds went to the polls in an independence referendum that is raising tensions across the region a yes result will give kurdish leaders a mandate to start talks on breaking away from the rest of iraq and the vote took place in the autonomous kurdistan region and some of the other disputed areas of iraq the government in baghdad strongly opposes this referendum as do iraq's immediate neighbors syria turkey and iran. it's a big day for iraq's kurds. long lines formed early in front of polling stations in the kurdish autonomous region in the kurdish city of how loved the site of the poison gas attack by saddam hussein's forces that killed thousands almost thirty years ago. a symbol of why many here want independence.

we support the referendum if it's in the interest of the people people will not support it though it will cause more wars or cause people to flee their homes we have had enough of wars and deportation we do not want more wars and destruction of our homes. before the vote kurdish regional government president massoud barzani explained why he was pressing ahead you know that they are less unfortunately the state that we have right now in iraq it is a theocratic sectarian state. now. it is the. i would like to underline that we are never ever going back to back to renegotiate for us in baghdad the iraqi prime minister body condemned the referendum. what the map of iraq is endangered by

a tense and division and tearing us apart discrimination between iraqi citizens on a nationalistic or ethnic basis exposes iraq to dangers known only to god turkey's deputy prime minister big dig said kurdish leaders were playing with fire and would be the first to be burned. the un the united states and other western countries had urged kurdish leaders to postpone the referendum but they refused to back down. many kurds are expected to vote in favor of a break off but the non-binding vote is unlikely to trigger an immediate formal declaration of independence. reminder of our headline this hour ongo americal has urged germany's political parties to help her form a stable government she can't govern alone and her conservatives are now seeking to talk to the social democrats who earlier ruled out entering a coalition with the conservatives they will start talks also with the pro-business

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