it brought forth a ripples of nationalism. the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's in our series starting november fifth. this is developing news coming to you live from berlin vote counting is underway for germany's new president it's the first ask for a new german parliament the biggest and the most rightwing in post-war history for the first time the parliament includes the far right alternative for germany the

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take a look at the f.t. party and what its promise to do to the german parliament how it plans to change the narrative. ok we're just looking at live pictures coming to from the bundestag where vote counting has finished to elect a new president for the bundestag and vote counting is now going on and while we're waiting for the results to come in listen to look at the far right if tea party alternative for germany which is represented in the been the star for the first time now the party's a nation's third biggest party so how influential is the party and what does it plan to do to shape political discussion in germany here's a report. on the first to really get into. your. view. germany's politicians are adopting

a new vocabulary words such as fatherland love identity country and pride the author carolyn m. carr asks if these politicians are copying germany's nationalist party was and charging them with the decisive factor is how strongly the f.t. can continue to influence public discussions and determine how certain topics are discussed in my opinion the f.t. have been surprisingly successful in doing this. for the car. if the politicians take their place in germany's blunders time for the first time today their influence seems to be bigger than the number of votes the party won in germany's recent elections. will take back our country and our people. a sign of the times says callahan's finest man one of the internet's for fathers of germany's new right. the success of the f.t.

isn't simply because it managed to unite nearly thirteen percent of voters behind it their success is linked to a greater trend a bigger movement the end of which we can't yet for see. and this trend is already changing the climate for those from a non german background people such as as roku joke who often speaks from was limbs in germany. mentioned i'm going to the experience of germans with an immigrant background is that attitudes are getting harsher and us. off have heard but at the same time they're being told their needs are on the political agenda i think it's extremely dangerous thanks to. a changing climate many politicians don't know how to react to electoral victories in europe show two radically different approaches france's emmanuelle macross water fight the far right austria sebastian kurtz poached the far rights topics don't let the right set the agenda carolyn and.

now would. you can close off the right flank by becoming right wing yourself that's an illusion you have to decide do i want to live in a secular open democracy if so then you have to defend these principles. vice man from the new right believes any attack is positive doesn't try matters as mao said is that to be attacked by the enemy is not a bad thing like doesn't of it's a good thing because it clearly shows we're on to something and the sin is real competition fatherland love of country identity terms made popular by the. but who will now set the lead for how these terms are used a balancing act for germany's bundestag. and you talk about the f.t. which is a part of the new german parliament and to talk about the new german parliament i

have with me in the in our studios our political correspondent a jefferson chase welcome to jefferson and also at the bundestag i have thomas another of our political correspondents and let me start with you thomas. voluntariness then the first session have voted for a new president the vote counting is still going on tell us about the procedure what happens how's how is the voting procedure worked out there. i'm retired just to i want to give you an impression of what it's like here because i've been many many times right here covering different procedures at the german bundestag and i must say that the interest today from the people right here is much much larger than on previous occasions you probably saw it a few minutes ago when we also connected and that has to do with the fact. that we have a very different parliament when you compare this one to the one that we had the last four years the last four years you heart for parliamentary group in this case

you have six and obviously you have the alternative for germany for the first time with those ninety two parliamentarians and i'm sorry in advance but there are so many people here crossing that it's a bit difficult but i wanted to just stress that that there is obviously an incredible amount of interest when it comes to the f.t. and what will happen afterwards first and foremost though the election of the new president of the german border stock will take place it's already as you mentioned under way in fact we can hear the bell ringing that indicates that parliamentarians are to go back to their positions and the results should be announced any second now kiddo we are looking at live pictures coming from the blue to talk to him within you see a lot of the fundamental reasons including john loitering around and chatting to each other before the result is now let me quickly join jefferson just deficit explaining to us what exactly is the rule off the speaker of the president of the german bundestag who basically every day in a nutshell he or she is the person who runs the show is. he in this case

the most probably is the one that ensures that they stick to the agenda he's also the person who senses m.p.'s who are out of order who get out of law and so it's roughly comparable to the speaker of the house in the. in the u.s. for instance with the one caveat that the president of the brain the stuff is supposed to be fairly neutral i mean obviously he comes from a a party he's going to vote with that party but they have the additional responsibility of being a sort of a neutral judge ensuring that everybody plays by the same rules that's why the choice of the vice presidents who take over when when the president isn't available to run the proceedings is so crucial so which is what he's saying is basically the post is very much like the speaker in many other parliamentary democracies across

the one a draw in a fair or not be heard obviously jepson talk about both gun shy of the wolfgang schauble is the former finance minister and key is the person who's been nominated to be the president of the bundestag and the parliamentarians have been voting on his the nomination tell us more about wolfgang short going what he bring to the role if his election is endorsed. by its indeed important to stress this emirate or because in addition to what jefferson has just said the role of the president of the german parliament or of the speaker has a very important symbolic symbolism and that symbolism is obviously something that parliamentarians here are very interested in preserving because when you have for example the arrival of the a.f.p. to the german parliament when there is a lot of discussion whether the debates will be shifted to the right or whether there's a lot of debate whether discussions will be more and more divisive you obviously

need someone as the speaker of the german parliament as president of the german parliament with sufficient authority and also with very good rhetorical devices if you will to make sure that everything remains orderly and that is something that certainly forthcoming as a someone who has been. in the german parliament for many decades someone who is the oldest m.p. in action who's been in an uninterrupted way for many many years and one who has also held very various positions in german politics and he is certainly someone who definitely knows how things work and how things should work and he's someone who could certainly make sure as jefferson obviously pointed out that everything remains in an orderly fashion as it should be i'm talking about orderly in fact i too must be heard the second a bell ring there and all the parliamentarians have briskly gone back to their

seats so which means an announcement is imminent on the result of that election this is take a listen to what is being felt there. he's given us a keep this. president in the stores i'm going to start has become. the number of votes cast seven hundred five which one was invalid seven hundred four were valid. in favor five hundred one.

votes against one hundred seventy three abstention is thirty. talked of of can show blair has received the necessary majority and has been elected the parliamentary president the been this time. thank. you i was almost sure i will who has been elected. talk to sharply do you accept this appointment. as president i do so. that was the last formality you had to be formally offered the position of president of the german going to start and of course he accepted and that was the cue for one of his colleagues to rush up to him congratulate him give him book is the flowers as you see chancellor and america

standing very close by clapping for the man she strongly endorsed the disposition and in the end as expected it was a resoundingly big three four came out of the parliamentarians seven hundred nine parliamentarians seven hundred five gassed their ballots off them five hundred one voted for him now this is the leader off the social democrats a parliamentary leader on this knowledge then you have in the green party open one from the social democrats so all various bottom entry members from different parties setting aside all their differences on this occasion and congratulating the newly elected member of the german parliament this is from the left party hears. from the green party. and that is the former defense minister or the life on the line congratulating the former finance minister. grego gazey who is

a real iconic member of the left party congratulating him now. and as i said it was a result the victory five hundred one people voted in favor the one hundred seventy three who voted against of wolfgang schauble and the thirty abstentions. he's seventy five years old he is. president on behalf of the entire house i would like to congratulate you on this appointment and i wish you of the very best i don't have to wish you a clear mind because you have one anyway please take on this office at this point. thank you from our work controlled with the president the problem it is going to address parliamentarians and we'll bring you live coverage of that the translation simultaneous translation will be brought to you by catherine johnson you're watching the news live from berlin.