u.s. he then experienced a steep learning curve people throughout harder so i just. thought of the game was just a lot faster let's say in general. so he took me and i say a month a couple months to adjust to it 1st it was overwhelming at home and you know a lesson everyone's you just watch them learn such everything up like a sponge and just try to make the most of that he's now played 3 seasons for the minnesota twins with this one looking to be his best ever he's also determined to make the game more popular in germany not an easy task. all i can do is you know go over there in the winners you know do some camps say hi to the kids and you know told how great the game is and hopefully they you know fall in love with it over at soccer tennis which is you know overshadowing baseball for sure there are a culture you know it's hard to make a change there that's been the culture for if you know hundreds of years. his

positive attitude is also very much appreciated by his team's fans. the next step will be to qualify for the world series which looks highly likely should that be the case whoever minnesota support or opponents will be kepler will be aiming high. well the 2019 cannes film festival has come to a close with a star studded ceremony the festival's top prize the palme d'or went to south korean director bone john hove for his black comedy parasite it's the 1st korean film evidence when the ana for best film at cannes the festival's 2nd award of the grand prize went to french senegalese direct to match india ups film atlantics. and reminder of the top story we're following for you millions of voices across europe choosing their representatives to the european parliament in an election where populist euro skeptic parties are expected to make strong gains. you know

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a state. where chapels drug cartel reign supreme. death threats are part of her daily life. to them i think what they can show you any time with you have a bodyguard or not for me but i refuse to be intimidated and continues to work undaunted. to see not pass on the way to. remote district away from last much she says she has a meeting with women who have been searching for their missing children for us. now it's become a search for bodies. and there are so many we're going to get a mole it's full of seriously ill i think we'll stay here tonight for 3 skeletons you know and apparently a big grave. at

a stench. or at least is this a body this one is decomposing still well if it hasn't been a long while to past really welcoming that but i'm going to broadcast this like a song. get that and we will be as nothing on both were in one hostage rios with the searchers a 4th day they've been here since sunrise that they were told there might be some secret graves here. they've discovered one on the scene as i can this was women's loved ones have disappeared and then when we get it here we can see the bones i keep where most of their bones here well said about it was most likely the women have already dug up several graves. for bodies one is still decomposing the others the skeletons or yeah it looks like a secret graveyard doesn't mean all go yes yes it does and if it's a secret graveyard those who are very the people here might come back i mean they should send some security please we're scared but i'm going to get them the other

way that. these men i mean do you know is leading the group some of these women have been looking for their sons for years many were killed by members of the drug cartel and buried in anon places. over half of those who have disappeared the disappeared a see those are thought to have been connected to the drug scene. says that this is often the case because of the poor drop prospects in the region. man and the others often taken to the areas controlled by the drug cartel and so make them their enemies. they told us we should stop searching otherwise the same will happen to us one day someone will find us in a grave and when the enemy can turn up was. just a few a little safer man has now a personal bodyguard an ex older was armed and never takes his eyes off her. the search continues. i think this is

a body part that we found in one of the graves there is the owner of the raw and the hand. individual body parts bones with skin and clothing remnants come to light. the smell of decay is almost unbearable for the journalists. and by the mothers what's unbearable as the uncertainty is their child this time. yeah i'm glad and yet at the same time i'm sad because i don't know if it's my son or hers but i think in the end. it doesn't matter whose son a g's. searching for them because we love them it feels like my heart is going to jump out my body is shaking my ears a shot you know where you carry on. i'm not going anywhere if it's possible to stay here i will. i mean are you scared no no i'm not scared they've already done their

worst what can they do to me now that. you're a good friend. i want to find him finally i'm waiting and waiting every day i wait. hours later the municipal police has turned up and he says that corrupt police officers involved in the up duction is ordered by the cops tell the police do not deny this. you're going to give me one of our series bands and if you think that's his problem. we are not pencil before you don't know what i want. there are officially over 40000 people missing in mexico but there are probably more. men and the other mothers have found almost $500.00 of them dead for their. safety

after yet. more like i get my every 9 on this day alone and the police finds even more some have been dead not even for 2 weeks. there still also a lot left to do. takes a different route to work every day just one of her many safety precautions we have . it in that if i go to work like somewhere that somebody was killed says i try to go with a colleague from a different medium. i will. report that i have for me to protect myself thanks you. know that i do is just one of the broadcasters that will see now works for. she is known for

a long time as journalists here in the state of sinaloa they are also sufferers. since in this case that is their freedom of speech here at. almost 30 percent perhaps that's the state of our country before they used to say don't cross the drug cartels the military or the church i don't know don't cross the politicians now don't cross the politicians because they're thieves and the police at the same time. essentially today our programs ratings will go up today our guest is the woman who knows most about the security situation and seen a lot all rather the lack of it yes i think so too. short of the hello thank you for listening. and we'll start off with the big story of the week. let me tell you that over the weekend sirius was transformed into a gigantic graveyard 15 bodies were found. their bodies were brought to the

morgan last much chance for all those who have missing loved ones. to see now follows up on the searching month us regularly despite the fact that she has received many open threats. because i don't know what i remember once there was a funeral wreath with my name on it in front of my door you don't forget something like that because when it was a form of intimidation as if to say you find bodies you find dead people here you are that your funeral raef. the threat almost became reality about 10 years ago 10 members accused her of spying for another cartel or working for the government so the cartel abducted her. the end is going to be oh my life was in danger and i knew they'd rather kill me or let me go but i had already seen all the face and. get back they come so i thought they would kill me or know that you know this yeah one

of you said it was time and made this gesture. another one asked me if i had a last wish. they would be more than. i said there in the night bless you because they're in the us you're turning my daughters into orphans. get they don't mean it but let god light your path and let you be well said go i see i see almost an outpost i mean he looked at me and said you know nobody had ever said anything like that to him who is. what i will act as if he told me they usually say let me go and i'll give you money cars land that is in essence and go at that moment he put his hand on me. now toss it up on my leg and said good for you not going today she's ok last. this is the road where they let her go look straight ahead i told her look back

once and you're dead you're coming now i i walk straight on trial you'll probably see cost that i prayed to god for my daughters and my family reacting in that moment i realized i was doing the only thing. because a lot of the only things possibly on the lower we have to fight for freedom of speech so that there is no corruption no impunity haskel do we like an excuse and chaotic simply that but it's hard if you see. mikey be on stand them and you will always live with the risk that if you're on the cartels list they can kill you at any time. with or without a bodyguard they might then walk in a moment as if they are one of us by that as if they ask or that. she only really understood how close it had been when a colleague of hers was kidnapped just a few days later she knew him and had researched the drug scene with him as well 2

weeks later his body was found in black plastic bags. all that i am it's me. how are you. very well. that. the scene often visits her sister lara who looks after her youngest daughter jules a lean window seen a has a long day. was need a yes she's always been very committed to her work from the start. the old what was it like for me and i'm part of the most like a children's mother. but at the though she's missed many important moments in her daughters' lives and this and larry that this was the house is gone. i'm sad that

she's not here most of the time or you're. still there. i'm sad because i know that something can happen to her. though because i know that she's not safe when she's working. here. she's always very strong she doesn't always show her feelings so that we don't feel burdened that my family and i think that what she's doing is a very good. yes it is not oppose him to put me i know they're always worried about me which outlet is moving to hear it so you know i think it's his medicine and they talk at the end i think the mother is an example for. what has to be don that has to be. 100 percent in a bit extra on top of it ok yes yes this is a long ways given 100 percent and 100 percent extra next that they'll do the same

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on from the european parliament in brussels where we find you bureau chief myself and. these might be in the business or you're a little business in a lifetime and your views are top of the my view are from the european parliament in brussels and we want 3 questions answered tonight 1st of all will the right wing populists really be the big winners as predicted and moving get enough votes to obstruct business as usual here in the european parliament 2nd question will the decline of the social democrats in europe continue and of course the 3rd question is will anyone here be able to muster a majority to determine who will be the next president of the e.u. commission so get ready for an exciting election evening and of course by the way also the biggest exercise in transnational democracy on earth.

i'm still going to welcome today's us to today's special coverage of the $2900.00 european elections and welcome to view is. broadcast our plan is to be with you through this evening and into the night and early morning with rolling coverage of the results across the 28 member states as more than 4400000000 eligible voters how vast say d w will bring you complete coverage of events as they happen i could hear then correspondents also in the european parliament as you just saw there in brussels and cities across the bloc reporting. live on 6 national polls which will influence the european union's direction over the next 5 years. so let me walk you through what to expect this evening 21 of the 28 to a huge states hold elections to the european parliament today we'll be bringing you all the key results a coverage will begin in germany where polls close at 6 pm less than half an hour

from now which is also when we'll bring you the results of exit polls hungary stops voting an hour later spain and france then finish a further hour later 8 o'clock france will be one of tonight's most closely watched races eighty's also when we're expecting the 1st day you estimates of parliamentary seats to roll in poland finishes voting at 9 pm and polling stations closed last of all in italy at 11 that's also when the 1st e.u. wide results will be published 7 member states held their votes this week the u.k. ireland the netherlands the czech republic slovakia cyprus and motor and of course we'll bring you those results as well so strength but went to the european parliament to have brussels bureau chief max hoffman is standing by now welcome max what's going on that. well thanks phil of course you can imagine that the preparations have been ongoing for some days here to transform the european

parliament in a big media basically you have the plenary which is not far away from here where you have. hundreds of journalists where the results will be presented also one of the big questions that i mentioned earlier just a couple of minutes ago is and that's why many people are nervous with a right wing populist be able to have a crucial you know a crucial share of this european parliament maybe even as they have announced to be able to obstruct business as usual and that's why we're there are traditional parties if you want to call them like that are getting nervous also because the interest in the. as elections is much higher than 5 years ago if you can quantify it and people have tried to do that you can say that media interest has doubled many of the european parliament videos for to get out the vote have gone viral you can check them out on you tube if you like to do that and of course we have tons of things to talk about because now if you're if you're watching this in the us for example or and in

a different country what's happening in your national elections there happens here today but 28 fold because you have 28 you member states so it'll be a little chaotic i think it was super interesting lots of things to talk about we have very good guests to do just that and like i said phil we're looking forward to an exciting evening here max hoffman there in brussels thank you so much max cross the course of the evening as mass was saying that this is all about seats in the european parliament so let's take a look at why they seems to choose is so important. the european elections are the 2nd largest election in the world after india's each of the e.u. used 28 member states has a fixed number of parliament members or piece proportional to their population. germany has the highest number of any peace followed by france and italy. there are 751 ammi piece as of now but that number will be reduced to 705 post

breaks it with some u.k. seats being redistributed. the e.u. parliament has many powers ranging from adopting and amending the e.u. laws to overseeing the 145000000000 annual budget. it's the only organ within the e.u. this directly elected by e.u. citizens that makes it the representation of the people 510000000 to be exact. so it's a huge logistical exercise let's go back to where it's all going to be happening across the even. the european parliament in brussels who have been speaking with. well we we tried to speak to as many. as possible earlier phil because as you know the. translation the candidates are the ones that supposedly are going to become at least one of them the president of the e.u.

commission so basically one of the most powerful people in the european union in the past that would have been unthinkable because the european parliament didn't really have a say in who becomes the head of the e.u. commission but that changed with this process that they call the splits and process yes yes it's true this german word has really made the race the people call the lead candidate as i mentioned and the front runner and this is the one who leads of course the biggest faction in the whole european parliament which is the p.p.d. the european people's party the conservative party and the man who's that. at the top of this faction is months they'd be able we caught up to him earlier very busy man by the way and we asked him because he toured in so many countries what stood out which topics stood out to him when he talked to the potential voters and his dinner. break he's been able to identify 2 topics the 1st is migration still the question of course control of the question of humanitarian responsibility of the

union the 2nd one is economy drops the solace it jobs for the young generation the east living conditions hiles and aris that are the challenges of today and it's on the one side it's good to see that european y.b. can identify coming issues that people ask us to act and that is what we have to do now also the elections what are you going to do on day one even if you really become a lot commission president of the e.u. well the 1st task is to build up a new commission of course but that's too easy that series well that's why that's why one of the bottom of the key issues is for me to perform much and that balanced a commission so to look for in the state commissions for the future and i hope that cysts out of states and out of my hands be really present at the good intent and strong evidence of a few hope that we can really come close to the next european commission a visit which about that is what i want to achieve but the most important topic is the most important topic at the beginning is that if i say it is 1st of all thing

the message of the new commission the message of the new commission is please stop the crisis thinking of breck's it a migration euro crisis that's now open a new chapter of hope of positive forward looking ideas for the future to tell people to show people is a clear plan is a clear mandate what we can achieve if you work together just that is what i want to work for that people get an idea that you know can really serve can believe deliver and that is the message of the new commission and did you feel like you got enough support from. the leaders across the european union during your campaign let's say for example from but not on the inside of c.p.p. family via a clear believe in a democratic europe which is based on democratic principles i was nominated in helsinki in my party family as a candidate for the commission president and and and the people decide about the outcome of the elections and afterwards you can see the question is the key

question is it's a palm and must play to be corona strong growth process the council is crucial no doubt about this but the parliament is also proof that's place that people send their any peace their members of parliament the people want to see that through an election process you have an impact on what is happening in europe and that is what i believe the democratic base of eva thank you very much. so you can tell their fill this is to feel like he has the support which is extremely important from his leaders at least the leaders of the conservative european peoples party but to tell you the truth that might not hold up because really he needs a majority in this house in the european parliament in order to have a chance to become the president of the european commission and if that doesn't work out if the leaders wake up tomorrow on monday here in europe to see our candidate he won't make it they're going to go into the back rooms again on tuesday here in brussels and try to find a solution and month if the above might not be

a part of the solution. in brussels thank you more from across the evening well as really you like to be hearing across tonight the far right populist parties are expected to make their strongest showing ever in these elections they represent a political phenomenon being felt nearly everywhere across the bloc opinion polls ahead a visit actually indicate the far right populists are expected to take more than 30 percent of the vote in full countries the u.k. poland hungary and it's a me and several of those parties in. trying to create a united front in brussels. the cd come not to break you up but to remake it divided by language and. united by populism. once it directs media did it starts it can be right and a common enemy is on the so-called human can. they are europe's far right leaders

and together they are appending decades of e.u. rules and norms laying siege from within. the man hoping to lead best parts workers populists at cities deputy prime minister macho salvini his hardline at any fast manifesto helped transform his friend's party and to government material i know he wants to do the same across the continent binding together ideological bedfellows promising to tear up the rules. of our objective it's about trying to be a force for government and changing your book to bring your blood new hope a dream. by the way to. his closest ally is marine le pen. the head of france's far right political dynasty she led him to campaign with her firebrand father nationalism runs in hard blood but now she's

gone her own way. the french flag iraq for attacks on the elites the e.u. and emigration in the past she called for france to leave the union but has since you turned seeking instead to strip back the use power. no longer want this european union that is fretting on friday with globalization on europe globalization without regulation means having slaves manufacture to sell to the unemployed so. helping to banish the shackles of brussels. as your it might end of the alternative for germany leading a party born in the chaos of the financial crisis but who found success talking about migration equal marriage and islamic extremism unlike the others they have threatened a day exhibit a german exit from the e.u. if the block fails to change cringed when he wants what void damage will need to

change of direction otherwise brags it won't be the last exit. then there is victor or ban. hungary's proudly a liberal prime minister. has combats a reputation recently and have the praise of a kindred spirit like me a little bit controversial but that's ok that's ok you've done a good job and you've kept your country safe in his youth help tear down the iron curtain now he shows off the fences here wrecked it on europe's borders he and salvini have formed a friendship of late seeing themselves as manning europe's front lines. mr salvini says that we need a new europe and i support his concept i share his view i too think that we need a new chapter 6. but the success of the populist insurgency may well come down to whether salvini can turn friendship into partnership.

was noticeably absent when solving these populist gathered for a final rally in milan last week. the rain drenched crowd testament to the scale of the populist push back. the main attraction the man casting himself as europe's salvation at his back a rising tide of anger and resentment. let's take a look at this growing phenomenon with the doctor's chief political correspondent and belinda crane hope we were throughout the evening. welcome melinda also with us is god of only he's a research associate at oxford university center for international studies where we have see a european public sphere project welcome see metairie let's let's start we can tell you this this idea of a populist landscape is is it is it is it now ripe for salvini to become its figurehead it has been right for some time indeed populist phobic nationalist

parties were the 1st ones to provide a structure of political political offer to people to people who were seeking answers in terms of identity crisis and cultural politics rather than economic politics so to speak. the question we have to look at as it has been in the past is whether and to what extent they will manage to form a cohesive bloc within the european parliament there's been many attempts in the past for these kind of political forces to come together and they fall apart indeed there's a contradiction in terms there they are fundamentally nationalist parties those to do struggle to come together when necessary that is the question so where does germany. a ready to be led by its early on this well mr merton who we saw in that report did attend a big rally of all of these parties in milan just about 10 days ago but the fact is that there are deep divisions between these parties and i would not expect to see them now suddenly coalesce into really firm block with

a very clear program and for example one leader from italy as you suggest in fact if we look at just the f.t. they have some pretty strong objections to some of the policy proposals of the mistress of the party for example they don't like deficit spending which is something italy's there is strong on they don't like the italian budgetary policy and in general the ability of these parties to work together if you just want to see one indicator the fact is in the last period of the year. in parliament they were spread out across 3 party blocks or if we count the hungry infidels party actually across 4 different party blocks and they have different programs even when they look at the e.u. the a.f.p. would like to get rid of the e.u. parliament get rid of the e.u. court of justice marine le pen doesn't like the european commission she wants to shut it down. wants to shut down europe's borders and its budget so lots of

disparities they are hard to see how they all suddenly come together we will come back to the subject said dr so the next few hours about your picture soften nicely melinda claim for now thank you i got a value thank you as well for that. of course is on the ground across from member states of promise to be pivotal in this election let's start with a paris and bro chief political editor i became a cook is at the headquarters of. the u. party in. what's going on there. yes well he of course says no business but the bubbly is already on ice the conservative c.d.u. has already kind of factors into a slight setback at the polls but in months they'd be back as the top candidates hoping to become the next commission president that could potentially be reason to celebrate but the real to see it come when you think of the potential impact this could have on the stability of the angle of coalition government here the social

democrats are bracing themselves for another potential slap down at the polls though also regional elections in the heartland tiny state of play men with a food for 73 years if the social democrats get a slap in the face at the ballot box here the very stability of machall so cool to ground coalition is at stake and that could potentially set off a chain reaction that could see anglo-american self declared final term in office come to a crossing polls. earlier than 2021 so a lot at stake nationally here is well and. in fact you next to paris where we find the doubly correspondent lisa lewis. here in france like in some other european countries these european elections have turned largely into a standoff between pro europeans and euro skeptics there is

a lot at stake for president in our car and his alliance for no songs after months of yellow vests protests he is hoping a strong results will show that many people still support him so that he can push through for the reforms on a national and european level however the latest polls were showing the far right national rally to be in the lead tapping into widespread sentiment sentiment as being left feeling left behind by the national government and by the european union now mccaw supporters obviously hoping that these predictions will turn out to be wrong especially if many people turn out to vote and given that up until a few days ago a 3rd of all were still hadn't made up their mind. in paris for the. top of spyro not thomas. exactly feel we're here

in milan where one party the labor party and one politician matteo salvini have been trying to present a very different vision for europe different compared to the vision presented in berlin in paris or in brussels a vision of a europe where nationalism plays a role when nation states play an important role a vision where immigration is much it's controlled in a much tighter way that's the vision that matteo salvini has been trying to present here also trying to form an alliance with other similar parties the big question is whether voters will also support those ideas that is still the big question polls and it's really close at 11 o'clock at night so there's still a long stretch to go before we can find out whether voters will support these vision of europe thomas ferro for the us thank you next to the interviews correspondents in warsaw budapest and london monica she writes no war so how is the evening shaping up. the interest for this election in

poland seems to be very very high we just heard from the state election commission that the turnout at noon in poland was twice as high as 5 years ago this interest has many reasons one of them is the fact that this is the 1st time since the national conservative government took over the power 4 years ago the 1st time that the polish voters have the possibility to express their support or they protest against this towards this government which has been constantly conflict with the european commission. about the state of the rule of law in poland this conflict has divided poland. it seems today and we can already say that. this conflict also has immobilizing effect for many polish voters it will be a close race today tonight between the government candidates and the liberal

european opposition monitors survive no war so for now thank you let's go to hungary where we find nick connelly welcoming. good afternoon phil was beautiful some often here in budapest but that belies the fact that this country's prime minister viktor orban has framed today's european election essentially as a referendum on europe's future and what he says calls preserving europe's christian values well we don't quite know yet how that has resonated with voters it seems that turn up is significant up potentially even the highest ever in hungary's european election history looking further well hungary has had incredibly divided opposition parties that haven't been able to really make much ground against obama all eyes that see if they were able to make some progress there but the real intrigue starts and those votes are being counted with suspicions growing that viktor orban plans to take his european members of parliament out of the main

conservative grouping and join much to create a new. right wing populist grouping at the heart of europe's institutions time economy in budapest phenomena thank you let's go to the u.k. next which is taking part in these elections despite having set a date to leave the e.u. barbara faisal is in london. yeah in britain the country really is quite an absurd situation because this is the vote that have never taken place reaver member britain wanted to leave the european union by march 29th that didn't happen and as that deadline couldn't be hit the political part of paralysis here in london deepened and deepened commentating finally this weekend to resume a having to announce her resignation she could not deliver breaks it now who profits from that situation it is a party whose program is in its name the newly minted breaks that party from niger

for sure is going to align himself with whatever rightwing group sort of strikes his fancy once he arrives in brussels returns to brussels we need to say at that point however it is totally unclear how long these new members of parliament who will be elected today will finally stay there they might be gone in a matter of months at the next date for exit or breaks it is the 31st of october. in london thank you for now. the most prominent job up for grabs in these elections is the presence of the european commission. in that position for the last 5 years. real action so let's have a look at some of the people looking to replace him. i will do everything to defend was your idea. that screens take the battle.

we have work to do ration is an opportunity we introduce minimum wage to every member state they are all running for the e.u. commission president margaret invest the liberals for the greens monthly to be of our father conservatives funds to moments for the social democrats younes are as conservative reference candidate and he is for the party they are the 6 leading you candidates but hang on a minute who are they and does anyone know anything about them do you know any of them. and do you know him. any idea or. have ever seen her. dutchman plans to speak some language as he once more social justice german month will be by is calling for secure europe for example by european f.b.i.

denmark's moderate best star is standing for a self-confident and women's rights left wing equal from budget is a trade unionist and is tightening for social rights the german scott kelly is promoting a european climate friendly future the czech republic listen favor of the e.u. but once more sovereignty for individual nation states they are all committed to the european union but what are the biggest challenges what solutions do they need to offer for the future the fragmentation between member states a lot of distrust will. we have which has increased over the past years between member states also between national capital and brussels liberal moderate heat of a star and social democrat plans to moments are the only candidates who have already had some experience as a minister is that an advantage for the job obviously it is an asset if you have had experience at national level because in many cases the national political

parties are not really supportive of their european and they're not pushing them they're rather pushing their own national candidates so you don't see visually that they exist but one man has definitely been in the spotlight on the european stage michel barnier who could be the joker in the pack he's not officially a candidate but he might just end up getting the job as the well regarded negotiator he enjoys the respect and trust of many hats of state and government and in the end that could be way more important than a load of t.v. debate. fast approaching the moment of truth here in germany polls argue to close in just a few minutes to keeping an eye on the country said 2 main political parties our chief political adviser. chancellor merkel seaview party headquarters and political correspondent kate brady is at the headquarters of coalition partners c s p welcome to both let's start with you. presumably people are starting to get quite excited.

that you also can't think those european election results here at the c.d.u. headquarters without those results being viewed it with the social democrats because there could be significant implications for the very stability of the german government here indeed the c.d.u. has already put the bubbly on ice they oh already pretty much proud that they have monthly to be about is top candidate of the entire european people's party striving to become the next commissioner. they've already factored in a slight setback from last time around but the dishes here also for the coalition partner if the democrats tank at the ballot box this time around that threatens the very stability of angela merkel's government and even their own ends in these european elections here the christian democrats don't want this as democrats see

yet another nervous breakdown so what sort of figures would the c.d.u. need to see just being a baby happy that they haven't completely. time to as you say. well they need to get as close to 30 is possible last time around they're about 35 they know this no way that the c.d.u. is going to hit that this time around so the closer they get to see the more distance they keep from 20 the better and the coalition partner the social democrats of course they've already been struggling here in germany with that magic figure of 20 percent the further they go below that and the more anxious they get in the more anxious the christian democrats will also get about what the next couple of months which will also see crucial regional elections in the eastern states. also take place and now it's 6 o'clock on the dot we can start talking about those exit polls and i stress that coming in

on the question democrats say 28 percent so that's what this the polls is all about the social democrats just around 15 percent so this is the snap at the ballot box everybody's the ads for the social democrats the green party at $22.00 i mean really that's a meteoric rise from those last european elections where they were still a very small party. a if d. at 10.5 percent actually going below what they were polling. i think you're seeing by now from a different cloning in situ so this is said to yes and that's why there is still quite a bit of discrepancy. to say so i've got to get off of it with a man this is this is a democrat stronghold and this is where the christian democrats actually managed to

beat the social democrats who were in government there for 173 years so yes another slap for the social democrats but. a victory in term of the small estate i must stress and actually pretty solid figure is above what the christian democrats had feared at the european level the left party is a 5.5 percent in the free democrats at $5.00 so that's the exit polls from now but this is going to be a very long evening a decent mechanic us who we will got to speak to more in the course of. brady for the s.p.d. headquarters traditionally juggling to germany's other big party what's one of the figures that say. well there really was an audible sigh if not a groan right now here at the s.p.d. a social democrat had courses here in n.y.c.

in figures right now of historic lows here for the social democrats a massive blow to them in the european elections but we're also getting an early exit polls as well for the state election that's also going on today in germany in the city state of the amman and as michel you have mentioned that just now that is being under the control of the social democrats the german social democrats since world war 2 for 73 years and so if these 1st exit polls are anything to go by they've also lost out by a very tiny margin as well to mao calls kahn service. for the 1st time that in 73 years there is a massive defeat for the social democrats stay and this could now have huge repercussions on only of course for the social democrats representation in the european parliament but also here in germany and this could have huge repercussions for the german government of course the social democrats are currently the

coalition party in this so-called grand coalition with conservatives but right now as we've seen here for months now in germany there is anything but grand about that coalition they were one time germany's so-called big 10 parties and we've seen both of them slowly sliding down those polling figures that but of course at the moment right now is a sin according at least to these early exit polls that s.p.d. is currently sitting in a 3rd position here in germany behind merkel's conservatives and the greens. headquarters thank you. so let's just try be clear we're talking about exit polls at this stage after here in germany polls for the $21000.00 european elections have not close so those exit polls are available i'm going to merkel's conservatives are ahead so let's run through the figures. as i say these aren't based on interviews

with voters as actually leave polling stations they the actual figures will come later this evening so that's what we know this is what the this is what the we are being told so far merkel's c.d.u. c.s.u. take 28 percent that's down $7.00 percentage points sensa left s.p.d. come in at a 15.5 percent that's down 11.8 percent percentage points environmentalist green party look to take 22 percent of the vote that's a bigger increase for the more than 11 percentage points on the far right populist . t.v. for germany there after a 10.5 percent 3.4 percentage point increase for that we have the free market to f.t.p. looking at about a 5 and a half percent on the left party also 5.5 percent at least 30 percent of the policies i hear in germany in these european elections let me just stress for you those are exit poll results not you have based on actual ballot counts so let's go

through those figures chief political correspondent and crane. melinda not looking as bad at this stage for chancellor merkel's c.d.u. c.s.u. well she will be very concerned about the s.p.d. figure that is her junior cohen junior coalition partner as we heard from kate brady and the fact is that if this is an earthquake for the social democrats and it most certainly is we will certainly see some pressure to change leadership for that party and also possibly to look at an early end to this grand coalition that many many social democrats feel has essentially undercut the social democratic party's ability to have a clear standing a clear profile in in voters' minds they the s.p.d. has actually shaped

a number of aspects of policy in ways that normally would to be favorable for the s.p.d. clientele including minimum wage but other issues as well and yet the voters clearly don't give them credit for that the other point to make here in terms of the christian democrats is yes they're closer to 30 than to 20 and our correspondent reminded us that that essentially they want to see themselves edging closer to 30 nonetheless this is a big drop from where they stood in the last you will lection and this is one of the lowest national showings. they have ever had the big cheers that you heard there were actually about that state election in the city state of braman they were not necessarily about that 28 percent this is an ok showing but what the the real message that we saw in those numbers is change we're seeing a massive drop off in support for these mainstream big tent parties as kate brady

reminded us and we're seeing a phenomenal upturn for a party like the greens less so interestingly enough at the moment for the right wing nationalist the if they many people had thought they would make a stronger showing this isn't all that positive for them it's up compared to 2014 but frankly that was the 1st election they ever contested for the e.u. so all in all what we're seeing is a very strong message for voters saying they don't want business as usual they want something different and clearly a lot of voters saying we want a clearer message on climate they say many the majority say the e.u. is the place where climate policy needs to be made if it's going to be effective and here a very very strong showing for that green party going to come back to those themes i suspect cross the need over the coals for a change and clear message and. willing to create chief political correspondent that side here. those are 1st exit polls of this 2019 european election

not actual results yet it will go to the parliament so it may in brussels not where we find hoffman max those exit poll results out what are you seeing and hearing. phil well we have the right person right here to comment on those exit polls when he came here philip one of the spits in the greens one of the lead candidates he seemed rather you know not extremely happy with his mood has improved 2022 percent for the greens in germany exit polls so far what's your comment on that well this has for me to beat i want to i always wanted to be the germans in my constituency in belgium so while the bar is quite high we don't have the results for belgium yet we'll see but i'm delighted of course because everything that we are hearing from various member states so far point to a surge in the green results and that to me gives us at least strong mandate for change in the european policy saw count on us to use the lever that european voters

are giving us to try to really influence your policies from now on so small correction by the way here. group leader we had we talk so much about the still very important of course now you mention of course climate change the topic do you think you would have been the germans at least would have been this successful if this topic hadn't bubbled up the way it did with friday's for a future with youth for climate on the streets all year long it helped improve preexisting trend because they will denying that the fact was the new leadership of . the green party in germany a stake in a new take off quite obviously and we see that across the country so indeed to fry this for the future and helped in that in making people aware of the ocean sea change but quite obviously it's not enough because well if they had not been a strong green party to start with this popular energy would have found no way to

express itself in politics and they'd be coles they was a good a green party very good shape in germany that indeed we could take advantage of that i are the german greens in such good shape as you put it and in many countries they're just fighting for survival not all countries but they. say there's an area in europe or i would say the bennell is germany even from austin scandinavia know the british isles as well including island. well there you can see that the green party's over the years have managed to become i would say full fledged parties in the sense that they are no longer seen as nice parties dealing was just protecting the trees and the birds we are about well giving a future to all societies and that is increasingly being felt and that means being perceived as competent on the economy on social issues on civil liberties etc not just on climate and i think that we are perceived as people grasp the complexity of the thing and can help being big catalyst for change or complexity might be

a good word to talk about because it seems that many people in europe are looking for easy answers and that's why the right wing populist parties are set to make big gains bigger than the greens at least when we're hearing the polls how are you going to deal with a very strong right wing populist faction in the next european parliament well 1st i do see that in germany for instance the green seems to seem to be more convincing that the far right and the 10 percent more well and that's a very good seeing and that's the case in a number of countries not indeed the national populists are going to be strong in the next european parliament but not strong enough to block the institutions believe me i do believe that the pro europeans will remain a big majority of the european parliament all the big question is will those traditional parties who used to rule europe in a very traditional and a mainstream way will be will they be receptive to these demands for change that is coming from society and that we are going to carry indeed in this house it's always

a pleasure and looks like we're going to be able to talk to philip lumbered some more with the new european parliament but you phil. and i found here. now let's round up the rest of the day's news with rebecca rhetors. u.s. president donald trump has started a state visit to japan by taking off a round of golf with prime minister shinzo abbe trump says he wants to strike a deal with japan to address what he calls a trade imbalance between the 2 countries north korea's missile tests are also likely to be on the agenda but so far the visit has mostly focused on fund. heavyweight fighter in a black leather jockstrap sizing up the opposition and throwing loses out of the ring. perhaps donald trump was going to get some ideas for his next move in his trade and diplomatic negotiations from the sumo wrestlers. but in fact this was all

part of a rich and to taman package there's been a round or 2 of golf laid on for him by japan's shinzo abbé for the u.s. president's 4 day visit to japan. and a sushi meal with their wives too. but lying beneath the surface is the issue with trade between the 2 countries trump expressed his dissatisfaction about the trade deficit with japan almost as soon as he arrived in 2018 it was almost 60000000000 dollars mostly related to the auto industry or. for both sides it's hard to reach an understanding at this time specifically in terms of automobiles the u.s. has announced a delay to its decision on whether to increase tariffs on cars and auto parts for 180 days so there won't be a conclusion any time soon. the u.s. is also hoping that its agricultural products will enter japan at a lower tariff but with japan's upcoming elections it's difficult for it to make such concessions if they can't resolve the trade issues though at least the 2 go

for can enjoy some time together. let's take a quick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world auto manufacturers read and fear chrysler reportedly in talks to form an alliance that could be announced as soon as monday to be the world's biggest come a convention and will share development and marketing costs when it was already allied with japanese make his new sound and mitsubishi. a powerful earthquake has struck northern peru the quake with a magnitude as high as 8 was felt around the country it was also detected hundreds of kilometers away in the capital lima but there are no reports of casualties or significant damage. a missing hiker has been found alive in hawaii after more than 2 weeks lost in the wilderness yoga instructor amanda ellis said it was the most challenging 17 days of her life she was found with minor injuries by friends who

kept searching for her in a forest reserve on maui. manila has ordered the return to canada of tons of rubbish that's been sitting in philippines ports for years the wife's dispute escalated last week when manila recalled its ambassador to canada missed a deadline to collect the trash environmentalists had campaigned for the waste return and. that news roundup now back to our special coverage of the european lections with phil gale thanks very much rebecca i guess you're watching our special coverage of the 2019 european elections and also welcome viewers by twitter broadcast and we'll be with you throughout the evening with rolling coverage of the results across the 28 you member states as more than 400000000 eligible voters have their say here in germany polls i have now close so we can bring you their results of the exit polls on america's conservatives are leading let me 1st point out that

these figures are based on interviews with voters as they leave polling stations these are not actual balloting counts those results will come later so here are the exit poll of results that are chance of a miracle c.d.u. c.s.u. i take 28 percent that's down 7.4 percentage points the center left s.p.d. come in at 15.5 percent down 11.8 environmentalist the green party of look like they're having a good day read taking 22 percent of the vote that's an increase of more than 11 percentage points the far right populist alternative for germany the f.t. very look at having tighter than half a percent up 3 and a half percent of them and then we have the free market f.t.p. looking at taking 5 and a half percent the left party also 5 and a half percent leaving 13 percent for other parties in germany in this european election once again those are exit poll results not very strong actual ballot

results. from let me talk you through what you can expect for the rest of this evening 21 of the news 28 member states have been voting in elections to the european parliament today as you've seen the polling stations here in germany have closed down we've had a look at the exit poll results polls in hungary close at 7 less than an hour we don't expect those figures until later this evening france's polls are close at 8 pm but will be one of these evenings most closely watched races along with spain it's also when we're expecting the 1st estimates of parliamentary seats to start coming in a vote in poland will vote until 9 last country to close down votes there is italy at 11 pm that's also when we expect the 1st e.u. wide results 7 member states have already voted that's the u.k. island the definiteness the czech republic slovakia cyprus and those results will

also be released after all the pros polls have closed tonight's so let's look at the race in france opinion poll results have president macro's and liberal marsh alliance running neck and neck with the far right natural rather than the marine le pen popularity at home has taken a beating with public anger on display in the so-called yellow vest protests which have been held every weekend country for the past 6 months c ho. sides joined the dublin correspondent lisa lucy in paris so welcome lisa what kind of choice of french voters facing. what french raise wages can vote for 34 different parties 0 alliances basically you can divide them and pro europeans and euro skeptics but this election is also kind of a referendum on a monarch or the french president president has been suffering from months and

months of yellow they spray tricity. hoping for a strong result that would help him to justify more reforms on a national level or even on an e.u. level however he is not and really at this very moment the latest polls polls are showing the far right national rally to be ahead in the polls on tuesday his supporters are still my consequences are still hoping that these predictions will turn out to be wrong especially if many people turn out to vote 1st biggest on 5 o'clock this afternoon pushing that the participation was 8 points up from the same time about 5 years ago. and they were the same way so it will take a look 1st how strong the right wing populist parties have been in french opinion polls before this election as your see from the graphic bush should be coming out just now 24 percent quarter french voters said they favor these sorts of parties so listen there was what are french voters angry about. well the angry at my

comic con is kind of standing for neo liberalism market orientated reforms he has reformed. the labor market he wants to reform the unemployment benefit system and obviously they're also angry at the european union because they feel that the european union is imposing all this near liberalism so for many people here the only way to protect themselves to actually not lose out and have left money in their pocket and you know make ends meet is to vote for a party that is against the european union or even or at least will reform it in a way to take of my powers from brussels and give them back to paris. in paris thank you so much. next to turn over your parliament members find doubloons that person is your chief max hoffman. is going to take you're going to take a closer look. at the predictions in the polling numbers. you

know some of the numbers we have film we don't only have the numbers we also have the european parliament's top pollsters to explain the numbers phillips is with us and since he's from austria maybe we should start with austria. freedom party the right wing populist freedom party as it's called which had a huge scandal in the last weeks and still have 17.5 percent is that a surprise it's not necessarily a surprise because the ulster freedom party was palling far over the past weeks and months actually both in national and european polls so i would say what happened is state they fell back on their core electorate and this is what this result shows but still the core electorate is around 17 percent that is the case yes at least that's how it seems all right so they did lose but it's not as visible because everything was polling beforehand let's talk about the german greens now exit polls 22 percent right here that this right that is how we have them for the time being

this is a very very good result for the greens again not necessarily unexpected we saw quite a lot of that coming up over the past months in our polling but it confirms the train.