there's d.w. news live from berlin germany has named stream parties managed to hold on for victory in 2 key regional elections but it's the far right alternative for germany party celebrating the big gains and both of the states back to me and brandenburg still under the marcos christian democrats and our coalition partners the social democrats are relieved the a.f.p. didn't unseat. poland marks 80 years into the 2nd world war leaders from dozens of countries joined ceremonies in warsaw german president franco to

steinmeyer recalls the war as a german client and asked for forgiveness. and an emotional day in tel german as motor sport remembers. the driver was killed in a crash on saturday player wins the formula one grand prix and dedicates his victory to his dead sprint. on a cultural issue welcome to the show germany's far right alternative for germany makes significant gains in 2 state elections the f.d.a. became the 2nd strongest party and regional parliaments and both saxony and brandenburg germany's mainstream party suffered sharp drops in support but were able to maintain their top positions let's take a look at the numbers. these are the latest projected

results based on a partial count of the vote the results at this stage for brandenburg show the social democrats who currently govern the state at 26 percent maintaining the top position while losing votes the christian democrats are at 15.7 percent a heavy loss for chancellor angela merkel's party the left party is at 10.8 percent also a significant loss and the far right comes in at 23.5 percent lending as we said in 2nd place the greens take 10.7 percent a very good result for them regional party the brandenburg united civic movement free voters take 5 point one percent the business friendly f.t.p. at 4.4 percent gaining some but not enough to win any seats in the state parliament and other parties completing the picture at 3.8 percent we also have projected results for you from saxony chancellor merkel c.d.u. which currently governs in the state comes in at 32.5 percent coming 1st but

significantly weakened the left party is at 10.3 percent losing almost half of their voters the s.p.d. a junior coalition partner in the state drops to 7.8 percent significantly down the far right comes in at 27.8 percent placing them 2nd and the greens take 8.2 percent very good for them here to the f.t.p. at 4.5 percent won't get any parliamentary representation here either and the others account for 8.8 percent of these projected results so now the big question is who will the c.d.u. in saxony and the s.p.d. and brandenburg team up with for a coalition one thing is certain despite their good numbers it won't be the a.f.d. . was c.d.u. party leaders breathed a sigh of relief and saxony chancellor merkel's party has been in power here since

german reunification and they've retained control despite suffering considerable losses now that we've done it this is a message being sent out from saxony tonight a large majority of people who are standing up in a positive way for this country who want something the friendly saxony is one many thanks to all of you but it will be hard for saxony c.d.u. to form a coalition the center left s.p.d. and environmentalists greens did too poorly state premier michele clutch man has ruled out a coalition with the far right f.t. the state's 2nd strongest party which picked up a far greater share of votes than in the last election. the f.t. also won more votes in brandenburg also becoming the 2nd strongest party there but they fell short of the victory they hoped for was in sight but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly the a.f.d.

is here to stay. politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party in brandenburg but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule this day and that means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them that is my goal for the coming years as well and the other there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably in both german states. for more on this let's go straight to be alternative for germany b.f.d. election party in brandenburg thomas sparrow is standing by in the town of vanda thomas what's the reaction there been to the results. the reaction here has been over a bit of disappointment i would say because the he was hoping for much more they were hoping to become the strongest party here in brandenburg at the same time the reaction has been very positive if you speak to politicians here see if these

election in the small town halls as bad many of them will so present it as a victory for them as a victory particular because of the a if these results here in front of because of the result in the east also in soccer city and because of the fact that they have been able to make these the number of votes that they have compared to the previous results so you can see that there are 2 clear strunsky on the 100 a good bit of disappointment but they're also trying to turn it around and present it as a victory for them. a bittersweet victory ahead of the vote polling indicated the f.t. could overtake the s.p.d. as the biggest party and brandenburg why did they not succeed. an interesting question will be what happens next in particular because all of the parties have clearly stated that they do not want to make coalition with the a d. so it's up to the social democrats who ended up being the strongest party once again here in brandenburg to try and form

a coalition for the a 50 it is absolutely clear that they will have to play a role in the opposition they knew that probably in advance even before the results were in and they have indeed prepared themselves for that so it's up to the social democrats to try and find coalition partners and it will certainly be a very difficult process not only here in brandenburg but also in socks and given the fact that election results have become so difficult to organize and you don't have those big tent parties having big results in both east and german states. maspero reporting from the town of bat in the state of random birth thank you very much. let's continue right on to stack the maze capital city of dresden where our reporter king brady is following be elections for us kate which party is celebrating most there the a of d. which made significant gains or the studio which remains the strongest party in saxony. well serious definitely the day therefore right alternative for germany fati the celebrating the most tearing saxony tonight of

course these are significant gains for them if anything just reiterating the successes they've had in other. elections in recent months both in the european election and also just a couple of years ago as well in the national elections at the c.d.u. . in on the other hand there it's much more sigh of relief of course something to celebrate for them they've still managed to retain their title as the strongest posse here in saxony a title that they've held for the past 3 decades now since the fall of the wall but they the coalition with the social democrats here simply doesn't have a leg to stand on for the last 7 governments here in saxony have been that very famous combination here in germany the so-called grand coalition but right now like in many of the states here in germany that is exactly that coalition between the

conservatives in the social democrats is looking anything but graham so of course a lot of food for thought cause for concern as well despite holding onto the title has as the as the strongest party here in saxony but still something to think about at the national level for angela merkel's government which coincidentally is made up of those 2 big tent party the social democrats and the conservatives. have the almost tripled their share of the vote and saxony how do you explain their popularity in the state. well what's unique about this day and also in brandenburg where you just said to thomas just now compared to at least some of the other states in western germany for example is this feeling of neglect . in areas of former east where in parts of former east germany they feel like they've been left behind in the 30 years since the 2 germany's reunited in 1990 and

don't feel that their voices have been heard of course a lot of. locals here around areas like the city of dresden lost out on the some of that life prospects were some of those industries were closed down as well after the german after the to germany's every united in of course another issue as well something always at the top of the agenda for the f.t. is that rather staunch migration policy and they've managed to be able to feed also on the fears of people here particularly they following that influx of migrations here migrate migrant sorry into germany 3 nearly 4 years ago now but interestingly the percentage of migrants here in sac saxony is only going up by about more point 2 percent really not a lot so it's all but still something that the a.f.p. has managed to use to its benefit brady and dress and things a lot and to get

a sense of the bigger picture let's bring in our correspondent michelle of course now who is at the headquarters of macro's conservative c.d.u. party here and berlin i want to play you a clip from this new general secretary and then we'll talk and your due to looking back on these election campaigns today we look back on 2 difficult pains that had to be carried out under difficult circumstances. you're going to day we have mixed feelings when we look at the results both joy and disappointment. and. so nice on my good mind to my thanks to all the people who worked on the campaigns who put their heart and soul into the fight. of your. mind my thanks also go to the voters who chose the sea do you today and place their trust in us. on the

water and today i send my thoughts and thanks to all the see do you candidates who put their heart and soul into the party but in spite of their tireless efforts failed to win election to the state parliaments. i mean a lot that's what the secretary general said what effect will the results in brandenburg and saxony have on the federal government here in berlin well that's what the size of relief in the building behind me the city you had courses was all about 6 pm when that signal came through those 1st exit polls indicating that the city you had not been beaten by the far right if t. and that their coalition partner here in central government the s.p.d. had been beaten by them at least one of the 2 states and that was the clear signal that this would not have a big impact on the stability of the so-called grand coalition for now but there

are more state elections coming up and 2 going on in october and there's a lot of internal issues going on in the s.p.d. but at least this was seen as a serious risk factor that is pretty much off the table for now. he said and then the social democrats are of course part of the grand coalition and have been reacting to today's results let's hear from. some there's still work to be done none of us are pleased with the f.t. is result and for the next year we'll be focused on reversing that. with. the s.p.d. are very concerned about their decline in overall polling what do you think they will be taking away from today's results. but they will also be relieved that they weren't dethroned in the state of. where they have been in government since the 1st elections of the reunited germany almost 3 decades ago so relief there as well

but when there's talk of a lot of work to be done that's other words for what we all see here as a trend the decline of the so-called big tent parties and at the same time we saw big gains for the green party its own leadership now except that it is now taking what was known or is still known as de mint to the center ground in german politics so there's a lot of pressure on both big 10 parties that are currently in government here at the federal level. and every election some of that over is felt for performance by the c.d.u. what effect party later on again come about its chances of becoming chancellor of her chances improved or worsened after today. i would say is she too would be relieved today i think it's a bit too early to say because her leadership is being questioned also for a whole range of other regions and she just gained more political weight by

becoming defense minister but one thing is sure she still has to prove that she can really strengthen the c.d.u. again and stop what is a decline at the ballot. vox but for now the c.d.u. is here to say that's a clear signal tonight probably the only big tent party that is not in immediate crisis it's a very different picture with the social democrat s.p.d. that is currently struggling to work out who will lead it into a process of renewal. and de is gaining popularity it in all of germany but they're especially popular in eastern germany why is that. well there is actually there was a lot of polling done on this and a lot of it sounds contradictory for instance more than 80 percent of people.