coming off, sparks already flying as a life show sunset. dick matt's face off for the role of chancellor. i to the mix, the war in ukraine, a divisive debate over immigration, and the struggling job and economy. and it could be tough politics. i had, i'm feel go invalid, and this is by the go back up is that the election campaign has begun. it's this rent this time on the ball. we need a little growth in germany. when the new growth mark commits recession to depression, inflation often we need a strong, green positive. and i'm of the body that with all my strength and all my passion for the future, you're not just germany years, a must finally roll out. and above all, you must find me grow up in terms of security policy for you gets we need to set

the right course. now. also on the day from out stays. it's welcome. in west africa, as friends troops leave the regents present macross as they should be. sorry to see them go. but i say this for all the african governments who not have the courage in the face of public opinion to barris, but none of them would be in a southern country today if the french army had not been deployed in this region. welcome to the day we stopped here in germany where this week political parties are loading that campaigns for the election on the 21st of february is not poles cold after the collapse of the governing coalition have shown that this is not the business as usual for gem and politics. for the 1st time, full confidence have put the hands up to the chancellor. the greens have chosen the current economy minister robot holl back us that top. com to this. on the far right

alternative for geometry has tapped the co chair, obviously vital for chancellor low other pottery site. they will not work with the most pundits. typically, the conservative frederick may have solely encumbered off schultz and the social democrats to lead the next government. and both man, i'm making that difference is clear. one of these 2 men set to become germany's next tom slept. all i've sold is trying to defend his job against police maps. the man whose posse conduct leads in the polls. the only thing they have in common. they cannot stand each other. as you are embarrassing gemini, the way you acted your. these queens were puts in. that's a friday max likes to talk. rubbish well done. it's not the 1st time because i provided was i still had losing to match would likely end off schultz, his political career. and along with it, germany's resistance to supplying ukraine with what it wants most from brandon

towers, cruise missiles, just one week after salt headed to keys for those mats, made the same trip and the sold ukraine's president said lensky, you're going, you, we must do everything to enable you crying to make use of its right to defend itself without any limitations. the stones, full a sold condemns as an unnecessary provocation of lesser need, always play russian roulette with gemini secuity. the bustle is also about germany's a thing economy. well, salts plans to take on new debt for investment politic maps wants to stimulate growth through tax breaks, less bureaucracy. when map sees the need for migration you ton including turning people away at the border salts and says his government has already implemented stricter migration rules. and points to folding numbers, the to top contenders for chance, like class and personality. and on e,

key issues of this. the next in next month selections will fundamentally decide which direction europe's largest economy will take. it's stealing as an assistant professor and political science at trinity college tablets, those a co container of the gym and politics specialist group, but they do kind of political studies association just the mind. meaning, welcome to the w, and we just heard in our report, there's no love lost between shelves and federal. and that's a, can we expect the gloves to come off? now the campaigns have begun in honest fits. it is exactly what we like. you to see . it's um, it's obviously pretty for german said that's a very heated campaign and the, the, the, that's what we've seen so far as the address already got the debate at the end of last year and a good could the minutes talk bought it on the board of confidence and we saw quite some intense exchanges between the different candidates and business continued into

the new year. um and indeed, i mean it's, it's, it's an ac some time that it seems to be a very kind of frequentist election for drug and standards. and so i wouldn't be surprised if such attacks continue in the, in the weeks to come in to the election of the posters for the release, the latest survey. today we're going to take a look at the numbers back. come back to you. we have the conservative block away. i was in front of 32 percent fall arrive at the polling. second strongest jolts is s p d. is it? 17 percent, but the greens of 12 so much is dealing it's, it's looking like maps as chancellor, but with no majority as, as the way in german government. who will these conservators try and form a coalition with this is very a, it's i think easier to stay with whom they might not form or would not form inclusion given the numbers. um, it's uh the kind of all the parties of it all to find a connection with the

a d. i also cannot see the collision between the christian democrats, independents of august, and with regard to the remaining parties. it really depends on the composition of the window stock. at the moment. we have a 3 parties, ftp, but as of august and the left that our was the re entry into the winter stock is very upset and we're putting around the fresh old um, if they, if all 3 of them do not enter the windows, then we would like you to very like look at the option of either. so do you see a 2 green government on the one hand or us did you see is us government assuming that this is kristen democrats maintain the lead? if of course, some of one of the, of these are 3 smaller players ended up going to talk a, we are, i would expect a very challenging a government formation process that might actually take quite some time. right now you're trying the economy immigration, which is not a big issue is do you think is likely to be decisive in february?

i mean, the post at the moment such as like a massive change compared with the 2021 election, has been the increase in c and c of the economy on this. so from, according to polls it's really, it's the topics that last year of and photo step identified as the most relevant topic that is, um, kind of it, the country is facing. uh, and so on the uh, on the electronics side. it seems that people are going to like structures and particularly run event when it comes to decisive in terms of the pie talks between the, between the different parties of to the election. so i would expect the integration to be a particularly contested issue. we've seen us as recent suggestions around the world to a national and criminal convictions. we've seen to see us use proposals, robbins and kind of connecting internal security and migration. and of course, these opposition, that's the positions that a good is quite deeply opposed by the social democrats. it also with the greens and

so when it comes to government formation, i would actually expect integration to be quite the size of human, the wanting to pull some suggest that for voters, it's really the economy, but not us. accept votes, we have the f d lucky in the background rate we, we saw in those figures that just now they are polling 2nd at the moment the far right a half day. how much momentum do you think they have? especially when you consider um what else is going on in europe and of course with big names, supporters like a lot. musk is certainly doing quite good at the moment. and the poor story is also kind of way of saying that this has been fairly stable. um and for the last for the last month. so it's a, a day is it for the ac that doesn't seem to be the, is not a coupon power at all. now the price is kind of curative road autocorrelation with the, with the a fee. and so on that and it's also we're obviously kind of rough um,

kind of staring in mind that yes and pulling close to 20 percent. but that also means that 80 percent of respondents of favor different parties. and so yes, at the moment that is mentioned um, but obviously as the, as you mentioned, quite prominent support is that this, that supports unlikely is i'm, it didn't change much in terms of the full size, right? because to be with the spots that we've seen to eat, unless it's a good kind of endorsement of support for the if he has been that it has been well received by those sympathetic to the 80 and having a criticized. but though with whatnot. and so it's like you to contribute to what further effective for reservations that might help mobilize the base, but it's unlikely to change any minds in terms of the full choice. okay, good. talking to thank you so much for joining us. i meant to stealing from tennessee college dublin thank while joe and it goes up for potentially devices and action. friends has seen the

passing of one of its most polarizing politicians from relief pan found at the far right national front party has died at the age of 96. and he was a fire brand pump to this to violence against immigration and multiculturalism issue. the french political establishment in 2002 by unexpectedly reached the presidential run of against jacques chirac. but he was succeeded as potty chief by his daughter burying the pen. who was since run for the presidency 3 times. chase ton. the policy now re branded as the national robbie into one of the country's main political policies. a well sleep. mack, here's a professor emeritus of political communication. the funds in the institute of political studies in paris. we asked him to describe joan murray depends legacy whether the i would say i'm joking that he's probably gonna lose he's. he's still throwing away because i would say that he's made that even was a to a to

a or enough election. but afterwards, he gets a, i would say, having such an extreme low speed, it kind of speech that he couldn't get, probably elected the need at any time. and he's the completely understood it. and she even expense him from his own thoughts you 10 years ago. exactly. in august the 2015 and uh because he even the good thing that may be the messic of jews and just genocide of jews in germany had been the incident of the 2nd good. well, he wouldn't commit to say it, but it was a genocide. so he's not the warranty to be an extra drug and she understood that she had to expend him somehow and to get 3. does this exaggeration. emmanuel macro is phasing criticism phase. reason comments defending the presence

of french troops in africa. francis, in the process of withdrawing troops from chaz in several other countries. the french president sparked a backlash from several african lead, is after he accused of failing to say thank you to french troops. baffling is list insurgencies to use as norton would assume. we had a secure relationship edited in truth. it was in 2 parts. in one part was our commitment to fighting terrorism since 2013. we were right. i think some of the forgotten to say thank you, but that's okay. it will come in time. i'm in a good position to know that in gratitude is a disease that cannot be transmitted to humans. but i say this for all the african governments who not have the courage in the face of public opinion to verify that none of them would be in a sovereign country today, if the french army had not been deployed in this region or vice president's remarks for mattress accusations of neo colonialism from last african lee. this is chevy and president. a how much interest?

debbie 8, now you did, if i'd like to express my our range of regarding recent remarks by president my call. which border on contempt for africa and african deals with low feet is a feature. i think he's in the wrong era. the francis in the process of withdrawing troops in chad semi go on the ivory coast and has recently left molly media and became a fast so is a closer look at how it's coping with it's waiting influence in the region. moved in 60 years after chad gained independence from from french troops of finally packing up to leave for good as a growing number of african nations full. they form a colonizer to withdraw its military last month, ivory coast joined chad and synagogue in causing millet tree ties. following the

announcements from molly, the king of fossil and media in the mood dumped breaks. it comes amid growing local resentment towards from the french troops stayed on and we stand for camp. after it ended its colonial rule in the sixties and french soldiers have been fighting alongside local forces for decaying. but critics say they've had little effect in detouring security threats. and militant groups in recent years, like we've moved in us through non military cues and molly, the keen of fossil and media headphones. so speed up the withdrawal, the french forces troop numbers, uh estimated to have dropped by around 70 percent since 2021 from still maintains a large military base in gym booty. east africa with president emmanuel. my chrome

visited last month, but it's, it's, it l suite a has seen countries look for of the international support with russian this i'm right now operating in the region. strange faces and likely to be almost entirely out of west africa. and by the end of the year, signaling a significant shift in its influence over its former colonies. neither will it is direct to the optic of program at the aggregate ag bunch royal institute for international relations. and she joins us from brussels. welcome to the w. what do you think showed african countries be thanking friends for its military assistance? and no i, i think that this was another one of those comments from micro on that was said perhaps with his advisors pairing their,

her and their hair behind the screens and macro on has this habit of throwing out and comments that will have consequences that are perhaps not thought through at the moment when he system, there is one thing to think that in private, then there is another thing to say in public. and of course, even if this was supposed to be an event for and french ambassadors, there was media there. so there's for search and he knew that this is going to get out and beyond a french circle. so i think this was a strategic error on his part. and you've got it as an era and it's difficult with my from to know what is an error and what is actually something that he says on purpose. we've known the b as in, with regards to africa. this has happened quite a few times that he has authored a comment that it has had and quite big consequences for the french african relations. of course, i forget the continent but with the country that he ever had to call for. and we

know that during visits to africa, he has also am given comments that have not been appreciated by the african leaders, sometimes joking when it wasn't really appropriate to do so. and, and, and it's hard to know whether, whether these are thoughts through comments or, or whether it's something that he just has to and that he wants to get out there because he feels that it's, it's the correct thing to do. but for sure this i'm, i mean there is quite a few french officials and military officers. we're working hard to and chat the, the image that friends have in africa as an arrogant for him or colonial power. and comments like this, my, by my phone is really undermining their records. and in doing the french military forces went into the saw how to try and help stabilize the region by fighting implementing surgeons. why is it felt by those countries in the reason that both

french troops are no longer necessary as well? i think we have to remember that. and friends has been boosted by this the hill in states after military course. and that started this newest and cool wave started in 2020 molly. and then it has continued with another queen molly in 2021. and we had to close in burkina faso in 2022. and then one in the here in 2023. and then we had, of course, the constitutional cool in charge in 2021. and it's only after the cool leaders have taken power that france has been boosted. so whether it's these decisions by the coup leaders to loose, the french military forces have been taken because they didn't think they needed them. or because they thought that there would be a better strategic decision for them to stay in power by relying on other external actors like russia, for example. and that's the question that i think is,

is up for debate, right? so, as the, the french troops withdrawal, i'm who keeps the piece i, i'm going to presume the islamist insurgency is known as over as well. if we look at this, a health countries, it's definitely not over. we've seen that ice this as the hell the, the is the how, which was the main enemy, let's say, are the main targets of operation bar con. the french comforters operation. that was, and that was deployed to the region since 2014, it doubled its territorial control in the year after bar khan, left. so between 20222023. we doubled. it's kind of its territorial control. in, in molly and in new share and, and working a foster, we've also seen that there has been quite an exponential increase of ads. the hottest and control, especially in burkina faso, where a friends only had a small,

special forces operation, a blessing sab. and that was also, of course injected when the military collaboration were with burkina. faso ended in january in 2023. so it's, it's hard to make the correlation between burkina faso and hosting french and troops and the increasing do your hobbies and groups. but for sure that it's not going well in the region right now. and burkina faso has about 60 percent of his territory and that the military is not. and controlling. we have jane in which is the largest and outside affiliated. do you have is grouped in the region that is present in 11 out of 13 communities in amber, clean up also. so the situation is not good, right at the moment. i'm so you mentioned that russia being one of the players to try and so that gap is the situation that is deteriorating. do we

presume that the russian forces are bad to keep these military dictatorships impala robert van, secure. the reason that gaines being surgeons it's difficult to say um for sure that there is an russia has this deal that they are offering a lot of african alteri, terry and leaders of, of regime and maintenance, which is of course very attractive. and for these leaders, especially if they see that their positions are fragile, which is the case in many of the states that have the hobbies and insurgencies. and for example, right now, what we've seen is that in molly, at the form or wagner troops, we, we call them still wagner troops in molly, because they have not been recognized by the malia and authorities at to be in place. the, they're not the official of russian troops. they suffered a major setback this summer,

and in at 10. so watson as city in the north of molly, where we know that over 7500 troops were killed by a to a reg separatist. so malia and rebels, let's say, and you have these groups, and that's the 1st major setback that we've seen of the russian forces in this region of africa. and we also know that there have been 2 major attacks by jane, and so by the major a, do you, how does the organization in molly, in bond nicole in september um in 2024, which is um the 1st attacks inbound the code since 2015 so clearly russian troops are not able to secure the country from these attacks. so fascinating analysis and we thank you for it to need a village and need a willing from the ag months royal institute for international relations. thank. thank you. of the us president

elect, donald trump said that he would not rule out using military or economic force to gain control of greenland since winning the election. mr. trump has repeatedly express it's designed for the us to take control of greenland from denmark and the governments of greenland. the denmark of repeatedly told him the island is not for sale. trump has once again set his eyes on greenland posting on his side to the social on monday. he said, greenland is an incredible place and the people will benefit you tremendously if and when it becomes part of our nation. we will protect it and cherish it from a very vicious outside world. make green and great again, your position and on tuesday, the future presidents double down on his claims or even refusing to roll out minute to remote military where we need greenland for national security purposes. i've been told that for a long time, long before i even ran,

i mean people have been talking about it for a long time. you have approximately 45000 people there. people really don't even know if denmark has any legal rights to it. but if they do, they should give it up because we need it for national security. that's for the free world. i'm talking about protecting that very well from may beach we maxwell. his son donna junior was on a brief visit to greenland officially as a tourist and not holding talks with officials. and the official it's in denmark has made it very clear several times that greenland is not for sale. conflict because in fact chosen in new danesh coat of arms was a prominent pulled up at depicting greenland. many see it as a statement of solidarity. raymond is a self governing territory, but belongs to the kingdom of denmark. on each step, some is definitely a correlation between the new coat of arms and the politics in denmark about

stronger recognition of greenland and the federal islands yang can indicate it's credible the royals do it meant the king frederick was as a close connections agreement, not much love for in store for candidates from pet already expressed his desires to own religion. during his 1st presidency, the island nation has a strategic location and the optic for trade and defense, and the bounty of natural resources. and that is that you can follow the same on social media at cdw news, lasers headlines of course dw, dot com with the w good day. great week by the,

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