welcome to our special coverage of the german election live here from all studio in the heart of all i know america is on course for us also most chancellor with most of the votes now counted prisoners of disappointment for her closest rival mawson souls but a time of celebration for the alternative to germany passing so tens of millions of voters have now decided how they want parliament to look at europe's most powerful nation thank you for joining us i make yeah.

i've. been friends this is a big day in history of our party we've made it we've entered the understand and we will change this country to achieve what happened today at six o'clock is that evolution. thanks bob mislead the city you would have hoped for a better result but we mustn't forget that the achieved our strategic objectives we are the strongest party we have a mandate to form a new government and no government can be formed against or without us. thank you difficult to show you should democracy now and our election. after losing our. we lost the federal election in. this two am and now it here in let's break down the numbers for you the results are

now in from two hundred eighty four out of two hundred ninety nine constituencies so around ninety four percent of ballots that means leading the way as expected is angela merkel's christian democratic union with thirty three percent martin schultz and his social democratic party are in second place with almost twenty one percent for the main two parties the results look to be their worst in post war history but a strong showing for the alternative for germany party bears that to enter parliament for the very first time with thirteen percent of vote and in one state saxony there are now the largest party so let's go into more detail about the main winner of the day the anti immigration euro skeptic alternative for germany party they will be getting ninety four think that's almost one stick of the total in this building here the bundestag and one of the party's leaders alice riedel had this to

say. the very first thing we are going to do is deliver on our promise we're going to establish something and. it's going to look there was that into what this lady has done to contribute to the many voters especially the young are concerned over the party's radical agenda people have turned. to protest in cities all across germany no just hear my compas obit also in home alone run fast does the f. to support his celebrated the results in science the headquarters outside protesters gathered. that. was. i.

was at least that's just going to send a signal with a even change over these protesters that i've found out tonight and i think you going to let me take a break yeah you actually i am going to be up you talk a yeah you say i want to thank you thank you thinking this mean taking me was on t.v. how do you separate that was you. people here very angry and saying see your eyes and me me was fully a.f.c. and beatrix inside all the parts of the senate and i also care about was the

protests as would be what i'm up to see you just have to know the game he was it from a senior citizen just me yet forgotten in the debate in this democracy the initial way some of it was new to the moment has nothing that has to be just fades you can all just keep chasing this migration responding to what you see here oh yes so see this is the advocacy. you know what you mean and all those cases evolution only had one on serial sending we did what we were going to do redo the car over to new but then just the exactly where all that was. there is a sense that with similar types every movement just like this one just like with the national front in front of some supporters in the us with that equipment regs it crowd the anti establishment was that they are actually egged on by protests like this because they think they won't work if the reason to galvanize and kind of get together band together more strongly was certainly the sense i got was

a med school case because of the way i was supposed to out how they told me about this. tonight now i want to be on that extreme wages want to sweep the seat being acceleration was over lowndes no less which said the first they ignore you then they lost you then they might see you that way but now i guess being in the a.s.d. camp they they probably think that they've gone from the loafing at any stage to the smoking stage was. ahead thanks it is thank you thank the number of people that have come out to their chest was again thank you and god she was saying it was not. i think it was the people who they all were going to i was thanks have left the building. they have all been quietly a school out the back door say they are protesting now at an empty venue over that

but take a look at what it was the right was celebrating the apple it was just a couple of hours of thank. god. i i i. well as we mentioned also has a for germany party has taken a narrow lead in the state of saxony which is in the east of the country they have t. is on a twenty seven percent just a fraction of a percent ahead of the cd you know saxony is the birthplace of the un to my quickly . and a stronghold for the a.f.p. it also has been well known for its anti refugee sentiments. journalist basically i'm a little believes the election results could force the government to rethink its immigration

policy. i think basically it's an enormously psychological breakthrough for the germans itself that the a of d. just became an important part of the business talk now so there will be now for the first time in the stock real discussions about immigration which never happened before and i think this is the most important thing you can say and mrs merkel she made one of the biggest decisions in after war germany by letting in one million people without. the people themselves without any real discussions in the buddhist architecture and she did get an enormous slip in her face because of this and i think it will take more time to really know what really happened at that moment but medical yes she will still be the prime political force in germany but she has now to deal. with parties

who are told you only on the left side like the liberals and the greens she has to go into politics what's another way around and. that will be a fairy bet for her i don't i don't see how she could manage this. just over seventy five percent of germany's eligible sixty one million voters cast their ballot their four percent higher than in the two thousand and thirteen election more than eighty percent of have now been counted in as things stand angela merkel's c.d.u. party is on course to win two hundred thirty nine seats in the bundestag us out of a total of five hundred ninety eight most insult scientists social democrats come next with one hundred fifty seats while alternative for germany and parliament for the very first time will have ninety four seats so with the shifting forces in parliament angela merkel will need to find

a new coalition partner so let's now take a quick look at the likely path for the chancellor. the german parties really with a solid majority from the elections so when it's over the try to make friends which is not easy after having tried hard to undermine each other's policies during campaigning but the good news is for the politicians you can always see we can't keep our election promise because our coalition partners won't let us which is not good news for the voters though you might ask. when you place you could get a program that you didn't vote for. there is no guarantee that what you would like to have. politics will really turn out there is no guarantee that you will be in the majority after the election and therefore there is no guarantee that what you as a voter want to be transformed into politics will really work out in this way.

so what kind of government might germany get. so a better sweet night for angela merkel yes she will still remain chancellor love but she did hope for higher point daniel hawkins our correspondent has the latest from the c.d.u. headquarters now. kill. slower made shots from the fall would. you become an all party but they could predict the result that would mean historic low for the case he'd be the social democrats if they could also support that you well i think i would pay for that if he as well as the three we democratic party buckle the other challenge will feel like a coalition with policies with whom she does have differences off the ball to. help out the p.c. playing second fiddle to much as they have been over the last. buckle temple the

stage to see a patient choose to look at the many challenges that you've got replace him as a child and have had them for a while but. there is a big new challenge ahead of us the a.v. party will be joining german parliament if you want to win back those who voted for the a.m.t. to find out their concerns and worries never go to the coalition as we mentioned earlier there were several possibilities here before with the social democrats would be you perhaps even up the far left feeling could join coalition that has been pulled out of its job lakeville told us that the coalition between the c.d.u. we did have a quasi degree but there are always differences as i mentioned all the environmental policy big things for example the wanting to shut out a little bit cold fire how how long that will be something nobody has a couple was all quite coming in from the free to democratic policy to all the

budget say the sixty billion euros going to crawl schools which any of them is a lawyer in the side. has an audience you are the. location that will be very much rocky process to go shake when we do that. probably called well in response to motion stills pulled himself up to also said let's think about it to get more of a very much i could about approach things out take things calmly tried to divide things and fought for the consensus moves that a lot of shills to stretch this month pope would like but this sunday will help you know my position you still might take weeks to months alone what austin should be confident about a politician like christmas. will say she's missed so she is being blunt about that five local issues a cost me as well a chance for. sixty years to be cut she's

cut the fifth film a sudden shot so that in germany assuming she sits out. coming up we'll take a couple of calls with help of coal lead full of charles lee foss the way in summer in june some of this year i'll take to be the longest serving chinese soap opera multiple this malkovich of an empire. seventy full. time i remember she was always there i mean i can remember

a time when she wasn't like the chancellor and i don't even know who came before her mission a mission to underline that as an event on the us to move on to the mac of a said i think she was elected in two thousand and five for the first time i was like seven she's just been around for ever she's always been an image she's been in power a long time i think there's a piece of it is an unkind job of us myself. i've never been an adult without under america governing. in two thousand and five she was elected for the first time i was only thirteen. i pierced my ear. a boy from my school died in a traffic accident. on the core melted people died. i went to mississippi for a year as an exchange student. did obama whites. barack obama became president.

and i'm. sure. your leaders have been congratulating securing her for after twelve years in power has made a major impact on your opinion politics but don't all of her decisions have been welcomed by the other member states. where europe is being challenged as opposed to testify and the answer is one we germans have every interest in playing a leading role in this world that. i

don't like because of this migrant she was the one who told. me that it has to be very. high we say. we. can see. for. so special is very different from some of the new pushers of german interest the strength of the interest of the individual is sufficient reason for not being given . to saying ok i mean i feel i'm on the list i have a piece of my first hand knowledge and i'd like to sell cheaper to so that you have appendicitis so let's close it if we really didn't.

think so. this is going to go but fortunately germany has turned greece into a lab rat it has turned it into a german colony and through greece of course the socially demolished old europe and its workers right. now have the early results started to trickle in on sunday night the social democratic party leader martin schultz well he was unable to hide his disappointment thank you thank you today's a difficult day for social democracy we missed out on our electorate after losing

a shot to rejigger didn't we lost the federal election after you. mustn't shows was of course michael's main rival that is a quick look at what the former european parliament president is best known for among voters. great again.

a free democratic party which is calling in full sees its results as a victory and a major turnaround off to a plunge in popularity in recent years and its young leader christian living has been credited with this dramatic revival i think speaks to all of us has been at that town. christian linda has spoken he received the role because reception from what is continuing now is fairly subdued celebration here at the free democrats headquarters here in central berlin a lot of thought going into what comes next now what goes on in those tough negotiations very tough negotiations that a starting almost immediately as to who joins the coalition or how that coalition will be money christian linda when he took the stage he said look if you go to applaud every every lie that i say we're going to be here all night is very well

received among the supporters of this party thirty eight year old former dot com entrepreneur is really driving this policy you hope from the diabolical states it was in four years ago no it was that was after it's been four years in coalition with angela merkel they were and i elated at the polls twenty thirteen they took less than five percent they were out of the poll just like in the wilderness for the last four years back now with more than twice what they told. in twenty thirty and it seems that a lot of thought is being pinned on christie and his successful leadership however how that pans out in coalition talks huge questions to be asked just off the top of my head if we look at greece and potential for a future a bailout any potential future bailout for greece the free democrats they would be completely against not but when it comes to trade something that the free democrats all very much in favor of well look at big trade deals such as seats. the green

party would be against those so how these two parties are going to come together with merkel on to assist a polity the christian social union from the various and form some form of government is going to be a long tough task ahead and a lot of focus is going to be on christian linda he was being taped prior to this election as a potential new foreign minister in the next couple of. have a little look now with the thirty eight year old former dot com entrepreneur came from and how we made it to the stage this evening.

and then with the yes and then go on the come up in this would be endlessly. that i will because my. i mean one in a particularly unusual election day stunt an elephant has been dumping around in cities that. the activists who organized the vocal bows they were inspired by the english expression and elephant in the room where they believe that the issue ever referenda are in germany as well as the telephones and become pain is place that over seventy percent of people in the country one feel that to be votes on key political decisions however the german government has so far ignored that combs well that's

done tiled livened up what was otherwise a a lot closer to election campaign in germany but some of the candidates still made the headlines with a range of striking posters that we gathered up some of the best and most memorable ones and here they are.

now as bring you up to speed on the latest breakdown all of the numbers there is also now in from two hundred eighty six out of the two hundred ninety nine constituencies so around ninety four. percent of the ballots were almost leading the way as expected the christian democratic union with thirty three percent margin showed sunday's social democratic party are in second place with almost twenty one percent for the main two parties the results look to be the worst in imposed war history but a strong showing for the alternative to germany policy now they're set to enter parliament for the first time with thirteen percent of the votes and in one state

saxon a they are now the largest party. there you while you're up to date will be back with our special coverage of the german lection at the top of the hour do stay with us for all the latest figures i'll be right here. in case you're new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around quite. different ratios from washington to washington the media the media. voters elected businessman to run this country business because. you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before.

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