welcome to our special coverage of the german election live here from all studio in berlin with me mickey erin tens of millions of voters have now decided how they want hollywood to look in europe's most powerful nation with almost all the votes now counted on the lever pull is on course for a fourth term as chancellor well to be the night of disappointment both closest rival last insults and a time for celebration for the alternative for germany. i've

seen friends this is a big day in history of our party made it even to the understand. this country to achieve what happened today at six o'clock these are the loucheux. thank you all this li the c.d.u. 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 different. democracy now. after losing. we lost the federal election. ok let's bring you up to speed with the latest breakdown of the numbers the results

are now in from two hundred ninety two out of the two hundred ninety nine constituencies so that's around ninety eight percent of the ballots leading the way at the expected is angela merkel's christian democratic union with thirty three percent martin short son to social democratic polity are in second place with twenty one percent for the main two parties their results look to be the worst in post-war history that's incredible but a strong showing for the alternative for germany party and they're now set to enter parliament for the very first time with thirteen percent of the votes and in one state saxony now the largest party so let's go into more detail about all ghibli the main winner of the day the anti immigration euro skeptic alternative for germany party they will be getting ninety four seats which is almost warms six of the total in the bundestag you can see behind me now and one of his party leaders

that is vital to say. the very first green we are going to do is deliver on our promise we're going to establish a commission against. which to look very closely into what this lady has done to the. many voters especially the younger concerned over the party the radical. and people have turned out to protest in fifties all across germany including in cologne and in france but it is the a.f. days that forces celebrated the results inside the head for this hearing protest as a quickie downside. was.

i. i. i. i this war least that's just going to send a signal with the mainstay of these protesters that i've found out tonight this if you weren't was political me you. see i was you was to be out to be struck yeah yeah you say off thank you thank you thinking this was being taken was to be accepted was you. people here very angry and saying see your eyes and me me was the only a.f.c. and beatrix still inside of the party the said no and i also are about was the

protesters would beat him up you see you just have to use the game he was good for nothing you said i just mean yes forgotten in the debate in this democracy and there's always a lot of it was new to momentous night that has to be just a siege mentality still keep chasing this migration responding to what you see here oh yes. this is the little advocacy you know you are reading all those cases every which only has one on serial sending we did what we were going to use to do read with our own opinion but then just the exactly there are other will to give that up . there as a sense that with similar types of movements just like this one just like with the national front in front of some supporters in the us with that of the regs it crowd the anti establishment would make services that they are actually egged on by protests like this because they think they only works if the reason to galvanize and kind of get together band together more strongly was suddenly the sense i got

was a med school case i am supposed to out how they told me about this. tonight now i want to be on that extreme age is one hundred six weeks the same thing acceleration was over on d.c. no less which said the first they ignore you then they laugh at you then they might see you and they're heading your way now i guess being in the a.s.d. camp they they probably think that they've gone from the loafing out stage to the smoking stage was. ahead thanks it is thank you thank the number of people that have come out to protest against thank you and. want to say that it was not our us i think it was the people who they are referring to as thanks have left the building schools. 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 all right i'll celebrate st the atmosphere was just a couple of hours ago thank. god. i i i. now as i mentioned also an as if it to any party has taken a narrow lead in the state of saxony which is in the east of the country the a.f.p. is on twenty seven percent that's just a fraction of a percent ahead of the cd saxony is the birthplace of the anti migrant group a gate a movement and a stronghold for the a.f.p. it's also been well known for its anti refugee sentiments dutch journalist joost nirmal it believes the election result 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 blue 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 calls a lady in the people themselves without any real discussions in the lusaka to try 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 the moment but medical yes she will still be the prime political force in germany but

she has 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 and i don't. i don't see how she could. just over seventy five percent of germany's sixty one million eligible voters cast their ballots that several percent higher than in the two thousand and thirteen election more than ninety six percent of votes seven now being counted as things stand idle americal c.d.u. party is on course to win two hundred thirty eight seats in the bundestag out of a total of around six hundred martin scholz and his social democrats come next with one hundred forty eight seats while alternative for germany and parliament for the first time will have ninety five seats so with the shifting forces in parliament

and the merkel will need to find a new coalition partner so let's now take a look at the likely path for the chancellor. the german parties really emerge 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 keep our election promise because our coalition partners won't let us which is not good news for the voters though they might ask what was the point when you play simply get a program that you didn't vote for. there is no guarantee that what you a voter 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. better suite results for angela merkel tonight our correspondent daniel hawkins was at that headquarters the thirty year let's take a look. dog slow remains shot from the fall will. you become an august body but they could predict the result but i mean historically low for the case he the social democrats if they can also support this you well i think i would pay for that if the as well as the three we've democratic party buckle the other challenge will feel like a coalition with policy with that 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 to pull the

stage to see a patient that is much. closer to the many challenges that you got replace him as a child and will have had there for a while but the list would show that there is a big new challenge ahead of us the a.v. party will be joining german parliament who want to win back those who voted for the a team 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 will be 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 cross he had dreams but there are always differences as i mentioned all the environmental policy big things for example the bonding to shut out a lot of those polled fired up how long that will be something nobody has a couple was all quite happy and probably see the democrat policy beat out all the

budget say the sixty billion euros going to crawl schools which any of them is a lawyer in the side. has an audit you or he wrote leticia that would be very much rocky process to go shake that we did a democratic politics well in. spoke to martin still screwed himself up to also said let's think about it to get more of a carbon cycle above approach things out take things calmly plug the plate things and thought for the consensus was that a lot of shills to stretch this much open mind but this sunday will help you know my position before my take weeks to months unload what austin should be confident about a politician like christmas. will say she spoke to mr she is being blunt about that five local issues a conflict is one of your main chance for. sixty years

to be cut she starred in the fifth film a sudden shot so that in germany assuming she sits out home coming up will take up all cause with the cold the full charles lee foster way in some a in june some of this year i'll take to be the longest serving chunks of all from multiple to small to the job and but it was 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 that has only met on us cataloguing the mag 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 over she's always been an image she's been in power a long time i think there's a piece that is kind of us myself. i've never seen an adult without under american government. in two thousand and five she was elected for the first time i was only thirteen. a boy from my school died in a traffic accident. in fukushima the core melted people died. i went to mississippi for a year as an exchange student. black smoke today obama whites. barack obama became the first black president.

and i'm all over that way. she learned. of the early results started to trickle in on sunday night the social democratic party leader martin shows well he was unable to hide his disappointments. thank you thank you today's a difficult day for social democracy now in our look. after losing option to reach you didn't we lost the federal election. and the looks on their faces that really said it all it turned out to be the espy's was still extant performance since the second world war on twitter users were quick to add insult to injury caustically

congratulated moss and so on his energy. while the others suggested mark mr schultz may not have where lies this was a national election and not a local race and there were some hostile comments too but one user describing the s.p.d. spoke for months as a pathetic well here's a quick look at what the former european parliament president is best known for among voters.

make europe great again. as we mentioned bottom sos has ruled out keeping the so-called grand coalition going between the social democrats and on the limit you now he will be the main face of the opposition but how much of a challenge so it will pose to muckle is unclear as he agrees with the chance along so many key issues as our correspondent mark explains choices choices choices to leave or to remain. in clinton micron or less all of them monumental decisions with global reckless caution now it's germany merkel this is should be nice this is not that much of

a different take merkel's refugee policy obama says when i have a clear stance on any refugee limit which is that i will not accept it. and he is should also mention some of those people bring also is more valuable than money that's what europe believes in the same story with europe they want more of it more you rock received more union and more brusque. with germany at the wheel apparently local europeans who believe trans national democracy is the best model or else to stand up and break this silence up shoots a former president of the european parliament merkel the leader of europe's powerhouse as i think it we would be and have our theat in our own hands continued to maintain that the twenty seven member states must work intensively together for our future to make the two even share

a dislike of if not hatred for the man in charge across the ocean or it's enough to get there are lots of concerns about their gresham of the north korean dictator we need the united states of america as a peaceful power but we have to bring them on the path of rationality and that means diplomatic solutions to some problems or problem that we have with trump is that he is unpredictable in that sense who should be tool to not even a pre-election debate can get the two to clash or sparks to fly what was supposed to be a jewel looked more like a jew at the ball and stella cholas of appears. all translation. staged. they have their mind the difference is this and that but as one german great put it

the biggest difference between merkel and shoots is the bit where i guess the. leaders have been congratulating angle and merkel on securing a fourth also twelve years in power the chancellor has made a major impact on european politics but not all of her decisions have been welcomed by the other member states. europe is being challenged as opposed it has to find the answer as one we germans have every interest in playing a leading role leads one to. look . out for the i don't bargain because of this migrant issue she

was the one who told them to come write. me that has me very a. week day from. week day it will always say we are. live. live live we still believe you so special the very negative impression from some of the new pushers of the old german interests of the strength of the interests of the individual country especially recently for not doing it in. the single i mean i see a man who is going to be for the first time college and i was like let's help her to a job so that the guy to let's close it goes we really need. such .

mr bush to get the money out fortunately germany has joined greece into a lab rat and has turned it into a german colony and through greece of course the socially demolished old europe and its will get right to. free democratic policy which is in full places see that result as a victory and a major turnaround off to a plunge in. popularity in recent years if young leader christian has been credited with this dramatic revival. has been back our. christian linda has spoken he received a raucous 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 colmes next now what goes on in those tough negotiations very tough negotiations that are starting almost immediately as to who

joins the coalition or how that coalition will be managed now christian linda when he took the stage he said look if you go to applaud every every line that i say we're going to be here all night he is very well received among the supporters of this party the thirty eight year old former dot com entrepreneur is really drag this party hope from the diabolical state 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 now you're late it at the polls in twenty thirteen they took less than five percent they were out of the bundestag in the wilderness for the last four years they're back now with more than twice what they took in twenty thirty and it seems that a lot of that is being pinned on christian linda 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 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 are very much in favor of well if you look at big trade deals such as seats or tea tape the green party would be against those so how these two parties are going to come together with angela merkel and her sister party the christian social union from bavaria and form some form of government it's going to be a long tough task ahead and a lot of focus is going to be. i'm christie and 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.

likely since then with the then go on the box initially would be in motion and i was also offers a little bit of my money. while there were a few unexpected surprises while in a particularly unusual election day stunt an elephant has been filmed stomping around in cities and. the activists who organize the walkabout say they were inspired by the english expression and elephant in the room they believe that the issue of a referendum in germany is one such elephant and like tom paine as say that over

seventy percent of people in the country one for them to be folks on the political decisions however the german government has so far ignored that call well the us has livened up what was otherwise a lot less election campaign in germany but some of the candidates still made the headlines with a range of striking posters here are some of the most memorable ones.

thank you. so let's bring you up to speed with a quick recap of the numbers the results are now in from two hundred ninety seven out of the two hundred ninety nine constituencies just two years ago will most that leading the way as expected a christian democratic union with thirty three percent loss in souls in their social democratic party are in second place with almost twenty one percent for the main to polities the results looked to be there was in post-war history but

a strong showing for the alternative for germany policy that now set to enter parliament for the very first time with thirteen percent of the votes and in one state saxony but now the law is just because a. life of a special coverage from the german election will continue tomorrow i'll be here neal harvey will be here and of course kevin do join us then. probably the number you.