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in the last parliament social democrats are only going to get a hundred fifty three nine. the four will be taken by the newly elected on terms of the journey probably nobody really thought that was likely even just twenty four hours ago now the third place position for they will turn for germany is a big shock to many but some european politicians pursing it as a major victory let's go to our correspondent paula she's in paris let's see what the euro crisis saying about all this paula what has been the reaction coming from the european politicians. well as you say no surprise that the leaders of europe so far right awful of congratulations for the strong showing of the a d here in france you have marine le pen who said that not only is this congratulations for what you called to a fifty allies she called it a historic win saying that it is a new symbol of the awakening of the european people build is the far right dutch leader said that we will fight countries and people i mean some of the same demands coming out of italy's populist northern league salvini the leader tweet

in berlin and my guess is junk politicians on the me he is a member of the european parliament and the social democrats who have just suffered this down the defeat now that the votes are counted germany had it. welcome to quadriga that it's not about me and the i can't tell you about it this is a women's talk w. . more women. more talk we hope our station you'll find out this way w. . the german election is over and angela merkel who were the remain chancellor this week conflict zone is in berlin and my guest is german politician on elites he is a member of the european parliament and the social democrats who have just suffered down the defeat now that the votes are counted as germany had.

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however she will need to form a coalition of is expected to face some challenges when parliament convenes social democrats came in second but the hard right party the a.f.d. made huge gains one seats in parliament is the first time a hard right nationalist party has made it to parliament since the nazi era let's take you live out of berlin zeros lawrence lee is with us the morning after the night before lawrence it was merkel's night despite some losses and what those around eighty seats in parliament won by the f.d.a. is the dust settles what people say. well you're quite right a.j. and i mean clearly you can spin this in more than one direction yes it was michael's night history was made the first time someone's going to be this long in power in germany since helmut kohl is the father father of germination for term zero frankly merkel she still unbeatable the most important politician in europe the most important female politician in the world with a huge weight responsibility on the shoulders really now but at the same time as every opinion poll and predicted and even though it appears to be cause a su

and my guess is a judgment call a titian on that means he is a member of the european parliament and the social democrats who have just suffered this dummy defeat know that the votes are counted as germany had. the folks in sixty minutes t.w. . he takes it personally i do it with all the wonderful people in stories that make the game so special. for all true fans for my. lack of more than football on line. d.w. church diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages. on the program bingo and there is a. show there with us in our innovations magazine for any. of us from every week and always looking to the future fund d w dot com science and research for asia. hello and welcome to focus on europe i michelle henery once the dust settle.

social democrats announced they were going into opposition. the election was long ridiculed as boring until in its final weeks when the make up of the german parliament was anyone's guess the vote turned out to be a disaster for the country's second largest party the social democrats who had their worst poll showing and post-war germany yet it was a triumph for the right wing populist party the a.f.d. our reporter visited essen a city in western germany and showed us how the longtime social democratic stronghold was swiftly ousted by the f.d.a. . the city of essen is this politician's home town but since the german election karl-heinz endl shot a social democrat says he doesn't recognize it in the past his party usually won an easy majority but this time just twenty eight percent many of endless shouts neighbors told him they were voting for the far right party. they said we come from a family that's always voted s.p.d. but we voted air fifty because we felt we needed to send a strong signal. we have to win back these voters if we just sit around another four years that's not going to happen. and who shot is at pains to find out how to get his consti

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you've got experience dealing with far right groups in the european parliament what did vice which you give the social democrats here in germany when it comes to dealing with the far right colleagues who are about to enter one the stock. i mean certainly the european parliament after the from the tsunami and other nationally center in two thousand and nine it changed a lot of the work of the european parliament from the beginning we tried to use some sort of a new terror meaning that we really tried to exclude as a political it was not a political group at a time but it was a very powerful force it changed the law of god extend a way of communicating and building itself we had to permanently adapt to the rules because we get provoke aisha's we get hate speech in the room so it's a lot of unexpected reactions so i would say we have to be very careful especially when it comes to abuse of the plenary. speech what we see quite often in the planetary and i would just say to the stark it's a completely new seem to ation and i do hold the right especially angle america will convince always of the waters because these

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isn't the limb and my guest is german politician leads he is a member of the european parliament and the social democrats who have just suffered a stunning defeat now that the votes are counted worse germany headed. annelise well come to conflict zone the german election is over and your party's candidate martin scholtz didn't manage to convince enough voters that he should to be the next german chancellor he failed miserably yes we feared miserably as a party and. we had a swing which was interesting last january where we very close actually same level up at that time your candidate got one hundred percent from your party i think it was a little bit too optimistic at that time well it was not a question of to be optimistic it was a question if he is convincing the party to be the leader and to run as a translator candidate. there first. time during the lender elections nobody wanted to participate in the campaign. exactly that happened not on the sphere where the decision was taken not to include the federal politics into this idea how can this be you elect a few months before the federal election and y

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weeks before the country goes to the polls to elect the country's parliament voting intentions shows christian democrats way ahead of a social democrat rivals the left wing party is in third place with the free democrats behind them as is alternative for germany a euro skeptic party that's expected to make its first gains in parliament peter takes a closer look at who will be the real contenders in this election with most pundits already calling this german election a win for. sure there isn't a great deal of intrigue there what's more exciting though has been the battle for the place and who will perhaps be called the kingmaker in the next coalition government. alex of those are the key issues are as long as you've got. to close to the amount of state. to. bring some sky. and controversy to the relatively calm seas of the german political scene is alternative for germany it looks like they will enter parliament for the first time following this election and they run on a hardline message against refugee policy even drafted in one of the ad agencies that helped promote donald trump in his campaign. put alternative for german

merkel's speeches she was also recently interrupted by her main rival from the social democrats party while addressing parliament taking credit for their work she didn't hesitate to remind those president who is really the boss. that's the big i think sad when you've been in the few months you once. did the thing that has. i. think a really you know. that when you inspect it when he's in parliament if east story said that he was here in the beach that was just two weeks before the country goes to the polls to elect the country's parliament voting intentions show merkel's ruling christian democrats way ahead of her social democrat rivals of the left wing party d. link is in third place with the free democrats behind the house's alternative for germany a euro skeptic party that's expected to make its first gains in parliament. peter all of are now taking a closer look at who will be the real contenders in this election. with most pundits already calling this german election a win for. schultz there isn't a great deal of intrigue there what's more exciting though has been the battle for third place and who will per

uncomfortable for them means what i would full what what is the role what why do we need to the social democrats in parliament so to say so that is the question i think you have to take with and it's going to be a very difficult one. surely university in our very own hands but we thank you very much for joining us here in the studio after a short break we're going to have a look at the challenges facing german society. quadriga special master the german born to stop the election journalists discuss the last twenty seven germany has voted. how should we interpret the election results what do they mean for the european union. after the german election international from berlin. learn german with w anytime anyplace. whether with jo-jo and her friends. expected. or with friends all over the world. online and interactive. german to go and. learn german for free with d w. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers with official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many canvassed and thei

simply interrupted by her main rival from the social democrats party while the dressing parliament for taking credit for their work but she didn't hesitate to remind those president who's really the box that's with you but i think sadly when you've been even given the few months you loose. the few notes you will. soon. be leaving of has. a i was if if you see i was a group you know side i was. being maimed when you were inspecting when he's in parliament if nice story said that he was with just two weeks before the country goes to the polls to elect the country's parliament voting intention show merkel's ruling christian democrats way ahead of a social democrat rivals the left wing party d. link is in third place with the free democrats behind them as is alternative for germany a euro skeptic party that is expected to make its first gains in parliament ati's peter all of are now taking a closer look at who will be the real contenders in this election. with most pundits already calling this german election a win for. schultz there isn't a great deal of intrigue that. has been the battle

she was also recently interrupted by her main rival on the social democrats party while addressing parliament and taking credit for their work but she didn't hesitate to remind those president who's really the boss. that's what you buy i think sounding when maybe by name the human feelings. you had this evening it has. i. i. it is the i don't have a really you know side about being mind that when you inspect you when he's in parliament if least story said that he was here with me so with just two weeks before the country goes to the polls to elect the country's parliament voting intentions shows merkel's ruling christian democrats are way ahead of a social democratic rivals of the left wing party d. link is in third place with the free democrats behind them as is old tundra for germany a euro skeptic party that's expected to make its first gains in parliament aussie correspondent peter all of a now taking a closer look at who will be the real contenders in this election. with most pundits already calling this german election a win. over schultz there is a great deal of intrigue there what's m

that there's a woman who will be leader of the opposition on behalf of the social democrats she will be their face in parliament and that will make her a very prominent voice for the party and being forty seven years old obviously means that she's also of the younger generation so in both senses it is a new start for the party obviously that is not mean that the party as a whole has yet to establish itself. firmly in a new camp on the left and there are certain factions within the party that would try to put a brake on that as you've just said it's not all done yet but it certainly is a start so while the s.p.d. is trying to reinvent itself chancellor merkel meanwhile is struggling to form a new government she's working with very different prospective coalition partners do they have enough overlapping interests hons to form a viable coalition what would government look like that's very difficult to say at the moment obviously. is a very seasoned negotiator she knows how to deal with difficult situations like these and but obviously also all the parties that are involved in these talks in other words. the green

parliament. that's because i think it was. with just two weeks before the country votes polls show merkel is reeling christian democrats way ahead of their main social democrat rivals the left wing party to link is third with the free democrats behind them as is alternative for germany a euro skeptic party that's expected to gain its first seats in parliament peter all of it takes a closer look at who will be the real contenders in this election with most pundits already calling this job election a win for anglo burkle over schultz there isn't a great deal of intrigue there what's more exciting though has been the battle for place and who will perhaps be called the kingmaker in the next coalition government . because of the key issues are no longer guns. i want to have close to the amount of. his in and he finished only wanted to present to me. about the high if not ceased. bringing some scandal and controversy to the relatively calm seas of the german political scene is alternative to germany it looks like they will enter a pall of it for the first time following this election and they run. like message against refugee policy even drafted in one of

party is poised to make history by winning its first cvs in the national parliament merkel's main challenger the social democrat leader martin schultz cast his vote earlier today he's hoping that he can still swing undecided voters. go home until i think there are still people who are wondering who to vote for on election day. i hope many will choose to cost their vote for me and for my party. of. so who are they voting for and how many people are turning out let's bring in nick connelly correspondent he is standing by at the polls in berlin so nick how is turned out looking so far. good morning sarah well we're here in a primary school in a residential part of central berlin where the polling is going on as we speak it was very quiet start off with polls is open to eight but it's really picked up in the last hour or two and as you can see behind me what sort of families with children coming out to vote this is an area that has traditionally seen higher than average turnout for the polls having said that the bad weather and the fact that lots of berlin is shut down for the marathon has led to fears that we'll s

parliament for the first time. and it is a night of disappointment for social democrats with their lowest share of the vote since world war two. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is arts international i'm sean thomas with special coverage of the election in germany let's get right to it . has secured a fourth term in office after an election that has brought a shift of power in the german parliament election team has been following all of the developments from berlin. i niki arran welcome to our special coverage of the german election from here in our studio in the heart of the i'm going to merkel has won a full term as chancellor we know that with all the votes now counted but it's been a disappointing night for her closest rival martin schulz the time of celebration for the alternative for germany party. for this is a big day in history. we've entered the store and we will change this country to achieve what happened today at six o'clock these are pollution. thank you all this li the c.d.u. would have hoped for a better result but we mustn't forget that we achieved our strategic objectives we are

main social democrat rivals the left wing party dealing with the free democrats behind them as is alternative for germany a euro skeptic party that's expected to gain its first seats in parliament peter all of a takes a closer look at who will be the real contenders in this election. with most pundits already calling this german election a win for. schultz there isn't a great deal of intrigue there what's more exciting though has been the battle for third place and who will perhaps become the kingmaker in the next coalition government. were to close to the amount of. time. bring some scandal and controversy to the relatively calm seas of the political scene it's all to germany it looks like they will enter a pall of it for the first time following this election and they run on a holiday message against. policy even drafted in one of the out agencies that helped promote trump in his campaign. good alternative for germany is not going to be halted any coalition with. likely to be part of a coalition with the mrs merkel all the free democratic. liberal business they congress must take on photogenic leader has appeared front and center however he does appear to have lifted so of hi

right—wing alternative for germany, afd, will win seats in the federal parliament for the first time. the centre—left social democratspresident trump is imposing new travel restrictions on eight countries, including for the first time north korea, venezuela and chad. sudan has been dropped from the original list of six mainly—muslim countries. it's the third update on a ban that has been much contested in court. the regional government of iraqi kurdistan is going ahead with a referendum on independence later on monday despite international opposition. the move has been fiercely opposed by the iraqi government. turkey and iran have warned the vote could bring chaos to the region. the leader of the small new zealand first party, winston peters, says he will not be rushed into a deal about who will lead the country's next government. both the governing centre—right national party and the labour party say they can form a government. now it is time for our newspaper review. what's making headlines around the world ? we start with the international papers' reaction to angela merkel‘s triumph in the german elections. victor

parliament it's nice. that she was. on the america looks set to win a fourth term as chancellor with polls giving her party a clear lead over the social democrats the left party trails in third place with the free democrats behind them and the anti immigration alternative for germany party is expected to gain its first seats in parliament are these peter all over takes a closer look at the election ahead. with most pundits already calling this german election a win for. schultz there isn't a great deal of intrigue there what's more exciting though has been the battle for third place and who will perhaps become the kingmaker in the next coalition government. documents or p.s. long as the guns. were to. come out of. the president to. bring some scandal and controversy to the relatively calm seas of the political scene it's all to germany it looks like they will enter a pall of it for the first time following this election and they run on a message against. policy even drafted in one of the out agencies that helped promote donald trump in his campaign. good alternative for germany is not going to be faulted any coalition with. likely to be part of

social democrat rivals the left wing party to link is third with the free democrats behind them as is alternative for germany a euro skeptic party that's expected to gain its first seats in parliament r.t. speech all of it takes a closer look at who will be the real contenders in this election. with most pundits already calling this german election a win for. schultz there isn't a great deal of intrigue that. has been the battle for third place and who will perhaps become the kingmaker in the next coalition government. want to have close to the amount of. time. bring some scandal and controversy to the relatively calm seas of the political scene. germany it looks like they will enter a pall of it for the first time following this election and they run on a message against refugee policy even drafted in one of the out agencies that helped promote trump in his campaign. good alternative for germany is not going to be faulted any coalition with. likely to be part of a coalition with the mrs merkel all the free democratic. liberal business they charisma and photogenic leader has appeared front and center however he does appear to have lifted so of his migration policy right out of the

parliament. for. chancellor as expected christine democrats most vote much less than expected the social democrats suffered what's being described as a crushing election defeat only twenty percent. since the second world. but for the right wing euro skeptic alternative for germany party this election was a major breakthrough for the first time they gained enough votes to enter the national parliament. thank you. the us obviously the c.t.v. would have hoped for a better result but we mustn't forget that we achieved all strategic objectives we have a mandate to form a new government and no government can be formed against all without us. thousand extra days of difficulty for social democracy we missed out on our electorate go after losing our central region and we lost the federal election of. i know you are different this is a big day in history of our party i made it prevented the star and i would change this country to achieve what happened today at six o'clock easier for lucia. while merkel's win was widely predicted the upset of the election was the right wing alternative for germany party voters have g

parliament it's a nice story said that she was. on the america looks set to win a fourth term as chancellor with polls giving her party a clear lead over the social democrats the left party trails in third place with the free democrats behind them and then the anti immigration alternative for germany party is expected to gain its first seats in parliament parties put it over and takes a closer look at the election. with most pundits already calling this german election a win. there isn't a great deal of intrigue there. has been the battle for third place and who will become the kingmaker in the next coalition government. lashed out. as long as the guns. were to close. the mouth of. he's into and he finished only wanted to present to the time. as he can. imagine the high if not ceased. bringing some scandal and controversy to the relatively calm seas of the german political scene is alternative to germany it looks like they will enter parliament for the first time following this election and they run all day holland like message against calls refugee policy even drafted in one of the ad agencies that helped promote donald trump in his campaign. good alterna

parliament for the first time. and it's a night of disappointment for martin and his social democrats with the lowest share of the vote since world war two. part question why for us to do is most of this is art international i'm sean thomas covering the german election with our special coverage get right to it. all right angle merkel has a security fourth term in office after an election that has brought a power shift in the german parliament artie's election team has been following all of the developments. nikki arran welcome to all special coverage of the german election from here in our studio in the heart of i'm going to merkel has won a full term as chancellor we know that with all the votes now counted but it's been a disappointing night for her closest rival mostyn she said time of celebration for the alternative for germany policy. i. think this is a big day in history of. these countries to achieve what happened today at six o'clock these are for lucia. thank you all this li the c.d.u. would have hoped for a better result but we mustn't forget that we achieved our strategic objectives we are the strongest par

democrats, and we think they will be the biggest party —— angela merkel. she is up against martin schulze used to be president of the european parliament and the now read to the socialt poll shows that christian catlike democrats and angela merkel have a significant lead, and it does look like martin schultz will have the second biggest party, but because all—german elections end in a coalition, the other parties who could get representation, we also need to take note of them. we have the free democrats, the fdp. we have the free democrats, the fdp. we have the greens, and we also have the party that came out of the communist party that came out of the communist party in east germany, die linke, and on the right you have the alternative for germany, the afd, with their anti—immigration and anti—islam policies, which i came to look at here earlier. we will have to see what effect their policies have on a coalition, but we do know that immigration is a significant issue. you might think that is as maybe but what should i care when the polls suggest angela merkel will get a fourth term and we know that she will stay in power. there are a few reasons. she is a hugely si

parliament for the first time. and it's a night of disappointment for martin schultz and his social democratic party with their lowest share of the vote since world war two. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our two international i'm sean thomas with special coverage of the german elections let's get right to it so there is a shift of power in the buddhist stogie after a close fought campaign on his election team has been following all of the developments from berlin. welcome to our special coverage of the german election live here from all studio in berlin with me makes me eric tens of millions of voters have now decided how they want hollywood to live in europe's most powerful nation angela merkel is on course for a fourth term as chancellor merkel said to be the night of disappointment closest rival last insults and a time for celebration for the alternative for germany party. i've. seen friends this is a big day in history of our party we've made it we've entered the store and we would change this country to achieve what happened today at six o'clock these are pollution. thank you all this

fourth term in power as polls suggest her party won a third of votes in the parliament elections the opposition social democrats say they will leave her coalition and go into opposition. under the demonstrators have gathered in protest outside the headquarters of the far right i party which is set to become the third largest political force in the german parliament after winning around thirteen percent of votes. and iraq central government has announced the autonomous kurdish region to hand over control of its border crossings and their polls as it ramps up efforts to stop monday's independence referendum. us president donald trump has fired the latest salvo in his war of words with north korea is one the country's foreign minister that if he echoed the thoughts of the little rock man with. he and his leader won't be around much longer this in response to really young hoes blistering attack on him in a speech to the u.n. general assembly on saturday. he tried to insult the supremum dignity my country by referring it to a rocket by doing so however he committed an irreversible mistake of making our rockets visit

the most right wing party to win seats in parliament in sixty years the chances of becoming the main opposition party faded the course of the social democrats ruled out forming a coalition with the c.d.u. still nonetheless they have to use particular to get only thirteen percent of the vote that's a big breakthrough into the parliament however many voters especially the young are concerned over the party's by the co anti immigrant stance of the thought is that might change that might soften the tone that according to some of the german media tonight anyway as the if they support and celebrated the results inside their h.q. outside wouldn't continue to show the pitches the protest has gathered in fact people have turned up to protest now in cities all across jim including how the bug cologne and frank puts in frankfurt tonight into the thousands we believe. was the. whole the major parties with scathing about the f.d.a. in the run up to the election. and in india it is wise to recognize that a party like the av d. is not only a challenge for the christian democratic union but a challenge for all of us in this parliament but it is about preve

has so far won two hundred thirty nine martin so the social democrats can next with one hundred fifty seats while alternative for germany enter parliamentfor the first time with ninety four seats back could of course change but those numbers are unlikely to shift all that much in the coming year i could go up to more than seven hundred people sitting there by the time this is all thrashed out it's going to take a picture of our europe correspondent says he's going to work on all the day for we could see he says he's expected to get over this he's expecting to come back towards the end of november it still won't actually be totally thrashed that exactly. the representation the proportional represent representation of the amount of people will be sitting there it's going to the biggest spender star in terms of those you know history as well which just extraordinary now having spent years at the helm of the powerhouse until america has become a divisive figure for the blocs politics but not every decision she's made has been welcomed by a member states. or europe is being challenged as a whole it has to find the answer is one we germans ha

to be a hard fought campaign between angela merkel and former european parliament president martin schulz of the social democratic polity but it hasn't panned out that way as it stands at the moment angle of merkel around fifteen percent ahead depending on who you speak. two with only just weeks to go and it not looking like the social democrats are going to catch europe any time soon you have a strange things can happen in the last few weeks count them before election campaign we will be closely following developments especially our europe bureau chief peter all of our from berlin thanks peter. now a report out today from the u.n. accuses the syrian government of using chemical weapons against civilians had also blames it for a certain gas attack back in april in a province peter or paul asleep at more on the report this is what she filed. the united nations syria commission has issued a report in which it found that there was a chemical attack that was carried out back in april in live and that those responsible were government forces using sarin gas against the civilian population they based their contribution