of parliament met for the first time on choose day since elections in september the far right a.f.d. party made their first appearance in the bundestag finance minister and veteran politician that was voted in as the new bundestag president. china's ruling communist party has confirmed president xi jinping as its most powerful leader in decades by adding his name and ideology to the constitution at the end of the party's five year lee congress delegates voted unanimously to include xi jinping thought as a guiding principle. and notes from albert einstein describing the key to happiness is sold for around one point five million dollars it's an auction in jerusalem einstein gave the piece of handwritten advice to a japanese bellboy in one nine hundred twenty two after the genius scientist realized he had no money on hand for a tip. polish doctors take to the streets to demand higher pay and better working conditions the government has offered to increase spending on the health sector but medical professionals say it's still not enough. and wouldn't it be frustrating if you always have to go

session today for the first time in six decades the parliament is home to a far right political party the a.f.d. became germany's third biggest party in the national election last month riding a wave of anti immigration and promises to prosecute the chancellor and to disrupt the establishment and that is where. enters the stage today he was elected president of the parliament or better said guardian of the political piece mr sawyer was except in speeches served as a warning to those preparing to misbehave but also as an appeal to political discourse that doesn't aim for something that is let's just say smaller than the least common denominator it now falls to parliament the longest serving member to keep things under control with the elected president of the bundestag the politician from chancellor merkel's party called for calm proceedings in that debate and to play by the rules the obvious way we speak to one another can set an example for discourse throughout society. we are not here to beat each other up the new parliament has more members than ever and forty percent of them are newcomers t

the consequences of the recent elections in germany due to the arrival of the radical right wing a.f.d. party in parliament as a holocaust survivor he finds it unbearable. it's a fist most i didn't do it to kneel at fascism in germany never went away it just took on a new form you feel. like it's yeah. yeah yeah yeah yeah then see we will have found this government we will hunt down chance to lead america all or whomever else we need to we will take back our country and our people. and most of it and what does he want them the borders from one hundred thirty nine again. yeah. clearly remembers the beginning of nazi rule in germany at school in berlin he was virtually abused and beaten up by his classmates. as thing i'm dumb or doesn't it started with him calling me horrible names like smart alec jew or jewish pig it got worse and worse more offensive and then deadly. yeah in my. sixty one members of my biggest extended family were murdered in the holocaust fascism and germany is coming to terms with its nazi past our core issues in his life and after seeing so much in his ninety years he's ho

twenty eight percent many of neighbors told him in advance that they were voting for the far right a.f.d. party instead of his. people tell me they come from a family that's always voted s.p.d. but they went with the far right because they felt we needed to wake up we. to win back our voters if we just sit around and wait for four years that's not going to happen. and is it pains to find out how to get his constituents back in his camp at least the blue collar contingent in his neighborhood pub he runs into supporters of the far right that only i would have voted for the f.t. but you know what i threw away. the place i don't even have the nerve to drive to the main station anymore. there's always a. rise in crime rates eleven percent unemployment and a migrant population of forty percent and all that in a city that's run out of money and has few resources to solve its problems that's how analysts are explaining the social democrat stronghold turning to the a.f.d. but this area in the road valley has long been known for its successful integration of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers once

refugees into germany and twenty fifteen they say this led to a surge in support for the far right a.f.d. party. well for more now i'm joined by our chief political correspondent melinda crane melinda tell us why all these talks so important today and all we like each see sparks fly i think we are likely to see sparks fly and they're important because in order to start coalition talks with the other potential partners in in a coalition the chancellor first test to achieve some kind of unity between her own party and its bavarian sister party the christian social union and these two parties are essentially umbilically joined there often referred to as sister parties but the fact is they differ very deeply on issues such as immigration and the head of that very and sister party essentially now has his back to the wall many people view him as politically vulnerable because the party got fairly weak results in the recent election therefore he's under pressure to try to essentially affirm his own very conservative position but he's facing a chancellor who quite well will object to that so i think ve

of parliament to match for the first time on tuesday since elections in september the far right a.f.d. party made their first appearance in the bundestag finance minister.

house of parliament met for the first time on tuesday since elections in september the far right a.f.d. partymade their first appearance in the bundestag finance minister.

well in germany a newly elected parliament gathered for the first time yesterday a right leaning a.f.d. party managed to make it into the bindis stag but not everyone was happy with that reform or earlier spoke to any f t p holmes your commuter here in moscow. you put forward three times your proposals didn't i think vice president on all three occasions they were turned down i think we can just listen and sure what exactly happened for the proposed candid glaus are one hundred fifty votes yes five hundred fifty votes and no twenty six abstain. for the second round of votes in the fraction has put forward mr laws or. mr gross has not achieved the required number of votes. in the third round of voting mr glaus it will be left of the number of yes votes is higher than the one of nervous. mr gaza has a campaign that same acquired majority of votes. i mean you had little support when he entered into parliament but that really just shows how difficult perhaps things could be. in former times i only could comment things i had seen on television yesterday it was my first time my first impala went ju

that's a reference to the right wing populist a.f.d. party which with its anti refugee rhetoric has barreled into the bundestag. steinmeyer would like to see an immigration law that allows opportunities but lays out limitations as minors. in my view this is not simply wishing away the migration but apart from asylum and europe wide efforts it means defining a system of legal access to germany which regulates and controls migration according to our requirements and. the celebrations began with a church service that focused on multiculturalism and germany's history of diversity. present were a doctor who's worked in syria and iraq my nemesis a german muslim and a jewish german. from the altar a message of tolerance and coexistence. on germany's national unity day the country's political establishment is gathering strength to face the heated debate that will mark the next chapter of german history. and for more on this german reunification day let's bring in our political correspondent charlet pots charlotte welcome to you you know germans reall

that different parties find themselves in because each party obviously as you say has a right to nominate a vice presidential candidate the a.f.d. has done so. but the other parties have said outright that they are against the nomination of a glass and they will vote against it they're not obviously a. having of vice president i was a presidential candidate but they are against albert x. so this just shows the level of the debate here in the german decide on it if you will something that we will also see in the months and years to come of this debate between the alternative for germany and the other parties why there's so much concern about the f.t. in parliament or was it one thirteen percent of the national vote it's represented in many of the recent parliaments as well. it's precisely because of this of this dilemma because it is an absolutely new phenomenon here in the german parliament in many many decades the first time that such a party enters the german parliament on the traditional parties are obviously confronted with the need to respond to them if they ignore what the a.f.d. says they're ignoring twelve point six per

non-social media the right wing populist party a.f.d. is especially popular on facebook its official fan page has more than three hundred eighty thousand followers much more than any other party. leader of the liberal f.d.p. party also has a considerable online presence he seeks to engage directly with his followers the campaign tour also featured plenty of selfies and videos. but can young voters really be reached on line. stuff from facebook didn't influence me so this is i already have an idea about who i want to vote for and who i don't. even know online campaigning has never significantly influenced an election year how does he thinks political parties won't be able to escape social media. the longer social media as long as social media remains an important method of communication and still influences daily interaction it will also be important for political communication but you have to take your message where the people are. currently that's on the big social networks like facebook twitter and instagram facebook or twitter instagra

a.f.d. photos don't support the party's platform it's just protest because no one is listening to them. it's not i don't vote for the f.t. myself but i also didn't vote for the established parties because they no longer represent voters interests. involve a clear that i did you ask so everyone who voted they didn't vote out of conviction. as a. the problem that the f.t. addresses are problems that everyone has. during the last legislative period no party really addressed them for a long time none of the established parties sitting in parliament really wanted to address the fears people have. what they didn't want to hear them. and use you know of us me got into this i feel very uneasy when i look at what's happening in their districts address and. one district does entirely for the s.d. things while the other one entirely backs a left. these are extremes that have huge potential take my conflict and blow up his buttons yeah that's what i find worrying like. when does math make of. an explosive situation that's why many would rather not speak openly about their opinion of the a.f.p. and

and how would you like to see the government when it's formed and the other opposition parties dealing with the a.f.d. in parliament well first of all they should respect as a party you know we are just in the beginning they will move to the problem and. if you will move to the parliament and i expect it will move the discussion the balts refugees migrants a bit to the right. unfortunately i expect that the majority of parliament will hold our values and our constitution just and say the that's our that's all germany we want to have the right wing germany which the f.t. wants to have. that was one of the initiators of the demonstration against racism and hate today marianna back to you in the studio all right thank you very much kate brady reporting for us from the brandenburg gate where a demonstration against racism is just about to get underway thank you so much. so sports news now and in formula one lewis hamilton smashed the track record to claim pole position for sunday's u.s. grand prix in austin the pole was the seventy second of hamilton's career and eleven of the season the mercedes driver

session today for the first time in six decades the parliament is home to a far right political party the a.f.d. became germany's third biggest party in the national election last month riding a wave of anti immigration and promises to prosecute the chancellor and to disrupt the establishment and that is where. enters the stage today he was elected president of the parliament or better said guardian of the political piece mr short was except in speeches served as a warning to those preparing to misbehave but also as an appeal to political discourse that doesn't aim for something that is let's just say smaller than the least common denominator. it now falls to parliament the longest serving member to keep things under control with the elected president of the bundestag the politician from chancellor merkel's party called for calm proceedings in the debate and to play by the rules the obvious way we speak to one another can set an example for discourse throughout society. we are not here to beat each other up. the new parliament has more members than ever and forty percent of them are newcomers t

reporter: johansson is referring to last month's success of the right wing alternative for germany party, or a.f.d. with 13% of the vote, and now the third largest party, the a.f.d. is demanding angela merkel imposes tougher immigration rules. >> the a.f.d. only came into existence because merkel deserted the traditional conservative christian voters. they were looking for a home, and the a.f.d. has offered them a safe place. >> reporter: hugh bronson is deputy leader of the a.f.d. in berlin. a.f.d. is demanding angela merkel imposes tougher immigration rules. your opponents claim that you are a party of hate. what's your response to that? >> we embrace foreigners who respect our laws, pay their taxes, send their children to school, and go about their normal life. the problem is with people who abuse the system to have a better life, to let others pay for their better lives, or who are criminals. >> reporter: outside the opera house in dresden, former east germany, singer luca bergelt is dismayed by the political landscape shifting to the right. >> my fear is that they will tear europe apart. they

and now we have a far right populist party the a.f.d. in the bluntest og what does this election result say about the mood here in germany. i'm not surprised at the election result our surveys took place in two thousand and fifteen and two thousand and sixteen so they didn't specifically address the parliamentary elections but what we did see is that people want straight talk and seen her they don't want to be coddled and talked down to which is what they felt was going on for example there's not much point in talking about technological change in digitalization if people weren't told we know this is affecting your life and this is what we'll do for you. just twenty thirty here and there's little point in talking about raising educational standards for everyone if people aren't told this is how it will help your daughter your son this is what our future will look like so when people weren't being given those broader explanations . so even people who didn't intend to vote for the f.d.a. they were looking for an alternative they were sayin

that party the a.f.d. was the focus of much attention a veteran lawmaker open to the parliamentary session with a call for mutual respect. i caution against creating any special rules against excluding or stigmatizing anyone we all have the same mandate the same rights and the same duties. the newly elected parliamentary president previously germany's finance minister said debate and dissent are central to parliamentary democracy. right we must debate according to the rules that involves a willingness to respect democratic procedures and not to denounce majority decisions resulting from such procedures as a legitimate or a some kind of betrayal. or. a large majority voted against the candidate for vice president of parliament who has faced criticism for remarks about islam some see the party's choice as a tactical ploy. i think the f.t. wants to play the victim here putting him forward as a candidate was just a pretext. the german parliament's opening session may well be a taste of more clashes to come. wi

a.f.d. as a party that has been elected to parliament obviously has the right to nominate a candidate but that the other parties do not necessarily believe that this person is the ideal candidate for that and that's probably the reason why they're going to be rejected but it's still unclear whether the f.t. would stick to albert even if he were rejected or whether they would decide to nominate someone else dr thomas for the voting is still going on for the post of vice president as you saying is expected to be controversial we come back to you later of course once the result is there frank you very much for now and jefferson she's in the studio thank you very much for your assessment in talking about the new understand president let me now bring you some other stories which are making news around the world now austria's newly elected conservative read this about and course has announced that he will try to form a coalition government with the country's a rightwing freedom party a decision that was widely expected called said the leader of the freedom party heinz christiane has shown a will to

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 long time 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 n.a.f.t. 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 constituents back in his camp at least in the industrial city of essen even at his neighborhood pub he runs into a f.t. sympathizers. that would have voted for the any of the two but you know what as threw away my ballot paper and that was it.

a.f.d. but each party in the german parliament gets to nominate a vice president the voters just taken place an hour and as expected it was controversial why. well dillard's no here is the nomination from the f.t. after the first round of vote he hasn't made it three of course each parliamentary group so each of the six party groups has nominated a figure and glassner has not made it through so now there is currently as we speak a second election in parliament taking place and that can go up to three parliament the elections will be three of those and then it will be up to the a.f.p. will have to see what happens and see if they will nominate a new candidate for the f.d.a. parliamentary group vice president for the bundestag still there where you are we look at a report on the f.d.a. and the far right party as we heard is in parliament it was almost thirteen percent of the vote and there's growing concern about it. there for us to really get into it it's. your. time. germany's politicians are adopting a new vocabulary words such as fatherland love identity country and pride the author caroly

party which said a lot of racist things which is not ok. so it is a wake up call and we want to stress that racism. allowed in. the a.f.d. was voted into parliament almost a month ago with thirteen percent of the vote they'll be the first party right of the conservatives to enter germany's parliament since the fifteenth most of these protesters know that today's demonstration was largely symbolic but it does act as a reminder that the vast majority of germans are in fact against the a.f.d. and this might be food for thought for german political parties as the german parliament convenes for the first time since the election on tuesday. catalonians regional government is due to meet on monday to decide its next steps in the push for independence now this comes after spanish prime minister mariano rajoy moved to trigger article one fifty five which would impose central state control over catalonia with both madrid and barcelona digging in their heels spiny is on both sides are hoping a sense of unity prevails. dancing towards independence while hundreds of thousands of pro independence supporters protested in barcelona over

national election ten days ago when in some parts of the east the far right alternative for germany party the a.f.d. came in with the largest share of the vote twenty seven percent in saxony compared to thirteen percent nationally overall and that absolutely reflects frustration with the mainstream political elite and a sense on the part of many many east germans that they have somehow never really caught up that their lives remain precarious after twenty seven years of ongoing structural change that has seen the young move away that is seen large stretches of rural east germany depopulated i think many people have a sense that they simply can't trust the future well into where you are in lines where the celebrations are taking place today the entire german leadership the tire leadership german government are gathered there are going to see lots of speeches are they going to address this lingering east west of allah. absolutely they are we just seen them go into the three d. cathedral behind me a. service is being held there the minister president of rhineland palatinate palatinate who is the host

a.f.d. in parliament and how the other parties also will react to their presence here the traditional parties if you will are facing a very big dilemma and that is well on the one hand they can't ignore the a f t after all they got twelve point six percent of the vote in the german election there's a third biggest force here in the german parliament on the other hand they also can't react to every single provocation by the way if these are trying to for to find that middle point will be the big challenge for the parties here there's obviously there's been a lot of comment here about the possibility that debates will be shifted to the right of the political spectrum and that's obviously something that some of the traditional parties here want to avoid ok there's also going to be many more voices in this debate this is the largest parliament in german history seven hundred nine members that's a big group is there a concern out there that this could become unwieldy even dysfunctional certainly there is a concern but there are two sides of the core and obviously some people do recognise the back

a.f.d. those ninety two members of the far right party who have entered the german parliament the bundestag for the first time and show blair has however encouraged much this discussion in the parliament but he's also encouraged a respect in finding those compromises and so we'll see in these coming four years exactly how that turns out now that they have the who of course of being quite outspoken in the past and just four weeks ago when they when they entered when they got the thirteen percent to enter the german parliament and we heard alexander gowland one of the co-leaders of the party saying that the party was going to hound the other parliamentarians and so we'll see exactly how respectful and how much decency there will be in the parliament in the coming weeks and also of course the next four years they have to already causing an upset with this vote for vice president they're counted at the albert glazer failed for a second time why is he so controversial. well earlier this year just in april he actually released in a speech he said that islam that muslims didn't have the fundamenta

a.f.d. and this might be food for thought for german political parties as the german parliament convenes for the first time since the election on tuesday. catalonians regional government is due to meet on monday to decide its next steps in the push for independence now this comes after spanish prime minister mariano rajoy moved to trigger article one fifty five which would impose central state control over catalonia with both madrid and barcelona digging in their heels spaniards on both sides are hoping a sense of unity prevails. dancing towards independence while hundreds of thousands of pro independence supporters protested in barcelona over the weekend others took to the city's streets with a different expression of regional solidarity. the traditional sadhana dance was suppressed by the fascist dictatorship of francisco franco who saw our regional culture as a threat to its authority the people of god in government no have the same frame of mind. from good people with their songs in. the wind does not mean i can tell you what i'll do when the news years to give you five years from now if

a.f.d. and this might be food for thought for german political parties as the german parliament convenes for the first time since the election on tuesday. all right we have two results in the books from sunday's going to action cologne hosted braman and a bottom of the table clash and there was no score and that one cologne and braman two woeful often suspect up a point each it doesn't help the league's to sell a dollar's to escape the relegation zone meanwhile fribourg inheritor they also share the spoils young. scored the opener for fribourg but had. converted a penalty after having missed one to round out the scoreline with about ten minutes left to go in saturday's action by a munich continue their resurgent under new coach guess they travel to hamburg where they fought agree victory and a physical encounter. the bamberg knew they were going to need all the help they could get against their bogey team by a munich maybe ham on the hefty mascot could help keep things tight at the back. in the first half hamburg did throw everything they had in byron's way the visitors piled on the pressure

elections in france very near pen leader of the national front party was the main rival to elected president emmanuel backlog in germany the a.f.d. not only entered parliament for the first time but it became the third largest party in the bundestag while the freedom party in austria also came third in their elections or form a check for mr soros for border also thinks euro skepticism is gaining momentum in the e.u. in europe are all. you. could say euro skeptic forces going to see him so far germany of course in austria this is a very massive victory of the euro skeptic forces and may be in the czech republic mr buckbee and his movement and all belongs. to the group of party is are against. us within the e.u. or or or. which so called the very strong send european position. now police in california are set to deploy and test drones in the skies above los angeles initiative has raised concerns over privacy and safety hollywood has recently been making a big deal about the dangers of misusing drones. surveiling. entire . watch is turning. well after years of heated debates the police commissioner of los angeles voted three to one

in france marine le pen the leader of the national front party was the main rival to elected president emmanuel mccraw while in germany the a.f.d. not only entered parliament for the first time but it became the said largest party in the bundestag while the freedom party in austria also came third in the elections there were four were checked foreign ministers serious of other things the mood is rife for us skepticism in the e.u. in europe are on the face you. could say euro skeptic horse is going to seem so far believe in germany of course in austria or this is a very massive victory of the euro skeptic forces. may be in the czech republic mr buckbee and his move on or belongs to the. two d. group of party is that we are against because das within the e.u. or or who. does or which so called the very strong send european position. now human rights activists and n.g.o.s are urging the greek or sar it is to improve conditions at their refugee camps as winter approaches there's growing concern asylum seekers are not equipped to cope with freezing temperatures well last week a five year old girl died from the cold and a lack of med

party which said a lot of racist things which is not ok. so it is a wake up call and we want to stress that racism. allowed in. the a.f.d. was voted into parliament almost a month ago with thirteen percent of the vote they'll be the first party right of the conservatives to enter germany's parliament since the fifteenth most of these protesters know that today's demonstration was largely symbolic but it does act as a reminder that the vast majority of germans are in fact against the f.d.a. and this might be food for thought for german political parties as the german parliament convenes for the first time since the election on tuesday. well you're watching the news from berlin the bundesliga show with. is coming up after the break with all of sunday's goals and don't forget you can log on to d w news for more thanks for watching. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press.

party which said a lot of racist things which is not ok. so it is a wake up call and we want to stress that racism. allowed in our bonus talk the a.f.d. was voted into parliament almost a month ago with thirteen percent of the vote they'll be the first party right of the conservatives to enter germany's parliament since the fifty's most of these protesters know that today's demonstration was largely symbolic but it does act as a reminder that the vast majority of germans are in fact against the f.d.a. and this might be food for thought for german political parties as the german parliament convenes for the first time since the election on tuesday. a waiting game is on in spain as the country's worst political crisis in recent history continues to simmer hundreds of thousands of protesters took to barcelona streets saturday to support catalan independence the region's leader put it on harshly criticized spanish prime minister mariano rajoy for moving to strip catalonia of regional autonomy the catalan government is set to meet on monday to discuss its response. now is full time in the bundesliga so let's get a check on the scores in sund

a.f.d. ninety two deputies from the far right party will enter parliament in less than two days from now. we must live together all people together and we must not allow this process most of these things to come to the. i think today is a german you hold a special responsibility to ensure that parties like the f.t. don't have a say in politics. and you can organize the demonstration he came to germany as a refugee he says the protests should be a wake up call to f.t. voters we want the if the voters to reflect their mindset you know they voted for a party which said a lot of racist things which is not ok. so it is a wake up call and we want to stress that racism. allowed in our bonus talk the f.d.a. was voted into parliament almost a month ago with thirteen percent of the vote they'll be the first party right of the conservatives to enter germany's parliament since the fifty's most of these protesters know that today's demonstration was largely symbolic but it does act as a reminder that the vast majority of germans are in fact against the a.f.d. and this might be food for thought for ger

parliament is still voting on its six vice presidents although each party has a right to the post the far right a.f.d. candidate has already been rejected after stating islam is a political ideology and not a religion. with me now in the studio as our political correspondent kate brady kate it's good to have you on the show here let's pick up with short but he really was the the the star of the hour today in this first session. how was his speech received i mean why was it so important for him to get this position it was received very well by the by the m.p.'s in the parliament today and of course he is one of germany's most experienced politicians he's been in politics for decades now and he's currently germany's longest serving m.p. so with that kind of experience on all sorts here that's something that he will be able to bring to the role of the bundestag president in the coming months and over the next four years of calm and and of course the main message today i think that he was trying to get across was this idea of retaining respect and decency was two words which he repeated several times dur

parliament is still voting on its six vice presidents although each party has a right to the post the far right a.f.d. candidate has already been rejected after stating islam is a political ideology and not a religion. let's get more from the deadly politics correspondent kate brady who is at the bundestag welcome back kate let's start with this is a vote for vice president which is already causing such an upset at the bundestag has voted against the f.t.c. that counted that three times tell us more about why he's so controversial. well this is all of the back of a comment that was a made back in april when he said that islam that muslims should not have the fundamental rights to the freedom of religion which of course is in the german constitution and all of the other m.p.'s belonging to the other parliamentary groups in the parliament set out right before today's parliamentary system that they were to not be voting for our pledge to glowers a to become one of the six vice presidents of course that's also important to remember that there are in fact six and vice presidents in this parliament one fro

a.f.d. have nominated a candidate albert but the other parties are not in favor of becoming a vice president of the german parliament so it will be certainly interesting to see whether right here where we're standing he gets the necessary majority sorry again he gets the necessary majority to become a vice president of the german parliament right at almost thought thank you very much i'm going to let you get out of the hustle and bustle with all the people pushing and shoving you're done and to observe developments in the bundestag i'll get back to you as soon as about the country best address in parliament ok thank you very much for now. and in the studio with me is another popovic a correspondent jefferson welcome and jefferson now as we know as we heard from jill must involve gun shy but is expected to be elected and as president of the bundestag what do you make of his choice why did unless america pick him in a sense well i think it was because he's the most experienced person that she could have found for this job. as thomas just said i mean this is going to be an unusual parliament it

be shifted to the right but we can also see that for some of the other parties in the german parliament the appearance of the a.f.d. the arrival of the poses a very big dilemma and that dilemma is how to react to them they can't simply ignore the provocations after all brian as you yourself said they're the third biggest party in parliament and they were voted for by twelve point six percent of the electorate on the other hand they contract to every provocation they hear from the f.t. because that could boost the profile of the f.t. and that would certainly move the debate even more to the right when we look at what they really would like to do the other parties so obviously there's a big dilemma for the traditional parties here in the bornless stock and that's one of the very interesting aspects that we will see in the next few years what the f.t. will do and how the other parties will react to that ok so it's fair to say we can expect a certain level of acrimony in the chambers as debate moves forward you know this is this is also going to be the biggest parliament in german history in fact the biggest legislatu

some hard thinking on the part of the mainstream parties but it did and the question now is what to do with them or about them it is widely predicted the a.f.d. will now be frozen out of any coalition negotiations do you think it's smart that when dad make them even more resentful and more abrasively populist. i don't think they're ready to govern or even to participate in governing they have to. develop a program which is more than just speech and criticism they have to sort themselves out and i don't you know they got. ninety four out of seven hundred nine seats. i guess they're splitting up pretty soon and then we'll see what their real positions are and one more question i would like to ask you about political tactics is something that i noticed the social democrats did they almost immediately and as they did that they don't want to be in in a call if america is christian democrats they intend to be in opposition do you think that decision is dictated by the party's own political self interest as opposed to the common need to not allow the way of d. to become this sole magnet for discounters don't you think that this is actually a politi

of parliament met for the first time on choose day since elections in september the far right a.f.d. party made their first appearance in the bundestag finance minister and veteran politician that was voted in as the new bundestag president. china's ruling communist party has confirmed president xi jinping as its most powerful leader in decades by adding his name and ideology to the constitution at the end of the party's five year the congress delegates voted unanimously to include xi jinping thought as a guiding principle. hong kong democracy protest leaders nathan law and joshua wang have been released from prison on bail they were jailed in august for their roles of the two thousand and fourteen anti china protests that became known as the own brother revolution. a note from albert einstein describing the key to happiness is sold for around one point five million dollars it's an auction in jerusalem einstein case the piece of handwritten advice to a japanese bellboy in one nine hundred twenty two after the genius scientist realized he had no money on hand for a tip. two houses of the pe

populist a.f.d. party which with its anti refugee rhetoric has barreled into the bundestag. steinmeyer would like to see an immigration law that allows opportunities but lays out limitations as minors. in my view this is not simply wishing away the migration but apart from asylum and europe wide efforts it means defining a system of legal access to germany which regulates and controls migration according to our requirements. the celebrations began with a church service that focused on multiculturalism and germany's history of diversity. present were a doctor who's worked in syria and iraq and i now miss a german muslim and a jewish german. from the altar a message of tolerance and coexistence. on germany's national unity day the country's political establishment is gathering strength to face the heated debate that will mark the next chapter of german history. and for more on this german reunification day let's bring in our political correspondent charlet potts i charlotte welcome to you if you know germans really know the significance of this state but for our international