in bunbury let's go now to saxon his capital city dress indeed he is kate brady is there for us kate we are still looking at through these results but what do you think of these exit polls that we've seen now from saxony the c.d.u. coming out the strongest party. but you say at the moment these are only the 1st initial exit polls of course things could still change but this is looking positive at least for. conservative c.d.u. they have been and how we're here in saxony they've been the strongest posse here since german reunification almost 30 years ago that would have been a huge blow to anglo mouthfuls party showed that is still possible of course should they lose that position as the strongest party here in saxony today but at the same time just looking at what the f.t. are currently pulling out in these exit polls 27.5 percent that's triple the number of votes of what they managed to get back in the 2014 state election here in saxony so massive increase for them of course that will be a huge success for them. at least among party members that will be he and i as a huge success ev

far as alternative for germany party or i have they became the 2nd strongest party in both states kate brady ports from the sox and the state capital drives them. after months of anticipation the dust is settling here in dresden the result of sunday's election was yet another blow to germany's established big tent parties but anglo-american c.d.u. still retained its 30 year title as sex and the strongest party. the friendly sex anyone said state premie a may say ok for many people here interest in sex in the state capitol it was somewhat every leaf the almost 3 quarters of voters didn't cast their ballots for the far right a.f.d. . now faced with the reality of the i.a.f. day as sex and the 2nd strongest party locals seem to be taking a pragmatic approach as. it was a vote and the people have something to say whether i like it or not i didn't vote for the day and now i'm keen to see how the established parties deal with this and what solutions they can find. the. people have always voted for the c.d.u. in the s.p.d. and now this is a consequence so they can be taken seriously compared to ger

in which the far right term alternative for germany party placed 2nd g w political correspondent kate brady visited a town where support for the f.t. is especially high and brings us this report it doesn't get more east than this over there is poland and over here where the most eastham point in germany in one hour but this tiny borough in the eastern state of saxony has become known for something else in the past week no of the insects and a has so many voices for the f.t. . almost half of nizar hour voted for the far right if day less than 2000 people live here for most of them life is good unemployment is relatively low there are however problems which affect much of rural germany borgia crime a lack of doctors and teachers night i was met was shocked by the extent of the f.t. success she says that the party has fed off one main fear migration despite there being 0 migrants in the borough you live on the gold it's not people go to nearby gurlitz or dresden or other cities and in parks they only see migrants on the streets which of course is exaggerated. and then this of radicals among th

if i'm on the story i'm joined by political correspondent kate brady welcomed kate near universal condemnation from national party leaders here in berlin but as we could not report there was nothing undemocratic about. election was there no exactly there wasn't anything undemocratic about this election so he was elected unanimously by 7 council members so legally speaking there isn't really anything up to debate here but of course as we saw there a meter in that report that in terms of politics and also among viruses they says caused quite some uproar here in germany and people have been left asking themselves how they secession could have been made in the 1st place even though some of those council members have said that there was no alternative member but that decision could still be reversed if a 2 thirds majority of the council back at the decision to dismiss the current municipal administration but as we also heard there at the end of that report they currently don't seem to have an alternative candidate either so using local officials from other parties electorates to fund say they didn'

kate brady reports from dresden. >> after months of anticipation, the dust is settling in dresden. the result of sunday's election was yet another blow to germany's established big parties but angela merkel's c.d.u. retained its 30-year title as saxony's strongest party. the friendly saxony won said state premier. for many in dresden, it was somewhat of a relief that almost three-quarters of voters didn't cast their ballots for the far right a.f.d. now faced with the reality of the a.f.d. as saxony's second strongest party, locals seem to be taking a pragmatic approach. >> it was a vote and the people have something to say. whether i like it or not. i didn't vote for the a.f.d. and now i'm keen to see how the established parties deal with this and what solutions they can find. >> people have always voted for the c.d.u. and s.p.d. now this is a consequence to be taken seriously. kate: compared to germany's other so-called new states formerly in former east germany, things are going well in saxony. the economy is strong, the strongest in the former east and unemployment here is by no

continue right on to stack the maze capital city of dresden where our reporter king brady is following be elections for us kate which party is celebrating most there the a of d. which made significant gains or the studio which remains the strongest party in saxony. well serious definitely the day therefore right alternative for germany fati the celebrating the most tearing saxony tonight of course these are significant gains for them if anything just reiterating the successes they've had in other. elections in recent months both in the european election and also just a couple of years ago as well in the national elections at the c.d.u. . in on the other hand there it's much more sigh of relief of course something to celebrate for them they've still managed to retain their title as the strongest posse here in saxony a title that they've held for the past 3 decades now since the fall of the wall but they the coalition with the social democrats here simply doesn't have a leg to stand on for the last 7 governments here in saxony have been that very famous combination here in germany the so-called grand coalition b

and now we want to head to saxony that's where did abused brady is standing by she's in saxon his capital city dresden kate. well call the situation here in saxony is certainly looking a lot more close said than it was at least a couple of days ago at least that's according to some opinion polls that came out just a couple of hours ago around midday herin saxony and i love michael's conservative c.d.u. still seem at least to be polling in 1st position at the moment with around 30 percent but the f.t. do at least according to these latest polls seem to have been gaining a little bit of ground since the last couple of days now polling at around anywhere between 26 to 28 percent so only a couple of percentage points behind the conservatives a social democrats meanwhile still floundering at around 7 to 9 percent but of course as i say these are still in the opinion polls at the moment and we still have a couple of hours to go until we get those 1st exit polls to be also heard that there's been a big turnout in saxony biggest cities in fact is it's doubled in dresden in life sick and income that's which party m