few weeks later, we have seen a sharp drop, both in the polling, down 6%, with the conservative cdu union once again in position ahead of the september election, and she lost a whopping 15 points in popularity. it will be over the next 48 hours. >> there's still a fair a bit of time before the national elections of the september. do you think the green party can bounce back from this? >> well, that is the looming question here. for months is a very long time and politics. we have learned that over the past weeks as well. i would say so far, so good. there were some rebels within the party that wanted a gnarly or exit for the combustion engine here -- an earlier exit for the combustion engine here. that was struck down by the delegates who voted. they see so far, the delegates are towing the leadership line. that is exactly what the greens seek to demonstrate now. a picture of unity that they can unify behind her, and that they have this absolute will to power, to eventually potentially come on top. having said that, it was also the weakness of angela merkel's conservative blood that made