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with the latest government that 3 party coalitions can become quite complicated, is now a coalition with the social democrats. this is a coalition that we've seen many times, especially under former chancellor, on going american. it would be a slim majority, but it wouldn't be a majority. and that would allow the 2 parties to maybe find some more agreement then having to bring in someone else an option would be bringing in the green party if they would want to have a stronger majority of parliament would that would likely complicates things in terms of finding compromise, and i want to talk about the greens and the 2nd, but 1st let's look at the fringe parties because they were the big winters of the night. not only they, if they also the left, both may choose games. what does that tell us about the change in political landscape here in germany that we almost especially in the, when we talk about the a f d, have to sort of move away from the term french parties because of the, you know, the 2nd biggest party. now it represented in the parliament that's quite, quite a big change for,

this result will require him to forge a coalition. the tally showing the cdu csu block ahead of the far-right alternative for germany and chancellor olaf scholz's social democrats. merz's alliance won 28.6% of the votes. the sdp finished third with 16 .4%. merz ruled out an alliance with afd but could form a coalition with the spd and would not need the greens to make up the numbers in the bundestag. here is what the leaders of each party had to say following the results. >> we ran a very tough campaign. nonetheless, this campaign was necessary. in the debate about the important and major issues of our country, economic policy, migration, for nancy ready policy, and internal security. now we will talk to each other in the most important thing is to reestablish a viable government in germany as quickly as possible. >> we have doubled our votes. they wanted to cut us in half. the opposite happened. i must say one thing. our hand will always remain outstretched for participated -- participation in government to implement the will of germ

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and obviously if you're talking about a 2 party coalition versus a 3 party coalition, that probably from the outset looks a little bit more friendly or towards the speed. then of course the 3 party coalition. so that seems to be the good news. but again, the real message is that there has to be speed and there has to be a unified vision at the ends, especially when you look at the outgoing governments that was a 3 party coalition. it was very awkward from the beginning. and by the end, it was an absolute disaster. you had 3 different party leaders holding 3 different business round table events, each with their own focus and even by their own admission. it was embarrassing and there was no common vision. and so that's what business leaders want, is they want to see something move forward quickly and they want it to be common because right now the issues that germany faces, they are not these kind of periodic weakening economy issues. it's structural. that means there has to be substances of definite changes, right? so, structural, i mean, we mentioned that there, there are big issues in

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it was wait for long drawn out coalition negotiations. we must be capable of acting again quickly so that we can do the right thing in germany, so that we're present again in europe and so that the world sees germany has a reliable government again. so far, this is vicky at his pledge, but you turn on migration and the economy, his style decisive say his father was uncompromising even abrasive. say his critics . trump, like at times you get in for the month of audits. i'm going to say if i'm elected to be the chancellor of germany, yes. and on my 1st day and i'll face so i will instruct the federal ministry of the interior using the chancellor. so authority to issue directives to permanently control a full gem and is national borders with its neighbors. don't have to control you them the death reaction to a deadly stopping by an ask on a silent c k. so we can take a political risk. he crossed his own red line by allowing the fall right a if the for the 1st time and time and post will history to become the deciding factor in securing a maj

rachel: we should say coalitions -- oliver: we should say coalitions are a normal part of the german political process. there's only been one absolute majority since the end of world war ii, so generally you have parties working together on a number of issues. the cdu now is likely potentially, in terms of the arithmetic, could go into a coalition with the spd. the spd is expected to get its lowest vote ever in the history of the party. that will likely pave the way for olaf scholz to step down, which will make it easier for these parties to work together, because there's been a very acrimonious political campaign coming into this election. there is the possibility that the greens could get enough to work with the cdu. i have spoken to senior cdu lawmakers who say that despite the fact that they probably have more in common with the spd, on an interpersonal level, they get along better with the green party. the worst case scenario, something we need to pay attention to sunday, is not the parties to get the most votes for the parties to get the least, because any party that gets below

so the question is, the coalition, the composition of his coalition, if it winds up being a grand a coalition with 2 parties with marks and she the you sent the right and the send the left. and that, that puts them in a stronger position. if it has to go into a 3 party coalition, it gets in a week of position and then that week of is ition. it's the previous government. it was a 3 party coalition. so the main thing is the main question is, where we form that correlation with one of the party or 2 other parties with the after he's already said that he's not going to have any truck with the correlation as far as the f. c. the alternative for germany policy is concerned. i understand that all the shots is being reported says the social democrats are going to be part of a correlation with the cd. why that is kind of limiting the nazis options, but i want to ask you about the impact to the if day on this because it looks as though they've got about 20 percent of the vote putting them in 2nd place. so whatever the composition of an event shall coalition, what influences the i have day going to be a

but they are the conservatives, most likely junior partner, any possible coalition. and the far right alternative for germany, v a s d celebrates its finished in 2nd place. it has doubled its share of the votes since the last election. and in other news, european leaders are gathering in queues there in ukraine to mark the 3rd anniversary of russia's full scale invasion and show solidarity and fears of a dwindling commitment from the us. the hello, i'm clear. richardson, thank you so much for joining us. have germany's voters have opted for a change of government with the official results from sundays national election now in conservative finish mass as boys to become the countries next to cancel or is easy to use. the su block is that to lead a future government most likely, with the 3rd place, the social democrats who let the former administration the far right a f. d took 2nd place, but merits refuses to work with them. let's break down those numbers for you. are now conservative, came out on top with a 28.5 percent. the far right alternative for germany double th

so we are able to form a coalition government been consisting let's see. do you see as you and d s d d, that is what we want and this is what i found. they support for those who are doing the it says this committees meaning way go into how it talks. they have already boost. they've been prepared. we already had some preliminary talks and we're going to have a talk with the project share off the cd. i'm going to talk to the john so that as well so that we can plan a transition phase, a transition phase, which is going to take a couple of weeks. and to the kid i kind of now was at that press conference at the cdo headquarters in abilene mckayla. so a dump bump with the s b d. what on map this product is going to be when he begins talking with the speeding . that's what he says as far as use the economy, but he did get us right now to look you promise. during the election campaign that is migration and not allowing migrant to come with the name of asylum from other countries as stopping them at the board. you said that would be the entry ticket for a coalitio

that seems like the most likely coalition outcome between the 2. something interesting that came up in the questions and answers there was, was how much merits we'd be talking to the other parties who might be necessary to get some kinds of was passed. right? yeah, there will be no a transition period if you want. the old government is still in office. still the old johns the from the espy deal is still in office. i'm to finish mad sketchy like that might not happen before or after easter. this is the, the, the time table that be and i'll have but the decisions do before that, especially because not constitution the majority to change the constitution if you want to fund the, the army. if you want to reform the, the, the break, then you can do this now with the bottom and that is still sitting there because of the constitution of the after the 1st sitting of the new parliament, which is due in march, then this changes then the, there will be a blocking majority by the fall, right? and for the fall left, they could prevent the, the democratic partie

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so that would be neither a coalition with the social democrats as the party of the current chancellor, although he said that he wouldn't want to be taking on a ministerial position himself, or we could see the conservatives teaming up with the greens as well, because it all ultimately comes down to the numbers. and what we are seeing right now is although the afd don't like likely to have an election win right now, their strength in numbers is already starting and potentially, depending on tonight's results, it could have an impact on coalition building and we are seeing this increasingly fragmented little -- political spectrum here in germany which is making the coalition building certainly more difficult. host: you described afd as far-right, what makes them so? guest: afd began its life as a euro skeptic policy that really jumped on the issue of migration and backlash against germany's open border policy and migration crisis of 2015. they really gone on to taboo after taboo. there are now under surveillance nationwide. the party at national level is classified as a suspected extrem

we are now at the beginning of the coalition negotiations. we will approach the social democrats and what we have to do is i'll send you government restore confidence in germany and also restore confidence in our democracy because for worrying part of the, the outside selection is definitely the extremist now have nearly one side of the votes in germany, indeed, we see that the parties at the fringes of the big windows of the night, but 60 the far right. if the policy which doubled it supports to more than 20 percentage points, was less than is the for your conservative still big 10 policy. well, we need to unite the center and we need to deliver the challenges are enormous. we have to solve the problems. if we solve the problems, jim, you spacing then the fringes who have very simple answers to very complex questions . we'll lose the business case, but we have to deliver and certainly it's jimmy's facing enormous challenges. i like to name free. the 1st one is we need to make our economy competitive again, more competitive. that means a focu

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coalition in germany, politics boss stopped disagreements within that coalition, bleeding into european union politics. and i've definitely had diplomats on the phone over the last few years, expressing frustration, saying they simply didn't know what germany's light was. they want more clarity from berlin. moving forward, a just maybe would highlight one exception to about congratulations in general from leaders that secondary in prime minister victor or body instead of congratulating frequent merits publicly. he's been congratulating, i was vital, the leader of the alternative for germany party, who were seen with the as one of his political allies on farther to the right of the european political spectrum. yeah, not a big surprise there. the elections come at a very uncertain time for the european union and was far right parties recently making strong gains across the block. not just here in germany. what does that mean for the issue of the what we're seeing is a continuation of a trend of your political center of gravity shifting toward the right book that has met in practice over t

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coalition? that's the central question. because the on such as apps will unlock all sorts of different themes. but a new government will seek to impose in terms of internal policies in terms of foreign policy. and it's not entirely clear right now, as i say, which constellation of policies will be involved in that coalition. it's these clearly going to take some considerable time. he asked mister mounts very clearly saying that that needs to be quick negotiations with which specific policies. because obviously the social democrats have been repudiated that vote dropping to the source of level, which is one of the worst performances they've ever had since the creation of the federal republic. so would mister mounts govern with them potentially. but clearly there are elements in that policy who really don't like the sorts of migration measures that mounts the said he wants to do. we know that some of males is allies in bavaria who said they do not want to get them with the greens. so actually form

she said to the christian democrats to form a government coalition that would be stable. she says, well, that is not going to happen just amounts. the, we're not the leader of the christian democrats has ruled that are categorically the so called brand smaller the file will translates into english against the a f d in this country as well for him that still exists. but who might he actually govern with for much of yesterday evening as the exit polls slowly translated, more into results. as more folks were counted, it wasn't clear, might be a 3 policy coalition with the greens and the social democrats. well, now it's more clear, thanks to around $14000.00 votes, the want cost for a small policy, a new left wing policy, the b s. w. it means that's just a mass should be able to form a majority with mister schultz as possible. that's the search then are they called at the grands coalition in general, over in fan as close to parties couldn't get move and a half is the vote. they're going to have moving costs of the seats. so the attention will now focus on what will maps and t

sd and other possible coalition would be with the s p d. this auction would have a slim or majority in parliament, but is the most likely one since merits rooms out collaborating with the far right . or on the far right alternative for germany, for its part. well, there was a big winters last night managing to double their results since the previous selection as well as solidifying their voter base. the f t also managed to mobilize support from 1800000 people who didn't vote in the last election over a 1000000 germans who previously voted for the cd. you c s, you cast their ballot for the a f d in the selection. the f t also absorbed 890000 votes from the business from the ftp party and 720000 from the ruling social democrats. let's take a look at another graphic to give us a sense of where the f t is the strongest. that is a plainly in germany's eastern regions, but actually we're gonna hold off on showing you that graphic because i do understand we have a press conference from the s p d. let's listen in as their leader speakers kind of la

but the question is, if we go and another grand coalitions or a coalition with the sd chancellor sholtes will definitely be out and such as it now are, you know, a and the party has to deal with that. need to also re shuffle because i'm becoming the junior partner we will be quite a challenge to them. i would say the other audit to the, the, the other option would be a cd, green government which is where they have a lot of overlaps. but they also have a lot of topics which distinguish them from each other. and there are certain party groups within the city with the conservative party which has a rally and very strong against the greens during the campaign. so this will also cost additional tension. so my, my bed is one of the 2 and most likely another grant coalition will be the next government to you in germany. and it's so interesting that they ask dave, you'll tons of germany. policy is polling to come in seconds, but it's not even being talked about in any sorts of coalition terms. and many was saying that is absolutely this sort of mainstream file rolling of the fall. right. but nex

the coalition can take a long time to find. especially when you have as fractured results as you had last night. still, the man likely to be the next chancellor said yesterday evening that he hoped he could achieve a coalition deal by easter. that's pretty ambitious. but what he told the crowd was that the world would not wait for germany. so the international context is such that there is a sense of urgency here in germany, given its paralysis, really, since the last coalition fell apart in late autumn of last year. they know that they have so many issues to address. rosemary, there is the state of the faltering economy, the largest in europe, after all. there is the pressing need to address the question of how and whether to continue aid to ukraine, given the huge changes that are that have taken place geopolitically around the european union. there is the question of europe itself. remember that the afd is not only anti-immigration and in favor of closing the borders and expelling illegal immigrants. it is also eurosceptic.

but of course, these coalition talks are difficult and tricky.xt chancellor said he wants these negotiations to continue as quickly as possible, to have a strong germany, he said, to take a more active role not only in europe, but also on the international stage. and tell us a bit more about what merz said. he was also quite critical about the us. he was really critical. and after the first exit polls came out, he strongly criticised not only donald trump, but also elon musk, what he called was interference. he compared what elon musk has been doing by praising the far—right afd party, by giving airtime to party leader alice weidel, to intervention from moscow, and he said that... so he criticised it basically pretty strongly. we know that elon musk has been supporting the afd not only in the last couple of days. only two days ago, he shared a video of bjorn hocke, one of the more radical figures within the afd, that has been fined for using a nazi slogan and can also legally be called a fascist, according to a german court order. so pretty stron

now, go into such a coalition. it will take time because they have to ask the members, maybe there's a peptide tack and the party convention, and they have to decide, do we, do we go, this was foolish math or you don't so. so the question would be difficult. that would be very difficult and the social democrats are now to with things the teen to go into these talks and they have left thing by all the parts you need or it would be a crucial person. and both custodial as the minister of the defendants defense and um, so they build a team, but it would be hard for them those to to, to watch in the city. so yeah. and clean violence, restore us and the others like um my teeth know she's the general secretary of the party and there are some women of course vasquez, who and she's still party leader co leader. it's really hard for her. i don't know if she's the wife is all the circumstances but them, well they're out of, but it's not the only 3. they 5, they've stuff with a historical defeat. and yet they did come out as o

will it be a two—party coalition, ora three—party coalition?ld to get into parliament. four or up to eight parties may make it into parliament. a coalition afterwards so i don't think we will have coalition anytime soon, so i expect it to come at the end of april, maybe even may. that's exactly how it would work, a caretaker government, government, which also means there would be no decisions made. all the expectations that so many people have for investments to come, to unleash also private of stagnation at least until the summer. a decisive few days for germany. towards the milestone of $3,000 an ounce. the investor interest is partly triggered by concern and its partners. into the us before any such tariffs come into effect. at the bank of england here in london, where $500 billion worth are kept in its vaults, staff have been grappling with the physical challenge of moving, across the atlantic. she told me about the significance of gold at $3,000 an ounce. the price of gold has been bouncing around over the last five years from around the $

it's to get involved in a coalition. in the german government, the will of germany is something we will implement. we are always prepared to fulfill the will of the people in a german government and with me here at the big table again, our chief political correspondent, nena hasa benjamin tell us is with the democratic strategy initiative here in berlin and, and joining us from washington, dc as political scientists and author yasha monks, he's an expert on the crisis of liberal democracy and the rise of populism. gotcha . let's get right to you. about 20 percent going to the the far right. the a if the both friedrich merits and alice vital, they've been promising change for germany. do you think change is coming to i'm not sure it is. um, i mean, i think in terms of public opinion, this election shows that a remarkable turnaround. um, it was about 10 years ago, but at the height of the refugee crisis, just decided to keep its food is open to welcome millions of refugees into the country. and that was cross potty consens

and if they come get in, then it would be easier to form a 2 parties coalition. that's definitely something that they can, maxwell, i prefer because that's going to be a much more stable government. and that's something that he wants to offer a to, to well and to europe in a fairly difficult time. now we're looking at the relationship with the united states. a germany cons rely on protections from the united states any longer. and also the relationship with ross and also looking at you crate and family support for your brain. so we're expecting a more conservative wind tear in germany, and also a leader who is more willing to strength and defends and security here in europe. steadfast and l. just sierra berlin, the israelites deploying tanks to the okay, pod westbank for the 1st time it will in 20 years. it's a major escalation and it's ministry. action in the north of the territory becomes more than and bumped into its own preparation that has forcible displaced more than 40000 palestinians from their homes. israel's defense minister says the protestant ends wil

talks or really in a future coalition. for that matter, a fine or not fond of. dear friends, dear comrades, this is a disappointing election result for the social democratic party. this is also an election defeated the last time the election result was better and i take responsibility for that. this time the election result is poor and therefore i also take responsibility for this outcome already. the salts did manage to knock green candidate and only a bare bach. um the foreign minister out of there, i shared brandenburg district. so at least she'll have some free time now for those geometry losses, or maybe she can go personally sign up to bite russians and ukraine as she's been um, seems really keen on sending everyone else. it will. um, so it shows as defense minister boris victorious policy election results for his party. devastating, i've devastating for me exactly. well, maybe for german weapons, giant run metal, which schultz had planned and another $3000000000.00 euros strictly for ukraine, of course, or maybe dev

but that is a coalition that is not going to happen. and i believe that we have a community member who has sent us a question. uh, based on that, lets just bring up that question on uh, the screens. uh for you that from raymond, head god was asking with the german constitutional code that the f d, as it has done for 13 other extremist parties. its a good question is very good question. um, but you have to keep in mind as that the constitutional court cannot act by itself . so it cannot decide, i believe this is an unconstitutional policy. so i'm going to bind this policy and that is for reason, of course wisdom, and he's not see past. we tried to set up a system off to the what was where a power wasn't concentrated in any one institution. so it spread out, which means, of course, that the way deadman politics is done. the way our society is organized can sometimes feel slow, but it means that there's always checks and balances. so the constitutional court can act if a democratic institution officially files a charge against the a fee. i

there's no waiting for legacy coalition folks and negotiations. we need to be able to act quickly again, or that we can do the right thing at home, so that we have presence in europe again. but instead of the world realizes that germany, once again, i can rely over the top of it was a try and also for the alternative for germany, or if day you to achieve the best performance by a fall right potty here since the 19 settings. so use it's empty, migrant agenda has meant the main stream potties shown that now it's liter says that should and staff we have doubled up votes. they wanted to cut them in half. the opposite has happened and i must say, one thing i'll hand will always remain out stretched for participation in government to implement the will of the people, the will of germany. we are ready to participate in government, all suspect, sign, know, try him through the social democrats schools, vote check plummets. it's also off, shots would stay in office for a while is days as johnson i on number. that's is, this is a bit to election results for

will not enter the coalition. expectation. how did the center, how does the center work with the fringes? their support for the afd is not going to go away just because they don't enter government. >> see, here. >> is the classic problem that we do have in germany. with all the dark years, we had 33 to 45. we thought with with fighting all that, with considering what our history is, we thought, you know, right wing parties getting closer to nazis will not never, ever come up. might be a problem for other european countries, but definitely not for germany. so that's not true because germany at the end are europeans have the same ideas, have the same what i would call shortcuts, solutions for, you know, migration and problems. no migration, no problems. so we have to accept that. but here is the problem. the last 1015 years, whenever afd was getting a little bit stronger, we said, oh, you know, we have to push them away. we don't talk to them, we don't put them on podiums. we don't show that their argumentation is n

tom: of course the shape of that debate will depend on the coalition if we get a coalition to which point, where is your expectation now as to the different coalition outcomes, the most likely different outcomes that could come out of the back of the vote on sunday? >> the first question that we will only know the answer to on sufned will several small parties make it into parliament or not? currently there are three sometimes 4%, 5%. one of them is the liberal party which was part of the government that now ended. secondly, there is a far left party and an even more radical left party, bsw. depending on whether one, two or three of them make it over the 5% threshold will determine how many party also actually form the government. i would say if one of them gets in, there might be a chance but it is not a given that, two parties can form the next government. that could be the christian democrats and the social democrats. a candidate to his own succession. he said if he is not going to be chancellor then he would step down and it would be someone else leading the negotiations for the socia

and this coalition needs to be built very quickly. and that's going to be a huge challenge for max matches on tests that in government. he's never been in any government. he's been in politics for many years. he's been in business for many years. he basically was to side line by former chancellor merkel was from the same pocket for us to democrats because she considered attempt to ride, waiting for the city to use for her government. and so we will see a more conservative leader here of a more conservative lead off the question. democrats, he's already seen that's in his anti immigration stands mark has basically come face only on the respecting integration. yes. even sad that the board us needs to be close for any new recipes coming in. and also has been accused of working together with the far right. the alternative for germany party on these anti immigration mattress box. the alice. why those from the a of the, the, the alternative for germany, poppy as immediately also respond to, to their and, you know, make amazing when i have t

chancellor olaf scholz�*s coalition last fall.da. and their chancellor candidate, friedrich merz, will emerge the strongest party on sunday. it will all come down to the numbers. could it be a two—party coalition, or perhaps the more unstable constellation. if we look at the far right, the alternative fur deutschland, afd, is at around 20% in in this election. values", a much harder line on immigration and for germany to play a neutral role in the war in ukraine. taxes on high income and to stop all weapons exports across europe. well, we spoke to members of both parties today. translation: we're getting a lot of support from groupsl original supporters of afd. but there are many reasons. young people are worried about the future. they don't want germany to be de—industrialised. women are scared to go to the park, and even migrants we are xenophobic. even for well—integrated migrants in germany. we want to change things. we want to bring attention to the topics that others income guarantees for couples who have children. and we wi

but he will need to form a coalition to governors town. so let's like take a look at the final result says they've come in the conservative blog, gold around 28 percent of the, the largest in the german palm and the fall right alternative germany policy well in the in 2nd place is the best result for a fall right policy that since the full, the 2nd world war. john. so the old shots, social democrats suffered that was losses since the re certification of germany in 1990. but sent to left green is come in full. and the fall last policy link has made unexpected gains. and here's the makeup of incoming german followed. none of the positives of blocks of secure the 316 seats needed to form a government. so max will now have to enter complicated calculations folks. he's already ruled out doing business with the fall right off de dominic k and reports now from butler in a moment of troy and phil, the christian democrats for the past 3 and a half years. they've been in a position now they've come 1st in this selection sleeper they smell, it says c

so looking at potential coalitions. so then you are just saying so, so the cd you are going to be that's the conservative party. they're almost certainly going to be in the 1st place quite, quite far ahead of the others, the f d the, the far right party coming in and 2nd likely, but nobody wants to do joining collection with them. so it's really for, for the conservatives, it's either social democrats or the greens. what would the conservatives prefer to think? probably the social democrats, i mean that's if you want, if you believe what features matt scapes saying, i think that a lot of the see to you. and i think a lot of the that as of the right wing part of the gen physical inspection generally sees the green ties of please. and as a sort of visit, we need somebody to stay as far away from them as possible because they represent, you know, conquered bikes and, and editors and, and the heating law that was, are the lead system that i think the, the, the, all the, the so if you listen to, i mean the ftp you we mention

again, he will have to a he will have to form a coalition5 process he will have to form a coalition.ke time. tell us about the md, who — take time. tell us about the md, who have _ take time. tell us about the md, who have - a - take time. tell us about the md, who have - a big - take time. tell us about the i md, who have - a big surge afd, who have had a big surge in popularity. what are their in election? prospects in this election? it is really interesting, the far isreally interesting, the far afd, are to cover right afd, are used to cover the party emerged in them in the party emerged in them in the party emerged in the wake of the euro crisis, and they were more focused on economic conservatism, they eoonomio'oonsefvatism. they to leave eoonont'rc'oonsefvat'rsrn. they to leave eurozone, we re were criticising some of they were criticising some of they were criticising some of the rescue package is the massive rescue package is that the german government was involved in at the time, but year after year, the grew year after year, the party grew more radical, and one afd leader t