that's from the afd in bavaria. by force, is legal and the state does it all the time. so there's nothing new we're demanding here. we only demand the law to be executed... but i think perhaps you're missing my point. this resolution wasn't just about unauthorised entrants into germany. the concept here was communities and groups of people who had failed to integrate into germany, and the message was that even if they are legally in germany, those people should be deported. well, i've read this resolution. even though i haven't signed it, i have read it pretty closely. and what you just said in your last sentence is not in there. there are ten points in there. seven of them deal with immigration, stopping even more immigration, which is the much more important point than sending people back. and then there's one or two sending illegal immigrants back — yes, to some... and i think in the headline, and only in the headline, the term which you mentioned was used... yeah, remigration. but that... remigration. .. but tha

the far right alternative for germany, afd, is polling second at the moment.here they could be part of the coalition. i expected this to be close in the polls for a long time already. it is a consequence of mistakes made by other political parties, but whatever the result will be, no other political party is ready to enter a coalition with the right—wing extremist party afd. that will mean they will remain in opposition. that is good news for europe, good news for germany, but in the election, it will be more difficult to compose a strong and efficient government opposed by the other democratic parties of the centre. how much are the afd setting the terms on the agenda of the things being debated between the parties when it comes to big issues like immigration, and i guess, the faltering economy? as far as the afd is concerned, they cannot be a part of the government because they have no clear firewall to the extremist right—wing political ideas floating in some parts. but right-wing political ideas floating in some parts. but in terms of these _ floating in s

>> so the afd initially started as i -- a anti-euro currency party. leslie concern around the european market and they try to speak to economics, but then changed in recent years were a lot of politicians who have joined the afd and you have helped the party to grow especially after the crisis, when you saw hundreds of thousands of refugees coming to germany, a lot of the politicians that were associated with the group, since then have kind of tried to profit from the anti- immigrant sentiment and things like that. and, you know, even tonight, the head of the afd, for example, put out a statement on x. saying, you know immediately commenting on this incident at the christmas market in magdeburg tonight, then asking the question at the end of the statement, asking when this craziness will end. so i think, you already see there that she is already trying to connect the incident tonight with kind of the general uneasiness and then potentially trying to profit from that. even the afd has already been named as being monitored, for example, by the german do

so, tell us more _ far right afd in germany. so, tell us more about _ far right afd in germany.egards to elon musk, for example. ijust wonder, more generally, when you are looking at kind of cases of extremism, and of course we don't know the motive here, but to what extent are we seeing, for example, conspiracy theories, or misinformation and the amplification of that feeding into various kind of beliefs? well, he was an advocate for re—migration, so he was a staunch critic not only of islam, but of any sort of migration to germany, but particularly the migration of muslims, of muslim countries, and he favoured people who were known as critics of islam, not only of islamism, but in islam, such as tommy robinson in great britain. he retweeted some of elon musk�*s takes. he didn't particularly retreat all the right wing extremism theories, so it does not seem that his whole worldview was right—wing extremism. he also tweeted a lot about sexual abuse, he tweeted a lot about women's rights, some facts that are really to be criticised for anybody, advocating for women's rights, but

the piece, made available to welt am sonntag, argued that the afd represents the hope germany needs as"teeters on the brink of economic and cultural collapse." the afd is currently polling second and could disrupt a centre—right or center—left majority, but germany's mainstream parties have pledged to reject any national alliance with the group. the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh has taken place in delhi. india's first sikh premier died on thursday at the age of 92. mourners turned out across the capital to pay their respects as mamohan singh�*s coffin was placed on a flower—decked carriage pulled by a ceremonial army truck. 2sec gun and the ceremony included a 21—gun salute the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, members of mr singh�*s congress party as well as other politicians and foreign dignitaries. our correspondent, arunoday mukharji, was at the funeral and says people of all political affiliations attended. it was a massive affair as you can see just by the crowd and also the heavy police p

— from the afd? that has been uuite a from the afd? that has been quite a debate _ from the afd?the conservative leader is willing to stop a war with russia, so thatis to stop a war with russia, so that is how theyjustify to stop a war with russia, so that is how they justify that decision. i think the real reason is that they want to mess things up with him parliament. however, the party has said over the last few days that they would vote against olaf and that would lead to early elections. i think what is interesting is that we have been talking a lot about political crisis. in one sense, this is a very ordinary situation, this vote of confidence has happened five times before in modern german history. and it is the only way, really, a government can spark fresh elections and early elections. on the other hand, germany is in a bit of a political mess, growth is effectively stalled and there are various global crisis. and you really need a fully functioning government in this country, the largest in europe. that is why a lot of the underlying issues facing germany needs to be s

the afd is the only hope. um, does this help or harm the the overall political position? can never work out in in germany, for example, is musk considered a hero or a villain? is his contribution welcomed or dismissed? >> well, it's certainly welcomed by alice weidel, who is the chancellor candidate of the far right alternative for germany party. but as you point out, he's not a popular man here in germany. he's not going to get instant traction at the polling booth for the far right alternative for germany. but it gives them what they're not getting from other parties, which is political validation, because all other parties here in germany have vowed not to work together with the far right afd, which, according to the polling, is currently the second strongest political force here in pull the strands together. >> um, just how much of a crisis bearing in mind the parlous state of the eu economy? ecb cutting rates? et cetera. et cetera. what is would you describe the level of crisis in germany at the moment? >> hmm economically, it would be a seven in terms of political,

only the afd with save germany, mr. musk posted to x.into german politics in a moment of acute turmoil. the german government. after musk endorsed germany's far right. they called musk's decision to comment undignified and highly problematic. at a press conference in berlin, the chancellor responded indirectly to the elon musk post saying quote we have freedom of speech here. that also applies to multimillionaires. freedom of speech also means that you are able to say things that are not right. and do not contain good political advice end quote. there is more to this story. germany's afd party has shown a strong desire to get on vladimir putin's good side. german media outlet notes that the far right alternative for germany's party is calling for an end to german military aid for ukraine. when volodymyr zelenskyy appealed to them in 2024 for more support of his country, a large number of afd lawmakers left the building end quote. the report continues quote afd politician bjorn hocke offered a favorable view of russia under putin. a count

and elon musk broadens his political influence beyond the us, endorsing germany's far—right afd partyn the run up to february elections. hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to the programme. we start off in moscow, where russia's president vladimir putin apologised to the leader of azerbaijan over what he called the "tragic incident" involving a passenger plane which crashed, killing 38 people on wednesday. he acknowledged that russia's air defences were "active" at the time but stopped short of saying his country was responsible. there's speculation that the azerbaijan airlines plane came underfire from russian air defence systems as it tried to land in the southern russian city of grozny. it later diverted to aktau airport in kazakhstan, where it crashed. our russia editor steve rosenberg has more on the apology from moscow. it was an azerbaijan airlines flight. it had crashed in kazakhstan. but was russia responsible? a brief glimpse today of vladimir putin meeting his powerful security council, and then a kremlin announcement. president putin had telephoned azerbaijan's president to a

the afd very happy about this.ut what is your biggest concern and what do you think his end game is? >> well, once again, as as a human being, my concern is i think this right wing move or pushing people right is actually bad for the world. but as a tesla shareholder, i look at it as like, we have a factory in germany and we're supposed to be selling cars in europe, and we've seen the numbers in europe are going down. tesla shares are going down and supporting far right extremism is exactly how you get, you know, europe not to buy tesla. so you know once again a lot of his personal goals are diametrically opposed to what's best for tesla and its shareholders. and that's really why i'm here, because it's very frustrating to me as a shareholder, as an activist shareholder, that the ceo of my company is, you know, really pushing, you know, a very divisive set of ideologies. >> ross gerber, i do thank you for your time and coming on and giving us the scoop from your perspective. i appreciate it. >> yeah. thanks for hav

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the piece, made available to welt am sonntag, argued that the afd represents the hope germany needs asers on the brink of economic and cultural collapse. the afd is currently polling second and could disrupt a centre—right or center—left majority, but germany's mainstream parties have pledged to reject any national alliance with the group. demonstrators have taken to the streets of seoul, a day after mps ousted south korea's acting president, han duck—soo less than two weeks after he was appointed. the vote to impeach mr han was boycotted by the governing party and there were unruly scenes in the chamber as mps surrounded the speaker's chair, shouting and raising their fists. and it's being reported that south korea's suspended president yoon suk yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law. robert kelly is a professor of international relations at pusan national university in south korea. i asked him to provide a recap of recent events in south korea following president yoon suk yeol�*s failed attempt to i

he said, quote, only the afd can save germany.man chancellor, a center left politician, dismissed musk's claim. the afd is polling second ahead of february elections. musk has not responded to requests for comment on his party endorsement. open ai is wrapping up its 12 days of introducing new products, but the san francisco based company will be facing some serious challenges in the new year. it's 12 days of christmas was a holiday themed marketing blitz where openai introduced new products like sora, the video ai tool, and even a phone number to speak to a virtual chat bot. but serious challenges are on the near horizon. new competition from elon musk's company called x ai, also from google and meta. president biden's final international trip before he leaves office will be to visit pope francis. the president accepted the pontiff's invitation to visit the vatican yesterday. during biden's conversation with the pope, the two men discussed efforts to advance peace around the world. while in italy, he will also meet with the countr

until then, the rise of the far right afd party.ng culture to many asylum seekers and that changed in a number of terror attacks but particularly that one and that will be why people will be interested to find out what the motive is behind this suspected perpetrator, all we know is that he appears to have been a doctorfrom saudi arabia and had been living in germany in that region for a very long time, so lots of questions about why he carried out this terrible act, and there would then be a question over whether that will have an impact on the political debate in germany because it is a feeble time anyway politically, given the fact the governing coalition has snapped and there are snap elections in february, the economy has stalled, so already lots of uncertainty in germany and the fair is this terrible attack could add to them. hello and welcome to the programme. let's take a look at what's on the show this week. getting growth going again. much of the global economy has struggled over the last 12 months. so we'll ask, what's in

germany's holding snap elections in february and the afd is second in national polls behind the center right christian democrat and social democrat alliance. i want to dig more into this, so let's bring in cnn's barbie latza nadeau joins us live from rome with more barbie. let's just get into this a bit more. can you give me a bit of a recap of what we know? and for anyone just waking up, just turning on the tv, what is going on yeah. >> you know, ben, there's still a lot of moving parts to this tragedy. >> you know, we're learning more and more about the suspect, and we're trying to understand just how seriously injured some of the those 200 people who were hit are, you know, that could increase the death count. that was something that the german chancellor said yesterday when he visited the scene. but let's focus just for a minute on the suspect. we know he was a 50 year old saudi arabian national who's been living in germany for 18 years, and he doesn't fit the usual profile that one might expect. when you think about. previous types of attacks, let's listen to what the public prose

article, musk expanded on a recent post on his social media platform, x, where he wrote, "only the afdhope germany needs as it, quote, "teeters on the brink of economic and cultural collapse." the party is currently polling second in the run—up to a general election in february and could disrupt a center—right or center—left majority. for more on this, i've been speaking to our correspondent, rowan bridge. look, even a commentary editor of the newspaper resigning after this was published, it seems like a pretty big deal there. can you explain what's going on here? why is this so controversial? i mean, ithink you have to understand german history and the history of german politics and the history of the nazis, which casts a long shadow over german politics and still resonates to this day. and so in the afd, you have an extreme right—wing party which german intelligence agencies have labelled as a suspected extremist group, and so for elon musk to come out and write an opinion piece in support of them is really touching on a really sensitive piece of german history and the third rail, if

only the afd can save germany, mr.n initials. he is wading into german politics at a moment of acute turmoil. the german government recently collapsed resulting in early elections planned for next year, end quote. after musk endorsed the far right party, the guardian quoted that the health minister , weeks before the election undignified and highly problematic. at a press conference, the chancellor olaf scholz responded indirectly to the elon musk post saying, quote, we have freedom of speech here that also applies to multimillionaires. freedom of speech also means that you can say things that are not right and do not contain good political advice, end quote. there's more to the story, germany's afd party has shown a strong desire to get on vladimir putin's good side. german media outlet -- notes that the far right alternative for germany's party is calling for an end to german military aid for ukraine, when ukrainian president latimer zelenskyy appeared -- appealed for more support for his country, a large number of a

afd has an anti-immigration stance and is labeled a suspected extremist group in germany.ountry's more centrist parties also vowed to shun afd if it wins in the upcoming election. germans, by the way, are set to vote february 23rd. a rockslide forced the closure of a colorado highway last night, and the terrifying moment was all caught on camera. take a look. colorado couple say they were getting ready to turn onto a highway when that happened. the man on the right who does contract work says he jumped right into action. he says he direcected traffic even though rocks were actively falling. the couple was just trying to get to a lake, but they ended up spending 2.5 hours helping others. while people in southern mississippi are trying to recover from the damage caused by a violent tornado there. let me show you some video that shows what happened to be a wedge tornado that formed in brookhaven on saturday. it was spotted in lincoln county as a strong storm system moved across the southeast. the storm also produced more than two dozen twisters across texas, louisiana, alabam

in german domestic politics that has helped to give — politics that has helped to give rise to the afdity in the polls. there are entire _ popularity in the polls. there are entire message is that germany should not be a refuge for so _ germany should not be a refuge for so many of these people but that it _ for so many of these people but that it is — for so many of these people but that it is changing the character of germany. that seems _ character of germany. that seems to _ character of germany. that seems to be something that this man taleb al—abdulmohsen agreed with them — man taleb al—abdulmohsen agreed with them about, that he had a conspiracy— with them about, that he had a conspiracy theory that the german— conspiracy theory that the german government was somehow in league _ german government was somehow in league with islamic extremists, was trying to as tamb— extremists, was trying to as lamb eyes germany. these are all things— lamb eyes germany. these are all things the investigators are looking into. let's be clear. _ are looking into. let's be clear, none of thisjustifi

in front of the cathedral, the far right afd party held a rally. crowd that it had been a monstrous political failure to grant the suspect asylum. from the crowd were heard shouts of "deportation, deportation". meanwhile, here at the christmas market, a counter demonstration, organised by an antiracism group was held. people here said that it was wrong to scapegoat migrants. they say that magda berg needed a moment to pause and reflect. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says that some progress has been made in negotiations to secure a hostage release and ceasefire deal in gaza, but added that reaching a final agreement is taking longer than expected. meanwhile, israel's defence minister has confirmed for the first time that israel was behind the assassination of hamas leader, ismail haniyeh, in tehran over the summer. he was the group's main leader, when hamas attacked israel on 7th october last year. meanwhile, the charity, oxfam, says israel has systematically been using starvation as a weapon of war in gaza, and accuses world leade

the piece argued that the afd represents the hope germany needs as it "teeters on the brink of economicght or center—left majority, but germany�*s mainstream parties have pledged to reject any national alliance with the group. the state funeral of the former indian prime minister, manmohan singh has taken place in delhi. india�*s first sikh premier died on thursday at the age of 92. mourners turned out across the capital to pay their respects as dr singh�*s coffin was placed on a flower—decked carriage pulled by a ceremonial army truck. the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, members of dr singh�*s congress party as well as other politicians and foreign dignitaries. thousands of protesters in georgia have formed a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. similar rallies have been held in other towns and cities across the country. mass protests have gripped georgia since the increasingly authoritarian government said it would delay eu accession talks until 2028. opposition anger has been

that poses a challenge for your afd party. how ambitious are you?t are your expectations for your performance in this national election? the official polling numbers are 18 to 19% on a federal level. obviously very different in the east compared to the west of germany, but still it's something between 15 and 33% where we're polling regionally. and so i think we should aim at a 20% number. let's see whether we'll get there. i guess the problem for the md is that you have one key issue on your platform that you push all the time to german voters — that is your very strong anti—immigration position. but what we see is that the other main political parties, particularly the christian democrats, in germany are now adopting similar tough language. they're stealing your clothes. as you put it correctly, it's the language. it's the language. the christian democrats, especially them, do it all the time, for years now ahead of elections, and unfortunately people believe it and fall for that. but nobody must believe that. it was chancellor merkel, a cdu — chri

my guest is senior afd mp peter boehringer.ringer in berlin, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen, and thank you for having me again. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. now, it seems almost certain — not quite official yet, but almost certain — that germans will vote in national elections in february 2025. that poses a challenge for your afd party. how ambitious are you?

position, so positions of the right—wing party in germany, he supported the front woman of the afd,le call it a right—wing extremist act compared with christchurch already, then we have the theory it was a false flag operation, he is not an islam critic but in reality, an islamist, so it is so hard, at this moment, to say what was behind its, and i think, we tried to be very careful here, to only state facts, and separate them from speculations.- separate them from speculations. separate them from seculations. , ., ., ., speculations. there is a lot of work for the _ speculations. there is a lot of work for the investigative - work for the investigative authorities there, isn't there. when journalists are concerned they are looking into reports that the authorities perhaps received warnings about a possible attack, what do you understand about that side of the story?le_ understand about that side of the sto ?le ., ., the story?le yeah, i mean, the thin , the story?le yeah, i mean, the thing. the _ the story?le yeah, i mean, the thing, the real, _ the story?le yeah, i mean, the thing

party in germany, he supported the front woman of the afd.a right—wing extremist act compared with christchurch already. then we have the theory it was a false flag operation, he is not an islam critic, but in reality, an islamist. so it is so hard, at this moment, to say what was behind it, and i think, we tried to be very careful here, to only state facts, and separate them from speculations. there is a lot of work for the investigative authorities there, isn't there? when journalists are concerned they are looking into reports that the authorities perhaps received warnings about a possible attack, what do you understand about that side of the story? yeah, i mean, the thing, the real, the really special thing was this attack, is that this person, he underwent this radicalisation in plain sight, so to speak. he gained some international recognition, as i said as a critic of islam. he had 16,000 followers on twitter, and mostly about different topics, but then in between all those statements, there were repeated messages when he was actually

her actions boosted support for the far right afd party. why did she do it?ing that in her own words, she says, was the starting point for her memoirs. that was seen at the time as very untypically merkel. you were seen as a rational leader who took a while to make decisions, what caused that impulse in you at the time, did it have something to do perhaps with your religious belief? you are a pastor's daughter. but for european governments, money is tight now for their own people, with the cost of living. do you accept the criticism of those who say that your migration politics at the time of 2015 actually breathed life into the far right in germany, but in the rest of europe as well? you're writing a book about brexit and you describe it as a humiliation for europe, something that made europe weaker. eight years on after the brexit vote, do you still feel the same way? growing up in a divided germany, split east and west between communism and democracy, made a lasting impression on angela merkel. brexit, conflict with russia, eu neighbours slamming shut bord

the afd is currently second in national polling. germany's center right alliance is first. it's a pairing of germany's two dominant political parties, the christian democrats and christian socialists police in the u.s. state of texas say a man drove a pickup truck into a shopping mall after leading officers on a 19 mile or 30 kilometer car chase. at least five people were injured, four of them hit by the truck as it traveled through this, jcpenney department store. a state trooper shot and killed the suspect. police had attempted to pull him over on the highway because they suspected he was driving while intoxicated dozens are dead in southern brazil after a crash involving a passenger bus and a truck on saturday. of the 45 people on the bus, 38 are confirmed dead, including the bus driver. the rest were transported to a local hospital and remain in critical condition. officials are investigating the cause of the crash, but witnesses say a granite block hit the bus, causing the driver to lose control and hit the truck. then the bus erupted into flames. the truck driver repo

afd for short, saying, quote, only the afd can save germany.ow, this is a group that has been labeled as extremist by germany's own government. one of its founders has been charged in the past with promoting nazi slogans. i saw that you noticed this on x. can you talk about your reaction to this? >> yeah, i mean, this is not normal. so aft afd is essentially the neo-nazi party in germany. they exist to try to rehabilitate the image of the nazi party, and they have all sorts of very dangerous ideas about ridding germany of anyone who is not naturally born in that country. they are an extremist group, and it is just extraordinary that maybe the most important advisor to the president of the united states, somebody that has been, you know, parading around the halls of congress as a key advisor to the president, is endorsing a neo-nazi party. what does it tell you inside germany? i mean, i don't know what it tells me. what we know is that what elon musk thinks tends to eventually be what the president of the united states thinks. and if the united

of course, it was this area and conflict that led to the rise of german's afd party.sad,, the question of where the refugees go back on the table, what has been the european reaction? >> it is a very interesting and complex situation being observed closely by a lot of leaders. and the foreign ministers across europe. over all the reaction has been one that is fairly ubiquitous. we heard from kia collis, the represented firm in the european commission will hold that title the next five years, saying the end of assad's dictatorship is a positive and long-awaited development and shows the weakness of his backers russia and iran. a sentiment that joe biden made over the weekend saying this is in part due to how weak russia and iran are. this is very much a cautious optimism. very much wait and see mode. a lot of this will come down to mohammed al-jolani decides to proceed through things. he gave a very interesting interview to cnn just a couple of days before they toppled the assad regime or he was talking about what syria needs is institutional governance, a legal framew

germany accuses musk of trying to influence the election by backing far right afd, germany's government accused elon musk of trying to influence the country's upcoming elections set for february after he wrote an opinion piece for german newspaper doubling down on his support for the far right alternative for germany party. the afd sort of popularity since its founding in 2013 largely because of its anti- migration it antiestablishment stance and the party has been designated by germany's domestic intelligence service as a, quote, suspected extremists organization while it's regional branches and three of germany's 16 states are classified as, quote, confirmed right wing extremist. >> yeah, something odd has happened in american politics. there's a little group of white south african man that have assumed extraordinary power in america. i don't think it's an exaggeration to say the white south african they come from is consistent with what it is in a pluralistic america. you have musk, peter thiel, this is just weird. the reason they have powers because they have money. the only reason

which has been a polarising factor in german domestic politics which has helped to give rise to the afd which has gained in strength and popularity at the polls. there are entire message is that germany should not be a refuge for these people and that it refuge for these people and thatitis refuge for these people and that it is changing the character of germany and that seems to be something that this man, taleb al—abdulmohsen, agreed with them about. that he had a conspiracy theory that the german government was somehow in league with islamic extremists. was trying to islam as germany. these are all things investigators are looking into it. let's be clear, none of this in any way justifies what he did, so whatever conclusions of the country, the german authorities still haven't referred to this as a terrorist attack but whatever conclusions are they come to, there is obviously quite a complex back story going on here only bits of which are starting to come to light now. which are starting to come to light "ow-— which are starting to come to liuht now. �* ., ~ ., light now. and as we k

speculation spreading online about possible motives, whether or not he was a supporter of the far right afde in germany, whether he was an anti—islam campaigner. none of that has been confirmed just yet, but the german chancellor olaf scholz has been here and he is talking notjust about the tragedy that has hit the city, but also about the investigation and how carefully and painstakingly they will look at what happened yesterday to find out whether he was acting alone, try and find out what the motive may be, and this is what he had to say. translation: now, normally a christmas market is a very peaceful and joyful place. people come together just before christmas, in advent, in the run up to christmas, to enjoy christmas and to think about christmas, to drink gluhwein and to eat grilled sausages. what a dreadful tragedy it is that so many people were injured and killed with such brutality in a place like that. we've now heard that more than 200 people have been injured. there are five fatalities so far, and so many people are critically injured that we are severely concerned about what wi

and also supportive of the far right afd here in germany. picture, and very much not the profile of the attackers in previous such atrocities. i think that is what is making this tragic incident so confusing for people to understand and get their heads around because the motivation is very unclear. interestingly, authorities came out very quickly to say that it was a saudi man that was a suspect. that's right, and until relatively recently you would never in the media and from police statements, you would never talk about the nationality of a suspect. it was seen as legally not acceptable and morally reprehensible. that all changed a couple of years ago when officials very quickly started releasing information about nationalities and backgrounds of suspects in order to undermine conspiracy theories about what was behind such attacks. in this particular case he does seem to be a saudi national who has lived in germany for a long time. the authorities are also very aware that there have been a lot of conspiracy theories flying around throughou

alice weidel, first ever chancellor candidate for the afd.n they put forward a chancellor candidate is because they are carrying 20% of the vote in germany, 1/5, the number two party in germany. they are iced out by the political establishment in germany. no one will work in coalition, that puts a limit on the power they will have in germany, however it gives them free reign to be intensely critical about both the german government, but also the eu read i spoke to alice weidel, and at the beginning of our conversation, she made the auto sector a primary part. >> they see that the european union in its current state is an institution that is working well. what we need to have his free-trade among the european countries but we don't need all the bureaucracy. example, the european commission , which is actually not voted. you have a executive power like the commission with also legislative power. that is not elected. that is a huge democratic deficit. the commission decided to forbid diesel and benzene. the traditional fossil motor. what happens

the afd and the far left might reach a bloc minority, one-third of all seats in parliament, then, ofe, a constitutional change to the debt brake might be in danger. that's the big elephant in the room going into these new elections because clearly there are fears gaining popularity in the east. they will come in first almost everywhere. in the west, they also are gaining momentum and in the polls. on on average, national average, they stand at 20%. if the bsw is successful as she has proven to be, that is quite a realistic step. the debt brake means it needs a majority in parliament. one-third is a blocking minority. here is the danger we might not free up fiscal space by changing and modernizing a debt brake. that would be a real problem for the new government because currently it is seen that the cdu might actually rethink that very firm commitment of that debt brake perhaps exempting enhancements and schooling structure. we have to wait and see what the new elections will have as a result when they will happen on the rd of february. currently, it seems there is some movement in th

we spoke to someone high up in afd talking about coal coming back.best answers in china? >> i think the answer is one word. tesla. if you take that attitude, you take out the most successful investments of all time. musk is close to trump. you will see it rebrand to american dynamism. you will see a renaissance under trump. anything that powers a.i. anything efficient chips. it might not be called climate tech. i think over the next four years. >> those on this channel could have had dozens of tech executives lauding how pleased they were. bought a solar farm or wind farm or turbine powering their company. getting closer to net zero. they bury the statement lower as the servers eat up more and more water for cooling and more and more energy as well. they seem to have dropped their green connection. they will reinvigorate those? >> whether it is government or companies, anything with a green premium, people are not afraid to say we're not interested. for example on the biden administration. i think climate tech is creating jobs and investment and a lo

very good time for the afd.his is just a moment when many people are generally very unhappy with the government, so they kind of want to make a point and vote for an extreme party to kind of show how unhappy they are. >> a crucial vote then beckons for germany, as this coalition has been unable to right itself. sebastian shukla, cnn berlin a stunning result from one of football's fiercest rivalries. >> when we come back, the highlights from sunday's nail biter manchester derby on cnn newsroom. >> patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth, they have to make a choice one versus the other. new sensodyne clinical white. it provides two shades whiter teeth, as well as providing 24 over seven sensitivity protection, patients are going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf. >> vicks vapor stick provides soothing non-medicated vicks vapor is easy to apply for the whole family. vicks vapor stick and try new vapor shower max for steamy vicks vapors. >> it's the most wonderful time with verizon. >> trade

in the midst of the spending fight in washington, musk tweeted that only the afd can save germany. you who don't know the afd promotes an ethno-message and has been confirmed extremists by the intelligence agency. some leaders have broken german laws by repeating nazi slogans. and it has ties with known neo-nazis. so that is the kind of thing that elon musk has decided to promote to his 200 million followers. that's what he's using his platform for. like i said, in some ways there's not that much that separates musk from a run of the mill internet troll. he spreads misinformation. he celebrates extremism. he does it to basically stir the pot. the only difference, and a big one, is he's the richest man on earth who owns and operates one of the biggest social media mega phones in the world. and who basically controls the president -- president-elect of the united states. and that, my friends, is a very dangerous combination. coming up, donald trump is enlisting the help of house republicans in his retribution campaign, and they are setting their sights on liz cheney. trump was postin

very good time for the afd. this is just a moment when many people are generally very unhappy with the government, so they kind of want to make a point and vote for an extreme party to kind of show how unhappy they are. >> a crucial vote then beckons for germany, as this coalition has been unable to right itself. sebastian shukla, cnn berlin the remaining five members of the infamous bali nine drug gang are back home in australia after a deal with indonesia to release them from prison. >> the five men had served 20 years of their life sentences for attempting to smuggle more than eight kilos of heroin out of bali. in a statement, they said they were immensely grateful to the indonesian president and his government for their release. the issue has long been a point of tension between australia and indonesia, with canberra advocating for their release for decades. his neighbors say he was the unassuming man next door. the israeli authorities claim he's just one of an unprecedented number of israelis recruited to s

very good time for the afd.s is just a moment when many people are generally very unhappy with the government, so they kind of want to make a point and vote for an extreme party to kind of show how unhappy they are. >> a crucial vote then beckons for germany, as this coalition has been unable to right itself. sebastian shukla, cnn, berlin. >> pope francis praised residents of the french island of corsica on sunday during a one day stop to the largely catholic area. people lined the streets for the island's first recorded visit by a pope. the vatican estimates more than 80% of the island is catholic. the pope celebrated mass with residents lauding the amount of children that he saw on the island and calling their presence a grace from god. he also met with french president emmanuel macron during what's likely to be his final trip for the year. macron invited the pope to attend the reopening of notre dame cathedral earlier this month, but the pope decided not to go. the day also included an early celebration of th

there is a party called afd, which stands for alternative for germany.s a fear that went something like this happens, because of the origin of the suspect, saudi arabia, that there will be political capital made out of this, because the whole idea of too many migrants coming into germany -- if you remember back in 2015, angela merkel, the german chancellor, allowed in 4.5 million migrants from the middle east. that has been hugely controversial in germany and very unpopular in germany. arden berg, where this took place, is eastern germany. caitriona: we have seen statements already coming from president macron, from georgia maloney, expressing shock at this. would this cause other european capitals to look at their own domestic situation in these days before christmas? frank: i think it is a reminder, unpleasant, unwanted, and uncomfortable, that although we tend to be very concerned about the war in ukraine and the war in gaza and lebanon and syria, that terrorism, the specter of terrorism, has not gone away. both far-right and islamist inspired. and we

ultrasound, strollers afd a car seat. kron 4 interviewed betty and are selling at just 2 hours before she was set to be induced to denise pay hospital for are selling out who's lived in fremont for several years. carjacking came as a surprise. you know, this is actually the very first time that >> experience spend. it works construction. his tool bag was also in the car, along with his wallet. and according to freeman police data more than 40 car thefts are reported in november. >> carson poor because it got was my only form of transportation. i don't really have much as mainly what owned. work has been slow. you know, before even happened, i was shirt night and more. >> for a young couple whose barely old enough to drink. they don't have much their families set up a gofundme for them as now they're on their way to the hospital, welcoming their baby girl named ariel once. they see that it like getting rain >> happy us. yeah. by little we're getting if we can get help. >> it would much appreciated. now the family says the