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runners up are the afd at 20.mpression is that matz's calculation last week was if i don't demonstrate that there is a alternative at the political center, the afd rises further. his initial idea a couple of weeks ago was, let's talk about the economy and let's leave migration aside. i think these attacks have made this impossible for him. >> is there any chance that he pivots back in the, you know, the three weeks ahead? >> that's what he will try today at the party conference in berlin, trying to focus on the economic program, a couple of other legislative initiatives by the current government that he wants to roll back. whether that is possible is a different question, because obviously, the center left olaf schulz and his coalition partners have a great interest on rubbing in that message and saying, look at what he did last week. can you trust this man in the chancellery? >> and what about, you know, let's say that friedrich merz gets elected, which is the overwhelming assumption here. the overall overwhelmin

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respectful. opposition — was designed to tighten existing german laws on migration. on the far—right afdns in three weeks' time. chancellor. following the aftermath from berlin and sent this report. it has been dramatic few days in the bundestag. it started on wednesday when a non—binding and calling wednesday when a nonrbinding and calling �*tougher motion and calling for tougher passed in immigration passed in parliament with help, with votes, relying on the boats, of ivotes. relying on theshoats. of far ivotes, relying on theshoats, of far right alternative for the far right alternative for deutschland. a taboo in it does make german it —— 5 make german it —— votes. . german it —— votes. it erman it —— votes. it is man it —— votes. it is called politics —— votes. it is called the firewall. then today on friday, legislation was tabled, again calling for tougher immigration rules and the behind this, the driving person behindthis. thesdriving has been the farce. hasheenthef cdu leader, conservative cdu leader, friedrich the tipped be the next to likely be the next of germany, at least c

he is still holding at 30%, afd is around 20%. what's interesting is you are hearing frederick merz trying to turn the economy around. anecdotally, you talk to people in germany, i talked to many people i know and asked to they are voting for, they say they have no idea. that is people who have been voting for a long time who are familiar with the political landscape in germany. i don't know what that tells you in terms of paul like but a lot of people don't know what to do this election. tom: bloomberg's oliver crook on the ground for us in hamburg with a finger on the pulse of trade and the reaction to tariffs a time of political uncertainty in germany. our special coverage ahead of the german election continues throughout the day on bloomberg. stay with us for interviews with the german marshall fund plus the ceo of the port of hamburg and the chief executive of the hamburg chamber of commerce. the earning story coming through from ubs, the swiss lender with a big beat, around 30 minutes ago. fourth-quarter net income well abov

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consider the growing popularity of one political party in particular, afd.azi language. now consider who delivered an address to that very party one elon musk, the recent subject of a. did he or didn't he debate having to do with what was seen by some as looking an awful lot like a nazi salute and what he told afd 80 years after the liberation of auschwitz might have sounded some alarms as well. >> as like. >> frankly. >> too much of a of a. focus on on past guilt. and we need to move beyond that. people, you know, children should not be guilty of. >> the sins. >> of their parents. >> or even. >> let alone their. >> parents, their great grandparents. >> joining our conversation, staff writer for the atlantic, author of autocracy, inc, anne applebaum is here. eddie is also back. and this was always going to be a huge and heavy commemoration at auschwitz. but there is something so unsettling in our politics. i wonder what your thoughts are today and your reporting. >> i think. >> there are two things to say. >> one. >> the importance of this. >> particular aus

was particularly controversial because friedrich democratic party, would have relied on the far—right afd can see plenty of cloud out to the west of us. we do have this rain—bearing weather system, but it is and it means that front will tend to weaken as it moves eastwards through the weekend. many places starting saturday, though, with a fair bit of cloud, some mist and fog, as well — much of that and wales, some places will get to see some sunshine. ten celsius in plymouth — pretty mild for the time of year. wales, parts of northern england again likely as our weather front approaches, we will see thickening cloud. quite a brisk wind, as well, up to the northwest, and some outbreaks of rain. and, as we head through saturday night, well, it turns wet for a time in northern ireland, the western side of scotland. but in the southeast corner, where we do see some clear with high pressure building in behind it. for sunday, some bits and pieces of rain, but this northern ireland should start to see some sunshine into the afternoon. like we will see a fair bit of sunshine, as well. temperature

so his platform is configured to, you know, give an advantage to the afd, or if it's configured to givey, to the to the far right in the uk, you know, is that legal? is that interference in the election campaigns of europe? and this is actually a big political question now in europe, which is it's not just musk himself and the, you know, the what seem to be now deliberately provocative, deliberately, you know, kind of nazi, quasi nazi or even real nazi things that he's saying. but it's also the fact that he runs a very influential social media platform whose algorithms can. be can be manipulated. >> so and let's broaden this a little bit here, because. >> you can't talk about elon musk right now without talking about donald trump. >> and we. >> saw over. >> the weekend. >> that trump. >> did break. >> with musk a little bit. because he had a phone. >> call with uk prime minister. >> keir. >> starmer. >> praised him. >> said. >> he was a good man. you know, we know musk has. >> been sharply. >> critical of. >> the. >> prime minister here. >> but how is. >> europe, europe. >> leaders that

had this weird, bizarre kabuki theater where the people pretended that the guy who is all in favor of afdt on one of the other news networks. there was a professional republican defender who was who was defending this stuff, and one of the other panelists said to him, oh, well, if it's so innocent, just do it. do the do the thing right now. if it's just an innocent gesture. and he was like, bro. i couldn't possibly, you know, and that just we all know, we all know what we saw. we don't need to debate it. we can just say what it is. >> jonathan. hi, it's molly jong-fast. >> hey, molly. >> how are you? i was wondering if you would talk to us about sort of moral courage and what how that plays into this. >> yeah. you know, it's amazing to me that this is even a thing that requires moral courage, isn't this? you know, i think it was like aoc of all people who said, hey, you know, i'm sorry i was raised to believe that we're supposed to fight nazis and. yes, yes. this shouldn't take moral courage. maybe it takes moral courage to fight over preserving usaid or to stand up to. you know, if you'r