how will a weakened angela merkel respond domestically and internationally? r question this week on quadriga. what now, frau merkel? andrea'skluth, who says angela merkel is now a lame-duck and will get weaker as a four term progresses. but in a world of bullies, dictators, prima donna's, she last best hope. , ao with us is werner familiar figure. he believes europe needs angela merkel's leadership more than ever, but after her devastating election setback, she faces a desperately complex task of forming a new coalition. hu,a warm welcome to pascal she says with agues weakened angela merkel -- welcome to pascal hugues. let's begin with you, pascal. give us a little bit of the flavor of how the election outcome here in germany has gone down, with all the surprises it brought with it. shockingk it's a bit and probably a disappointment for emmanuel macron, who two days ago made a big speech about europe, presenting his vision of europe for the future, and he coalition,at the big the grand coalition, was re-conducted. he had a chance of realizing partly his progra

critics of angela merkel would say over recent yea rs angela merkel would say over recent years she'staking them on as her own. she may need to do that in coming weeks because she's going to need some help forming a coalition government. help may come from the social democrats. let's bring in damien mcguinness, live from their headquarters. this is a very disappointing result for the spd. that's right, certainly no clapping here, just glum faces. if these initial exit polls are correct, 20%, thatis initial exit polls are correct, 20%, that is the crucial mark. if the spd slips under 20%, it means it's more 01’ slips under 20%, it means it's more or less over for slips under 20%, it means it's more or less overfor this spd in slips under 20%, it means it's more or less over for this spd in this form as a major party in germany. it could be the worst election result the german social democrats have ever had. since the second world war. it would be so disappointing for the social democrats. there are a number of reasons why martin schulz, angela merkel‘s rivalfor chancellor, has done so

is to do with angela merkel or other biggerfactors at play? actors at play. it has to do with her because there is merkel fatigue, we saw that at the end of last year when the social democrats and martin shorts when he came up as a candidate suddenly rose in the polls and everyone said he could beat angela merkel. he didn't and was far away from that, but you saw that there was fatigue with her. then bigger things like the refugee wave, dissatisfaction, people are not all, you have the same things you see all over the world in western societies at the moment, you can see it in france, the netherlands, the united states and great britain, so you have those unsatisfied people who think they are the losers of globalisation, and are very much afraid of having too many immigrants, and the change of their societies. we will either there for the moment because we have just got through to damian magennis outside the alternative for germany headquarters, where there has been a protest going on for the last few hours. bring us up—to—date with what is hap

i believe in angela merkel was it. i believe in angela merkel was it.use i think she isn't here with the same position as ten yea rs isn't here with the same position as ten years before. she has the same values and the same principles, but she is translating her position to the actual challenges, and i think thatis the actual challenges, and i think that is something which is really healthy. but of course i think the government, which is covered by the biggest two parties, isn't healthy for the democratic systems. just behind us, the beautiful reichstag building, insight, the bundestag, for the first time since the 1950s will see a right—wing nationalist party represented. how do you think the afd will approach opposition?- be honest i think they will be very shrill, is there a word like that? they will be very loud. the top candidate of the afd said earlier this week, we are going to track down the government, we are going to hunt them, sol down the government, we are going to hunt them, so i really think they are going to put a lot into the language.

the refugee problem further from germany but in all fairness people also just quite warmed to angela merkelgisela will know this from her own upbringing — they like stability, there are historic reasons for that. they've just been through the major upheaval of unification, mutti merkel, mummy merkel is reliable, she's seen as solid, but there is also, you know, she has a bit of an edge to her, she sticks to her principles when she feels that it's right. and so i think also, she has not had a contender up against her and when martin schulz said "she could be vice chancellor in my government," the country fell apart laughing. i think the afd, the mood in the east, were very unpleasant, they were worse than i had expected. how did you feel about nigel farage going over there? very badly. i'm usually one of those people who doesn't mind people being a bit off in having their views and you know, you have a perfect right to exist and all of that but i think he crossed a bad line when he went up there and campaigned with the alternative fur deutschland, that was in many ways a racist rally and you

chancellor angela merkel wins a fourth term in power but the far right is also celebrating. the party now the country's third-largest political force. i will be speaking to our berlin correspondent. iraqi kurds had to the polls to vote for a controversial independence referendum. the region pushing ahead with the historic ballot despite strong opposition from the u.n. and world powers. defiant nfl players in the u.s. protest in the wake of donald trump's controversial comments. the president lashing out at footballers who refused to stand during the national anthem. up we will look at how angela merkel's unconvincing election win could have wider implications for the european economy. stay with us. it has been n dubbed a nightmare victory. germany's angela merkel has clinched a fourth term in power following sunday's parliamentary elections. allianceonservative took only 33% of the vote. the parties worst performance since 1949. the far rates -- the far right's party has made historic breakthrough with just under 13% of the vote. it is now the country's third-largest politic

chancellor angela merkel began the search for new parties to form the government.er support has dropped significantly. she is seeking a deal with the pro-business free democrats and the greens. all this with one big elepha fag germany's parliament for the first time in 60 years. correspondent: nothing in the german parliament will stay as it was, behind-the-scenes party players and leaders feel each other out. one of the members of the afd walked out of its news conference. >> i have decided to not be part of the afd parliamentary group. correspondent: he is unlikely to be the last to distance themselves from the far right party. angela merkel is facing bigger problems, after the social democrats ruled out making a three way coalition with her conservatives. even if it is all smiles in public, political outlooks remain worlds apart. the greens are likely to get a heavy price for any compromise. and the sp -- and merkel's sistr party is threatening to leave as well. >> a cap on refugee numbers. that is what we promised people. correspondent: the sdpd and the greens

>> translator: you speak of wolfgang scheuble, i speak of angela merkel. in 2015 mr. scheuble supported the leaving of greece. miss merkel was against that mr. scheuble is not clearly understandable in his positions. mrs. merkel, on the other side, has shown openness for a eurozone budget that mr. macron has suggested. when mr. macron needs money for investment, this can be discussed. the european bank budgets can be made and much more an automatic financial equalization in europe through a eurozone budget does not work. other proposals such as a european finance minister is interesting. if it's an independent institution it monitors compliance with the treaties. >> one last question on greece would you say that we have to bail out greece in the coming years again and again? >> translator: no. greece must fulfill its commitments. the international monetary fund says with the current programs this is not possible a debt restructuring would be required this needs to be discussed if greece fails to meet its reform targets a deal could be that greece would receive a haircu

it has been a frustrating night for angela merkel.ace, though, for the cameras, and for the party faithful. mrs merkel has won the election for them, but it is not the victory that they had hoped for. support for her conservatives is lower than it has ever been under her leadership — a verdict perhaps on her decision to open germany's doors to a million refugees. translation: let's not beat about the bush. of course we'd hoped for a better result. but let's not forget we've just had a very challenging four years. that's why i'm happy to say we achieved the strategic goal of ourcampaign. we are the strongest party. mrs merkel casts herself as a symbol of stability — security in a shifting world. for many, a vote for angela merkel is a vote for the status quo. her campaign has focused on her familiarity, her experience, and yet it seems that alone is no longer enough. because this is today's real success story. anti—islam, anti—immigrant, anti—euro — afd, the far—right, is now part of the establishment in europe. translation: we will hu

they still like angela merkel. they still like angela merkel.rkel and i think the reason why they like is that she is very calm in her politics, that she is dealing very calmly with problems and that she has the possibility to bring different factions together. she can govern with the liberals, the greens and the social democrats. we have covered the dutch elections where we saw the freedom parties saying that the mainstream parties at the same. it quite different way, donald trump won the white house because he said i am not a politician. the brexit vote was related to that sentiment as well and we have this in a different form here in germany with the afd in particular on their right wing but also the far left party saying that the main parties all agree on the main issues. on september the 24th, we will find out how many germans have decided to go with the more extreme parties. stay with us on outside source — still to come. and a change in the transfer window for clubs in the premier league. tulsen tollett will be here to explain. how likely

chad, what does it mean that angela merkel's clinical bloc that's political bloc needs -- political bloc needs. chad: germany's biggest newspaper is calling this a nightmare victory for merkel and her party. just merkelaving and her party are having a grim meeting on how they are going to move forward. one indication of the bloodbath that has happened here is that her bavarian sister party, one of her key people that were speaking last night representing , she failed to win a seat in parliament. what does it mean for the social democrats opting to go into opposition and not renew their coalition with angela merkel's bloc. what are her options? cha her options, she iseft with one option, a jamaica coalition with the liberals and with the greens. that is untested at the national level which makes it much more difficult. yet these two parties you are negotiating with instant of one -- you have these two parties you are negotiating with instead of one. stick to likely to negotiations within the coming days and weeks at how quickly they can come to a solution remains to be seen. francine: cha

angela merkel has said she disagrees with donald trump's military ultimatum on north korea.n an exclusive interview with dw, she offered germany's assistance in negotiating a diplomatic solution. yesterday, donald trump told the u.n. that the u.s. would destroy north korea if they continued to threaten the u.s. or its allies. >> diplomacy is the only way to solve the north korea conflict, according to the german chancellor. correspondent: in an exclusive interview with dw, angela merkel spoke out in favor of multilateral negotiations involving international partners such as china, russia and the u.s. >> even if the conflict is far away from germany, it is one that also affects us. that is why i am prepared, as is the foreign minister, to assume responsibility. we took part in negotiating the iran agreement, which i think is good and better than having no agreement at all. it took many years, but in the end it did limit iran's possibilities for nuclear armament. correspondent: addressing the u.s. president's threats to destroy north korea, angela merkel had a special message

angela merkel must now find a coalition partner. do not expect afd to be included. rliament atoll horrifies the political mainstream. exhausted, bruised, the end of a long campaign. angela merkel‘s conservatives may be the winners but this does not feel a lot like victory. what happens with german elections is we get the result but that is not the end of the matter. the parties have to sit down and work out who can form a coalition government. if you're a student of german politics you're a student of german politics you will know there are quite a few cult —— combinations that have on occasion ended up in government. looking at the numbers now, you can knock out quite a few of those possibilities. the most likely outcome is angela merkel and her cdu party working with the green party and the free democrats. what is interesting is that because there are not any other obviously viable options, that gives the greens and the free democrats, two quite different parties, massive leveraging their discussions with angela merkel. we have already seen in recent years she is q

angela merkel must 110w own initiative. coalition partners, and persuade her country and perhaps some in the party that she is the best of thejob. some in the party that she is the best of the job. the end a long campaign. angela merkel‘s conservatives may be the winners, but it does not feel much like a victory. jenny hill, bbc news, berlin. there have been protests on the streets of berlin tonight against the alternative for germany party, with some left—wing demonstrators call in the nazis. the party, founded just four years ago, takes a hardline view on islam. damning dramatic as takes a closer look at the afd and what it represents. nazis out! nazis out, the chant. but the afd is in. and so left—wing protesters took to berlin's streets within minutes tonight. the afd has won more seats and influence than anyone imagined. so there is shock in a country still shamed by its nazi history. i'm pretty shocked. im really, really angry. like, it's complete sadness and rage. like, it's both in my heart right now. what is it abo

angela merkel is seen as anotherfour use. angela merkel is seen as a anotherfour use.s a stable force in a very u nsta ble world. seen as a stable force in a very unstable world. economic growth here is up and unemployment is down. so mainstream voters you look at the rest of the world, with the uncertainties of wrecks it and donald trump think that germany may just be better sticking with the leader they know they can rely on. but what we don't know is what sort of government angela merkel will end up of government angela merkel will end up leading. she will have to form a coalition and all of her potential partners have very different policies. that means a coalition talks could get rocky. what is clear is that the new anti— migrant ast party looks set to enter the parliament for the first time. it will not end up in government. the afd is accused of being nationalistic and sometimes even racist. so no other party will work with them. germany is the most powerful country in europe and that isa powerful country in europe and that is a continent facing huge challenges.

it is a slap in the face for angela merkel. the german newspaper is talking about a quote nightmare victory. what's the rest of the press saying this morning? what's the reaction? >> reporter: yeah, that's essentially the summary of yesterday's election night i think it is a very dire situation for the traditional parties, for the cdu, the spd. i mean, the bottom line is that 25% of all voters have voted forex treemist parties to the right and to the left. so we have a certain segmentation of german society what that all means for a german coalition building and for the new government, i'm going to be joined by the co-chairman of the cd ur parliamentary group here in berlin. thank you very much for joining us they were saying it's a political nightmare. it's a political nightmare victory for angela merkel. would you agree with that? >> she's still the only one who can form a coalition, who can be the chancellor there's no other choice than angela merkel but on the other hand, of course it's not a victory because we lost a lot o

angela merkel looks set for a fourth term as german chancellor, but it's her party's worst result in 70 years. translation: of course this shows we have not responded satisfactorily to the themes and situations that are important for the people. as party leader, i take my share of the responsibility. the spd of martin schulz also lose votes and are quick to announce they were quitting the grand coalition to head into opposition. the far right afd were the big winners, coming third in the polls. butjust a few hours later they were already squabbling amongst themselves. translation: it's been said the afd has become an anarchic party that could only be successful in opposition, not to govern. but i want to make real politics, so i've decided i will not be part of the afd in the bundestag. it isa it is a result that raises many questions are germany and the rest of the world. if you have a question about this, send it my way because we will be spending a whole hour on issues relating to the german election. we might be out of the studio, but you can still get in touch with me. #bbcos is

it has been a frustrating night for angela merkel.ace, though, for the cameras, and for the party faithful. mrs merkel has won the election for them, but it is not the victory they had hoped for. support for her conservatives is lower than it has ever been under her leadership, a verdict perhaps on her decision to open germany's doors to a million refugees. translation: let's not beat about the bush. of course we'd hoped for a better result. but let's not forget we've just had a very challenging four years. that's why i'm happy to say we achieved the strategic goal of ourcampaign. we are the strongest party. mrs merkel casts herself as a symbol of stability — security in a shifting world. for many, a vote for angela merkel is a vote for the status quo. her campaign has focused on her familiarity, her experience, and yet it seems that alone is no longer enough. because this is today's real success story. anti—islam, anti—immigrant, anti—euro — afd, the far—right, is now part of the german establishment. translation: we will hunt them d

angela merkel must now find a coalition partner. don't expect afd to be included. arliament at all horrifies the political mainstream. exhausted, bruised, at the end of a long campaign. angela merkel‘s conservatives may be the winners, but this doesn't feel much like victory. jenny hill, bbc news, berlin. the performance of the right—wing, anti—islam party afd led to dozens of protesters gathered outside their headquarters in berlin. a little earlier, our correspondent damien mcguinnesss gave us this update on those protests. so behind me you can see a row a police. see a row of police. there are quite a few. it goes all the way down street. it goes all the way down the street. there are hundreds of demonstrators, mostly young people. lots of signs, anti—afd signs. now, these demonstrators are calling the afd neo—nazis. they said that this party is a right—wing extremist party. they are here because the afd has just been celebrating what it sees as an electoral victory. as you know, they have scored, according to the latest exit polls, more than 13%. they have gone

wea ker results for angela merkel were weaker than expect it.y interesting coalition talks ahead of us. interesting coalition talks ahead of us. it is a testing ground for whether angela merkel can strike a coalition with the liberal democrats and the greens, which has been tried out on a state level in germany in several states. on a national level, it brings many more questions. there are more topics dealt with on that level. as we've mentioned, the economy is in fairly good shape. but she was talking in her speech about the fact that people are concerned about the economic outlook. what are the key issues for people in germany in terms of the economy? everytime i go back to germany, i am astonished by how wealthy people are and how good life is. there is fear that that could change in the people are losing their well. despite the fact that unemployment is low, we have quite a number of good results in industries coming through, but there is concern that this could change and we see that there are jobs in not so stable conditions. that is incr

angela merkel has a reputation.

with just three weeks to go until germany votes in the country's general election — chancellor angela merkels been facing her main rival martin schulz in a live tv debate. much of the sparring focussed on immigration with mrs merkel jenny hill has been watching the debate interesting line and emerging on turkey and the eu from her opponent? yes, martin schulz was keen to talk turkey because relations between germany and turkey have deteriorated over the last months, if not longer. martin schulz said if he was the chancellor he would halt any kind of eu accession talks with turkey. what is ironic about that is that angela merkel herself has never wanted turkey to join the eu but in that debate she fell short of calling for that particular demand herself saying instead she would be prepared to speak to other eu members to see if they could try to stop prepayments to turkey before any kind of eu accession. angela merkel has been the key architect of the migrant deal between turkey and the eu and ta kes deal between turkey and the eu and takes the view it's better to keep your enemies closer. th

angela merkel needs to win back the voters she lost. simon: that is the challenge but her conservatives lost a million voters to the afd. they need to find more clear and persuasive responses to the people who voted afd have. she concerned about the immigration policies show that she is taking it seriously. i think inevitably, it means whatever coalition she is able to put together -- it is far from clear at the moment as we have seen, there. she will have to express how she will control immigration numbers in the coming years. while continuing with a humanitarian cause. sarah: it won't be easy to seduce those boaters back into the conservative party while flirting with the coalition partners and the environmentalist groups. it seems like an impossible task, is it realistic? simon: with the free democrats, perhaps it won't be so difficult. they said that they think immigration needs to be tightened up in favor of an immigration law and canadian style point system. it is focusing on people who are really useful immediately to the german

the latest poll shows that christian catlike democrats and angela merkel have a significant lead, andbut because all—german elections end in a coalition, the other parties who could get representation, we also need to take note of them. we have the free democrats, the fdp. we have the free democrats, the fdp. we have the greens, and we also have the party that came out of the communist party that came out of the communist party in east germany, die linke, and on the right you have the alternative for germany, the afd, with their anti—immigration and anti—islam policies, which i came to look at here earlier. we will have to see what effect their policies have on a coalition, but we do know that immigration is a significant issue. you might think that is as maybe but what should i care when the polls suggest angela merkel will get a fourth term and we know that she will stay in power. there are a few reasons. she is a hugely significant player in terms of the world's responds to a number of major issues. on climate change, outside source was at the g20 watching angela merkel shape the w

sharrod by angela merkel, ithought, in little contrition sharrod by angela merkel, i thought, in thers —— afd. merkel, i thought, in the early hours -- afd. she lost, what, 70 seats? i'm sure it was worse than she expected, she would have expected it to be tough because of the immigration issue and she let in more thani the immigration issue and she let in more than 1 million the immigration issue and she let in more thani million migrants, primarily from syria, and it was always going — she knew it would overs ha d ow always going — she knew it would overshadow the election. but even she didn't quite expect, i think, it to be this bad and i think le figaro has this right, bitter victory, she does much helmut kohl 's victory for wins but the same time, she has this issue now of how to put together a coalition government. and it won't be so easy. the resulting quite staggering about the far right in such numbers, probably 90 in the german parliament, returning to a position of relative prominence in german politics. we don't know much about them in terms of policy apart from their sta

even since becoming chancellor angela merkel still visits the region on officially. people don't make a fuss about it that's not the ok mark way everyone here respect one another's privacy. but how do ok mark residents see themselves. they have a difficult character. stubborn i'd say lone wolf types who look after their own very open affectionate and direct. left its mark on. a venue here that mrs merkel comes from that ok mark even though she was born in hamburg you hear it more here. of course it comes out of it you know. i won't say any more. she stands for. nature loving reserved and straightforward standard qualities that come in handy in politics as well. let's head now to the west of germany and take a look at the home of mosques and the social democrats candidate who's challenging in the race for the chancellery hayes from the brian leetch on why people like to party particularly during carnival season we visited ahead of the election to find out what makes a rhino. the rhineland is known not only for its landscape but also for the people who live there one o

let's hear exactly what angela merkel had to say back then. saycellor merkel: i simply germany is a strong country. we have managed to do so much. we can do this. host: i would like to ask all of she ultimately get proven right? has germany, at least thus far, done this in the sense of managing this amazing influx of refugees fairly competently? germany managed to receive all these migrants and refugees during the 16, 18 months. in a way, there has been collapsed. the fear of the public was do we manage this, and germany managed it, yes. host: would you agree with that? you said in your opening statement that germany has made some mistakes with its refugee policy. would you say that statement teen of years ago was the biggest mistake? malte: no. nevertheless, germany is a strong country. we have a big surplus in the country of billions of euros, almost non-unemployment. but the task of integrating one million refugees with very , culturalhistories aspects, starting with anti-semitism, all these things still is a huge task. agree with what you

news live from berlin angela merkel wins a fourth term as germany's chancellor but support for the country's main political parties has shrunk as we've emerged as the strongest party the c.d.u. with the c.s.u. . it's now up to us to form a government and no government can be formed against us. a positive spin there from the incumbent despite heavy losses for merkel's conservatives but their losses are another party's gain. america or whoever and we will take our country and our people back again. tough talk from the op starts of german politics the far right alternative for germany they are set to enter parliament as the third strongest party and merkel's challenges don't just come from the right now she needs to lead tricky talks on forging a governing coalition to n.p.r. not it was it's just you'll accept the invitation to talk about us but we will stick to our opinion we want to change the country so we're not in politics in order to have power as we. can the chancellor bring together to very. different parties into one coalition we'll examine that and all of the other election results co

earlier one the leader has said that turks turkish germans who live there should not vote for angela merkel and a couple of other parties why would he do such a thing. well clearly it's a highly politicized issue and i think that what's going to continue to happen with merkel i think undoubtedly going to be winning the chancellorship for the fourth for her fourth term is that she will continue to work with difficult autocrats in the neighborhood as she has done with putin or she will continue to do without the one in turkey and one of the main reasons for this is of course to do with the migration crisis which was a huge huge issue in germany especially in two thousand and fifteen when angela merkel really had the biggest wobble of her chancellorship thus far she saw her ratings were do plummet and a lot of commentators particularly anglo-saxon commentators by the way were saying that this would be the demise of her career and now that has proven not to be the case and i'm glad merkel has gotten a hold of that situation again but this is a lot to do with these kind of deals that they're str

how does angela merkel stop afd dominating the debate? she will ignore them. weapon is simply not to engage with them. i guess she would prefer having a discussion with more parties in the centre and put it as a buffer between them and the afd. they would be the main party in opposition. thank you both very much. back to you in london. that's all we have time for tonight. kirsty will be live from the labour party conference on monday. butjust before we go, we thought we'd set aside the arguments and remember the taxi's glory days. goodnight. in time to watch an aged taxi cab being restored to its original glory. and if anyone tells you that the word taxi originally came from the greek word taxos, meaning distance, you can tell them they're round the etymological bend. it comes from the french. but then, we knew that all the time, didn't we? the reason for the lofty appearance of some of the old cabs, incidentally, is because of the police regulation stating there must be adequate room for a gentleman wearing a top hat. the rule is still in force, but we don't

angela merkel's biggest rival is back on the campaign trail. they clashed in a debate with most polls calling in the loser. plus, how germany's most famous living artisist confronts the country's p past. hear how is moving wk is being honored with a place on the walls of the german parliament here in berlin. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. tonight the u.s. is calling on the united nations security council to impose the strongest possible measures on north korea. this, just a day after pyongyang conducted a nuclear test involving what it says is a hydrogen bomb which should be set atop a ballistic missile target the united states. in a moment i will ask with the options are tonight in the face of a nuclear north korea. first, here is more on washington's efforts to give diplomacy one final chance. reporter: this emergency session comes only one month after the un security council imposed its stiffest sanctions so far on north korea. developments over the weekend were evidence they had been ineffective. a frustrated u.s.

stephanie, it should have been a celebration for angela merkel.ction result as she might‘ve hoped for and how much will this change? of course it was not the result she had hoped for, she said that strategically we have achieved our goal because i am back in office but, as you say, it is going to be a very bumpy time now because there is only one option and this is the so—called jamaica coalition between the cdu, black, the fdp, the liberals, yellow, and the greens. but it is going to take quite some time to form this coalition. the latest poll is saying around 60% of germans want this coalition. so there is quite a lot of pressure on the chancellor and everybody else, especially the csu, which is the bavarian branch of the cdu. they lost a lot of votes last sunday and they do not want to compromise now because they have another election coming up next year. they feel there has been too much compromising. and especially the greens, who are pro—refugee, who are pro—eu and in the sense of what the bavarians don't like. more money to southern states,

angela merkel — down, but not yet out.r for opening this country's doors, though not all. opinion polls ahead of the election showed very clearly that she has a lot of support in the german population. so more than 50% of respondents actually said, if they could vote directly, they would vote for merkel, so that's really interesting to see. she commands respect, and that's also seen within the christian democratic party. afd has already tasted power, here in the splendour of the regional parliament. but this morning, the party is split at local and national level, moderates walking out in disgust. not this new mp. afd‘s first demand, he tells us — an inquiry into angela merkel‘s refugee policy. translation: we have impact through publicity. we can't change laws, because the other parties will boycott us, though they'll often use our ideas later. so yes, we are important, because voters discuss our policies. a problem, perhaps, for the political powerhouse of europe — opposition to the euro, to further eu integration. afd‘s

angela merkel is seen as a stable force in a very unstable world.e is up and unemployment is down. so, mainstream voters here look at the rest of the world with the uncertainties of brexit and trump and think that germany might just be better sticking with the leader they know they can rely on. but what we don't know is what sort of government angela merkel will end up leading. she will have to form a coalition and all of her potential partners have very different policies. that means coalition talks could get rocky. what is clear, is that the new anti—migrant afd party looks set to enter the parliament for the first time. but it won't end up in government. the afd is accused of being nationalistic and sometimes even racist. so no other party will work with them. germany is the most powerful country in europe and that's a continent facing huge challenges from solving the refugee crisis to reforming the eurozone. the government that moves in here after the election will have a direct impact on the whole of europe including britain. and damien mcguinn

angela merkel has said they will stick to it. think she has profited from a turbulence and sense of a people germans feel about the global political landscape. apart from that, she does not mention donald trump on the campaign trail. he has not played a huge role in her campaign for reelection. europeanh barkin, correspondent for reuters. angela merkel expected to be reelected to a fourth term in germany. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you. host: we go back to your calls and comments on the president and his comments on the nfl and nba. from the washington post, trump's comments inflame sports stars. president trump rescinding a white house invitation for nba champion steph curry and the golden state warriors in a to d rant that rockets with condemnation owners.rts stars and lebron james calling the president "a bum." let's go to ann, new york. caller: good morning. i agree with our president. first of all, these players should be so lucky to get to play basketball, football, earn tons of money. my husband and other me

angela merkel has led germany for twelve years now but a rise to power took a lot longer than that merkel grew up in what was then communist east germany and graduated as a scientist before becoming a politician it was only in her mid thirty's that she became involved with a growing democracy movement in east germany before the war fall of the berlin wall she joined the christian democratic union and worked with chancellor helmut kohl until she replaced him as party leader seventeen years ago merkel became germany's first female chancellor in two thousand and five and has been leader ever since so we know quite a bit about her we know how she rules we know how she dealt with the euro crisis is that how she's going to deal with the e.u. going forward is that how she's going to deal with turkey and its ascension to the well yes i think we can expect a lot of continuity whatever the next government coalition will precisely look like i think there's more continuity disruption i don't foresee any major or any radical shifts in the policies whether it is with the european union broadly of a res

, this esu, the bavarian part of the ruling party, has been very upset by the way angela merkelas carried things out. angela merkel has still not apologise for the saying that she's taken in1 million refugees and that kohli is what has happened, it's open the door, let's face it, to a right—wing backlash that will bring back memories given germany's history of what can happen. but she believes to her core that it was the right thing to do. as a committed christian, daughter of a clergyman, she felt it was the right and important thing. what they did last year was passed an act is supposed to ensure better integration of refugees and one of the problems has been if you take in refugees, you have to help them integrate into the country. if they can improve on that, that will help, but this also gives a bit of optimism that in fact europe itself may reassess how it treats those who come into the country. what is worrying is after the election in france, it looked like the far right had been, if you like, sidelined. this, in germany, is in that sense, a much more worrying signal ove

so the general consensus was that angela merkel won the debate.|j think martin schultz to agree with that.” think the tv debate has shown that there are two candidates running in this election who are capable of leading the country. angela merkel has done this for 12 years already andl has done this for 12 years already and i think i have shown to the general public and germany that i have a better plan for the future of the country, for a europeanjourney thatis the country, for a europeanjourney that is strong within europe. let's talk to our chief european correspondent for politico. thank you for your time, matthew. added to see the debate last night? —— how did you see? it was a bit boring and disappointing for many of us who we re disappointing for many of us who were hoping to see a real exchange between the candidates. it is the only debate that they will be having in the campaign season and really the only opportunity that martin schultz had to make up a lot of the ground he had lost to angela merkel over the last few months. he is about 1

i'm really are going to start a commission of inquiry against angela merkel. which will clearly look into what this lady has done to contravene look at how the reason why we were able to come on board and. accept for germany with sasha back in two thousand and. well these live events are so we got our crews in all the main spots probably. some problem with a connection that has been raining tonight just to be said because charlotte going to her little bit later she's at the left part of east berlin we'll tell you a whole can see is also an about to get more reaction for the c.d.u. not been a great night for her for all the party because she still got a car and on the last we all spoke peter all of the f.t.p. it's been a good night for them by the thirty eight year old as well of course that while the ladies go well after apparently parents. were joining. by our guest dr hans day to claim them and our professor at the university of applied sciences in berlin thank you for coming into our studio here in l.a. and. michael you haven't done as well as she wanted to