>> little cheer in the latest opinion polls for the man who wants to unseat anglo merkel -- angela merkel. the numbers are barely moving. the social democrat challenger says it is not game over yet. >> there are seven and a half weeks to go. they will be crucial in deciding who wins this election on september 22. >> the new poll gives the conservatives 42% of the vote. the spd trail on 26. the greens have 13. the partners reach up to five percent. merkel could continue to governor with your preferred partner. voters trust angela merkel. her approval ratings remain skyhigh. she is the most popular politician. her finance minister is second- most popular popular. the numbers have been barely dented i a string of summer scandals. -- by a string of summer scandals. it is an uphill struggle. there is little time to convince voters why he should be chancellor. >> it is time to look at a party that is still fairly new to the political landscape in europe and germany. >> there main platform is protection. after getting a better picture of the workings of the world's spy agencies thanks to edward

hundred seventy million euros in twenty eleven to almost a billion and a half in twenty twelve an anglo merkel's government has approved weapons exports of more than eight hundred million euros in the first half of this year suggesting the level will continue to grow the six countries in the region berlin sells weapons to are saudi arabia bahrain cats are q wait oh man and united arab emirates several of which have seen government crackdowns on anti regime protests since the arab spring saudi arabia is the biggest buyer security hardware worth one point four billion euros was sold there last year also in two thousand and twelve amnesty international claimed that german made small firearms ammunition and military vehicles were commonly used by middle eastern and north african regimes to suppress peaceful demonstrations. well earlier i spoke to ask my but there we go executive director of the berlin based transform group which studies conflicts and political developments he told me there are other dangers to increasing arms sales to the gulf besides their possible use against protesters with also

election here and it's become one of the main the only real issue that people seem to be attacking anglo merkel over. the leader of the social democrats who had a main challenger in this election it said if he becomes chancellor if he wins this election then he will be asking some serious questions of the united states and he also be looking into delaying an important trade deal saying how can we possibly look at doing trade with the americans when we don't know if they have microphones under all of our desks so this has become something that the politicians are looking to attack on glimmer cologne it's probably one of the only things she's really weak on in the public eye because not only it seems to allow the united states to spy on germany but it seems that she also helped the united states to spy on germany so this is one of the reasons why edward snowden has received this award and he is being honored with this by a number of groups for his work in revealing what turns out to be the the wide ranging spying activities of the n.s.a. and the united states. buckle up because the break max pack

have signed with other countries and finally briefly if you can mr ritter how would you assess anglo merkel'shandling of the economic crisis and you were up and basically against the complicated political and economic backdrop she seems to have done quite well. so i would not say that the economic or political situation was too complicated america was benefiting from two very strong positive effects one was that the labor reform itself. should our government in the early two thousand produced. the deregulation of the labor market started kicking in when merkel actually became chancellor the second thing is that very heavy really increased demand from bric countries for instance china and india boosted the exports of german companies so that's why the economic domestic economic figures look actually much better than they would have looked without these external effects well code's economic policy did not contribute much at least nothing positive to the current economic numbers in germany right fred roeder co-founder of the european students for liberty movement thank you so much for sharing yo

good chance this is the option what he's what he's gone for because this is one position where anglo merkelhas appeared to be slightly we can go on because she is the chancellor of the book stops with her and it seems that not only did she know that the united states was conducting espionage activities on on german civilians and on german businesses but it seems that at some points according to the leaked documents that edward snowden put forward that the german security services may have actually helped them to do that it's seen in the past these documents coming out. the b.n. d. the german security services were very forthcoming with trying to help the n.s.a. in their spying activities so this is a major issue if not the major issue going into the elections just how much should angle merkel know and what does she do to it if anything to try and try and stop and look after the interests of the german people. by watching right to life or mosque and there are plenty more stories lined up for you and coming up after this short break. well. it's technology innovations all the developments arou

in the german city of selling going to stand there were white anglo merkel protests on wednesday demonstrators came out in their droves to the chancellor launched her new election campaign locals reputation has been seriously damaged by recent revelations that her government had been spying on citizens foreign agencies like the n.s.a. . and racial injustice is still an issue in britain figures show that black people a seven times more likely to be searched by police on the street than white people are most of the time without any evidence artie's testers investigates accusations of intrusive stop and search discrimination. one morning while driving to work nathan was stopped by the police and asked to step out of his car aggressively . and. you know. kind of this lady was walking. you know doing. anything and. nathan says they grabbed his wrists at which point he started getting angry is anyone to go back to the police station what he told me is when you told me. fifty to forty speeding yeah so. you know nathan's experience is just one of numerous other stories of black and minority ethnic you

and the only real candidate who has a chance of challenging anglo merkel in the in the upcoming elections what he said is that should he become chancellor well he'll put the brakes on ongoing talks on a a free trade agreement between the u.s. and the e.u. now these are trade talks that have moved at a pretty pace at the best of times and they are potentially worth multiple billions of dollars worth of money to both sides but there are sticking points and it's what he said during an interview on german television was that how can we trust our american allies and colleagues when it comes to talking about the best trade deal for both sides when how do we know they don't have microphones under our desks and they are listening to everything that we are saying they are one of the only few issues in which the which the opposition can can attack angle of merkel on she remains incredibly personally popular here in germany and is pretty much expected to be to be returned as chancellor but if stonebridge is to get in there and is to have a good chance this is the option what he's what he's gone for

good chance this is the option what he's what he's gone for because this is one position where anglo merkelhas. we can go on because she is the chancellor of the book stops with her and it seems that not only did she know that the united states was conducting espionage activities on on german civilians and on german businesses but it seems that at some points according to the leaked documents that edward snowden forward that the german security services may have actually helped them to do that it's seen in the past these documents coming out. the b.m.d. the german security services were very forthcoming with trying to help the n.s.a. in their spying activities so this is a major issue if not the major issue going into the election and well being the politician he's seeing he sees an element of weakness there and they're rounding on the current chancellor. they're all over in berlin it seems even the united nations is demeaning to being snooped on by america's scandal plagued national security agency uni published information leaked by edward snowden indicates the world body's new york h.q.