what can we expect should be to say when he addresses the bundestag. it is certainly to the case that this is a very different bolder stark when we compare it to the previous one where you only hard for parliamentary blocs inside of six parliamentary blocs now where you didn't have the presence of the f.t. as you do know as you do now and this is something that obviously m.p.'s here are particularly concerned about and the possible election of. as the new president of the certainly reflects some of those concerns he's not only an extremely experienced politician a member of parliament for many decades now and his election is also supposed to be a powerful signal when it comes to the presence of. right here he is the person who will be in charge of trying to make sure the rules are kept that the symbolism of the german parliament has a place where democracy takes place is also represented at the same time obviously respecting a wide variety of opinions and that is something that we will probably hear more or less from. himself when he addresses the parl

were a president of the bundestag let's talk about the office toscan challenge. the point is talk president now that there are right wing extremists right wing populists in parliament what does the bundestag president face what would vulcan surely be doing a plenary session if for example alexander gallin says we'll hunt down this is magical. because it's i think it's a tightrope walk it's been to the bonus tax rules the rules of order but also the rules of parliamentary decency apply to everyone equally. we shouldn't focus especially on the a.f.p. but it forced the rules equally on all and that's a duty of the president's office and the president in particular that. we have to ensure that the bundestag and the german public don't jump through every hoop and react to every provocation of. their kids doing that merely gains the a.m.t. attention half at the same time we must also contradict them and apply the sanctioning tools there aren't many of them when suddenly the attempt is made in parliament to paralyze parliamentary work through endless debates on the rule

as in the election to germany's parliament the bundestag the right wing populist f.t. won more votes from eastern germany than any other party how does that make you feel as an eastern german who has fought against a right wing extremism for years explain what can. be and it's an appalling result that makes me very sad. but we shouldn't speak only of the eastern germans. the difference between east and west to the f.t. is relative. to the a if d. is also growing very strong in bavaria and bought nothing about twelve percent of men and even more in eastern germany. everywhere in eastern germany that's right. and first we must say something obvious and is that. the voters themselves are always to blame. they carry the responsibility for home the electorate and voters in germany could know whom they were voting for and even then because the a.f.p. is already represented in a number of state parliaments especially in eastern germany where it's done nothing constructive he just made hate speeches high party is fragmented but that didn't interest the voters obviously they wa

the speaker a senior president doesn't preside when the new bundestag opens. that be a trick you would oppose and i think. if it other this is is if i may have seen that happen to half a year ago and the background. it is very understandable. that people were worried that the new bundestag would be opened by a speaker from the a.f.p. who is a professed holocaust denier. the german parliament didn't want to give this public world wide impression he. might understand the motivation well and will always have to pay attention and not accept everything the f.d.a. does just because they were elected. veges being elected does not justify a political swine mission is to put it bluntly. when you say don't respond to every publication but consider very carefully where one intervenes how should the federal president respond to publications disguised as expressions of opinion for example when one praises the role of germany's of damage in world war two all questions germany's relationship to his rail hog and his image on this month in the us is a habit of the point is to

ok we're just looking at live pictures coming to from the bundestag where vote counting has finished to elect a new president for the bundestag and vote counting is now going on and while we're waiting for the results to come in listen to look at the far right if tea party alternative for germany which is represented in the been the star for the first time now the party's a nation's third biggest party so how influential is the party and what does it plan to do to shape political discussion in germany here's a report. on the first to really get into. your. view. germany's politicians are adopting a new vocabulary words such as fatherland love identity country and pride the author carolyn m. carr asks if these politicians are copying germany's nationalist party was and charging them with the decisive factor is how strongly the f.t. can continue to influence public discussions and determine how certain topics are discussed in my opinion the f.t. have been surprisingly successful in doing this. for the car. if the politicians take their place in germany's blunders time for the first tim

presidents scheuer has made his first decision as the president of the bundestag he is the first item on his agenda was to call for elections for vice president each of the six parties represented in the bundestag are allowed to nominate a vice president and that's what he's called for and that was approved by the vast majority of just two abstentions now to talk more about both can sure been what he said in his maiden speech as the president of the bundestag i have with me in the studio jefferson chase from a political desk and as well as a political political correspondent thomas sparrow who is at the bundestag and has been listening to the address made by both gun show let me start with you thomas now i've heard trouble in many forms and many locations but never in his incarnation as a president of the bundestag he sounded positively statesman like to me what did you make of his speech. i agree with you on ridge i think it was a very powerful speech as well he specifically mentioned the new aspect of this german parliament and how those new aspects also reflect reflect changes in s

nominee for the presidency in the bundestag but the other m.p.'s are also going to have to play a role as well in looking ahead to how they deal with a.f. day of course if they completely ignore them and try to shut down any of their arguments in parliament they'll be seen as ignoring that twelve point six percent of voters who most think voted for the f.t. but at the same time there's a concern that they don't want to let them get away with everything because of course then there's a concern that they will use the time that they have in palm and to push forward those far right ideas these ideas and agenda and we have to remind people that the if he was elected on a promise to try to prosecute the german chancellor for her refugee policy and also to disrupt the establishment the way it is today and we've got a story now giving you a look at the a d. which was arguably the star party of this new parliament today. the first. time. germany's politicians are adopting a new vocabulary words such as fatherland love identity country and pride the author

nominee for the presidency in the bundestag but the other m.p.'s are also going to have to play a role as well in looking ahead to how they deal with a.f. day of course if they completely ignore them and try to shut down any of their arguments in parliament they'll be seen as ignoring that twelve point six percent of voters he was doing voted for the a.f.p. but at the same time there's the concern that they don't want to let them get away with everything because of course then there's a concern that they will use the time that they have in parliament to push forward those far right ideas these ideas in the agenda and we have to remind people that the if he was elected on a promise to try to prosecute the german chancellor for her refugee policy and also to disrupt the establishment the way it is today and we've got a story now giving you a look at the a d. which was arguably the star party of this new parliament today. for. your. view. germany's politicians are adopting a new vocabulary words such as fatherland love identity country and pride the

parliamentary president five hundred one of the seven hundred nine members of the newly elected bundestag voted for sure the veteran member of chancellor angela merkel's conservative democrats is the longest serving nor make-a in the country. and from one this election i'm joining the studio by our political correspondent jefferson she's welcome jefferson and at the bundestag is one of our other core of political correspondents trauma's father thomas let me start with you what was sure blair's key message as the address the new parliament after being elected the president of the bundestag. obviously there are very different opinions in the german parliament that there are new elements in the current german parliament when you compare it to the previous. oldest and that those different opinions have to be respected in certain cases also promoted yet at the same time he stressed the need to find compromise and find compromise by playing with but i respecting the rules by making sure that obviously compromise is also possible so the two elements side by side obviously debate and not necessar

berlin to condemn hate and racism in german politics the demonstration comes two days before the bundestag returns to session with newly elected lawmakers from the far right alternative for germany. who also get a check of the latest one to action it's more than a quarter of the way through the season already with teams from the top and bottom desperate for points will bring you all the goals and all the drama from match day night. i'm welcome to the program japan's prime minister shinzo abyei has swept to a resoundingly victory of to taking a gamble with snap elections i was liberal democratic party is set to retain its two thirds super majority in the lower house of parliament now that allows him to make changes in the country's pacifist constitution on sunday he pledged to do firmly with threats from north korea the dominated the campaign. a coronation for every seat one a tradition in japanese politics prime minister shinzo had quite a few carnations to pin thanks to his coalition's big landslide retaining a supermajority of two thirds in parliament was one of the conservatives goals t

those ninety two members of the far right party who have entered the german parliament the bundestag for the first time and show blair has however encouraged much this discussion in the parliament but he's also encouraged a respect in finding those compromises and so we'll see in these coming four years exactly how that turns out now that they have the who of course of being quite outspoken in the past and just four weeks ago when they when they entered when they got the thirteen percent to enter the german parliament and we heard alexander gowland one of the co-leaders of the party saying that the party was going to hound the other parliamentarians and so we'll see exactly how respectful and how much decency there will be in the parliament in the coming weeks and also of course the next four years they have to already causing an upset with this vote for vice president they're counted at the albert glazer failed for a second time why is he so controversial. well earlier this year just in april he actually released in a speech he said that islam that muslims didn't have the fundamenta

of course it frightens me, that the parliament, the bundestag, won't be the bundestag it used to be. just hope that some real rethinking takes place now -- and this blindness towards far-right tendencies is replaced by a microscopic focus on them, and that these disagreeable rightists will be seen for who they are. and i hope that this confrontation takes place in the new bundestag. and not that the afd dominates it -- to the contrary! -- the country! >> and you can find out more about horst selbiger and his personal appeal on our facebook page dw stories. >> more than a decade ago, sweden demilitarized its strategically placed island, gotland after deeming russia was no longer a threat to their security. but frequent military maneuvers by russia like the recent one on nato's eastern flanc, have rattled the nerves in the scandinavian country known for its neutrality. and as a result it has beefed up its defenses. while some residents of the outlying island don't view engaging with this once robust trade partner as a problem, others fear that russia could once again shift europe's bor

the people's house that was the message of today's demonstration as thousands marched on berlin's bundestag. and most of the protesters showed up because they're worried about the a.f.p. ninety two deputies from the far right party will enter parliament in less than two days from now. we must live together all people together and we must not allow this process most of these things to come to the. i think today is a german you hold a special responsibility to ensure that parties like the f.t. don't have a say in politics. and can organize the demonstration he came to germany as a refugee he says the protests should be a wake up call to f.t. voters we want the if the voters to reflect their mindset you know they voted for a party which said a lot of racist things which is not ok. so it is a wake up call and we want to stress that racism. allowed in our bonus talk the a.f.d. was voted into parliament almost a month ago with thirteen percent of the vote they'll be the first party right of the conservatives to enter germany's parliament since the fifty's most of these protesters know that today'

let's get more from the deadly politics correspondent kate brady who is at the bundestag welcome back kate let's start with this is a vote for vice president which is already causing such an upset at the bundestag has voted against the f.d.a. is that candidate that three times tell us more about why he's so controversial. well this is all of the back of a comment that i'll brush plaza made back in april when he says that islam that muslims should not have the fundamental right to the freedom of religion which of course is in the german constitution and all of the other m.p.'s belonging to the other parliamentary groups in the parliament set out right before today's parliamentary system that they were to not be voting for our pledge to glass a to become one of the six vice presidents of course that's also important to remember that there are in fact six vice presidents in this parliament one from each parliamentary group and the other five were already voted through today in the first round obviously now after three rounds today. there was still unsuccessful and now the f.d.a. will be

no of course it frightens me just as rather than harlem and the bundestag it's nice one be the bundestag it used to be. whole fi just hope that some real rethinking takes place now it's all big and this blindness towards far right tendencies is replaced by a microscopic focus on them. due to me and that is who disagreeable rightists will be seen for who they are. it off when dish hard i hope that this confrontation takes place in the new bundestag and not to the f.t. dominates it to the contrary the the contrary the blueness. the. in game. and you can find out more about horsetail bigger and his personal appeal on our facebook page d w stories more than a decade ago sweden demilitarised its are typically placed island gotland after doing russia was no longer a threat to their security but frequent military maneuvers by russia like the recent one a nato eastern flank have rattled the nerves in the scandinavian country known for its neutrality and as a result it's believed up its defenses while some residents of the outlying island don't view when gauging with this once robust trade partne

in as the new bundestag president. china's ruling communist party has confirmed president xi jinping as its most powerful leader in decades by adding his name and ideology to the constitution at the end of the party's five year lee congress delegates voted unanimously to include xi jinping thought as a guiding principle. and notes from albert einstein describing the key to happiness is sold for around one point five million dollars it's an auction in jerusalem einstein gave the piece of handwritten advice to a japanese bellboy in one nine hundred twenty two after the genius scientist realized he had no money on hand for a tip. polish doctors take to the streets to demand higher pay and better working conditions the government has offered to increase spending on the health sector but medical professionals say it's still not enough. and wouldn't it be frustrating if you always have to go to a special wife i park to go on line that's how it is for most. this is this is your business update i'm helena humphrey in berlin th

parliamentary group has nominated volved as the new president of the bundestag but the choice of vice president is stirring up controversy for the social democrats the bundestag vice presidency is one of the few attractive post left the party is actively preparing for its role in the opposition a lot of all of the in the face of extreme left wing and right wing populism all rolled demands that we make constructive suggestions that are distinct from those of the government and that represent a real alternative to government policy. is political. the far right a f.t. also has a nominee for the vice presidency and if the choice is raising eyebrows many delegates reject his comments on his lawn and freedom of religion that's a democrat i believe whoever wants to be vice president of the bundestag must accept the constitution and that includes freedom of religion whoever does not accept it is not someone i can vote for. given the presence of the far right a.f.p. it will not be the oldest member of the bundestag who makes the opening speech but the longest serving one how many auto zones of

one of the bundestag's first tasks today was to elect a new parliamentary president.orter: it now falls to parliament's longest-serving member to keep things under control. with wolfgang elected president of the bundestag, he called for calm proceedings and to play by the rules. >> the way we speak to one another can set an example for discourse throughout society. we are not here to beat each other up. reporter: the new parliament has more members than ever and 40% are newcomers. e-business-friendly ftp are back in the afd is in for the first time. under -- the rules on the matter recently changed, which the afd sees as an affront. >> this rule was unchanged for 150 years. there was only one exception, for nazis. reporter: b first exchanges already proved fiery. >> if you are seriously comparing yourselves to victims, you have already undone yourselves. reporter: both parties are rallying for more open confrontation with the chancellor. >> the parliament must resume its rules, and not tv talk shows or interviews from reporters. that means the parties, especially the

but now that it's in the bundestag, let's see what they want. a lot tord used describe the mood among people in eastern germany is resentment. is often targeted, as anja has mentioned, to just one person. >> i think we should have given clobbering. >> she's done nothing for germans. all she cares about is foreignersrs. i don't think she did enough. i think she should have done and not just fofor the refufugees. we don't have anythihing against them. but she e should have done more for our r school children and older people. >> we expected more from someone up in east germany. she was educated at state expense. but what has she done for those of us who live in the east? >> wojciech, do you understand eastern germany have so much resentment about a woman who is, after all, one of from eastern germany? >> because they are -- i guess disappointedhow with the policy of angela merkel. indeed, she's supposed to be one of them. do they still see her as one of them? a verymerkel may become western politician. what see, in the east, parties have been -- w

is coming to you live from berlin both can sure of the is elected as the new president of the bundestag joni's former finance minister has called for civil dialogue in parliament as it enters a new era with more factions and a new right wing party in parliament that could be some stormy debates on the way also coming up chinese president xi jinping is increasing influence over his country and delegates of the communist party's congress officially back him and his vision for the future of china we'll look at the implications. glass in the next sixty minutes the last russian zamost pursuit of forbidden love while putting his throne at risk the full matilda depicts zon nicholas a second affair with a ballerina we look at why the movie's already sparking a violent reaction. and in sport christiane rinaldo adds another trophy to his collection he's been named fief oz footballer of the. color of a warm welcome i'm under toci ma. the german loss of parliament has overwhelmingly elected outgoing finance minister bulls gunk choice as the new parliamentary president five hundred one of the seven

the alternative for germany well they're represented now they're in the blue in the bundestag for the first time and they are the country's third biggest political party well for more on all this let's cross over live to our political correspondent thomas sparrow thomas this is the first time in post-war germany we're seeing a right wing party of this size this seriousness in parliament walkaway expect. well brian we're standing here at the german parliament not far away from the members of parliament meeting and that is indeed a question that many people here have asked what can we expect when it comes to to this group the a.f.d. in parliament and how the other parties also will react to their presence here the traditional parties if you will are facing a very big dilemma and that is well on the one hand they can't ignore the a f t after all they got twelve point six percent of the vote in the german election there's a third biggest force here in the german parliament on the other hand they also can't react to every single provocation by the way if these are trying to for to find tha

coalition talks about that started just last week here in berlin so what can we expect though in the bundestag today well first of all we're talking about the biggest parliament ever in germany a number of lawmakers rising to seven hundred nine s. because of the country's electoral system now that makes it more than ten percent bigger than the last parliament now the other major difference is the number of parliamentary groups last time there were just for this time around there are six

to parliament's longest serving member to keep things under control with elected president of the bundestag the politician from chancellor merkel's party called for calm proceedings amid debate and to play by the rules the obvious way we speak to one another can set an example for discourse throughout society. we are not here to beat each other up the new parliament has more members than ever and forty percent of them are newcomers the business friendly f.t.p. is back and the far right a.f.d. is in for the first time under old rules a member of the a.f.p. would have opened the first session as the oldest m.p. but this time that role went to a veteran f.t.p. lawmaker the rules on the matter were recently changed which the a.f.d.c. as an affront. this rule student changed in one hundred fifty years of parliamentary history there's only one exception in one thousand nine hundred eighty three it was broken by him and gurgling because as a nazi he wanted to ostracize his political enemies. the first exchanges already proved fiery. if you are seriously comparing yourselves to victims of hermann g

thought man toasted leipsic in the bundestag biggest match of the weekend the hosts have the league's strongest defense and were unbeaten in forty one matches at home. it was a relaxed atmosphere before kick off no tension between the two coaches but like six stefan is unco was a little too relaxed and so pm of the obama young pounced one man. likes to give can just one clean sheet so far the chance to improve on that was gone after four minutes now before the forward they should more promise not be kato felt the ensuing free kick found marcel house from back and muscles up its rows highest to level the score was. determined not looking like the league's meanest defense here . the bitter pill to swallow the pizza box and it didn't get better as the visitors at times with speed bruma beat his man to set up yusuf paulsen like sick on top after twenty five minutes. don't when his defenders simply couldn't keep up. for do it when fans the nightmare continued for minutes off to the break socrates fouled sean cavanagh a stunt to concede a penalty and receive a red card. young although stan

is seen as an attempt to maintain order in the bundestag. the usual balance jim post is been blocked by the arrival of the far right. have with the band if mister chairman i accept the election. he may have easily securities we role as speaker of the bundestag germany's lower house of parliament. the former finance minister wolfgang soy blockhouses work cut out for him his most immediate challenge. taming the alternative for germany or a f. d. party. of which ninety two members made their debut in parliament on tuesday me i deployed in a very good use of the overwhelming majority of german citizens wants us to work together in a civilized way. and in turbulent times like ours there is a growing need for forms of behavior that have not been spoken about for a long time. because they were seen as self evident moments yet said first and the guns are. some of those looking to set a positive tone but the a ft immediately made it's disruptive force felt. acquiring a new era how the gone as its lawmakers took their seats for the first time. not sin

meet and greets in the german parliament as the far—right takes its place in the bundestag for the firstime in more than 50 years. also on the programme... the most powerful leader since chairman mao: how president xi cemented his spot at the top of china's communist party. testing the limits of artistic freedom. a controversial new film on tsar nicolas ii finally hits screens in russia after months of bitter protest. get in touch with us using the hashtag 'beyond—one—hundred—days' hello and welcome, i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. president trump has difficulty telling the truth, he's not a good role model for children and he is debasing america. those aren't ours views, they are not the views of a democrat, those are the opinions of a top republican in washington. senator bob corker is retiring next year but until then he is speaking his mind on the subject of donald trump. the powerful chairman of the foreign relations committee gave a series of interviews on us tv today in which he came close to saying he doesn't even fully trust mr trump with the nucle

didn't get into the bundestag there would have been some hard thinking on the part of the mainstream parties but it did and the question now is what to do with them or about them it is widely predicted that the a of d. will now be frozen out of any coalition negotiations do you think it's smart that when dad makes them even more resentful and more abrasively populist well i don't think they're ready to govern or even to participate in governing they have to. develop a program which is more than just a speech and criticism they have to sort themselves out and i don't you know they got. ninety four out of seven hundred nine seats. i guess they're splitting up pretty soon and then we'll see what their real positions are and one more question i would like to ask you about political tactics is something that i notice that the social democrats did they almost immediately and as they day that they don't want to be in in a call ition of if that america is christian democrats they intend to be in opposition do you think that decision is dictated by the party's own political self interest as o

but the recent national election here has put the far right alternative for germany party in the bundestag for the very first time and triggered talk of a return to those old east west divisions meanwhile europe once united by the tearing down of the iron curtain is again putting up walls and fences a question on quadriga this week after the election divided germany divided europe and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by wojciech shimon ski who is with the polish service of the w. he believes it is a mixture of socio economic and cultural factors that pushes people towards far right populist parties both in eastern germany and in eastern europe also with us is judy dempsey senior fellow with the carnegie europe think tank also a blogger and author judy says there are all kinds of divisions through your. and they're becoming deeper and more complex but compared to spain britain and poland germany still seems to have still seems to be even of stability and of one welcome to turn your rice chief correspondent of the berlin sights on newspaper and your says the west german

parliament and the far right if be the alternative for germany over here in blue well they're in the bundestag for the very first time and they are now the nation's third biggest party for more let's bring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow and thomas this is the first time in in post-war history that we're seeing a far right party of this size in the parliament what can we expect is it going to get acrimonious. yeah i think so brian it it does seem that that will be the case will have a divided parliament and we will have many of the debates shifted to the right that's something that most analysts agree on it's interesting to see how the f.t. will present its proposals how it will perform in the german parliament but it will also be interesting to see how the other parties react to those proposals they have a big dilemma because on the one hand they can't simply ignore what the f.t. says after all that the third biggest party in parliament under twelve point six percent of the german electorate voted for the a.v. so other parties can just simply ignore them on the other hand they c

that will make it the third—biggest party in the bundestag., within days of its stunning electoral success, its co—leader declared she was out. the party was too anarchic, too focused on russia, discrediting its moderate members, and would be ineffective in opposition. my guest on hardtalk is the afd's deputy leader, beatrix von storch. with more than 90 members in parliament, what difference will they make to germany? beatrix von storch, welcome to hardtalk. why do you think your former co—leader frauke petry left to set up her own group in parliament? well, actually we don't care about it. because we have given responsibility by our voters, and they expect us to come up with a solid and a constructive opposition in this parliament, and this is what we are about to set up at the very moment. so we are concentrating on this. we have not yet founded our group completely. we voted into office already two spokesmen, and four other people, and there are others to come. so this is what we concentrate on. we know that people expect the afd to focus