whether it's s p d or a c, d u, conservative lead government. nobody can say right now. i would take a guess at the shoulds and the s p d are going to lead a new coalition, a 3 year coalition. the interesting thing of the course is that the, the big coalitions of the past are of have, are now impossible, even that basically to them together might only barely make up to 50 as it looks like. so we're looking at a 3 year constellation now for a stable government. now i'm sure this is absolutely normal way of life for you and it comes to polling in germany. but the people from other countries might seem a little strange that the party that gets the most votes doesn't end up in power quite possibly. i mean, a you in favor of the system. generally germany is fully behind this. yes, i think that that's actually one of the, her aspects of the political system here in germany is these, these coalition, the way they arise. i actually grew up in the, in the english system in canada. and that the 1st past the post system. and it makes for stable governments, but the representation is

this is the red indicate support for michael's c d u. c. s u policy has shrunk considerably since the last po box in 2017 germany said a f. the news channel is put the social democrats in the lead with 25.9 percent. the ruling christine democrats believe to be 2nd place. this is, according to the latest poll, 24.5 percent of the vote for them. 3rd come, the green party was $14.00. and then it's a free democrats with $11.00 milton germany policies gone at 10.6 percent. and the last policy only just getting past 5 percent threshold if you all clear on how things work in terms of this vote, let's explain for you that germans were not directly choosing the chancellor. get up privilege will go to the members of the bundle that c voters were electing today . and then we had to go about taking the chancellor to lean water is definitely going to be a correlation government to get to the ballot papers for candidates in their electron district, $299.00 switch constituents. second for electrical policy. they vote for one of the $47.00 parties going to

d. c is good times with russia as vital for european p. second in the polls is the c d u. c. s u alliance relation to the front of uncle michael. that campaign slogan is to make good things better in the post merkel era. they're promising to title immigration rules and comp taxes for low to middle income workers. and on foreign policy, they see relations of russia and china as the main challenges facing germany. now, the green policy was over 14 percent of the bud seeks to combat climate change and develop infrastructure. they're also in favor of more of a gratian and a rise in the minimum wage while also supporting a universal basic income. despite approving of germany's native membership, they stand against nuclear weapons and the greens on top of policies on russia and china. and i have been report that some polling stations in berlin run out of balance papers. it's also been said that they were not able to get delivery as quick enough, as roads are closed due to the annual market. and also how they sunday angle americans preferred choice in the political race on, in lash

course of the last few days, increasing numbers of opinion polls have suggested that the vote for the c d, u. c. s u is increasing, and 12 polls are out today. but one which stands out for the christie democrats and their allies, the christine social union from bavaria, one points behind the social democrats. and the reason for that, some people say is because of the activity of anger, the medical over the course of the last few days she's appeared at rallies with om in. lush, she's appearing at one specifically right now in munich, in bavaria, which is the last, as it were, pitched way for her to be seen with arm and lashes, but also with the conservative leader in bavaria, the prime minister of area. marcus, they've been in a sort of be a whole scenario where i'm going to michael drinking beer and appearing not really to enjoy the taste of it. the flavor of it, which in some ways, mimics the way that her party has reacted to the choice of party leader of chancellor candidates. many conservatives don't really want lashley to be the chance for the candidate to do anything about it now, but t

the c d. u, under the rule of i'm going to america is adopted so many positions of the social democrats and the green parties. the christian democrats have cockpit to put a, the right way, social democratic and grim policies. that motors now have the impression, well, why don't you vote for the regional or not only for the christian democrats as a copy of these policies? so the vote is done in germany. it's the social democrats who are celebrating, but there's a lot of talking to do before the next government. on the next chancellor is confirmed. we'll make sure you don't miss any of the days. big developments here on our team. ah, ah, media outlets say they're deeply concerned over claims the cia was plotting to kidnap and perhaps kill julian assange. the allegations appear in a new yahoo news report, though the revelations are nothing new. they were erred and r t last year. the yahoo article includes testimony from key witnesses on the ca had fury on wiki league, so called volt 7 disclosures o

over a decade and a half the the 1st exit polls arena and they all indicate this whole from the co c, d, u. c. s u policy schwann, considerably. since the last suppose in 2017 germany said the s new child, the social democrats in the lead, with 25.8 percent, would be ruling christian democrats in 2nd place with 40, with 24 point one percent for the devote said a green party with 14.6 percent then comes the free democratic party with 11.5 percent. the alternative for germany policy gone is 10.4 percent. and the left flaws, he only trust cases, 4.9 percent threshold. and let's now look more closely. i won't divert means germans today when directly choosing a chancellor, they were elected members of the been to stock will now go about taking a chance to lead will in park because there's always a collision. government issued to receive to banners, papers, to fences for accounted in that electro district. there were $399.00 such constituents across the country. and the 2nd ballot is for political policy. and there are $47.00 of them voting to force the. but the only policies with more than 5 pe

election results in the nation federal ballot see the center last party, finish ahead of angle at merkel c d u, which itself slumps. historic low better late than never media, i believe finally, express concern over claims the cia was floating to kidnap on potentially assassinate juliana firms. allegations currently being reported by yahoo news. so they were fresh their investigative journalists last year, including here on r t. i obtained an email morales is employees who are involved in the operations is not just bio and julian, but revealed that they had even been told to consider operation to assassinate julian, us on the top visit in the west with poison britain. fuel shortage, crisis deepens with long tail barracks at central stations. the u. k. government said it's the public fault for public buying ah, for moscow to the world, this is our t thanks for choosing hearty for your global news update this our, our top story. the results are in from germany's federal election with the outcome set to determine just to replace and go to merkel is chancellor in what will be the 1st change up the

now the c d u support has dipped in opinion polls, c, d u and sent a left coalition partner. the social democratic party on projected to win a combined majority. that could lead to political uncertainty with several parties competing to lead some kind of coalition. or they'll have made reports from the various regional capital munich if there's one place in germany, conservative parties could rely on it's here in bavaria. but gail grand hello, says that slowly changing in 2014, he became the 1st green mayor of idol think a village near the regional capital munich. this model is vix if people are skeptical about a green part to me or here doesn't really fit. they were watching for what the green party can do in the countryside. and now some people say it's not that bad. they tell me it's good what you're doing. a new style more open, closer to the people. for decades, decrease in social union had brought support in this part of germany taking about 50 percent of both at each election, especially among farmers. like you are good bower. but with only a few days to go, he still h

and that can take a long time until they agree on what is done nailed down in a coalition treaty, c, d. u has never had any elect results anywhere close as bad as they have tonight law . she doesn't for the next government. i think the knives are going to come out in the c d, u and there's going to be like real butchery going on. and they have to basically do is to renew them to renew the party and have any hope of ever regaining above 30 percent. again, so the hosting is over in germany and the results appear to hand victory to the social democrats. well here on our to international will be continue our special coverage over the coming hours and days. the ah, this is anti international serbia on kosovo. caught up and yet another dispute, this time over road access. so b as troops are on high alert, near the cause of our border and video clips circulating on line suggest bell great is sending tanks to the broker or territory. this comes off the cause of our ordered serbian drive was entering the regent to obtain new license plates issued by cost of a to vehicle registration. officers have

many put that down to i'm in lash at the c d u. c. s u candidate who hasn't been as convincing. it was very focused on the person, we have a very strong person, other sation of this election campaign. what is also a little bit new for our political system because we had here for longer the case very strong parties at. busy busy busy the program of the parties was very, very important, but we see also in this election campaign that candidates and advantages and especially also the failures and mistakes of individual. busy candidates made it made a big difference. climate change in social justice have dominated the campaign. and some of the c d. u votes could go to the green party or the social democrats on death. shoddy, it's a shame that merkle doesn't want to run any more. cd you people are bit unsettled and are scared that things won't be the same, although they shouldn't be. renewal is important. everyone believes that from all parties. so it's good to have a new coalition germans. i expected to spend their votes among more parties than usual. the election would be followed b

and to put our political strength into it, of anglo marco's chosen successor of the center, right, c, d, u. s. c, su, party army lash. it was disappointed with the early projections but found to do everything possible to build a conservative government have i come is for by the election campaign is finished. and this is now about one thing, a stable coalition for a strong and modern germany goats. the chancellor will be the one to bring opposites together, develop a successful program for the coming for years will be there will be many intensive talks and discussions and the work being done with competitors in the next few days . because some of it there, the chancellor will have to develop a project that goes beyond the coming weeks and i am prepared for that task that far as reporting on this for us from ballin is a lot unclear after this election. but one thing that is clear is that miracle is leaving a very fragmented political landscape. it's like the next race. we have celebration . here before at the social democrats asked to be headquarters in berlin. olive shoals the finance manag

vote, leaving the ruling christian democrats trailing in 2nd place, a support for angela marco's c d. u. c. s. u has shrunk considerably since the last vote 4 years ago, and is now the lowest since the lions was created 72 years ago. in 3rd place in the green party followed by the free democratic party and alternative for germany. the left part is very narrow, a fail to get past 5 percent threshold, but will still be represented in the bundis dog as it managed to win 3 constituencies. now, all ballots have been counted, although the result won't be considered official until it's announced by the election agency a couple of weeks from now. with reminder of how the system works, german voters don't directly choose the chancellor. they elected members of the button to start with al, go about picking a chancellor to lead him. practice is always a coalition government. the results from sunday's votes suggested coalition talks, could drag on for several weeks. well, let's cross life to berlin and get some more on this. is peter oliver joining us this morning. good morning. you peter sholtes,

the c d. u, under the rule of angle, america is adopted so many positions of the social democrats of the green parties. the christian democrats have cockpit to put a right way, social democratic, and grim policies. that voters now have the impression. well, why don't you go to the regional or not only for the christian democrats as a copy of these policies? so the voters done and dusted in germany. it is the social democrats who are now celebrating, but there is of course, a lot of talking to do before that next government. and indeed, chancellor is confirmed. we'll make sure you don't miss any of the days. big developments right here are 2 the media groups are raising the alarm after a yahoo news reported claims. now the cia was plotting to kitten up and perhaps kill julian, a sons. the revelations are nothing new though. they were urban r t last year. here to explain all in this you beside me, there's donal quarter. double welcome. what is the report then reveal takes through it while you're i

candidates for being chance their own presented themselves as the continuation of mac or as so the c d u candidate was obviously the anointed air in the party and show in the s p d. it was also really very much emphasizing the continuity and he looks like a figure who emphasizes the continuity with mrs. macro also with how much mit getting back into the seventy's and eighty's and somebody who's tremendous be respected exactly the same way as missing back i was as a centrist figure, a crisis manager. and, and i think the complaint about not having a strategy is not quite right. i mean, mrs. macro had a view of what globalization means. it means germany on its own con, or the operate effectively. it needs a bigger unit or it needs a european ational. and she was pushing that and i think it's, it's unfair to say that mrs. mackerel didn't really understand europe, the necessity as moving forward in europe. europe is a very diverse country. so i think you can actually expect a lot of continuity and say there's a recognition that there's a need to change. the specific policies to deal with tha

the s p d is predicted to win 25.7 percent of the vote, while the conservative c d, u. c su block will likely take 24 point one percent. meanwhile, the greens have come in at 14.8 percent and the liberal f t p has taken 11.5 percent of the vote. though mccain has more now from berlin. with a spring in his step full of shots meets the world's media fresh from an election in which his party took 1st place. he has no doubt who should lead his country forward. you villa villa the vote is not. they can vary. they have said who should form the next government. they have strengthened free parties, social democrats, the greens and we're free democrats. so that's a clear mandate from the citizens of this country that these 3 should lead next to government. a 3 party coalition has never been tried at the federal level, but with barely more than one percent of the vote separating the 2 main parties. and neither wanting to govern in a grand coalition with each other again. now the attention is on the smaller parties, the goals, the folks, but time to, to big parties have suffered h

the c d. u, under the rule of angle, america is adopted so many positions of the social democrats of the green parties. the christian democrats have cockpit to the right way social democratic and grim policies. that voters now have the impression. well, why don't you vote for the regional or not only for the christian democrats as a copy of these policies? we also got reaction from constantine casa charles, the deputy chair of the opera chamber of russia's parliament. he sees that if a new government in berlin chooses to go back on germany's commitment to the nor stream to gas pipeline, its reputation as a reliable partner will be badly damaged just because of the cause. it's a, it's a tremendous amount of work that was put into no stream to scrub because the head of states are leading party changes in one year, a pin country. it would show europe in institutions and not function properly, in my opinion, to prove it legal capacity and ability to european democratic machine should be able to resi

while upholding germany native commitments and the s d p. c's good times with russia is being vital for european pace. second in the polls, it's the c d u c s u alliance, which until now is from angler medical the campaign slogan to make good things better. the post medically are the promising to tighten immigration rules and to cut taxes for low to middle income workers on foreign policy. they see relations with russia and china as the main challenges that face germany does. the green party in 3rd place. we just have a 14 percent of the vote, i think, to combat climate change to develop the infrastructure. they're also in favor of more immigration and a rise in the minimum wage while also supporting a universal basic income. despite a proving of germany's native membership, they do stand against nuclear weapons. and the greens want tough policies when it comes to russia and china. and something with mentioning there were some polling stations in berlin actually ran out a ballot papers. it said that they weren't able to get deliveries in quick enough because roads have been closed due to the cities annual marathon, which was held on sun

think she did a lot of good things for the country and also made a lot of strange decisions with c. d. u is not my pardon me, but i think she can happily retire. i will miss mrs. mccullough, because i'm not satisfied with the current candidates, i would have preferred her. i think mrs. miracle has done a good job, very charismatic. she's accepted everywhere in the world. another city you border. you can admire the woman for longer than too long. mrs. merkel should have gone 4 years ago now. she has lost her way. she did a lot of good in the 12 years before, but now you can see that she's out of steam. or let's explain how the election process is going to work over the weekend. voters don't directly choose the chancellor. instead they have to vote to decide the next parliament. the 1st ballot is for a candidate in that constituency, and there are $299.00 constituencies across germany. the 2nd ballot is for a political party or $47.00 of them running for states this sunday, but only parties that secure more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide convention . and the bundle tug that was we m

and some of the c d. u votes could go to the green party or the social democrats on data. shoddy, it's a shame that merkle doesn't want to run any more. cd you people are bit unsettled and are scared that things won't be the same, although they shouldn't be. renewal is important. everyone believes that from all parties. so it's good to have a new coalition germans. i expected to spend their votes among more parties than usual. the election would be followed by coalition negotiations that could last weeks. if not months, is not yet clear whether germany's conservatives will be included with that hemi edges, iraq, bavaria, and southern germany. sedans, military leaders have blamed tuesday's crew attempt on politicians who they say have turned a blind eye to what people need. the top 2 leaders of the countries transitional council held a press conference on wednesday to denounce the attempt to take over 21 officers and soldiers have been arrested. they tried to take control of several institutions including th

c, d. u has never had any results anywhere close as bad as they have tonight. lasha doesn't for the next government, i think the knives are going to come out in the c d, u. and there's going to be like real butchery going on. they have to basically do is to renew them to renew the party and have any hope of ever regaining above 30 percent. again, that's the voice of a germany and exit polls and jones, the country could be, had it for a change of direction with the s b, just slightly ahead of marco's, c, d. c. as you still too close to cold, but we're will be keeping you updated as those results come in. the 7 troops have been on a heightened state of alert at the cost of a border. as a convoy of 7 tons was reported, observed heading towards course of a soviet is circulating online, such as the great is deploying is troops and the story. pensions with br siena. the escalation, follow the course of a decision to require been drivers entering the region to obtain a new license plate issued by co

this is a very, very serious defeat for the c d. u. so they have been, they used to during the 16 years of angle, america to ring and the 30 percent. and the party already the moment actually that had to nominate the new chairman. the 2nd after the former succeed or off until america and a good come come on by word had given up. and it was a very, very exhausting procedure. i mean, was the winner of that internal fight, but he was a very weak candidate. and still he claimed for being the front runner for the c d u. and again, he had been defeated. and so therefore there's a lot of food for thought and debate within the party to decide who's taking the leadership in the coming weeks. the 1st decision will be made on monday when the, the leadership comes together and needs to decide who will lead the parliamentary group in the, in the bonus tag. this will be the 1st indicator for us to see if i mean it will be any important position left in the city or not. all right, thanks very much. we'll catch up again later last bunker. joining us t

the chancellor's final address to the bone, the stag, which became a 10 to promote c d. u. candidate arm and lush. it as her successor, ended in a garage of hackles. got it, and it's not just about foreign policy and nato in europe. and my, what if i have been with this gym and been descent for with he is here is out of the democracy and this is exactly what will be discussed me despite the obvious challenges the merkel years will go down is a time of relative stability for most germans, her policies have made it easier for families to balance. children with korea's employment figures have remained steady while the economy is enviable in the u. internationally. germany has taken a far more prominent role under miracles leadership than it is had in modern times . one of the big concerns right now though, is that with no clear successes to angular merkel in terms of policy or certainly international clout, what will become of those years of stability that was seen when to her rein feature, all of her r, t, berlin, and anglo miko certainly cast a long shadow, especially when

that is, that everybody is fed up with the great coalition, with s p d c, d u coalition. although actually looking at it numerically, that would make the greater sense in the face of the 2 largest parties. and they probably could just have a very, very narrow majority in the parliament. there's a feeling better tired. and even though the parties are very, very close in political doctrines, they didn't want to do that. and i think that makes the point again, that this is largely about personalities rather than a bad concrete policies liberal. so say, i think is being shipped by both national reach the liberals, our more to the rights on economic policy on financial policy and more resistant to the idea of a debt. europe is ation hamiltonian moment. and the s p d and the greens would like to put up texas. so there's going to be really a substantial debate about that. and i think, you know, both actually reflect elements. that's our performance represented in the german psychic. another favorite german phrase that gets recycling again and again is from good his house to so d

d party, just the head of the ruling, c, d u signaling. what could be a change of direction for the country in the post angler, mac or special coverage was filled as an extremely tied race for the chance for the ships in the weeks up stories here in our to the russians. if you pm is mourning the loss of 6 people killed in the university shooting. correspondent, retrace the steps of the gum and deadly rampage. this is the exact road, the perfect traitor to, while he was carrying out his vicious planet. the friend says political dialogue with a nato is non existent as the us and britain struggle to com. french anger about a security package made with straight awe . thanks for joining us, watching the weekly here on our team. well, the votes are in and the counts is on in germany's federal election. the outcome is set to determine who will replace angler. michael is chancellor in what will be the 1st change at the top in over a decade and a half the and the exit polls are all indicating that support for back of cd cfc party has shrunk conside

and i think you know, both of these parties now the c, d, u and b as p d need to look to their future in terms of being can, may be called a catch all party. if you look at the projections right now, both parties just got a quarter percent, you know, a quarter of the vote here. whereas 10 years ago, 15 years ago, they were getting well above 30 percent. so you know, what is the future of the cash all party the center left on the center, right. and in terms of what comes next. i think the question will be, you know, how much more government intervention does germany want? how much more spending, how much more tax increases and also what kind of europe does germany wants? germany want more cohesion with in europe. and that's been a very important part heller for german foreign and security policy. but it's a question about what germans want for their country and for europe. so david welfare, the deputy director of the belin office at the german marshall fund of the united states. really great to get your thoughts on out there. thank you for joining us outta now. iceland, meanwhile, has

i had talked to maxwell to german senior politician and c. d u party member. hey mike, thank you for taking the time to be with us. you live on how important these elections, germany, and the world at large because it's a big change to see somebody's been at the helm for decade and a half to be saying goodbye, isn't it? yes, yes, it's a long time in germany is still, i mean it is most much of the last hour and it's suddenly in some ways and decline, but it's still a pivot pivot, little place in the world because we still have the east west conflict which plays out in the new hall and germany of causes a p ally of the us. so it's still very important how these elections will turn out . but it looks like we probably will get a green red coalition already said they would like to form a college and we'll see max, it's interesting, it's a good time. know, with hindsight good tunnel back is now these kind of pivotal change times. you said in the time germany is lost world, credibility is loss. will power loss world standing under angular merkel watch than yeah, she

the c d. u is not my party, but i think she can happily retire too long, too long. mrs. merkel should have gone 4 years ago now. she has lost her way. she did a lot of good in the 12 years before, but now you can see that she's out of steam. i will miss mrs. merkel because i'm not satisfied with the current candidate. i would have preferred her. i think mrs. miracle has done a good job, very charismatic. she's accepted everywhere in the world. i'm not to say to you voter, but you can admire the woman. i think everything she did from 2015 on the board made things worse. she started the wave of refugees herself without agreement, there was not right and it got so much care of here. so here is how the election will work. german voters don't directly choose who chancellor, the members of the bundle stock, who will they to pick a chance to lead to lead a coalition government each row to receive 2 ballad papers. first, for a candidate in the electoral district, there are 299 constituencies across the country. and the 2nd ballot is for a political party and there are $47.0

the c d. u is not my parties, but i think she can happily retire. i will miss mrs. mccullough because i'm not satisfied with the current candidate. i would have preferred her. i think mrs. miracle has done a good job, very charismatic. she's accepted everywhere in the world. not a city you border, but you can admire the woman for longer than too long. mrs. merkel should have gone 4 years ago. now. she has lost her way. she did a lot of good in the 12 years before, but now you can see that she's out of the me. ok, just to help you make sense of the numbers as they start to come in late on sunday . here's how the election process will work over the weekend. voters don't directly to the charm slot. instead, they get 2 votes to decide the next parliament. first ballot is for a candidate in that constituency. and there are $299.00 constituencies across germany. the 2nd ballot goes to a political party and the $47.00 of them is running the sinks this time around. but only parties that secure more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide can then enter the bu

she was never a real c d u leader. and we will continue our special coverage of the german elections throughout the weekend. so that brings you up to date finance. just coming up to half past 9 and more, more from ice in 30 minutes. the main across the board of the 3rd some focus bittman ball but me oh yeah. oh oh i i ah ah me. ah, i understand. i join me every thursday on the alex salmon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politic sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me a yeah, i'm still with me. i work at a.

and that can take a long time until they agree on what is done nailed down in a coalition treaty, c, d. u has never had any elect results anywhere close as bad as they have tonight. lasha doesn't for the next government, i think the knives are going to come out in the c d, u. and there's going to be like real butchery going on. they have to basically do is to renew them to renew the party and have any hope of ever regaining above 30 percent again. so voting, serving germany and exit polls. jones, the country could be headed for a change of direction would be s p d just slightly ahead of merkel a c d. c. s. he still too close to call, but we'll keep you updated as those results come in. the said been shrink, have been not tight heightened, state of alert and because of a ball down as early as a convoy of 7 tongues was reportedly observed heading towards kosovo. so they do circulating on line suggest belgrade is deploying his troops. i mean soaring pensions with christina escalation for louis course with decision to require 7 drivers entering the region to obtain a new license plate issued

but is to govern with the c d . u and the liberals, i think they're most likely to be blocked on this issue. and so again, depends on which correlation jamaica would think is most likely to maintain this project under the s p d. as long as we follow the short swing of the party, it's most likely to come under pressure, but we will have to wait and see what happens. christian spike a professor of european government is joining us from candidates who live on our too many things. we appreciate your time. thank you. and thanks for joining us here on archie international. so the voting is over in germany. the results appear to have victory to the social democrats here and i think we will continue on special coverage. ah ah, so so on the cause of our caught up and yet another dispute, this time, over road access. as we understand sophia's troops are on high alert, me the cause of our border and video clips circulating online suggest belgrade is sending tanks to the breakaway territory. others comes off the cause of a ordere

results in the nations federal ballad see the center left volunteer, finish ahead of angular, michael c. d u, which itself love to a good story. glo. better late than never made the final express concern about claims that was plotting to kidnap potentially kill julian sons. allegations currently being reported by yahoo news. they were 1st that an investigative journalist last year right here on our britain's feel. sure, with each crisis deepens with long tail banks and petrol stations. you can government those says it's the public school for panic. volume ah, good evening. thanks for joining me here on, on t international. so the results are in from germany, federal election with the outcome set to determine who replace angler. mantle is chancellor in what will be the 1st change at the top since 2005. the preliminary results show it is the center left social democrats who finished top party lead a shelf declared victory saying that he has a mandate to lead the nation anglo americans. christian democrats came 2nd public support for them. dropping to a historic low visibility calls from within

c, d, u c. s u party army lash. it was disappointed with early projection. spots vowed to do everything possible to build a conservative life. government dev i comes is for by the election campaign is finished. and this is now about one thing, a stable coalition for a strong and modern germany go to the chancellor will be the one to bring opposites together. develop a successful program for the coming for years will be there will be many intensive talks and cushions in the work being done with competitors in the next few days. because some of it there, the chancellor will have to develop a project that goes beyond the coming weeks and i am prepared for that task. so step of austin is falling all of this joined his line from a gentleman, capital berlin. so both the s p d and the cd you lead is claiming the right to form a government as we heard in those clips. first of all, how much of a blow is this? to the party of chancellor anglo marco that has really been a dominant force in german politics. this is a huge blow

and some of the c d. u votes could go to the green party or the social democrats shadae. it's a shame that merkle doesn't want to run any more. cd you people are bit unsettled and are scared that things won't be the same, although they shouldn't be. renewal is important. everyone believes that from all parties. so it's good to have a new coalition. germans expected to spread their votes among the more parties than usual. the election will be followed by coalition negotiation that could last weeks . if not months, is not yet clear whether germany's conservatives will be included. now there are 3 days left to the election. the greens are expected to do pretty well, maybe double the number they did at the election. but at the end of the day that we are present mostly used was 2 thirds of the 60000000 german voters are above the age of 40 and 50 rather. and they typically look for the ability and consistency. okay, hold me the life for us and for, but very up. thank you very much indeed. whoa, the, the stay with this. we can talk night with mathias brookman, these german jour

so let's start with the c d u christian democratic union. gentlemen, i'm the leader of the christian democrats, angler merkel party and the candidate for that party. and it's been very assist the party to see su, tried to position and help themselves in centrist success, to mark who you have an absolute disastrous campaign social democratic party. let's pop out that leader. so his shots, he's the finance minister and the vice jobs are in the current government because yes, p d and the, the cd you see a few in the ground coalition at the moment. he sort of the opposite. he'd been a lot to use. the s p d were really, really struggling. and literally just in the last 4 to 6 weeks yesterday on the old shots, the station extraordinary. come back in the front on it to be the get it to me. it's like a whole race, the green party tom, keep going, get back to the junk shops and re from the green party. she's a co leader of the party with the medical go, but ha, back they briefly when she became the counters in april, the green briefly sought to the top of the poles as an extraordinary moment

looking at of course the c, d. u. last christian, democrats lost, but still many people voted for them as well. so change of stability where the germany want to go know that's definitely the open question also if you look into the personality, so all of sholtes who looks like the winner of this evening, even by the very small margin is s p d came 1st as it looks like right now, he's pretty much, he gets celebrated and cultivated kind of himself as a copy of uncle america to even imitate it's her very famous hand movement. so in this regard, it's very open. so obviously, germans one continuation in a way. but at the same time, it's very obvious that america was holding back a lot of innovation and there's a lot of need for germany to move a big step forward. but your direction is very, it's open as you said. so i'm going to merkel, of course leaves quite a strong legacy after 16 years. but if we look at what she left behind, this really fragmented political landscape, is that also one of her mistakes you think? i think

but just in the last week or so, i'm going to merkel has put his full weight behind the c d. u. candidates. i mean lasha was of course the, the candidate of her party. she was quite reluctant to do that during the election campaign, but lasha was really suffering. you went through a dramatic campaign. he will see laughing at a speech just off of the flops and the really, really hurt his rating. so merkel has stood up and has actually call for voters here in germany also today again. and she did the same thing in march and on friday to vote for stability and disability will be given by i'm not sure if he's the new chancellor shows who was the training himself. as the next merkle sort of had to change his strategy slightly. and now he's saying that if you on change, and he says, i know germany wants change, have to vote for me. so it's a really, really tight race. and just a few hours the bulls will open. and we also know that around 20 percent, maybe even more people are still undecided. so we only know in like 24 hours. so no . so if the people really want change or they want t

so, according to the exit polls, the social democrats are just the head of the c d. u. it's very close. how significant is that? if at all well, it feels very good for the social democrats to be in a position like this when they have the lead for the very 1st time since 2002. and it was like rising from the ashes when you look back just a few months ago, they went down to 15 percent and no one could possibly expect a result like this. on the other hand, what is 25 percent plus? it's certainly not enough to call this an impressive victory, but that is the situation in germany these days that the country is so diversify it and, and no one really has a home in the political party spectrum that they easily swing from one party to the other depending on single issues, and that made it so hard to predict a possible outcome, not to speak of the colors that people peter just mentioned. so people just tuning in maybe don't know much about the german political system that they might be used to seeing, you know, a couple of parties in america, maybe 3 main parties in the you can u

now and how to observe hamid, how does we've been saying a lot on the line for the c d u today. what are they hoping for given these raise it in polling margins? we've been seeing i think at the moment i be quite content with these exit polls because all the polls before the election showed them lagging behind the social democrats by 2 or 3 percent in the last days. now, what's gonna happen next is that we, i don't know if all the boost to the mailing votes have been counted yet, is estimated that a large number of germans have voted through the mail because of the kobe demick. so it's early days really to say, what will happen next? but i think what happened here is that when angle americans stepped in over the past week, she, you know, as i said earlier, she is very popular. germans call her moody, which means mother, she really put her full weight behind the social, the christian democrats rather. and i mean, less should. she said that he was represented stability. and that's something germans really look for when it comes to an election. they like continuity and like stabili